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Casino Royale

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Julie & Julia

The film would have been better with less Julie and more Julia.

... and you like the sticky floors!

True Grit.

I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man!

Banacek: Million the Hard Way

... just add sang tip.

Town Without Pity

Duel (1971)

"It is impossible even for a qualified gemologist to tell the difference between genuine and fake gems without the proper equipment. If you buy gems without getting them tested independently, you are buying solely on the word of the salesman or store."

 

"What's more, the value of gem stones can vary tremendously, according to cut, clarity or origin - and unlike gold, the prices are not standardised across the world."

 

The above is exactly why I can't get too worked up about this issue. As has been stated before, it is basically the greed of the buyer that gets them into trouble. If one rushes into buying something they know nothing about without doing due diligence, then, frankly, som nam na.

 

Regards,

SD

SD,

The other variation on the gem scam is you are shown high quality gems. Then when you make the purchase inferior gems are substituted.

The BGs liked crab flavor.

Another victim of Bacchus.

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Are the scammers innocent? No, of course not. But if silly people who let their greed rule their brain did not do that, then the scammers would be out of business. And I include myself in that "use their brain" bit -- I've made plenty of expensive "mistakes".

 

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Not everyone that is scammed are greedy. The tourist told that the Grand Palace is closed, is being trusting. Maybe this will be their only trip to Bangkok and now they have missed seeing a national treasure, being given the run-around.

What Thai laws or regulations are the touts breaking? They do not directly get money from the tourists but direct them to stores for overpriced, poor qualitiy goods.

The British couple that were murdered a couple of years ago. The man was shot and the woman was run over.

If you let in durian chips, ie non-potato, then you have to add plantains, bananas, sweet potato, yucca, eggplant, etc. chips.

Gibraltar! That is always good to tweak the Spaniards.

Neo, just because the land owner can now get 10X to lease the land does not give him the right to break the lease and break heads.

... but you go through the courts. You don't hire military mafia to threaten the police and bulldoze the place at 4AM.

... probably the SA about 5 years ago. The leaders stuck their heads in the sand and HIV/AIDS exploded through the population.

It takes 3 months to show up on the test? Not sure, but I think I was told this at one time.

 

Just my foggy memory.

It can take up to 6 months for HIV antibodies to form. The standard test detects these antibodies. So take the test again at 6 months.

It is unfortunate at best and criminal at worst when people with NO scientific background start spouting off that they know the truth about HIV and AIDS. :onfire:

Get your info from established peer reviewed journals and not some crackpots with a website.