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Thank everyone! It looks like Piyanas is who I need to be talking to. Thanks for the lead.

With Black Friday sales just starting in the States, its a shame we can't have similar pricing here in Thailand. Like a $600/pr on sale for $350 in the USA is still priced $600 (or more) in Thailand year round. While theres many brands that are double/triple the MSRP price here.. are there any great sounding speakers that somehow manage to have normal pricing and be considered a great price-to-performance ratio?

@georgegeorgia The Youtube algorithm will show you videos that will make you upset, because they have enough of your data now, they know how to maximize your watching minutes each day in order to maximize advertising revenue. You can count on someone who is the complete opposite of you being shown the opposite videos, and them equally reacting in the same way as you did just now. Who wins? Well, youtube and advertisers. BTW: Its been proven that videos that make you happy keep viewers watching less. Videos that make negative emotions keep viewers watching more. This is all to maximize youtube / advertiser revenue

@cgros Thanks! Appreciate the lead with aliexpress. Reminds me of a post I just read about the blackest black fabric - Musou Black Fabric KIWAMI. In this video they sprayed a car with musou black paint: So good, I'm not going out of my mind. Literally spent 6 hours searching in Thai, Chinese, Korean, Japanese (with Google Translate and VPN's for each country to appear local). I'll probably do just what you suggested, Amazon delivery to my family in the USA who will visit Thailand early next year. The crazy thing is the plush velvet fabrics are probably made in asia. lol why is it so difficult to source! grrrr Thanks again.

I already bought a few velvets from shopee/lazada, but they're not the correct type - stretchy and thin, like the kind made for dresses. According to the AV Forums, theres a soft thick plush version called triple black velvet that is ideal for covering the wall, ceiling, black border around screen often found in Hobby Lobby or Amazon in the USA. Anyone have any leads here in Thailand?

Thanks. So at the very least, Thai-American child (or children) while under-18 could file paperwork at the US embassy, and would qualify for my SS survivorship benefits.

I'm a few decades away from retiring, so just curious about A) Retirement income and B) Survivors income... If my wife and child do nothing, and remain as full Thai citizens only with Thai Passport with no connection to the USA, will they automatically qualify for SS retirement and survivors income? Or is a green card, visa, citizenship required to make this happen? Will it be difficult for them to sign up themselves, or is there something I can do to register them in the SS system to make sure they're 100% taken care of? Is this a quick standard process, or a many years process (like a green card) requiring interviews, lawyers and agents? Also, is this understanding of the benefits correct? In the event of my tragic accident, both my wife AND my child (under 18) would each collect a survivors income immediately? (according to the SS benefits portal it looks like $2197 /mo each, or $4,394 /mo?) When my wife turns retirement age (62-70) she will automatically qualify for SS benefits (looks like its nearly 50% of mine?) And if I die AND she is 67 full retirement age, her benefit is both survivor + retirement? And I guess she'll have to pay USA taxes and Thai taxes on this? Or USA exempt if personal income is under $100K rule applies? Thanks in advance

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