Diary of a farang in Isaan

[sotonowl]

2 minutes ago, faraday said:

Most likely, these 'alternative theories' don't sit well. Any deviation from the 'norm' & all that. ????

 

I feel as if I am a  naughty child by posting that.

KnowotImean?

It's true, our rights are slowly but surely being eroded away. 

 

I made a quip on Twitter a few weeks ago about my phone reception going to 5 bars from the usual 2 bars, immediately after getting the vaccine. That resulted in a 12 hour ban. The world is lost I'm afraid.

[faraday]

It seems as if we are being 'homogenised',  & being steered slowly into becoming 'good citizens'.

 

Anyway, back on topic...????

 

The temperature has been disgustingly hot during the last couple of days, although it's 26°C at 05:50.( that's in the morning y'know) ????

 

I spoke with my sister in blighty on Tuesday, in her living room she's had a very fancy ( & expensive ????) gas fire installed.

 

It was turned on as the 'weathers a bit chilly'. ????

Edited April 22, 2021 by faraday
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[bluesofa]

33 minutes ago, sotonowl said:

It's true, our rights are slowly but surely being eroded away. 

 

I made a quip on Twitter a few weeks ago about my phone reception going to 5 bars from the usual 2 bars, immediately after getting the vaccine. That resulted in a 12 hour ban. The world is lost I'm afraid.

Have I misunderstood this? Twitter ban you for joking about mobile phone reception?

[Excel]

1 hour ago, sotonowl said:

It's true, our rights are slowly but surely being eroded away. 

 

I made a quip on Twitter a few weeks ago about my phone reception going to 5 bars from the usual 2 bars, immediately after getting the vaccine. That resulted in a 12 hour ban. The world is lost I'm afraid.

I didn't think Twitter was a mobile phone provider here but live and learn I suppose. Anyway if I had gone to 5 bars instead of 2 my reception would be fading too ????

[Andrew Dwyer]

3 hours ago, faraday said:

Most likely, these 'alternative theories' don't sit well. Any deviation from the 'norm' & all that. ????

 

I feel as if I am a  naughty child by posting that.

KnowotImean?

Careful there old boy !!

Voicing your opinion on here is not welcome unless it’s in line with ........... I’ve said too much already ????

 

Owl tried that and got himself a “ <deleted>” !! , wasn’t as pleasant as he was expecting ????

[Odysseus123]

9 hours ago, faraday said:

Most likely, these 'alternative theories' don't sit well. Any deviation from the 'norm' & all that. ????

 

I feel as if I am a  naughty child by posting that.

KnowotImean?

Well..there is something to be said about ceasing to beat one's head against a a brick wall-the cessation of pain is said to be quite pleasant.

 

I regret posting Mons.Voulez Vous to a tour of duty with the St Bernards ("Devil Dogs") not realizing that his tour of duty at the Front was likely to be unduly prolonged..

 

Has anyone read (or reading) any good books lately?A friend gave me Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall'-an excellent read so far..you took a step out of line or misjudged the situation in Tudor days and you certainly got more than a headache...

[Golden Triangle]

Hi everyone, it's nice to be back, I was, err how do I put it ? busy for a while.........????

[Odysseus123]

4 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

Hi everyone, it's nice to be back, I was, err how do I put it ? busy for a while.........????

Crazy people..????????

[GarryP]

17 hours ago, sotonowl said:

Not again. How's he getting banned all the time. Is he in the Covid/Vaccination threads creating havoc?

It beggars belief. Something riles you on TV, just leave the thread and move to another. Or he should learn from his missus to start giving threads the silent treatment - not this one, of course. 

[Andrew Dwyer]

18 hours ago, sotonowl said:

Talking about Elephants. Does anyone know where this one stands? Special prize for the correct answer.

As no one is forthcoming with the answer I am going to a hazard a guess at Ubon or Khon Kaen Immigration ??

[sotonowl]

12 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Have I misunderstood this? Twitter ban you for joking about mobile phone reception?

No you haven't mate. I made what I thought to be a pretty poor joke I admit but I got a ban none the less.

[HighPriority]

18 hours ago, sotonowl said:

Not again. How's he getting banned all the time. Is he in the Covid/Vaccination threads creating havoc?

Probably running around without his mask and giving free samples of invermectin... ????

[sotonowl]

11 hours ago, Excel said:

I didn't think Twitter was a mobile phone provider here but live and learn I suppose. Anyway if I had gone to 5 bars instead of 2 my reception would be fading too ????

They're not a mobile phone provider mate. It was the fact I joked about my mobile phone reception getting better after the jab the they took exception to.

For the record, i'm in the UK and my mobile phone provider is Smarty who piggy back on the "3" network and are as cheap as chips.

Edited April 23, 2021 by sotonowl

[bluesofa]

11 minutes ago, sotonowl said:

They're not a mobile phone provider mate. It was the fact I joked about my mobile phone reception getting better after the jab the they took exception to.

For the record, i'm in the UK and my mobile phone provider is Smarty who piggy back on the "3" network and are as cheap as chips.

Thanks for the explanation.

I'm really sorry to appear so thick (stop laughing!) Are Twitter so thin skinned/sensitive that a global company can't accept a joke about the jab linked to a mobile network? It's not even directed at Twitter. Is this some kind of woke I keep hearing about?

[Excel]

27 minutes ago, sotonowl said:

They're not a mobile phone provider mate. It was the fact I joked about my mobile phone reception getting better after the jab the they took exception to.

For the record, i'm in the UK and my mobile phone provider is Smarty who piggy back on the "3" network and are as cheap as chips.

Realised it was just a joke. Years since I was last in the UK so never heard of Smarty.  Are they a Rowntree's diversification but with a Y ?  Good you have had the Jab, as you know Thailand hopes 60% of the country will have had all theirs to coincide with Elon Musk landing on Mars.

[chickenslegs]

19 hours ago, sotonowl said:

Talking about Elephants. Does anyone know where this one stands? Special prize for the correct answer.

Safety rail, no shoes outside the door, red bricks nicely pointed - so I'd guess not Thailand. 

[HighPriority]

@owl sees all

youre back from the dead ?

Lazarus lives !!

im very pleased to see that the reports of your demise have been greatly exaggerated... now, what’s happening on the farm ?

[Golden Triangle]

1 minute ago, HighPriority said:

@owl sees all

youre back from the dead ?

Lazarus lives !!

im very pleased to see that the reports of your demise have been greatly exaggerated... now, what’s happening on the farm ?

If, like me Owl will be able to read & react to posts but not actually able to post, glad there is still some heart left in TVF in these very uncertain days & weeks ahead. 

 

Could someone please sack this bloody useless government. ????

[Bredbury Blue]

On 4/13/2021 at 12:10 PM, FarFlungFalang said:

I've heard that maggots are also good bait.

 

My nonagenarian old man, has all his life been a very keen freshwater angler; retired from fishing last year.

 

He used to keep his maggots in a tin in the fridge; it keeps them fresh longer from turning in to casters.

 

One day when he wasn't home, someone knocked the tin which was on the fridge top shelf, the tin tumbled down, and there were maggots all over the fridge and over the floor - muggins here got the job of getting them all back in the tin as my mum was terrified of them.

 

He was never again allowed to keep his maggots in the fridge.

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

15 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

If, like me Owl will be able to read & react to posts but not actually able to post, glad there is still some heart left in TVF in these very uncertain days & weeks ahead. 

 

Could someone please sack this bloody useless government. ????

Yes, now is the time for anyone who has an axe to grind against Owl to get in there with some caustic diatribe ............ cue TBL who was evicted forcefully from the thread ????

 

Not me of course, I love Owl ..................... couldn’t eat a whole one though ????

[bluesofa]

4 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Yes, now is the time for anyone who has an axe to grind against Owl to get in there with some caustic diatribe ............ cue TBL who was evicted forcefully from the thread ????

 

Not me of course, I love Owl ..................... couldn’t eat a whole one though ????

Keep Ozzy Osbourne away from Owl, once he's got the taste for bats...

[sotonowl]

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

Thanks for the explanation.

I'm really sorry to appear so thick (stop laughing!) Are Twitter so thin skinned/sensitive that a global company can't accept a joke about the jab linked to a mobile network? It's not even directed at Twitter. Is this some kind of woke I keep hearing about?

To be honest I don't think they are. Maybe someone was having a bad day. I can be quite argumentative on Twitter and do tend to slate the wokey people and don't usually have any problems these days as I know how far I can go. I had a bit of a shock with this one though.

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, sotonowl said:

To be honest I don't think they are. Maybe someone was having a bad day. I can be quite argumentative on Twitter and do tend to slate the wokey people and don't usually have any problems these days as I know how far I can go. I had a bit of a shock with this one though.

That wokey kokey lot have a lot to answer for

[faraday]

42 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Keep Ozzy Osbourne away from Owl, once he's got the taste for bats...

 And that, dear readers is how 'a virus' ???? began.

 

 

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, faraday said:

47 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Keep Ozzy Osbourne away from Owl, once he's got the taste for bats...

 And that, dear readers is how 'a virus' ???? began.

Ozzy's not from Wuhan, he's a Brummie - almost as dodgy I know.

[faraday]

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

Ozzy's not from Wuhan, he's a Brummie - almost as dodgy I know.

Used to go to  Brummidgeham town hall in the '70's..

 

Saw Arthur Brown &  I'm sorry to to say, The Mahavishnu Orchestra. ???? A Love Supreme????

 

Back on topic....????

 

Getting a bit windy now - not the Sator, I might add; temperature is 37© . ????️

 

 Hope everything is here on the 'morrow....????

 

[faraday]

Welcome back ????

 

 

[faraday]

05:33 - 27©

 

Nice cuppa PG with Thai/Danish milk, sitting outside.

 

Morning's are getting much lighter now, & the rainy season may well come early, it seems.

 

???? Thought I had more to say, last night I did, but a can of Bud doesn't taste right in the morning.

 

Owl, what's da news???

 

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, faraday said:

05:33 - 27©

 

Nice cuppa PG with Thai/Danish milk, sitting outside.

 

Morning's are getting much lighter now, & the rainy season may well come early, it seems.

 

???? Thought I had more to say, last night I did, but a can of Bud doesn't taste right in the morning.

 

Owl, what's da news???

 

Isn't the Thai/Danish only a UHT option, in a carton? For me it's an emergency option if I ever ran out of the pasteurised milk.

 

I had to look through a chink in the curtains to see if there was daylight - there is!

[faraday]

3 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Isn't the Thai/Danish only a UHT option, in a carton? For me it's an emergency option if I ever ran out of the pasteurised milk.

 

I had to look through a chink in the curtains to see if there was daylight - there is!

 Yes, it is UHT, but getting Chokchai in NBL is difficult, as often Makro no hab.

 

Which milk do you use?

 

????

 

Worried about the word 'chink' Mr Sofa, gotta be so careful these days. ( unable to elaborate) ????