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I have thought frequently thought about leaving Mexico. I am blessed with decent health and good finances....and then I factor in my experiences with the people and I know that this is where I will stay. Last night, we had a power outage, one of many recently....and my oxygen deprived wife needed help as her air supply was failing.....one neighbor went and rented us a 14 hour o2 tank.....not easy on a Saturday night. Another one helped me get my generator up and running to charge our battery operated portable and two local women came and comforted my frightened wife. Offers to shop for us, (not needed but appreciated)....going with us to help get her into the doctor's office.....and much, much more. The Presidente in my village, yes I can call him and he has always been willing to get info as to CFE's progress in restoring power and last night was no different...WOW! When I think of the negative comments about local government, transitos, roads, noisy restaurants, etc.......I see my personal scale always tilts towards more pleasant thoughts. Is it perfect here? Certainly not but, pretty good for me.

Ian, tonight was not a minor shower. It was a rain storm and a wind storm combined. Enough to knock out many power grids. It's not just here that the power grid has problems. Also in Texas... Texans asked to turn up thermostats after sweltering heat knocks six power plants offline (msn.com) The advantage of living here is that you can get by without air conditioning or heat. A tinaco solves the problem of having to rely on electricity for a pump. Here no electricity is an inconvenience not a disaster.

I'm probably the guy you mention. We've been using You Tube TV for about a year now. We tried some of the local streaming services, which seem to be using pirated signals from NOB. Things regularly went down. We switched to Dish TV, which worked well for three years or so, then they lost our base station in Cincinnatti and they had a problem finding another. So we tried HULU and some other net-based services, but they would not work if you had a VPN on. We arranged to open a YouTube TV account with our daughter in the States (Ohio). Then we added ourselves as an authorized user, using a VPN in Mexico. Recently we added our other daughter using a VPN in Italy. All three work at the same time, and work well. The key seems to be the base station for the account must access YouTube TV at least once every ninety days from the base location. If that happens, they don;t care where else you access from. Hope that helps!

Nobody needs a VPN to access YouTube, even in Timbuktu. LQ

Two things: YouTube TV is not YouTube. It's an OTT (over-the-top) TV service -- meaning delivered solely via internet -- that competes with SlingTV and similar. Plain YouTube is for user-generated content, and is free to use. The open-internet ideal is that universal unfettered access is ultimately self-moderating, as viewers (in the case of YouTube) reward quality with their eyeballs, their attention. A belief that the cream will rise to the top, given the chance. Google and Googlers have clung to this ideal. I used to. Of course in the real world, many or most people are gullible, emotional, and something less than informed, rational actors. So, regrettably, snake oil, incitement, and $ynical grift are no longer allowed on YouTube -- because a lot of damage can happen while we wait for folks to wise up, and allowing an ideal to triumph over common sense is itself intellectually unsound. LQ

Answer to several e-mails: We live in Jocotepec. Our neighbors are ALL Mexicans. We chose to live in "Mexico" and not Gringolandia and we have never regretted that decision.

Me thinks that there's still some confusion going on. This conversation is about streaming TV but some still want to talk about YouTube videos about how to make bread. As LQ has mentioned, "that's not streaming TV".

I had no clue. Here is one site with some information: https://www.whatisvinyl.com/what-is-vinyl-wrap/

And this would be/ do WHAT??????? (for us dummies.....)

Fred, the fact that you and your wife are good, caring people also helps. A bit of good karma never hurts.

It is not. YouTube is as open as a baby's mind, and there's no need to think about servers or any of that. YouTube creators are all over the globe and it's served worldwide without restriction. That's why some governments block it. It's too open. LQ

I was raised never to pat myself on the back. It's unseemly, and not a good example to set. True fact. As for the whole politics-as-sports thing, with sides and teams and fandom and rallies and the crushing of opponents -- I guess it's all beyond me. I'm not smart enough. Saludos a todos! LQ

And some have a completely incorrect and unearned sense of superiority which they just can't seem to avoid sharing. Pat yourselves on the back for that one. LOL

I don't know the name, but it's a printing and sign place, on the south side of the highway coming from Chapala. It's around the hospital. Sorry I don't have more info.

We have used Kodi with add ons for almost 3 years. We use RealDebrid for VPN. We get all the current movies and tv shows from around the world that could possibly want, for free (except every 6 months nominal RealDebrid fee).

Just remember, those signs don't necessarily mean THAT house is for rent, just that info on a rental can be found at that house. Learned that the hard way.

ARGH!!! 3:47 am this morning, my UPS's starting to beep/scream and the fans were no longer working. I got up, checked it wasn't just our house but the entire Barrio and called CFE. Was told it was a large outage and should be fixed within 4 hours. Fortunately within 30 minutes or so, it came back on. Good thing as this time of the year without any fans, it was HOT! Clearly, as more demand is placed on the current transformers and electrical lines, we will continue to see these problems. I've begged CFE for years to help us in the Barrio de San Sebastián. After much effort, petitions from fellow Mexican neighbors, we did get 2 smaller transformers to replace the one small transformer and have had fewer problems but especially during this time of high demand, we're struggling. Hopefully CFE will be willing and able to provide the electricity for our growing Ribera. Hope springs eternal. Val.

It's not dog hair, it's "Furfetti".

https://www.3mcanada.ca/3M/en_CA/solar-security-films-ca/residential-window-films/ Don't buy on price alone, since you want something that actually has a cooling effect (IR blocking) and is durable in UV exposure.