Hope for better result this time. Attempted to reply a little while ago and got: "You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: 1. You are not logged in. Fill in the form at the bottom of this page and try again. 2. You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? 3. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation. Log in User Name: Password: Forgotten Your Password? Remember Me? The administrator may have required you to register before you can view this page." I think that I have reestablished a connection and will try to resurrect my previous message.
one partially failed answer to one of several questions I regret that my attempt to provide one answer to one question was not written in a way that you admit to understanding. I hope that any others who did not understand will provide helpful comments.
5. What brought you here in the first place In the first place I came here: To live among people who spoke the only language I can deal with. Language you see is one of my weakest points. To live among people who mostly adhere to the teachings of my Church. To live where it would be easy to start to travel and to return. To enjoy listening to and watching water. To live in a place large enough to have most of what I would want, but small enough not to be oppressive.
Some things about the US/Europe/Australia I miss in the Philieppines 1. What do you miss most about the US/Europe/Australia? Some things I miss about the US/Europe/Australia: big public libraries talking with people who use public libraries of any size. yellow grapefruit harvesting New England huckleberries/blueberries gathering pecans in Southern united states. talking with others who are interested in philosophy, thoughts, variety of ways to perceive what is peaches fresh Mutsu apples maybe 20 other varieties of apples apricots cherries figs both fresh and dry Haydin mangos companions with one or more shared interests Keith mangos comice pears butternut squash male broad leaf cattail heads eaten while cattails are still in the ground. collard greens kale singles groups activities Swiss chard dandelion butter lettuce dulse great variety of cuts of beef, lamb and other animals large enough to be eaten in community salt-free cheese Boston lettuce boniato (starchy root) name (spelling seems correct but Carribbean word looks strange) red potatoes russet potatoes yellow potatoes yuca green Fordhook lima beans spherical red lentils tasty brewers yeast nutritional yeast cod The text above is mostly what I attempted to reply with before, but I missed retitleing. So I hope to do better this time. If I succeed, I will delete the failed message.
attitude 3. What's the most annoying aspect about living here? Perhaps annoyance is in the attitude of the annoyed.
Dumaguete seems pretty good. 4. Would you do it all over again, given the chance? Since I decided to live in Dumaguete, I have become aware of praises very many people have for many other places. But Dumaguete still seems pretty good. So this question is difficult to answer.
Welcome Joes! Your Problems today have taken all the sting out of a Crap Weekend. Welcome to DI and please, don't take all the p*ss take as the Norm. We all have some problems here, ME more than most this WEEK END!. Ok, lets start again, What do you want to know, 1 Question at a time and we will get there! Jack P.
Thank you to everyone who posted very useful replies to the questions the OP asked. I wish there weren't many off-topic replies but ...oh well!
It Happens. :Sometimes some of us just get Itchy Keyboard fingers. I get the Impression our new ModI will soon sort this out. Jack P.