Marc in Calif

Not sure I understand... What does this have to do with using WhatsApp with a SIM card when you're traveling? I'm suggesting a way for you to avoid those $16 daily charges and ANY restrictions by using a local SIM card. It seems that you did have a SIM card in Colombia. Did you then try to make calls to Canada with your phone by switching the SIM cards?

What a clown you are! 🤡 In a topic about homophobia in Russia, your own country, you're afraid to tell people about the actual freedoms of gay people. Only trolls and fools try to change the subject when they have no answers. Fear and cowardice prevail when internet trolls are backed into a corner. 🐔🐔🐔

So you admit that you're afraid to answer those questions. Instead, you pivot to play the "But What About?" game. My questions were about Russia. This topic is about Russia. Epic FAIL for you, Russkii! Why are you so afraid?

Then why don't you tell us what you "believe" and what you "live"? Do you believe that gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Russia have freedom of expression? Do they have freedom of speech to say or write anything they like in public and in the public media? Are they free to wear whatever they want in public and in public media? Please provide verified evidence. For that matter, do ANY Russian people have freedom of expression? Do they have freedom of speech in public media and forums? Can they wear ANY type of clothing in public and say ANYTHING they want in public media? Please provide verified evidence.

In the future, encourage family and friends at home to use WhatsApp. You'll be able to talk, text, and cam with them for free from anywhere in the world -- on phone, tablet, or computer. Get a SIM card for any country you're in. You'll be able to use WhatsApp on your phone as usual with no Virgin complications in the way.

A convenient euphemism invented by Little Pooty-Poot himself. 💩 SVO and SMO (Special Military Operation) actually refer to an illegal invasion and unprovoked war against Ukraine. The Russkiis are very fond of their double-speak and double-think. These go back to the totalitarian Soviet Union.

Could it be because you look like the actual Harry Styles?

Two competing and strong hard-ons! 🍆 Do you always win these competitions? 😘

I live and work where people enjoy using (and trying out) apps that make communication easier and more convenient. But my family in Chicago all use WhatsApp too. It's becoming less of an international-only tool. Of course, the integration of FB, Instagram, and WA makes this more possible. They're all now part of Meta.

I'm also based in the US. I text but I also use WhatsApp, which allows video chat as well. I seldom use the phone.

All of my work colleagues here in the US use WhatsApp for personal communications. For work-related communications, we use Slack internally via Windows and via mobile, so that's not a problem either when we're abroad.

Thanks for all the details! I prefer getting local SIM cards whenever I travel. They provide me with a local phone number in whatever country I'm in. Making free texts and free phone calls back to friends and family in the USA -- or any other country? That's what WhatsApp is for, of course!

What did you mean by "some of the metalwork on top of the train may also be at the supply voltage, and depending on the system you could be dealing with anything up to 25 kilovolts." Were you talking about only those train systems (not the NYC subway) that receive all power from overhead cables?

So you believe that gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Russia have freedom of expression? Do they have freedom of speech? Are they free to meet people like themselves in public places? Please provide verified evidence. For that matter, do ANY Russian people have freedom of expression? Do they have freedom of speech? Can they wear ANY type of clothing and say ANYTHING they want that doesn't result in a crime or the endangerment of others? Please provide verified evidence.

Does anyone know how this happens? I've never heard of such a thing. I always travel with at least two fully charged power banks for my devices. If a power bank isn't being used, how can it catch fire?

How do you feel if Trump were to be convicted of a felony? A majority of Americans would not vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 election if he is a convicted criminal by the time of November's race, including more than half of Republican voters, according to a recent poll. A Reuters/Ipsos survey found that 55 percent of potential voters would not support the anticipated Republican nominee at the general election if he were convicted of any of the 91 felony charges he has pleaded not guilty to across four criminal trials. Fifty-eight percent said they would not vote for Trump if he were serving time in prison in November. https://www.newsweek.com/only-half-republicans-vote-donald-trump-convicted-poll-1869955

Congratulations! 🥳 This is the truest thing you've ever written here! 👏 Drumpf currently has so many issues. Nobody in the world has ever had as many issues as Drumpf has right now.

You blame everyone but yourself for not knowing things: hotel staff, the internet, other members of these forums. And if you don't like people commenting about you, you're probably not ready for online forums. Yet you keep posting about your errors! 😇

How embarrassing for you! You could have asked them the name of the holiday. Do you not know how to do an online search? It's not exactly rocket science, and it takes all of five seconds. That's no time at all off of your busy schedule. Yet you complain that you were somehow inconvenienced by a known holiday. Oops! 😎

Evidently you didn't search very thoroughly. I just googled the following: "February 24 Buddha Thailand holiday" The top search result was this page: https://www.thailandnow.in.th/event/makha-bucha-day/ Makha Bucha Day 2024 Makha Bucha Day (also, Magha Puja) is a religious celebration marking Lord Buddha’s teachings to his disciples that falls on Febrary 24th, 2024. Makha Bucha Day (also, Magha Puja) is a religious celebration marking Lord Buddha’s teachings to his disciples. As with most Thai religious holidays, Makha Bucha is celebrated according to the traditional lunar calendar, on the day of the full moon of the third lunar month. Though specific dates may vary, the event usually takes place in late February or early March. This year’s Makha Bucha Day falls on February 24th.

It does seem to be a true story, as a number of sites explain the family's background and motivations. Let's just call it what it is: "The Canadian Beverly Hillbillies Move to Moscow"

In your desperation, you're now clowning around with betting odds as a predictor of election success -- more than nine months before the election. 🤡 The funniest thing about your poll? Michelle Obama is is in third place with 9% of the poll! 😎 Here's the truth about betting polls: A quick note on presidential election odds: this betting market often can act as a sort of wish fulfillment for people's political leanings. There is nothing that indicates Michelle Obama should have the third-best odds to win the 2024 presidential election, but that's the case. As you'll see below, she also has the second-best odds to win the 2024 Democratic nomination for president. That's a reflection of how the money has come in on this particular market, as things can get kind of weird the further down the presidential election odds board you go.

Once again, there is NO wire ABOVE trains in the New York subway system. All power is generated by the "third rail" that runs alongside the tracks -- BELOW every train.

Easy: because this is a thread about homophobia in Russia. 🎯 You are either very stupid or very obtuse. 🤡

It's too bad that the expert defender Kevin O'Leary wasn't on Drumpf's defense team. This illustrious legal mind would have won the case in Drumpf's favor. I'm sure of it! Meanwhile... New York attorney general says she will go after Trump's real estate if he cannot pay civil fraud fine New York State Attorney General Letitia James says she’s prepared to go after some of Donald Trump’s real estate holdings, including The Trump Building in lower Manhattan, if the former president cannot pay the nearly half-billion judgment handed down against him last week. New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay $355 million and roughly another $100 million in pre-judgment interest for fraudulently inflating his net worth in order to secure more favorable loans.... “We are prepared to make sure that the judgment is paid to New Yorkers, and, yes, I look at 40 Wall St. each and every day,” the attorney general added. 40 Wall St. is the address of The Trump Building, a 72-story office tower the former president has owned since 1995....