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- Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:29 am
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Vietnamese residents of Cambodia face an uncertain future
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1284
Re: Vietnamese residents of Cambodia face an uncertain future
Not the best of sources, but we can be sure that there will be more to come in the future. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-combodia/vietnam-calls-on-cambodia-to-protect-immigrants-idUSKBN1CF1BE Of course, this might simply be empty rhetoric to please the CPP base in preparation for the fo...
- Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:38 am
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Vietnamese residents of Cambodia face an uncertain future
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1284
Vietnamese residents of Cambodia face an uncertain future
"If you take a starving dog from the gutter, feed him and restore him to health, he will not hate you. That is the difference between a dog and a man." (attributed to Mark Twain) On Christmas Day 1978, the People's Army of Vietnam, accompanied by several thousand Cambodians, crossed the border in f...
- Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:21 am
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Who might be first to go? Methheads and aged expats, TEFLers, NGOers?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9274
Re: Who might be first to go? Methheads and aged expats, TEFLers, NGOers?
First they came for the sexpats and I did not speak up because I was not a sexpat Then they came for the methpats and I did not speak up because I was not a methpat Then they came for the old guys drinking cheap Vietnamese beer outside 7/11 supermarkets in S'ville and I did not ... [ AND SO ON ]
- Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:11 am
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: don't argue with your partner in public
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4435
Re: don't argue with uour partner in public
Two decades ago, handguns were cheap and widespread. Now, the mere possession of firearms and/or ammunition normally qualifies the convicted perp for a custodial sentence. What firearms are available to those in the know and what is the price range? Naturally, one expects a top-of-the-line Glock to ...
- Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:43 pm
- Forum: 'Not' Cambodia
- Topic: Madame Sniperfire's $225,000 speech to Goldman Sachs
- Replies: 0
- Views: 776
Madame Sniperfire's $225,000 speech to Goldman Sachs
This was from a link in * takimag * - a sophomoric speech which must have taken at least an hour to write:
http://www.unz.com/isteve/woozy-soundin ... kepticism/
http://www.unz.com/isteve/woozy-soundin ... kepticism/
- Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:22 pm
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Taxi Ride Experiences
- Replies: 132
- Views: 19046
Re: Taxi Ride Experiences
"Dark and gritty" means dark and gritty, not slightly dark and gritty.
Is Kansaicanuck thinking of the sort of barbecue sauce which claims to be simultaneously spicy and mild?
Is Kansaicanuck thinking of the sort of barbecue sauce which claims to be simultaneously spicy and mild?
- Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:03 pm
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Taxi Ride Experiences
- Replies: 132
- Views: 19046
Re: Taxi Ride Experiences
Is this sorry tale now dead or has it been driven out of everyone's minds by the unfolding saga of the sufferings of Hollywood starlets?
- Thu Oct 12, 2017 6:40 am
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Taxi Ride Experiences
- Replies: 132
- Views: 19046
Be Prepared!
Of course, if Violet had only been adequately prepared for such an eventuality, the tables could have been swiftly turned on her assailants:
http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/load ... ina-576432
http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/load ... ina-576432
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:48 am
- Forum: 'Not' Cambodia
- Topic: Mass shooting in Las Vegas
- Replies: 166
- Views: 22017
Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas
Here is ever-wise Steyn on the shooting (and more)
https://www.steynonline.com/8154/the-empty-paddock
https://www.steynonline.com/8154/the-empty-paddock
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:56 am
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Cham funeral etiquette
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1152
Re: Cham funeral etiquette
Office whip-round and the dosh in a discreet envelope - can one track down
those mawkish "In Deepest Sympathy" cards here?
those mawkish "In Deepest Sympathy" cards here?
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:40 pm
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Is *karoshi* unknown in Cambodia?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 990
Is *karoshi* unknown in Cambodia?
Some people work brutally hard, even here ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... s-uk-style
... but is death by overwork a reality in Cambodia?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... s-uk-style
... but is death by overwork a reality in Cambodia?
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:01 pm
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: "Safe" and "dangerous" airlines
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1794
"Safe" and "dangerous" airlines
A heated discussion about the safety of airlines here in S-E-Asia led nowhere but someone suggested this article:
http://www.askthepilot.com/questionansw ... ne-safety/
Does anyone here have anything to say about airline safety here in S-E-Asia?
http://www.askthepilot.com/questionansw ... ne-safety/
Does anyone here have anything to say about airline safety here in S-E-Asia?
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:58 pm
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Guns, fun and fantasy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1171
Guns, fun and fantasy
Two decades ago, lots of foreigners had guns in their homes or business premises - the (then) owner of the RED SNAPPER in SHV had a Tokarev and an AK-47 behind the bar This article brought back memories https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/10/fantasyland-book-excerpt-the-nra-won-the-gun-rights-d...
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:19 pm
- Forum: Cambodia Speakeasy
- Topic: Tax and TEFLers
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4814
Re: Tax and TEFLers
P.U.C. used to (dunno about now) a cuties bait-and-switch trick -- telling mugs
the rate-per-hour before tax was with-held - from $11 to $9-something
the rate-per-hour before tax was with-held - from $11 to $9-something