Lost the key, door was locked, so I had someone install a new door handle. Needless to say, there was a problem. Had to break this one off and buy another one.
Been busy the last few days digging through years of photos and uploading them to google albums and facebook Here's a sample of 5 albums I've been working on.
Local cops confiscated a truckload here in Sakon Nakhon just last week, a few days later same thing in Khon Kaen
The great Sakon Nakhon fire
Been spending less time on the computer the last few days instead spending a few hours each day with my toys.
Using premix wall plaster to make mountain scenery. Seems to stick quite well to the foam layout. Experimented with sand saturated with paint. Turns out just as solid as plaster.
Then I'd been wondering how to move the train from the table and extend it around the room. Waterpipe cut in half may be part of the solution.
Muang is easily translated to town Ming on the other hand gets a bit more complicated. It is doubtful that it has anything to do with a Chinese dynasty centuries ago.
Google ming muang grounds and you find the name used all over Thailand.
http://www.thai-language.com/dict/search has some interesting answers: " to converse, mingle, mix, blend, combine, intermingle, interweave, join, merge, unite; associate, consort, fraternize, hang about or around, hobnob, rub shoulders (informal), socialize"
Google maps erroneously labels the area a stadium. I have frequently referred to the area as the Municipal grounds. The name is most appropriate. Government Office on the map is actually the Sakon Nakhon Immigration office.
During the Wax Castle Festival there are a variety of contests, performances, displays, eateries, etc.
Oh yea, I lived in Munich for a few years in the mid fifties, I had just become a teenager. Of course I went to the Oktoberfest. Drank Kinderbier. There was this grassy hill. Drunks passed out. Drunks were 'encouraged' to sleep it off before leaving.
There appear to be no Royal Longboat Races this year. As the boat races are royally sponsored events, it would be inapropriate the have such events before the royal cremation
