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  1. ShawnM

    ShawnM Living the dream, Plan B ★ No Ads ★ Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer Blood Donor Veteran Air Force

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    I don't remember the TV show now, but is was about expats doing time in foreign prisons. Most of these "upstanding" citizens were transporting large amounts of drugs...WTF, if you are dumb enough to know or somehow clueless that you now have 10 kilo of extra baggage it is really on you.

    I've rarely had a bag checked going into any country and have never had anything that would lead to me being detained.

    I still live in a world where I get drug tested and maintain a clearance so the thought of being that stupid actually baffles me.

    If I was "set-up" for drugs or the bullet thing that we all heard about I am not sure how I would react...I guess it would depend on how much it would cost vs. going after them legally.

    It is pretty easy to be a decent person either travelling or staying overseas.

    Shawn
     
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    ShawnM, Oct 7, 2017
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  2. Notmyrealname

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    Dogs can go missing for days and then suddenly return; so remain in hope. Certainly a good idea to take your other dogs with you as their sense of smell is far in excess of that of humans; either they could detect Shadow or he could detect them. Even possible they may lay a fresh trail to your home (the past ones having been obliterated by the rains last night) which he may follow if he meets it at ANY point.
     
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  3. Rye83

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    lol Like a little child that sees the neighbor's kid playing with a toy they have never seen before. Run off and tell mommy that they aren't sharing. I hope they don't let Globe and PLDT get their grubby little hands on the frequency. Everything they touch turns to sh*t and I'm certain they would do everything they could to overload the bandwidth to make Telstra's service worse.

    And if Globe/PLDT were smart they would avoid the 700MHz frequency and go with the 2.6GHz for LTE. The money is in the bigger cities where the 2.6GHz would be superior (shorter distance but allows for a lot more bandwidth). All they are trying to do is stop Telstra from entering the market by forcing them to share the 700MHz. Though providing internet over wireless to a large number of people is idiotic on Telstra's part. If they follow the same route that Globe and PLDT have went their service will be just as crap as what is already available here in short order. This country desperately needs wired internet infrastructure.
     
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    Rye83, Feb 27, 2016
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  4. denpet

    denpet DI Senior Member Highly Rated Poster Blood Donor Veteran Air Force

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    One good thing is to get a PhilHealth card. It covered 50% of hospitalisation costs. Doesn't cost much. But the good thing is they can't salt your bill, as PhilHealth will complain if there is anything abnormal about the charges.
     
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  5. PatO

    PatO DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer Veteran Marines

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    For me, during Covid, I deal with very few people now and being more of a loner, I like that better. Stress is less now that my wife had Pfizer and I don't have to stress as much when she meets with her unvaccinated friends. No face to face school puts stress on my wife playing teacher with our son. My wife has learned to cook pasta and other dishes I enjoy so not going out to eat is not an issue.
    Most of the world news sucks so I pass on watching news and watch Netflix and sports on laptop. If only I wasn't getting older no complaints but considering the alternative no complaints. Stay safe
     
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    PatO, Nov 9, 2021
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  6. Sedona

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    If you managed to complete a bureaucratic process (whatever it was, and with whatever agency), in an hour for only 80 pesos ... you should be celebrating.
     
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    Sedona, Dec 27, 2020
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  7. DavyL200

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    They wont have a clue about any of this stuff,i can see alot of bribes otherwise the roads will be empty which would be nice. 80% junk out there now which wouldnt pass.
     
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    DavyL200, Sep 9, 2020
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  8. Edward K

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    I hesitate to get into this disjointed "discussion," but I'd like to point out that the Muslims arrived in Mindanao around the 1400's and successfully administered the entire southern Philippines for 500 years until the US gave the land and the governments to "Christians" imported from Luzon in the 1910's and 1920's. The Spanish pretty much ignored Mindanao, and never got a good foothold... The current problems in Mindanao are mostly a result of that upheaval. Wikipedia has several good "short histories" on the subject.
     
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    Edward K, Jan 24, 2020
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  9. Glendazumba

    Glendazumba DI Forum Adept

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    Since he is an active radio commentator, he must have offended the feelings of some big or small people, but that is such a barbaric reason to kill someone. Other killings are the so-called "drug-related" killings so yes, the best thing to do here is to just live a simple life, avoid offending people, and do not get into anything illegal.
     
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    Glendazumba, Nov 8, 2019
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