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This morning's heavy rain won't have done a lot to refill the reservoirs, but at least it will have reduced demand for a few days. Even Pattaya City isn't daft enough to send water tanker trucks out spraying the roads in this! Well, I hope not. <doubtful>

My mowing at 7am shouldn't annoy you then.

We had a massive rain storm during the night..Some bushes have new light green leaves growing already !!! It is very likely I shall be driving to Pattaya for the weekend - stopping somewhere near Korat for an overnight rest - so hoping for the rain to keep away for a few days ..

Early bird catches the worm. My average wake up time lately has been 6 am.

Good news for you "cavers"...

Something a bit different tonight. Lamb and kidney curry with brown rice.

Quite pleased with my expanded rain collection system. That one rainstorm and a single roofline gutter managed to fill 2500L in less than an hour. In the pic below, the 1000L tank is at the far back, the 1500L tank in the foreground. I expect the approx 10k baht I spent on the system to save me about 30B/month. It wasn't really about the savings, but a project to keep me busy.

Orangutan plays doctor, heals himself Ape applies a known medicinal plant to his wound https://www.science.org/content/article/orangutan-plays-doctor-heals-himself

Thunder lite and rain even more lite.....At least its cooler today after months of brutal heat..

8 1/2 years married to wifey here..... My first wife was quite frankly, very cool as a general rule. Law School Graduate, corporate Attorney for Lockheed. We certainly fitted in the category of " we just grew apart" We had different ideas of how life was going to look later....she wanted to sell the house in San Jose, Calif and move to central Calif...I didn't...she liked San Luis Obispo.....I didn't.....it was the beginning of the end. Marriage counseling was good, no finger pointing, just telling the "shrink" how we both felt and she helped alot but.............at the end of the day she said to both of us " there is only 1 reason to stay married to each other, and that is do you still truly love each other"? Good narrative.. We were both smart enough to figure out that if we both go out and get attorney's etc...it is going to cost a bundle. We both acted like adults, figured out after 15 years of marriage what was fair to both of us, my kids college etc and it all worked out. We are still friends today and I see her when I go back to Calif...I got the house and she got a "lump sum" payout from me and we were both happy. Luckily, I knew that I was not going to sit around and be miserable the rest of my life, and kept in touch with wifey whom I met back in 1999, when we hired her here in an office we opened in BKK. That was a wise decision to keep in touch with her. Told her in 2003 sadly I was getting divorced, she told me to work on saving my marriage but...if it does not work out, then do what is right for you. 2005 the divorce is final, I came back here to Bangkok, called her up and asked her if she wanted to meet me for dinner right? She said "Yes, I will make the plans and come to your hotel" Damm..I was impressed, she took me to a dinner cruise on the Chaophraya River.....and the rest as they say..is history. After that evening, I think we both knew, this will no longer be a " business relationship" That night after our date, I told her she could stay at my hotel with me on Silom right? To this day I will never forget her response "Yeah, you wish" No regrets about Rachanee..she has been everything I wanted and more. And....she can throw a football and likes to have fun.

Happy days for the garden. The dry spell of the last two months has been broken with rain this morning.

Well that changed quickly. Another line of thunderstorms has developed and moved in from the east. The thunder gods just announced their arrival with a nice crack of lightning and thunder overhead. No rain yet.

Looks like my lady is worried about her plant walking away.

Hearing rumblings from the west, offshore, but unfortunately it looks like that line of thunderstorms is moving in the wrong direction, away from Pattaya. On the plus side, with the cloud cover it feels much cooler outside.

Speaking of The Royal Albert Hall....I remember back in the 70's that venue had the best of the best playing there. Did any of you British guys ever go to " Drury Lane Theater" or " Earls Court"? I always wanted to go see "Genesis" back then at Earls Court...

Yep, beer is the killer for most all of us without question. Don't drink any alcohol as a general rule at home here. Not trying to get into your personal business but..do you have a regular exercise routine? You can drink beer..if you balance it out with cardio especially..... I am just the opposite, love indoor exercise, always have. Weight training is a must for me...sadly here, no outdoor jogging for me, even in the cool season, just too hard as far as the heat. I certainly miss the cushion foam track back in Calif at the local High School. Cardio too is a must for me.....

The bars facing each other at the top of Soi 7 are noted for the volume of their music blasting out into the soi. It's so bad I speed up to get past the bars as quick as possible. For the Las Vegas Beer Garden, if you sit near the entrance the volume when the live band kicks in isn't too bad. What helps with the building's acoustics is the insulation they've attached to the interior walls and ceilings. Prior to 9pm when the live band starts playing, the music volume is tolerable no matter where you sit.

Cherry Bar Cup , unfortunately we have no players left in , Martin unlucky with his fixture

Cup competition

H2H results

Yes, i did in fact go through this concert to see what songs he performed, thanks for your info.

Lamb looks to be cooked perfectly

I'm thinking of Bruno to Gross .... rather than a Spurs player ..

Some bars play it for the staff and don't care about the customers and then there are bars that will play it for the customers not worrying about the staff. The successful ones will find the happy medium

I am sitting in Katesiree on Boukow taking a break from my morning walk it's now 6:30 a.m.