I Called Into The Kodak Shop,

to pick up a few pictures,

 I had a picture of Diana framed,

 we had a quiet day, although the rainy season is reported to have finish it rained pretty much all afternoon, then out to the weekend night market, looking towards Jomtien,

 and inland mostly clear skies,

 I walked down a different aisle today and noticed that the stall that sells light flowers has moved, either that or there is another one,

 great cabbage patch style dolls, especially the one with the shades,

 opposite the bar this evening Newonline power bank and a secondhand clothes stall,

 the food aisles had plenty of customers this evening,

 with both aisles apparently busy, as November is the start of the high season I guess it will get more crowded as the season progresses,

 not many customers in the pet aisle though,

 sunset over the market,

 with hardly a cloud in the sky,

 not many at the bar this evening, but Eddie was sat at the left hand end,

 tonight we were joined by Mr. Tony, notice I was drinking water!

 we made a move to the Punch & Judy for our evening meal,

 we picked at a starter of onion rings,

 Mr. Tony chose cottage pie,

spaghetti bolognaise for Diana,

whilst as usual I went with the Friday special, fish & chips,

'Cheers!', after our meal we said our goodbyes to Mr. Tony, arriving home we watched a couple from Pawn Stars, (one day I am going to make a spelling mistake with that one!), a few more from Cheers and then for us we were off to bed.

Many Years Ago I Watched A Program Filmed I Believe In Finland,

it was filmed in winter, 

the presenter took a mug of boiling water, threw the water into the air where it froze immediately, the point was that if you did the same thing with cold water it would not freeze, this phenomena is known as the Mpemba effect, Aristotle first noticed that hot water freezes faster than cold water but chemists have always struggled to explain the paradox, until now, Xi Zhang at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore says that the Mpemba paradox is the result of the unique properties of the different bonds that hold water together,

so what’s so odd about the bonds in water? a single water molecule consists of a relatively large oxygen atom joined to two smaller hydrogen atoms by standard covalent bonds, but put water molecules together and hydrogen bonds also begin to play an important role, these occur when a hydrogen in one molecule comes close the oxygen in another and bonds to it, chemists have long known that they are important, 

for example, water’s boiling point is much higher than other liquids of similar molecules because hydrogen bonds hold it together, but in recent years, chemists have become increasingly aware of more subtle roles that hydrogen bonds can play, for example, water molecules inside narrow capillaries form into chains held together by hydrogen bonds, this plays an important role in trees and plants where water evaporation across a leaf membrane effectively pulls a chain of water molecules up from the roots, so now I know why boiling hot water freezes faster than cold water, (I think).

For A Number Of Weeks,

Diana and myself have been watching Cheers,

and enjoying the shows immensely, one thing I did not know was that the pub in the series was based on a real venue,

Cheers Beacon Hill as it is now known was formerly the Bull & Finch Pub, in case you have not watched any of the shows it is a comedy, each episode takes place in a bar/restaurant located on Beacon Street in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, the show has it's regular characters and each episode is centred around their interactions I guess is the best way to describe it, 

as an aside the title sequence won a Emmy Award for its 60 second opening sequence amongst the 111 Emmy's the show won over its life, the sequence features still shots like this one, titled 'Saturday night in a saloon', taken in Craigville, Minnesota, 1937 by Russell Lee of the Farm Security Administration, the shot was then coloured,

and used in the opening credits, notice how the smokers hand has been removed, the type face is Cabaret and was designed by Alan Meeks, back to the bar, it was founded in 1969 as the Bull & Finch Pub, the exterior of the bar is seen in the NBC television sitcom Cheers which ran from 1982 to 1993, when the bar took on the new name Cheers it opened up for them a new line of merchandising and even named a beefburger hall of fame after Norm! so if we ever visit Boston you will know where to find us.

It Might Be An Advertisement For A Smart Television,

but it was not smart to not read the proof of it,

still I guess the 2D glasses will be handy for normal television!

Up Early And Off Fishing,

it has been a few weeks since we were here,

 so we are expecting a bumper catch today,

 the jetty that was in a sorry state,

 has been repaired, making things much easier,

 Nick was soon into his first fish of the day,

 that was a nice size,

 but unfortunately not nice to eat,

 so back he went,

 then I caught one, a monster, it was all of 1.5 ounces!

 but here is a camera trick, zoom in, hold the fish away from your body and it now looks a nice size,

 so it was 1-1 in the fishing stakes, by now Diana was getting hungry, so rather than wait for us to catch a fish she ordered chicken fried rice,

 which looked and tasted very nice,

 then a second fish to me, it was one that we could eat, but too small so back he went,

 Ta-Taa was unfortunately not to well, as she was molting and had also developed a skin rash, so she was being shampooed with a special lotion, but could not stop licking the lotion off, so she had to wear a collar,

 Nick and Maureen basking in the sunshine, it was so bright and sunny today,

 the bad news was that the fish stopped biting, so the score ended at 2-1 to me, so it was a good idea for Diana not to wait for us to catch lunch!

 if you fancy a days or afternoons fishing this is the parks card we normally go to,

the Mamak fishing park, it is off of Soi Nub Plan Wan, (spelt as it sounds), turn into the Soi from Sumkivitt, over the railway crossing and continue for a couple of miles, the road starts to go downhill, near the bottom of it you will see on the right the road the fishing park is in, follow that for a while and the fishing park is on the left, 

 we were then back to Nick and Maureen's for a roast meal,

 and delicious it was too,

 ,Cheers!', from all of us, after some cheese and biscuits and some ice cream, we were on the the serious part of the evening,

Monopoly! we all thought I really had a chance, I was one short of completing a number of set early in the game but try as I might I just could not land on the last one to complete a set of properties, but Maureen did!, she became tonight's winner in no uncertain terms, we thanked Nick and Maureen for looking after us so well and made a move for home, we watched a couple of Pawn Stars, followed by Cheers, both of which we enjoy immensely, then for us we were off to bed.

When we See Nick and Maureen,

we normally have a game of Monopoly after our evening meal,

but who ever painted this Monopoly board on the floor of their home took the game way too seriously! a homeowner was left speechless when he took up his old carpet to discover a giant Monopoly board painted on the floorboards underneath, 'I pulled up the carpet at the house, and guess what I found!’ explained Reddit user Nnewel, who also posted snaps of his epic discovery, I guess a snakes and ladder board will be found in the next room!

Have You Ever Wondered Why We Sometimes Use Nicknames?

it appears in years past in Europe many people did not move out of their village,

and at that time surnames were not universal, nicknames were the way to distinguish this Henry from the other Henry you knew, like Henry the farmer, Henry the mason, Henry the sheep and so on, those nicknames were even more important when kings and warlords inherited both realms and given names from their predecessors, so here are two from those times, the coat of arms above from Alfonso the Slobberer, why the slobberer? Alfonso IX, King of León and Galicia – who was a fairly successful ruler of the northern part of Iberia during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, managing to stay on the throne for 42 years, however, the North African scholar Ibn Khaldun noted that he was called Baboso or the Slobberer because he would foam at the mouth whenever he got upset, 

and if you have ever wondered why in the UK we have never had a King John II, this is the reason, King John of England was nicknamed John Lackland/Softsword, he is considered one of the least successful monarchs of  England (which is why there has not yet been a John II), when his brother Richard the Lionheart died in 1199, John inherited a powerful Angevin empire, within a few years, he was completely driven out of Normandy by the French, and would soon be facing upheaval in England, by the end of his reign, John had signed the Magna Carta (1215) which stripped him of many of his royal powers, his lack of military success earned him the nickname ‘softsword’ from English chroniclers, years before he became king, however, John’s own father Henry II gave him the nickname ‘Lackland’ when he realized this son would not be getting much of an inheritance compared to his older brothers, for a few more worst nicknames for medieval rulers have a look here.