The article describes recent government action to reclaim public land, in the process destroying rubber tree plantations, depriving 700 households of income.
The weatherman at the Thai Meteorological Department has put on his sweater, especially in the evening hours. It's not exactly sweater weather, unless you are riding on a motorcycle in the early to late evening hours.
Expect an extended period of night time temperatures in the low 20's. Daytime temperatures should drop to the upper 20's mid November. Night-time teen barrier follows a few days thereafter.
Weather seems to be arriving from the South-East at the moment. A series of thunderstorms beginning mid week, may last through the weekend
A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.
The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog
or senile lady. He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog moaned and the telephone began to ring. Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:
1 . The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire with a steel chain and collar.
2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number was called.
4. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate.
5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to ring.
Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning.
