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Those of you who live on 40k a month
There have been numerous threads on this--likely some by you. Can you live on ________ amount in Thailand? Fill in various amounts, including the latest, yours, of 40k. If you have read any of those numerous past threads, you'll recall a lot of different answers. But, basically, it pretty much boils down to two. You have the posters who say, no way could they live on _______ amount. And, you have the posters who say they could easily live on _________ amount, with some posting that they could live on even less. A responsible person will make whatever amount they are working with meet their needs. And, especially if that amount is small, they will do that by adjusting their needs according to the amount they have. When my spouse and I first moved to Thailand in 2010, our income dropped quite a bit and we were living on just a pension of around 65,000 baht a month, about what Immigration requires. I would turn 59 that year and Social Security would not kick in until I turned 62. 65,000 baht is not a lot, especially for two, but it's more than some receive and we made it work by making adjustments. That meant buying a small condo to save on rent. That meant buying a small condo we could afford and not a large house we couldn't afford--living within our means--which many have never learned to do. Could we live in a small, one-room studio with only one bathroom and not kill each other? Yes, we could--and we did. A studio was all that was within our means at that time, so we made it work. That's really all there is to it, whatever your income--living within your means. Being realistic and making it work. There used to be a popular expression, years ago when I was growing up, "Keeping up with the Joneses". If you're not a Jones, don't try to keep up with them. Keep up with yourself, instead. Just as an aside, by buying, not renting, we put to work for us the largest chunk of money we had each month to do anything with to better ourselves--our housing money to keep a roof over our heads. Instead of paying a landlord rent, we paid ourselves. We used what we would have spent on rent to fix up the condo we bought and then we sold it--at a profit. Then, rinsed and repeated. -
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American Tourist Dies in Phuket After Night Out Drinking with Friends
All of you arm-chair experts are so annoying! So holier than thou! Yes - it may have been alcohol related , it may have been drugs, spiked or self administered, he could have aspirated and choked on his own puke. Whatever!!! But can we please agree that this is a sad outcome - and leave the diagnostics and pontifications to the experts? Thank you -
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Solar panel package suggestion.
Yes homepro have said to us if you fit Solar they will put a digital meter on your house. Maybe I will get them to fit the old style meter first then get a local company to fit the solar at a later date -
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Solar panel package suggestion.
My estimate is about 11x9 meters, for 4 rows of 9 panels, I'll split over 2 slopes inclined at 10% facing full south. By now you might have guessed that my bill is about 2000 KWh a month.- 1
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What is your idea of superfoods?
I have been eating meat for 67 years, and still not dead.
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