Manila

[QUOTE=WickedRoger;1797513]If you had RTFF you see lots of information about Davao from where to stay, to eat and where the bars are and if some have naked girls dancing. Also plenty of information on where the college girls hang out plus lots of other great advice.

Also look at the DS forum as many including myself post there as well.

So 42 FRs, many questions little give lots take = manager as you could not have RTFF and come away with nothing. Not possible.

So spend 30 minutes read back and you find all you need. It really is that simple if you try. I did for my first newbie trip to Manila and after a while I had a good data base of idea and then I asked a few questions to clarify. Loso 69 did on his maiden trip to Abu Dhabi. Can be done but needs effort and not a manager attitude.[/QUOTE]Here's an idea. If you don't want to help out with an answer, skip the post. You sound like a broken record. Which is way more bothersome than any question I've read on here. Is there a rule here that says you must reprimand everyone who posts? Just ignore it. Try it one time. You might like it.

Hoza

[QUOTE=Skogis;1797486]Naia's bulletscam have nothing to do with a russian jet...the bullet planting scheme takes place long time before and are not attached to the airlines.[/QUOTE]Yes the bullet scam scheme seems to be (mostly?) done at the airport entrance. So anyone coming and thinking to get their luggage wrapped, I believe that is done Inside the terminal, after the initial screening. The initial screeners are part of the chain of custody of all your luggage.

These scams are being done by Office of Transportation Security (OTS), personnel. I understand the agency was created by the president, and the boss is a former security officer for him. Now US flag carriers probably screen checked luggage again before it is loaded in aircraft.

But what US Homeland defense must be considering is, a lack of confidence in the OTS personnel. Is OTC in place on the back side of the terminal? Guarding employee access, the gates, baggage handling, etc? Is OTC doing the background checks on airport personnel? I don't know, their web site is not clear about their duties. Homeland defense may not understand, like the PI gov does, that the bullet scams are just "good old boy" stuff and not dangerous to flights.

I am thinking Homeland Defense will quietly tell them to knock if off (the bullet scams), or they will stop the US-bound flights because of a lack of trust in the system. The Egypt crash it points out to the US / UK, etc that airport backside security is too slack.

I remember seeing one of the news reports, an airline security spokeman was saying "we can't check everything all the time, so we rely on our people looking out for each other". That's funny.

[QUOTE=Hoza1;1798171]Here's an idea. If you don't want to help out with an answer, skip the post. You sound like a broken record. Which is way more bothersome than any question I've read on here. Is there a rule here that says you must reprimand everyone who posts? Just ignore it. Try it one time. You might like it.

Hoza[/QUOTE]To newbies and questioners.

If you don't have time to rtff and weed out the endless and sometimes needless chatter and you have limited time, my suggestion is to hire a local tour guide for the latest and up to date information. 8 out of 10 taxi drivers can serve your basic needs. Some doormen have good connections. Also there are women tour guides who advertise on CL that can provide what you need and answers to your questions.

Good luck.

What can we learn from your posts history? Selfish, lazy and with poor reasoning skills. Ready for promotion Sir!

[QUOTE=Hoza1;1798171]Here's an idea. If you don't want to help out with an answer, skip the post. You sound like a broken record. Which is way more bothersome than any question I've read on here. Is there a rule here that says you must reprimand everyone who posts? Just ignore it. Try it one time. You might like it.

Hoza[/QUOTE]Here is another idea, if you do not like WR (or me or anyone else) you can filter out those posters. Unfortunately you cannot do that with the dozens of low posts morons asking lazy questions (yes that would be you I guess).

[QUOTE=Hoza1;1798144]Go back 50 pages. Brilliant. It must be nice to have the free time you have. You must be a government employee. It's 2015. We're in a time of convenience. Immediate information. Going back 50 pages is so 1950's. You probably still pay your bills via snail mail if I had to guess.

How about just answering the question. That would've save you some time I suspect.

Hoza[/QUOTE]Here is another idea, if there were not so many useless posts you may not need to go back 50 pages.

And no, answering all the repeated questions from the very special snowflakes (yes that would be you I guess) who need their own answer to a question that has been asked maybe dozens of times would only reward that behavior saving no time at all for the rest of the members.

[QUOTE=Hoza1;1798132]Thanks for the RTFF tip. Haven't heard that one before. Funny how some people assume because they have all the time in the world to sit on a forum. Everyone else must too. Here's the thing. And it's been explained previously. Since you spend so much time RTFF and knew about my viagra question 25 forums away, I'm surprised you haven't committed my previous explanation to memory. The search engine is not very efficient. I don't have time to wade through an 11,000 post thread, hunting and pecking for the few morsels of detail I'm looking for. Perhaps when I'm retired, as I'm guessing you must be, I'll read this forum cover to cover as well. But that's years off.
[/QUOTE]Funny how some people think that are people are there just to attend their needs. For free. That and the fact that you are too cheap to get PM makes me think you must be coming from some kind of Socialist paradise.

See my previous explanation why avoiding repeated questions makes sense (hint, there are more people in the forum than you).

[QUOTE=Hoza1;1798132]I get a kick out of the forum lifers who actually think the desired approach to having an interesting forum is to discourage people from posting. I'm sure that's what the owner of this forum strives for. A forum where nobody posts. Perhaps you'd be more entertained by opening up a blank word document and spending your days and nights staring at that. As for me. I enjoy the questions. Asking and answering. After all. I thought we were here to help each other out?[/QUOTE]This is the only thing you will get out of this then. That and a sticky keyboard I guess. And no, the goal is not to prevent people from posting. The goal is to prevent people from asking individual questions, posts should be either informative or follow up specific questions that elicit additional information.

[QUOTE=Hoza1;1798132] And now. For no other reason than to ruin your day. Here is a question for anyone less offended by such things. Since I have a limited amount of "free" time. And I have specific standards. Pretty, nubile, drug / disease free. Is it better to go to Burgos or Edsa. Or is it pretty much the same? I'd like to see if there's a consensus on this one. Or just luck of the draw.

Hoza.[/QUOTE]Ask your sister.

Just updated my Uber app and a pop-up says they are running an experiment to accept cash payments in Manila. "If you don't see the CASH option yet, don't worry. This will be gradually rolled out to more riders soon. Double check your payment method before requesting a ride. ".

If you didn't know, as of two months ago, Uber does not support trips to Angeles or Subic, or anywhere outside Metro Manila. I know because I tried three times on my last arrival. I learned:

Uber drivers are 'hovering' around outside the terminals. I put in a request to SUBIC, and each time a driver took the request in seconds. I know they are notified of my destination because I had Uber do an "estimate" for Subic and 2), on one drivers car I saw my destination indicated on his phone. So they are jumping on ride requests without even looking at the destination.

Each time, when the driver showed up, and I affirmed I was going to Subic, they backed out. One offered to take me to the city limits and leave me there!

Mild scam alert: one driver had started the "trip" before he arrived. Of course that "start the meter early" bit is an old one. I got a refund from Uber promptly.

I don't know when / how we will ever know when they are ready to take fares to AC or Subic. AC at least should be lucrative for them. The white taxis do that a lot.

[QUOTE=Hoza1;1798171]Here's an idea. If you don't want to help out with an answer, skip the post. You sound like a broken record. Which is way more bothersome than any question I've read on here. Is there a rule here that says you must reprimand everyone who posts? Just ignore it. Try it one time. You might like it.

Hoza[/QUOTE]While it may seem rude to you, when someone responds with "RTFF", they are doing you a favor, a much bigger favor than simply ignoring the question.

Most forum questions are more complex than a simple yes or no, and they usually lead to followup questions. Beyond the questions there's often important information that is not covered.

Example: Is this hotel GF? Yes. Are the rooms nice? Yes. Are there any good bars nearby? Yes. Any FLs in the area? Yes. Great, sounds perfect.

Once you get there you discover most of the bars are either gay or ladyboy bars, same with the FLs, the rooms are great but there's no hot water, and there's construction next door that starts at 7 am, all of which was covered 6 weeks ago. Instead of 8 posts, over a period of 2 days, 10 minutes of searching would have, not only answered your questions, but given the information needed to make a better decision. Once armed with that information, you can ask better questions to fill in the gaps.

Perhaps you're young enough to have grown up in the instant gratification age. You're missing out by not taking the time to find the answers. You end up following the herd, going to the same dead spots and waiting in line for your 15 minutes with the same old, worn out women.

[QUOTE=JjBee62;1798360]While it may seem rude to you, when someone responds with "RTFF", they are doing you a favor, a much bigger favor than simply ignoring the question.

Most forum questions are more complex than a simple yes or no, and they usually lead to followup questions. Beyond the questions there's often important information that is not covered.[/QUOTE]I could not have come up with a better answer. This should be a must-read for newbies.

[QUOTE=Dg8787;1798213]To newbies and questioners.

If you don't have time to rtff and weed out the endless and sometimes needless chatter and you have limited time, my suggestion is to hire a local tour guide for the latest and up to date information. 8 out of 10 taxi drivers can serve your basic needs. Some doormen have good connections. Also there are women tour guides who advertise on CL that can provide what you need and answers to your questions.

Good luck.[/QUOTE]Newbies are in luck today, so much great advice for them. Unfortunately, a few days from now, they may still need to RTFF or do a search. Aah, work work.

[QUOTE=Lefeu;1798397]Newbies are in luck today, so much great advice for them. Unfortunately, a few days from now, they may still need to RTFF or do a search. Aah, work work.[/QUOTE]I got a great job and don't have time for friggin work. Or was that RTFF?

[QUOTE=Kaywhy;1798417]I got a great job and don't have time for friggin work. Or was that RTFF?[/QUOTE]Ain't great that so many of us are on the dole and have so much time to better server our masters?

Regular readers of ISG will know that I strive to ignore those things in the Philippines that I cannot change, but right now, the total shut-down of Manila for 4 days is costing billions of dollars in lost revenue, airline cancellations not to mention peoples' anger and well-being.

Even people in Cavite being forced to walk because of the traffic.

This is the best advice

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/pnp-want-avoid-traffic-stay-000000928.html?linkId=18804824

[QUOTE=RedKilt;1801640]Regular readers of ISG will know that I strive to ignore those things in the Philippines that I cannot change, but right now, the total shut-down of Manila for 4 days is costing billions of dollars in lost revenue, airline cancellations not to mention peoples' anger and well-being.[/QUOTE]I was thinking the same thing as my car crept through the trapic. But then I thought it might be a stroke of genius (like Wile E Coyote). These APEC visitors will be thinking how good the economy and situation here must be that they can shut down the entire city whenever such dignitaries or the Pope fly in, so it must be a great place to invest? Just as long as they don't get a sniff of Terminal 1, it just might work. Enjoy the Philippines, AsianRain.

[QUOTE=RedKilt;1801640]Regular readers of ISG will know that I strive to ignore those things in the Philippines that I cannot change, but right now, the total shut-down of Manila for 4 days is costing billions of dollars in lost revenue, airline cancellations not to mention peoples' anger and well-being.

Even people in Cavite being forced to walk because of the traffic.

This is the best advice

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/pnp-want-avoid-traffic-stay-000000928.html?linkId=18804824[/QUOTE]LOL. I think that I made the right call scarpering off to LOS for 10 days!

[QUOTE=RedKilt;1801640]Regular readers of ISG will know that I strive to ignore those things in the Philippines that I cannot change, but right now, the total shut-down of Manila for 4 days is costing billions of dollars in lost revenue, airline cancellations not to mention peoples' anger and well-being.

Even people in Cavite being forced to walk because of the traffic.

This is the best advice

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/pnp-want-avoid-traffic-stay-000000928.html?linkId=18804824[/QUOTE]Good point RK. APEC is held elsewhere but nowhere I know closes an airport etc because of it. Imagine closing New York every time there was an important meeting of world leaders.

This article from today's Philstar supports your comment.

[URL]http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/11/19/1523558/airlines-suffer-2-b-losses-apec[/URL]

It is undoubtedly more and what a show case for the country.

[QUOTE=WickedRoger;1802483]Good point RK. APEC is held elsewhere but nowhere I know closes an airport etc because of it. Imagine closing New York every time there was an important meeting of world leaders.

This article from today's Philstar supports your comment.

[URL]http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/11/19/1523558/airlines-suffer-2-b-losses-apec[/URL]

It is undoubtedly more and what a show case for the country.[/QUOTE]To Wicked Roger.

The Philippines Government have poor transportation system and Infrastrusure, they wonder why they lose the FIBA basketball game and the Asians games to other country don't know why do they really want to show the World how bad they are.

Fast eddie 48.