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[Goferring]

https://manilastandard.net/news/3146...rted-dilg.html#google_vignette.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2...rving-his-time

The above two stories are about a Russian vlogger who is being deported to Russia after serving his prison term. There is another asshole going around the Philippines and Thailand, asking women if they are ladies or ladyboys. Amd giving them a present, which is a condom. Let's hope he gets the same treatment.

Vitaly must of paid a tonne of cash to be released. It looked like they were going to lock him up and throw away the key there for a while and it was totally justifies given his actions. Personally, I would have preferred to see him held for a loooong time but someone from the BI / PNP must have decided to cash out. A shame really.

Simmi from Prolife Traveller was also arrested, declared Persona Non Grata and "self deported" after posting many sketchy videos around Duma.

Nuisance or Prank vloggers get no sympathy from me.

[Jarango]

https://manilastandard.net/news/3146...rted-dilg.html#google_vignette.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2...rving-his-time

The above two stories are about a Russian vlogger who is being deported to Russia after serving his prison term. There is another asshole going around the Philippines and Thailand, asking women if they are ladies or ladyboys. Amd giving them a present, which is a condom. Let's hope he gets the same treatment.

[Old And Ugly]

https://www.thespruce.com/use-dog-repellents-2132575

You might find this link useful. I don't like all this humane stuff, like they object to some smell or other (they lick each other's arses ffs). My probme is mice under wooden floorboards and coming in through the garage, as I'll soon be back in Angeles. I have found sirens and smells useless and I have found the old reliable mouse trap the best.

I have a pole of rat poison and there are neghbours with dogs I don't like.

I did make my own bone meal and gave it to neghbours for fertiliser. Dogs immediately went for it.

Secure your garbage in a bin and drown the place in white vinegar. You could always divert them elsewhere, perhaps to some widow who won't 3 sum with you.

Cannot "gift" the dogs away, they're not mine, only they think so, and anyway the whole island is infested by them, owned and strays. No cats.

I have 4 trash bins, the biggest you can find here, but they are about the size of a big indoor one in the US, so they fill up pretty quick, especially that the trash collection times and days are a strongly guarded state secret here, so the trash is overflowing pretty quick, and the bags get ripped open by the vicious 4 legged creatures as soon as it gets dark.

Everybody seems to be just fine, with the trash, and the fucking dogs. If the bug spray works and they stay away from my patio I will settle for that.

[Goferring]

I didn't feed them, they helped themselves from my garbage bags in the far corner of the yard, but for some unknown reason they think that I'm their master, or something along that line. The dogs are barking at everybody passing by on the beach "protecting" me, and they started to bring me shoes from the neighbors, today I even got somebody's door mat.

Tonight I sprayed all the furniture with bug spray, and I think they don't like the smell, because I just checked and there is no dog on my patio.

Tomorrow I'm buying 5 more cans of cheap bug spray.

Airsoft guns at half pressure. You're not trying to kill any thing just a really good scare.

Works great for stray cats on heat too.

Don't ask me how I know. G.

[Jarango]

I didn't feed them, they helped themselves from my garbage bags in the far corner of the yard, but for some unknown reason they think that I'm their master, or something along that line. The dogs are barking at everybody passing by on the beach "protecting" me, and they started to bring me shoes from the neighbors, today I even got somebody's door mat.

Tonight I sprayed all the furniture with bug spray, and I think they don't like the smell, because I just checked and there is no dog on my patio.

Tomorrow I'm buying 5 more cans of cheap bug spray.

https://www.thespruce.com/use-dog-repellents-2132575

You might find this link useful. I don't like all this humane stuff, like they object to some smell or other (they lick each other's arses ffs). My probme is mice under wooden floorboards and coming in through the garage, as I'll soon be back in Angeles. I have found sirens and smells useless and I have found the old reliable mouse trap the best.

I have a pole of rat poison and there are neghbours with dogs I don't like.

I did make my own bone meal and gave it to neghbours for fertiliser. Dogs immediately went for it.

Secure your garbage in a bin and drown the place in white vinegar. You could always divert them elsewhere, perhaps to some widow who won't 3 sum with you.

[Old And Ugly]

I didn't feed them, they helped themselves from my garbage bags in the far corner of the yard, but for some unknown reason they think that I'm their master, or something along that line. The dogs are barking at everybody passing by on the beach "protecting" me, and they started to bring me shoes from the neighbors, today I even got somebody's door mat.

Tonight I sprayed all the furniture with bug spray, and I think they don't like the smell, because I just checked and there is no dog on my patio.

Tomorrow I'm buying 5 more cans of cheap bug spray.

[Old And Ugly]

It's just an idea, probably nothing will materialize out of it, as I run out of fresh pussy here. There is plenty of unexplored ones, but mostly fat ones or at least said chubby, I just tried one the other day, and on top of being chubby, was also a starfish, I wonder how my dick stayed up for the whole duration of the session. The BJ was good.

Also right now I'm dealing with a dog infestation, one neighbor has 10 and the other ones follow close in numbers. Every time I'm going out there are a hundred dogs sleeping on my front terrace on the furniture, even on the table. The dogs are even dumber than the owners, I kick them, and they have no reaction, just look at me with an imbecilic sight, if that's possible for an animal.

If it was rats would have been easier to deal with them, poison being the solution, but I can't do that to the fucking dogs. Right now I'm conducting chemical warfare betting on their sensitive sense of smell, I'm not sure will work, the ultrasound contraptions that I had tried before, doesn't seem to affect them, only my GF was complaining about it, apparently she can hear as high as 20 KHz. My old concerts battered ears go only up to about 12 KHz, then is all silence. I apologize to all the animal lovers here, but right now I hate the fucking for legged creatures, and their owners even more.

[WestCoast1]

I'm thinking about doing the same "mistake" , because with what I'm paying for rent in 4-5 years I can build a small house with all the necessary amenities. The one I'm renting now imitates the western standards, but was built by monkeys. The only thing holding me back is the frightening thought of settling down.

However if I do it I have a plan: buy it in my GF's name, but lease it from her for 20 years, and have a good lawyer involved to navigate the feudal PH laws, therefore no possible surprises if the "good is not good" anymore.

My point is why buy the property in someone else's name who is just a girl friend, whereas I fully agree if you marry her then buying under her name make sense. I would rather invest that money in some high yielding dividend stocks and use it to pay off your rent using the dividend.

I do like your idea of leasing it back from your GF, not sure how feasible it is as I am not sure about the laws in PH.

The property you lease can be anyone's, not just your GF. That way if the relationship doesn't work out, the girl is out (not you). Generally the lease will be valid for the contractual time. Lawyer suggested. Also keep in mind that Phils has a common-law marriage system for non-married partners, making each responsible for the couple's assets and debts.

[Yendappu]

My point is why buy the property in someone else's name who is just a girl friend, whereas I fully agree if you marry her then buying under her name make sense. I would rather invest that money in some high yielding dividend stocks and use it to pay off your rent using the dividend.

However if I do it I have a plan: buy it in my GF's name, but lease it from her for 20 years, and have a good lawyer involved to navigate the feudal PH laws, therefore no possible surprises if the "good is not good" anymore.

I do like your idea of leasing it back from your GF, not sure how feasible it is as I am not sure about the laws in PH.

[PhilJoy]

I'm thinking about doing the same "mistake" , because with what I'm paying for rent in 4-5 years I can build a small house with all the necessary amenities. The one I'm renting now imitates the western standards, but was built by monkeys. The only thing holding me back is the frightening thought of settling down.

However if I do it I have a plan: buy it in my GF's name, but lease it from her for 20 years, and have a good lawyer involved to navigate the feudal PH laws, therefore no possible surprises if the "good is not good" anymore.

It's all very risky Ugly and the Phil's legal system is surprising to say the least.

Not that I'm really in a position to offer advice, but I have been told, that buying a condo can be done in your name.

You may have to check the legals on that.

_ Phil.

[Yendappu]

That might be due to selection bias. Most people tend not to share their failures publicly, while they're happy to gloat about their successes. So the stories we hear in person are often the positive ones, while the horror stories surface more online (where anonymity makes it easier to open up).

Lots of expats where I am, all did the same "mistake" none were scammed so far. Some have young filipinas, some have older filipinas as companions, I don't know if they "wifed" them or not.

Never heard of horror stories, except of the internet.

[Old And Ugly]

Chiming in. Same to report here. Know many expats who are settled down with their pinay partner or wife, no such difficulties. Land grabs from rotten filipinas (or their families) are the exception, not the rule. However, all the nice expats that I know here who have purchased such land in her name, are at her mercy. Rose colored glasses or not, the situation is always precarious.

As they say: Its all good. Until its not.

I'm thinking about doing the same "mistake" , because with what I'm paying for rent in 4-5 years I can build a small house with all the necessary amenities. The one I'm renting now imitates the western standards, but was built by monkeys. The only thing holding me back is the frightening thought of settling down.

However if I do it I have a plan: buy it in my GF's name, but lease it from her for 20 years, and have a good lawyer involved to navigate the feudal PH laws, therefore no possible surprises if the "good is not good" anymore.

[Chocha Monger]

Chiming in. Same to report here. Know many expats who are settled down with their pinay partner or wife, no such difficulties. Land grabs from rotten filipinas (or their families) are the exception, not the rule. However, all the nice expats that I know here who have purchased such land in her name, are at her mercy. Rose colored glasses or not, the situation is always precarious.

As they say: Its all good. Until its not.

The expat has his neck in a noose and prays that the Pinay does not kick the chair from under him. He spends the rest of his life on death row. The Pinay and her family holds all the cards, and he must tiptoe on eggshells like a good little lad or else.

[WestCoast1]

Lots of expats where I am, all did the same "mistake" none were scammed so far. Some have young filipinas, some have older filipinas as companions, I don't know if they "wifed" them or not.

Never heard of horror stories, except of the internet.

Chiming in. Same to report here. Know many expats who are settled down with their pinay partner or wife, no such difficulties. Land grabs from rotten filipinas (or their families) are the exception, not the rule. However, all the nice expats that I know here who have purchased such land in her name, are at her mercy. Rose colored glasses or not, the situation is always precarious.

As they say: Its all good. Until its not.

[Dg8787]

True, everyone thinks their girl is different and the horror stories don't apply to them. The trouble is that for every horror story that makes the news there are a hundred silent successful long term relationships. I've got many friends who have lived happily ever after for decades. The guys we've been discussing can't see which category they are going to join.

Your comment about a well worn path to disaster applies equally to the successful ones as well. They both have glaring neon signs as indicators and no one is surprised when they succeed or fail..

Well said. 1000's of successful relationships. About 8 years ago I had an attempted scam on me. First she was pregnant and then had complications and was hospitalized. Constant request for money.

I asked for proof and she got abusive about not trusting her. This is where I go silent. Then in a day she again angrily ask for help. I reminded her to go to local lab for blood draw pregnancy test. Again she angrily accused me of calling her a liar.

A few days later she says she in a province because of hiding the family shame and doesn't know where a lab is. I stay silent. A week later says she is in hospital and needs money for the hospital. I say send me admission papers. Finally she makes a fake hospital admission slip with a fake hospital name pasted on it. I laugh to myself as I see the Angeles zip code of 2009 on it.

Then constant nagging requests for money guilt me about not caring about her and the baby.

A month later tells me the baby died and need money for the hospital and funeral. I tell her I don't believe you and good bye.

Hard to get scammed if you vet out the information and use common sense.

Other than that one they have been mostly sweethearts.