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by xandreu
Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: Ask the Expats (Questions & Answers)
Topic: Is my Electricity Bill high?
Replies: 32
Views: 2060
Great Britain

Re: Is my Electricity Bill high?

Not sure if this has been mentioned before - I haven't read the whole thread - but while most people are correct by blaming A/C for high energy bills, fridges can also be just as much a culprit, especially older ones. My electricity bill is extremely high, about three or four times as much as it sho...
by xandreu
Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:38 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Best Online Resources for learning Khmer
Replies: 5
Views: 163
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Best Online Resources for learning Khmer

After several years of living here, I have finally bitten the bullet and will begin my first one-to-one Khmer lesson tomorrow. Ironically, my teacher is an old student of mine who I used to teach English to. Since finding out that he is now also a teacher (although not a language teacher) he's offer...
by xandreu
Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:37 am
Forum: Business and Finance
Topic: Google Pay or Apple Pay payment method in PP?
Replies: 6
Views: 462
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Re: Google Pay or Apple Pay payment method in PP?

I tried registering my ABA card to my Apple Wallet (is that the same as Apple Pay) but it rejected it. I can however use it to make purchases on the App Store.
by xandreu
Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:55 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: PM seeks ban on water gun games during KNY after foreign tourist injured
Replies: 62
Views: 6640
Great Britain

Re: PM seeks ban on water gun games during KNY after foreign tourist injured

I just got home after going down to Wat Phnom again for the second time during the holiday, seeing as though tonight is the last night, and it was just as incredible as it was on Sunday when I went. Probably even more so. Difficult to tell if there were more people or not, there seemed to be an unco...
by xandreu
Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:24 am
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Zombie Apocalypse
Replies: 8
Views: 734
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Re: Zombie Apocalypse

When I was young, many moons ago, it was common to participate in recreational drugs - weed, ecstasy and occasionally speed were the three main ones. Where I came from, although some people did do heroin, it was very, very frowned upon, and if you were a heroin user, you'd keep it to yourself. Heroi...
by xandreu
Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Israel and Palestinian Conflict
Replies: 144
Views: 34816
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Re: Israel and Palestinian Conflict

During a time of most conflicts, you can usually sit down and say "Well, if this side did this, and that side did that, we might be able to find some sort of resolution". For example, if / when Trump is re-elected, it's likely that he will bring about an end to the Ukraine conflict by forc...
by xandreu
Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:26 am
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: PM seeks ban on water gun games during KNY after foreign tourist injured
Replies: 62
Views: 6640
Great Britain

Re: PM seeks ban on water gun games during KNY after foreign tourist injured

Kids wanted to go to Wat Phnom yesterday, and as much as I hate crowds and overly loud music played on shitty sound systems, my kids happiness is paramount. Within minutes of leaving Takhmau in a tuk-tuk, we were soaked through by people throwing water/shooting water guns. I.thought I was going to ...
by xandreu
Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: 6 dead in stabbing rampage Sydney [Update: Another one]
Replies: 62
Views: 4049
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Re: 5 dead in stabbing rampage Sydney

Not something you typically associate Australia with - London, definitely, but not Australia. Then again, you could have said the same about that shooting rampage in NZ a few years back.

RIP to the victims.
by xandreu
Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: OJ Simpson finally croaked
Replies: 22
Views: 1329
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Re: OJ Simpson finally croaked

Did he admit to it on his deathbed?
by xandreu
Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:49 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Phnom Penh Air Quality
Replies: 28
Views: 1707
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Phnom Penh Air Quality

I guess Cambodians have bigger fish to fry than air pollution and air quality, but I do understand why so many people wear masks, especially out on the roads. I have a pretty bog standard metal framed clothes hanger/dryer which lives on my balcony, and I use every week to hang my washing on to dry. ...