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Here Is The News... At 05.30hrs


Totster

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As some of you are aware, I am now staying in my wife's village near Kalasin. Everything is good and I am enjoying the laid back life... however, I am going to moan about one thing ( no.. not complain, moan )...

Every morning at 05.30hrs the whole village gets treated to the daily bulletin, followed by Isaan music. I know what you're thinking... not so bad... but, it is broadcast over a small network of loudspeakers, strategically placed all around the village on small towers so that EVERYBODY can hear, and when I say loudspeakers, I mean LOUD..!

On a serious note, I know this is important to the small community, It gives them various information, for instance during the rainy season, if someone has a flood in the field, the village can be alerted, and will go and help.

I just think a better way would be to set up a low powered radio transmitter and people can tune in for themselves, maybe a recorded broadcast so that people can tune in at anytime and get the message...

Well, just had to get that off my chest, I know the other villages have the same systems, I've seen the speaker towers...

Anyone got a comment or something to add...

totster :o

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Easy Mate.In the middle of the night, climb the tree that holds the loudest speaker and cut one of the wires.Thats what a mate of mine did when visiting his wifes village...he had long gone by the time they repaired the offending speaker. :o

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I just think a better way would be to set up a low powered radio transmitter and people can tune in for themselves, maybe a recorded broadcast so that people can tune in at anytime and get the message...

In my fiancee's village, they come on a 6am, and also loud. It doesn't bother me. I just adapt to their local schedule, going to bed early and getting up early. Quite the opposite of my normal schedule, but I can deal with it easily enough.

I'm told they could do the radio thing quite easily, but they use the speakers on purpose. I'm told it is required as a means of the government keeping the people informed, and also to ensure that sloth does not set in and people are up and about early in the day.

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since you're a new man in the village, why don't you offer to help them since you have more knowledge than most of them, farang in a small village is very helpful

Unfortunately my knowledge isn't very helpful here, just as their knowledge wouldn't be so helpful where I come from. If there is something that I can do to help the community, I would gladly help :D

In my fiancee's village, they come on a 6am, and also loud. It doesn't bother me. I just adapt to their local schedule, going to bed early and getting up early.

I have adapted... bed by 20.30hrs and up at 05.30hrs, it's just a rude awakening, I feel like I'm being told to get up... :D

I'm told it is required as a means of the government keeping the people informed, and also to ensure that sloth does not set in and people are up and about early in the day.

Like I said in my OP, I understand the need for it.. :D

Your village must be posher than my wife's , they haven't got speakers yet , the betel-nut chewing crones do a good enough job.

Hope it stays un-Posh.

:D

Well... looks like the trend is setting in, I saw the village next door having the speaker towers erected... hope it wasn't your wifes village... :D

it's daylight already, the buses are happening, get over it.

I got over it a few weeks ago... just wanted to have a moan about it the other day, that's all... :o

totster :D:D

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We've got the chooks happening first and that's b4 daylight, then there's the busses next, the headman gives his spule and if you manage to sleep thru that a 737 passes overhead at about 1000 feet at 07:30.

Oh dear... :D

For some reason I can manage to sleep through the chicken scrawks, We get the temple bell at 06.30hrs ( i think ), then the school bell ( we live pretty close to the school) after. But not as bad as the 737 methinks :o:D

totster :D:D

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I'm still envious as ###### that I'm in Dodgerland and you're there though... :o

It's not that different then having your alarm clock go of at 5.45 am so you can go to work and sit in a traffic jam for an hour. :D if you wake up later then the traffic jam is only two hours.....

My alarm clock goes BEEP BEEEP BEEEP..... give me thai speakers anyday.

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When we stayed for 3mnths in hubbys town the speaker was right outside our bedroom windows, after a couple of weeks I managed to mentally block it & never really heard it after that, either at 5.30am or the 6pm national anthem. The local kids did a good enough job though at 7.30am on their way to school of making sure I was up & about early. :o The one that I used to really love though was the bell ringer coming round at 11.30pm to make sure all was well. :D

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Temple on one side - with chanting blasting out every morning Tamwat, lunch blessing and evening chanting. Kids school on the other which my glassless windows overlook. Nasty pop music starts at 7 through dedications, and announcements till 830. 4pm and they treat the neighbourhood to endless drum beating for their sports. Once a month they have a concert, and I can only fill my coffee cup half full all day, or it shakes out.

Loudspeakers are the worst thing the west ever brought to Asia.

I think I am in love with Boos avatar - do you have her phone number?

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We've had the speakers doing the 06:00 and 20:00 for a few months - then the locals complained and it stopped. now all they are used for is special events (loy kratong etc) so all it not bad.

but some day.....some how i will wire them up to my sound system and blare some goodl old fashioned fbs duff duff :o

that'll scare the pants off the elders :D

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