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The big bikes are very comfortable for long trips. Used to own an Ultra Classic and had many enjoyable trips across the USA. To be honest though, had a chance to ride a Goldwing a couple of times and found it more comfortable than the Ultra Classic. Mainly b/c it had a water cooled engine. But living in the home town of HD, Milwaukee, all my friends road HD's so that's what I bought too.

A QC bot that checks the quality of posts in addition to quantity. No wonder I like it here.

You're also missing a gold star for having achieved 100 posts. Edited to add: To add insult to injury, you got passed over for an upgrade to Advanced when you hit 10 posts.

Easy R-Con open sewer as of yesterday afternoon.

It would be interesting to see what the new post count over time looks like after the influx of new members.

Soi Pothole update. Starting at the Nightwish bars in the middle of the soi and going towards Buakhao not looking so good. But looking the other way towards 3rd Rd surface still looks ok. Drilling a hole from Soi 7 to Soi 8 on 2nd Rd. Two pumps working to drain the Easy R-Con open sewer swimming pool. Hard to see in this pic, but 2nd pump is on the other end of the hole.

Some snaps from this afternoon on the progress of the repairs. North end, doesn't look like they've done anything. Across from Soi 3, repairs done. Have to say, the footpath has held up well so far. Soi 6 pumps are back, only two days late. Soi 6, repairs underway. Big pow wow underway too. Wonder what creative BS they'll come up with to explain why part of their multi-million baht project got washed away with the first significant rainfall. Across from Soi 12, concrete pad is in worse shape than what I noticed two days ago across from Soi 13/1. Across from Soi 13/1, shadow is hiding it, but there is separation the length of the retaining wall seaside. As well as on the footpath side.

Shirt from last Saturday's Brexit Monkey Hash run.

Some nice looking gardens y'all have. My LGF has something more akin to a domesticated jungle, but it keeps her busy and happy. And if she's happy, I'm happy. It also supplies us with some fresh veggies and herbs. A few times a year she goes home for a week or two and leaves me with the responsibility of watering her "garden". Since I can't be arsed to stand there with a hose watering her many plants scattered throughout the property, I installed a misting system. She never uses it, preferring to do the watering by hand, but when she's gone every couple of days I turn it on for about an hour.

Had a fair bit of rain this afternoon. Looking down Soi 13 towards Buakhao. Looking back up Soi 13. I can think of better places to enjoy a drink. Buakhao view to the north Buakhao view to the south The Easy R-Con open sewer. Talk about what lurks beneath murky waters. Walk past the green netting and you better be able to swim. Apparently there is a plan for fixing the open sewer.

We had our first significant rainfall this afternoon since the completion of the beach nourishment project. Got out and snapped a few pics after the rain let up as I was curious to see how the beach weathered the storm. Verdict is, not very well. Starting at the north end. Beach vendors were busy cleaning up the footpath as soon as the rain stopped. As expected, the drain channels they installed were completely ineffective. Probably not the best day to be working on the electric control panel. Stage and seating at the Klang intersection. Bit pissed off they completely blocked the footpath all the way to the edge of the road. Another great Thai idea. Put up a shrine that completely blocks the rain runoff channel. The Hilton waterfall is back, although much smaller than the 2013 version. The volume of water in this pic is about the limit of what the rain channels can handle. Less than a month since construction, and with the first storm cracks are already appearing. I give it one or two more storms before the whole concrete pad is undercut and washed out. This is the runoff pad across from Soi 13/1. I see the short sections of concrete walls are doing their job to help keep the palm trees from getting washed out to sea. Disgusting mess on the south end. I wonder if these large flapper valves are still operational. At least the pumps are working. Southend has the makings of a new Hilton waterfall.

Just finished binge watching this one too. Not something I would normally have picked to watch, but several friends recommended it so gave it a try. Glad I did, it was a good watch.

AirAsia apologises, drops 'Get off in Thailand' promotion

First and only time I've seen it in Thailand was on a bike ride around Wat Yan/Silverlake. Bought it at a roadside stand at the entrance to the Wat Yan. Should have posted that pic since this topic is about pics taken in Thailand. Edited to add: That's assuming you were talking about Coke + Coffee and not the chocolate covered coffee beans.

Not M&M, but close enough. Reminds me of another coffee combination that was quite good.

I've read most of David Baldacci's books. Now working my way through the few I've missed. Current catch up book is

Not much progress on the Easy R-Con Bar open sewer.

Saturday's hash run Palawan, Philippines.

When I first moved to Thailand I lived directly south of you in Buntharik, on the other side of Sirindhorn Reservoir. Really enjoyed living there, but only lasted about six months when the reality of my then TGF's greedy family sunk in. Been happy in Pattaya ever since. Ubon is famous for their candle festival. Here's a few pics I took of the festival in July, 2009.

Nah, we're missing two of the worst shit stirrers on this forum, thank Buddha.

Amazing Thailand. Not only does that rain water gutter go nowhere, but I'm pretty sure the big 1m or so black plastic pipe that was to serve as a stormwater outlet from the pad in this pic has been removed. So effectively that storm water has nowhere to go either. That's why when we've had a bit of rain in the past you see the black, smelly water overflowing out through the top access cover. Same with what you noticed in these rainwater channels. Looks like some idiot put in a layer of concrete where it was designed to be open to allow rainwater to filter down into the rock retaining walls that make up these channels. I believe the design calls for a filter cloth on top, followed by a layer of stone pebbles to make it possible for people to walk over the channel w/o breaking an ankle. Borrowing one of your earlier photos to show the retaining wall design that is now installed.

Next to Adelphi Hotel, Buakhao Soi 19. The "because it's big must be hotel" site

Working on the open sewer today. Thought the steel panels would be used for retaining walls, but that doesn't look to be the case.