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  1. 18 hours ago, stoolpusher said:

    that other forum to please , as if you don't know already ... I have been banned  

    I joined that other forum about 2012, made a few posts then abandoned it as the insults and crap being tossed around at the time made it an unpleasant place. A couple of years later (2016) I found this forum and have enjoyed the camaraderie etc.

    Went back to the other forum for a look only 2 months ago and it seems to have mostly calmed down from 2012 but there have been a couple of nasty spats in just that short time.

    To get banned from there you must have seriously pissed someone off!!!!

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  2. 4 hours ago, stoolpusher said:

    Is there a setting somewhere I can change when using my Sam Tab to view this forum so when I click on a new posting it goes straight to that post and not the start of that thread ?

    Just tried on my Samsung Tab

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    Touch the link on right of the unread thread . i.e. Katty - Bar and Guesthouse.... and it will take you to that last post

     

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    If there are multiple unread sub threads under a topic header there should be a dark circle or star to the left of that thread and clicking/touching that should take you to the last unread post. ( sorry no screenshot as I had already read everything)

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  3. In June/July this year I took a trip to Penang in Malaysia to catch up with an old school buddy I hadn't seen for about 30 years. I went in a roundabout way, flying to Philippines for a week first, then Penang for 2 weeks followed by Phuket for a week and back home to Sydney.

    On arrival in Sydney I went through Immigration, collected my luggage and headed out the Nothing to Declare aisle only to be pulled up by Border Patrol officer who looked at the Custom's declaration form and asked if I had completed it truthfully and was it my signature to which I replied Yes. I was advised that my luggage will be searched and was taken to one side. The officer asked on a number of occasions if I had anything in my possession that might cause them concern and my answer was always No.

    I was asked to take everything out of my pockets, empty my backpack and open my suitcase,  give them all my electronic devices and also any SIM card or SD card. My mobile phone (with its Australian SIM and SD card inside), tablet and Sony action cam along with a Malaysian SIM were taken to be examined by their technical officers after getting the unlock PINs and in the meantime the officer went through all my belongings, opening every compartment in the backpack and unzipping lining in suitcase. All the while asking if I had anything they may find and querying my exact movements from day I left Sydney to return. Who I met, where I stayed, why have I traveled so often to SE Asia etc. Another line of questioning was whether I had been sending money overseas to anyone

    It was becoming more apparent as time went by that I had been tagged as a pedo, kiddy fiddler etc.... single man in his 60's who travels to SE Asia once or twice a year for the last 10+ years. I explained that I do have a predilection for ladyboys, however, the latest trip was sightseeing and catch up with old school mate. Questions were asked where I would meet these ladyboys, how old were they, how did I know their ages etc etc. They wanted to know if old school mate was married, did he have kids? and by the way who is the young girl whose pictures you have in your wallet?

    In my wallet I carry a number of photos of my niece. These are school photos that my sister gave me every year of my one and only niece and for whom I hold in trust money from my late mother's estate, so I had to explain all that to the officer without losing my temper as by now I am all over it after flight from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur, 3 hour wait then 8 hour flight to Sydney with no sleep and no coffee!!! I just kept repeating that I don't do anything illegal, keep my nose clean & avoid anything that may appear non kosher as I want to spend my retirement at my leisure not at the government's pleasure.

    The officer by now has found nothing untoward in the luggage and the persistent questions start to dwindle into small talk whilst he was waiting for the technical people to finish with the mobile phone as the tablet and camera had already been returned with no questions asked, which I thought was a bit strange as the tablet's SD card did have some porn downloaded from the web on it, however, I had 'unmounted' the card from the device whilst in Malaysia in case of being searched there and I didn't want the movies showing up in the video app.

    Finally after an hour and a bit the mobile phone comes back and I was on my way home with the officer's assurance that the search was a one off, their systems had appraised me of fitting profile of someone of interest and I shouldn't expect the same to happen in future.

    Has anyone had a similar experience after returning to their home country?

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  4. Here in Australia the moon walk was around lunchtime and as a 13 year old schoolboy I watch in a classroom packed in like pimply sardines as only a few TVs for the whole school.

    As I remember most all of us had model rockets, orbiters and landers and becoming an astronaut was all we wanted to be when we were grown up.

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  5. Caught Grab from Clark to Pacific Breeze Hotel yesterday at 1.15pm for fare of P1,213.00.

    Breakup from emailed receipt is Fare P40.00, Distance P112.84, Time P32.00, Surge P28.16.

    The remaining P1,000.00 you ask ?

    Checked into hotel, get to room, start unpacking then decide to charge my phone. Therein lay the problem.... no phone in pocket! Called my number from room phone, message bank x 3. Find my phone by Google.. nope as I refuse authorising of location services. Out with the tablet, search for Grab contact number, first one disconnected finally found another and after 12 minutes wait spoke to operator who couldn't find any record of me, my phone number, email address so after a lot of back and forth I get an email receipt from Grab and as I say this to the operator he suddenly locates the account.  He calls the driver who now has the phone (as his next customer found it on the seat and handed it in) gives me the driver's number whom I call and driver says is on way now to my hotel. Driver arrives with phone and leaves with P1,000.00. I go to Phillies and havea calming San Mig Light.

    Just checked Grab price for hotel to Clark now at 2.30 pm and fare is P263.00 due to high demand, so @Pdoggg your fare of P180 would appear to be about base fare.

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  6. I've never had a problem getting around Philippines, there are cheap flights internally with respectable airlines (Air Asia, Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific) and the buses, local and provincial are regular and cheap. The main problem is in places like Angeles where the trike mafia have inflated prices, however, there is also Grab (Uber equivalent) who are mostly cheaper than the trike there.

    I'll be back in Phils tomorrow and report if any problems getting around.

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  7. In April last year I flew out of Australia with one way ticket to Singapore with no onward travel documentation other than a visa for Vietnam which commenced on 28th May. I was not asked for anything when boarding in Sydney or on landing. I then caught a bus to Kuala Lumpur and the Malaysian authorities did not ask for any proof of onward travel. Same when I flew into Phuket  then Siam Reap.

    I think it is possible that as an Australian in his 60's that they saw it unlikely I would try to overstay the tourist visas issued at airports.

    I will keep in mind the info about flying from Cambodia to Bangkok and wonder if it is only JC International with that rule.

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  8. 30 minutes ago, xyzzy said:

    Well perhaps I've made my Firefox not work the way yours works. I hate tabs so much I used a software patch to brute force tabs from happening. It saves some space at the top of the window. So I can't open a tab of any sort. If I click on Christian Laporte and "open link in new window" the new window opens but shows the same thing I see here at the website and clicking on the link in the new window does nothing. Does "open link in new window" work correctly for you or just new tab.

    This may work:

    Right Click his name and hit copy link location;

    Open a new window and paste the link location in the address bar... DO NOT hit enter or the arrow to go there yet :

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    Edit the address to only leave the facebook part of the address:

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    Then hit Enter

  9. @xyzzy The method I use is ;

    1) Right click the link: 'Christian Laporte' and open in a new tab;

    2) In the new tab the subject line is for example http://www.ladyboyreview.com/index.php?app=core&module=system&controller=embed&url=https://www.facebook.com/christian.laporte.75/videos/10156226039382876/#

    3) I delete the first section of the subject line, leaving only the facebook part of the subject line

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    4) Hit enter and there you have it.

     

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  10. BB, thanks for bumping this old thread up. I spent all of Sunday reading this and A Story of Greed, Attempted Extortion .... and Ladyboys.

    Absolutely amazing stories and extremely well written.

    Is Jaidee still around?

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