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I think it would be a shock if they let automatic slip now. Ipswich are on fire though, and the game at Wembley for Plymouth, must have been a big distraction for them; in their push for the Championship. Even f they are a little short on quality, they should have seen off Lincoln and Forest Green Just as a side-note, who gets the better of the Sheffield derby, when they do meet? Just looked it up; met 131 times, with United winning 46 games and Wednesday winning 42. So very close.

She definitely needs it Owl. Lots of things going on. Daughter wants to ho to Sth Korea; and aint got any dosh. Mother sick - and ordinarily that would bring the family closer - but she has to have 24/7 caring. Who is doing the caring? Some conflict there. Also, I think getting the pick-up through the MoT, and taxed, without consulting her, was like a slap in the face with a wet nin to her. What that means in effect, is that the pick-up is good to go, for another 12 months. She had her heart set on a new car; a leccy one even. Perhaps it's me that needs the Counselling Owl. The wife just wants her own way. And a few million baht to waste on hand-bags would do nicely.

This division has some 'big' clubs in it, and they are contesting promotion. Wednesday, Ipswich, Derby, Bolton, Barnsley have all been Top Flight clubs recently, and not that long ago Ipswich and Derby were English Champions.

Good point SiT2m. If one wants - shall we say a more sophisticated lady - one should do what I did when I first ventured into Pattaya. Seek out the clubs and events that only the professional ladies go to. Professional in the 'skilled' sense of the word. And what would those be? Well swimming competitions, fencing and chess. There was a thriving chess club in Hua Hin a few years back. Over the chippy on a Friday evening. Some of the ladies were quite good with their gambits.

Start at the bins on the north end of Walking street. Walk north counting the tree offs on the beach side. I always saw a nice bit of fluff at tree number 23.

Just seen that The Foxes have dumped manager Rogers. Think they have done a wrong-un there. Not at all sorry for the ex-Chelsea boss though; who also got his marching orders at the w/e. IMO, he shouldn't have left the Seagulls when he did. Would they take him back?? No way.

Agree with you there Champers. Can't now get into a automatic position? But as long as they cement their form, they have every chance in the play-offs. There are some decent sides in the play-off positions though. This is a good, exciting season for the third league. Great stuff. Good climax for sure.

Can't make it out Owl. After running up a record twenty something games undefeated they went the next four not winning one. Expectations are still high though. 28k at Hillsborough for Saturday's draw with Lincoln. Unfortunately, the sudden rise of Ipswich make automatic promotion - that once seemed a formality - in doubt. And to make things worse, the other lot - the red and whites striped lot - are on fire, and could easily make it into the EPL.

I agree SJ. But AFAIK there are over 60 English towns/cities hell-bent on this policy.

Two good teams in London. Plymouth have let it slip in recent games. Are Bolton faves?

What about golf and fishing? And what if yer local footy club is not withing 15 minutes. I can't see all this being achieved before 2030.

I'll pass that on DJ; thanks. I didn't put it in the last weekly post, but Mildred bought a small mounted canvas on Saturday in Ban Dung. It will be interesting to see how she gets on with using oils and canvas. Up to now she has used artists 'board'. Really very tough paper. 200gm. www.mildredart.com

Owl Log - 02-04-2023 - Sunday afternoon It's back to the Ban Dung Hospital again. This time for the aunt's husband, who fell off the roof at the farm on Thursday. The first news was that he had broken his back, but it turned out he had a severely bruised body and his hip was knocked in (or out). Went to see him yesterday, and although in a lot of pain, was hopefully on the recovery road. Another villager in hospital was the shop-lady next door. She went in for an op. Not sure about where she is in the hospital. If we find out we can kill two birds with the same stone; next time we go. Spent a lot of time at the farm last week. Did a few bits and pieces and let the dogs exhaust themselves charging about. First jobs were to clean out the pick-up and burn the trash. Number 7 pond is just mud now. And if we don't see rain soon, pond 6 could go the same way. The shallow end is devoid of water. I want this pond to dry up anyway. It was poisoned last year, and a bit of sun-baking will sort out any toxins left in there. Mrs Owl was looking for something. Watch that leaning tree don't fall on yer nut teerak I can see you hiding down there. The two smaller avocados are lost. I'm trying to save the bigger one. Have to give it plenty every couple of days. I'll keep em crossed. Had to get a couple of rice sacks from the store. On me head guv'. Could have moved the pick-up closer I guess. But it was easier to carry the rice than push the pick-up 10 metres. Easy enough. Into the pick-up with you. The Mrs off to do something. Let Robert and Oscar charge about and then it was time for home. The Mrs only goes if we take the dogs. Me and Mildred usually go by ourselves. Mekongs enjoying their grub. Mildred trying to catch a fish or two. She does get em. Who is that starting fires? On the way home we saw that some oil-palms had been cut down. Couldn't have been giving any fruit. Som is making something for the Buddha. Been at it, on and off, all week. In Ban Dung someone had been cutting down the trees at the road-side. For about 200 metres. There was something happening in the town. The police had stopped all the traffic. Mrs Owl said someone important had died. In the same spot as the last yellow car!! Another one!! Think they belong to the gold shop boss. MG next week. Pile em high - sell em cheap. Mildred's last two paintings. Her pen-name is Anlin. There's me saying 'Hi'. World focus. =========== Jeremy Corbyn to stand as an Independent in Islington North after losing Labour ticket. ===== Giant gold find in Victoria, Oz. Mr X (don't want to be named). Found the gold using a metal detector. Weighed in at 3.6kg. ===== Pollution is causing a serious male fertility crisis; BBC report. ===== The UK's government advisors urge a "Climate Step Change Policy" to avoid an increased risk to life. ===== Scottish boxer Ken Buchanon dies. ===== Pope out of hospital. ===== Tate brothers out of prison; home detention instead. ===== The old women chew corn, spit the mash into a clay bowl; which then start the 'chicha fermentation. Outlawed since 1947, it is now being sold openly in Columbia. Thai musings. =========== Thailand releases 'Pad Kaprow' flavoured condoms. ===== Thai man was fined 200 baht after being caught having sex with his 20 year old girlfriend near a public park under the Bhumibol Bridge 2. ===== Hacker, 9Near, threatens to publicly release the personal data of 55 million Thai citizens unless the government contacts the cyberpunk by April 5. ===== The Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation (WMP), criticized Bangkok Governor over his recent Songkran Festival ban on women wearing sexy dresses. ===== A Kamphaeng Phet underwear thief, has been arrested after stealing over 100 pairs of panties from local ladies. While in Songkhla a CCTV camera captured footage of a perverted man, climbing over a wall into a ladies' house, sniffing her underwear, and licking her shoes, before leaving. Man has not yet been caught. ===== Golden Leaf Spa and Pyramid Spa in India were raided and 11 Thai ladies set free from where they had been held prisoner. Footy round-up. =========== Thailand lose again in Middle East. Beaten 2-0 by UAE. ===== Scotland beat Spain in Euro Qualifiers. The roaring Lions see off Ukraine by same score; 2-0. ===== The Owls lose again. This time to bottom club; Forest Green. ===== Argentina 7, Curacao 0. Looked it up and it Curacao (6 islands) is just off the coast of Venezuela. ===== Man City and The Gooners both win at home 4-1. Chelsea lose at home to Villa. ===== Banks O'Dee hit 7. Cove hit by 5, at home, from Partick Thistle. Now in relegation zone. ===== Spurs get rid of their 'loose tongue' manager. Big Sam in the wings. Bid problems with me and Mrs Owl. She found a 'designer' handbag on the internet for 1200 baht, and asked me to get it for her. I said I was a little short of dosh this month. Didn't go down well that. She wants to finish with me. Sell the farm and I must go away. My cheese has gone. It's very expensive in Thailand. Can I make some myself? I'm sure other farang have done it here. Must get some goats. The trip to the bank was a disaster. They couldn't - or wouldn't - help me get all the payments to a specific acc' no for the last two years printed out. I understood it, that their system wouldn't allow such a thing. BUT,,, for 500 baht, they could do it. Had a big moan and left. On the upside, Kasikorn (K-Biz) internet banking is now up and running. Did a 'Wise' transfer, and a couple of local ones. Everything OK. Mrs Owl's daughter, Nan, wants to go to South Korea to work. An 'agent' can sort it for her; only 70k baht. She was chucked out of the place a few years back. I'm thinking that there must be some sort of 'entry' ban on her. Did my 73 hour fast last week. Really only 60 hours as I ate a couple of dates before I should of. Feel OK. Just one meal a day and snacking with berries and a little fruit. Scrounged three roof-tiles from 'Tieng'; (who was getting the new roof) down the soi. Have to fix the roof before the rain comes. Not a big job. Just edge tiles. Told the Mrs what I wanted to do. She wasn't happy. "You see roof is red and tiles new are blue. Farang stupid." "We could paint them when they are up teerak." No answer, just a snarl. Big change in the kitchen. Bought two new small cupboard units, and chucked out the old one. Only one thing left to say; bye y'all. Changed camera for the farm trip. Pics not so good this post.

Simply don't go to these places. They would soon be crying in their beer. Much better things to do in Thailand than wander about in a park.

I'm envious. Only seen hail here one time. That was about 10 years ago. TBH, most sugar and cassava plantations have had it for this year. Too late to save these crops. Yields will be so bad come November, that it will not be worth harvesting. The Isaan farmers are in big trouble. Just hope the rain normalizes from April onwards.

I think WinXP was the nuts. Is W11 free?

This is sad. did you know him well? The BinL fell out of a pick-up, but never hurt himself much. Just a bruised elbow. He hadn't been drinking as far as I know. Reckon he fell simply fell asleep. Good job it wasn't moving.

Maggots are getting on for being 100% protein. The old-uns knew how to make cold ares in the soil. I don't think too much went to waste by rotting. Then of course there was cannibalism. Plenty of that going on in Asia and Africa. I think people were much happier back then.

Did you get any rain yesterday Bannork? The bit we got here was pitiful. Promised so much, with the breeze getting up, and the sky darkening. I'd complain if there was anyone to complain to. The Mrs told me that last week there was a shower of hail - ice as big as golf balls - in Khon Kaen. Anyone!

It all goes in cycles. There is plenty of fear-mongering around. We can't do anything about climate change. Cause we have no control over the sun for one thing. But we can do other stuff; like not poisoning the soils with chemicals, and dumping trash into the the oceans, which is IMO is far more important than the CC fears currently on offer. As for England ''constitutes most of the world.'' Well I don't think that, but that it is the centre of the world, Universe even. Is beyond question. I'll be even more precise. It's Hainault Forest in Essex. Where spirits and energy collect.

I can remember the men, with lanterns walking in front of buses down Wood Lane in Dagenham, due to the heavy fogs. Also Andy Pandy, The Woodentops and Bill and Ben.

The climate is changing. IMO, it's quite natural. Back in Adam and Eve's day, there was a temperate climate in England; much like the South of England now. After that England saw a 1000 years of warming. so much so, that the south and west of England had thriving wine industries. Then it started to coo,l and we are still in that period. Seems to go in cycles of about 1000 years, and I read recently that the North Sea was once a solid block of Ice. As for Isaan, that is now my home, much of it was underwater for thousands of years. A long time ago, I grants you.

Thanks for that Sterling. Take about 200 snaps every week. Some are just plain rubbish. Some are OK, but not good enough to publish, and there are just a few that are publishable. Now and again, there is a real gem. But to get that extra special pic, you have firstly to have a snapper that can do the biz. Then it's sometimes waiting around, for that window of opportunity that you can see coming. I had a pic published in the Evening Standard Magazine (or Evening News - can't quite remember). a few years back. There was a tiny cloud, on what was otherwise a cloudless day. I was in South London, and the sun was just about to go behind it. Or, perhaps the cloud was slowly moving in front of it. Anyway I stopped the van and withing a few seconds had it perfect. Seconds either way and it wouldn't have been possible. Unfortunately the original, along with thousands of others were lost when the wife died. Had some beauties of Africa and the Caribbean. That's life! But I'm waiting for the BBC to come up with an 'unusual Pet' theme on their photography section. I've got a couple of crackers that I'll enter. And my favourite pic of Thailand. The quality is just not there for publication. But a real quirky pic. all the same.

And who might that be; doing the 'cracking down'? It's in no-one's interest to 'crack down'.. Every now and again a little kerfuffle. Still paying 100 baht for me lottery tickets. Not gonna change in my lifetime I suspect.

As Tony Gosling says; "turn of the psycho in the corner, to remain sane." Referring to English people and their obsession with the TV. Here in Thailand we are 'sane' enough. Or we wouldn't be here. Last week was March as we know it. Hot sticky and dry.