This only happens when the hotel allow direct-dial-in of rooms from the outside. They should give the guests option to disable it.

Hehe, I've had the keychain / deaf kid trick encounter here in the USA. I used to ride BART to work (Bay Area Rapid Transit, San Francisco Bay Area) and around Oakland/Hayward there are sometimes kids young adults/kids deaf/mute (or pretending) leaving a keychain on the seat next to me that has a tag "I am deaf,…

There's always the "SmartSelfie" app for Android!

It helps to learn SOME of the local language... and go as accentless as possible, just a few phrases may be sufficient. This may require some coaching from a native who can teach accents. I've bluffed a few Latinos into thinking I'm a native-speaker. I'm actually "mostly proficient" in Spanish... conversationally, but…

This is sort of crosspost from Jalopnik... as it involved... vehicles.

There is a Chinese saying... from San Ji Jing (Three Word Poems)

Just when zombie genre's dying out? ;)

The "gap-sealer" foam? Yes, those can work. I use them to seal mouse holes. :)

You need to try the 6-wheeled version of this monstrosity.

You should see what kind trolling comments I got for taking the same position you did back in the original topic. They were screaming bloody "Stewart murdered Ward" and some such crap.

It's an Xbox LAUNCH exclusive (except you say launch under your breath)

It's a f***ing game, man. Besides, he's alone next to a camp full of nutcases with automatic weapons. That punch was just to stun the suspect to make sure he complies without raising a fuss. Next you'll be complaining about cold-cocking "unarmed" perps in the back of the head.

Perhaps the saddest part of Szoldra's report comes from a tweet he received from a veteran of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, who said "We rolled lighter than that in an actual warzone."

They have short-barreled 5.56-mm rifles based on the military M4 carbine, with scopes that can accurately hit a target out to 500 meters. On their side they carry pistols. On their front, over their body armor, they carry at least four to six extra magazines, loaded with 30 rounds each.

Uh, that's a paintball gun. Or technically, a pepperball gun.

Just to clarify, there would be a LOT of different fines, such as

There are rumors that Paris Hilton's DJ gig in Portugal was sponsored by a local suspect Ponzi scheme called GetEasy. Tickets locally were apparently sold through "GetEasyGroup"

Someone I knew who *did* operate such illegal pick ups, long before existence of Uber and such, got nabbed and end up paying well over 1000 dollars... it's the various fines, PLUS "civil assessments" on top of such, that adds up. PLUS the cops now know you by sight.

Just for point of reference... REGULAR Uber, the black sedan car service, at least in California, requires drivers to already have PUC permit to run "livery" service. And that means they have to enroll in periodic random drug and alcohol test, 1.5 mil minimum insurance, and driving record "subscription" check known as…

There's always TenRen, one of the largest tea companies from Taiwan, with a US presence that you can order from directly from California. They have a store in Chinatown SF. And their website explains the difference in teas quite well, but obviously tilts toward Oolong and variants.