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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 12, 2020 16:36:50 GMT
It might get me banned again (no great loss), but I have been amused to make a few posts on this complete treasure of good taste on Trip Advisor: #LoveYourLocal
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Post by htmb on Apr 12, 2020 17:16:16 GMT
Just reading the first bit of it, I think you were spot on with your assessment.
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Post by onlyMark on Apr 12, 2020 17:27:05 GMT
You do appear to have the backing of many similar opinions.
Of the other boards I go on, which includes, Spain and Germany, it's not on there.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 12, 2020 19:28:54 GMT
I'm obviously not the only person who agrees with you. That breezy greeting from Barbara, the TA shill: "Hi Travelers" (sic) ~ barf, then the immediate & obvious segue into exhorting people into promoting TA for them ~ double barf.
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Post by whatagain on Apr 13, 2020 16:04:12 GMT
I have been away from TA for some months and dont regret it. Total waste of time, self promoting, nof respecting the locals ans heavily american. J am sure if u were still there i would write the best way to support local rsstaurants would be to give skme masks that the ugly dictator stole under patriot act. Guess i would be fired once more.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 13, 2020 16:40:15 GMT
I received a PM from a new troll today on TA:
I checked the posting history (only about 3 or 4 posts) and the upcoming bomb has not dropped yet...
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 13, 2020 19:34:50 GMT
Our home secretary is a very unpopular politician. Somehow this politician has managed to antagonise the British voter with her choice of language and rather smug, superior self satisfied smile. I don't know if it's just that she comes across as not as clever as she ought to be or if the media have chosen her as a scapegoat.
Anyway, doing the rounds on fb is this gem. (The reference being the "clap for carers" which occurs every Thursday at 8pm when we all go outside and applaud our NHS and other essential workers)
..."THERE WILL BE A CLAP FOR PRITI PATEL TONIGHT AT 73 SECONDS PAST ELEVENTEEN TWELVETY" ...
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Post by kerouac2 on May 4, 2020 14:22:39 GMT
Indian families travelling through Europe are adorable. And I say that without irony.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 4, 2020 16:50:15 GMT
On fb
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Post by kerouac2 on May 10, 2020 18:33:17 GMT
A troll on Trip Advisor has been harrassing me for at least 5 years. The creature is banned usually in about 2 days but continues to return over and over again. I am not the only victim -- I think that at least 10 of us receive outrageous messages at each apparition. I don't really mind since it is so ridiculous, but today I exchanged a few private messages just to see how things would evolve. imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/433/G70krb.pngimagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3915/xYtE4i.png
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Post by mickthecactus on May 10, 2020 19:01:57 GMT
Can’t wait to see the answer....
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Post by kerouac2 on May 10, 2020 19:05:44 GMT
I will post it if the creature gets a chance to reply before being banned again.
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Post by onlyMark on May 10, 2020 19:23:17 GMT
I'm a bit busy so I'll get round to continuing with you a little later.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 10, 2020 20:43:37 GMT
I was mystified by that picture, Cheery, so kept going back to it to see why you posted it. It's a piano!
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Post by Kimby on May 10, 2020 21:34:12 GMT
A troll on Trip Advisor has been harrassing me for at least 5 years. The creature is banned usually in about 2 days but continues to return over and over again. I am not the only victim -- I think that at least 10 of us receive outrageous messages at each apparition. I don't really mind since it is so ridiculous, but today I exchanged a few private messages just to see how things would evolve. imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/433/G70krb.pngimagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3915/xYtE4i.pngDo be careful K2, we’d hate to lose you on here!
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Post by kerouac2 on May 11, 2020 3:29:40 GMT
No new PMs from the troll and all of the posts that it made on the forum were deleted, so now we'll just have to wait for the next manifestation under a new name.
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Post by whatagain on May 11, 2020 16:08:39 GMT
Well. The troll knew you are a curmudgeon (love that word as much as lackadaisical)
Now it is to be seen if it remembers you like being sucked.
Tou had also a troll in lovE with you on Fodors, haddnt tou ?
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Post by kerouac2 on May 11, 2020 18:52:19 GMT
Probably the same person, but perhaps Fodor's has a more efficient banning protocol.
On TA, the troll is back but actually has a clever new method. A new name for posting -- most of which are deleted by TA mods very quickly -- but a different one for sending PMs. I have ignored the first new message but will just block the troll if it continues. I would like to think that I am a star, but it appears that several other TA members have received far more insults than I.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 14, 2020 11:00:01 GMT
People are mean. Donald Jr. was apparently on Fox News to support Dad.
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Post by htmb on May 14, 2020 14:28:11 GMT
He’s such a complete jackass.
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Post by questa on May 15, 2020 10:47:32 GMT
It is genetic.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 19, 2020 15:44:34 GMT
Not bragging, but I must say that it is a bit of relief when people say that I am not totally useless.
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Post by onlyMark on May 29, 2020 5:43:15 GMT
I find it somewhat frustrating when someone says there is a law about..... and I enter into a 'discussion' with them saying there isn't, but then they ask me to prove it. Hold your horses there sunbeam, I can't prove a negative and they react badly when I ask them to prove there is. One example was being told there is a law to say in offices/shops in Zambia you have to display a photo of the President. I even linked to the Minister of Justice confirming in parliament that there isn't a law to that effect. Yet still I was told 'it is the law'. Ok then, and I linked through to the government website detailing all the laws of the land and asked for them to point it out, only to be told that I should leave the country if I don't want to obey the laws.
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Post by mossie on May 29, 2020 7:08:55 GMT
So get out quick before they clap you in irons.
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Post by onlyMark on May 29, 2020 8:39:07 GMT
I'm ok unless they send a hit squad to Germany.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 14, 2020 15:34:27 GMT
Well, at least this was posted on a Sunday, I guess.
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Post by questa on Jun 15, 2020 12:48:53 GMT
The writer had a reasonable grasp of the English language which at least is a novelty.
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Post by lugg on Jul 7, 2020 18:49:57 GMT
I am not sure if I will ever get to go back, but I do drop in to the Maldives TA forum from time to time. One regularly occurring question is " where is similar, has the same beautiful beaches etc etc ? " Quite surprised to see that one member suggested Oaxaca. Bixa, you have been holding out on me.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 23, 2020 15:24:57 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 27, 2020 18:18:00 GMT
I am not sure if I will ever get to go back, but I do drop in to the Maldives TA forum from time to time. One regularly occurring question is " where is similar, has the same beautiful beaches etc etc ? " Quite surprised to see that one member suggested Oaxaca. Bixa, you have been holding out on me. Whoops! Sorry, Lugg. I don't look at this thread very often, so only now did I see your comment while reading up the page. Umm, not holding out, it's just that I'm such a non beach person that I've only been to the beach area here one time in almost 23 years. It was a long time ago, but yes, what I saw was quite beautiful -- crystal clear water, dramatic rock outcroppings, tiny colorful fish trapped in transparent water in scooped out places on those rocks, iguanas peering out from holes in the cliffs, lots of sand. My landlords have a house in Huatulco, & we've talked about my going down there with them one day, which of course I would report on here. It's right next to La Crucecita, which recently had two earthquakes. I guess the people who wrote this article really meant to say "well known" rather than "lesser known", but it's an informative article anyway: internationalliving.com/lesser-known-mexican-beaches-on-the-oaxaca-coast/
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