Slight cooling trend

A few cooler days ahead till the scattered tropical rains likely Thursday thru Saturday

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35 baht per apple = US$1.17

occasionally I treat my Thai friends

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End of Daylight Savings Time

UK today October 27
US next Sunday November 3

I have alarms programmed to alert me to TV shows such as the evening news and a couple favorite serials I'll have to resent


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Loi Kratong 2019

University will have their celebration (open to the public) on November 8

Sakon City celebrations on Monday November 11 at the lakeside park

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Drivers License renewal in Sakon Nakhon

Documents needed for renewal:

• drivers license
• document from Immigration Office (bring photograph when applying)
• copy of passport all pertinent pages
• doctor's certificate
• copy of housebook (main page)*
• copy of house owner's  identification card*

The earlier you arrive, the earlier you leave with your license in hand.  
I was missing two documents* and had to rush home.  By the time I returned I was last in the group.

I was sent upstairs to join a group.  There were two groups, one with a video, a second with an instructor talking nonstop.  I sat in the wrong group, the talker.  Didn't understand a word.

A monitor arrived after an hour and handed me my paperwork to proceed for the photographing and issuing of the license.

With only one camera in operation the waiting time was nearly two hours.  Remember I had the last number in the group.  To make it even more time consuming, there were two groups with identical numbers. My number 36 therefore was realistically 72.

If I would have had  all documents during my first visit I expect I would have been under number 20

I had left the house at 07:30 and arrived home at 12:12

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191024 Baht continues strengthening

My monthly transfer has seen 39,000 per month less since 2003การถ่ายโอนรายเดือนของฉันลดลง 39,000 ต่อเดือนนับตั้งแต่ปี 2546
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Tell me again "it's officially cold season"

 ... and remember that next wednesday and thursday



click on the image to see the forecast
look at the feels like graph
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Plenty of video available of the 2019 Wax Castle parade held on October 12

The Royal Longboat Races and the wax castle festival is not held on a fixed calendar date, rather during four days which end on the October full moon
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Cold Season officially begins next week if you consider 37C ( 98.6F) cold

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