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Thanks, RickS. That's sort of what I figured. So the only guidance to offer is the proverbial question, "Do you feel lucky?" 😀

In the meantime, I have a client who is buying a house and wants to bring her Lexus down here. Are there any Lexus owners around and are you able to easily get your car serviced at a Toyota dealer, or anywhere else? Are parts difficult to impossible to find? Thanks.

Had to backtrack from the link, but found it. Thanks!

"You can make an appointment to renew your Jalisco driver license. People with appointments go to a separate facility in Guad..."

Great info. Where in Guadalajara was this "separate facility"? It wasn't indicated in your link. Thanks!

Clients of mine crossed northbound at Laredo either yesterday or today, not sure, and said "90 minutes", about "normal" for them.

13 hours ago, lakeside7 said:

Has anyone recently had a tree removed and the cost please...I appreciate the cost will vary with size etc but I would like an idea if the price I have been given of 2,000 pesos is in the ball park. This price is for "offical" permit permission etc...Its a Ficus trash tree about 8/10 inches in diameter and 10 ft tall...they all grow like weeds...and of course was planted directly under the telephone/electric lines

I'd pay that price in a heartbeat if it came from a legitimate tree removal service and meant I never had to read any more comments in this thread.

On 2/18/2019 at 8:53 AM, ComputerGuy said:

Just got back from Barra and Melaque, and as usual was pleased to see the "rules of politeness" still in effect on the roads along the coast. There is a particularly long stretch of good highway going north from Manzanillo through the "Mexican Riviera". Mostly one lane each direction, but very-well paved with wide shoulders. Slower vehicles almost without fail will pull over and continue driving partly on the shoulder, so you can pass. Cars coming at you will also pull over to their shoulder, to give you more space.

We drove back from Barra yesterday and noticed the same. It was pleasant.

Ja! I took that foto - and I mean that exact foto - today at 2:15 and sent it to a friend by WhatsApp. The internet is amazing for sharing/spreading info.

CONGRATULATIONS Henry! And thank you for your very precise and descriptive post. I'm much less intimidated now.

6 hours ago, Bisbee Gal said:

Then we saw the cart and we asked a local about it.  It is the legendary (in CDMX at least) camote y platano seller (sweet potato and banana).  His steam whistle will pierce an eardrum (ended up standing next to him once at a red light).  We could also hear it loudly from our 6th floor apartment.

There's one who goes on patrol in Upper Ajijic where I live, above Farmacia Guadalajara, generally during the cooler/colder nights. It sounds like a steam locomotive pulling into town. I've heard them all over Mexico, even some beach locations.

Until the most recent from Bookworm, all the posts in this thread are a year old, and much has changed at the Smokehouse....for the BETTER! They've been very consistent for the last several months.

Thanks and CONGRATULATIONS Joe!

Thanks Anonymous Source! Had I faced those questions in multiple choice format, I'm pretty sure I would have gotten 70% correct. Pretty sure. I KNOW I would have gottem 60%, so surely I would have gotten at least one more by educated guess, right? Ja! Not much worried about the Spanish. This will be fun....unless you tell us we need 90% to pass! 

How did it go for you, Joe Johnstun?

Oh cripes. I would appreciate hearing how it goes for you in January as this is on my 2018 "to do" list. I had no problem with the old sample test, without making any effort or doing any study. Now I wonder...

Buy a packet of Cynoff powder at Jara or elsehwere. $60 pesos. Dilute with water in a garden sprayer and spray around baseboards of house interior and exterior. Repeat occasionally throughout the year. No more scorpions (or cockroaches). Safe for pets.

I have that need. Where is he and where are you? I live in Ajijic with a small but overgrown garden so wondering if he's in the area. Thanks.

Happy to hear they didn't much care about "when moved" since I'm almost seven months late doing this.

Cell: 33-0000-0000

DO IT THAT WAY.

Since you've said this is for use within Mexico, there is absolutely no reason to include the country code. In fact, I'd be willing to bet the majority of Mexicans don't even know what the country code is for Mexico. (Why would they?)

Doesn't much matter how you do the US phone #. Nobody is going to dial it (unless you're putting it there to cover your time while still in the US).

so if you were to have your cell phone engraved on a pet's ID tag,

How would that format appear...

Would it look like this 331-000-000

Do it like that. Or like this: 33 10 00 00 00. Or like this: 3310000000. Format doesn't really matter. Mexicans are fluent in cell phone. But you want ten digits total. The rest of it is if your dialing from outside the country. 52 is the country code for Mexico, etc.

Ummmmmm.....PORTIMOM, I think you may be waaaaaay overthinking/planning this. It takes about 20 minutes to buy a cell phone here. They won't ask you what "area code" you want, you will simply be given it. And it will work.

Are you driving here? Is that why you want a Mexican cell phone prior to arrival? If so, you can buy one at any town along the way, in the same fashion.

P.S./Edit: Never mind. I just saw your other post. Good luck.

The Santorini guys knock on our door every week. We pay 22 pesos per garafon also, plus tip. It's an efficiently run company. A couple of years ago, the driver put a little bar code sticker on our street door. He carries a hand-held scanner that transmits whatever info back to Agua HQ. One of the pieces of info I'm certain it tracks is, if we don't happen to be home when they come on their usual day, they come back a few days later to check if we need water. Que eficiente. We never have to call and wait for them.

ComputerGuy, Aquafina is definitely a USA brand owned by PepsiCo. But Santorini is also in bed with them. If you go to the Santorini website linked below, you'll see the Pepsi logo, and read how it's bottled by "Grupo Embotelladoras Unidas...embotellador autorizado de Pepsi". And yes, it all comes from the tap and is put through carbon filtration, reverse osmosis and other hokus pokus, water voodoo and magic.

Cuida de ti.

http://www.cuidadeti.com.mx/_DESCUBRE/historia.aspx

I'm pretty sure Santorini has some kind of relationship with PepsiCo.

Wow. That place looks great. Almost makes me wish I had a flock of kids to entertain. Almost.

It's in Villa Corona, west of Jocotepec on the other side of the hill. Fancy website with photos:

http://www.aguacaliente.com.mx/inicio/

Of course it's open. If by "best" you mean busiest/most lively, weekend afternoons, especially Sunday.

Got it. Thanks, Rony.