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I and the other mods don't care what you post .... as long as it's within the rules of the forum. If making snide remarks at mods makes you happy then, well, what can I say :)

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Thank you.


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From the India news section of the BBC website
 

The bank said that it will buy the bonds via open market purchase operations (OMOs) on 23 August.

Gotta lurve the Indian acronyms but surely an OMPO cannot be misconstrued like an OMO can. . . . . . . . .:blink:

H.

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My pleasure J5 :);)

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As stated on India Mike you have not set foot in Goa for 3.5 years so what is your interest in this forum?

Most of the people on this forum are mostly tourists or long term stayers - what is your interest - why do you post on here if you are not interested in anything to do with Goa - only to be a Sh*t stirrer - 3.5 years away from Goa and things have changed.

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Who the hell do you think you are to interrogate me in such a manner?

As is repeatedly stated on here anyone can participate.

What is my interest? How about "Mind your own bl**dy business"

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Good day, and welcome (I think) to the forums

You will discover that the forums are pretty free and easy, but please note that members of be can post where they like, and an opening post such as this isn't going to generate a lot of good will :D ...... so possibly join in with your observations, help and knowledge but ....... in a nice way :);)

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You are quite right and the forum would much less interesting without you. Keep stirring please.

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Thank you :o

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Why Goa is looking to go upmarket – and banish Brits and backpackers
 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...ts-backpackers
Think they just want the Russian tourists now!!

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Saw this on IM, credit to Dan Bushell for posting.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...ts-backpackers

What charming people:thumbdown:


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I thought the best comment was:
AndyD 8-)₹

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Apologies-i posted the Guardian link on a new page rather than in the In Today's Newspapers link.
Johnny Five and a_f_d saw it before the moderators had approved my link and added it to the forum.
is it possible to have it transferred here to avoid complication?

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I have just read the article in today The Observer.Most of it was the usual rubbish re-hashed from previous articles and with some comments from the Goan Shack owners motor mouth John Lobo about how British pensioners sharing a tea bag...pathetic....Have just arrived back from Tenerife and its pretty obvious where quite a number of the missing Brits have gone and why they have gone too.Britsh tourists were originally attracted to Goa because of its charm and never mind the dust and occasional rubbish heap.The beaches in Goa were never up to the standards of say The Caribbean. But at least you could sun bathe without too much hassle.Now with the advent of cheep domestic tourism via car ownership and coaches the place has suffered what can only be described as tectonic shift in direction for which Goa was completely unprepared for courtesy of stupid idiotic politicians of all parties. One example comes to mind Mikky Pacheco. 21st century tourists from Europe want clean streets, clean beaches and clean water and unadulterated food and Goa cannot deliver any of them because of inbred corruption at every level of life from reporting a crime to catching a taxi. The Goan Tourist Department have adopted a policy of there is an idiot born somewhere every minute of every day on this planet.They are actively flogging Goa all over the old Soviet Union Republics and these are certainly not high rollers that Parikar keeps twaddling on about.They are extremely low budget package holiday tourists who will travel to Goa maybe twice and then its off to Spain because there its now even cheaper and better value too. Who wants to have to negotiate there way to the beach through piles of rubbish and heaps of human waste.Drunken Indian youths making sexual and racist slurs....no one with any brains that is.High Rollers coming to Goa ! Its the biggest joke i have read in years.Clean up Goa..wow..you need to start at grass roots with Goans taking responsibility for their own spaces and keeping their compounds clean first but knowing the Goan character so well i know this is just another of Parikers pipe dreams...next time i see him in Panjim i must remember to ask what he smokes because i would love to try some of the stuff.......

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:goodpost: :confused: I don't know who has posted the best reply to the usual "blame someone else gov" crap that comes out of Goa, J5, afd or prestonjohn, yes things haven't changed that much since 1996 - except for the worse and when are the much vaunted 5* tourists going to turn up ? :rofl:

RofS