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Bignok knows his cricket!

Is your dog getting injections GU?

Wat at Phibun Rak. . Went to Phibun Rak Market last Thursday. Didn't get the cat-fish we were after, but a nice afternoon jaunt. Spend 10 minutes in the big wat that looms over the market area. I slipped away from the ladies - who were mooching around the hand-bag and nic-nak stalls - making sure the camera was with me, and ready to go. Lovely hair! Fatty! Delightful, but angry, cobra; guarding the building. Plenty more to see. It's a big place. Perhaps next time.! The ladies were waiting at the pick-up. I had to leave. Stay safe out there!

I back the pit bulls!

Two GG geniuses. Galileo Galilei, and George Galloway. One a Catholic, one persecuted by them.

Sakon Nakhon could be nearer.

Thaksin will get it ll sorted out next month.

Fantastic race in the world swimming championships in Fukuoka, Japan this evening, in the final of the 200 freestyle. Brits go 1, 2. Close! Just 2 100s sec between them. Matt Richards took gold, and Tom Dean silver. Thai. Dulyawat Kaeweriyong swam, and ranked 43rd of the 200 free competitors.

The lady who lives next door to us lost her son to drowning a couple of years back. They were at the farm and took their eyes off him for a minute. That's all it took for him to wander off and fall into the pond. He was about 4.

Have the English ever had a moral streak? Only on the cricket pitch I reckon. If we didn't have morals while we were rampaging across the world, we could at least point to cricket to show fair play.. Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun.

Whinging!!?? Stumping within the spirit of the game! Absolutely! No! In my county (Essex), we wouldn't let our cheaters get on the ships to Oz. We preferred to reform them. That's why we are so great and looked-up to. Sport should be played fairly and in a good spirit. As I said; don't mjnd who wins. Just want to see fair play.

If Bairstow tried it, as you say; then he should hang his head in shame. I'm not shouting for the Oz keeper, captain and umpires to be tried for un-fair play, and be locked up for 25 years. No! Or they be fined 170,000 squids each. No! What would be good,, is for Oz captain to make a public apology, and to stress, that from now, on they will play within the spirit of the game. And yes! I am English. An Essex lad don't ya know. Where I come from cheating in any sport (or brag), meant (if caught), a life-time of isolation and ridicule.

Bairstow left the crease to pat down a bump. Thinking that the ball was dead. Then he got stumped. That's not playing the game fair to me. Cheating, is not the word; perhaps cheating is better.

Don't care who wins. Just want to see fair play; not cheating.

Nonsense! Sport should be an equaliser. Not one (team) playing fair and the other not. Morally deficient.

Can't trust the Oz cricketers. They want to win so much. Must recognise that the Roos will do anything to win. Fair play don't come into it with them. The English, and Welsh (if there are any in the team) need to toughen up.

The Roos have become untrustworthy.

I'm suffering similar at the mo'. Some Thai women can be secretive and crafty. Have to think without their services. That's probably going to see an agent for the extension.

To be fair to the Thais; there are a few at this level. Phiangkhwan Pawapotako, Navaphat Wongcharoen, Jenjira Srisaard and Dulyawat Kaewseiyong are all very decent swimmers. Don't know if any are in Japan for the worlds. If any are I'll give them a shout. My fav' swimmer David Popovici is in the pool later for the 200 free.

The swimmers from down under are setting light to the pool at the World Champs in Japan. Two world records on the first swimming day. Ms Titmus was simply fantastic in the 400 free. Don't know if there are any Thai competitors. I'll check and report back.

That's sad to hear. Good job it didn't hit her neck. I did read somewhere that wood-chopping and rowing were the most energy-sapping sports. Looking at the state of the competitors in the vid. I can see that is true. They looked exhausted at the end.

Just fantastic!!! Not seen that before in Oz. Thanks for that L. The Canadians do an outback survival sport. Includes wood-chopping and log rolling. Also wife carrying. Be a good one to have in Pattaya.

Bang on the money there bro'. Considering the size of their population the Ozzies have over-performed. Ozzie rules footy. Surfing. Sheep sheering. Tennis and the other great sports. Jamaica the same. Tiny little place, but can they run and bowl a cricket ball?! As for chess. The USA has had its fair share of geniuses. Not always cold there.

Transhumanism is not yet with us. But I'm sure it will be soon; with all this AI. It will soon be possible to uoload everything in one's brain up into the Metaverse. Then the body will be simply excess baggage. But we will live 'forever'. Date, get married, and have kids. Just like now.

I thought the same HP. I think he meant to roll the ball to the next bowler, or his captain, but it hit the stumps instead. Never mind. It's only a ball game. I have many relatives in Oz. Most of them in NSW. If they think they are getting a Christmas card (albeit an ecard) they can forget it. I like swimming and the Ozzies have had some of the greatest of all. Dawn, Grant Hackett, Glen Housman,,,, I could go on ,,,. the Thorpedo and Kieren Perkins. As for their cricketers! They have produced some of the finest ever cricketers. But a bit lacking in chess. Can't name any of note.