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We've had costco/citibanamex cards for a few years now. With what we spend at Costco they pay for themselves in no time and the convenience of not carrying around wads of cash makes it a no brainer for us. And, yes, the cost of the card is in addition to the Costco membership fee.

Chrissy in Laguna Centor will do that. Does a good job.

We are in the hills and have lots of them, many more than usual.

Any requirement for testing if using a land crossing?

On 2/12/2022 at 8:49 AM, ManxMan said:

Another thing to consider in costs is which hospital you go to. We self-fund our medical care and took a huge hit at Hospital San Javier a few weeks back. My wife had a single stent installed on an emergency basis. Our doctor estimated the cost to be $200,000MX. The surgeon estimated the cost to be $300,000MX. Hospital San Javier charged us $555,202MX. Our doctor and surgeon both expressed shock and worked with the hospital but that only reduced our bill to $480,000MX. My wife was in the hospital one night (she was admitted at 6pm and was discharged at 2pm the next afternoon).

Be prepared. Know in advance which hospitals you want to use. Hospital San Javier will never be on our list!

Wow, just 18 months ago, I had three stents implanted for just over 225,000 pesos.

And a third for Daniel Jackson

Columbia going north, Laredo Bridge 2 going south is our strategy.

I depends. Sometimes yes, sometimes no depending on the supplier situation.

Been using Wise (Transferwise) for several years. Excellent service, rates and charges.

5 minutes ago, Lou Quillio said:

You absolutely want 2FA (2-factor authentication) on your Google account. It's only a momentary inconvenience, since once you login 2fa-style on your phone (or an instance of Google Chrome on, say, a laptop) you can choose not to be challenged again on that device.

2FA is the easiest meaningful step you can take toward securing an important account and there's really no excuse for not using it. Where a password is "something you know," 2FA also requires "something you have," typically your phone. It's not enough for a bad actor to steal your password. They must also steal your phone.

Now, the ability to set up 2FA one-and-done for your Google account on a particular device has nothing to do with other provider's security requirements. Your bank will have its own policies, for instance.

All of the settings for your Google account can be manipulated here: https://myaccount.google.com/

HTH,

LQ

 

ps. Yes, I work at Google.

What he/she said!

Dr. Claudia Camacho Choza Eye Centre Chapala  3334033857. Excellent credentials, excellent equipment. She has been our opthamalogist for 5 years. Did cataract surgery on both my eyes and both my wife's eyes.

Los Leal did ours. I bought the Chamberlain motor on Amazon Mexico and they supplied the door, the rails and did the install. Very happy with the result. 376 766 4973. Ask for Jonatan.

Been nearly three months since we requested corrections and nothing yet.

Anybody use this? I inadvertently purchased a box of 30 caps .4mg at Costco when I should have purchased Asoflon Duo. Paid 940 pesos and would be happy to sell it for 800 pesos.

As I said above, I'm not a new client.

I've used him several times... as recently as a couple of months ago. He's always been prompt at responding so I can only assume he is away or indisposed. In any case, I found another plumber to do the job. Thanks.

Dr. Briseno has been my cardiologist for 9 years and three stents. I have a very complicated medical profile that he has had to contend with. Like RV, I'm still alive and kicking because of him.

3 drug eluting cardiac stents implanted 1 year ago this week. Dr. Hector Briseno at Terranova Hospital in Guad. 240,000 pesos total.

Anyone know if he's still around. I'm not able to reach him via his cell.

The generics made by Apotex (Canadian manufacturer) are readily available here and are excellent quality. As and example, their generic for Plavix ...Clopidogrel...is excellent and about a 10th the price of Plavix.

It's not the duty that kills you it's the obscure convoluted processes you have to go through to get anything out of Aduana in Guadalajara. Not to mention the "processing fees" that the couriers tack on top.

19 hours ago, RickS said:

I NEVER take that bypass! Years ago it was a given that if you went that way you were guaranteed a mordida payment out there in Ciudad Frontera. Not so much now as the town folks there and in Monclova rebelled with success.

Just drive straight thru Monclova on Blvd. Harold Pape! Lots of signal lights but moves OK. Monclova is a nice, clean city with several nice hotels and a..... Burger King & a Carl Jr's!!! 😄

6 hours ago, Toyhauler 4u said:

I came north through Eagle Pass 3 days ago.  There were 50+ cars in line to cancel a TIP at Allende.  2 hours in line to cross north on a Monday afternoon.

Reason???  People are avoiding N Laredo/Colombia crossings.  Give yourself extra time.

Ciudad Acuna/Del Rio might be a better choice.

Thanks Rick for the routing and thanks Toyhauler for the update.

21 hours ago, RickS said:

P.S.  Kiko has suggested taking highway 57 libre from Saltillo to Piedras Negras. And if one is going anywhere west of San Antonio that is a good route to take anyway.  I've traveled that road a zillion times over the last 10 years and it has only gotten better. But if I actually need to go to the San Antonio area or east of there, I'll continue to take 85D from Monterrey to Laredo regardless of what the US State department decides to cry wolf about. As Mostlylost has suggested, thousands and thousands of cars travel that road daily with their biggest problem being a potential..... accident!

end of rant....

 

 

Rick, last time we took this route we were coming south and took the bypass around Monclova. The road was not particuarly good, and there was no traffic and one police vehicle parked in a more remote location. It spookies us a bit. Do you recommend the bypass or just driving through Monclova.

19 minutes ago, lcscats said:

So what vaccine are we talking about?   Astra Zenica (oxford) is 12 weeks between shots and we got out first shot at start of June this is way too early for second shot.

Astra Zeneca is 8 - 12 weeks. Our second shots in Guad were just over 8 weeks.

Actually, we've had three different employees of Carlos and they have all been just fine. We don't have any chemicals they can use and they supply the salt and the muriatic acid. Never a problem.