American Labor Day 15 years ago

Officially retired from work on August 1, 2002, three months before I turned 58, after 23 years as dock worker.  It's an anniversary I easily overlook.  A month later,  on labor day, September 2, 2002, Consolidated Freightways declared bankruptcy.   

That previous friday I had cashed over $4,000 of vacation and severance pay.  If I would have waited to cash the checks, they would have been worthless the following week.

I had written the words Sawasde and Guten Tag on the back of the door. The trailer returned to our terminal from California, one week later with the Thai script added

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Where is Yingluck

In a way it may be the right thing to avoid demonstrations and possible violence.  It's going to be interesting how this story develops. The rumor mill is most likely in high gear

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Typhoon Hato has done it's damage and has diminished.

Even though TMD had included Sakon Nakhon in it's warning  yesterday, the warning seemed overblown. Heavy rain lasted for about an hour locally. A provincial weather alert issued earlier yesterday seems exaggerated, possibly because of the recent severe flooding and the province ill preparedness.   Those folk in Hong Kong have just enough time for clean-up till the next storm arrives. Tropical storm 16 is expected to gain strength before it passes north of Hong Kong. Heavy rain showers daily begin Saturday, peaking Tuesday

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WET days ahead

Accuweather: Thunderstorms in the area Sunday evening through Wednesday Night wunderground: Sat 21mm, Sun 20mm, Mon 24mm, Tues 24mm, Wed 10mm TMD: Sat 60%, Sun 70%,  Mon 70%, Tue 80%  TRANSLATION A heavy rain alert from the storm under the dust, ha to affect north and isan during the 24-28th. 60, which may result in a sudden flood, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, flow, and clay.

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Challenges ahead

With yesterday's win Sakon Nakhon FC has advanced to 5th place again. Considering the challenges ahead, it's doubtful that the team will advance much further.  On the other hand Sakon FC has been full of surprises. Sat 26 Aug 4:30 pm Chaiyaphum Sakon . . Wed 30 Aug 6 pm Sisaket Sakon . . Sun 3 Sep 4 pm Sakon Loi City . . Sat 9 Sep 4 pm Sakon Buriram B . . Chaiyaphum is second in the league with 60 points  .  A Sakon Nakhon home game in April ended in a draw. A Game at Chaiyaphum in June ended in a 2-0 loss for Sakon Nakhon. Sisaket is top in the league with 63 points. Both previous games ended in a defeat for sakon Nakhon 0-1 and 0-3. Loei City is  10th in the league with 30 points.  Sakon Nakhon won both previous games 2-1 and 2-0 Buriram B is fourth in the league with 45 Points. Sakon FC won the game at Buriram 2-1, but lost a home game 0-1.

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Enjoy the sunshine today, plenty cloudy days ahead

Game time feels like temperature 42 (107F). End of game feels like 36 (97F).

Flood and drought control Discussion stage:
Fix the problem or create more problems

The ticket will be in English, police notes in Thai

I have a slight case of friday jitters 

And that's the headline story of the day in the USA

Gonna watch Football today

Wednesday, GamedayA great challenge

Mahasarakham seems weak in defense according to statistics GA Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 6 Sakon Nakhon 28 12 4 12 36 33 +3 40 7 Mahasarakham 29 11 7 11 48 56 −8 40 Day starts off mostly cloudy. Sunbreakes by gametime. Feels like 'low forties.'

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Wet weekend aheadno alerts posted

Looks like we're going to receive the tail end of this storm. By the time it reaches us it will have diminished to a tropical depression. See recent TMD animated satellite images click on image below Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wunderground (mm) 14 13 13 16 17  14  TMD (precip coverage) 60% 70% 60% 70% 70% Accuweather T storm around T storm couple T storms stray T storm stray T storm BBC Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain shower Heavy rain shower Heavy rain shower Heavy rain shower Weather Channel 80% 90% 80% 70% 70% 70%

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My first Bang Fai In Sakon Nakhon

Photographed 30 June 2003

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