KhunLA

I hope you realize you are making no sense at all. I shop where the Thais do, at Makro & the fresh / wet markets, though 99% at Makro. You're implying people buy ingredients to make western food at Makro, or other chain, but when making Thai food, they shop at less expensive fresh market. That's ridiculous. So do you think we have 2 kitchens/frigs at the house, and have one full of stuff to make Thai food from, and have one for making western food from Add to that, we're not allowed to use imported ingredients for Thai meals, or Thai ingredient for western meals. Usually, but not always cheaper to make western food at home, instead of restaurants, especially if you don't buy in bulk. Nobody suggest western food is cheaper than Thai street food, though that also is relative to apples & apples comparison.

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EV's ... No The chemistry make up of the batteries, yes, will progress, better, smaller, lighter, charge faster, go further. But does that mean, those having LFP batteries will be unusable, because all thing concern how used and or charged is different ... No again. No vendors supplying electric is going to change the plugs types in use now. They'll still be useable. Maybe more options, maybe an adaptor, but not obsolete. There's at least a 5-10 year window, before any new mass produced battery will take over the industry.

They are criminals, simply for entering illegally. Nobody in USA legally are scared.

Pork loin & tots

Not really, as @BritManToo emphasis on "if you cook it yourself", I take as raw whole food ingredients, being same quality used no matter what, 'western' or 'Thai' food you are preparing.

Everyone gets the 210k exempt allowance, retired or not. If 65+ years old, you get another 190k exempt allowance. You may want to actually read the tax law/allowances. You get more if married along with dependent kids or older folks, anyone you are caretaker of. I posted some tidbits of info here, though did update the final 41k of tax due, to 35k in a later post. This link here and may have info that will interest you ... https://aseannow.com/topic/1349073-i-am-leaving-thailand-yes-taxes/page/4/#comment-19520594

If trades are done within the SET, then I believe they are tax exempt, unless something changed from a while back. Out of the SET now, but when in, nothing taxable. There's 925 different 'securities' in the SET, so plenty of choices. https://www.set.or.th/en/market/information/securities-list/main

Geez, I though I was an Ahole (no need to agree) on OTT punishments. Drug dealers ... depends what type of drugs, with ganga still being illegal in many places, even unlicensed sales here/TH, that's a bit of overkill. I would actually say alcohol sales is a more serious issue. And that's mostly legal. Death for burning ... maybe heavy fine, loss of land, but we all know, nothing will change. Been spewing the same hot air about smog season for over 24 years since I've been here, and I think it's only gotten worse, or I just noticed how horrendous it is in some areas.

Oops, speed reading, and had Chulalongkorn on the brain. Didn't know about the other, Chulabhorn ... THANKS

Never confused, always knew only 2, and will always be only 2. Some of the definitions of genders were a crack up.

Would have avoided 3 divorces, though mutual and no negative issues about any. Just the paperwork, and stigma of being a 3 time LOSER That's OK, #4 and 19 yrs on going 😎

Phones @ 359 & 200, home internet @ 631

a 'Better World' for who ? More misery when relationship ends, and they regret that piece of paper, when one contests the divorce, or wants all they can get. Dumb A$$s didn't realize how good they had it

A 50B bowl or plate of food, is not a meal, IMHO, and rarely filling. For us it's lower cost, and we eat a mix of Western & Thai. Dependent of course, on where and what one would eat when dining out. Cost isn't so much a factor, in vs out, though being thrifty is a plus. More about being healthier, and better flavor. Convenience of, and perfection in cooking & flavor. Hot food is hot, and cold is cold, and served in the order we want. Cooking is just one of our enjoyable hobbies. Eating out involves, actually putting clothes on, driving to/from, waiting for food, maybe swatting flies while eating, all with the possibility of minor to major disappointment. Only negative about eating in house ... someone has to do the dishes

So in reality, he had a job & income, weed farmer & barter instead of $$$. So does not live on 100 baht a day. Since good weed is very expensive in USA, his budget could be considered very high. Depending of course, how much is used to barter for food & services.

It's all relative, and down to your lifestyle and cost of. We own home ... no rent Have solar ... no real PEA bill (<100 baht) Have EVs ... no transport cost (petrol) Eat most meals in home (95%) ... very low cost Don't drink alcohol, or don't meet ups outside of homes. Only mandatory monthly bills ... ... water <200 ... ph & internte <1300 ... vehicle insurance <1000 ? We live on about 15k-20k a month, 2 adults, 1 dog (10kg). Don't think most folks can live happily much cheaper than that, and we want for nothing, and eat damn good. If eating out once a day, no alcohol, having to pay for petrol & electric (AC abuser), that would easily add 25k to our monthly budget. If sipping a few, maybe 10k baht more. You've been at it for awhile, so should know your budget by now. If not, start keeping track (write down) every expense you have for about 3 months. Also count all COH now, and in 3 months again, count again, and you'll know exactly how much 3 months cost. You will miss many expenses while keeping track, though shouldn't be much, but nice to know. COH vs your expense tracking. If you don't know where it's going, you can't control it. Once you know where it's going, you can adjust, if needed.

No thought involved really. You just never pop into the petrol station again, unless Out & About (O&A), and need to top up. Only thing to think about, is when to charge, and only if you have solar or TOU meter. Solar, charge when you can, if PEA/MEA, usually be charging overnight anyway. O&A, range of battery is a bit irrelevant, as it comes down to range of you bladder or stomach. We're good for 3+ hours, then I need a stop. Happy if the wife can make it that long. Just plug in when we stop. If 3+ hours, that usually means 250 kms range, which also means having about a 25+% reserve of 70 kms maybe. O&A range is ~320-340 kms for our MG ZS, if down to 0. Only 46.3kwh usable battery. 10% ... you're brave if O&A, and been in the car way too long 😂 If local, takes too long top back up. Came back from Chumphon yesterday, @ 32%, plugged in for couple hours. This AM @42%. Charging since 0730, (solar @ ~2.3kWh) and won't top up before sunset.

A few years back, 5 maybe, had down at Chula, and 12k rings a bell, for 'each' having both endo & colon, although the Q was months long. 5k extra to 'jump Q', the next day, for pre hours (?) service. So both were less than 30k. Not sure if there's a Thai price, that would be <10k, and would suspect there is, if not on the gold card system or out of one's coverage zone.

I think they need to add a '0' to that number, and 15k would be better, if not more

Damn good camera, unless y'all live very close. If that fancy a camera, you could simply ask him to dial back the range of motion detector. Although myself, I'd thank him for making the area a bit safer, and appreciate the need not to install CCTV in the front of the my house, as he's got it covered. Assuming you don't have a privacy wall around the property, which case, the camera isn't really providing much of a view, invasion of your privacy, that they can't see already, without the camera. As suggested, just draw the curtain before getting your freak on in the front room, or not, if you're into exhibitionism

Add the cost of travel and spending time elsewhere, would surely be more than any tax one is trying to avoid. For me, I'm quite happy right here and have no desire to leave TH. No desire to see border countries, and definitely no desire to sit on a plane for 3-6-12-24 hours to go any further than next door. I'd also have to leave my therapist (dog) behind, and no way could I cope with that.

We do ? I don't, although surely many who make their income from the SET don't pay, as not required to.

This one stuck in my head this AM as I think what to do w/bro & sis next month in Bangkok. Hitting a jazz bar maybe, and thought about Koh Mr Saxman, who does a nice cover of it ...