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I'm not giving you the prize Owl. Arsenal were runners up three years on the trot. The only club to have three third place finishes in a row was;;;;;;;;;;; wait for it;;; Sheffield Wednesday 1931-33. Just as a side dish. 4 clubs have done the triple in being runners-up. PNE 1891 -93. United 47-49. Peacocks 70-72. And the Gunners - as you said - 98-01.

What years would that be Owl?

I reckon the the biggest was at Villa Park some years back. I'll look it up and report back, but I think it was 57k. Don't now think Owls will go down. Who knows what will happen, but Rotherham and Brum for me, with one other. I know it's nail-biting time for many fans, but exciting all the same. Forest have just had a 4 point shock in the EPL. Other clubs breathing a sigh of relief. While at the top; it's more than close. Turning out to be a good season all round. A little footy question::: What club in the top flight came third three years running? Only one club it has happened to. Who?

Poor, poor farang. It's about time some farang started to be a bit more assertive. Get into that Imm Office and sort out your status. Give them what for. Thump the table a few times. Point yer finger. Throw a few choice words about. Take off yer tie and wave it around yer head; in an anti-clockwise direction. Stamp yer feet. Kick the flower pot. Take a football in with you and continually bounce it while you rant. If anyone is listening tell them that they wouldn't have a job if the farang were not in Thailand. Soon sorted.

Dear me Garry! I hear you, but if you can 'put together IKEA furniture' you can supervise a simple solar system installation. Get the bore done. Get a couple of local lads - preferably ones that can keep off the Lao khow for a day or two - to put in the frame to hold the panels, and to help on set-up day. In fact you could utilise that front garden wall for the panel support. You will need::: DC pump Control unit Solar panels Appropriate cables and snap-on fittings. PVC pipes or flexi tube. Strong rope or cable for pump support. Solder kit. Heat-shrink kit. Plenty of leccy tape. Two sensors; one for the well - one for the holding tank. Everything else can be got from a local hardware shop. Total cost 15/16k + Labour 2k + Bore 9/10k. If you get good water at 30m depth; then 600 watt DC pump. Control unit with a range of 50 to 200 votls. 2 x 450 wall panels. If 40 m depth; then 750 watt DC pump. Same controller. Either 3 x 450 watt panels or 2 x 550. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. I'll pop along to help on the big day.

Bit concerned about this. Is there contamination when the water table is very low? How far is the water supply you speak of Garry, to your house? Although I'm still learning the hard way, by doing it myself, I spent years designing water system, so that's helpful. TBH, there is nothing to it. Just have to have the confidence to get stuck in yourself. Keep things as simple as possible. I prefer wiring in series to parallel. Don't think you need to fret there. You need to do some homework Garry; on the nature of the water table. Will the level be reasonably stable once water is extracted? With a 5 inch dia bore, there will be about 300 litres above a pump. set at 30 metres, if water is 6/7 metres down. When the pump is in operation, what happens to the top level? it can go down quite a few metres while pumping, and should replenish, back, during the 18 hours while the pump is inactive. Have to ask about the water table before spending any dosh mate. If all seems OK, then you are sitting pretty; assuming you can maneuver the driller in place.

Can't know what solar panels, or pump, until the status of the well-water is established. 60k is simply far too much dosh. Get the well drilled first. You can do the rest yourself. The equipment don't come to more than about 18k. And that is top quality items.

He gets let out supervised for an hour every day; usually after Mildred goes to school, and I spend time picking up soi trash.. Robert goes out when he wants.

11. Only here to take pics of temples.

I'm on this thread learning about them from posters in the know.

Having had to find out about solar systems has given me an insight into, not on what to do, but not what to do. The whole thing is a bit of a balancing act. I take it Garry, that you wish to draw water from a deep well, with a DC current supplied by solar panels. And be independent of any regular water and leccy supply. Right then, certain things are musts. 1/ The well must actually go into a water table. It's obvious I know. But no water means no independent system. 2/ You will not use that much water for a home. So no need to go over the top on the equipment. But there are essentials. Can't by-pass them. 3/ You need a tank or something to hold the water. Then you will be able tap into it 24/7. So! Assuming that you find water - usually 6 to 10 metre down - you will need a DC pump, and a solar unit to drive it. I'll suggest that you don't get the most powerful pump. A 500/600 watt unit would be OK. To drive the pump you will need a solar set-up of between 800 and 1000 watts in total. That will be two panels. You will need a controller. Some of them are programmable. And some programmable remotely. Keep it simple. Keep the cables consistent. If the cable attached to the pump is 4mm square then the whole cable to the control box should be the same throughout. Thought should be given to the mounting of the panels and the distances, to both the pump, and the controller. Ask about Garry about the water. Find out if it is consistent once you get into the table. If it is, then 30 metre deep should be OK for the pump. If you hear that pumps are cutting out, due to lack of water, then you might have to go deeper; perhaps to 40 metres. BUT!! In that case a more powerful pump will be needed, and that means more panels, or at least two higher rated ones. As I say; it's all a balancing act. Get the basic about the water in ya mind first. The rest is pretty straightforward. One final thing. If the water is good, then it will go through your system into the house taps. If - on the other hand - the quality is not as good as hoped for, then a filtering i=unit should be considered also. Good luck. Keep in touch with it all.

What about the farang that buys a load of land and sets about trying to create a fortune from it? Whether that be special rice, hard-wood trees, tobacco, agar wood, rubber trees, or durians. Not forgetting the fish, the fishing, shrimps or the resort. What better way to spend ya hard-earned dosh! Better than giving it to bar girls any day.

A UK guy, bought a Porsche, and after two years is was worth; or rather the best off he was offered, was less than 30% of purchase price. He was posting because he still owed 68k on it. Now considering that the actual batteries are such a big % of the car cost. when the car is a few years old, and the owner wishes to sell, who would buy it? Have to be give-a-way price to get shot. Is there a leccy MG?

Post a pic Garry.

The second-hand leccy car market has fallen through the floor in the UK. Is the used market still strong here?

Should read: ''What? You wasted a whole week on FakeBook? Why bother?'' But fret not @Stevey. We have our own Isaan musing on AN: We can do with some wit, and even dreariness. New blood; so to speak. Not that there is anything wrong with the old blood. But you should be a cat, dog, fish and most importantly; a cheese lover to fit snugly in. As the bar-girl said to the monk. Pics of trees welcome. Also clouds; especially if a peelor is lurking. And, if you have a favourite footy team??!! You are dancing on a pin head. But don't join our crew if you are easily offended as the often riveting posts are sometimes;; well like trying to eat a souffle with a sharp dagger. All our regulars can cut the mustard; so to speak. So come join us before it is too late.

You could be right there Rex. Mrs Owl reckons that gold, handbags, ear-phones and clothing are a much better way to waste money than solar cell systems.

@degrub @Andrew Dwyer Works for me too using Firefox. Switched to Opera to stop the intrusive pop ups while posting. Thanks.

Thanks for that bud. I'm using Opera on Linux. I'll try Firefox right now and report back.

Can't rely on play-offs to go up. One in 4 chance. Any team can do it. Luton or Coventry last year.

This is the weekly Owl Log. 17th March 2024. Sunday afternoon. And another one. Two up, two to go. Brought out the sheet to get everything squared up. Marked the metal bearers and screwed in a couple of brackets ready for the big day. That turned out to be Thursday. Put off from Tuesday because of two empty days, when the village was paying respect to the young lady killed on her m/c. Both coils of cable were sorted out. One for the sensor and the main one for the pump. Thursday morning at 9am we got to work. /four of us. Me, Mildred, Kun and Boom. A little unexpected problem. The two panels were slightly different. I had to make spacers to bring the 30mm thick one up to the 40mm one. Would not have bothered to do that, but the top of the concrete posts were too close to the underside of the slimmer panel for comfort. Trimmed a few branches, so as to keep the panels in full sun. Lowered the pump 32 metres down and fired it up. Got a decent reading; 79.9 volts. The pump needs more than it's rating of 750 watts, to get it going. About 20% more, so 80 volts gives 1040 watts. Only two panels on this system. Have another panel in reserve. Hope I don't need it, as the structure is designed for just two. Put in the temporary barriers. Don't want anyone driving round and ruining the water pipe. As soon as I'm sure we can leave things alone, I'll get the pipe below the road surface. Went along this morning early, to check on everything. Pump started up at 9-40am. Voltage read 77v. It was slightly overcast then, but the sun came out at 9-55am and the reading was 79.9v. Yesterday at 2ish, the reading was 82.4v. Will not get much better that that. But that's enough. Flow yesterday at 2pm was about 1.5 liters per second. This morning at 10am about one litre per second. Have a button on the controller that gives a higher voltage to the pump, if pressed. Don't ask me how that works?! Leave well alone; unless the instructions are in English instead of Thai. Have translated all the 'error' codes to English. Mildred wants to put overflow pipes in from pond to pond. That way we only have to fill one. Let natural leveling do the rest. There is a party at the village tomorrow. We gave a generous donation. I'm sure all the village dwellings did. Last year they raised nearly 100k. That went on finishing the building over the pond. Not sure what the dosh will go towards this time. Lighting being put up all round the village wat. Everything nicely secured. The village was treated to some exquisite dancing yesterday. Refreshment for the dancers. Not for me dear; thanks. My dancing days are long gone. I'm just the recorder. Monk held in high esteem. The mystery of the special pick-up has been solved. Tobacco plants are blossoming. Must be a decent business. Found another drying area, closer to the village. Don't know where their farm is though. Mrs Owl tells me that a wholesale business arrives and pays 32k a tonne. Sounds a lot. It works out at 32 baht a kilo. It takes a lot of leaves to make a kilo though. Don't sound so good now I've worked it out. There are different varieties. Don't have any more info than that. Interesting though. It's all a learning curve here in Isaan. Evidently some districts of Nong Khai (just north-west of us) are some of the most productive areas in Thailand. That's along Ta Bo/Si Chang Mai way. Along the river to the west of Nong Khai. The farm next to us has added a small water-holder to their system. Will I be doing similar soon? At the village, the children are well catered for. Am I spoilt? Or am I spoilt? Mrs Owl has even taken to squeezing Vegemite onto to my breakfast cheese feast. Me Rosie is hot too; and don't taste salty. Talk about being pampered. She knows I have some readies hidden away. Don't think she would be that crafty. But then again! Wonder what she will think of next to get me excited!? Had to get the Mazza through the MoT in the week. No problem. Flew through. 235k kilometres on the clock. Good for 500k I reckon. But Mrs Owl keeps on about those cheap MGs. She likes the leccy ones. Can't say I've noticed an electric MG. Mildred says the leccy car made her car-sick. I can see a future dilemma there. Anyway me and daughter took the Mazza in. Have to pick up the disk on the 19th. The iguanas were hiding. Try to get some pics in the week. Out of the 90+ paintings, sketches and CGIs that Mildred has on her www, the one everyone seems to like is 'Stickman' holding the dove. But that was computer generated. In the last few days she has done a stonking good painting. 'Dove of peace needs helping hand.'' +++++ Owl was right. 6-0 to Tractors. Orient won at Stevenage. Puts them in with a chance of the play-offs. Cove won away. Aveley lost😣 🥴. All the Ozzie matches finished either 1-2, or 2-1. 32k in the ground to see Rams beat the Wanderers. Best third tier gate of the season. +++++ Been having trouble with our front door lock. Took off the lock. Put the lock back on. Took it off. Fiddled with it. Simply worn out inside. I'll try to get a new one when I go to town on the 20th for the MoT disc. Don't hold out a lot of hope though. Another Heath Robinson job coming up. Mrs Owl wants to go to Bangkok to see Bam Bam; of GOT7 fame. He is doing a second show in May. First one sold out. 77k tickets gone in 12 hours. Bam Bam for PM!!?? Good to see the ex-rate climbing; albeit slowly. 45.77 Baht to the pound at the mo. Some Euro leaders are talking up a war. That can only mean one thing. The banking system is close to collapse. Had a problem with Oacar harassing m/cs as they pass the house. The Mrs wants to put a muzzle on him; otherwise he can't go out. Noticably hotter last week. The start of the 6 week heat-wave. No rain. Mildred has dyed her hair light brown. She was gonna do it green, but I pointed out that she would have to then redye it for next school term. Came out a gold colour. That's it folks. Stay cool and take care out there. PS Can't get them to play. Someone might have more luck. Both mp4s end of dance.mp4 ladies dance.mp4

Anlin has a few. Latest is a bit political. ''Peace dove needs a helping hand.'' www.mildredart.com

Bang on the money there Marty. Since that post another very similar has driven down the next soi to us. Pics later.

Toon have not 'yet' got the squad to get a regular top 4 place. It;s not all about money; look at Black Cats. Takes time to get everyone at a club singing from the same hymn-sheet.

Brum are in deep poo poo.