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  1. furriner

    furriner DI Forum Adept Restricted Account

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    This is a deplorable and selfish crime. Many of the dogs (maybe most) are not really “stray”, they belong to owners, are fed regularly, have the required rabies vaccinations and roam but come back to their homes everyday. Even if they were strays with no real owner, poisoning is very painful to them. I doubt the perpetrators will be caught but one can always hope.


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  2. danbandanna

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    You sir are what this forum is all about...hats off for a thoughtful and informative reply
     
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    I also have 10 years here.
    Comparing Dumaguete to what is was like 10 years ago is not a measure if it's "rateability". whether positive or negative, it's only a measure of it's progress.
    Dumaguete will always be right for some people and wrong for others. Currently it's right for more people than it's wrong for and the population growing. Surely then: it's actually under-rated - at least until population growth stops.
    Classically in the Philippines and many other locations, the infrastructure to cope with an increase in population lags behind the requirement and like TheDude says: it might take a while to catch up.
    Fortunately the Philippines is blessed with thousands of islands, each with their own eccentricities. If Dumaguete no longer suits, I'm sure there's somewhere else that does.
     
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    Hopefully its been sorted to only once a day now. It was pointed out no one is interested in that nonsence on the forum.
     
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    Or try HLV auto parts on Sta Rosa Street. They stock new parts but have a huge stock in a 3-storey building. A friend of ours has been restoring a 94 Honda (Civic) I think and they have had just about every obscure item he has asked for. It helps to bring in the item that needs replacing though, to avoid confusion as they might not use the same term to refer to it as we do. Very helpful staff.
     
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    Not so sure of the economics. We have spare gas tanks in case we run out. Can change and keep cooking and roasting or baking easily. What happens when you get the unexpected/unscheduled brown out and you are roasting and baking in an electric oven? I'll take practical over economics here at this time, unless you have a generator of course. Then there is the added cost of operating a generator to throw into the economics side.
     
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    Very well done you! I appreciate your update and glad to read the positive improvements.
     
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    k.t.ballin11, Sep 8, 2018
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    Well, from my vantage the clouds spoiled the fun. I did get some fleeting glimpses of the totally eclipsed Moon. Was not able to get any telescopic views, but I did manage at least one image.
    Of all the Lunar eclipses I've seen, this was the brightest and reddest! Too bad it was playing hide-and-seek. mars and eclipse.jpg
     
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    I would think the light pollution (even in Valencia) would make it rather difficult for this. I can only recall being in a few places that had absolutely no light pollution that allowed to me see the Milky Way in all of its glory...and every single one of those locations were in Afghanistan.

    Found a light pollution map that might help out.
    lightpollution.PNG

    If you look at the US and Europe you will see that very few people are ever going to have a chance to see the Milky Way:
    lightpollutionUS.PNG
     
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    They go hand in hand.

    Religion is their culture, the culture influences the person's behavior. Their women are nothing more than property to them...how do you think they view a female helper from a foreign country? They hold dogs in higher regard.

    There are less extreme places to go work - those that have a more "liberal" view towards religion - such as UAE (Dubai...Abu Dhabi to a lessor extent), Qatar, Turkey (this is changing quickly), etc. You still want to be careful and know your place in those countries but at least they usually give you some respect and treat you like a human. Kuwait may seem similar to these places on the surface but I assure you they are nowhere near as "liberal" as the ones mentioned.

    I would say an OFW is less likely to be abused in HK. Sure it happens there, but I suspect the chances are much higher in Kuwait.

    Note: Where I think it gets really dangerous for any OFW is when they overstay their visa. When that happens they are much more likely to be employed by people/companies that don't care much about following laws.

    Religion is not just an excuse.....it is the law in Kuwait. Sharia Law is on a spectrum....and Kuwait's version of it is one of the most extreme. They are right up their with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
     
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