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My daughter celebrating her escape from a week of scout camp with only a hurt leg, a rash on one arm, and a swollen ear from a bug bite. She decided honey cake and ice cream would fill the bill. Another one meal day for me.

I just saw the Critical Drinker's take on it. Thanks for the heads up CF. I'll just re-watch Waterloo when I'm in the mood for that period of history.

Isaan nachos.

One of our favorites.

Stir fried Chinese meatballs (Pad luk chin). She uses oyster sauce, spring onions, various herbs and spices. Naturally including Thai chilies.

Started working for me again when I closed and reopened Firefox.

Youtube has caught up to this one.

As usual in Patts I forgot to take photos, but I see I got got one of Harry's Mexican spring rolls and small but tasty Buffalo wings. Home now.

American breakfast at the Nest.

Steak trio at Patrick's.

I have a young daughter, so unfortunately I know all the names of the my little ponies, about princess Sofia, Sonic, and I know who LaLisa from BlackPink is.

I used to have a couple of lower end rent houses in Texas. Mostly cash only and I can't speak to the legal immigration status of the folks that rented them. I used have things happen like showing up to collect rent, take a glance around, and see a Christmas stocking on the wall in July. So I move it and there's a big hole in the wall. Another time after a tenant family moved out without notice, they thought they'd steal a dresser that was part of the furniture I provided, but not before deciding to paint it dark brown, on the carpet. When I got tired of it and wouldn't take any more tenants, it cost quite a bit to fix up the damage they left and get the houses sold. Never again.

Ham and cheese three egg. I messed up the flip, but still tasty.

I don't doubt that if I was in Chonburi, Bangkok or Phuket I would hire an agent. There are no agents to hire in the places I've lived because the IOs don't arbitrarily make it difficult, so agents aren't needed.

Having lived in Thailand for a while, and in that time using three different immigration offices, but never in a tourist area. I don't think there are any agents outside the tourist areas. Because immigration is simple and quick out here in non-tourist Thailand. My theory: Many people in the tourist areas want to circumvent the really simple immigration rules (simpler than the US for sure). They're willing to pay to do that. A whole industry grows up around corrupt foreigners wanting to expedite or not fulfill the rules of the process, and the IOs are happy to go corrupt and take their cut. Now everyone in those areas needs to pay an agent. Out in non-tourist Thailand you only need a bank letter, signed copies of passport pages and bank book pages, 1900 Baht, and less than 30 minutes once a year.

Where's the bucket?

Thanks for that, looks good. I'm also trying to find a good nfl full game replay source, due to time difference. I can avoid hearing about about results until I see the game I wanted to.

Enjoying Rayong riverside lit up down to the sea and along the seaside for Loi Kratong.

Dinner at a riverside restaurant that we knew had stairs down to a boat dock where we could float our kratong.

I watched the Mrs and daughter make a krathong and sew hems on Thai traditional dresses for tomorrow. I understand the krathong has to be made new every year. They donate the dresses after the day, so they do that every year again, too. I again explain the concept of thimbles while they complain about sewing, which is waved off. I guess it's just part of their holiday experience. I'm just going to buy some thimbles before next year, maybe they'll accept them. If I remember.

A local hotel always had a spacious and well appointed Dim Sum buffet lunch every Thursday and Sunday. Unfortunately what they haven't had since 2020 is the customers to justify it. Rather than give up on it, they just charge the buffet price, give you a menu, and make what ever you want from it to order.

Working through the leftovers with some (soon to be) wet burritos.

Thanksgiving dinner.

Changing my previous recommendation for star trek enterprise. Just watched most of episode "Fortunate Son" where the oh so enlightened crew is trying to stop a freighter from fighting back against an alien piracy organization. Better to reason with them even though they've put the freighter's captain in the infirmary, their freighter has been shot up, etc. BS. I thought it was pre-Woke. I've spent time on seismic crews, down-hole exploration crews, and rigs all around the world. Every crew had an armory, and trained personnel. Which was known. So we got left alone.