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Surprised you didn't pick a different part of her anatomy for a close up. Like her shirt design.

It pays to complain. Received a response from Salomon from yesterday's complaint and I'm now providing the additional info they requested. One of which is picture of the sole, probably to confirm the wear isn't from running thousands of km's. Good that all they're requesting is additional photo proof. CamelBak on the other hand replied they want me to return the hydration pack for warranty replacement consideration.

Complaint day for me. Fired off an email to Camelbak to complain about abnormal wear and tear on a hydration pack. And to Salomon to complain about vamp material wearing through on their running shoes after only four months of use.

Today's update on the Easy R-Con open sewer project.

They've upgrade the filler in a few of the potholes to crushed stone. That will last for about one rainstorm. Looking towards Triangle Bar it's still looking rough.

I just returned from having a drink and bite to eat at the R-Con Bar and noticed the Y pipe was in pieces now. Can't say I'm surprised as I thought when I snapped the pic below yesterday that it was doubtful the Y pipe was going to line up with the holes in the concrete.

I think they've done a fantastic job on the landscaping in the Bang Lamung Exercise Park, and I expect the northwest extension will be equally nice. They've made a lot of improvements on the northeast side of the reservoir. If I was so inclined to move from the brightside to the darkside, that would be the area I'd look to buy or rent in. Bang Lamung Exercise Park pic from post #2

I took ride out to check on the progress of the new Mabprachan Bike Path. I was happy to see it's about 90% complete. Starting at the north entrance to the reservoir dam road, asphalt and lane markings are in. The only bit that remains is at the northwest end that connects with the Bang Lamung Exercise Park Bike Path. There are two remaining bridges that need to be constructed. Pilings are in. And one of the bridge support beams is almost finished. Work is also underway for the northwest extension of the Bang Lamung Exercise Park. This is the last of the two bridges that need to be completed, which will connect the bike path to Bang Lamung Exercise Park. On the other side of the park, the final touches on the new bike path connection are almost done. The north side of the park also is the start of a walk/jogging path that is separate from the bike path. One thing I noticed on my ride is the new asphalt seemed to be of lower quality than what I've seen on western projects. As proof to my thoughts I soon came across areas where they have already had to patch the bike path. There's a good chance the heavy equipment they're driving over the bike path is the main reason for the needed repairs. For the most part the bike path is separated from road traffic by steep, concrete lined storm water culverts. The few places where vehicles could enter they have a couple of low barricades, which is good b/c otherwise the Thais would soon be using the bike path as a parking lot. There were a few places where there was sand and gravel on the path, but I think once construction is finished that will be swept off and the storm water culverts will probably do a good job of keeping storm debris off the path. Not that it really matters, but the smaller culvert that separates the paths, someone didn't plan the fall correctly so the rain water won't make it all the way to the outlet hole. Nice sweeping curves on the bike path across from the Soi Siam Country Club arch. Looks like they ran out of shoreline, so the walk/jogging path ends about 800m short of the south end of the reservoir dam road. The bike path might eventually extend farther west, but for now you can continue your ride through the bike gap in the south end reservoir dam entrance. It's a 2.7 km ride, straight shot across the reservoir dam. The view from the north side entrance to the reservoir dam road. The green line in the map below marks the existing Bang Lamung Exercise Park Bike Path. The area to the west of the reservoir dam road has quite a few single track paths in the woods that make for an enjoyable ride in the shade on a mtn or hybrid bike. The ride around the reservoir is 10.3 km.

Reported yesterday on social media a truck backed into a hole on Klang. Pics of the site from this afternoon, truck has been rescued. Edited to add: Just noticed this is a different truck and a different part of Klang than where the truck fell into the hole yesterday. And as long as I was in the area, here's a few more of the underground cable work on Klang. In the pic below you can just make out the hole they drilled through the sand to pull the conduit through. Seems to me that will also make a good path for rain water, and if so I wouldn't be surprised if there is erosion of the subsurface and subsequent collapse of the road above. Whereas on 2nd Rd they're digging a trench, laying down concrete raceways and filling with concrete.

Today at the Easy R-Con open sewer project site they're manhandling the Y pipe into position.

Not in the Pattaya area, but a bike path in Nakhon Phanom made the news. Unsafe new Mekong riverside cycling path closed A new cycling path along the Mekong riverbank has been closed after part of it collapsed only two days after an inaugural cycling event to promote tourism. The cycling path, in Muang district, is about 1.1 kilometres long and only recently built, and was still awaiting acceptance by the provincial hall. A viewpoint section about 50 metres long collapsed on Tuesday. Engineers from the Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning examined the path's structure and found many structural cracks and a mudslide had already affected its foundation. The engineers said the structure as built could not withstand the riverbank erosion caused by recent heavy rain. The collapse occurred only two days after the Tourism Authority of Thailand and local authorities held a cycling event along the path on Sunday to promote local tourism. Chanchai Sribenja of a Nakhon Phanom cycling club said on Friday that cycling events organised alongside the Mekong River in Nakhon Phanom were popular with local tourists. The collapse of the new cycling path could have a negative impact. Enforcing construction standards would be an effective solution, he said.

Work continues on the underground cable project. Drilling under the road on the north side of Klang near the Buakhao intersection.

It's been six days since I last checked in on the Easy R-Con open sewer project status. First thing I noticed is they added another concrete box on the Buakhao end. Looks like the addition is where the shutoff valves will reside. And a good guess is this section of pipe will be going here. Other end of the box they're working on the support framework for the sewer grates.

Beach Rd has the same set up, but can't cope with the volume of water. Same as the silly water channels they built into the low points on Beach Rd with the misguided hope the rain water would ignore the physics of volume vs sq cm area and conveniently drain into the channels rather than rip embarrassing channels through the beach sand to the sea.

Lee Iacocca, who helped create the Ford Mustang and then rescued Chrysler in the 1980s, has died https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/02/business/lee-iacocca-obituary/index.html

They're now backfilling around the Easy R-Con open sewer project. Sure hope they're going to use more than just sand as a road base. Wonder if they'll move the garbage can, or just bury it. With the backfill in place you get an idea of how the new road surface level will impact the businesses on either side. I'm leaving Pattaya for a five day holiday. Hopefully others walking around the area over the next couple of days can post pics of the progress.

I did a search on Google Play store and found the app (link). The description is in Thai, but Google Translate to the rescue came up with this. Police i lert u is a mobile application for the general public in Thailand. Can press to ask for help from the police by sending personal information, photos of the incident time and the location of the incident to the War Room, where police officers are waiting for the matter 24 hours a day and will coordinate to send police officers to help And provide immediate service Edited to add: App was released in 2015. Police launch crime-emergency app

Perhaps the opening is on July 5, 2025, the next time the 5th falls on a Saturday.

Today's update on the Easy R-Con open sewer project. Looks like the black piping is for some kind of system that makes use of the two smaller holes. I'm not sure, but the black pipe poking out from under Buakhao looks like it taps into the city water system. Maybe they plan on syphoning off the "clean" storm water into the city's water system. <joking> Back in April I snapped a pic of the project board. It didn't make much sense at the time as the project was still a muddy, water filled hole in the ground. Now that the box is completed I can match up the overhead view in the design to what they built. You can see the concrete piping in the upper right of the design, and below that, piping that utilizes the two smaller holes. The mystery deepens as to their function; perhaps a freshwater system to aid in the removal of accumulated debris? And at the other end, a fresh load of sand to help cover up all the construction debris.

Noticed last night they had uncovered the small outflow holes.

Note too how it's a slight uphill climb for the water in that last section. I wouldn't be surprised if the outflow becomes another inflow to the box.

Today's task at the Easy R-Con open sewer project, hook up the outflow drain to the Buakhao storm water system. Wonder what the black, plastic pipe will be used for. Still don't know what the two smaller outflow holes were for, but no matter, they've now been backfilled with sand. Hope they remembered to plug the holes first. Form now in place for concreting the top of the inflow drain. The worksite is quite a mess on this end.

It's a composite. It probably would have held up fine over a longer time if it was just foot traffic, but it wouldn't be a far stretch to guess the Thai's drove trucks over the walkway which that material was never designed to support.

When I saw your pics I thought it was unusual to see what looks like fresh snow on the higher elevations around you. Then I saw this article... Colorado's snowpack is 40 times normal after rare summer solstice dump Due to the new snow Friday into the weekend, the Natural Resources Conservation Service reported that the state's snowpack ballooned to 4,121 percent above normal as of Monday. This number is so high because ordinarily very little snow is left by late June, and cold temperatures late into the spring helped preserve what fell earlier.