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Only 4 months in, so test of time is a ways off. Deye specs: https://www.deyeinverter.com/product/single-phase-string-inverter/sun7-7-5-8-9-10-10-5kg-710-5kw-single-phase-2-mppt.html Should be around for awhile, to honor warranty, 5yr: https://www.deyeinverter.com/about/

"I was wondering if they are worthwhile investing in and do they provide the savings to warrant the purchase?" Depends on outlay vs usage and ROI. We went much larger than our needs, at the time. Miscalculation by myself, and not realizing how less electric the new build would use vs the energy sucking rental we had. Also an installed system, so more expensive than DIY. But very happy we did, as wife will, should outlast about 20+ years, and larger system means longer life, especially the ESSs/battery back ups. Considering our electric use, and PEA ever increasing rates, and now with EV charging, it's one of the best investments I've made in a long time. Think our ROI is going to be 7-10yrs.

The seas have been brutal pass couple days, and up there with the worse I've seen since living here. Though a ship that size, really shouldn't have problems.

Dec 18, 2022 at 18:45 https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2022/40521/thai-royal-navy-corvette-sank-gulf-siam/ Published Dec. 19, 2022 11:11 a.m "As of midmorning, 75 sailors had been rescued and 31 were still in the water, the navy said." https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/thai-navy-ship-sinks-rescue-underway-for-sailors-in-water-1.6200355

One of our friends at Phatthalung got flood water in the 1st floor of her house. Her whole area is a bit of low land.

Clutch and damn hard to manage that on a 750cc, as having to go thru a slow 'S' turn on the course during the test. Tester said, I want you to hit 3rd gear while doing. I'm like, you do know this is a 750, so I just shifted 2nd to 2nd, as he was too far away to tell. Obviously he didn't ride MBs. Must people must take the test on 125s, as my brother did, after taking a driving course. This was in the USA.

Seeing the headlines, and a few snippets of the going ons, I'm leaning toward the Harry / Megan side of the situation. Can't imaging being in that 'royal' family, with their snooty, superiority complex roots, and in a 'mixed' relationship to top it off. Exaggerated or not, and it's all rather believable, the little I've seen. As far as capitalizing on it financially, hey, why not. Especially since the family obviously are ignoring his security issues, as he definitely has a target & price on his head. And piers morgan, there's the pot calling the kettle black ... if not for bashing H&M ... what else would he get a headliner for. He's about as trustworthy as Chucky telling Diane or his bud, "No, I'm not sleeping with your wife" And William ... I think most of us have is character 'pegged' ... and there's nothing wrong with that. ???? to each their own. "your body, your choice"

When I was playing single parent, almost every meal was in town, Udon Thani. Since being there for brekkie, kid drop off, and dinner, kid pick up. We had our 5 or 6 favorite restaurant and would hit each one every week. I had my meatloaf or burger day, pizza day, Mexican day, Meat pie day, Roast Sunday, Greek, Thai and nigh market meals lined up for the week. Two favorite brekkie places in town, as we lived out of town, about 16 kms. Rack up 70 kms on the car every day, besides out & abouts, during school breaks.

฿2000 a month +/- Main meal is usually in the house, and not a night owl /out pass sunset. Usually lite meal, or just coffee and pastry, which I'm cutting back on the latter of late. Meals rarely go over ฿500, and coffee stops rarely over ฿300. While out & about locally, sort of, the other day, think we found the cheapest ma/pa restaurant in TH. Everything was ฿20, and besides good size serving, damn tasty. Wish it was around the corner, but about half hour away. If in the KuiBuri neighborhood, less than 1 kms off hwy #4: https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/Ton+Mayom+Restaurant/@12.0685442,99.8653991,17z/data=!4m14!1m8!3m7!1s0x30fc2d7a9993080f:0x7322ec7ae6717541!2sTon+Mayom+Restaurant!8m2!3d12.0685255!4d99.8675909!9m1!1b1!3m4!1s0x30fc2d7a9993080f:0x7322ec7ae6717541!8m2!3d12.0685255!4d99.8675909

You're assuming other countries, other that RU & UA, actually want this war to end. I'm of a different opinion. The war has been great for business ????

Now ... electric (3000w/72v), so, automatic, with excellent torque. I'd never go back to ICE. Top end, not so good, but will do 90 kph if really wanting to, which I have no need to do, around town. 1st TH MB was Honda Sonic 125, clutch, and performance & top end much better than the 2nd TH MB, Honda Wave 125i, the 'semi automatic', clutchless geared type. Easier & more relaxing to drive, but you do give up a lot. Back in USA, Honda 750 & 900, real scooters, not these TH economic around town thingies, and basically, their only purpose. And that's fine. Never needed or wanted anything larger than the 900.

That range map is from ThaiNationalPark site, and better than eBird. TNP site usually wants a photo of, on their FB Thai ID site to verify. But nothing really proves that photo was from that area. eBird on the other hand, will map any bird anywhere, without a photo. I suspect many are how you say ... total BS. Anything to jack their sighting #s up. Seems to be a bit of 'one upmanship' going on, at that site. I've read checklists where member states he/she/it saw 40 damn species, a few rare, at 1 location. Of course no photos, even though their profile photo has a spiffy camera hanging on their neck. Sorry, no photo, it didn't happen. If it's not close enough to take a photo, with a mediocre camera, even if blurred, how the hell can you tell what species it is.

OK ... so you never been to TH pre 2019. Nobody wearing in 2018 ... and yet ...

Dual pricing & animal abuse ... NO THANKS.

Awaiting his much touted 'game changing' Tesla 2 when it shows up. That will tell if he's concerned about the competition, or simply producing something similar but less expensive.

Definitely going to affect you, and the cost of living. Not your electric bill, but every other non household bill that will be passing their higher cost on to you, the end consumer.

Yard is way too small, 1/4 rai, w/ 1/4 across soi as garden. But within 200 meter radius, easily 10 I've photographed, so probably twice as many I've missed. I go to a small park to walk the dog, and about the same size, if not smaller area(200 meter radius), and have photographed at least 20+ there. Birds of prey overhead, to some of the smallest in the park. Recorded, photographed, 166 species in TH, probably more since I ignore & don't research the slight variations within the species, so probably closer to 180. That of the approximately 450 ish birds that get photographed in Thailand, and just part of the 1000+ that live in or visit TH seasonally. Even lucky enough to snap a few shots of rare Lesser Frigatebird locally, heading out to a small isle.

"I needed Avelox (a common antibiotic). Surprisingly, it's not available in Surin. So I tried online:" Not so common or prescribed for good reason. Other alternatives usually prescribed. If they fail, then Avelox might be prescribed. Take care with that one.

Smog season is here, so mask wearing is a good choice for some ... if a proper mask, that's worn properly, which I've yet to see on anyone, at anytime, the past 3 years.

Call me crazy, but wouldn't that be considered a 'gathering'. And yet ....

CM city, I was never a fan. First visit, probably 2004 ish, and thought to myself, it's a mini Bangkok, which at the time, I wasn't a fan of either. Repeat visits to CM didn't help, where visits to Krung Thep, and I started appreciating and quite like the Big Mango. Never warmed up to CM city. Outside the city/CM is lovely, half the year, rainy season, and had our best visit to the province during the 'situation' in 2020. Still avoided the city though, as nothing interests me when busy, couldn't imagine it with most things closed.

In 20+ yrs, I don't recall any official asking to see my PP. Could have been an overstay easily that whole time.

As it states, go to the dealer and have them set it up for you. Should work fine afterwards. Dealer set ours up, for both the ICE (which we really didn't use) and the EV, which we do use, a wee bit. Nice that it sends msgs to wife's phone, as I left the windows cracked a bit, and it started rainy ... ???? Along with low pressure in tires, since temps dropped quite a bit. All equal though, so I'll top them up when I get off my lazy A$$. Really doesn't have much info that the car doesn't tell you, and why I don't use at all. Wife is in charge of fast charging, 'charging' the car, so she uses when out & about. I can control 'start & stop' once started from inside without the app. I keep it topped up to 80ish % at home. One member is a fan of turning on the AC, to cool down the car before using ????

When the 1st ones are so good, sequels are tough to match, or meet expectations. Few have succeeded in doing so. Terminator & Aliens are 2 that did. First sequels anyway. I'll wait for the torrent, especially since it's 3 hrs long, someone posted. Must see for the wife, keeps asking when.

Aside from the screening, adding foam weather stripping, fills in all the nooks and crannys. Which does need to be maintained and replaced yearly, from past experience. Rolls of are cheap enough though.