Diary of a farang in Isaan

[sotonowl]

On 3/14/2023 at 2:41 AM, owl sees all said:

Don't think that's a realistic sign Owl.

 

Obviously a disgruntled Iron's fan, who switched allegiance in days past; and regrets it. Now they can see the 'O's back on their way to the very top, while the Irons emotionally suffer from having left their famous old home; The Boleyn Ground (Upton Park).

 

 

 

These clubs do give up a lot of hard earned history when they leave their grounds. Moving to that big lifeless bowl hasn't done them any favours at all in my opinion of course. Hope we stay at Hillsborough forever although that river gets a bit close at times and it has flooded the itch at least once. The O's are going well aren't they, can't be far off being confirmed as promoted now. Maybe we could jack the whole stadium up by a metre or two, that would solve it, great engineering project as well.

[owl sees all]

An extension to Sunday's Owl Log.

 

The village Buddha was being prepared for the rave.. But it wasn't gonna be all about frivolity and drinking and dancing. No! Before the big day things had to be prepared.

 

The serious places. This is where the dosh is handed over.

 

 

Craft-work for an offering.

 

 

Brooms at the ready. Mrs Owl will want one of those. Her favourite one was shot down by the Russians over the Black Sea. She was lucky to escape back to the village. Good job she had a spare strapped to her back.

 

 

Security out in force.

 

 

https://rumble.com/v2dhoz4-buddha-rave.html

 

Then it was all over. Everyone making their way to the temple for some meditation.

 

 

Any brooms left were gonna be used to clean up any trash that the ravers might forget to take away with them..

 

 

 

 

Edited March 17, 2023 by owl sees all

[Andrew Dwyer]

Brooms at the ready. Mrs Owl will want one of those. Her favourite one was shot down by the Russians over the Black Sea. She was lucky to escape back to the village. Good job she had a spare strapped to her back.

 

 

You are a brave man Owl !

If Mrs Owl found out ,that broom handle would be disappearing very quickly where the sun don’t shine !!

[owl sees all]

10 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

You are a brave man Owl !

If Mrs Owl found out ,that broom handle would be disappearing very quickly where the sun don’t shine !!

Make you right there Andy.

 

i wondered what that sensation was t'other night.

 

 

[owl sees all]

Owl Log - 19-03-2023 - Sunday afternoon.

 

Another busy week. Back and forward to Ban dung. Work at the farm. And MinL is gonna move in with us.

 

Found a cute little car in Ban Dung. Should have taken a pic of the name-plate. Must be Russian.

 

 

Not seen one like this before; anywhere.

 

 

Must be electric.

 

 

The future. And it's in town.

 

The lady next door to us has been having a clear-out. I think she has plans to sell. Only see her once in a blue moon. Lives in Udon.

 

 

It was a small shop a long time ago. Still has goods inside.

 

 

Also doubled as a small eatery.

 

 

Had me eye on a couple of things.

 

 

The chicken went outside, and the rack got fixed up for the shoes.

 

 

We have learnt that any shoes that the dogs can get hold; they see as prey.

 

 

Poo already selecting her sleeping spot.

 

 

And it's not just the house being sorted. Some big clearing at the rear.

 

 

 

Mrs Owl sorting out the shoes that are worth salvaging.

 

 

Mine were mullered, so when I spotted a pair of size 45s at the 20 baht shop I was made up.

 

 

A bit fancy for my taste, but 20 baht wasn't too expensive. However, when I wore them at the farm I realised why they were at the shop. Without doubt the most uncomfortable shoes I'd ever worn. I'll be looking for paying the normal price of 50 baht next time in Ban Dung, and not be taken in by 'bargains'.

 

Mildred has a new companion when she is in her studio.

 

 

And the farm has been proving to be a little test.

 

 

The water in number 7 is low; very low. Me and Mildred have been putting water in every day; waiting for the rain to come. One of the problems is that it is an up-hill journey. All the ponds run down from 7. So I had to put in a valve or two.

 

Tried the 'bucket' but didn't work. Had to get the chog-chog out. Dug out a small channel.

 

Turn off the valve in number 5.

 

 

Had to check that there was no air coming into the system.

 

 

 

Mildred's time for a bit of work.

 

 

 

 

Top it up and hopefully everything will be OK. We will see later today.

 

That's it for the pics. Limit reached. Can't upload any vids. Will put links to them on Owl Log part 2 later today.

 

Footy round-up.

Draws everywhere yesterday. Owls, Orient, Rochdale-Swindon (4-4), Charley Austin getting all four for the away team, and Chelsea drop points at home. Banks O'dee get a good away win. As do Leeds at Wolves. Burnley realise that gap between promoted teams and the top boys is vast; 6-0.

 

World focus.

Russian jets spray a 12 million dollar, US drone, with fuel and send it crashing into the Black Sea.

Swiss bank in crisis.

Problems in France as the retirement age is raised by two years.

Mass protests in Israel.

The BBB - or farmers party - do well in Holland provincial elections.

Millions of dead fish in NSW's Darling-Baaka river.

Gary Lineker back on the BBC presenting MotD..

TikTok denies handing sensitive information to Chinese government. But UK officials not too sure and want it banned.

The UK PM, and his US and Australian counterparts, agree the supplies of nuclear-powered submarines to Down Under.

Arrest warrant issued for Pres Putin. Pres Biden welcomes the move.

 

Thailand musings.

The Thai government is drafting a bill to legalise sex work, to protect sex workers from exploitation.

Jealous Thai man shoots his ex-girlfriend in Nakhon Pathom province, central Thailand after she refused to take him back.

Thais who whiten their teeth with nail polish, should stop the practice. Top medical technologist warns that it's not a good thing to do.

A power plant in Prachin Buri province in central Thailand has upped the reward for information on the whereabouts of their missing radioactive cylinder, containing Caesium-137, from 50,000 to 100,000 baht.

A crazy buffalo went on the rampage and gored four people in Uthai Thani province.

A Buddhist relic, believed to be over 700 years old, emerged from the Mekong River - between Laos and northeast Thailand - sending hundreds of people scurrying to view the rare event.

A pregnant cow is rescued after being stuck in the mud for week near Bang Kaew..

 

 

The dear MinL is now officially living with us. She is now getting top notch care.

 

Loads of deliveries from Lazada last week. Gogi berries. Dates. Cranberries. Cherries and some dog food. Also pampers for the MinL. The berries are part of my new diet. Only berries and dates until about 5, when I'll eat something else. TBH, the dates don't taste like I remember them from a few years back. The cherries are on the sweet side. The gogies are horrible, but the cranberries are delicious. Got some blueberries on the way. Very expensive. But will probably do me good.

 

For next week I have on order a complete Edam Cheese. 1.6kg. Total cost including delivery 1,420 baht.

 

Still no rain. Farmers without a water source are crying. Only one drop of rain since the start of October.

 

More news in the Owl Log part 2.

 

Only one thing left to say; bye y'all.

[HighPriority]

On 3/17/2023 at 2:44 PM, Andrew Dwyer said:

 

Brooms at the ready. Mrs Owl will want one of those. Her favourite one was shot down by the Russians over the Black Sea. She was lucky to escape back to the village. Good job she had a spare strapped to her back.

 

 

You are a brave man Owl !

If Mrs Owl found out ,that broom handle would be disappearing very quickly where the sun don’t shine !!

We are all brave in here @Andrew Dwyer

#fearless

 

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[owl sees all]

1 hour ago, HighPriority said:

We are all brave in here @Andrew Dwyer

#fearless

 

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Bang on the money. Have to be HP and Andy.

 

Show any sign of weakness. and you're as well off as a tramp at the South Pole.

 

Can't do Owl Log 2 this evening. Things are a bit topsy turvy at the mo.

[owl sees all]

Anyone else getting those pop-up adds?

 

Makes it difficult to do a long post. The last Owl Log was a mess.

 

Can I pay and be pop-up add-free?

[HighPriority]

6 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Anyone else getting those pop-up adds?

 

Makes it difficult to do a long post. The last Owl Log was a mess.

 

Can I pay and be pop-up add-free?

The only one I get is the bloody AN newsletter one and that’s more than annoying enough for me.

[degrub]

Try Firefox browser and use privacy/advert/tracking settings to control. It does cost the website some advert money.

[owl sees all]

33 minutes ago, degrub said:

Try Firefox browser and use privacy/advert/tracking settings to control. It does cost the website some advert money.

Thanks for that Boss.

 

I've no objection what-so-ever to having adds on a web-site. It makes the www world go round. But I personally don't like the adds that pop up and take away working space. There are two on screen as I type this reply.

 

To be fair to AN; it is a good site for us farang, and on the whole better than some others. I have also occasionally clicked on the adds and even bought one time.

[Andrew Dwyer]

11 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Anyone else getting those pop-up adds?

 

Makes it difficult to do a long post. The last Owl Log was a mess.

 

Can I pay and be pop-up add-free?

I changed browser to Brave from Safari, the newsletter pop up still annoys from time to time but it did remove the super annoying video pop up in the bottom right hand corner.

[HighPriority]

19 hours ago, owl sees all said:

 

 

To be fair to AN; it is a good site for us farang, and on the whole better than some others. I have also occasionally clicked on the adds and even bought one time.

There’s a special place in hell reserved for people like you…

[owl sees all]

4 hours ago, HighPriority said:

There’s a special place in hell reserved for people like you…

A book company was advertising on AN. I clicked on, and looked at the books on special offers. I was quite taken with a Richard Dawkins' book about the universe and slugs. So paid me dosh (about 1000 baht) and looked forward to some bed-time reading.

 

That was nearly two years ago. Still waiting for the delivery.

 

 

[HighPriority]

Sorry you didn’t get your book Owl.

I would have searched the product and then purchased, I detest advertising. 
Everytime you click on their links you encourage them, sorta like voting with similar results…

[owl sees all]

4 hours ago, HighPriority said:

Sorry you didn’t get your book Owl.

I would have searched the product and then purchased, I detest advertising. 
Everytime you click on their links you encourage them, sorta like voting with similar results…

You are not wrong there HP.

 

But not to worry about the book Since then I ordered another and got it 31 days later. In that book - by John Hammer - there is a section on humans. He postulates that we were actually from another planet. His arguments are compelling. Were we put her as a future food source? If I had not had the delivery problem with Dawkins' book I would not have been so enlightened about the very nature of humanity.

 

As for advertising. For my sins, I used to advertise in the Spurs monthly magazine.

[owl sees all]

Owl Log - 22-03-2023 - Wednesday afternoon

 

Unfortunately, I have a problem. The restriction on file transfer size is so severe I cannot put a decent pic on site.

 

Vids of just a few seconds are not now possible.

 

 

Anyway; let's get on.

 

Finished getting all the fish out of number 7 yesterday (Tuesday) . Transferred about 300 pla nin to number 3 pond. Had to enlist the help of 'E' and 'Soo', from Bella's farm, to finish the task.

 

The crabs, and the big shrimps, were nowhere to be seen. Did find a big snail in the mud though. Every time we got to the farm in the last few days we saw those big white birds wading about.

 

What we did get though was two big snakefish. Gave one to Soo and brought one home to Mrs Owl.

 

Took the pick-up to the test centre on Monday. It passed without a hitch. Have to go back on Thursday to get the disc and to pay the 2,300 baht fee. Took some great pics of the fish, birds, lizards and chickens, at the centre, while we waited

 

On he trip to town, Mildred had to hand in some stuff at her school. Took a  couple of pics of the huge building that was started a couple of years back. Looking good.

 

Also took the opportunity to go to Kasikorn Bank to get internet banking on one of my accounts. Had to tell the guy at least a dozen times that I didn't want any apps on the phone; just internet banking on my computer. Eventually, everything seemed to be OK; with Mildred's translation. Had my PP, my Pink ID, driving licence and yellow book with me. Oh yes! The mobile phone to get codes.

 

Mrs Owl's mum is asleep on the floor just 3 metres from me. Looks like she is in the front room to stay.

 

Very tough game at Barnsley for The Owls last night. They seemed in control after 75 minutes when the made it 2-2. They went to sleep, and let in two more goals to end their running run.

 

Have a pop-up on screen right now. Can't get rid of it.

 

Only one thing left to say; bye y'all.

Edited March 22, 2023 by owl sees all

[bannork]

Owl, isn't there an X on the top right of the excruciating pop-up you can zap to remove it?

[owl sees all]

Just gonna try a new ploy to get the pics up.

 

Knocked the size down to 600 - from 800 - and saved as a jpeg instead of png.

 

 

One of the two big snakeheads.

 

Give me a heads-up on the quality guys; if you would.

 

Seems OK to me. Have to change all the pic sizes from now on.

 

[owl sees all]

9 minutes ago, bannork said:

Owl, isn't there an X on the top right of the excruciating pop-up you can zap to remove it?

I was licking away; it just wouldn't go. And when it did; it came straight back. Nothing at the moment.

 

Maybe it's just stupid old Owl.

[HighPriority]

2 hours ago, owl sees all said:

I was licking away; it just wouldn't go. And when it did; it came straight back. Nothing at the moment.

 

Maybe it's just stupid old Owl.

No comment… ????

Your pic seems fine on my iPad mate ????????

[London Lowf]

2 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Give me a heads-up on the quality guys; if you would.

I'm looking at it on a 17" laptop and it looks absolutely fine.

 

[London Lowf]

The car is an RFM e- car 2.0 - made in India apparently. And you are correct, it's electric.

 

 

Edited March 22, 2023 by London Lowf

[owl sees all]

50 minutes ago, London Lowf said:

The car is an RFM e- car 2.0 - made in India apparently. And you are correct, it's electric.

 

 

Looks good to me.

 

Not sure how it would go off-road.

 

Thought that MG Thailand had the monopoly on that bright yellow.

[owl sees all]

4 hours ago, owl sees all said:

I was licking away; it just wouldn't go. And when it did; it came straight back. Nothing at the moment.

Dear me! Licking the computer? That's a new one.

 

Missed out the 'c'. It's all the pop-ups fault.

[sotonowl]

10 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Very tough game at Barnsley for The Owls last night. They seemed in control after 75 minutes when the made it 2-2. They went to sleep, and let in two more goals to end their running run.

 

My thoughts exactly Owl. Thought they let us off the hook a bit at 2-0 we were rocking and could have got battered. Onto the next game, all to play for.

[HighPriority]

7 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Dear me! Licking the computer? That's a new one.

 

Missed out the 'c'. It's all the pop-ups fault.

I just assumed it was being English… ????

[owl sees all]

The up-load restriction is less than 300kb in total. TBH this is nonsense. So instead of my usual 20 or so images, I'm down to just one; and even that has to be severely size reduced.

 

I'll send a message to the top mod, to try to get some size increase. As it is at the moment, it could see the end of the Owl Log as we know it.

 

Don't let that snakehead get back into the mud Mildred.

 

 

To all the regulars on the thread, who have kept it thriving for over three years; thanks.

 

[London Lowf]

15 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Thought that MG Thailand had the monopoly on that bright yellow.

Yes indeed - the first MG I ever spotted on Phuket (about six years ago?) was that bright yellow. The place is swarming with them these days.

[owl sees all]

Owl Log - 24-03-2023 - Friday morning

 

Had some good news from AN Admin. Evidently I'd reached my six year limit on up-loads, and was severely restricted. Anyway, it was agreed to increase the total limit. And we are back in business.

 

Just to round off the pond 7 saga with some pics.

 

Some of the pla nin did not make it.

 

 

 

Build a small dam and transfer the water - what's left  - to t'other side.

 

 

It's that naughty snakehead again. Just will not stay in the bucket.

 

 

 

Fill the bowl with fish and bring it to me.

 

 

Then it was my job to transfer them to number 3 pond; about 40 metres away.

 

 

The well-dressad man about town did about 10 trips in all. Transferred about 300 fish.

 

Job done. Time for a selfie.

 

 

Have to get some coffee for the helpers Soo and E.

 

Everything now in order with the uploading. Will try to load up some vids later.

 

Thanks everyone. Including the mod who helped sort out the problem. I won't cause embarrassment by naming him.

 

The images for this post were all in the 600px (across) and jpeg format. Not bad quality. When I compare them to the 800px and png images - that I normally use - there is no noticeable difference.

 

Bye y'all.

 

Edited March 24, 2023 by owl sees all