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    Cats & Dogs

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    Woman selling puppies at the market tonight...300 baht a pop...she couldn't care for them and just wanted to home them. Mrs R's eyes lit up when she saw them, then welled up when I said no (OK, bring on the flame-fest!). Wish I'd just taken the plunge and got one now. I miss having a dog!

    Rob...I won't flame you...However...your wife may now think

    you're a real mean man by not getting a puppy or two. Not

    to mention she may also reckon, since the pups were only

    300B each you are a Cheap Charlie. Are you a Cheap

    Charlie Rob!?

    Just think of all the fun you could be having right now taking

    care of and taking pix of the new addition to your family,

    watching it grow from puppyhood to full fledged dog;

    What joy that brings! But no...you passed on a good buy

    a puppy from me (the market lady not me) deal.

    It takes a cold hard man Rob to look into those puppy eyes

    and those furry little faces so full of anticipation and say...

    No.

    I bet the lady at the market also now reckons you're a Cheap

    Charlie who doesn't like puppies. That's really bad Rob!

    Being a Cheap Charlie is one thing but a Cheap Charlie

    who doesn't like puppies is the worst Cheap Charlie of the

    entire global Cheap Charlie lot.

    Please note this babble is meant to be humorous...with

    no harm intended. However...

    With that said...all the worlds puppies will now look at you like

    this....

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    Instead of looking at you like this....

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    Have a great Monday!

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    Cats & Dogs

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    On Friday the missus quiety called me out to the back of the house

    & said I should bring a camera. I asked her what she saw. "Just come"

    was her answer with a grin on her face. Grabbed the tablecam

    (Canon G16) & went to have a look. This is what I saw....

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    What is Sunshine doing? Other than sitting on a water barrier

    she's having some veggies. Tried to grab a shot of her lunch

    but she cottoned on to me & camera & trotted off, tail wagging

    happily. She loves to sit like this on many things...

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    How aggressive are the large black scorpions?

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    Black scorpions are venomous...however their venom is not harmful to humans in the same

    way that a bee sting is not harmful to humans unless you have an alergy to the bee sting.

    When picking up a black scorpion grasp the "stinger" between the thumb & forefinger,

    squeeze a bit but not too much to rupture it and pick the beasty up. Mind you their claws

    will take nice chunks of your skin away from wherever your skin is attached if you piss off

    said scorpon. How can you tell if you've pissed off the scorpuon? You can't.

    If stung by the black scorpion it will hurt like all get out not only from envemomation but

    also from the physical size of the stinger itself...it's thick & long. Treat as you would a bee

    or wasp sting or immerse the part stung in the hottest water you can stand for at least

    5 minutes. If you start tio have breathing difficulties or an irregular heartbeat get to

    a hospital asap & have someone go with you to describe what stung you/bring the

    splattered scorpion along in a bag so the hospital has a positive ID.

    There are scorpions here that may be lethal...the yellowish/brownish amber looking

    ones and the grey with orange spots type. Seriously...grey with orange spots & perhaps

    reddish orange spots. These two types will ruin your day & possibly your life...don't ever

    try to handle these unless you are 100% sure you know what you're doing. Even then

    it's best to simply shoo em away.

    Use a slender stick or broom to shoo em away...and be forwarned...they can move pretty

    quick if they want to.

    What was that?

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    I saw one of these the other evening when riding through the jungle just on dusk. But it had a red fur similar to a fox. Civet?

    I have been studying civets & binturongs in SEA for years off & on and I have never seen

    a red (rust coloured) civet but that doesn't mean they don't exist or have been discovered.

    Perhaps what you saw was a mongoose, also common out here and yes...they can be "red".

    What was that?

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    Seastallion...

    Otters have a more blunt shaped nose/snout viewed from the front...sideways they may look "pointy" but that's not the case.

    What you say about the gait reminds me of both the otter, weasel, binturong & especially the civet. Perhaps it was

    the common Asian Palm Civet, which do not necessarily live in palm trees and have no aversion to living in & around

    humans...an easy source of food scraps.

    Down in my patch, Ranong, we have a good many of them and a few even enter the house at night looking for treats.

    They're kinda like an Asian version of a racoon and civets can also be easily tamed & make good pets.

    Then there's the story of Coffee Luwak...coffee made from the coffee beans which the civet eats and passes out

    as civet poop. Aparently it's rather tastey & very expensive.

    Here's a couple Asian Palm Civet pix for your reference....

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    Cats & Dogs

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    Thanks Shaggy.... he's slowly getting better with me.... I think sadly he has been treated badly in the past.... and does not trust some people.

    Usually I never have a problem with dogs.... he lives near by, so he's hard to avoid....wink.png

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    SJ...he's a BK for sure and a lovely looking pooch. It takes time for any dog not yours to get to know you

    plus here's a tip...a few cheap sausages work wonders in the getting to know each other arena. We used

    to always feed this old BK at one time & he followed us home then set up protecting our place in trade for

    food. it was a good deal. He was old though, passed away one day under a mango tree...his favurite shady

    place to relax. He still relaxes there today....

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