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Right, but however, not mentioned in the OP, which I quote and reply to...

There might be difference in supply depending of where in Thailand you live; in touristed areas and major towns is should be quite easy to get, whan you need to make Western food at home. Online shopping might be a solution for some more specialized ingredients. Where I stay – a tourist area – I can get almost everything I need. It's a bit a combination of where to shop – also for best price and quality – but both BigC, Lotus's, Makro and especially Tops Food Hall all have a good selection; the latter almost everything in high quality. I cook Western food myself – while I let my lovely girlfriend cook delicious Thai dishes, she is the expert in that field – it's easy and often require less ingredients than a Thai meal. It's depending of your home country and food preferences, if you easily can find all you need. I'm from Denmark, and can generally find almost all I need for Dan ish style food. However, I prefere Mediterranian dishes; so, that is what dishes I mainly cook. There are a few items that are diffivcult in Thailand, like veal meat. I found that I in many cases can replace the bright veal meat with chicken breast, especially when there are some level of light spices in the dish. Also stuff like Bearnaise essence and Tarragon can be difficult to find locally. BigC had during their French Casino-ownership an acceptable ready made Bearnaise sauce in glass. However, the Bearnaise you can make yourself, or just do like I do, using a onion-and-oil dressing and bright vineager instead, and of course Tarragon-spices. I can order it online – and it cheaper than when finding it in shops – both onion-dressing and Terragon. Also my preferred sundired tomatos in glass I order online. Both Lazada and Shopee are excellent places to search. And by the way, if you wish to make Bearnaise sauce yorself; it's easy-peacy and great for both beef steaks, minced beef burgers and fish-and-chips. Enough for one person: 8 spoonfull double cream (cooking cream is the best), 2 spoonfull onion-and-oil dressing, one spoonfull apple vineager, 2 yolks, a little bit of salt and a teaspoon of Tarragon. Put it all in a pot and warm up under low heat, whip now a then, untill it boils. Then it's ready for serving...😋

A copy of the blue house book should be possible to get issued by the local "tessa ban" district office. As owner of the property, you shall be listed a "host" or "house master", so you is the one that can dicide who can be registered as living at that address. The blue house book follows the property and registers Thai residents. A yellow house book is for registration of foreign residents in the property.

Best is to visit the area, or areas, you might settle in first, so you know what that part of Isaan is, where you are going to stay. There is a huge difference between cities, smaller towns and rural villages. Starting a business in Thailand as foreigner requires first of all a work permit, if you are going to active part, and not only an investor. Secondly establishing a company, which can be a partnership with a Thai wife – to avoid too many employed Thais, if you are going to have a work permiyt for the business – or a company limited, which often requires four employed Thais for a work permit for one foreigner. A foreigner can only own up to 49 percent and both you, and your partner or sharholder(s9 need capital to invest.

In a way yes, but I can live with it. The benefits og living "all year summer" in Thailand are still greater than staying home. However, it would make sense that after a certain number of year' uninterrupted extension of stay, retirees could get a little less strict conditions. It's not so much the financial proof og being self supported, but merely quqing up and waiting with the ongoing stack of same document each year, like address maps etc...

It's not only Thailand. In my Scandinavia home country things has become even more difficult. Part is caused to terroismen and money laundry, and it's all over most of the World that they check more-and-more. Things are still easy in Thailand compared to my home country, I'm happy that I moved and therefore have less to fight with in my home country; unfortunately still have some, including more demanding requirements from banks etc due to governmental demand...

The news-story shows the importance of making a will or change an existing – it's actually quite simple – if you intend to leave something to a "new" Thai partner. Even that a spoken word about heir is legal in court, you still need to prove it...

Evolution and progress will automate more jobs in the future.

However, Thai PBS wrote: "Thaksin’s political influence questioned by PAO election tally". Source link: https://world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/thaksins-political-influence-might-questioned-by-pao-election-tally/56395

The photos are from a former Daily Mail story published January 20th at ASEAN NOW...

Not what you asked for in your OP, but doesn't matter. And to my opinion, even you didn't ask for it in OP: If you wish to use Microsoft programs, Windows' or Apple's OS are the best in mentioned order. Linux is great for running Internet-servers with an Apache – likely better than a Win-server – but as home PC, it's not...🙂

If you mean glass bottled Coca Cola, you can buy them in Makro as .25-bottle and in many restaurants as .33 bottle – it's great for nostalgic moments – many Thais think that glass bottles keep the gas better; perhaps they are right...

More than 5 properties to be protected by the Consumer Protection Article.

However, not mentioned in your original post, apart from considering a Linux OS instead of Win11... I just tried to be helpful...😉

Often money can clear problems in Thailand.