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Why would you move to Matter or Thread at this early stage, I dont think there is the hardware support at the moment. I think there are some stand alone relays - but haven't seen light switches. Retrofitting a Thai house is a nightmare, boxes don't follow the sizes of the smart devices but its possible with collars or surrounds. I have used and will continue to use zigbee in my house without any major issues, you just need a device that has constant power to extend the range, like a wifi plug. I'm thinking this will have a similar range to the new arrivals, I will use wifi for longer reaches. Why not try sonoff devices first? work out if they achieve the goals. The first issue I faced was overloading my ISP supplied router.

Not too sure what you mean about Thai nightlife, but when I see videos of clubs from all over the world, instead of people doing stupid dances its just a sea of cellphone screens. So much so that a fair number of clubs have a zero tolerance to cellphones, you are ejected - or if permitted they put a sticker over the camera lens.

No - for health reasons I wouldn’t / can’t. There is nothing more I would love to do in this world to wrap a joint and sit there for an hour or so smoking it whilst making a mix or creating some music, it’s something I did for most of my life. Now it’s no longer illegal, i just can’t. I stopped, along with tobacco a long time ago, and can’t go back.

I have a lot of experience with Thai teenagers - I used to teach in a provincial tec college. Kids are a little naughty, a little mischievous, distracted - but likeable and creative. I thought it was the norm for kids not only to spend their time watching online content but like making it, using messenger services to meet up, keep in contact, etc. I was amazed how far their digital network spreads here - smartphones are a tool. An old friend sent her 19 year old son to start his backpacking trip with my wife and I - he had nothing to say, no personality, total oxygen thief who spent all day on the bed looking at TikTok, he didn’t post any content of the time, he was constantly chatting but what about? He didn’t do anything?? just travelled most of the way around the world to lie on a bed. When we went out, instead of being amazed by what he saw, he played candy crush. Really, I wouldn’t complain about Thai youth, they are way better than the British kid that I came into contact with.

This one might be of interest for some - Time addicts - for those who like offbeat Australian movies - but if a comedy, sci-fi, indie - about meth heads that time travel after a smoke. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt21081126/reviews?ref_=tt_urv

Cheers, I know, im not very good at it - I tried before, ruined a load of butter and smashed a few mason jars in the process - I just ordered some pre-made brownies. I ordered some cookies before from some guy on fb who told me they were going to put on my ass, total waste of time, lets give it another spin.

I'd be interested to know too .. I dont smoke, would like to get stoned but cant be bothered to cook with weed. It's so much easier to put hash with butter to make cookies.

I agree, well worth it. I think I paid 100K+ for a 5.1 system inc. a Yamaha tuner that was in the sale - I would say, in Thailand, that's entry level. Last Sunday we were watching The Grand Tour, the sound was spot on, the cars were in my living room. i'm also blown away every time you watch some quality viewing with a good soundmix. My wife loves it too - horses for courses I guess.

Interesting topic - I sometimes feel, like when you go to “Dooooo home” and there are a group of reprobates, I mean employees flopped over boxes of tiles watching TikTok on their phones, and one or two will wai, bow and give a long drawn out “saaaawaaatdeee” - I just wish they wouldn’t. I do notice a lot of Asians just can’t respond to a greeting, they resort to the “I’m fine thanks and you?” - I don’t see it as racist or rude, maybe more socially inept or awkward.

I never have an issue, i love my 5.1 surround system, and I love the detail that sound engineers put into sound production these days, but I dont think spending 1500B will really help you. Maybe look for a good soundbar?

I guess everyone's experience could be different, the point is that carrying millions of baht to a land office is really not unusual, and it's not uncommon for sellers to ask for cash on the day for the reasons given. I would rather pay by bank transfer / bankers draft / internet transfer but was told on multiple occasions by the land office it would take an extra day. I would have even waited, i'm not that impatient but had a return flights booked, as its Thailand others experience may vary.

I was just about to say, afaik the foreign runners (apart from western fun runners) that are here are competitive / pro African runners, they travel over SEA and compete for the prize money, lol. Not that I know anything about it, but aren't they recruited / paid to run for clubs or are they pace setters? There were a few in Hat Yai, you would see them at immigration, along with the Cameroon football players, they were there for their visa extensions based upon work (legally) and had work permits. I do see that there should be a best of Thailand prize because as mentioned, its just a bit of a Sunday morning jog for the Africans, but the marathon organizers are shooting themselves in the foot, perhaps its is racial and they no longer want the Africans taking the pot.

I dont know if anyone is interested anymore, or even if it has been mentioned .. the penultimate, The Grand Tour, The sand job, aired on Thursday night - just one more and they are retiring.

Mate, you have 1.5K posts - you should know by now that you don't have to justify anything to anyone here. Although it sounds absolutely perfect! It's great to read your reasons. Lots of people dont know the value of a perfectly square plot for starters. I'm pretty sure you know what title, I think you already know you can't own land here and are buying it for your wife and family, just as I bought mine. When we bought our pieces, people said, "that's expensive - maybe you paid more because you were farang" - well it wasn't, my wife of 20 years did the first approach without even mentioning me and I negotiated it down with the seller close to a price I had in mind after - its also a perfect rectangle btw. We looked at quite a lot of land in the area and were well aware of the price as we had already bought and sold another piece. Hope everything works out! Sounds lovely.

This is interesting - A Thai bittorrent indexer being busted. I dont think torrent downloaders need to worry so much, but going after a Thai website is a first afaik.

I guess they mean Goi - Raw Beef Salad. Anyone eating raw Gai or Moo needs their head examining. I'm with @Gottfrid - I dont have a problem with raw beef, its quite tasty - not everyday, just some occasions at busy Issan restaurants.

We buy string sacks of onions - they are labelled, "Product Of Australia" I presume most carrots and potatoes to be Chinese grown.

Try posting in the real estate forum. I have travelled with 2M for a land deal before, not a problem - When withdrawing cash at a bank outside your province be aware they will sting you, I think I paid about 5K or more when I just jumped on a plane to buy land without the cash (the first and last time). Yes, you could get rolled at any time, I was worried leaving the bank, someone could be watching you withdraw the amount and snatch it off you in the car park, also at the land office the next day - you see so many people walking around with A4 envelopes of cash. If I was a Thai criminal I would hold up the land office at 11:00 am in the morning. Even tho' there is a lot of dodgy dealings at the land office (the seller claims a lower price for the land, the tax paid is less and the buyer needs to confirm the lower amount to be paid) they will not transfer the chanote until they see the money change hands - we were told that a bankers draft or bank transfer was OK, but would take an extra day to process, meaning we would have gone through the whole process of waiting for a number to come up the following day - it was easier to carry the cash. 1M THB is disapointingly small when placed in a brown manilla, there were others waiting with far fatter parcels than I. Cash deals are quite normal when buying land, the land may be family land and no family member trusts another, not enough for millions of THB to be put into an individual account - they all want to hold the envelope on the way home, they speed home and divvy up the amount, maybe debts need to be paid, maybe an agent needs to be paid a commision, afaik cash is the norm, although others experience may vary.

Don't worry, you aren't the only one - I would have preferred not to have become an expert in any building trades, but these guys are so full o'sheet you need to be watching every step they make, it really wears me down. We are currently doing electrics, and yeah, I have had to pretty much do all the planning and containment myself (more like my laborer) and the electrician arrives tomorrow. btw - how about your roller door? Is it economical? where did you find a supplier? I have only casually looked at it yet, but im thinking about an economical solution for a workshop door.

Keyless? .. you only get one - dont lose it, they are a quite expensive to replace apparently.

I would get a better roofer to take a look at that. You have a gap between the horizontal ridge and sheets. The “cop jua” (sorry, I only know the Thai, means like ridge covering) should cut the ridge to go around the vertical ridges. The metal ridge covering isn’t so expensive, if you end up replacing it, get a wider sheet and a thicker gauge metal, it will cover any existing screw holes and look a bit smoother.

No - this is an app on a home server pinging a server in BKK and graphs the results. There is a widget for controller but just limited to uptime and connected users - https://gethomepage.dev/latest/widgets/services/unifi-controller/

I can confirm that The Beekeeper is as bad as mentioned. Avoid at all costs, the fight scenes are more like brawls.

I had a renderer doing some work on my build, young guys, obsessed with money and the price of every little bit of work - older and more experienced guys gave a price for all the work combined, but these guys just wanted to walk around with a tape measure. It became a problem later on in the job as they "oh, sorry, we didn't include that in the price" the answer was tough luck, you didn't provide me with a list of work that was included in the job, the price was to finish the job. Anyway, one piece of work we did agree to add on after, one panel - 1.5m x 3m - I asked for the price, I repeated the sum for the dimensions of the wall we were standing next to, he looks at his wife who climbs out the window and runs for the calculator on the phone.

I notice all my aliexpress orders are via flash these days - They are getting really good these days. If I have an order of electrical components, shipping is usually free and the components so much cheaper than from a Thai supplier. I spread the order amongst different companies, I can pretty much guarantee a bag of parcels will arrive within a week now, it used to be two months.