Donald Pump's "Let's Make F13 Great Again" Pub

[Aleks Sytsevich]

I've come to find out I like problems.

Sounds problematic

 

[belph]

Sounds problematic

Life often is, homie.

 

[MatterOverMind]

To everyone in the USA - Happy Thanksgiving!

To everyone else - Happy Thursday!

 

[Flash_Monsta]

In terms of climate and topography, very similar to Thailand or another SE Asian country. Hot, humid, rains a lot. Lot of plains and rolling hills. Rice, rubber, cocoa, oil palm, very green. Lots of mosquitoes.

The country's poor as hell. It was doing quite well in the late 90s and then the civil war just destroyed it and it never came back. So when you travel around Monrovia (the capital) even the better built buildings are basic as hell, and just so worn down. So many tiny super-basic houses with seemingly 10-12 people in them. A lot of really skinny, hungry looking unemployed guys just sitting around. Tons of handicapped people- I think there was a big polio problem. The income level is similar to Afghanistan but the poverty here is much more obvious and in your face, it's pretty hard to get used to.

It's okay being here, at least for expats like me. There is a huge Lebanese diaspora here and they make everything work. So most of the good shops, restaurants, bars, gyms, etc are Lebanese owned and operated. And Lebanese know service and hospitality. So they are much better than I expected. There are quite a lot of beachside places- my apartment is about 20m from the sea- and some of them are exactly like the nice places I used to go to in Lebanon. Other places remind me a lot of Thailand- big open air places with tin roofs. Not easy to buy stuff here because almost everything comes from the port, and it's very slow and inefficient. So things appear in the shops, and then they vanish for months. At least the taxes on booze are low. Wine especially is pretty affordable and an okay range.

Security-wise, it's okay. You can walk around the main streets during the day time. I've been told by a lot of people not to walk around with a laptop bag. There are a lot of burglaries, but the compounds where most expats stay are pretty secure. I have massive fuckoff bars on every window, a huge lockable iron gate on the front of my floor. and there are 4-5 security giards around at all times.

What a fascinating life you lead, bromodosis. I think I’d be on edge all the time. Are you allowed to carry or own a fire arm?

 

[JauntyAngle]

What a fascinating life you lead, bromodosis. I think I’d be on edge all the time. Are you allowed to carry or own a fire arm?

Yeah, maybe. I have been to a few restaurants where there are signs saying "No guns".

While I am not super comfortable, I don't think it's as bad as a lot of the UK is these days, with all the stabby young people around.

 

[DrBdan]

I haven't exercised since my girls switched to one nap in September so haven't been here since then. Currently having my basement finished and once it's done I want to move a lot of stuff out of my garage and make it into a lifting space.I can't really rely on the office gym since who knows when or how often I'll be back in the office in 2021.

Hope everyone is doing well and staying covid free!