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OMG - forgot to mention our Fire Service.
Guy who lives next door is a firefighter. we are in the middle of a drought expected to last until at least June in the south. however, being in the service has a few perks - the main one currently seems to be bringing your tender home at 04.30 and topping off your tanks. i may have to speak to him about this - i'm all good at the minute but a bit more water can't hurt can it?
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I didn't make the dress code mistake. I know how hot they are on that type of thing from when I took Madam to the Philippine Embassy in KL to sort out some paperwork or other. I wondered why she was wearing a long dress and a full sleeved blouse but then I sat in the car watching anyone who wasn't dressed "modestly" just turned away at the gate. So yes, shirt and long trousers - my immigration uniform - were the order of the day.
Mine's restricted to auto as well, but as the chances of ever buying a manual are very slim, even if I wanted to (and in Manila traffic that's a no), so I don't think it's an issue for me. If it becomes one, then no problem, a few Peso will add it.
I must admit, in hindsight, that I'm sorry I didn't ask for the practical test. I'd love to have seen what it consisted of. But I was thirsty and the chief examiner was already looking a bit jaded with Kuya keeping the hurry-up pressure on (my Boss very busy man), so I didn't want to push my luck!
funny you should mention the fire brigade doing that. There's a little school I can see from my balcony and every night one of the local brigade water tankers pulls up outside and pumps water into the header tank. Nothing underhand about it as it will arrive, and park, with all its lights, bells and whistles on so you couldn't mistake it for anything else. I think they work on the basis, "We've got 'em, let's use 'em"!
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I had forgotten "Dress Codes".
Years ago I was refused entry into the hotel restaurant for not wearing a tie.....But the "Star Hotel" in Botswana had more waiters than guests and a menu - when you eliminated all the items that were not available, was fish and chips!
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Tis the eyes being too close together that's the clue  It's okay, I've modded the '38 to suit!  Could nearly pass for a private plate . " El George "  |
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Todos con Lorca
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Mar 10, 2016 21:02:16 GMT
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I had forgotten "Dress Codes". Years ago I was refused entry into the hotel restaurant for not wearing a tie.....But the "Star Hotel" in Botswana had more waiters than guests and a menu - when you eliminated all the items that were not available, was fish and chips! No dress code, but a few years ago I was on a job in Jamaica (one of the great things about my work has been spending other people's money to find all the places in the world I wouldn't want to spend my own!) and was in the only - and very crappy - hotel in town. They had a huge menu that was pages long but the only thing ever available was jerk Chicken. I was advised not to be in the bar after dark and the rooms had no windows, just shutters. So ten days of mosquitos, bloody jerk chicken and reggae from the live band under my room. No, I won't be going back! Could nearly pass for a private plate . " El George " It would have to have foldee wings, carrier style, to get into the parking slot! |
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Mar 10, 2016 22:50:01 GMT
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Could nearly pass for a private plate . " El George " It would have to have foldee wings, carrier style, to get into the parking slot! I believe he said plate, not plane.  However, to get the rest of the plate to say El Giiiorge, it might need to fold. D: |
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Mar 10, 2016 23:01:57 GMT
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I believe he said plate, not plane. However, to get the rest of the plate to say El Giiiorge, it might need to fold. D: Bloody hell, so it does! Early Onset San Mig Dyslexia perhaps? |
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Mar 10, 2016 23:09:31 GMT
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I believe he said plate, not plane. However, to get the rest of the plate to say El Giiiorge, it might need to fold. D: Bloody hell, so it does! Early Onset San Mig Dyslexia perhaps? C'mon George, even I'm not drinking THIS early in the day! Or is it Early Onset San Mig Withdrawals? |
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Somewhere in the world the sun is over the yardarm.
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C'mon George, even I'm not drinking THIS early in the day! Of course not! But... Somewhere in the world the sun is over the yardarm. These are sage words, sage words. |
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Mar 11, 2016 12:38:53 GMT
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C'mon George, even I'm not drinking THIS early in the day! Of course not! But... Somewhere in the world the sun is over the yardarm. These are sage words, sage words.  |
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It's not often that one receives something that fills one full of dread, but I did on Saturday. Walking into the apartment block on Saturday morning without a care in the world when the girl on reception accosted me with, "Sir George, you have mail". She turned to the pigeon holes and passed me, horror of horrors, this...  "So what?" I hear you cry. May I remind you of the sorry tale of parcel collection at the Manila Central Post Office related here... retrorides.proboards.com/thread/163103/letter-manila-on-stump?page=20 and I leave you to imagine my dismay to find that I have to repeat the exercise sometime this week. Now, I think that it will be the braided brake hoses I ordered from Goodridge a few weeks ago but I'm not too sure. The reason being is that I'd mailed PHLPost last Monday as the GPO tracking site said it had arrived in Manila in the middle of February. I immediately got this response:- Subject item was forwarded to Manila Central Post, Lawton, Manila on Feb 17, 2016, under IRMU Letter Post AMED Bill# 31-AO ,Sack-1, Seal# 891134, likewise you can personally claim said item in that office citing above mentioned details. However, you will note that none of the numbers quoted in the e-mail match, in any way, those upon the card. So is it the hoses or could it be the stuff from the US I've been waiting for since last April? Gawd alone knows and, unfortunately, there's only one way to find out. I may be some time! Meantime, I think we've cracked the wobbly car-cam issue. Videos uploading now, I'll post them later. |
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Is public gambling illegal? Could you start up a sort of betting pool as to what time you will be able to collect/craps game on the floor of the post office with other poor citizens while you wait?
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Is public gambling illegal? Could you start up a sort of betting pool as to what time you will be able to collect/craps game on the floor of the post office with other poor citizens while you wait? Of course public gambling is illegal (unless you've made an "arrangement", of course) so unfortunately it's not really a goer. Shame really as you could have a 'death clause' and, as the ones that have been there the longest start to thin out due to malnutrition, the banker, i.e., me, would get their stake. Anyway, if you fancy getting bored, but with non-wobbly video, we had a little pre-Adriatico trip up to Mall of Asia yesterday morning. I do note that whilst the picture is a lot steadier, the top left hand corner of the windscreen needs a damn good clean! |
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Shame really as you could have a 'death clause' and, as the ones that have been there the longest start to thin out due to malnutrition, the banker, i.e., me, would get their stake. That's nearly a Tontine - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine |
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For your parcel dilemma, would it be possible to employ a local to collect the package for you? Whilst you use the time saved doing something much less tiresome.
There are many good reasons for drinking,
And one has just entered my head,
If a man can't drink when he's living,
How the hell can he drink when he's dead?
Ttfn Glenn
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Lol at the seafarers comment Traffic seemed remarkably light and relatively well behaved! |
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For your parcel dilemma, would it be possible to employ a local to collect the package for you? Whilst you use the time saved doing something much less tiresome. There are many good reasons for drinking, And one has just entered my head, If a man can't drink when he's living, How the hell can he drink when he's dead? Ttfn Glenn We do like a little poem! There's little here that could be classed as satisfying to those of us with a deep cultural streak, like what I've got.  Yeah, I've got an electric bill which got forgotten but should have been paid yesterday, but because it wasn't it now can only be paid at the company's office as opposed to banks or 7/11s. You know the thing; Take Queueing Number, Wait an Eon or two, Die. So I'll get Madams's driver to do that and collect my package on Monday morning. That'll keep him out of mischief! Me? I'll wait for him down Adriatico, as you say, much less tiresome. Lol at the seafarers comment Traffic seemed remarkably light and relatively well behaved! Yeah, that's the trouble with driving and talking at the same time. It goes a bit wrong sometimes! It was 10:15 on a Sunday morning so yes, not too much about. It'll be even quieter next week as everyone disappears for Easter leaving Manila like a ghost town And in other news... The Boys are Back in Town!!!  Just sitting here waiting for the sun to clip that yardarm when I was assaulted by a mighty racket. Hopped out onto the balcony and there were two of them zipping around. Racing tomorrow and Sunday if the last one is anything to go by. That's my mornings sorted out. |
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Looks like some kind of mind control
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Mar 18, 2016 10:25:39 GMT
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Looks like some kind of mind control The description from my first sighting, last year. Maybe Voodoo rather than mind control? Either way, it's mental and I shall be watching tomorrow. Nope, not banger racing, banca racing.
The banca (or pump-boat) is the ubiquitous mode of sea travel in the Philippines used for everything from fishing, diving, interisland ferries the lot.
Then there's these
And they go like the clappers.
This weekend sees the Manila Bay Sea Sport Festival and after hearing the unholy racket from my balcony during Friday’s practice, I took a wander down to the front yesterday in a desperate attempt to get some sort of motorsport fix.
These things seem to range from around 10-15’ and are powered by anything that can be shoehorned in. There are two classes but I never got the gist of what the difference was. The main reason for that was that the commentator, instead of explaining what was going on, seemed obsessed with a raffle for a dining room table from what I could understand. You never got that with Murray Walker!
Steering at low speed is with a conventional rudder but at full tilt it’s done by the driver standing up and shifting his weight. The boats race in in pairs around a roughly figure of eight course, two laps each heat.
The whole thing is seen as a economy version of Jetski racing but, to me, it’s a load more fun with these tiny things ripping along at a guesstimated 70-100kph and a loony hanging on for dear life.
Race one really set the scene with one boat stalling at the start and the driver of the second being thrown off the back under acceleration. Hmm, maybe a restart then.
The next was a real hare and tortoise job, with one setting off like the clappers, the other plodding along behind until BANG, one engine blown with half a lap to go. We love it when the underdog wins!
Some really close racing especially between the larger, faster boats and the slightly slower but more nimble ones. A really enjoyable couple of hours out.
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