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Cash for keys. They want the unit vacated? They can pay for a month or two of hotel, a reasonable amount for per-diem plus all of your moving expenses.

Good to hear that you're on the mend; get well soon!

For my main bank in my home country I have two checking accounts. One is for money going in and the other for money going out.

For making credit card or other payments (Paypal, Transferwise, etc), I give the "outbound" account number. That account I keep very little in and only transfer money in right before the money is due to go out.

Nobody other than my employer gets "inbound" checking account.

@seajaeCan you tell us what make and model UPS/PSU your computer is plugged into?

I'm guessing it something like this APC BV800:

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/apc-ups-easy-bv800i-mst-800va480w-by-banana-it-i1791320784-s5270488321.html

Is it normal for the chaps who become monks to do their time where they are admitted or do they ever get sent elsewhere in the country?

Nice Recap Owl, keep up the good work!

It was very nice of you to include a remembrance for AT. He really stepped up to keep the thread alive while you were getting your laptop sorted out.

I didnt see anyone mention IRA Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs).

You are required to take an RMD from an IRA but once you take it out, you can put that money in a savings or brokerage account instead of spending it.

https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-required-minimum-distributions-rmds

https://www.fool.com/retirement/plans/ira/required-minimum-distributions/

https://www.schwab.com/ira/understand-iras/withdrawals/required-minimum-distributions

Nice post as always Owl! How much do you think it cost to have those houses built (exclusive of the land)? 

29 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

I'm glad I stayed out of it TBH.

That's usually the best course of action for me. Don't get involved in the minutiae and everything goes through the wife.

I've had some family members come to me directly in the past asking for money and they always got redirected to the wife.

Too many times I'd ask about it later and it would turn out to be BS.

You get divorced in the country you both reside in. If the divorce is contentious, I've heard of the husband or wife picking up and moving to try to establish residency of a jurisdiction they will consider "friendlier" with regards to alimony, child support, etc.

If you both agree to the divorce and can agree to the terms of who gets what, Guam is a popular divorce destination as it only requires 7 days of "residency" to file for divorce there.

I have a friend who talked with a lawyer in Guam beforehand to schedule everything and he flew there, met with the lawyer the next day (day 1) to sign paperwork, then spent the next 6 days on vacation there. On day 8, the lawyer filed the paperwork and he was able to leave. Divorce granted a short time later.

Just an FYI, there is a difference between AppleCare and AppleCare+.

AppleCare+ is coverage you can buy in the US, Thailand and other countries that covers 2 cases of accidental damage (drops, etc) per year.

AppleCare (without the +) is coverage that you can buy in other countries (like the Philippines) that doesn't cover accidental damage.

You'll need to check your phone serial number on the Apple website to see which plan your device is covered under.

I had an iPhone with AppleCare+ get accidentally damaged in the Philippines and it was a huge hassle getting it fixed there as they didnt want to honor the AppleCare+ since they dont sell that coverage there.

Good luck!

@2530Ubon Thanks for the update! Let us know how it works out for you.

10 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Milly was the quisling.

I haven't heard that expression in many years; thanks for the laugh!

"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." - James Nicoll

Can you take a video of the A/C with your phone and upload it to YouTube so we can get an idea on what kind of click it is?

9 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

When you do wake up just remember 42. We all know the answer is always 42.

But whats the question?

Sorry, when I said ATX, I meant @Assurancetourix

He kept this post alive in the early days when Owl was having PC issues and it seemed that almost every picture he took has his mountain bike in it so it was a nice homage to him.

Sadly, he passed away earlier this year

On 8/11/2020 at 7:20 AM, KhunFred said:

I have found the water taxis to be very efficient and cheap. I have never been ripped off using the Chaophraya route.

Agreed. I used them several times on a trip to Bangkok last year and they were great. The ones I rode really had some get up and go and made the trip a lot cooler.

If you burn the Linux ISO to CD, you dont even have to install it on your PC.

Just boot the computer off of the CD and it will run there temporarily. Long enough for you to plug in the wonky USB drive to see if you can get your files off it and copied onto a 2nd USB drive.

A dash cam is definitely worth it nowadays with the number of scammers about trying for an easy pay day.

I bought a Viofo A119S last year on recommendation from dashcamtalk.com

They do constant reviews and updates and have a "Best of" every year with several recommendations based on your usage.

For you USB flash drive, have you tried booting up a computer into Linux and seeing if it can read your files?

If you have a computer with an optical drive, just download an Ubuntu ISO, burn it to CD, boot the computer from the CD and see if that will read your flash drive. Good luck!