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    Economic Crisis, who thinks now is the time to be purchasing

    Talking of property prices (as I think someone was....) I recently did a comparison of the prices in Bali Advertizer over the last few months. Some developers have very obviously cut their prices, apparently in response to a complete lack of buyers. Just don't believe the propaganda put out by...
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    Barack Obama, an Ex Bali Expat !

    An honest president would certainly be nice, haven't had one for 16 years and probably much longer. I think that's a big part of why Obama is so popular, people see him as a near ordinary, honest guy and therefore a great contrast to what has gone before. He just needs to avoid the Carter...
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    Barack Obama, an Ex Bali Expat !

    Hey Gilbert, Where was this mistake 'ignored'? It was a headline on every news organization out there! And of course he'll make more mistakes, after all he's human (and not the second coming as some might believe ;-)) You make mistakes too, right? For a president, as long as the mistakes are...
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    Barack Obama, an Ex Bali Expat !

    Can we have a forum rule which disallows anyone looking for serious political discussion from referring to Fox News? Maybe just to be fair we can include MSNBC too? The difference between Obama and his esteemed predecessor is that Obama saw his mistake and purposely appeared on TV to take...
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    Information on internet in East Bali

    Some misunderstanding here... Esia offers 153 kb/s, the same as other CDMA network operators (Smart, Flexi, Fren). This is the theoretical top speed, compared to Speedy's theoretical top speed of 1 mb/s (nearly 7 times faster than Esia). In practice, real speeds are lower, but as Bert has...
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    Govt increases airport exit tax fee to Rp 2.5m

    Hi all, I'm new to these forums but do have a little experience in this matter, having been so shocked by the original fiskal increase announcement that I nearly fled the country! However after a few deep breaths, a couple of Bintangs and a bit of research, I have no great issue with the...
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    Hello at last

    Thanks for the welcomes all, I guess it's time to get posting... And sadly, no, I don't play basketball letstat (unless you're looking for someone who last played in school 25 years ago and was awful even then :( )
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    Hello at last

    Hi there all, As a long time lurker who has gained great benefit from these forums whilst plotting my move to Bali, I just wanted to say "hi" now that I'm here and "thank you" for the help! Actually I, my wife and young son have been here for 7 months now, after I finally decided to quit...