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[QUOTE=Tansak KTV]PI is OK but not in the same league as those three places. Plus I found that they try to drastically over charge foreigners (true other places do also but not as bad as PI does IMHO). I went with a local supplier of mine to a tailor to get some alterations done, one high price for me and a drastically lower price when he asked about the same items.

So GE's advice is solid... get a local expat to ask around and see if they will have their GF's take you to work a better deal for you in exchange for you taking them out for a meal or such.

If you have a choice and find a local you trust, always let them bargain for you.[/QUOTE]I believe the guy ask for a GOOD Tailor not just OK. Sure you can find a tailor in the PI. But on the whole are they GOOD. I don't think so. And I have had several pieces made for me, several Jackets, pants.

The price is the only thing that justifies getting the jackets. Plus once back in the states I take them and have the little problems altered and corrected. So on the whole they turn out to be good. But out of the 5 I've had made only 1 didn't need any alterations once I got back.

[QUOTE=X Man]X man here, yes Warbucks, I knew what you meant. Everyone knew what you meant. That's how sarcasm works. But, if both parties aren't laughing, I'm willing to admit the joke didn't work. My bad. [/QUOTE]

Sarcasm- is a form of humor that uses sharp, cutting remarks or language intended to mock, wound, or subject to contempt or ridicule. It is first recorded in English in The Shepheardes Calender in 1579:

See that is the point your post was pointless as usual you had nothing to say but yet had to say something. Immaturity. That is a common trait amongst you and another guy on the PI board I seem to tangle with on the regular.

[QUOTE=X Man]As for the quote below, Yea, you got that right.- Grade A asshole. Just glad I'm not the horse's ass. That honor is for Warbucks, aka D'etat, aka Illogic. (More like a dead horse's ass) [/QUOTE]

Lets take a long hard look at this definition.
[url]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=horse%27s+ass[/url]

Horse's Ass -a stupid or obnoxious person(also a term of adress)

Judging by your posting history and the amount and tone of the PMs I have received from other members regarding you I would say you fit this moniker more than me.

[QUOTE=X Man]Yes, we should all use the Dusit for "by the hour dates". Umm, what is a "by the hour date"? If you don't reply, I'll ask at the front desk. X. Beating a dead horse?[/QUOTE]

If you guys have the means go for it. I have tried the SOGOs and for me they were not up to snuff. I don’t like those cheap hotels you find around Ermita. Nothing like the comfort, food and safety of a Five star hotel to put the mind at ease and to cap off a night of mongering. Yes I use it by the hour (or a couple of hours) as after I am done I usually take a taxi to my home.

Have A Nice Day X

Many thanks to those who replied to my request a few weeks ago about how to open a bank account here. I have now relocated to Manila and have been here for 3 weeks. Here's what happened re trying to open an acct:

I arrived here with the 59 day tourist visa; I'll be here a year, so will renew the visa every 2 months. Having begun my search for an apartment to rent, I quickly discovered the ubiquitous request for post-dated checks to cover the entire lease period. That meant needing a checking acct.

I went to Citibank, BDO, Metro, and BPI, all without luck. They all basically told me one of two things: I need an ACR card, and/or I must have a savings acct with them for at least three months before they would allow me to open a checking acct.

So then I went to HSBC, Makati branch. Different story altogther: They were very willing to open an acct for me immediately, no problem. They did not demand that I be resident in Phil. So, I walked out in 45 minutes with two accts (Peso and USD), a VISA debit/ATM card, and a checkbook. The only requirement was that I have to maintain a balance of 100, 000 pesos (in both accts combined). They were extremely pleasant and accommodating in every way.

HSBC does seem to have the right motto: The world's local bank!

Yes, sarcasm is "a form of humor". Just calling people names, as you do, is not sarcasm since there is no attempt at humor.

But what do you call humor when someone writes somethig so ludicrous that it's funny? What do you call that?

Once again you allude to some other person (enemy) that you leave unnamed. That type of post is what I would call pointless, mean-spirited, disingenuous.

The tone of my PMs? If you don't like it, stop sending me pm's. X

[QUOTE=Warbucks]Sarcasm- is a form of humor that uses sharp, cutting remarks or language intended to mock, wound, or subject to contempt or ridicule. It is first recorded in English in The Shepheardes Calender in 1579:

See that is the point your post was pointless as usual you had nothing to say but yet had to say something. Immaturity. That is a common trait amongst you and another guy on the PI board I seem to tangle with on the regular.



Lets take a long hard look at this definition.
[url]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=horse%27s+ass[/url]

Horse's Ass -a stupid or obnoxious person(also a term of adress)

Judging by your posting history and the amount and tone of the PMs I have received from other members regarding you I would say you fit this moniker more than me.


Have A Nice Day X[/QUOTE]

You cannot go wrong with Neek Men's Tailor in A. C. Mr. Neek died a couple of years ago, but his daughter manages it now with no change with the quality or the reasonable prices.

The shop is located on Perimeter Rd. A couple of buildings down from the Cottage Kitchen, and in the attached photo, the shop cannot be seen, but the sign can be seen in the upper right corner of the pic.

[QUOTE=Dbdoll]Anybody know a good tailor?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=X Man]
Once again you allude to some other person (enemy) that you leave unnamed. That type of post is what I would call pointless, mean-spirited, disingenuous.
[/QUOTE]

Think he is referring to moi, X. Its no problem - this character has a long history of the 'back-stab' method of stealth attack. Finds it difficult to come up front like the real tuff guy he makes himself out to be. Sad.

At least you, with all your faults too numerous to list;), at least are, I suspect, a 'straight up' kinda guy who tells it as he sees it and does not indulge in nasty, back-biting, juvenile snipes in a ludicrous attempt to hurt feelings. As if that is possible with hard hided old critters like us:D.

Hi pros,

How's the weather now in phils. Manila and AC. Raining? Typhoon? How about the earthquake I just heard. Please update me.

Thanks,

Cheers

[QUOTE=Vibrations]Hi pros,

How's the weather now in phils. Manila and AC. Raining? Typhoon? How about the earthquake I just heard. Please update me.

Thanks,

Cheers[/QUOTE]Try [url]www.weather.com[/url] or [url]www.accuweather.com[/url].

Why not take a second or too of research.

the reason i don’t call out guys indirectly as i told x via pm because i don’t enjoy flame wars. it disturbs the board and creates an overall unsatisfactory atmosphere which the admin has to come and correct because a bunch of adult males can’t get along on a virtual forum kind of sad when you think about. not as sad though as guy in “golden years” who get a rush out of arguing behind a keyboard.

the guys that do i suspect enjoy flame wars are so cowardly and weak in real life so they get some type of excitement out of bothering people here. when i am 52 and have a family i hope i am not spending my “golden years” arguing with some guy i never met over the internet.

i have opened the door for this one guy in particular to meet in real life because i am just tired of the back and forth here but he said no need as this is all fantasy so we can say what we want to say here with no repercussions. spoken like a true internet tough guy.

[url]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=internet+tough+guy[/url]
[quote=warbucks]
i encourage all members don’t be an internet tough guy if you have problem with a guy meet the guy in person especially if you two live in the same city.
flaming here on isg what’s the point? is it some type of way to "get off" :confused:

[url]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php? term=get+off[/url] [/quote]

[quote=] assume that this is not some sort of playground challenge or threat because that would really be funny. do grow up, my boy. i would sooner jump the bones of my first wife than to consort in public with a character such as yourself. you must learn to separate fantasy from reality – the japes we get up to on these boards are fun but fantasy. do you maybe not understand this? [/quote]

talk about hurt feelings the guy has been taking back-handed swipes over the last few months. i wonder why? he recently called me a black ass hole. i have been wondering why i just couldn’t be an old fashion asshole (even got pm from a prominent member of color asking me about it) :) crying because i called another guy old.

he sent me a pm criticizing me for hanging out with the criminals i grew up around in my american slum but yet he looks for 1000php virgins in china town, rides jeepneys to feel up unsuspecting filipinas and uses la café girls as urinals. :)

[quote=] i may be a masochist but i actually enjoy traveling on public transport. it must be the close proximity of all those lovely young pinays. i have, on two memorable occasions, even 'trapped' on jeepneys. it is easy when you have some young lovelies body almost draped over you, to strike up casual conversation. and the girls who use jeepneys are the 'poor' girls, shopgirls, maids etc, who often would just love to meet wealthy foreigners.

the next step up is fx's which involves an even tighter squeeze, but i have stopped using these, as, a couple of years ago, i suspect i caught whooping cough on one of them. too many people in an enclosed space. [/quote]

x i pm you to keep our little playground antics off the board but you seem to want to take it here all the time don’t know why? no problem. i rather meet you two in person than discuss things here. now that’s what a tough guy would do.

Warbucks, I guess you're ready to take that shit to the streets pinoy style. Funny that lately the pinoys have been fucking mongers up, rocks to face and such awful shit. But a monger fight we have yet to see. Actually, most mongers seem to shit their pants and runaway instead of going toe to toe with the local ladyboys. This is what a monger fight looks like. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WySPFDW2pfQ[/url]

[QUOTE=Chocha Monger]Warbucks, I guess you're ready to take that shit to the streets pinoy style. Funny that lately the pinoys have been fucking mongers up, rocks to face and such awful shit. But a monger fight we have yet to see. Actually, most mongers seem to shit their pants and runaway instead of going toe to toe with the local ladyboys. This is what a monger fight looks like. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WySPFDW2pfQ[/url][/QUOTE]

CM that video had me ROTFLMAO but man no violence. I am in my prime and a avid weight-lifter, “they anit got nothing for me” in that department. On the other hand I have a lot to live for. Decent job, government credentials and overall just content where I am in life to fuck it all up fighting in the streets of a third world country with two guys old enough to be my father over some insults here. Just would be nice to see if they like to talk shit in person. Somehow I doubt it.

[QUOTE=Warbucks]When I am 52 and have a family I hope I am not spending my “golden years” arguing with some guy I never met over the internet.

Crying because I called another guy old.[/QUOTE]Mr warbucks.

Theres a few here in their " golden years "... moi included.

Age and the validity of contribution are not related.

Having some limited, and vicarious experience with what happens when expats "get physical" in public, I strongly suggest that none of you even consider it, whether with other expats or with the locals. This opens the door for lots of misery and there's just no upside. Kick back, enjoy the life here and what it has do offer, and whether you're 25 or 75, don't let the insults made in cyberspace by faceless people disturb your tranquillity. It's not worth it and they who would taunt others from the quiet safety of their computer screens aren't worth anything more than a little contempt.

GE

[QUOTE=Warbucks]X I PM you to keep our little playground antics off the board but you seem to want to take it here all the time don’t know why? No problem. I rather meet you two in person than discuss things here. Now that’s what a tough guy would do.[/QUOTE]This is probably the best description I can find for this behavior :

Troll
1c. Noun
A member of an internet forum who continually harangues and harasses others. Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them. Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned.

In any event it has been going on since I have been on this board with little sign of abating. Not worth wasting valuable time or mental energy on IMHO. Ignore filters are helpful..

I just buried my dad in May (melanoma) and last week my stepfather has just been given 4 months to live (pancreatic cancer). Sure makes you conscious not to waste your life on responding to trolling...

AV

Yes, D'etat has contacted me directly via pm. He often sounds very logical in the beginning but then veers off to some indirect insult (or sarcasm) in the latter part. I appreciate his pm because he is trying to communicate with me, but often what he says in PM is so different from what he says here public.

I'm not trying to drag out any animosity, but my recollection is that I was called an ass. Yes, an "ASS". I responded to that in a way I thought was rather tame. But now D'etat presents a completely different scenary which seems to imply that I am the aggressor.

Warbucks / D'etat / Illogic.....what did I do wrong? someone calls me a name and I responded.

Yea, we can meet. Ummm, you in Dubai and I'm in Tokyo. Shall I give you my address?

X Man

[QUOTE=Warbucks]The reason I don’t call out guys indirectly as I told X via PM because I don’t enjoy flame wars. It disturbs the board and creates an overall unsatisfactory atmosphere which the Admin has to come and correct because a bunch of adult males can’t get along on a virtual forum kind of sad when you think about. Not as sad though as guy in “golden years” who get a rush out of arguing behind a keyboard.

The guys that do I suspect enjoy flame wars are so cowardly and weak in real life so they get some type of excitement out of bothering people here. When I am 52 and have a family I hope I am not spending my “golden years” arguing with some guy I never met over the internet.

I have opened the door for this one guy in particular to meet in real life because I am just tired of the back and forth here but he said no need as this is all fantasy so we can say what we want to say here with no repercussions. Spoken like a true internet tough guy.

[url]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=internet+tough+guy[/url]




Talk about hurt feelings the guy has been taking back-handed swipes over the last few months. I wonder why? He recently called me a Black ass hole. I have been wondering why I just couldn’t be an old fashion asshole (even got PM from a prominent member of color asking me about it) :) Crying because I called another guy old.

He sent me a PM criticizing me for hanging out with the criminals I grew up around in my American slum but yet he looks for 1000PHP virgins in China town, rides Jeepneys to feel up unsuspecting Filipinas and uses LA Café girls as urinals. :)



X I PM you to keep our little playground antics off the board but you seem to want to take it here all the time don’t know why? No problem. I rather meet you two in person than discuss things here. Now that’s what a tough guy would do.[/QUOTE]