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No they are not. If you're really so worried about it, write your Reps in Congress and the Senate. Everyone is in the same boat. When the forms come everyone will get theirs. If they don't come by October Plan B is to mail in copies of the form, even better if you have a copy of an old form with a bar-code which I personally have.

I rising THB isn't a good thing as it makes exports more expensive.

A total idiot it seems, and a former teacher at a well-known school? Fixed it!

The Japanese are dying out. Japanese kids don't have kids.

These maps printed by Western media are worthless. In every one of these statistical graphic, the West is the "shiny city on the hill" and everyone else are s***.

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Trump 'Madman Theory' How Unpredictability Is Shaping Global Power Dynamics Most countries consider the US to be agreement and treaty incapable. Which is a direct consequence of the "Madman Theory." Trump's idiocy is going to bankrupt the US and I fully expect the Republicans to lose Congress in 2026 and the Presidency in 2028.

Roll out the extrajudicial summary executions ala Shinawatra. Yeah the country has a meth probably but it will never be solved because too many people are making money.

Exactly. A typical middle-class American comes to Thailand and buys a home with a price tag of a fixer-upper in the US and that person would be considered "Wealthy" here. Average home price in the US is about 1/2 million bucks so if a farang drops 16.5 million THB, in the US he's barely keeping up with the Jone's.

So do "financially successful" Thais. It's the norm. Thais are raised and indoctrinated with a need to display status and wealth. Most of them. Foreigners are already considered to be rich by benefit of being a farangs. The concept of farangs living in big houses in gated communities and driving fancy cars is an exception that is probably the norm. It's probably a bigger surprise when farangs don't display their wealth.

Here we go: Jan: 372 Feb: 385 Mar: 512 Apr: 585 May: 704 Jun: 621 Interesting. I wonder why we are drawing so much in the last two months? I let the wife take care of the bill so I've never noticed that? Hummm?

Ours is too. We rewired the house about 6 years ago. Put insulation into the roofs, we have external sunscreen blocking the sun from hitting the south facing walls. I renovated an existing home so the insulated block would have been a grand idea had I built new. Replaced all the windows with high quality double glass sliding windows and we keep the two kitchens (Yep! we have two kitchens, main kitchen and dining areas with another sink. Wife likes to cook, so do I for that matter) separated from the main house using sliding glass doors which traps any kitchen heat. The house much cooler during the Hot Season and warmer during the Cool Season (it gets downright cold here in January at which time I'll run a free standing heater in the bedroom/study).

Question: I assume your system is still hooked to the grid so that if you have maxed out your power (think on a Hot Season day running both A/Cs all day) and you need to draw off the grid. Is the the way to go and doable? And yeah, I'm looking to do this on a budget. My goal is to 1) offset my electricity bill, and during the rainy season when we have most of our PEA outages to have full electric to the house when the PEA power goes out. Acronyms? I don't know what BEV and ESS are. Could you explain. Thanks!

Nope, the rains actually seemed to start earlier than normal this year, but it was hot. We were getting thundershowers moving through on otherwise sunny days. Now we have that sort of all-day overcast which is typical of rainy season and its cooled perceptibly since June.

The kid was just a proxy for Tony. In and of herself she has little if any political power. If her name wasn't "Shinawatra" she'd be managing hotels, or giving farangs massages with a happy ending.

Good. Hopefully Ukraine surrenders and gets it over so the cannon fodder can stop dying.

The Swamp Creatures in DC will tell you that the US can only be a two-party system. Well, two party duopoly: one snake, two heads. They'll insist a third party will never get off the ground. But - look at Reform UK. Suddenly the Tories and Labor have competition. So I can see a totally frustrated electorate moving to vote in a new "Reform US" kind of party. I will. I'm sick of both US parties. The US needs a real political change.

Turn-key.

Usually only one at a time. Shower heater I guarantee doesn't draw much. Barely used during the Hot and Rainy season as the water in the pipes are sufficiently warm from thermal heating from the water tank to the house. We don't take long showers anyway. No heaters on the washing machine and no dryer.

Electrical outages this time of year are pretty common but short lived. During lightening storms and heavy rain we'll lose power for a couple of hours or less. PEA is pretty good at fixing outages. Electric is pretty steady most of the year. Yeah, we're home most of the day - retired. Live in Lamphun province. We'll use the AC at night during the Hot season. During the Rainy Season I'll use the AC off & on just to cool the room and then turn on a fan. "What's your highest use (kWh) bill, and will probably be April. Should be on the bottom of your current bill. and size the system to produce at least that a much. March April, most use of kWh." Wife is the keeper of the electric bills and I'll have to find out where she keeps them. 704 in May.

Primarily the day - ie, Air Conditioner. On and off this time of year, Rain Season. Not normally used during the Cool Season. On most of the time during the Hot Season.

The Thai military (Coups) provides checks & balances on the Thai political system, and everyone knows it. It especially keeps family dynasties in check.

I don't know where to start, so I'll start here: How much would a solar system cost (ball-park estimate) for a modestly sized home? Our primary electricity draws are two 12,000 BTU A/Cs. Other than that, computers, some fans, and lights. That's about it. Our electric bill is about 3K/month on average over a full year.