Monthly Archives: July 2007

Toilet Marathon

July 15, 2007 – 11:29 pm

Early Sunday morning the police blocked Pattaya’s major streets for the annual marathon. Runners started before dawn to escape the enervating powers of the tropical sun, otherwise the 26 miles would be shortened to a single kilometer. When I was in high school, I ran cross-country. 5K-10K. Not anymore. My friends and I have a [...]

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Friday the 13th 7-13-2007

July 13, 2007 – 11:44 pm

13 has been considered bad luck for centuries. The Turks effectively banned the number from their language. Vikings feared that if 13 guests sat to dinner, all of them would die within a year under the curse of Loki, their god of mischief. Some humans reject this belief and Manhattan has both East and West [...]

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Thai Cybersex Threat

July 13, 2007 – 11:41 pm

Family members have a strange way of showing up unannounced in Thailand. The lineage of cousins can extend to the son of someone’s aunt who used to go to school with your wife’s second uncle. On one occasion three teenage monks stopped for a visit. My 16 year-old nephew, Beer, knew one of their uncles. [...]

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Dollar Sinking Fast

July 10, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Yesterday’s sell-off by Thai exporters sank the US Dollar to a new 10 year low against the baht and some analysts are confidently predicting that the baht could hit 30 before year’s end. Worst the Bank of Thailand continues to support the dollar, despite the offshore value of the baht is in the 31 range. The [...]

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Cellphone ban at the wheel

July 10, 2007 – 11:27 pm

The Thai government has enacted a law to ban drivers from the use of cellphones while behind the wheel. Hand-free devices are still acceptable under the new legislation. Most people can talk and walk at the same time, but this is not the case once they are driving a car or motorcycle. Conversations become involved, [...]

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