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The lab between here and Guad you are referring to will no longer take test samples from private systems. If you need the full spectrum (like what the municipal systems are required to do by Conagua), there are several options in Guadalajara for private labs.

It has been almost impossible to get claims paid in the past anyway.

The local farmers want the old ones. They cut them in half and they make wonderful watering & feed troughs for their animals.

I built one for myself (4 x 6 mtrs.) and had a custom tarp to fit my steel "A" frame made by the guys that do truck tarps at the Abastos market in GDL. Cost was $5000 pesos and fit perfectly. It has been up for two years and still looks new. Their shop is on the west side of the Pemex station in the market area. Wide selection of colours and material types available.

Exactly where are you referring - what road are you intending on travelling? You have to cross a few other states before you get to the State of Jalisco if you cross into Mexico at Pharr, TX.

Might be less expensive to get a new registration as if it was a newly built trailer.

If Shaw has "forced" an xKu VCode onto your receiver (such as the National Menu VCode 4378) you will no longer be able to tune signals that are coming from the Anik F1R - IF - you still have the older dual Ku band dual LNB(s). But you will still be able to tune channels that are coming from the Anik F2 which is what most of us watch. The proper VCodes for the dual quad setups are VCodes 4320 (Classic Menu), 4322 (Advanced Menu) or 4377 (new National Menu). You can temporarily reset your receiver to these older codes by pressing the Options key on your remote followed by the key sequence 1, 1, 2, 2. A menu will then pop-up to show two alternate test VCodes. Select the one that starts with a Q (for quad), then exit and wait a few seconds. Your channel map will change and you can test if your channels have been restored. If not, you have some sort of problem with your hardware (dish misalignment, LNB, cables, etc.). The next refresh Shaw sends to your receiver will reset it back to the VCode they are using for your account. There is no reason to upgrade to an xKu LNB here because it isn't going to let you get any channels off the Anik G1 (the "x" means extended Ku band which is a slightly higher frequency that the G1 uses - that is what the newer xKu LNB's support. Eventually you will need to upgrade if your existing LNB(s) die because the older dual quad LNBs are getting harder to find or are no longer available.

I think Knowledge Network (National 223) is now on the G1 satellite and cannot be received Lakeside.

There is an error on this spreadsheet. CTV Comedy West is actually on National menu 436, Advanced 176, Classic 547. Not that it really matters. If it is on G1 and not F1R we can't get it anyway. Comedy East we can because it is on F2.

What Shaw has been doing is changing the Vcodes that some accounts were using. If you were on the old "Classic" or "Advanced" channel lineups, you may have been moved over to the new "One National" lineup without your permission. They changed my Vcode from 4322 to 4378 and now I cannot get some channels that I used to.

No, CemPanel is a different product than Duroc. It is quite a bit lighter and easier to work with for cutting, etc. I just did a roof of 20+ sheets with it to replace an old and leaky tile roof. I purchased mine from, Constru Muros which is in Guadalajara at the SW corner of Gonzalez Gallo and Rio Reforma - address is 2594 Gonzalez Gallo. For a roof application I would recommend the 10 mm. or 12 mm. sheeting depending on the spacing between supporting purlins.

Is an excellent material to make a quick roof. Comes in 4' x 8' sheets. Referred to as CemPanel and is available in 6,8,10 or 12 mm. thicknesses.

I have had a couple of boxes of screws confiscated from my carry-on by security prior to an AeroMexico flight out of Mexico City. Agent told me no "hardware" items allowed in carry-on baggage.

My wife had a misfortunate health issue last week and was admitted to this new hospital to spend a few days recuperating after experiencing a life threatening emergency condition. The facility is very nice - at least the part that is completed so far. The doctors seemed to be very good, the nursing staff - not very good yet. The prices seemed to me to be extremely high - probably gringo rates. The charge for a room is $3,480 per day!! Last time we were in Puerta de Hierro it was $2,000 but this was a couple of years ago. I don't think many lower income people will be using this facility. I would be interested to know if anyone else has had any similar experiences so far.

The Fester store beside Wal-Mart has a black asphalt coating which is elastomeric and with fibers in it. Good for foundation walls and crack sealing of rook flashing, etc. it is called Fester Microlastic and available in 4 ltr. Or 20 ltr. Pails. About $1500 pesos for the pails.

No, the problem seems to be something unique to outlook and Hotmail email. It is very slow responding some times for such tasks within the program such as looking up an address from the address book (within live.com) or deleting an email message once read, etc. I do not seem to have any issues with other internet related tasks such as viewing the web boards or using Google to search from IE. I do use a VPN (Nord VPN) so am wondering if that might have something to do with it?

Yes, I am having a lot of difficulty today as well - I use outlook.com.

Thanks for the lead. Their website is www.iFibramx.com. They show a local office in Ocotlan. Some really nice packages on their website. May be a solution for those of us in Chapala and east along the Carretera to Mezcala. iFibra Reforma No. 216 Col. Centro, Ocotlan Tel: 392-925-0718

The contractors are stringing the cable on both CFE poles and Telmex poles.

I saw some guys installing fiber optic cable on the Telmex poles just east of Foccacia Restaurant near San Juan Tecomatlan this morning. I asked one of the workers who they are stringing cable for - his response was phonetically "y fibra". He said it was for internet and TV services. Not sure of the spelling of the company name. Anyone heard of this outfit and where to locate them?

Well you sort of both are right. Here is a quote fro the RIV (Registrar of Imported Vehicles) website www.riv.ca. "Transport Canada has contracted with Livingston International Inc. to establish and operate Canada’s national program of vehicle registration, inspection and certification known as the Registrar of Imported Vehicles. This program aims to ensure that vehicles originally manufactured for the U.S. market and subsequently imported into Canada meet Canadian road safety standards."

You are talking two different things in your post. Presenting a Canadian passport and driving a Mexican plated vehicle across the border into Canada is not "importing" the vehicle. The only comments I ever heard from a Canadian Border Services Agent has been they wanted to see the "Tarjeta de Circulation" for the vehicle (I assume to demonstrate I was the owner of the vehicle) and then I was told I cannot keep it in Canada for any longer than six months. I have NEVER been asked to show my Mexican "residency" card. Different thing though heading southbound FROM Canada into the US. I have been asked by a U.S. Border Protection Services Agent to show my Mexican Residency card.

I can't answer Floradude's question since I am not a resident of Chapala. I renewed mine a couple of weeks ago in Ocotlan but I am a resident of the Municipality of Poncitlan. I can't see why they would care because the Ocotlan office is a State level office and not a Municipal one - but the rules can change at any time!!

The place you go is in the Plaza San Felipe on Avenida Universidad 2000. This is the main road leading north that takes you up to the interchange with 15D. Easiest way to get there from Chapala is head toward the airport on Hwy. 23 then exit onto Hwy. 35 towards La Barca. As you come into Ocotlan, you cross over the bridge (the Rio Santiago) just before you get to the main downtown area. Keep right on the off ramp and then keep left as you come down off the overpass. This is Avenida Univerdsidad 2000. Continue on up this road past the Soriana, Federal Police Station and then in a few more blocks you will see the Plaza San Felipe overhead sign on the right. Turn off onto a little angle street just before the Plaza and you will find parking along that street in front of the school or if not behind the plaza. Go in the side door entrance and walk straight ahead and down to the end of the hallway (past the Cinemax). Enter the Estatal office area and go past the reception desk and up the stairs to the second floor. From the stairs turn right and go to the end. You have arrived. You do not need to take a driver's test to renew.

WOW!! Must have been a real POS!