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09-27-20 04:18 #13873
Posts: 3376Originally Posted by MontanaMonger [View Original Post]
Yes, very convenient point to point and yes, cost was very reasonable being close to what is paid for a decent charter car & boat hire.
Enjoy. G.
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09-27-20 01:52 #13872
Posts: 314Originally Posted by MontanaMonger [View Original Post]
ABC does have a rooftop pad but I believe it is weight limited. I do know some customers who took the chopper option but their checked luggage came by road.
Your luggage weight for the smaller R44 will also be a problem if you have a few of you and 30 kgs luggage per person.
If you really want some aviation adventure PH style then consider a multi-stop trip around Luzon or the other islands. This is what I was investigating when I was there.
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09-27-20 01:11 #13871
Posts: 2116Another Day In Paradise
One of our banks was busted by the regulator last week and fined $1.3 billion. First they let the Muslim terrorist types send money through over-the-counter teller transactions to ISIS so they can keep blowing up US Marine humvees. Then they let sick mongers send money to pimps in Flipsville for various dubious purposes. Apparently the bank should have been more alert since they were small, regular transactions going to Flipsville. There should have been an automatic alarm. Hahaha. I wonder if any ISG mongers are embroiled in this? The Philippines seems to attract the most unsavoury types on the planet.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/busi...0a124b8fafdb8e
If all countries were ranked according to generosity, the US would lead the pack and be the best 'Giver'. The Philippines, on the other hand, would be at the bottom of the pile and be the best 'Taker'. I can't think of anything good to come out of the Philippines apart from balut and may be cheap labor to crew the world's merchant cargo fleet! Nope, I'm not going to include call centres as most of the LBFMs who work those are bird brained nincompoops who can't solve the most basic problem. Hahaha. And grown men are going ape-shit over this corrupt, third world shithole? Seems like most will die without getting their marshmallows sucked one last time. Hahaha.
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09-26-20 08:03 #13870
Posts: 82Originally Posted by SoapySmith [View Original Post]
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09-25-20 22:20 #13869
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by Locamotive [View Original Post]
One, you could hold up masks in a laboratory, intentionally try to blow aerosol particles through them, and measure what gets through.
Two, from testing for covid positive cases you could try to assess what proportions of the positive patients had and had not faithfully worn masks in public. There are several difficulties with this approach. First, people lie, so their answers about mask wearing may not be entirely trustworthy. You would also need an estimate of the proportion of people in the general public wearing masks. If the proportion of positive test mask wearers is approximately the same as mask wearers in the general public, you can assume masks make little or no difference. If mask wearers among the positive testing individuals are a smaller proportion of positive cases as compared to mask wearers in the general public, then masks probably made a difference. This approach is also complicated by having to control for factors like social distancing, lockdowns, and so on.
A third approach is to compare infection rates between areas with and without mask mandates. This seems to be the type of evidence most of the "experts" on TV are citing. There are also some potential threats to validity in this design as well: differences in population density, differences in time of initial onset of spreading in particular settings and so on.
Bar tenders, cab drivers, and some scientists all have opinions, but evidence trumps (no pun intended) opinions.
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09-25-20 18:08 #13868
Posts: 155Mask
Originally Posted by DCups [View Original Post]
If the mask makes you comfy, wear one but it can't stop a virus.
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09-25-20 08:40 #13867
Posts: 451Many don't wear the mask properly. The virus is airborne. It survives a long time on surfaces. Including food items. It is found on frozen food items.
The practice to promote not testing is widespread including Europe and US. Tests are expensive and take a long time.
Some Indian cities are a great study on the covid19 virus spread. Mumbai slums are over 70% infected with the Covid19 and will show if herd immunity works. With the Taj Mahal and trains running, the virus will spread further. If heat kills the virus, it will be seen in India. So far reported death rates are low. Again, no test no virus.
Since Trump will most likely do away with ballots or have a supreme Court stacked with his appointees to choose the next president, there will probably not be any coordinated effort to contain the spread of the virus. US troops and Marshalls will be called to stop protesters but not to stop covid19 from spreading.
There are some tongue in cheek advice on Covid19 safe sex. I only wish I had a remote island like Berlusconi, and stock it with a harem.
Sex and parties are still available but most are driven underground if there is a lockdown. Otherwise booking through virtual means to arrange a face to face can be done. Many just don't follow the quarantine.
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09-25-20 05:47 #13866
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by KabulGuy [View Original Post]
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09-24-20 10:01 #13865
Posts: 983Originally Posted by Mogwai [View Original Post]
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/08/u...rnd/index.html
I can buy the multi layer home made cloth ones here for 30 p. I have about a dozen, keep a couple in my car, some in my pack, I just wash them in soapy water and hang to dry after each wearing.
No problem.
Remember Mask it or Casket.
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09-24-20 08:22 #13864
Posts: 2201Originally Posted by KabulGuy [View Original Post]
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09-24-20 08:20 #13863
Posts: 2201Originally Posted by Datiao [View Original Post]
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09-24-20 07:46 #13862
Posts: 314Interested to know if any 'business' type of visa and entering the country? Are the call center bosses of Makati and Clark still entering and leaving the country? Probably still subject t quarantine but are they at least getting in / out of the country?
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09-24-20 06:19 #13861
Posts: 451Originally Posted by KabulGuy [View Original Post]
The world is going backwards in many ways and are repeating history. Trump is trying to plunder Tiktok. He only wishes he could declare China as terra nullius.
For the other poster about cutting queues in PI, it happens all over. (I am sure he has tried to cut a queue with a LBFM by offering sweetners. I know I havd).
In New York, there ard many swippers. Taxis, buses, checkout, checkin are common. Swipper no swpping. Actually the South Asians are the worse or maybe there are just more of them in the queues I usually stand in.
The good thing I see is more countries opening up. Lock downs are killing the economy. As with the FAA safety regulations, the systemized balance between cost and lives lost is sinking in and being adopted by many. (I am and will avoid the 737 max).
PI will need to open up to at least to people within its borders. If you are a young stud in the PI, the girl buffet is cheap and plentiful.
PI is still sending their workers around the world. I read that European cruises are going to restart. Many PI ladies work there. Likewises, I assume you can hire a PI lady for some tasks in some countries and bring them out. You might just have to live on that one pussy for a year or 90 days.
China also announced recently that foreign residents who fled are allowed back in.
Likewise Thailand is working on tourist quotas and new guidelines. Google is your friend. Confirm and reconfirm and triple check any announcements. When the left hand does not know the right hand is doing, you as the traveller will get stuck. Thailand is a really good example and I knew a couple people caught there.
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09-24-20 00:08 #13860
Posts: 983Originally Posted by DCups [View Original Post]
I wish everyone would stop wining and wear a mask.
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09-23-20 14:21 #13859
Posts: 3043Originally Posted by Mogwai [View Original Post]