A Beautiful Day in Thailand

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Hi,
It was another beautiful day in Thailand. We are definitely moving into the hot part of the year. That's not to say that it doesn't cool off at night, but by mid-morning you can feel it coming on. We could really use some rain but that doesn't seem to be in the forecast.
All it took was a blatant clue and the mail poured in. "Biggest Part of Me" was the song and Ambrosia was the group. Moving forward in time for the benefit of the 'younger set', I offer the first line of this popular mid 80's hit. Stay away from Google.
"Move yourself, you always live your life never thinking of the future..." Hint: These days everyone is harping on ownership of this and that. Hmm, take a shot.
I'm happy to report that the pool is holding water, and as soon as it warms up we'll be splashing around again. The temp is at 72 degrees right now but considering the change in the weather, we could be swimming in a few weeks.
Sunday night while we were at the Night Bazaar we got a new mailbox from one of our merchant friends. It's made from teak and almost looks like a bird house. Lisa painted our name and address on it today and now we just need to coat it with something like epoxy. That will mean a special trip to the hardware store. That means another adventure.
We may have discovered why so many of the corn fields are just standing, unattended. Johan was telling us that the demand for ethanol has declined drastically due to the lower oil prices. There had been a rush to produce more ethanol to meet what looked like a major demand. Now it appears that many small farms are stuck with a crop that nobody wants. Of course, that's not really true, but in the small town vision of things, what do you do with it? They pick enough for family, or the village and let the cows come in and clear the field. Today there was an article in the Bangkok Post about the setback with ethanol production. They failed to mention the small farmers. Sounds vaguely familiar.
Tonight we went out to Big C to get a small gift for Boot's mother. While we were there we stopped at one of the larger phone concessions and got Lisa a new phone. She's been using a phone we got soon after we arrived. Not a bad phone, but the manual is in Chinese, and Thai but nothing in English. It had a touch screen, which was an attraction, but it was hard to know when it was really locked. It's been very frustrating so we took steps to make life easier. Now she has a really cool little 'slide' phone and she can read the directions. One of the coolest things about living in an 'unlocked' country is that you just put your phone's SIM card in the new phone and continue where you left off. No contract negotiations or restrictions. You pay the provider of your choice, as you go.
Something tells me it's Wacky Wednesday.

Peace,
Danny

"Help your brother's boat across,
and your own will reach the shore."
~Hindu proverb


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