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I'm not saying it's not warm; hot even. I've known hotter. Sitting in an air-con room all day is hardly getting the body acclimatized to anything. Or propping up a bar with so many fans yer can't move. Right at the moment (10-25) it's 37 outside. I have to go to the farm shortly to do a bit of work. I'll not have a shirt on for 20 minutes, then put on my favourite cotton one. White with a top pocket. In a three hour work session I would normally drink at least a three litres of cold water. I take a few cold bottles with me in a poly box. The other day I was out in the farm for 6 hours. TBH, that was a bit much for me. I'll do 3 hours max now. I'm not one of those that go into the sun for the sake of it. Like laying on the beach; or in the sugar field. But getting 20 minutes of sun, on as as much flesh as possible, is good for the body. Just do what needs to be done and appreciate at what nature is offering. Drink plenty of water. Some laced with limes. Not easy to get lemons here.

Isaan buffaloes have an IQ of 130.

Wouldn't be out of place up here in the boonies. People wouldn't even know what it said. Most popular 'T' shirt up here is 'Porn Hub' I wear a trilby when I go out. Baseball caps are no good. Great topic though.

The biggest problem with luggage is air. You could buy special bags that you could suck the air out of. Use a vacuum pump or suck it out manually. Could reduce the size of your luggage by half. Roughly the same weight though.

TBH, I'm saddened at the amount of wimps there are here. Air-con?! Fans!? Ever heard of trees? Get a decent book, a cool drink, and make yerself comfortable under it. Do what nature intended.

Can't speak for that den if iniquity. Anyone in that horse-meat place is gonna pay extra; a big extra, Up here in my Isaan local village, an ex-army guy is doing dentures for 100 baht a tooth. So a full set is a tad more than 3k. Don't seen so bad that. Worth the trip up I reckon

I've been in the bitter cold whilst in Special Forces. So cold yer couldn't touch yer lips with a fork. If you did, someone would have to pour boiling water onto it to unfreeze it from yer lips. That's why we all had wooden spoons. This warm weather is not going to last forever. Take the opportunity to get a bit of sun on yer back. Kick yer feet in the surf, or roll in the rice stubble if not near the sea. Turn off the air-con. You know it's not good for you. If you must; get a fan. My advice; sit under a tree and do what nature intended.

Here in Udon Province it is now 42C. An hour ago it was 43C. Life goes on. People still in the fields. People still walking their buffaloes. People still building houses. Kids still playing kiss chase. Bangkok is a pussy cat. Tigers up here.

Always an odd number of geese too.

Right you are then guys. You spoke. I listened. I reacted. The chickens know the sound of the Mazza and come running.

Indeed. With the frond cover from the palms, the sun don't get through too much. So evaporation is minimal. I'll have a good look on Thursday. Ban Dung tomorrow. Weekly shop.

Owl Log - Tuesday afternoon - Part 3 It's all about water. First live run on the palm solar system yesterday. But first we had to bring over a couple of long PVCs from number one farm. Looked at the lay of the farm and put it where it will get to most trees. Turned the system on, and after 10 minutes the overflow kicked in. That meant that the two 1000L IBCs were full. Although they were half full to start with. So far so good. But as good as the overflow was working, could it handle the inflow. The outpipe was 2 inch; the pump pipe in 1 1/2. Both IBCs kept filling. We could hear the water shooting down into the rings below. Then they decided to overflow. But at least we knew something. The top overflow was not man enough for the job. Just couldn't release enough water fast enough. Let's see how the lower one would perform. Mildred went over to release the IBC water. We waited no longer than a couple of minutes for the lower overflow to kick in. Coming out at a good lick too. Must have been 2 litres a second. Stopped the water from the BCI tanks. But!!!??? Dear me. Waterfall!! Can only blame myself for underestimating the pump capacity. According to the pump data; at 32 metres down, the best it could give was 88 litres a minute. There was two litres a second out of the overflow. So a monumental miscalculation by me. But on the upside. The palms were getting a long awaited drink. As luck will have it; most of number two farm is in on a slight down slope. For now; let the water flow. Now some rough calculations. Start time 10am. Finish time 4pm. Average pump output; 1 litre a second. So 6 hours x 60 minutes x 60 seconds x 1 litre. On a bright day that's a whopping 20k+ litres feeding the palms. And no more than 30/35 at one time. If I put in some more long PVCs, to allow the switching of water direction, and make sure there are little channels to let water flow where the soil is slightly high, the palms should be very happy. Perhaps I'm being too sophisticated for me own good. It is Thailand after all; not Essex-on-sea. Only one thing left to say; bye ya'll.

Make you right there LL. I don't mind really. She can have anything I have to offer.

Soon HP.

Been in a few Quakee. Long time ago. Didn't like it. Women are over-rated. Preferred fishing.