200201 Experiment Scotch and tea

Been making homegrown hibiscus tea with various variations. 
Ginger and honey is a standard addition. 
Had not resupplied my star licorice or cinnamon stock.  

Did a taste test and then decided to add some scotch. A pleasant surprise.
Needless to say one bottle never made it to the refrigerator. 

I'll have to find some reusable glass bottles.  I prefer good scotch in glass not plastic.




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200201 update 200129 Slow Progress Thai Baht recovery

Generally do this graphic at midweek. 
There's been much hurrah on social media. It's not that great. 
It continues slowly

update⬆

Sakon FC friendly challenge may be a real SHOW & TELL

Preseason friendly:  Sakon FC vs Udon United

Sunday, Feb 2, 4 pm
Lohakit Stadium
MAP LOCATION: 17.112639,104.136317

Took me a while to find Udon United because I looked in all the wrong places.
The Club formed in 2018 and ended its 2019 season in the Thai T5 Amateur league. 
They played a friendly with Loei at the end of December and walked away with a 4-4 tie.
Loei was first in the T4 2019 league and advanced to T3 this year.
In another friendly, January 22 Udon United beat fiercely Chaiyaphum 5-0
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200129 Sakon Nakhon had its best season in 2017 gaining fifth place of 12 teams

⚽ Year	Sakon	Sisakhet	League Teams
2005	no record
2006	13		no record
2007	10		12
2008	11		11
2009	9		11
.				New Ownership of Franchise by  Lohakij
2010	8	-	16
2011	10	-	16
2012	14	2	16
2013	11	9	16
2014	13	11	14
2015	16	9	18
2016	7	12	14
2017	5	1	12
2018	11	4	14
2019	8	3	13

200129 One year retirement visa extension January 2020

Local SIAM bank representatives had no idea what the requirement by the immigration department was, but acted as if they were on top of the facts. Even though I told them I needed a one year print out, they handed me a six month print out and a letter indicating my present balance. I did have to return to the bank to get the correct printout. I did not have to pay a second fee, which brought me back to a more pleasant mood.

The local Immigration office requires a complete 12 month history (printout) of deposits. I Understand on the same day Khon Kaen Immigration was satisfied with a three month history..

The local office also required a 12 month history of my american Bank account which I was able to get online. I am not very comfortable with the idea of then having that information.

I can not attest to the validity, but the Immigration Inspector advised me that this would be the last year monthly transfers will be considered.  In the future the transfer of 800,000 baht must be made three months before applying for a visa.

I may consider transferring my banking to Bangkok Bank. With an office in New York, I would avoid transfer fees which amount to $360 per year. On the other hand, the possibility of leaving Thailand for good is back in play.

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200129 Expect warmer weather by last week of February

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200122 UPDATE Little is known about the new coronavirus / Coronavirus detected on flights from Wuhan

UPDATE: 200125
In three days the number of deaths have climbed to 41 and known cases 1,300. 10 Chinese cities are now quarantined.

Six deaths of over known 300 cases

• First US case in Washington state
• No known treatment
• How it's transmitted unknown
• Up to 14 days before symptoms appear

I don't want to sound silly BUT. If a passenger is detected to have the virus, he may have spread the germ among other passengers who may show signs of infection some time later ?? 

Coronavirus-infected Chinese tourist being treated in Thailand  PUBLISHED : 13 JAN 2020

 China confirms second death from coronavirus infection PUBLISHED : Jan 17. 2020

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200125 Save it big then crop it down

10 MB

Both below reduced to 1.8 mb

Frequently also make multiple pictures out of one large photo.
Experimented with the raw format and found no noticeable reason to use this format

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200124 T4NE league shrinking Many weekends without Sakon FC

If you look at the wikipedia statistics less teams, less football during the past three years

Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Teams	10	11	16	16	16	16	14	18	14	12	14	13	11
Games	20	20	30	30	30	30	26	34	26	33	26	24	21

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