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- Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: Newsworthy
- Topic: Village gas station burns to the ground.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1549
Village gas station burns to the ground.
Last night the local village gas station caught on fire and burned to the ground. Along with the family home in the back. Local fire truck called in. Then all the fire trucks in Siem Reap city. Supposedly 40 trucks (or 17, numbers unclear.). Multiple explosions with the initial fire. Then the trucks...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: UK pension reciprocal agreement or not...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1483
Re: UK pension reciprocal agreement or not...
Do Brits have an option for IRAs or any other additional alternative retirement plans in addition to the pension during their working years?
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:41 am
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: It's going to be hot this afternoon in Phnom Penh
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2247
Re: It's going to be hot this afternoon in Phnom Penh
Do most apartments for rent have generator back up to keep the aircon running?
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:40 am
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Expat Youtubers
- Replies: 87
- Views: 8547
Re: Expat Youtubers
First time I had ‘spaghetti bolognese’ was in Cambodia, in fact in Phnom Penh. Thought it was some special spaghetti with unique blend of Khmer spices and meats. In fact, just called Spaghetti here in the US. But the various video bloggers give lots of different perspectives and some things to try o...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Expat Youtubers
- Replies: 87
- Views: 8547
Re: Expat Youtubers
u live in Cambodia but u'r watching some random bloggers talk about the country?? What’s wrong with that? Just like living on Soi Cowboy does not provide all the beauty Thailand has to offer. I like watching the Russian guy who was raised in an Irish boarding school get settled into his new life in...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: Newsworthy
- Topic: Scott Jameson, English-Teaching Magician in Cambodia, Arrested by FBI for Child Pornography
- Replies: 36
- Views: 15027
Re: Scott Jameson, English-Teaching Magician in Cambodia, Arrested by FBI for Child Pornography
My opinion is that light sentences are a byproduct of the western legal system. Court dockets are filled beyond capacity. Trial by juries - people hate being called to jury duty and possible sequestered for prolonged periods of time. So there is a big push to clear them and serve justice. The quicke...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:03 pm
- Forum: The Rest Of The World
- Topic: Oh, You Internet.
- Replies: 6574
- Views: 1122495
Re: Oh, You Internet.
To be fair, the African franc system has been hamstringing the former French colonies since independence keeping them tied for mother France.Jerry Atrick wrote:
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:25 pm
- Forum: Newsworthy
- Topic: Westerners spend twice as much time on beaches than at Angkor
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2422
Re: Westerners spend twice as much time on beaches than at Angkor
That’s a shame the most popular attraction in France isn’t Paris. There are so many museums and culture there that it would take months (or years) to see them all. But I’ve read once that that Orlando (the city with Disney World) gets more annual visitors than Italy. Right now the rich Chinese are ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:22 pm
- Forum: Cambodian Culture and Language
- Topic: Cambodian food
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8367
Re: Cambodian food
Sorry but cambodian food is just horrible... and it gets me very sick. Wife doesnt cook very good...her mother cooks worse. I usually only cook my own food from a supermarket not from the street or ill eat out at non cambodian food restaurants. She always wonders why i barely eat the food she makes...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: Newsworthy
- Topic: Scott Jameson, English-Teaching Magician in Cambodia, Arrested by FBI for Child Pornography
- Replies: 36
- Views: 15027
Re: Scott Jameson, English-Teaching Magician in Cambodia, Arrested by FBI for Child Pornography
Federal prison for the rest of his life He has been sentenced to roughly six and half years in prison: BOSTON – A Sutton man who worked as a magician for over 20 years was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for exploiting children in Cambodia. Scott Jameson, 47, was sentenced by U.S. Distri...