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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 19, 2018 19:54:51 GMT
Trip Advisor is such a wonderful travel site. #1 in the world now?
Today there are wonderful posts such as:
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Post by whatagain on Oct 20, 2018 10:21:55 GMT
There was one such stupid guy on Fodors too - long time no see.
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Post by patricklondon on Oct 20, 2018 16:47:53 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 20, 2018 17:15:19 GMT
Some people really do grow up in incredible microcosms. Thank god that the internet and other media are cracking the walls of these worlds.
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Post by questa on Oct 21, 2018 0:16:40 GMT
1. What I'm trying to say is, as a result of my upbringing and isolation, I have a below average IQ. Well, I'm pleased you got all of this off your chest2. I want to post the whole story with details and pictures. Could anyone suggest what's the best way? The best way is to forget it and move on. Everyone has a scam story and the cops were right.
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Post by questa on Oct 21, 2018 0:23:28 GMT
WHOA ! this makes it look like our Patrick and Huckle are the idiots. Never. They were just quoting other people's misfortunes.
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Post by questa on Oct 21, 2018 1:38:56 GMT
I have been scammed by one of those telephone "Your computer has a problem, let me fix it" tricks when I was having a bit of trouble with it. Cost me $600 and would have been more if my credit union had not phoned to tell me of the unusual activity. We tracked the money from Oz to Lithuania then to Mumbai India, but could not retrieve it as a 'third party'(Western Union) had been involved. Apart from being angry at losing the money, my main feeling was deep shame at falling for the bastard's scam.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 21, 2018 3:57:34 GMT
Yes, every now and then I get the uncloseable box of threats ("You hard drive will be erased in 180 seconds" with a countdown clock). I just reboot, but I found that I don't have to really reboot completely -- just start the process and then cancel it the moment the computer closes that window.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 21, 2018 5:56:39 GMT
Generally I get that box which says something like (since I only know the French version) "we're waiting for the following tasks to shut down" and you have the option of "go ahead and shut down; I don't care if I lose my work in progress" or "cancel." Generally, the nasty threatening box is the first one to shut down, so as soon as it is closed, I just click on "cancel" and the world is a beautiful place again.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 21, 2018 18:03:57 GMT
What is hilarious (not!) is that it happened to me today for the first time in weeks... on this thread! But my method worked again, although my Word document in the background also closed, but I save it frenetically about every 30 seconds when I am working on it, so there was no risk.
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Post by questa on Oct 21, 2018 23:27:48 GMT
Occasionally I get the full screen "Danger Alert...you are about to lose everything unless you phone this number (US)." etc. The whole system freezes. I was onto my tech guy at once the first time it happened. He said to switch off at the wall and unplug. Try about ten minutes later. I did and it worked properly. As I was not writing anything, nothing was lost. Other occasions I have managed to close down by being quick.
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Post by patricklondon on Nov 7, 2018 10:45:47 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 7, 2018 10:58:33 GMT
That person may need to wear an ice pack on his brain.
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Post by questa on Nov 7, 2018 12:11:23 GMT
Oh Come on, the writer may need an ice pack as mentioned for the contents, but at least it was presented in a legible manner using full stops and short sentences. A few paragraph breaks would be welcomed.
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Post by onlyMark on Nov 7, 2018 12:39:07 GMT
"Yes and your lies are gross. But as mentioned in that April thread, at every attempt of me to point them out you simply change subject, stuff them under the table etc. etc. hence in the end I stopped giving a detailed reply. If people ask by PM I would answer on this.
Anyway, feel free to post your opinion here - but it's not based on facts just on trying to evangelise your opinion of having driven once here to everyone as a great holiday for them. Ignoring the huge risks you have taken and not showing any understanding of the local culture and situation... So yes as a DE I have the duty to make sure right information is posted, and nonsense like you post it pointed out as such."
"Well the area where you are avoiding answering questions, and posting false and misleading info, is of course BEFORE I accused you of lying. Which I still do. So look at the March threads ;-)
And that accusation remains, anyone wanting the details can PM. But I don't see much need to respond anymore - I have my opinion (actually it's of the majority of the Lanka DEs), you have yours, and you keep on telling that mine is based on a wrong image of the facts while I do same for yours. At least on that we probably agree. That's called a stalemate.
In that you furthermore repeatedly distort, twist, frame others opinions upto the point of explicit lies just to make your own opinion shine brighter. And that is called trolling and has no place on TA. If it gets into attacks/harrassments as it sometimes did it's reported and often removed, but the lies and trolling often just stay under that radar. So hence I stopped investing too much time in it, and leave it to those willing to send PM to explain all details..."
"And me, being a nerd, can simply not imagine that someone willingly posts such blatant mistakes without deliberate intention of lying. The only other reason for those posts is such extreme stupidity that it goes beyond my understanding, and invalidating all other sometimes valid posts that such a person writes as apparently he is simply not understanding how clear thinking and writing works,
So to my understanding, I would have more respect for someone that is a liar than a person posting the same wrong statements out of stupidity."
"The difference of course being that I falsely accused of only-assault while actually it was murder, to make the comparison between lying and plain stupdity in my scale of values. After all in this case you really did not manage to count to 3 and stopped at 1.
No need yet to post this stupidity of yours here but if you insist of course can be done ;-)"
"Well I don’t see how telling people that their advice and opinion is IOHO plain wrong, and based on flimsy research and rookie-bravado instead of having lived/stayed here for years, equates to bullying. It is just telling that it is wrong and baseless. If they respond angrily or even start telling explicit insults and lies, as you do, then their bullying creates counter-bullying.
So yes your March string of messages contained lies. The two above are also lies, and then denying the accusations here is a third lie (or stupidity, whatever you prefer)."
I think I have annoyed someone. Again. He accused me of "gross lies and distortions". I asked him to point them out. He refused. Over time I asked him again and again, rather than keep accusing me, to actually post what I'd said. He refused, saying if anyone PM'd him he'd tell them. Eventually I got him to PM me with the evidence. Needless to say there was none, just more insults and accusations. I realised if someone disagrees with his opinion, he calls them a liar.
It all started a few months ago when he was saying that if you self-drive in Sri Lanka it is a Russian roulette with two bullets, and if you have even a minor accident you will fall into a black hole of being mobbed by the locals, police corruption, you will lose all your money on lawyers and be locked up in prison. At every police stop, and you'll be constantly stopped, you'll have big problems. I said he was exaggerating. He told an Indian guy, from and living in Mumbai and who said he drives there, that it was far too dangerous to drive in Sri Lanka. He wouldn't be able to manage. I queried his advice due to the person he was giving it to.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 13, 2018 11:25:16 GMT
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Post by whatagain on Dec 13, 2018 11:59:18 GMT
Disney as a tool to bridge cultures. Fantastic.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 13, 2018 13:20:02 GMT
A bit later the same person added this:
Looks like she married a real winner.
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Post by whatagain on Dec 13, 2018 15:14:47 GMT
The guy is wonderful. I guess he will say that french waiters are rude.
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Post by whatagain on Dec 13, 2018 17:40:14 GMT
But but but... You're toying with the lady, Kerouac, instilling fear of a hard Brexit on top of having to cope with such a marvelous husband...
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 13, 2018 17:48:24 GMT
I'm sorry, but this just keeps getting better and better...
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Post by bjd on Dec 13, 2018 19:43:06 GMT
Why doesn't she just leave him at home? Or pack a few weeks worth of bland sandwiches for him? Or leave DH and DS at home together and just go on her own -- it would do her good.
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Post by whatagain on Dec 13, 2018 20:25:53 GMT
Last posts are from regulars praising her... I suggested I wold divorce such a guy, Kerouac suggested starving him.
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Post by questa on Dec 13, 2018 21:57:03 GMT
Poison, anyone?
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Post by mich64 on Dec 13, 2018 22:38:45 GMT
Oh my... I have never seen such a detailed post regarding likes and dislikes. She really pays attention to her spouse.
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Post by questa on Dec 14, 2018 6:01:44 GMT
I wonder if they have children and what their food selections are. The chap's pickiness is almost an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 14, 2018 7:20:28 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 15, 2018 0:46:43 GMT
Last posts are from regulars praising her... I suggested I wold divorce such a guy, Kerouac suggested starving him. Well, I damned sure wouldn't continue enabling and coddling the insufferable little twit!
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 15, 2018 7:00:42 GMT
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Post by questa on Dec 15, 2018 11:43:48 GMT
My #2 son went from a normal eater to a problematic one after a teacher criticised the lunch he brought. He was about 9 yrs and the teacher was a health food zealot.He refused to take lunch to school for the rest of his schooling but had a good meal as soon as he came home. We went through the stages of not eating anything that other people had cooked so made his own meals from 12 yrs on.
I watched as he increased his height but became too thin. He showed signs of anorexia but the GP told me that "all teenage boys do this to annoy their mothers".Poppycock! All I could do was make sure the fridge had plenty of good food in it and not talk about it.
He started Uni and moved into a shared house with another lad and 2 girls. They shared cooking tasks and he started eating the usual take-aways, microwave meals and whatever they ate. Now he is ok on a proper vegetarian + fish diet, but will always be tall and thin.
There is a strong connection between Mind and Food. When a nursing baby has had enough milk, she will let go the nipple and close her mouth. If you try to feed her more she will shake her head side to side like we do when saying "NO". By the time she is a toddler she has learned the power of closing mouth and shaking head to refuse eating. It seems the man in post #415 has raised it to an art form.
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