Jim Sinclair.

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(03-30-2012 08:11 AM)cosmyccowboy Wrote:  my wife is a filipina, so i've spent a little time over there. it has crossed my mind a few times but it's very crowded at least the parts i'm familia with are (cebu and manila) they are going through their baby boom now!
it's like it used to be here, kids everywhere.. it seems that 80% of the population is under 30! cops and renta cops everywhere, you dont like the DHS? try getting frisked every time you enter a store or mall! no groping though just a light touch around the waist!!! everyone was polite, english is spoken by most everyone, all the signage is in english too! get used to the... 'bribe' for a lack of a better word! if you want to get something done you have to grease some palms but i kinda liked that! the civil servants over there let it be known they were working for you!!!
jeff

Jeff, I didn't see your post before. Thanks, that's interesting information. I've never heard that you get checked for firearms (I assume that's what they're doing). Do you know if guns are legal there? I knew that English is widely spoken but it would make adjustment living there much easier with signage in English. I'm with you, I would prefer a little old-fashioned bribery before the hi-tech surveillance, mind-control state we have here.