Sunday, June 25, 2017

Come early, insure a dry seat ♥‿♥ ⚽ มาในช่วงต้น, ได้รับ ที่นั่งแห้ง

Accuweather - 2pm: thunderstorm, 4 pm: cloudy
BBC Weather - 1pm to 4 pm: heavy rain shower 
wunderground -  4pm: 79%

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Consider the source (͡ ͡° ͜ つ ͡͡°)

  Commercial media, radio, tv.  They bring you the news for profit.  Then there are government restrictions, religious morals.  Let's not forget propaganda, also known as political re-education; gosip falls in this category.
Once you have an image how the news is presented to you, truth or fiction ... travel with me to the distant past.  On the way a quick stop at medieval days.  "hear ye, hear ye," the town cryer would proclaim, ringing his bell. Before the printing press, when books were hand copied, one at a time.
This trip ends at the all time bestseller, most printed and distributed book: the bible. 
The article below is a "believe it or not" story.   
I'm not convinced, but it adds to the intrigue. 

Thailand wilderness

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Times have changed

Real feel high 40,    rain chance decreases after 4 pm,    humidity rises late afternoon
2004 to about 2008 television satellite dishes were sold locally for pirated signals from the Philippines and Africa.  Philippine signal provided a number of US channels, while the African satellite provided numerous sport channels.  

At one time I had two dishes. One with a directional motor.  System codes needed to be updated once a day.  There was a website which provided code updates.

Times have changed.  These days almost everything is available on the net, and at reasonable prices.  I could never see the sense in paying outrageous prices for 300 channels when I never watched more than a dozen.


Right around the time I started this blog , January 2009, I stopped bothering with downloading pirated movies.  
There's much legal free stuff available these days.  I'm rebuilding my list of TV streams, as many come and go. My list is of free or inexpensive mostly live feeds.  If you know of a feed for checking, please leave a comment
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Friday, June 23, 2017

13 July added to "Events Ahead" → →sidebar





Carabao in สกลนคร
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Icepack kind of a day

The air con was making strange noises.  I decided to inspect the filters, hadn't done it in a while.   
Grabbed a chair, didn't see what was on the chair till I felt it on my foot. 4 kg - 8.8 pounds



Cleaning was way overdue


Time to call in the professionals, meanwhile I'll be sporting an icepack on my foot most of the day
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Remodeling Thailand as the family destination







Thursday, June 22, 2017

A little Thai


Thailand as the middleman collecting transmission fees


Bad loan high season


Stupid criminals, Thailand edition

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