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Quite right. I look terrible. Any young ladies perusing the thread will be turned off. I do use a decent rope to keep the shorts up. Think the activity, stretched it a bit. Braces. Yup braces. The answer is braces. rope belt. Years ago I was something of a fashion icon. Standards have dropped a little. But I'm still a bit conscious of my appearance. Went out wearing odd coloured sandals once; one red and one a sandy colour.. Mrs Owl refused to walk with me. Got a few whacks when we got home. Learned my lesson.

Thanks Rick, I'll have a look Haven't forgot your pinkies. waiting to do a visit

I reckon you nailed it CL. Just looked on 'Wiki'. '''In the myth, she was given multiple trials in order to be with her beloved, Eros, also known as Cupid, god of physical love and desire and son of Aphrodite.''' Great story; albeit a bit complicated, with birds turning into donkeys, and talking ants. I tried to read on, but got lost in the different storylines. I'll wait for the film to come out. Just remembered, there is a big statue of Eros in London's Trafalgar Square.

Don't bother poor old Google. Listen to me. Cupid was an arrow. Eros was the shooter. The whole idea dreamed up by Eros' mum Aphrodite, to get Psyche - who she was big jealous of - to take the arrow and cause her to fall in love with an 'ugly demon'. The lightening struck and Eros shot himself. But; now I'm thinking that the story gives us little sayings. Shot yourself in the foot. A bolt of lightning. Love at first sight. Don't aim for Psyche as she is above your pay grade, and you will only hurt yourself.

Spelt Aphrodite incorrectly. All makes sense now. Just asked Mildred. She says that just as Eros was gonna shoot the arrow towards Psyche, a bolt of lightening came, causing him miss Psyche, and shoot himself in the foot.

It's Sunday the 17th of December 2023, and this is Owl Log. The two cats and Robert like the new food. I'd not seen this particular flavour before; chicken and tuna. No sooner did the Lazada delivery come, and Big C dropped the price of their own-brand cat food to 32.5 baht a 400gm can. Works out at roughly the same price. As soon as I go to feed the cats, Robert is there for a mouthful. Oscka is not so keen. He likes biscuit more. Mrs Owl filled up ten bags of leaves and twigs. Time for me and Mildred to distribute the contents over the rice paddy area. I did the work. Mildred did the recording. Just throw them as far as possible. Go into the field - empty the contents - and do a bit of scattering. Another little job done. Didn't have so much luck with the water pump. Wasted so much time on it. Starts up easy; but will not pump. 99 times out of a 100, the problem is on the inlet side. Only want a little hole for air, and it will not pump water up. But I've fixed up water pumps dozens of times, and this time I don't think the spindle is connected. Have four pumps altogether. I've decided to ditch the two smaller ones and replace with a new. Will get one this week. What did we see, on the main drag, going into Ban Dung? Stopped the Mazza to get a couple of pics. Did promise myself that I would do road repairs this year. So,,,,. Went to the stone place and filled up the Mazza with stone, block-grit and sand. Couldn't help noticing the new, huge tower. It must be 70 metres high. Gonna sneak in there one day soon. Climb that ladder, and enjoy the views Maybe take some nice pics. Then the road got a make-over. Was rewarded with one of those special skies. Mildred finished one of her paintings last week. I thought it was a cracker. Unfortunately there is no room on the wall. So took one down to make room for the latest. And up went 'Tree Girls'. Next to my favourite; 'Green Hair'. Patched up the Mazza door. Still not great. But it locks, and sometimes the leccy window works. Checked on the price of a new panel. Over 1,200 baht. Then there is fitting; although I could do it myself to save 100 baht. Stopped at a food stall on the way back from Ban Dung. They had a lovely pet. Biggest event of the week was cutting down a Palm tree. One of the solar systems is going in this area, and the palm would have blocked the sun. Another reward earlier today. Beautiful Isaan sky. The solar cells systems are go, go go. Not gonna be cheap, but there is a few baht left over from the land sale. Drove through that farm this morning. Brought a lump to me throat; and a wet eye. But at least the wife's debts are paid off. So she can sleep more soundly. And a bonus; hardly any whacks this week. She seems happier. Mildred has been selected to represent her year on an English something or other. She has to speak English in front of a few hundred kids and narrate the story of 'Cupid'. I've learned something too. Cupid was an arrow, shot by Eros at Psyche (he missed) on the orders of Aphrodite (Eros' jealous mum). Feel much better knowing that. Hope they give her a mike, or no-one will hear the little mouse voice. More points dropped at home by City. Are they throwing the EPL Title away? Owls beat QPR. Game at Cherries was abandoned due to a Hatters' player feeling very sick. Orient win away. Toon recover their winning ways. Fixed up the rice-store door. Wire mesh all over the place now. That will stop those little rats and mouses feasting them selves rotten. Just had a call from the car-fix place. They can get a door panel for just 300 baht; second hand. Mrs Owl did the chatting. She said ''no''. It was a beige colour and ours is grey. The search continues. No rain since the first week in October. Water in the ponds has gone down about 40/50 cm. Soo has just come for petrol for his cutter. This is to clear the area for the other solar system. The whole area is overgrown and needs sorting. Mrs Owl is not keen on me doing anything that is not flashy. As in gold, or handbags or a leccy scooter that she can go to Buddha on. It's less than 100metres away; but!!! That farm-sale dosh will soon be all gone. Only one thing left to say; bye y'all. And thanks for the advice on how best to handle a Thai wife. I'm learning fast. Well knock me down with a feather. The Thai lottery?! Nearly forgot to mention it. Drawn yesterday. Trust you all have a little win. Bloody useless thing!!

Ugg talking about himself and his mate Pug. Meez han meez mucka Pug, havv got ha bit hovv ha reptation forz beenz center ovv kalamitez, zat appenz fromz time tooz time. Mozt hov hit lubbhizz hov courze. Sum hov der huvver veelhigerz hiz jealouz hov uzz, han telz liez hon uzz. Plenty hov gozzip hin der village. Hizpechhallee wid zat Flop, hall though Im not tellz proper liez. Im not talk much hat hall. Im hiz ha crazy chicken. Juztz goze hovv honn hiz hone han mezzez bout wid treez, han uggz zem hup. Datz big silly big lubbhizz dat hiz. Tooz beez hon-hezz wid yerz, darez hiz honelee fore hov uzz hin der village zat hiz normal. Translation. Me and my mate Pug, have got a reputation for being at the centre of calamities, that happen from time to time. Most of it rubbish of course. Some of the other villagers are jealous of us, and tell lies about us. Plenty of gossip in the village. Especially with Flop. Although he don't tell proper lies. He doesn't talk much at all. He sure is a crazy chicken. Just goes on his own and messes about with trees, and hugs them. That's silly rubbish if you ask me. To be honest with you, there is only four of us in the village that are normal.

An Ozzie pal - unfortunately died unexpectedly some time ago - told me that you can control the Isaan woman with money. She is a strange beast, he wold say. Always a conflict in her head; with desire, money, food and status fighting for prominence.

Never mind United. Time to start rebuilding for next season.

Worst 43 minutes of my life.

I'd already got in a decent double, and cashed that out for 33 squids. Looked at the stats. Don't know how Hull didn't get a goal. That's life. I'll send the full details on email. BTW; good result on Saturday.

If you can see that the bankers, elites, powers hidden behind the curtain, and even elected politicians don't care a jot about the people, then you are as immune as you need to be. Couldn't see much reference to dinosaurs, when I read the bible. Although, way before them, it mentions the creation of Earth. Confused; I turned to nature. I looked around and saw it was nature that had the answers. Even about mask wearing.

When we picked up the second chanot on Saturday, I did suggest that it would be better if I looked after them all. Just in case she was tempted. She said that she would not do it again, and anyway, she was too old to do it. (50 last birthday) I said that at 49 she thought it was OK? Mrs Owl has been talking about buying a leccy m/c with the 40k we now have, after the land sale. I want to get one, maybe two solar water systems for the 400+ palm trees in number two. My thinking is that the palms will give good nuts all year round if they get water all year round. If we don't give water then there is little point in keeping them. It's a bit complicated, but to simplify. When a man and lady get together the fruits of their hard work pops out 9 months later. When the oil palm seeds first appear (every 3 weeks) the tree has to make a decision; male or female. If there are nutrients, and more importantly water/moisture, in the ground, the result will be a bunch of nuts; female 18/20 months later.. If there is no water or nutrients then the seeds go male. The difference being, that a male weights no more that half a kilo, and takes up little energy, while a female bunch matures at well over 20 kg. It's nature's way of protecting itself. So1 I'm looking about.

It looks terrible ,but a bit of superglue and stick silver tape will make it look better. I reckon I can get a panel though. No rush. I don't sit that side, so it'll be the Mrs' moaning that will spring me into action for the panel. Mildred off school today. I'll get her to help me fix it up.

Thanks for the advice CL. I do get regular beatings. I'm a big strong lad and can take it. But I'm not keen on getting whacked when I'm driving.

Can't blame Robert. Although the silly sod didn't make a row. Bark even. No! It was me who did the deed. Left the door open. Mrs Owl said I was a ''no good farang.'' Although she locked the Mazza up at 8ish in the evening, and never noticed anything. I accept the blame 100%. A beating is a'coming. Had quite a few recently. Not choppers, or anything like that. No! Coat-hangers and sticks and buckets. On the upside. The cat-food arrived this afternoon. Have not fed the pussies with the new stuff yet. Keep that stick away from Mrs Owl pussy cat.

I think Ashley Young is a much better f]player now he has stopped his diving. Not so long back everyone thought he was the worst diver the English game had seen. I didn't agree. I thought Eduardo at Arsenal had him beat.

Do cheer up United fans. Nothing to fear on Tuesday evening. Bayern got smashed 5-1 at Frankfurt. All the players have to do is pass the ball to the other guys in red shirts, and break sweat.

The Mrs was always going down my pockets. ''Have to wash the money.'' She would say. Only ever got back half. ''Where's the rest of my money teerak?'' ''Too many germs. Couldn't wash them off. Gave the money away.''

So what were people washing all their money for?

It's Sunday the 10th of December and this is the weekly Owl Log. Time seems be be absolutely flying by. Went into Gig C in the week to buy some drinks. It was Christmas songs for the whole time I was in there. This week I reckon it will be red hats all round. Have to get one of Mildred's to wear next time there. I've got good relationship with the lady who cooks the chickens. She gives me a big smile and points me to the food that has just come out of the ovens. Easy to tell really. It's a lot warmer than the others. But it's nice to know someone is caring. Got back two of the three chanots. Mrs Owl says the last will arrive by post this week. Now the people that have bought the farm are gonna get rid of at least 100 palm trees. I'm thinking; how do they remove them? There is one that I want to get out in number 2 farm. More on this later. Picked up the pinkies as planned on Monday. Got 200, and also bought 7 carp for 100 baht. The Mrs was not with us, so me and Mildred had a mooch round without any moaning. Daughter bought a nice pair of shoes. A bit expensive, so I chipped in half with 50 baht. Lovely little dog for sale. And it's not just shoes, clothes and pinkies. You can get yer body back to tip-tip condition. Aimed at the ladies. They are still aching after all that rice cutting. Also bought a pair of glasses for the both of us. Mildred bought shades and I got the prescription -1.25s. 150 baht all told. Then it was off to get Mrs Owl in Ban Dung. Parked down the road outside the market, and come across a church that was being built. Gonna be great. Don't know if it's christian or catholic. We will see. Even more interesting, just along from the new church, a couple of Buddhas. A tad neglected. A bit sad. Emile Krmberley Howle's abode. I'll do some asking about Krmberley. Intrigued! Over in Bella's compound they had moved the hut. Poom and his dad tested it out. Bella's father, and E, were soon on the job, rushing to put the roof on before the rain arrives. Next door, the remains of another project that died a death. Gave the snail house a clean out. This type of house is still the most common in the villages. Built in the air for a couple of reasons. One is to be able to keep cows and buffs underneath. Another is to stop snakes invading. And of course, there is the rain. Wouldn't want to be flooded out. Of course, that's when there was rain; years ago. Mildred says this is her favourite tree. Out of the litter of 7. There are 4 males left. Two at the farm and two at the village. Lovely little pups. They are all loved when they are young. Thais seem to neglect them when they are grown. Back from Ban Dung on Monday, it was straight off to the farm to let the fish go. Daughter showing off her new fashion items. Let the fish go. Carp first. Then the pinkies. Ones in the bucket destined for number 3 pond. Put 100 into number 7. I'm not so sure about the wisdom here. Last year this pond dried up quite early. Go on then! Swim away. Picked up the last of the rice. 12 sacks into the store. Total 44. It's coming round to that special time of year. No!! Not Xmas. The chicken galas. The one in the middle has a great left hook. The other is very good defensively. Poor Robert!! Didn't come in for food last night. Nowhere to be seen this morning. But then! Found him at eight this morning. Been locked in the Mazza all night. Door needs a new panel. Robert seems non the worse for the ordeal. That Manchester United are so silly. They were saving themselves for the big one against Bayern in the week, and let The Cherries walk all over them. 0-3 at Old Trafford. And the thing is. Bayern lost 5-1, so they were saving themselves for nothing. If they had known there was nowt to be feared, they could have broken sweat. Both Sheffielders won by the solitary goal. Is there a change in the usual order at the top of the EPL? Villa not dropped a home point yet this season. Looking good. I'm just about over my disappointment of losing the farm. After paying off all the debts, there is a little bit left over. I'm looking at doing a solar system for number two farm. Me and Mildred had a good look at it yesterday. One tree might have to be cut down. more on this next week. No school for Mildred tomorrow. No idea why. Not moaning though. The new battery is just the nuts. A new lease of life for the Mazza. Starting sorted. Just the door to go now. Silly Robert. Why didn't you just bark? Stopped my urine challenge completely. Got fed up with trimming my eyebrows. Still doing the bathroom yoga though. Tinned pussy food is so expensive. All that is available in Big C is their own brand at 39 baht a tin. Ordered 24 cans off Lazada. With delivery charges works out at 31.5 baht a can. Still dear though. Water bill expensive this month. 200 baht. Half of that was for one night when the water - the Mrs was using to water her plants outside - was left on all night. No luck on the lottery last time. But I had an inspiration last week, and I reckon '4' will be right up there this next time. Did we get the answer to the last footy question? The title stayed in Liverpool between 1981 and 1989 when Arsenal took the title, and broke their stranglehold. Is there any other sport other than footy? Well, it seems there could be. Report from the BBC. ''The $700m (£558m) 10-year contract is the largest ever in US Major League Baseball (MLB) and makes Japan's Shohei Ohtani one of the world's highest earning athletes.'' Anyone out there that can whack a ball with a stick? The Yanks want you. Still can't get vids to load. Maybe the best thing is to put a link to my Rumble account and anyone could watch them. Wars still raging. 'Give peace a chance'. Who sang that? Only one thing left to say; bye y'all.

What's he doing at the Lane? Did he have a clause in the contract that said he could move if the club went down? Or did he move before then? Should have stayed with Foxes.

Man walks into a job centre. When his name is called he sits down opposite the employment officer. ''And what line of work were you looking for Sir?'' ''I'm looking for employment as 'specialist vision technician'. After shuffling a few papers about, the officer replies. ''Sorry Sir. Can't help you there. The only job we have is for a window cleaner.''

Reminds me of my ex; Fatima. She was in front of the big mirror turning this way and that way. ''Owl, tell me true, do I look fat in this dress?'' Jokingly; of course, I replied. ''Well you will, once you put the suicide bomb under it.'' ''I already have it on.'' ''Oh no! You are not going to wear it down the pub tonight are you?'' ''Don't be silly. You don't think I'd waste this bomb on you and your useless mates do you?''