Another dining choice opening soon

Saturday in Sakon City

1 pm Cancer Benefit Football starts 1 pm Sakon Pattana Suksa School field (on ITU)  4 pm Apples Pizza Ria  Grand opening 8 pm Lil' Pimp Bar and restaurant  "Killer Pool Tournament"

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A look back at my teaching years

I paid for the first English books at the school (S-BAC) . Before that I copied lessons from the internet, used up a lot of copy paper I bought a couple hundred textbooks with accompanying picture magazine, and Thai - English dictionaries. Last ten minutes of each class we played hangman of words or phrases which had been discussed that period.    The person who solved the puzzle was rewarded with 10 or 20, occasionally 50 baht. No books allowed, notes were allowed.  The majority of the class were taking notes.  To some of the students it just meant extra spending money, for others it meant a hot lunch I taught English eight years without a salary. Just benefits, going places, meeting people, meeting important people, doing stuff, experiencing Thai life.

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I'd like to see some expats show up besides me

That's my longtime friend, who has been taking care of his mom for some time.  His mom has cancer.  Has had chemotherapy treatments and seems to be in and out of the hospital.  There's lot's of costs involved, not covered by any insurance. Blog pageview history 942,396

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You can expect to get your deposit refunded in four months

It used to be when you terminated True satellite TV service, you took the receiver to the local shop and your deposit was refunded. It's different these days. You have to cancel in person and give a copy of your passport page.  They won't accept the box on the spot.  Almost two months later, technicians arrive to collect the satellite dish and the box.  You can expect a refund check within thirty days after that. Basically you can expect to wait up to three months for a refund check from the date of cancellation.   Of course Thai banks don't give you cash on the spot for checks  The bank processes the check, and you can expect it to clear within 30 days.

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Apples restaurant increases service staff

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Dangerous Roads

 http://www.thaivisa.com/.../964494-one-dead-many-injured.../

One dead many injured as school tour bus overturns in Surat

One dead many injured as school tour bus overturns in…

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And that's how it all starts

A new E̶R̶R̶O̶R̶ "era" begins

Sometimes my spellcheck has a mind of it's own, especially when it comes to politics

Connection problem solved

 Received this notice from a website I use daily.  
At first thought it was a website problem. 
Only had this notice on one of two computers.
Ran a virus program, no help.  Internet searches did not help much either.
Then I decided to save my bookmarks and other pertinent browser details. Uninstalled Chrome completely and reinstalled Chrome.  Problem solved.  Appears an undetectable addon may have been in the browser.  Have to uninstall and reinstall other browsers on that computer