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No beach in Udon, If I had to choose, Udon vs Phuket ... ... or Udon vs any other place below Krung Thep, Udon loses. Yea, Phuket wins over Udon.

1 week inflation, for my 'go to' 70% dark chocolate chips, over 26% increase in price OK, not 1 week, as been ฿320 for awhile, and now ฿405 😢 Beats crappy Tulip Dark Chocolate @ 22%, that taste like nothing even close to chocolate.

And we got a COLA of 2.5%

Get solar

Oops...sit corrected.

Couple key words ... ... "Thailand could face a significant economic setback, losing up to $8 billion if the US imposes reciprocal tariffs on Thai goods." ... Highly unlikely ... IMHO ... especially since USA doesn't have a trading deficit with TH.

Have you considered getting one of the EcoFlow Solar Generators. Router, computer and phone can stay charged up, when power goes out. Along with other appliances you may need on. https://shopee.co.th/ecoflow_thailand_distributor?categoryId=100644&entryPoint=ShopByPDP&itemId=21267297386

Holy Buddha ... NO Grace was the first hotel I ever stayed in TH, (1999) and the worst ever, worldwide. Thankfully only one night, and off to Phuket the next day. Patpong, again, one of the worst, if not, areas of Krung Thep, if not TH. Scam central. When I did finally hear about Thermae ... took the advice and avoided. All 3 visited by lowest scrapings of the barrel.

Not really ... ... "Hi, can you give me a price for Solar ? " ... "OK, and you can install it as soon as components arrive ?" ... "Next month is good for us ... you ?" .... THANK YOU Didn't even break a sweat StarLink shouldn't be any different, if ever approved. ... "How much ... same or just wee bit more than TOT " ... SIGN ME UP ... no more crappy internet or losing GPS signal when O&A.

I believe that is called 'fake news' ... https://www.google.com/search?q=s%26p+500+history+chart&num=10&newwindow=1&sca_esv=6a9fea083e3aea47&sxsrf=AHTn8zpcM1-Rpr9Ru7eJb3V2xG0MkXgHkg%3A1743582597468&ei=hfXsZ66mHMGeseMPj5uz2Q4&ved=0ahUKEwju_O6q97iMAxVBT2wGHY_NLOsQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=s%26p+500+history+chart&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFXMmcCA1MDAgaGlzdG9yeSBjaGFydDIGEAAYBxgeMgYQABgHGB4yBhAAGAcYHjIGEAAYBxgeMgYQABgHGB4yBhAAGAcYHjIGEAAYBxgeMgYQABgHGB4yBhAAGAcYHjIGEAAYBRgeSJkiUABYyRlwAHgBkAEAmAGLAaABlgWqAQM1LjK4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgegAskFwgIIEAAYBRgHGB7CAggQABgIGA0YHsICCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFwgIKEAAYBxgIGAoYHpgDAJIHAzQuM6AHjDWyBwM0LjO4B8kF&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Phone & internet is a huge revenue stream for Thai govt. Guessing StarLink would take a huge chunk of that. I know I'd switch over, just for spite. I hate monopolies and a good part of the reason we have Solar & EVs.

10 favorite provinces, since most visited ... ... Chumphon ... Surat Thani ... Phang Nga ... Krabi ... Nakhon Si Thammarat ... Nan ... Chiang Rai ... Chiang Mai ... Phetchabun ... Kanchanaburi

Maybe, probably yes, depending on reviews of. I've had good luck at the casinos in Tunica, Mississippi.

Old news, though with current BYD sales, he'd be smart to buy back in ... .... IF, he hasn't already. He certainly did good, though missed a couple good years also.

What do you do when you are failing miserably ... ... invest in the competition Hey Warren ... what happen to 'Buy USA'

The 'hate' is strong on this thread ... they are called accidents for a reason Snorkelers got a good holiday story. Speeding recovery to crew and other that may have been injured.

King of his household, and nothing but a tourist attraction & a rubber stamp 😎

Really like her, but just retire gracefully, and don't be a hypocrite. Speaking out now, after you received plenty of paychecks for being in sexist movies. Wish they'd just go to work, do their job, and keep some of their thoughts to themselves.

They really watered that down. Guess they don't want to be banned from the program. NASA & Boeing screwed them big time. And Biden, for not letting Musk bring them back before the election, thus giving him a thumbs up, and can't do that, since he was campaigning for Trump. What an embarrassment, all around. Biden, NASA & Boeing should be ashamed of themselves. Not to mention the wasted millions on failed projects.

Mostly photos and videos. Majority of the photos taken Dec 2018 and onward, as finally bought a real interchangeable lens camera.. Never did transfer any print photos over to digital. Drone photos & videos from 2011 onward. All they big drives are empty now, as all transferred to small SSD drives. Wife has six 2TB drives to sell.

We don't need the grid at all. Just stay conx, JIC, system has an oops. Will occasionally use to charge the car, if needed after coming back from an O&A, as like coming back at 20%. We were O&A quite a bit in 2023, so a few months, on home 20 days, or less. 2023 ... Months we were away longer than a week ... 2024 ... I think I stopped keeping track for a while, as missing Oct, Nov Dec

First couple months, we were being conservative, seeing how little we could use, and overcast, rainy season, so used fans instead of AC when comfy enough. Aug 4th to 31st, and rest of 2022. We were staying local, maybe just a local day out.