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This why you don't get advice from friends, but strangers on a forum are so much better As @Will B Good pointed out, all great reasons to rent. 1. You aren't buying anything. (unless it's a condo) 2. If relationship fails, you have no rights to sell. It's his / hers, not yours 3. Only an idiot buys a house on leased land, as only an idiot would buy it from you. Most idiots don't have money to buy stuff. Your options, rent, or buy a condo. You're not even married. How old are you , and do you plan on living 30 more years. Have kids, as who are you passing it on to? Your post screams of a relationship, that you're not sure will last, and statistical wise, it probably won't. Tell her you decided to buy a condo, in your name only, as see how she reacts. That might be very telling.

For those wanting a solution, if I had outage problems, I'd definitely get a solar generator. Here's a site that will give you a clue, how long things, like a fridge would run, with just a 1+kwh battery solar generator. I reckon this is the important one. Although, if full, our freezers would definitely last at least 8 hrs, as basically an ice box, filled with frozen food. IF thawed, simply cook it on gas hob. Don't think there is any house in TH, that is all electric.

It makes no sense to buy a new vehicle, if knowing you be gone in 2-3 years, unless you just simply want one. Just decide what your budge is, and what's available in that budget. Could be a comfy used ICEV, or even a new BEV, PHIEV, for the same price, or a used EV for half the new price, but sill like new. If 2nd hand, I'd buy from a city, district, province that isn't prone to flooding.

'Mostly', used to be drone parts or whole drones. Easily 100+ orders. Now it's everything and anything we need, for everyday living, toys and or hobbies. From food, to everything needed to produce your own food, to cooking & preparing it. Phones, electronic, kitchen appliances, water heater, . Cameras and equipment, all things for sewing, making clothes, from needles to material. List really is endless. Everything to make an ebike, vitamins, pharmacy. Easier to ask what the few things we buy from brick & mortar shops ... Even Ganga ... got more here than I can smoke, since I stocked up and don't indulge much

This case is just about over, and just waiting on decision to issue Trump a win. Appeals court judges easily saw through the BS. ... NEXT

Agree, nice job, looking good 👍 Took notice of a free standing SS sink, the other day, out back of the house for 2+ years, exposed to the elements, and was surprised, it looks good, no rust. Actually 5+ yrs old, as had it for 3 ish years at a rental.

Here's another vid on ham making, rather large piece, and can adjust the curing salts accordingly per kg, for smaller hams. Didn't use, because 1 process calls for a smoker, don't have. The other sous vid, also don't have, but same as I did, just simmering water till it comes up to temp. Also my vacuum sealer crapped out, but not really necessary. Don't like the idea of 'cooking' food in plastic. Good way to go though, simple enough, without cutting and packing in SS press I bought. I also want to use the press to make other 'meats' and not just ham. Note, also, he states, 'don't' use iodine'd salt. He also added some flavoring spices. I also added some (cayenne & black peeper) which didn't come through at all. Advantage of loin, instead of pressed, it will hold shape when cutting. When I cut thin slices off mine, a chunk did fall off. Maybe use another gram of binder (milk powder) next time, with longer cure in frig, 2 days vs 30 hrs. 1 kg is good size for use, as want to use in 1 week. Though in the future, will probably put half in the freezer. I'll be going ham crazy this week, as having really eating any in long time. Ham pizza, ham steak w/eggs, and a H&C croissant with my scrambled eggs yesterday If you want to get fancy, 'dry air', then this is a good vid. I was trying to get that flavor, hence the added cayenne pepper, which wasn't even close to the ratio amount he used. Simply impossible to make an Italian Hoagie without Capicola. He does have, is links to curing & drying time 👍

Conspiring ? ... Seems like the right thing to do when people post 'personal info' of other people. "The incident originated when Klippenstein, an independent journalist, shared a 271-page document on his Substack in September. The document, reportedly a vetting file on JD Vance, contained sensitive information including Vance's social security number. X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, responded by blocking links to the document, citing the presence of personal data. Klippenstein was subsequently banned from the platform."

The Substance, need to give this one a big pass (7.8 IMDB) Demi Moore & Dennis Quaid ... hope they got a big payday

They just had a big sale w/Amazon, and the YT'er Prof. Hobo, had a discount code for 20% more off. Not sure if it's still going though. Might be USA only and involve silly shipping cost. Might find online vendor in TH, with them. Ecoflow Flagship store @ LAZ

Not a status symbol, or 'look at me, I'm rich', just practical money management & enjoying like. Wife & friend @ RTAF Wing 5, coming back from surfside vendors. The Fomm One, local-sh neighbor having since they were released. Always spotlessly clean. Few more neighbors have Atto 3s, a MG ZS, MG4, and a couple Haval H6s. Couple also supplementing their PEA with solar 👍 Quite surprising, since all within 500 meters of the house (except Wing 5), and all of 50-75 households, as live kind of rural. One guy surfside has a Tesla.

curing salt ... "Curing salts are generally a mixture of sodium chloride (table salt) and sodium nitrite" - wiki If not wanting to use, this may help., though didn't search recipes for alternative curing, without curing salt. 3 gr is a minute amount. I used this, from online (?).

Fine line between offensive & honesty ... Snowflakes are great for comic relief 😎

Used this method / recipe as a guide, as didn't have a couple things he used. Though not needed. Left in frig for 30 hrs, since not using accelerator. Used table salt (?) (iodine'd), and milk powder as a binder. Used pork tenderloin, trimmed all fat & silverskin off, with these added ... Only took 1 hr to 'cook' in pot of water, so much faster than his estimate (15-2hr). Once water was simmering, and straight out of frig, so 40F, internal temp. Up to about 170F when taken off the stove. Had to add a bit of water half way through, as steaming off. Bought meat press on LAZ

Don't think he went to Nam during the war, as apparently, he was still in his 40's, when passed away, Maybe 50 yrs old, if birthday after 14 Sept.

My 1st pressed ham ... awesome, if I say so myself. Why have I never done this before. Better, no chemicals, and <฿200 a kilo instead of silly priced deli ham from 'everywhere'

Need Solar or BEV or both 😎 OR ...

Agree, and been damn chilly down here / PKK overnight, as haven't used the AC at night in weeks. And it's October, not Dec / Jan. Sleep with the fan on, and use a blanket

"Severe Smog as PM2.5 Levels Soar Amidst Heat Wave" Guess you can't blame it on the cooler upper air, like more than a few do, though admit, it does contribute. And this is only October. shh ... don't tell the folks that say smog is only bad Feb, Mar, & Apr ... shh. Now it seems October to May, or when the rains actually start. Break out the N95s

Sort of mirrors me, as 25 yrs ago, TH wasn't on my radar at all. Buddy of mine (true sex tourist) was a regular visitor, but it didn't interest me at all. Even though I was single at the time. I had 6 weeks holiday to burn, before end of year, too many weeks of timeshare to burn or lose, so he suggest TH. Put in a timeshare trade, told rare to happen on short notice. Usually go diving somewhere, but it was hot in Memphis TN area, and didn't want to got from hot to hot. So popped over to Sweden (snowing there) to visit my niece. Added Amsterdam (excellent) & Copenhagen. Went to Philly, PA (hometown area) for a visit, then got trade approval for timeshare on Phuket. Quick check of the flights, then popped over for a long week, of diving & exploring Phuket, then added it to the list of retirement options. TBH, didn't do much research, except weather, and natural disasters (Typhoons/ Earthquakes), and didn't even read up on visas Returned next year (Sept 2000) and stayed, the rest is history, as they say. Had already liquidated my assets (RE), and actually commuted to work from TH, for 5+ months (March 2001), though here / TH more than work, burning all my vacation & sick time. If I didn't work for airlines, would have never came here. If First Class seating wasn't available (30 hrs) I would have never came here. If I didn't scuba dive, would have never came here. If didn't have too many vacation weeks & timeshare weeks to burn, yea, would have never came here. Must have been fate One of my best impulsive, why not ideas I had in a long list of. Got great dog, daughter, wife and couple hobbies out of it. Along with all the other positives. What ever or how ever ... ENJOY ... tick tock, we're on borrowed time 😎

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I'd normally say, what ever the 'insured loss' value is +/- 10%, but that sure has plummeted in the past year. Ask how much coverage you'd get on a policy for it, as ours dropped from 848k, to 500k, and as rediculous as that was, cost 2X for that coverage, as you know. Made the decision for me to scratch the idea of getting a truck, as I was 50/50 on that thought, but now not even thinking about one.

Didn't even notice the date of OP 🙄

Really, did you bring companionship with you or were you actually visiting people that you knew? My first visit here was more diving and just burning up timeshare, but I was well aware of the companionship situation so I had to experiment and rent one for a week, made it quite nice.