LuckyPhow
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July 23rd, 2018 at 9:41:03 AM permalink
Quote: FleaStiff

I think it is more likely ... the incident took place ... immediately outside...



That was what happened, Flea. It all "had just happened" outside the American Express storefront office, according to my brother's recounting the incident.
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July 23rd, 2018 at 11:22:10 AM permalink
Quote: LuckyPhow

That was what happened, Flea. It all "had just happened" outside the American Express storefront office, according to my brother's recounting the incident.

There! And you all thought Flea was dumb because he can't add and can't remember what comes after 'Walla'.
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July 23rd, 2018 at 11:30:47 AM permalink
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I’m not sure where you got $650?? Total trip cost was about $3500 USD.

Not at all, it’s been mentioned all over this site for years. I play poker for a living.


Here’s what I was referring to:

Quote: PokerGrinder

Bangkok is one of the most expensive places I’m going to visit in Asia. My entire month in India will be about $650 USD which includes a lot of high end travel. I will be flying a lot, all my train tickets are 1st class and I’m staying in the nicest hostels. The $650 also includes day to day expenses. You can live VERY well in these countries for very little money.

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July 23rd, 2018 at 11:40:16 AM permalink
Quote: gamerfreak

Here’s what I was referring to:


Oh I see. India was about $600 spent (5 weeks) but the whole trip (India, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) was closer to $3500.
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November 14th, 2018 at 10:34:06 PM permalink
I was watching "The Story of Maths" on Netflix, and the host of the series visited a temple attached to a fort in India where the first recorded "zero" as a numeral was inscribed on the wall:
When I heard "Fort" and "India", I immediately thought of PG's trip and pictures. Was this the place?

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...I...ordered a tuk tuk off Ola (uber) to take me to Amer Fort. The first one refused the ride cause he was lazy and the second one didn’t come and find me, I had to find him. He seemed annoyed that I had found him but took me to the Fort. The Fort isn’t in Jaipur, it’s in Amer 45 minutes away. The tuk tuk only cost 150 rupees which is $3, I don’t know how they make money like that cause gas isn’t cheap here. I spent a few hours checking out the Fort and the gardens attached. The Fort is very cool, walking up steep hills in the blistering sun was less cool.


This is the mountain across the street. A local told me that a king had had this built for protection.

...

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November 14th, 2018 at 10:55:21 PM permalink
Quote: Ayecarumba

When I heard "Fort" and "India", I immediately thought of PG's trip and pictures. Was this the place?


Doesn't seem likely. Here's what PG said of the location:

Quote: PokerGrinder

The Fort isn’t in Jaipur, it’s in Amer 45 minutes away.


And here's what your linked article says:

Quote: Smithsonian article

The circle we know as “zero” was invented in India, and on the walls of a temple in Gwalior, you can find the oldest known representation of the circular symbol for nothing.



Google Maps suggests that (by the road) the two locations are about 337km (and 6h 22min) apart.
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November 15th, 2018 at 7:24:22 AM permalink
Definitely a different temple. Cool article!
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November 15th, 2018 at 9:45:19 AM permalink
I said cool article from the little bit I read from Doc’s post, I was planning on reading the whole thing later but I can’t seem to open it?!? Weird.
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November 15th, 2018 at 3:45:40 PM permalink
Quote: PokerGrinder

I said cool article from the little bit I read from Doc’s post, I was planning on reading the whole thing later but I can’t seem to open it?!? Weird.

If you Google “first zero” and “india” you should get some other links that aren’t as limited. Note that recently a scroll with a zero on it was carbon dated centuries earlier, so the temple inscription may not be the earliest example. Neat to see it though.
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November 15th, 2018 at 5:23:13 PM permalink
I thought the Mayans discovered zero?
The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction is supposed to make sense.
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November 15th, 2018 at 6:56:34 PM permalink
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I thought the Mayans discovered zero?

C'mon now. Surely they discovered something.


;-)
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November 15th, 2018 at 9:07:01 PM permalink
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C'mon now. Surely they discovered something.

ruinous agriculture, torture, murder, cannibalism, and the existence of a tunnel from Riverside to Mexico
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November 20th, 2018 at 5:14:29 AM permalink
thats nice. travelling to collect chips
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November 20th, 2018 at 12:07:48 PM permalink
Quote: Doc

C'mon now. Surely they discovered something.


;-)

Didn't they figure out how to remove the toxins from potatoes?
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November 20th, 2018 at 1:12:08 PM permalink
OD I don’t think that comment made any sense, I think you’ve been spending too much time in Nathan’s corner.
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November 20th, 2018 at 1:26:09 PM permalink
Quote: PokerGrinder

OD I don’t think that comment made any sense, I think you’ve been spending too much time in Nathan’s corner.




hmmmm.
Quote: Doc

Quote: billryan

I thought the Mayans discovered zero?

C'mon now. Surely they discovered something.



Which i took as an assertion that 'Surely the Mayans discovered something' To which i was adding...
Quote:

Didn't they figure out how to remove the toxins from potatoes?


Something I recall from some documentary. Of course, I probably got confused along the way.

My Mesoamerican geography is a bit vague.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu%C3%B1o

[edit] Yup. I got my Mayans and Inca mixed up, even before any other misinterpretation of the thread [/edit]
Last edited by: OnceDear on Nov 20, 2018
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November 20th, 2018 at 2:10:16 PM permalink
I was reading two threads at once and got confused. My bad lol.
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November 20th, 2018 at 3:13:25 PM permalink
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I was reading two threads at once and got confused. My bad lol.

You're right though. Some of us spend too much time in Nathan's corner... Especially since it branched out into every thread.
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November 20th, 2018 at 4:54:40 PM permalink
Quote: OnceDear

You're right though. Some of us spend too much time in Nathan's corner... Especially since it branched out into every thread.

Wasn't there talk of building a wall?
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December 30th, 2020 at 8:15:22 AM permalink
You mentioned the card machines at Goa, if they finished a shoe how they replace it? Manually? Also it is strange your diary you went from Poipet to Bavet then back to Phnom Penh then Snooky? Shouldn't you bypass Phnom penh BEFORE Bavet?
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December 30th, 2020 at 1:57:52 PM permalink
I went poipet to siem reap to Phnom Penh to snooky back to PP then to bavet on the way to Ho Chi
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December 30th, 2020 at 4:28:01 PM permalink
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I went poipet to siem reap to Phnom Penh to snooky back to PP then to bavet on the way to Ho Chi



I don’t believe you. I want to see pictures of watches, cash on beds, hotel bills, the babes you hung out with, their photo IDs, passport stamps, weather reports, detailed travel itineraries,

Happy new year!
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December 31st, 2020 at 12:29:53 AM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

I don’t believe you. I want to see pictures of watches, cash on beds, hotel bills, the babes you hung out with, their photo IDs, passport stamps, weather reports, detailed travel itineraries,

Happy new year!

Ooooh, those are places, I just assumed they were the names of a bunch of foreign dudes.
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December 31st, 2020 at 2:24:18 AM permalink
The baccarat machines after the shoes finish how they change or renew them a y idea
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December 31st, 2020 at 4:12:40 AM permalink
I didn’t play much if any baccarat. If I did play any I wasn’t seeing the end of a shoe
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December 31st, 2020 at 6:21:08 PM permalink
PG, would you do me a favor please? Check on craps in those casinos please. I wonder any craps in Hai Long casinos please?

Happy New Year.
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December 31st, 2020 at 6:41:28 PM permalink
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PG, would you do me a favor please? Check on craps in those casinos please. I wonder any craps in Hai Long casinos please?

Happy New Year.



You probably are closer to there than he is. He lives in Canada.
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December 31st, 2020 at 6:42:10 PM permalink
Quote: speedycrap

PG, would you do me a favor please? Check on craps in those casinos please. I wonder any craps in Hai Long casinos please?

Happy New Year.



You probably are closer to there than he is. He lives in Canada.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
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December 31st, 2020 at 7:16:03 PM permalink
Quote: DRich

You probably are closer to there than he is. He lives in Canada.

Not quite. I am closer to him personally (I believe). I am planning a trip to Vietnam in the future. I wonder they have craps there. Or any casino, then I will make a pit stop.
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January 1st, 2021 at 8:22:32 AM permalink
Quote: speedycrap

Not quite. I am closer to him personally (I believe). I am planning a trip to Vietnam in the future. I wonder they have craps there. Or any casino, then I will make a pit stop.


No craps at the casinos that I went to in Vietnam.
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January 1st, 2021 at 9:27:46 AM permalink
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No craps at the casinos that I went to in Vietnam.


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