A dinner table
A dinner table In 2003, when I had moved to Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat), I rented a freestanding villa with some garden and a carport. The villa had no furniture or kitchen installed, and so I needed to do some upgrade work. At that time, there was almost daily pickup's loaded with furniture driving up-and-down the village. One day, one of these pickup's was driving by with a complete teak table set with 4 chairs. I went to the street and halted the pickup to see the table set and it looked quit nice. My Thai knowledge was very poor at that time and I called my wife to bargain about the table set. About a half hour later a deal was agreed (about 450 USD) and the workers started to unload the pickup and place the table inside the house. That evening, I had cooked Spaghetti (my wife's favorite meal) and asked my wife the invite our neighbours to sit with us at the new table. While I was preparing the table and the dinner, my wife went to invited the neighbors to come to e...