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The chilli burger in Evil's post reminded me of one my favorites, Sloppy Joes. Might be another good addition to the GASC menu. Here's one reciepe I grabbed off the internet. In a medium skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef, onion, and green pepper; drain off liquids. Stir in the garlic powder, mustard, ketchup, and brown sugar; mix thoroughly. Reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

I've noticed that too. Thai police are worse than useless in controlling traffic. Just make the traffic backups worse.

Noticed the construction backup yesterday too. Didn't venture down Klang so no idea why it should have been backed up as it was. Other days traffic was moving, albeit slowly, but still moving. Yesterday it looked like traffic was at a standstill. As for construction time. They seem to be moving along at a good clip so the construction bottleneck should soon move past the Arunothai/Klang intersection. At that point you'll have more options to bypass the construction area.

I think it's more a case the post probably belongs in the Bars/Gogos/Business Owners' Forum.

He might have to wait for for the underpass to flood... or live in Houston.

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In case you missed it, reported by Pattaya One News. Most interesting in the article was the report the underpass extractor fans weren't working. Another fine example of Thai workmanship at its best. Police repeat restrictions for Pattaya underpass On Tuesday August 29th, the head of Pattaya police held a press conference to highlight the restrictions to using the new underpass, which only recently opened. He said that the restrictions were in place for the safety of the people using the underpass, and that heavy fines would be made should the rules be broken. At the moment, restrict

They're actually being smart about the digging. Only doing small sections at a time to minimize the traffic disruption. Once one section is completed they back fill and cover and then move on to the next.

Thought it would be interesting to compare the old Klang intersection to the new. No doubt it looks quite a bit better. Was it worth the estimated 1 billion baht cost...

The photo record wouldn't be complete w/o a pic of the opened underpass. Taken this morning... My first photo of the construction was on 11 Jan, 2015. Since then 2 years, 7 months and 14 days have elapsed to yesterday's opening. Even with the missed opening dates, the original reports called for three years of construction. So by that measure I'd have to give them credit for finishing within that period. For those interested, here's a link to a photo album of the construction from start to finish.

Cable burying is happening on Klang. They started about a week ago, but suspended operations yesterday as I imagine the VIP motorcade wouldn't like it if they had to wait for lowly construction workers. This is a pic of the area they're currently digging up.

The long awaited underpass opening is happening today. According to the E-sign the opening is at 22:00. The previously covered sign is now uncovered. BIB making sure no one turns left on to Klang as it is now VIP parking. Small party at the underpass control booth. More BIB directing traffic at the Klang intersection. Looks like the big dig for burying the electric is suspended for the day. Klang intersection almost open for business. U-turn from southbound to northbound is open. View to the south Southbound Klang intersection is a clusterfuck though. Five lanes re

So it's elephant joke time... How do you tell if an elephant has been making love in your backyard? If all your trashcan liners are missing.

Used to enjoy having a cold one and watching the world go by from the Sutus Court bar, called Cup-Fa. Good, friendly staff, but unfortunately management for the past couple of months can't seem to figure out how to properly stock their bar. Most times they're out of my drink of choice, SangSom. Of late they have also been running out of Leo. Shame really as the seating area is a bit higher than the other bars on Soi Bhuakhao, so less road noise and a better breeze flows through the bar area.

Don't doubt there are some dodgy sellers out there, but the dodgy ones can be avoided by sticking to sellers with a high rating over a period time longer than a year. Also, if the price sounds too good to be true... Coincidentally, just replaced my Samsung S6 with a OnePlus 3T that I bought on Lazada last week. Working great unlike the S6 that was freezing up on me with increasing frequency. Looked around locally for a case, but everyplace said "no hab". Placed an order on Lazada on Monday for a case, arrived on Tuesday. As Idefix pointed out in his post, I look for sellers in Thailand, so

Interesting. So it would appear not all purchases abroad incur an import duty. I'm now regularly using Lazada for most purchases. Every purchase and shipment, except one has come through w/o a hitch. In the one instance there was a problem, I think the reseller lost the order, an email to Lazada customer service resolved the problem within a few hours.

Think you'll need a pdf reader on your mobile to be able to open and read the downloaded file. I did a quick read and found it interesting and well written.

Pattaya One News Don’t hold your breath, but the Pattaya underpass is due to open on August 25th So after weeks, no, make that months of delays reagrading the Pattaya underpass, an official opening date has finally been set for August 25th. The news came after a press conference which was held and it was announced that after over 3 years and 840 million baht, the project will finally be handed over. I have lost count of the times that a date has been set for completion, however, so it remains to be seen whether the authorities will stick to this one. They did mention that they still ha

We have a hasher that joins us on some of our hash runs which are in the jungle and fields outside of Pattaya. This particular hasher lost a leg years ago in a climbing accident, but still gets out and joins us on the trails. And as is customary with the hash, you're given a nickname once we get to know you. In this case many suggestions were shouted out, but the one that stuck was International House Of Pancakes or IHOP for short. All had a good laugh over the nickname, including the recipient.

I was traveling northbound late this morning and was surprised to see traffic turning from the southbound lanes on to Klang. It was only when I got up to the intersection that I saw they were using the northbound u-turn to sneak across to Klang. Actually it wasn't really "sneaking", it was more like barging their way across northbound traffic to Klang. About an hour later on my way back on the southbound side saw a cop standing at the intersection putting a stop to the illegal use of the u-turn lane. Another thing I've noticed, drivers on the southbound lanes are not paying attentio

I think it was early last week they got smart and turned off the lights and blocked the turn onto Klang from Suk. Hard to believe and understand why they haven't opened the underpass yet.

MS lost me a couple of versions ago when they revamped the UI. Just couldn't be arsed to learn the new UI so kept with the old version through various OS and hardware upgrades. Their new licensing scheme just reinforces my decision to stick with the old and true. Having MS on my laptop is more for convenience now to handle the occasional Word and Excel files I receive. Otherwise I use Google Docs exclusively. If you're into coding, you can also do some pretty interesting things with Docs/Sheets using Google Apps Script.

Nope. Another report had them trying for an August opening. Hope they open the underpass soon as they've really fucked up traffic since they turned on the traffic lights at the Klang intersection. On weekend afternoons traffic is really backed up both ways waiting for a green light.

It appears they now know the source of the "rogue water". Major Sukhumvit roadwork ahead near tunnel The Department of Rural Roads will take about two weeks to dig up Sukhumvit Road and stop ground water from bubbling to the surface. A section of Sukhumvit near the entrance to the Redemptorist Vocational School has subsided due to underground water washing away the foundation of the busy thoroughfare. Locals complain the area is always wet, even when it hasn’t rained for days. Somchai Panpao, architect and advisor to Central Road bypass tunnel project, said the water leakage is natur

I'll second Idefix's suggestion of using Google Docs. You'll need a Google account to use. If you don't already have one, here's the link to create one.