Can You Spot The Scam? November 11, 2007
Posted by Martin in : Miscellaneous , add a commentLast week I advertised 350 DVD's on Cragslist.
I got a reply yesterday that was - to me - very obviously a scam.
I am interested to buy your item also Willing to make the purchase today for my pastor that is doing his 50 years aniversary in AFRICA. Is it still available for purchase.
Hopefully its in good conditiont.provide your Full Name\Home Address/invoice, if i should make payment through your moneyorder or payal account for quick payment for the stuff.
I gonna take care of extra cost for the shipment in addition of $120USD.
Get back to me asap .
Dr,Jacob.adebiyi
I'm always amused at how scammers operate and have asked a few people if they can identify the 8 red flags that this email contains?
Answers below …
Thais And Their Plug Sockets November 8, 2007
Posted by Martin in : Rants, Thailand , add a commentWhy do Thai builders fail to understand that apartments cannot work with just one plug socket in each room?
This week we added at least 10 additional sockets to our new place and I've realized now that Thais and farangs don't see eye to eye when it comes to living efficiently.
Every Thai person I've spoken to claims that appliances should be unplugged unless they're in use. Two plug sockets therefore in the kitchen is perfectly sufficient in their opinion .. one for the fridge, one for the one appliance that's going to be used.
My philoposhy, which I believe's shared with the rest of the western world is; the more sockets the better. There should never be a time where a person must unplug one appliance in order to use another, nor should there be any time where a person shouls have to pass a wire around a room because there's simply no socket nearby.
We've had nearly all the maintenance work completed on the apartment now so I'll upload some photos of it shortly.
Book Review: As The Crow Flies, Jeffrey Archer November 8, 2007
Posted by Martin in : Book Reviews , add a comment
I really enjoyed this book as it was very different to what I expected from Archer. I'd always assumed he wrote exclusively murder-mystery but this novel, set in England in the early 20th century was a refreshing change.
It follows the life of a young barrow boy caled Charlie Trumper who builds up his grocery cart business into a large super-store. The excitement builds around rivalry with a rich family who seek to cause Charlie problem, and whilst parts of the story seemed a little silly I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It's quite easy to predict that harlie will battle his obstacle so I enjoyed reading a book where I wasn't made to feel anxious and ould just relax knowing that the good guys would overcome the odds.
My Rating 7/10
Book Review: The Brethren, John Grisham November 8, 2007
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Another disappointing read really so it's another book I'm glad I've finished. The story itself was ok, it followed a group of imprisoned judges who operated a blackmail scam from prison that targeted closet homosexual professionals and also upon a man who the CIA had decided to pupeteer to become the next president - who, unsuprisingly really was also a closet homosexual.
What annoyed me about this was that the plot never really developed. It was as if Grisham was so proud of his storyline that he just gave up on closing it with any suspense or interest. The CIA director explained what he planned to do to resolve the problem of their candidate being blackmailed and then followed this plan without anything else happening. As their resolve was detailed 50 pages from the ending my only suprise from that point onward was that there was no suprises.
My rating: 4/10