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Invite a Vietnamese restaurateur to sleep in the attic.
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Would it not be just as fast to fly from Qatar to Russia where I have heard there are quite a lot of Russian girls. Millions, in fact. I don't think the OP is Russian.
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Do you want a hotel with a lot of Russians in it? That ought to be easy if you look for one cheap enough.
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Read this if you are driving in Pattaya
Grandpollo replied to cannonball83204's topic in General Discussion about Pattaya
And after all this a $90 fine. Wow. A real deterrent. Though the jail experience would be sobering. I think anyone with more than a few bucks and contact outside will get a lawyer and expedite this regardless of how they treat the masses. You do have legal rights in Thailand including contact with consular officials so while it is a good story it does sound a little over the top. -
Beware if you get a TG that charges by the quart. Really what would be the practical purpose of taking this?
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cost of seeing doctor at Bangkok Pattaya
Grandpollo replied to simon_cook's topic in General Discussion about Pattaya
Or what? There are 4 serotypes and if you get 4 cases you're immune including DHF. Even DHF is easily treatable if kind of gross, symptom-wise. -
cost of seeing doctor at Bangkok Pattaya
Grandpollo replied to simon_cook's topic in General Discussion about Pattaya
Doctors prescribing antibiotics without even something as simple as a gram stain under a microscope is why we get antiobiotic resistant bacteria and in your case it was completely useless as a treatment as you found out. A hospital is where to go if you suspect dengue . Your test took 3 days vs. the 15 minute rapid Dengue test a hospital would administer as a good reason why. -
It is indeed a dry airline. Since they are not all Muslims in Egypt maybe the airline just doesn't want a plane full of pissheads on long flights. You are permitted to bring your own and they'll let you drink it though. Most other airlines would prohibit this
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cost of seeing doctor at Bangkok Pattaya
Grandpollo replied to simon_cook's topic in General Discussion about Pattaya
I wonder why a doctor would administer an antibiotic for a viral infection? Since Dengue can morph to DHF without a lot of notice I would suggest a hospital where they have identified and treated Dengue is a better idea than a doctor who gives antibiotics for it. There is a rapid dengue test that a hospital would have given by now. I've had it twice, only 2 more serotypes to go and I will be immune. -
Canada Maple Leaf are .9999 fine gold as are a few others. You do have to handle them carefully due to the malleability of fine pure gold. An ounce of gold can be hammered into a square sheet 100 feet on each side or drawn into a wire that would stretch 5 miles.
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Go to a gold merchant and buy some vs. trying to dupe someone to mail them to you so the Paypal or forged bank cheque scam can ensue.
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CnnGo article about Bangkok airport immigration lines
Grandpollo replied to short's topic in Airline Discussion
Arrange a wheelchair from your airline or pay the deluxe Fast Track which includes a cart to the various formalities. -
April 10 taxi share with Leotex
Grandpollo replied to Norfloxacin400's topic in Meeting - Cost sharing
Here's the video from above FWIW -
I can't understand why people are coy about prices - " a fraction" (200/100 is a fraction that means double) or post a link: It is simpler to just say Room Rates June - October 1-2 Nights 2,100 per night 3-5 nights 2,000 per night 6-10 nights 1,700 per night 11 Nights plus 1,600 per night Monthly rate 33,000 All electric, water, TV, internet included in nightly rates, Monthly rates, electric is charged by meter Room Rates Nov - May 1-2 Nights 2,500 per night 3-5 nights 2,400 per night 6-10 nights 2,100 per night 11 Nights plus 2,000 per night Monthly rate 38,000 All electric, water, TV, internet included in nightly rates. Monthly rates, electric is charged by meter
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High Returns On Deposits
Grandpollo replied to davebuczek's topic in Bars/Gogos/Business Owners' Forum
Something of interest is the OECD financial country risk rating for Georgia is 6. This is on a 7 point scale. USA UK Germany are 0. Afghanistan is 7. Thailand is 3. Moody's rates it Ba3 or non investment grade speculative. UK is Aaa as is Germany or "prime". S&P have similar ratings. Best wishes with the business but this is a risky way for non residents to invest. -
High Returns On Deposits
Grandpollo replied to davebuczek's topic in Bars/Gogos/Business Owners' Forum
What I meant is larger and more reputable banks won't participate in derivative contracts with some (many, actually) illiquid currencies (mainly because at the end of the day they don't want to be stuck with them). Even India rupees are frequently on the no trade list so I cannot imagine Georgia. I'd put the Georgian local currency in that pot which means the hedging you depend on to pay my US$ income and return my money is backed up by a no-name bank that might default, too. All in all the original observation stands. Unknown counterparty (you, nothing personal) with sky high returns in a dodgy country with sketchy hedging all translates into something people should avoid. Add to that soliciting deposits from Thailand mongers on the internet and that's a ribbon and bow wrapped around it all. -
Karma or just poetic justice
Grandpollo replied to Montydog's topic in General Discussion about Pattaya
I was in Central America before Xmas when a chap walked down the aisle of a bus (cheap but crazy crowded) with a knife liberating the female passengers of their money and cell phones. 3/4 of the way down the aisle a male passenger leaned out of his seat and shot the guy 5 times and killed him. Didn't even have to stand up. Pat on the back from the cops, kept his gun and the 43 eyewitnesses pretty much kept him out of any trouble. Don't bring a knife to a gunfight was the expression of the day. "No lleves un cuchillo al tiroteo". -
High Returns On Deposits
Grandpollo replied to davebuczek's topic in Bars/Gogos/Business Owners' Forum
It would be interesting to see who is doing FRA's , Swaps or futures on Georgian funds against US, Euro or Stg. that is not as risky as this investment company is. -
High Returns On Deposits
Grandpollo replied to davebuczek's topic in Bars/Gogos/Business Owners' Forum
From what I've read various BMs have adequate and not staggering sums of money and have to live on that, or a mix of saved funds and fixed income. It is imprudent to invest in these types of schemes. On two bases - if you don't live in Georgia then you probably should not deposit money there. Nor through internet monger boards as your referral source. And a regulated non bank is just a loan company. Note banks DO lend at 24% and higher on credit cards. They don't offer 10-15% interest rates on deposits to fund those activities, they just make more spread. They are banks. That is what banks do. Specifically to make spread and not give it away. Risk and return are directly correlated and the odds are going to be higher (maybe not 10 to 15 times higher) that you will lose some or all (and all tends to be the case) of your investment, to use the word. A lender (at 24%) that has a viable business model can source funds at far lower than this, unless of course nobody but internet retired guys and suckers are the only people willing to do so because the equity markets and commercial banks won't. This appears to be such a case. Please note this is not mud slinging against the OP who is a complete unknown. Who he is has nothing to do with prudence. It doesn't matter who personally is providing the "opportunity", it is inappropriate unless maybe you live there and do better due diligence than you will ever see here. The OP will never be able to prove this is as riskless as a bank deposit nor provide enough collateral or secondary protection to justify one cent to be risked in this. -
High Returns On Deposits
Grandpollo replied to davebuczek's topic in Bars/Gogos/Business Owners' Forum
Here's the deal . The rate for a year if your offer is accurate is 10 or more times than an insured bank in a developed country or more developed than Georgia. Is it a bank? Insured? Regulated? Is it in local currency or a world currency (Euro, CAD, USD, AUD, Stg.). Nobody offers "deposits" with a 10-15% guarantee without a lot of risk (10 to 15X by the looks of it). Explain the basics, then. -
High Returns On Deposits
Grandpollo replied to davebuczek's topic in Bars/Gogos/Business Owners' Forum
Nothing beats investing at 10 to 15 times 1 year market rates in a place as stable as Georgia to make me want to cut a cheque to a stranger on an internet forum. -
Apparently they don't and prefer to bone you up the ass for a ridiculous amount.
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Buying my first touch/smart phone
Grandpollo replied to teelack's topic in General Discussion about Pattaya
I don't understand how you want a Samsung particular model then buy a copy that isn't for 15% of the price and then wonder why it doesn't perform like one. It isn't one at all. Though it sounds maybe overpriced even at 2400.
