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On 11/18/2019 at 5:30 PM, bermondburi said:

God forbid I ever end up like the op. 

 

Different folks for different strokes I guess. 

The guy's happy. He's made a lifestyle for himself and is sharing something that is open for all of us - making our time here in Thailand worthwhile. He probably speaks Thai too.

good luck to him.

 

God forbid that we all end up like you as well!

Cynical and dismissive - must get on really well with Thai people, eh?

Good luck with that too.

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On 11/18/2019 at 10:34 AM, owl sees all said:

I've been in Isaan for 12 years and I find it fascinating. Virtually every week there is something that I find of interest or something that surprises me, dismays me and sometimes shocks me.

 

My wife runs four biggish farms and they too have had their ups and downs recently. This year there has been very little rain and the rice harvest was abysmal. Also, I couldn't fill the ponds up enough to risk putting in fish. I have still got 80% water in two ponds, but I've sacrificed three others to get this.

 

A neighbor recently killed our farm dog (because it killed one of his chickens) and someone borrowed 10 litres of diesel from the farm house store without telling us. We found out who it was. Of course, he just forgot to tell us; but he would have eventually!

 

The wife was on the loo and couldn't give rice to the monk the other day. She asked me to give it. No problem! But I didn't get on my knees; just called him over and tipped it into his pot. I got the 'thank you' verse all the same. Later, when the wife found out that I'd not even bowed my head she was not best amused. "You must not be higher than monk," said she.

 

But, there are lovely things aplenty in the village. Dancing and laughter and Lao Khao drinking. Somone had had a bit of good fortune on the lottery.

 

I'll try to update the thread a couple of times a week. Shortly I'm off to Nong Khai to get some grow bags for my avocado trees that I've grown from seed and will soon need potting. I'll put in some pics as I go.

 

 

I assume you know trees grown from avocado pits usually grow no fruit or don't breed true.

 

I also have one myself. 12 foot tall but no fruit. Still it was fun to grow and looks nice.

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19 minutes ago, RocketDog said:

I assume you know trees grown from avocado pits usually grow no fruit or don't breed true.

 

I also have one myself. 12 foot tall but no fruit. Still it was fun to grow and looks nice.

I have read that a avo grown from seed takes 7/8 years to give fruit. That is a bonus if it happens. Nice looking tree.

 

I'e done well with the pineapple. Three fruits from the one head.

Posted
17 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Sook? What number is that? 😀

Number 6 in English.

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Posted
4 hours ago, owl sees all said:

I have read that a avo grown from seed takes 7/8 years to give fruit. That is a bonus if it happens. Nice looking tree.

 

I'e done well with the pineapple. Three fruits from the one head.

It's funny how one pineapple grows out at the top of another and then another grows out

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On 7/3/2024 at 10:37 AM, owl sees all said:

Number 6 in English.

Is that in Isaan dialect? I thought it was Hok in Thai.

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Posted
1 hour ago, HighPriority said:

Were those pics from the same trip owl ?

when was it ?

Yes. All the same trip.

 

I think it was 2017. Have others from earlier trips.

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22 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Yes. All the same trip.

 

I think it was 2017. Have others from earlier trips.

I was in Vientiane for a visa run in Jan 17, don't recall seeing you. Were you in the pub watching Everton beat Man City 4-0?

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On 7/16/2024 at 8:05 PM, champers said:

I was in Vientiane for a visa run in Jan 17, don't recall seeing you. Were you in the pub watching Everton beat Man City 4-0?

No, I was in the USA at that time. Sorry.

Posted
4 hours ago, sotonowl said:
8 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Folks, Owl has migrated to Thaiger Talk and will now be posting here:

https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/35763-life-in-the-isaan-boonies

Thanks for that RS, he had emailed me saying he was getting beaten up for little reason. I did ask him to let me know if he'd be moving over but he hadn't replied. Such a shame as his thread was the best i've personally come across on any SM and the only reason I visited the site. This will be a big loss to AN, power however small does go to some peoples heads unfortunately, all over to Thaiger then.

Just tried to register on TT and when I submitted my application, a screen came saying that I was banned!

Every time I go to TT now, I get the same screen. Not even going to try to sort the problem out.

 

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16 minutes ago, Mutt Daeng said:

Just tried to register on TT and when I submitted my application, a screen came saying that I was banned!

Every time I go to TT now, I get the same screen. Not even going to try to sort the problem out.

 

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Oh dear. Sounds like you've upset them previously and they have you tracked and can trace you.

You've seen your backside and won't give way to them, but there are ways around it but you can't be arxed so it's good night from me, and it's goodnight from him.

I have a feeling you'll miss Owl. Could be wrong of course.

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6 hours ago, London Lowf said:

This thread is was the only one that I follow on here - I have just visited TT, so thanks for the heads-up rattlesnake.

 

I have also fallen foul of the mods on here and received warnings for next to nothing. When I look at some of the confrontational clickbait on here (we all know who they are) that gets away with blatant breaking of forum rules I reckon I'll be happy with my inevitable next warning or ban.

 

This place has really gone down the pan - you can't even research simple visa advice on here without encountering petty bickering and nastiness.

 

 

Yep

There's around half a dozen posters who continually turn every thread into a <deleted> show.

 

I guess they're tolerated because they generate more traffic.

 

There's only a couple of forums I like to view now.

This unfortunately was one of them.

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I assume Owl was hounded for his posts on other threads as this one was one of the few threads on here that didn’t really need moderating.

A great shame to have lost this thread, and Owl + family of course, will be missed by many.

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8 hours ago, Mutt Daeng said:

Just tried to register on TT and when I submitted my application, a screen came saying that I was banned!

Every time I go to TT now, I get the same screen. Not even going to try to sort the problem out.

 

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It is my understanding that several people had this issue, a remnant of the previous moderation on TT, which, from what I am told, was terrible. They have now changed the moderating team, which is friendly and fair, I can confirm that. So you could drop a line to the admin team and it should be quickly resolved in theory.

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Posted
6 hours ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Hi Owl Can't you get your french friend to take over for a while until things sort themselves out? In the past that worked well. 

I have a feeling that Owl has pulled the stumps and decided to move on himself. 

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5 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

 

It is my understanding that several people had this issue, a remnant of the previous moderation on TT, which, from what I am told, was terrible. They have now changed the moderating team, which is friendly and fair, I can confirm that. So you could drop a line to the admin team and it should be quickly resolved in theory.

Thanks @rattlesnake. I've now relented and managed to solve the issue myself and have successfully registered.

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