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Hi Jaitch,

What is your message here or how can it be helpful to expats?
I have to warn you also against political threads. You already know that.

Thanks
Armand
Expat.com Team

Armand wrote:

What is your message here or how can it be helpful to expats?

IF you had ever been to VietNam you would realise, as do all Foreigners, that government functions are like molasses on a cold day - very slow.

This can affect Foreigners detrimentally in so many ways. People often comment why is service, given there are so many civil servants in all offices, so slow.

That a senior government official recognises this is heartening, it usually presages government will take action.

Armand wrote:

I have to warn you also against political threads.

It is difficult to have 'political' threads in VietNam. There is only one government, and one party, and any opposition is quickly stifled. If there were more than one party your comment would be valid.

Armand wrote:

You already know that.

If, as you claim, I know something, which you cannot affirm, your phrase "to warn you" should have been "to remind you".

In Vietnamese forum, many people said it must be 70% . Even they dont drink, some people think they don't need work so hard, because if they work harder, their salary is not higher.

I am civil servant too, but my salary depend on government partially, it also depends on my customers (students). And if I dont try to improve myself, maybe someday, I will don't have enough money for shopping .

Jaitch wrote:

Armand wrote:

What is your message here or how can it be helpful to expats?

IF you had ever been to VietNam you would realise, as do all Foreigners, that government functions are like molasses on a cold day - very slow.

This can affect Foreigners detrimentally in so many ways. People often comment why is service, given there are so many civil servants in all offices, so slow.

That a senior government official recognises this is heartening, it usually presages government will take action.

Armand wrote:

I have to warn you also against political threads.

It is difficult to have 'political' threads in VietNam. There is only one government, and one party, and any opposition is quickly stifled. If there were more than one party your comment would be valid.

Armand wrote:

You already know that.

If, as you claim, I know something, which you cannot affirm, your phrase "to warn you" should have been "to remind you".

It is with some slight amusement that I find myself in agreement with the fly. To begin with the information he provided is within the public domain but not all expats would be aware of it.

Secondly, any action taken by the Vietnamese government, however turgid, which might help to ameliorate the paralysing bureaucracy which besets Vietnam should be promulgated widely.

I see no reason to brand his post "political", it is merely information sharing.

eodmatt wrote:

It is with some slight amusement that I find myself in agreement with the fly.

After much consideration, I've determined Jaitch is actually a mosquito.  A male culex pipiens to be exact, which makes some sense, since that species isn't indigenous to Vietnam.  i.e., he's an expat mosquito.

DanFromSF wrote:

eodmatt wrote:

It is with some slight amusement that I find myself in agreement with the fly.

After much consideration, I've determined Jaitch is actually a mosquito.

Wrong. I have a friend who takes up-close pictures of bugs in VietNam - professionally.

If you ever go camping in VietNam, always use a hammock - never on the ground! And take a flashlight/torch to bed with you.

Just for a laugh, during the dark hours, switch the light on and shine it on the ground - then see how many pairs of eyes you can see - all with a mouth under the eyes looking for food!

Jaitch wrote:

DanFromSF wrote:

After much consideration, I've determined Jaitch is actually a mosquito.

Wrong. I have a friend who takes up-close pictures of bugs in VietNam - professionally.

Is your friend Dr. David Maitland?  Because he apparently took the photo in your avatar, and he says it's a mosquito:

http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/gallerie … etition/74

It's a mosquito for sure. They're constantly on my skin withdrawing my blood. I'm at about 30% kill rate with my zapper.

khanh44 wrote:

It's a mosquito for sure. They're constantly on my skin withdrawing my blood. I'm at about 30% kill rate with my zapper.

When I was working in the Solomon islands last year there were things flying about that bit like crocodiles. We had to use 30% DEET to keep them off us. I was even bitten through my jeans more than once.

khanh44 wrote:

It's a mosquito for sure. They're constantly on my skin withdrawing my blood. I'm at about 30% kill rate with my zapper.

One of my uncles once told me if you rubbed chicken poop all over your skin, mosquitoes wouldn't bite you.  So I did, but mosquitoes still bit me.  Then I saw my uncle laughing.

So if anybody tells you chicken poop keeps mosquitoes away, don't listen to them.

DanFromSF wrote:

khanh44 wrote:

It's a mosquito for sure. They're constantly on my skin withdrawing my blood. I'm at about 30% kill rate with my zapper.

One of my uncles once told me if you rubbed chicken poop all over your skin, mosquitoes wouldn't bite you.  So I did, but mosquitoes still bit me.  Then I saw my uncle laughing.

So if anybody tells you chicken poop keeps mosquitoes away, don't listen to them.

Dan,

This is true.

I am a Nigerian scamster and my uncle died recently in a freak accident involving chickens, leaving 20 million USD in a private bank account in Switzerland. Please forward me all of your bank details so that I can transfer the money to a third party account and I will give you 10%. Thats 2 million dollars tax free.

Yours sincerely

Nakeme Oghenekohwo
Lagos
Nigeria

Come on, I know you're a Brit.

Another time, that same uncle told me to feed ground beef to my pet cow.  You shouldn't try that either.

Stupid cow.

DanFromSF wrote:

Come on, I know you're a Brit.

Another time, that same uncle told me to feed ground beef to my pet cow.  You shouldn't try that either.

Stupid cow.

The feeding of animal products to cows is what started the mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) epidemic off and eating the meat of cows that had brain or spinal cord content is believed to cause variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).

Did you eat the cow?

If I recall correctly, that started and was primarily an issue in the UK.  Just saying...

DanFromSF wrote:

If I recall correctly, that started and was primarily an issue in the UK.  Just saying...

Yep. It was all about feeding processed sheep protein - sheep that had "scrapie" to cattle. But don't worry I am not wracked with guilt about it.

eodmatt wrote:

But don't worry I am not wracked with guilt about it.

Nor should you be.  Compared to the Boer Wars, that was nothing!

DanFromSF wrote:

eodmatt wrote:

But don't worry I am not wracked with guilt about it.

Nor should you be.  Compared to the Boer Wars, that was nothing!

Or indeed the American slave trade, the genocide of the American Indians, the dropping of the second atom bomb on Japan, My Lai and.... maybe we should take this discussion to PM. 

Try feeding dog meat to dogs.

Haha, Dan and Matt, you guys always make topic off  . Hmmm.
But its funny . I always like some posts that make topic off .

ngattt wrote:

Haha, Dan and Matt, you guys always make topic off  . Hmmm.
But its funny . I always like some posts that make topic off .

Well I think that the original topic is now dead anyway and there is no malice in our exchanges - at least not from this end 

ngattt wrote:

Haha, Dan and Matt, you guys always make topic off  . Hmmm.
But its funny . I always like some posts that make topic off .

Nga, some day, you, Matt and I should have some beers.  I assure you, after an hour, your head will hurt and you'll be begging us to stop.

Dan, do you think I need this?

No, this:


And this:

ngattt wrote:

Dan, do you think I need this?

[img align=C]http://k14.vcmedia.vn/A3YmnWqkHeph7OwGyu6TwbX57tgTw/Image/2012/08/08B/120823kptin03-db603.jpg[/url]

No need to go for expensive hi-fashion, you can make your own faraday cage for your head to stop us from  interfering with your brain: http://sayable.net/wp-content/uploads/2 … il_hat.jpg

Here's one I did earlier: http://images.lazygamer.net/2013/07/wpi … il-hat.jpg

OMG, brilliant idea:  Tinfoil Non La!

Hmm tinfoil... I think we are getting back on topic.

khanh44 wrote:

Hmm tinfoil... I think we are getting back on topic.

Buy shares in tinfoil, quick. If the idea catches on we'll make a fortune!

khanh44 wrote:

Hmm tinfoil... I think we are getting back on topic.

LOL!
 
Speaking of which, where is the mosquito-man?

Maybe he got scared off when I mentioned DEET

Hi everyone,

I think it's time to close this topic.

Thank you.