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Owl Log - 12-06-2023 - Sunday afternoon I just didn't trust those see-thru roof sections. The week before last we - Yoong and myself - replaced the broken panel on one of the three rice-store compartments. I got to thinking that if they were that susceptible to getting damaged, after 15 years, then why take chances. So I enlisted his help again to do the lot. The thinking was, that if one - in the compartment where all the rice is stored - was damaged, and I didn't notice; we would have a catastrophe. So; it was out with the old and in with the new. Not green in colour like the other panels. I can live with that. Fortunately Mrs Owl has not yet noticed. The mozzie killers were in the village. After the first rains, they get their equipment out and start performing. Some chemical, or other, is sprayed all over. Probably a derivative of DDT. Don't want that in yer lungs. Or on yer skin even. I was outside - masked up - with Robert and Oscar. Keeping them away from the smoke. What yer reckon lads? A Great-grandma out with the little one also. vid kill mozziez.mp4 A few weeks back, we were getting the coconuts from the tree next to number one pond. Mrs Owl had a hissy fit and chucked the cutter in the drink. Yesterday I thought I'd get it out. Took a fishing rod to the farm and tried to hook it. After about 50 attempts I gave up. Miserable failure. Casting to it was no problem. But the hook just wouldn't catch the bamboo. Might have a little swim today. Mildred has been moved to the back in the school bus. A new little kid is now in the front. Pigeons. And lots of them. Why are they only on this roof in the village!? What was spotted in Ban Dung on Friday? The two German cars together for the first time in over a year. Just had to stop and investigate. Mrs Owl wasn't best pleased though. "What you take picture for? Just car. Farang ding dong." Still not had a paint job. Buy a tin of brown paint, and a brush, and get to it. Had some decent rain last week. Not massively heavy, but very welcome all the same. Buffaloes enjoying the water. They like to go into the water to give their legs a rest. They can weigh as much as 1500 kilos. They don't have great fat legs like an elephant. No! Generally about the same size as the Mrs' legs. Not the same shape though. Buffs can make a mess of a rice field if they are left to wander. And right on cue, the Mrs arrives. "Just been thinking how lovely buffalo's lags are teeerak." At the farm, Chai has found a use for the big drainage pipes. Obviously something to do with plants. Up high, to stop the chickens, and dogs, getting to them. Mushrooms everywhere at the farm now. The wild ones. Mrs owl says they are not as nice as Big C ones. Don't mind people harvesting them. Decided to put Mildred's paintings, drawings and sketches on the wall. Started yesterday, by clearing the wall of stickers, and old sticky-stuff. Mrs Owl is not so keen on the idea. "House not big enough for pictures." To ensure integrity of the paintings I had an idea. More on this in the week. The movement defectors that the Mrs bought are useless. I can't get them to work. I'll post the details next week. Hopefully one of the AN members can put me straight. In Big C on Friday, I noticed a whole section of drinks dedicated to cannabis. I bought a couple and I'm sipping one now. Can definitely taste the weed in them. Thinking of Ting. Do I need a new hat? No! But I need some reishi! Big footy news; Man City do the treble by winning the Ch Lg final game. The Irons also do well, by beating Florentina in their final. Djokovic and Ruud today. I'm rooting for the Serb. Big flood in Ukraine, as dam lets out water. Just as the 'offensive' gets going too. Lady in Mariupol, finds 3 metre long sturgeon in her kitchen. Trump in big trouble again. Secrets in his garage evidently! Boris quits. Word on the street, is that NATO are after his talents. Or would that the WEF? No! That's ear-marked for Tony Blair. Nice drink. Off to the fridge to get another one. Move Forward boss in hot water, because of shares he once owned. When is that PM vote? Keeping with Thailand; big recount underway as discrepancies found in ballot counting. Weather normalised. As it should be during the wet season at the moment, But!!!. Hope there's big rain to come; now I've fixed the roof. Not just because of that. For the ponds and trees too. Can't find those pink Pla dook anywhere. Mildred wants to put 100 in ponds 6 and 7; now there i water for the rest of the year. Might try Phibun Rak (small town 20km from the village) market on Thursday. They have a fish section. Mrs Owl had not moaned any more about the odd lights outside; or the new kitchen sink tap. Think I'll be OK with those two. Fingers crossed. Only one thing left to say; bye y'all. Think I'll go outside and lay with the chickens. Love ya all.

The BBC are the biggest spreaders of misinformation, disinformation and irrelevancy the world has known. IMO. And the poor sods who want to watch any sort of live TV are forced to pay for it.

What about the goalie? All of Manchester - red and blue - can be proud.

He was a real live wire.

Can't there just be a new vote; everywhere. I'm sure the result would be a little different.

I understand that he was quite open about it and was told it was of no consequence. Maybe it was thought that his party would flop. Different story now.

I understood that he told the appropriate authorities before the Move Forward was registered as a party.

Found a bit of sketching that Mildred did yesterday while chatting to her friend on the telephone. I recall her doing something with a pen. Thought it was just scribble. Nearly got chucked away. I think it's great. Just a couple of minutes work. I'm so proud of her. The HTML that Mildred sprung on me suddenly on Saturday evening, finally got finished. Didn't want to watch the footy anyway. She kept wanting alterations. The thinking behind it was 'mystery'. Put the link below. www.numbervillage.com Comments and ideas welcome.

Indeed! Including a jab to stop the weight challenged craving food and insomnia. A wonderful jab-future awaits us.

Another 3/4cm of rain last night. Temperature has dropped significantly; about 10c lower than last week Has the 'wet' season arrived?

This is wonderful news. 2kg of cheese for 800 baht. I must get some. Until covid hit I was getting a regular supply of 'Vegemite'. That's the down-under equivalant of 'Marmite'. But the lady (Mrs Owl's sis - who is married to an Ozzie), stopped bringing it over. And even when she visited in March; she just forgot (she said). So anyone know where the Vegemite hides? Perhaps Makro? Sorry about Leeds Andy. TBH, I'd have been pleased to see Toffees go down instead. I've got a soft spot for Leeds. I was going with a lass from the city. If I kneed on her bed, I could see the stadium. Met her when I was in Africa. Nice lady. Wasn't interested in footy though.

Owl Log - 04-06-2023 Sunday evening. Late posting again. All Mildred's fault. On Saturday evening she asked me to the coding for quite a complicated web page. Well it was complicated for me. Having been out of coding for yonks. Finished it about 3ish today. Just got back from the farm; so late getting started. Had a decent drop of rain in the week. About 3/4cms I reckon. The two empty ponds - 6 and 7 - then had enough to support a bit of pond-life. And at least there was enough to counter the relentless evaporation in the other ponds; 1 to 5.. Pond 6. Leaning tree pond. Pond 7. Lovely colour green. Other local ponds - especially those with a run off from higher ground - did very well. Completely dry before the rain. Sides have cracked up a bit. I'll be keeping tabs on this pond. Even the water-less river is starting to look the biz. All my talking nice to the rain-god has obviously worked. Mildred's latest. I don't like these noses. Spoils it for me. But to be fair; I'm not in the grove with this stuff. Would you Adam and Eve it. On Tuesday. some dip-stick broke the glass bowl covering one of the outside lights. Soon had it sorted. A little bit of jiggery-pokery with the wires. Gonna take the wire support down once the mastic has set good. The Mrs was not a happy bunny. "You ding-dong farang. Lights not the same. People will not like. I want two same." "OK teerak. It's only temporary. We can get another jar of cookies the same size." " I want round lights." "OK teerak. I'll sort it, soon." Big fix in the week was the roof of the rice-store. Took out three panels. Soon fixed. Me and Mildred sorted out the decaying ceiling tiles. Bought the board in DoHome 10 days ago. Looks good. I did have a bit of coloured board, and thought it would be fun to do a panel in purple just for a joke. Say nothing and wait for Mrs Owl's reaction. Mildred soon talked me out of it though. Wise head on those young shoulders. , Got a few sacks of rice from the store. One for us. One for Pook (the Mrs' sister). And two for the MinL's house. The new house in the village is just about finished. And Sang's little house job is also done. Saw an unusual three-wheeler on the super-highway. Mildred vidded me feeding the fish Have to give her lessons on keeping the camera still. vid Owl feed fish.mp4 Great to get some rain. I've got 4 inch pipes leading from pond 2 to 3, and 3 to 4. But they will not fill to the brim unless we get some real heavy downpours. Well done City. Someone had to lose. Never mind United. Always next year. And there is talk of United being bought out by the supporters. A while back, a few fans putting in just 1k £s each, could have got the controlling interest, Too late now, No school for daughter tomorrow (Monday). No idea why. I'm happy about it though. Think she leans more by not going there. A few months back, Mrs Owl was on about intruders. So I contacted a pal. and we bought two lovely dogs from his Mrs. They are doing great, and I'm sure that they are a great deterrent to anyone wanting to invade us. But that is not enough. When last in Bandung Mrs Owl bought a couple of movement detectors; with lights. Solar panels; the real biz. I'll report back on them, and their installation, for next week. Well done The Owls. Unfortunately for their supporters, there will not be Championship 'derbies' for 2023/24., as Utd were promoted. Rotherham? The two Sheffield's could meet in one of the cups I guess. Still very hot. This year - at least since mid-March - has been the warmest spell I've known here in my time. Run out of cheese. Cheddar is just 550 baht a kilo in the 'Cheese to meat you' shop. That's a good reason for a trip to Udon. Have to start the PP renewal process this month. Gonna cost 12/13 k baht. But has to be done. Mildred's English PP will have to wait till next year. On the world scene, same, same same. Also with Thailand. But should liven up soon in parliament when they vote on a premier. We have a few trees in the yard. I'm thinking to get a big lizard. Not sure what they are called. Live in trees. Mildred's all for it. Not asked the Mrs yet. The air-con is playing up in the pick-up. Works well for a minute, and then blows hot air for 5. More expense. Good luck to City and The Irons in the week. And; come on Djokovic in Paris. England thrash Ireland in the cricket; by 10 wickets. AI, is in the news. I found a programme that merged ideas in pictorial form. So I put in dog, squid and love. Impressive; or what!!?? , That's it for today. Only one thing left to say; bye y'all.

Same here. This is stage two of the therapy. Didn't notice any difference to my eyesight, but my eyebrows went very bushy.

I've wondered about the flexibility. also, the 'lap swimmers' are very fit. I spoke to a swimmer on the internet, and she said it took hours to get rid of the swimming pool water smell, after a training session. Her b/f wouldn't lick her skin for at least 12 hours. Nothing sexual, but just licking.

Been there and partly done it. Not stages 3 and 4 of the 'urine therapy for good health'. Amandha Vollmer is the cookie. She has promoted urine all over Nth America.

What about swimmers? Not divers. water poloists or synchroes; proper swimmers. International swimmers.

I reckon City will edge it; 4-0

I'll raise a glass to that CB. Well done to all involved. Recent member no longer with us included.

Sorry all, about the quality of the last Owl Log (above). I was rushing a bit and when I had finished I needed to edit, but couldn't get the edit to work. When I finally got is saving; I was over time. Just been to the store on the 2022 main drag to buy sections to fix the rice-store roof this afternoon. Another holiday in England. that's 3 Mondays off in one month. Can't recall that before.

Owl Log - 29-05-2023 - Monday morning What a strange week. Started out slowly and finished up manic. Took more pics last week than I ever remember. Sorted out over 300. Whittled them down to 60 or so. Too many for one Owl Log. So took out the Sam Sao ones, a few others, and they will do nicely for the mid-week post. Went to Udon on Friday. Took a friend and also picked up my 90 day. Residents of Udon will know the images on the pics well. Scary monsters. Not the horses; the robots. Keeping guard outside the Downtown Mall. Another outside Bee No Bra. Went into 'Cheese 2 Meat you' for some cheese and Lincolnshire sausage. It was busy. Across the road from the grub shop I noticed a nice tree in the distance. That beauty has to get a visit next time in town. Called into DoHome to get some plastic sheets. It had all changed. Walked around for an hour or so, before giving up looking, and I asked someone. Had to put the English on a staff mobile for them to understand what I was on about. And there was the section. If I'd just walked another 100 metres I would have found it myself. DoHome is about 8 football pitches in area. Paced it out a couple of years aback. Went for the robust 5mm one. Only 115 baht. We (Mildred and me) were gonna cut the sheet and replace the dodgy ones at the week-end, but as it turned out, we were busy with other stuff. Found a very unusual thing on the way back from town. Took a back-road at the rear of the Agricultural College and was rewarded with a great shot. I've no idea what it is about. Perhaps Farmer Jo, or another member could shed some light. Called into Sum Sao for some great pics. Do a special feature on that later. Overloading vehicles is not uncommon here in Thailand. Done it myself with nuts and cassava waste. But when you put 3 ton of logs into a one ton pick-up. well, perhaps there could be problems on the way! And just a bit further down the road. vid traffic problem.mp4 Took a pic when I eventually got to the trouble spot. Couldn't see any reason for the 30 minute hold-up. The farm next to us have their house finished. Didn't take long. just a few days. They dug out a deep pond last year. Four metres deep. No water in there so far. Chickens still looking at themselves in the mirror. Fortunately the dogs don't care too much about chasing chickens. That's a result. We had a dog at the farm a few years back that was always chasing, and killing, ducks and chickens. A neighbour put it out of its misery with a hoe. Humanly done; he told the Mrs. Robert is best mates with Ginger; the cat. Hidden away behind the trees, about 400 metres from us; a new structure. Only just finished. Water for 8 farms. Including ours! Been informed that it holds 40,000 litres. Some outlet pipes already laid out. We were informed that there were pipes waiting for us to be collected. So Mr Owl dad the bizzo. Picked up 200 metre. No sooner had I dropped them at the farm, we were informed that they were not for us. So back they went. The duck pond - at the farm who are in control of the water - was low. So low it was in danger of no longer being a pond. But water, from the new solar system, to the rescue. Work was being done to deepen the 'Waterless River'. When the rain finally comes and fills it!!?? Did a couple of short vids. vid no water in river.mp4 And a bit further along. vid machine dig river.png.mp4 Our nut cutting team have left us. Mrs Owl found a husband and wife pair to cut for us. Spent the first day removing the fronds and the second day cutting the nuts. And it was your truly who had to load them onto the pick-up. Did two trips on Saturday. Nut 5-70 a kilo at the mo. Our biggest bunch went 28 kiloes. Some at the wholesalers are pushing 40 kiloes. When they are that big, they are a job to handle. Loaded the last nuts on Saturday evening, and took them Sunday. The only bad thing, was that I stepped back, and fell, loading the last few bunches on Saturday evening. It was almost dark. Hurt my right hip and right elbow. Hip gave me big jip that night in bed. Didn't know what way to lay. Last visit to the nut buyer on Sunday. All done. Last night hip much better. Elbow still sore though. Just along from the buyer's yard was a new plantation of about 400 palms. So someone has confidence in their future. The more people buy the bio-fuel the better for us palm growers. Sang's house extension is nearly finished. Robert testing the concrete. Buffaloes in the soi, outside the MinL's house. And cows at the farm. What a week!? Have to sort out the hole in the rice-store today. Can't get my usual man. It will have to be BeApp, the wife's sister's hubby. Last day of the EPL yesterday. Lucky Toffees. Villa finish strongly. Luton got in there after a penalty shoot-out. Coventry players obviously upset. One player took off his shirt, to show everyone his designer bra. What is this new thing? I wouldn't have worn a bra on the pitch - or anywhere else - when I played. Would have been the laughing stock of London. Well perhaps only Dagenham. Barnsley v Wednesday today. Just showers for the present. Big rain later this year hopefully. Only one thing left to say; bye y'all.

Be good to see either of these clubs in the EPL. Both have had traumatic times since they last featured in the top division. I fancied The Hatters for promotion since last year and said so on the platform. But my other tip to make in into the ELP flopped (Watford). But this one is a toss of a coin. I recall Coventry beating arsenal 0-3 in the first game of the season many years ago at Highbury. And The hatters, then 1st div', stopped the 3rd div' Norwich dream, in the semis of the FA Cop. Both a while back. I'll try to watch, but it's on very late. Why is that? Should be a 14-00 KO IMO.

Can't have enough. Have to safeguard yourself. Trouble is brewing everywhere in the world it seems. And a lot of the west's banking problems are being hidden.

Two beautiful young dogs. Two completely different characters. The Squanderosa has yet to have its finest hour. Who sang that?

All together now to the tune of 'Tie me Kangaroo down; sport." 'Come watch me burn in hell; sport.'

East London term PW.