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Please tell us what country privacy exists ? Simply owning a phone, ANY phone, and you've given up your privacy. You need a ph#, which means a sim card, which you can't get without providing ID. They now know everything and anything they want to know, if they so chose. This goes with everything. Why do you think vendors request, most require a ph#, as do most sites, application on your computer. Apps on phone already have all the info, don't even need to ask. Once you submit your ph# anywhere to anyone, EVERYONE can find out anything about you that they want. THERE IS, AND PROBABLY NEVER HAS BEEN, ANY PRIVACY. You want privacy, don't use electronics devices. Generic / knock offs ... you get what you pay for. Xiaomi / POCO fan myself. Excellent stuff and the only phone maker I'd ever buy from.

topic .... EVs in THAILAND

Actually prefer Trump over the others, but as you say, NSM. Like that he wasn't a career politician, and nobody liked him. Really rocked the boat and exposed the system for the farce that it is. More, it exposed itself, even to the most ignorant person. Hard to ignore now. Biden, probably the worst of the lot, contributing to 40 yrs of gov't failure. But the best for avoiding any future war with RU or CH, as too invested with them. One less concern ... while staying On Topic. How & why, the exchange is in our favor is a mystery, as USA is so screwed up at the moment. Hope it doesn't imply the rest of the world is at a worse state. As stated earlier, somewhere, USA (and Thailand) can feed itself, so again OT ... one less concern. USA and again, ASEAN (TH) seem to have no problem fueling, energizing themselves, another concern. no need to worry about. With CH up the road, supply lines aren't as disrupted as everywhere else. Controlling the chip & precious metals a plus for us friendly nations. All those countries bad mouthing & sanctioning CH & RU ... oh well. Trump warned you, you didn't listen ???? So no real concerns here, for me & family. Actually prosperous times ahead.

I'd be surprised, impressed, if more than 7% They are a bit of a joke to begin with, but better than nothing. I enjoy being a blight on society. Getting, probably got back all those taxes I paid ????

If EV, surely that would have been the headliner ... ????

US Army (not GB/Ranger) Tactical Field Wireman

Best President (for now) ..................... BIDEN ???? All about the exchange rate ... nothing else matters ... ME ME ME

Not considering if on pension, and keeping current UK address for COLA & NHS use. Surely pays for itself, plus. Along with have a few 'real, good' pints with mates. USA is way too far to even consider, although our COLAs aren't frozen if living overseas. I think 1 week back in the homeland (family/friends) would be more than enough, unless playing tourist, which is a bit pricey, if not having car waiting for you.

Man Made Global Warming

Along with that camera, you might want LightRoom & Denoize AI. These 2 can save an otherwise useless photo, especially if settings are off or simply low light, under or over exposed. There's even other programs where you can completely alter the sky, though I only edit to clean things up, the camera may miss, as the info is there, just not presented as it should. Or you can choose to highlight different aspects of a photo. Or as above, if using Photoshop, complete change all parts of/create a new photo. I simply used MS Paint for that quick edit.

OK, I was there by myself, I added the guy with the flag ...

That makes 5 of us ... ???? I'm surprised many haven't joined the flying club, reading their posts.

Not sure about those pod machines. Better now since you can use generic pod (larger) and own ground coffee. But still, a small yield. I like a good 12oz / 350ml cup of coffee in the AM. Not going to get that with standard pod, and a bit watered down even with large pod. 13gr = 414ml Peeked at this chart, and someone's calculator needs batteries: https://thegreenpods.co.nz/how-much-coffee-is-in-a-nespresso-pod/

That's BlueScope rolled/insulated steel. Insulated block, 37/38 ceiling insulation. 8kw solar system w/20kw ESS (@ ฿445k). Good luck building that for the same price, and < 5 kms from the surf. 120m² @ ฿9166 per / ฿1.1mill build cost. 'ignored'

I can walk to the surf, if wanting < 5 kms 'ignored'

Brand new custom build w/solar ฿1.6 m = $57,421 CAD NO electric bill, NO RE Taxes, almost. $1000s a year saved.

Solar system for the house, condo if allowed. 3X plus the cost in my home area/USA, than what it cost for our system here. Building a house, way cheaper. Basically little (almost no) RE Taxes (town, county / province or state / school), vs USA. Monthly taxes cost more than cost of a rental here, and that's for a home, you already own, free & clear. Healthcare, affordable & available. That universal krap is useless if you can't get an appointment. Petrol cheaper than the USA, along with electric & water, & No sewer charges here. Phones, cell service & internet cheaper, I think. Hotels, sort of cheaper, until you get past true 2* and going up. Then you get what you pay for. Same with restaurants, cheaper, but you really do get what you are paying for. Very few here, would survive in the USA, or even be permitted. Not necessarily a bad thing though. Being close to China, without all the 'higher' import duties (USA), and most everything is cheaper, especially EVs of all types, with some exceptions. Auto dealer vehicle servicing, or anything that has labor involved.

Rainy season is back ... this morning's view This time yesterday, sunny and ESS just about full (40-100%), with AC running. Today, @ 55%, with no AC running, though since not sunny, fan is comfy enough. vs yesterday:

You may not want to know, might ruin that ending.

For others, who may not know and considering BEVs, MGs also have the V2L option standard. Kind of makes your car a camper, with no need for gas stove or a fire to cook, easy brekkie, make coffee. Toaster oven, water kettle, induction cooker, fry pan, and you basically have your whole kitchen with you. Bring a tent, run a fan, or sleep in the car with AC. That's way too cool for us travelling well off the beaten track.

I think things have slowed down on that. Especially if prospective arrivals read AN, and take note to how miserable everyone here is ???? More info out there now about the negatives, for some, moving to TH, vs staying home. If I was looking, and did research, TH wouldn't even be considered now, if 45 & ready to retire. Especially if I was 65 and considering retiring abroad. COL has changed dramatically since 2000, where fixed incomes have not kept up, not even close. It's a whole new world ????

There may be many more here, Brits, since pensions are affected if changing residence. Most Brits that I've met/know, don't, and visit back to the motherland, so ensure their pension's COLAs.

He asked for 1st hand, I gave him my 1st hand experience, and DID note, it WAS 19 yrs ago, so hopefully, things may have loosened up a bit, and his luck is better than mine. Irrelevant now as daughter is 23, and we now changed our names to my wife's family name. She wants nothing to do with her roots. Her parents were MIA, and grandparents too poor to provide a proper education. I raised her from about 1 yr old, and even had visa for support of 'Thai national' for a couple years, till I hit 50, and did the ret. visa. That was actually easy, and simply took an affidavit from the mother, (father MIA), giving me parental right to raise and make all decisions of her upbringing. Even got here a PP, and took her out of the country, since we both had same last name then, her families, no questions asked at immigrations out/in. Even with that, FS suggested me to not waste my time & money attempting to adopt. From the man who would approve or deny application to. Hopefully he'll have better luck, since blood relative, but as long as mother alive & not incarcerated (as above's mango/papaya story), and will obviously object, as her only stronghold on his money, then unfortunately, IMHO, no chance in hell, full custody would be approved. Do hope I'm completely wrong.

Finding interesting things when O&A that I haven't seen already. Finding someone to water the garden+ when O&A. Hoping my dog hangs around for at least 5 more year, or 10 would be even better. Hope the world economies stay stagnant, and tourist arrivals are less than 5 mill the next 10ish years. OK, that's selfish, so let's go with people actually start caring about MMGW, and stop traveling internationally, and stop polluting this fine planet. Oh yea ... World Peace ... now that's some funny sh!t. Oh well, one can dream. On that, depopulation isn't exactly a bad thing. Sooner better than later.