BritManToo

Or you could just disregard it as irrelevant.

If you have enough food to eat and a place to live then happiness becomes a choice for you to make for yourself. It's not really a loser/winner situation.

I used to work for Waheed Alli (minor contractor for Planet 24) in the days when he financed New Labour and Tony Blair. Great guy, very generous with free drinks, even used to greet me by name (even though I was a nobody). Can't see any reason why he shouldn't get a security pass, after all, he's financed the Labour party for the past 30 years.

Being president of the USA for 4 years and a billionaire doesn't exactly fit with my idea of a loser.

So you spend your life doing what other people want ...... OK, your life, your choice, but that's not for me, especially if I'm the one financing it all. My life is all about me ..... me, me, me, me, me! Same as the girl featured in the OP.

Why would I compromise on what I want?

I thought she was quite attractive, and would certainly have given her a go, (in my younger days) if she'd been charging the right price. Sadly, I think she'd have been out of my price range, as a retired person. As for losers, everyone loses in the end, the only way to avoid losing is to never play.

That's just not true .......... Less than 20% of Thai nationals have ever paid income tax. Bangkok Post says currently only 14% of the Thai population pay income tax. "Thailand has a population of almost 70 million people. Out of 9.55 million taxpayers,................" https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2020179/revenue-department-plan-intends-to-add-some-500-000-taxpayers.

Thread title ..........Thai Benefits vs Taxation.

Same as the NHS then. But they ain't gonna tax us, just another 'sky is falling' crazy idea perpetrated by a bunch of old white guys living in fear of everything.

But this is only your 5th post?

Western currency losses are due to Japan raising interest rates. Previously with Japan charging under 3%, the big big boys were borrowing billions of Yen at 0-3% then buying western currencies to short term invest at 5-7%. This devalues the Yen and boosts the price of the western currencies. Then Japan raised their interest rates, so they sell their western investments, sell the western currency and buy Yen. Cashing in their profits and reversing the flow. Nobody in their right mind borrows money to invest in Thailand. So the Baht is not affected by this seesaw of buying and selling.

Not worthwhile to have ALL connected as that would mean costs x3, and lets face it you can have a cold shower or wait until the grid's back without that much effort. Leave pump, water heaters, oven on the grid. Have sockets and lights on the solar inverter, no need for solar panels. 6K MrPower hybrid inverter (12kbht) + 48v100ah battery (25kbht) should do it. Little bit of rewiring in the fuse panel and a couple of extra breakers and you're good for up to 12hrs of grid loss. If you're happy with 3hrs backup you could use a 48v45ah battery (8kbht) using 31240 Lifepo4 cells. Really easy to install, 2-4hrs work at most, any electrician that can't do it is an idiot. Around 40kbht inc. (or 20kbht with a 45ah battery) Then you can add solar panels later if you feel like it. I did the same for my house, but with solar panels, works brilliantly (2.5 years now), no more dark nights, internet router loss or computer switching off. We did have a few knocks on the door from neighbours at the start ...... "Why are your lights still working?"

This always used to worry me, then I had my Thai/English baby in a government hospital where all the babies were put in cribs in the same room (about 30 babies). No need to worry in the end, mine was the pink one, all the rest were a creamy brown colour. Horrible thing to happen though, well done dad for noticing the difference!

There are 3 common reasons for women behaving like this. 1.depression 2. seeing another guy 3. menopause (age 45+) None of the possible outcomes are all that great for you or your relationship.

Reels of Chiang Rai ........ town centre. https://www.facebook.com/reel/825029862949905 https://www.facebook.com/reel/7838983789543843 That's gonna be expensive.

It's nearly 400bht a month for a TOU meter, that's more than my existing monthly PEA bill (around 300bht). Battery charges from the solar cells, sure, in extended periods of bad weather the battery grabs some from the grid, and with all the rain my system may have needed 5 units this month ........ 20bht (ish).

What delay would you imagine there is and why would it affect anything? They all switch seamlessly between power sources. You can't connect additional inverters after the first 6-12 months as the inverter models change every year, and never work with previous models. Future proofing is an imaginary concept, there is no such thing. Even the solar panels have completely changed in the past 5 years.

https://s.lazada.co.th/s.qSIIq 51k, 55k if you want a nicer white box. Not sure why you'd want comms between box and inverter. There's no practical reason for that. Not sure why you'd want an expensive Deye inverter either. I paid 12k for my mrpower 5k5w inverter and it works perfectly. All the bells and whistles are ignored after you've been running it a month.

I want to say "play American beauty in DS video" etc., shouldn't be hard, but it is. I can tell DS video to play/ pause but that's about it.

For some reason they only play Netflix! I'm thinking Netflix paid them not to recognise any other video sources. Don't really monitor energy usage as it's mostly solar power. Cooker, Aircon, showers still on grid around 300bht/month.

I have most of my home under Google home , but mainly use Xiaomi smart speakers in place of the Google mini nests. Better than the mini nests and a fraction of the price (900bht). Used to control my TCL android TV, aircon, most of my light switches and some sockets (TUYA). Wish they didn't keep disappearing from Lazada.

No fighting on my part, I just lay there in bed while they injected me with morphine. No operations, no medication other than pain relief, no treatment beyond bandages.

Diagnosed by whom? 2nd rate Thai doctor, western doctor paid to push big pharma products. Why does nobody have the courage to say NO!

Deye 3 phase inverter = 90,000bht 48v 280ah battery = 50,000bht Longi 580W =3200bht x20 = 64,000bht So thats 20kbht for parts, installation another 20kbht seems a bit expensive.