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10-21-2013 , 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by chasepoker
They used to change them at markets for a discount ( like $97) I normally pay them into my bank no problems or give them to people going to another country.
Any 100$ or the old ones? For Nagaworld and my hotel has accepted plenty of 100s, just not these older ones...
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10-21-2013 , 01:43 PM
chuck your old 100's in naga slots print out receipt and collect your new money in the cashier
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10-21-2013 , 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by SaltyWetFish

Western food in Cambodia that isn't disgusting? Please do share.



I never talk down to anybody who has a legitimate question to ask. I only become this condescending asswipe when I am faced with idiots heralding false truths and misleading people on the forum who don't know any better.

your very first post on this site was "ive lived here for 10 years and you all know nothing"

you talk down to people in EVERY post you make


and good western food in cambodia.......... well in sihanoukville you could go to new sea view villa, thida's, or beach club and get good meals for $5ish

i was barely in phnom penh at all but found a very good restaurant called chat n chew with meals under $5, sure it wouldnt be hard to find more



dubnjoy - just keep trying eventually someone will take it, if not when at the poker table explain your problem if there is an american there and see if he will trade with you
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10-21-2013 , 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by theRealOmahaKid
As a temporarily solution you can spray it with vinegar and wash away and spray again after. That should keep it away. This helps against molds, which I assume it is since you did not specify which kind of fungus the apartment got.

Yeah, sry it is molds.
English is obv. not my 1st language and tbh I have thought that fungus is already the correct word for mods, but its only the general expression...

Anyways@ Vinegar:
some ppl have recommended it also , but most ppl think its too soft...
Potentially I try it anyways, until some better option arrives - thx so far!
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10-21-2013 , 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Wabby
Your landlord is right. Rain season makes Cambodia very humid and fungus/mold is a big problem in most places. Even in a nice solid house like mine, we have some problems from time to time.

If you have it on the upper wall, it is most likely not coming from outside, but because the wall itself is getting wet inside the wall, from raining going into the wall somewhere. Chances are it is coming from the roof somewhere, or a crack in the wall, that lets water get into it. That can be very hard and very expensive to fix so it never returns.

So yes, you best bet will be to wash your wall a couple of times in a chlorine solution. It will kill the fungus. Paint over it, if you want. If the wall is colored, chlorine will bleach it and remove the color, so wait until it is completely dry. If it is done properly, you should not have anymore problems this season. But most likely it will return next year.

Hey, thank you man!
Your advices are all solid and this will be my most likely line.
The only other thing I can imagine to let do to let fix it completely:
Today a buddy from the gym who has some knowledge on this was in my appartement and said that there is mold (as you already expected) due to the fact that the upper wall is in a usual camo way built too slim....
and hence a lot of rain and humidity enters the upper wall, what is exspecially true in the rain season.
He had the same situation and let it fix for like 300 bucks where basically teh upper front was built in a more professional way and from there on fungus shall have no chance
I cannot explain better what he mean, cause Im not an expert,
but maybe you know more or less what I mean...

As for a cholride solution:
can you recommend anything specifically?
I have a solution with the name Clorox from Samudra, but a first test at a small location did not kill the mold - it has only 5% cholride... no clue if thats enough.
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10-21-2013 , 04:34 PM
Bleach (like Clorox) should kill mold pretty well. Try using more of it

Here's a handy how-to page:

http://www.familyhandyman.com/cleani...-mold/view-all
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10-21-2013 , 06:15 PM
Tough call between TheLandlord and SaltyWetFish for most miserable old man but I will give the award to TheLandlord as at least SaltyWetFish posts some good info
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10-21-2013 , 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Zrebna

As for a cholride solution:
can you recommend anything specifically?
I have a solution with the name Clorox from Samudra, but a first test at a small location did not kill the mold - it has only 5% cholride... no clue if thats enough.
A surface may remain stained looking even if the mold has no chance of growing in the near future. its the spores that cause problems not the mold itself. vinegar, bleach, tilex...doesnt matter mold wont like any of them. i'd use vinegar as I hate dealing with bleach, and its cheaper than tilex.

can you smell mold when you walk into the place? if so I'd move out if that doesnt improve in a few weeks.
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10-21-2013 , 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by piepounder
A surface may remain stained looking even if the mold has no chance of growing in the near future. its the spores that cause problems not the mold itself. vinegar, bleach, tilex...doesnt matter mold wont like any of them. i'd use vinegar as I hate dealing with bleach, and its cheaper than tilex.

can you smell mold when you walk into the place? if so I'd move out if that doesnt improve in a few weeks.
5% chlorine is more than plenty. You may even want to thin it a bit more.

But wash it a couple of days in a row for the best result.

Also you should try to avoid too much water vapor in your home. I used to have a problem everywhere in the house until I got rid of my aquarium.... those fish were nice, but because of the heat here, lots of water vaporized into the building, and I got mold lots of places.

Likewise some people use a small mop and clean some of the water off the floor after a shower.

And you should not dry your wet clothes inside your house as well.

Your problem is probably mostly because of problems with the wall itself, but the above are general ideas to try to reduce mold in your home, so they may apply to others in the thread.
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10-21-2013 , 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by TheLandlord
What do you mean by adventure? The high crime rate?
Is the crime rate in Cambodia higher than in Thailand....is it higher than USA?
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10-22-2013 , 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Spudhead
Tough call between TheLandlord and SaltyWetFish for most miserable old man but I will give the award to TheLandlord as at least SaltyWetFish posts some good info

So you think I'm an old man, and yet you have been following me about several threads attacking me , for no reason ? So you are a deviant? You single out " old folk".
I saw you bring my name up in threads I wasn't even in. You are one of those creepy stalker types , who gets obsessed about another boardmember for no reason , following him and making negative comments and thread****s.
Saying that Bkk is better than PP isn't being miserable. More than two of us have said so, but you picked out the "old guys". I honestly think that guys should be made aware of how third world Cambodia is, before maybe making a huge decision to move there to grind. I know many people who have went there and left early. It's not for everyone. Nothing wrong with making people aware of that and warning them that Thailand is as cheap imho.

But you win. Even though I've been to Cambodia three times, have friends who live there ,and am heading there shortly. I will butt out and leave you to share your experiences of Cambodia. I don't have the time for deviant internet stalker trolls.
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10-22-2013 , 03:19 AM
Sorry, forgot to add your request from a thread you started.

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Just wanted to get some peoples feedback on the benefits and downsides of both options.

I guess you were lying that you wanted downsides, unless you're a stalker troll. Lol
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10-22-2013 , 03:51 AM
Is it possible to buy a monitor in Sihanoukville, or does anyone have a second hand screen he'd like to sell within the next few days?
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10-22-2013 , 04:07 AM
Haha, this PP vs BKK discussion has heated up, hasn't it! I prefer PP personnaly, but just to derail a bit more, I prefer Vietnam to grind it online actually! Food is better, internet connection is solid, hotels are WAY more appealing and have the best value in SE Asia, easy to get a non-hooker girl friend!

And Landlord, you still haven't told us how young of an old man you are! (just kidding bro)
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10-22-2013 , 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Dubnjoy000

And Landlord, you still haven't told us how young of an old man you are! (just kidding bro)
I have to watch giving out info like that, as I have an ageist stalker Put it this way. I don't qualify for a Thai retirement visa.

Vietnam sounds awesome. What holds me back is the language barrier and newness of it to me. Easier for me in Thailand and Cambo , and filipinos speak english for trying it out. Viet women are hotter than Thais though imho.... if that doesn't sound old and miserable!
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10-22-2013 , 06:46 AM
You seem to have very selective memory.

My first post was along the lines of, "I've lived in Asia for over 10 years, and I decided to finally post to correct some of the wrong information that's been posted, and I will try to answer any question that is asked".

Nowhere did I say that "you all know nothing" .. that's your own interpretation. Unfortunately for you, the forum doesn't forget, and you can backread to see what I really posted. I also never edit my posts after I hit submit, so make of it what you will.

If you ask me a legit question, I will do my best to answer you to the best of my abilities. Honestly speaking, can you point out a single instance where I am wrong (and didn't admit it?).

I'm only posting in the forum to answer questions and to correct what is clearly misleading or wrong. I'm not here to stroke your egos, blow up your reality distortion fields, or conform to your grammar and format nazi tendencies.

Truth is, more than 90% of poker players are mathematically long-term losing players, and at the same time, 95% of poker players think they are winning players. I know why you need and like people who will rah rah you while you ride your "likely" path to bustoville with zero resume creds by the time you hit your 30s, but I'm not that guy.

I'm not nearly as physically old as people may imagine.


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Originally Posted by kick2dante
your very first post on this site was "ive lived here for 10 years and you all know nothing"

you talk down to people in EVERY post you make


and good western food in cambodia.......... well in sihanoukville you could go to new sea view villa, thida's, or beach club and get good meals for $5ish

i was barely in phnom penh at all but found a very good restaurant called chat n chew with meals under $5, sure it wouldnt be hard to find more



dubnjoy - just keep trying eventually someone will take it, if not when at the poker table explain your problem if there is an american there and see if he will trade with you
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10-22-2013 , 11:03 AM
SaltyWetFish please excuse the juvenile behaviour of the sex pests that frequent this forum. Best of luck at the tables.
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10-22-2013 , 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by SaltyWetFish



I'm only posting in the forum to answer questions and to correct what is clearly misleading or wrong.
#speaks the truth. #Spiv's long lost uncle
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10-22-2013 , 12:38 PM
The only way to kill mold is to physically cut out the affected wood and burn it. No chemical can kill it. Seeing as we are in sea with high humidity, etc... it's a losing battle. Some people are highly sensitive to it and some people have no immediate ill affects. Let's hope you're the latter but either way it's not good for your health. Try rubberles sex and maybe you can acquire the mold immunity from the locals whose ancestors have evolved to deal with it.
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10-22-2013 , 01:32 PM
I've been living in Manila for over a decade.

I've lived all over the place, done lots of things I am proud of, and I've done lots of things I am not going to admit ever.

I decided to finally register and post, as I've seen so much information and questions come up about the Philippines, and that so much of the information here is not really correct.



this pretty much comes across how i said it before, just as every post you make has a condescending "i know more than all of you" tint to it


maybe you are just one of those people who is an ass without realizing it? i guess thats better than someone like spiv who only comes here with the intent of being a dick/trolling
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10-22-2013 , 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by TheLandlord
But you win. Even though I've been to Cambodia three times, have friends who live there ,and am heading there shortly. I will butt out and leave you to share your experiences of Cambodia. I don't have the time for deviant internet stalker trolls.
umad?
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10-22-2013 , 01:46 PM
Relax guys there isn't really an award for most miserable old man
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10-22-2013 , 01:51 PM
Haha, don't you love poker players! Always going at each other even when they don' have a hand! Trying to rep, to push that bluff, to get the other guy to fold... Guys, give it a break, we are not always all the felt!
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10-22-2013 , 02:02 PM
K2D,

What you cut and paste from my first post is exactly what I said. I wanted to correct some of the wrong information I've seen on the forum.

It's your problem if you don't like the way I write, that's your interpretation and your own self esteem problems.

Would you prefer if I acted like you, a total idiot spewing garbage all over the place and trolling the forum to say something as asinine as "omg spiv and swf .. I've been waiting for this fight!"

You're so ******ed I can't even take you seriously, but admittedly, you have comedy value. Thanks for making me laugh.
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10-22-2013 , 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by piepounder
A surface may remain stained looking even if the mold has no chance of growing in the near future. its the spores that cause problems not the mold itself. vinegar, bleach, tilex...doesnt matter mold wont like any of them. i'd use vinegar as I hate dealing with bleach, and its cheaper than tilex.

can you smell mold when you walk into the place? if so I'd move out if that doesnt improve in a few weeks.
no, cannot smell anything - situation not so bad yet.

anyways ,thx and also thanks for all other advices^^
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