Comments on: Phuket and bucket do not rhyme

By: Zaza

Zaza — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:21:25 +0000

Hi! I did it! I read some of your blog! Yay me! Great stories! Thanks for those. You were right about facebook…the kids are 2nd on my priority list now. Poor little girls. Maybe I’ll feed them tomorrow. Anyway, I can’t wait to talk with you about your trip…you know, we spent about 12 weeks in Thailand in ‘99 and 2000…have fun, and keep the funny stories coming. Btw, my vamp kicked your vamp’s butt!

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:47:48 +0000

Becky,
I’m reading your blog a lot. I’m melting in the 115 degree heat in the desert and I need your adventures to sustain me in the heat, so freakin’ write!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Janet

By: brian

brian — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:22:02 +0000

dont stop writing!!! america misses you!! when are you coming home? you are my hero!!!

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:12:57 +0000

Hi Becky,

I am posting so keep freaking writing, you know I am reading it because when I write you e-mails I talk about your pictures and your blog. So write more woman!

By: Katy

Katy — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:25:53 +0000

I’m still stopping by when I have a sec too I LOVE reading the blog. Please keep it up. Your trips almost coming to an end, no? Which fabu place are you going to move to? I LOVE LOVE LOVE your photos by the way. You’ve got some really great shots in there. Damn, every time I stop by I’m ready to pack a backpack!! Can’t wait to have a long night of beer and travel stories when you get back Take Care, girl!
xoxo

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:05:20 +0000

Yay for your blog! Thanks for keeping on writin’! I really enjoy reading about your adventures and observations of what’s going around you! That’s crazy about the Thai Red Bull with speed in it - Wow! And yes - how is it going with communicating your allergy to Shrimp? Please do tell about exotic food that you’ve tried.
Don’t drink any more bucket drinks! No No!
Love YOU!

By: straussr

straussr — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:05:55 +0000

Hey all -

Thanks for reading! I think there’s speed in Thai Red Bull. Which is what makes it so great! And tuk tuks are these little motorized tricycles almost. I’ll put a pic on here soon.

Off to look at some more wats!

xxx

By: Dane Melby

Dane Melby — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:22:25 +0000

Hey Becks…yes, keeps the posts coming! Presently, living vicariously through another is all the fun in my life. Live and learn when it comes to destinations…westernization has its drawbacks obviously…still, stick up for us back here in the good old U.S. of A. A better defender we could not ask for…just keep the buckets off of your head as you do so please! Hope to here of better ports-of-call to come. As for the Scandinavian comment…did you hear why the Norwegian ice factory had to close? Lost the recipe! HA…yes, old family joke. God’s speed…keep it coming!

By: Amy Maurer

Amy Maurer — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:03:40 +0000

Yay for continuing to blog your trip! Rock on!

Seriously though, just hearing about those bucket drinks makes me feel hungover. God I’m old. “I think that ship has sailed, my friends.” Amen, sister.

As of Tuesday, Scott’s now joined your ranks as an international traveler… he called today from one of the undoubtedly many Erfurt beerhalls while imbibing a fine German pilsner. (I, on the other hand, am really gaining a new respect for single parents!) Sounds like they’re off to a rousing start… so far they’ve visited a concentration camp memorial and a german sex shop. (On second thought, maybe I’m not so jealous I stayed home with the kids? Ha!)

Yes, definitely, let’s hear more about the Asian cuisine. Have you had any problems communicating your shrimp allergy with the food vendors, btw? Speaking of food allergies, Jack’s allergic to uncooked eggs. Easy to avoid, you might think, but it turns out cupcakes are not friendly to this allergy as many of them use either 7 minute or Buttercream frosting, both of which contain uncooked egg whites (for those non-bakers in the crowd). When we determined that he had this allergy last winter, we explained to him that he can’t have “raw” eggs, as we weren’t sure he’d understand the subtleties of “uncooked”. So today at a playdate, he was offered a cupcake. He said “No, I’m lergic to rodden eggs.” I just had to laugh.
On second thought, that might be the answer to ending my sweet tooth obsession… if I picture every piece of cake has rotten eggs in it?!?
Have a spring roll for me, and keep the posts coming!

By: KP

KP — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:45:23 +0000

What’s a tuk tuk?
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“What a retard. It was pretty gross though, blood everywhere - and I don’t even think she was drunk. Maybe Scandinavian.”

Ummm, excuse me, but are you equating being Scandinavian with being drunk? Or a retard? Dude, I’ll fight ya over that one.
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Not that it can compare to the rainy season there, but we are having our own deluge here in MSN. Yesterday a bolt of lightning hit a utility pole at Sherman/Northport and unleashed a 4,000 volt wire that landed in standing water and electrocuted a woman and small child who were waiting for the bus, and then a passerby who tried to help them. The bus driver jumped out to try and help, but was shocked back into the bus. Once the first responders arrived, they couldn’t do anything but watch the smoking bodies until the utility people secured the scene. They had to cut power to 1,800 residences to fix the downed wire.
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What a handy beverage the bucket is! After you drink it, you have a ready-to-use vomit receptacle. I’m getting kind of green just thinking about whiskey and illegal red bull. The legal kind is foul enough. What’s in the Thai kind that makes it illegal?
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Tell more about the food, please!