Saturday, February 23, 2013

Weed control, Thai style

 Mister T 



I'm taking a wild guess here.
This fire was started as a controlled burn with up to 3 feet tall dry grass encroaching onto the street.
From the looks of that dry hardwood tree stump, the fire burned for some time.
I'm guessing the fire was stomped out once it reached private property, no water source nearby.
Unless you have a 200 yard garden hose.


Friday, February 22, 2013

T.i.T. PLUS


Futsal Sakon Nakhon - Live team

is three for three, winning it's third game
  Wednesday night.

  Did not attend personally, as the start time was 11:30 pm.
I will attend tonight 8:10 PM at Ming Muang Field



Sakon Nakhon Muang Thai F.C., SNO.M.T.F.C.

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This year's line-up.

Recognize only four players remaining from the 2012 season.

Sundays game should be a 'tell all' barometer to the 2013 season.

5 pm 


Let's all sing: "If I where a rich man"



This chopper was parked on the Sakon Nakhon airport earlier this month.
Spotted it on my return from Bangkok Feb 4
Advanced Aviation is based in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket.
Their website advertises a rate of 78,750 THB/flight hour (exclusive of 7%V.A.T) US$2,636.42




If the tobacco tax was created to discourage people from smoking
  Then  income tax should discourage people from working?

Lucky I have a second driveway to use over the weekend

Thursday work crew completes half the street drainage dug and laid
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Tractor is parked overnight, covering one of three drains placed.
  Trashcan marks the second drain, tree branch marks a third drain
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 This is Thailand News




High Zoo-Ology Anxiety

Alvin has a housemate.

A friend of mine from Tha Rae brought me a female squirrel as a companion for Alvin

Alvin is two years old, the new female, still unnamed is probably middle aged.

In the wild squirrels live to about 12 years, in captivity over 20 years.

Putting the two in the same cage did not work out. 


It wasn't a fight, 
rather a territorial dance.
Lady squirrel has a separate cage for the time being.

One morning, while at my computer I heard incessant squealing.

At first I thought the high pitch sound came from birds outside my window.
Not so!!  
It took a while, but I finally decided the noise is coming from within.
A baby squirrel an inch tall, on a ripped towel in the cage floor.
The mother had taken it out of the nest.

The screeching only stopped hours later when the mother returned the baby to the nest.



Days of no sounds, utter silence. 

I was becoming anxious. Had the infant squirrel died.
Relief this morning, I heard the baby squirrel



Thursday, February 21, 2013

As Hot Season Approaches, A Stark Reminder

As the days are getting hotter, kids tend to head to the nearest watering hole to cool down.
Unfortunately with the hot season approaching, so does the season of drownings.
A first drowning in Sakon City yesterday, a young Patana school student.
Apparently he was swimming alone. Discovered hours later.
Source: STV on Facebook

Sakon Nakhon COOL er

After a couple hottest days of the year, 39C Felt like 42, 
a  five day cooling trend is in the makings.

Temperatures are forecast to dip into the upper 20's C. 
Possibly as low as 27C


It's a temperature roller coaster ride.  This might be the last of the cool days.

March temperatures mostly in the lower to mid 30.



Rain possible next weekend.  
Depends how much the weather dissipates as it moves in from the south.