Stupid shit in Medellin

**JjBee62** · 02-10-22 14:56

Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]

LOL. Are you trying to hint to us that Catwoman is your alter ego? What brought about this rant? I think you have the wrong person. For the 100th time, I am NOT anti-vax, I am pro-choice. I am not anti you fucking hookers without condoms, I am not anti you eating hookers out. My stance is that should be your choice.

I never said a vaccine should not have been tried. I said it should be left to the individual whether they wanted to receive it or not and things such as benefits or employment should not be held over their head for them choosing not to undergo said medical procedure. You are showing who is really coo coo for cocoa puffs around here.

LOL. Dude you are a funny mf!

Now I am going back to my vaccine board where we discuss hookers.

I've asked this before and am still waiting for an answer. Nurses and doctors are required to get a flu shot every year, or they lose their job and benefits. Food service workers in many states are required to be certified free of infectious disease before they can be hired. Teachers require certifications. Even truck drivers are required to pass a physical at least every 2 years. Why hasn't anyone, who is speaking out now about vaccination requirements, been arguing about the loss of "choice" which is a part of many occupations? Why weren't you speaking out 20 years ago about all of the required vaccinations for members of the military?

Why only now speak out about 1 vaccine, when you haven't mentioned any of the other vaccine mandates, some which have been around for 50 years or more?

**Huacho** · 02-10-22 14:55

Originally Posted by ElPostino [View Original Post]

Airlines in US are worst when it comes to squeezing every penny out of customers.

Not even close. Ryan Air? Pay to use the toilet? Pay for a glass of tap water? Hello?

**JjBee62** · 02-10-22 03:09

Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]

Exactly. How much has the price of rent increased? How much has the price of a taxi ride increased?

I can tell you that for the last 14 years I have been paying $125 per month for my place in Thailand. For the last 14 years I have been paying $30 for a taxi from the Bangkok airport to my place an hour and a half away in Pattaya. Likewise, for the last 14 years I have been giving the chicks in Thailand $30 for all night.

If the price of other things are not going up, then why would the price of pussy, except for the bearing of outisde forces? If there was no internet for chicks to get money with minimal effort, and no foreigners coming in paying more because it is their money and they are on vacation, then the price of pussy in Colombia would have remained the same if the price of everything else remained the same.

Wrong continent, wrong country. First thing, the exchange rate for the Thai Baht has been quite stable from 2008-2022, with a low of about 3137 and a high of around 3610. That's a maximum variation of about 15%. The Colombian peso had a low in 2008 of 1710 and has exceeded 4000 a maximum variation of about 140%. It's not surprising you pay the same in dollars in Thailand.

Using data from the US, in 2015 the median price for rent was $694. In 2020 the median price is $1104. Although prices in Medellin haven't risen quite as much. The price of food has gone up. The price of transportation and clothing has gone up. And the value of the dollar has gone up.

What that means is that mongers, at least from the US are spending less money for the same things, even if they are spending more pesos. Meanwhile, the Colombians are receiving the same amount or slightly more, but paying more for the same things.

The price of taxis has gone up quite a bit in Medellin. Although it varies, it increases around 8% per year. Metro and bus prices have also increased. I just looked up the apartment I was in in 2017. It went from 1. 6 million pesos to 2. 2 million, a 38% increase in 5 years. For a Colombian that's a big jump. For a gringo it went from $800 per month to $550 per month.

I repeat, if prices have gone up (they have) and the exchange rate has gone up (it has), then a price increase (in Medellin, which is in Colombia, not in Pattaya which is in Thailand) is expected and with the favorable exchange rates, you're still paying less.

**Elvis 2008** · 02-09-22 22:37

Originally Posted by ElPostino [View Original Post]

I would think other way. Fares can go up to pay for acquisition cost and premium. More consolidation and more monopoly. Airlines in US are worst when it comes to squeezing every penny out of customers. With lame and disgusting service and facilities. Hope we have foreign airliens in domestic routes. Like foreign cars providing quality cars than local.

ElPostino, it depends on how you do it. What I have seen is that consumers are savvy about fares but not as much else. I flew Viva from Miami to Medellin to Cartagena my last trip. I think the fare was $100 but my carry on cost $95 total ($60 to Cartagena, $35 to Miami with United) one way. Parking was $140 for six days away, and after that, I thought I have to do a better job of planning.

I will park off airport to save in the future and reserve in advance. With the bag fees, there is a United credit card with one year no annual fee and if you use it for your flight, you get one free bag.

With American, I used my miles to get gold status versus a flight and am glad I did. The free bags are worth doing that alone, but I am always in the first half to board, and I also get upgrades to business class domestically when there is an open seat which has been about half the time lately. Also, you get free bags when you use jetblue. My favorite flight to Cartagena is on Jet Blue from Fort Lauderdale.

It is a shame I paid cash for my bag because I just learned American Express Platinum will rebate you $200 on baggage fees if you use their card. I will use that with Spirit and Viva in the future. Amex also rebates you the $100 for Global Entry and TSA precheck. Those two items are almost worth the $695 annual fee, but when you toss in the access to airport lounges, that probably makes the card worth it to me.

The AMEX platinum puts you to gold status automatically with Marriott and Hilton gold and for $89 a year, you can get an IHG card that puts you in the platinum category for Intercontinental hotels and Holiday Inns (don't laugh on HI some places are pretty nice).

These perks have really made flying and staying in hotels cheaper and IMO much better.

**Osteoknot** · 02-09-22 22:37

Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]

As other posters have mentioned before, it is you that seem to be on a planet that is not earth so I guess it would seem to you I am on a different planet being that I am fully grounded here on earth. Everyone realizes this is all due to you getting high before jumping on the website sir..

I'll take the rest of the universe, jeje. Glad you are so tuned in that you can speak for everyone. I'll remember that. Thanks.

P.S. Please, no Sirs, here. Just friends and lovers.

**RamDavidson84** · 02-09-22 20:38

Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]

Less competition usually leads to higher prices.

No competition leads to higher prices, not less competition. Spirit / Frontier will only make up 5% of the American market, still plenty of competition they will have to compete against, usually with more routes and cheaper fairs. I am not an airline expert, but that would be my best guess. I certainly wouldn't mind more flights to Caribbean, Mexico, and Colombia.

**Mr Enternational** · 02-09-22 18:15

Originally Posted by Lefeu [View Original Post]

I remember in college, they taught us that price increase is due to inflation. So, if there is zero inflation, or worse deflation, then it's not so absurd to expect prices to stay stable or even decline.

Exactly. How much has the price of rent increased? How much has the price of a taxi ride increased?

I can tell you that for the last 14 years I have been paying $125 per month for my place in Thailand. For the last 14 years I have been paying $30 for a taxi from the Bangkok airport to my place an hour and a half away in Pattaya. Likewise, for the last 14 years I have been giving the chicks in Thailand $30 for all night.

If the price of other things are not going up, then why would the price of pussy, except for the bearing of outisde forces? If there was no internet for chicks to get money with minimal effort, and no foreigners coming in paying more because it is their money and they are on vacation, then the price of pussy in Colombia would have remained the same if the price of everything else remained the same.

**Mr Enternational** · 02-09-22 18:03

Originally Posted by ElPostino [View Original Post]

Airlines in US are worst when it comes to squeezing every penny out of customers. With lame and disgusting service and facilities.

You may think that until you travel around and get a broader perspective. Once I got in a plane in the Philippines and they would not even let me use the toilet until we got into the air. In Japan an airline made me pay $45 to check in one of those grocery store recycled bags because I already had a backpack and 2 carry on bags was not allowed.

Originally Posted by ElPostino [View Original Post]

Hope we have foreign airliens in domestic routes. Like foreign cars providing quality cars than local.

That is pretty much illegal in most countries.

**Lefeu** · 02-09-22 17:47

Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]

...I'll never understand the absurd notion that the price of pussy should never increase...

I remember in college, they taught us that price increase is due to inflation. So, if there is zero inflation, or worse deflation, then it's not so absurd to expect prices to stay stable or even decline. I think the world has experienced both at one time or another.

**ElPostino** · 02-09-22 17:13

Originally Posted by RamDavidson84 [View Original Post]

May lead to cheaper flights to Medellin.

I would think other way. Fares can go up to pay for acquisition cost and premium. More consolidation and more monopoly. Airlines in US are worst when it comes to squeezing every penny out of customers. With lame and disgusting service and facilities. Hope we have foreign airliens in domestic routes. Like foreign cars providing quality cars than local.

**Mr Enternational** · 02-09-22 15:17

Originally Posted by RamDavidson84 [View Original Post]

May lead to cheaper flights to Medellin.

Less competition usually leads to higher prices.

**Mr Enternational** · 02-09-22 15:10

Originally Posted by Osteoknot [View Original Post]

I admit to not reading your posts very closely or understanding some of what you write. Sounds like the same for me with you, it feels like you are coming from a different planet sometimes.

As other posters have mentioned before, it is you that seem to be on a planet that is not earth so I guess it would seem to you I am on a different planet being that I am fully grounded here on earth. Everyone realizes this is all due to you getting high before jumping on the website sir.

Originally Posted by Osteoknot [View Original Post]

Oh, and we got majorly fucked up on Tussi both times we connected.

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**Elvis 2008** · 02-09-22 14:58

Originally Posted by MarquisdeSade1 [View Original Post]

https://www.newsmax.com/finance/stre...08/id/1056079/

Yeah, that is the good news. Here is the bad: https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/p...afety-data-may.

Two weeks ago, the FDA begged a Texas judge to delay production on the first monthly batch of 55,000 pages of Covid-19 vaccine data submitted to the agency by Pfizer. Originally, the agency was set to produce just 500 pages-per-month.

Now, Pfizer. Which just forecast $54 billion in Covid-related sales in 2022, appears to be anticipating some bad news, as evidenced by several redline changes in their Q4 earnings releases.

As Rubicon Capital's Kelly Brown notes on Twitter, the changes center around disclosures of unfavorable safety data.

For example, in Q4 they added: "or further information regarding the quality of pre-clinical, clinical or safety data, including by audit or inspection."

The company also notes that Covid-19 may "diminish in severity or prevalence, or disappear entirely."

What's behind the curtain, Pfizer?

End of quote.

Despite the question, we know what is behind the curtain. The vaccines are not safe, and their efficacy is way overblown.

**MarquisdeSade1** · 02-09-22 07:43

Originally Posted by Elvis2008 [View Original Post]

Why is that no one will give you any shit for being wrong about a percentage? LOL. Looks like Canada has some issues.

The number counting with Covid is so fucked up Jimmy Dore did a comedy skit about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_HHKttO3yM.

Then the UK released some numbers with Covid and they were all over the damned place depending on if you wanted to count morbidities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O7ugdwv3iY

So it is pretty clear that the numbers on Covid are being put out there to justify whatever policy the government wants versus being accurate, something I have been harping to you math nuts all the time. The numbers are shit.

https://www.newsmax.com/finance/stre...08/id/1056079/