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6 hours ago, barrbower said:

I assume you are soon traveling to Europe.  We recently returned from France and Spain.  We bought Euros at the airport in Madrid thinking we would need them someplace like cabs or stores or trains.  But no.  You use your debit or credit card everywhere even to buy a Coke in a small store.  It is pretty much a cashless society.  Don't go to any great problem to get Euros.  We only used them for street performers.  They also do not tip in Europe although we did a little just to use up our cash.

Alan

not all countries in Europe go by the same rules or do the same.. so do not assume that because you were in France and Spain you know about other European countries. For your information we do tip in France but the tip is included in the bill and it is also common to leave some change on top of what is included.

Yes the best way to get Euros is at the ATMs in Europe.. You do not need them until you get there.. so it is a no brainer. Get some at the ATM s at the airport.

In short the Feria is llokong for people interested in hosting artisans in November 10th 11th 12th 

we say that because we are run by bureaucrats and the politicians change but the bureaucrats are the ones  that do not change..

My husband and I used the hospital San Antonio several times and we never had a bad experience there. I think the food is lousy and prices high but the attention we received was good as a rule.. Yes bad things can happen but there is something that is a little strange with all the complaints from the newbies.

Do you have the snails you can eat? If you do , they love beer, put saucers with beer and they will drink and drown. They love beer

I have a type of acacia in the garden that does not grow very tall, It has similar foliage to the flamboyant or also called tabachin but does not grow large like flamboyant.. It is green all year round does not have a lot of garbage, it is close to the pool and no problem.. it has small red flowers . I bought it at the nursery at the back of Paz liquor. The tabachin  I have was planted in 68 and is enormous, a great tree but need space, do not buy the tulip tree that has red flowers, it produces garbage all year round. I t also grows huge. I have 2 planted in 68 as well and wish I could cut them down.. The flowers stick to the brick path and are slippery it not picked up every day, the pods are difficult to pick up  when they open they produce a snow like seeds that invade everything and clog the pool , the leaves are also a pain to pick up.. every single season that tree produces garbage.. stay away from it. It also grows very large.

The orchid of the poor tree  also stay fairly small and have flowers, pink or yellow or other colors. It has round leaves

In Mexico as a rule you pay by the job by the day or by the meter not by the hour and the workers in the Chapala area are getting totally spoiled and most of them do not even do a good job..

depending on  where you are in Miami obviously.

I take the comment as an off handed a tongue and cheek comment not as an insult to anyone . It is not a bad idea to learn Spanish if you live in a Spanish speaking are no matter where and  although Lakeside may seems to be an English speaking area  it is not, when you scratch the surface.and there are instances when you could be sorry you do not speak Spanish.

Can you daughter access your schwab account? Open a bank account in Mexico and have your daughter send money or do it yourself to your Mexican bank when you want it  so you can limit the access to your fund in general.It is easy to transfer finds from Schwab to another bank including a Mexican bonk. While you are well you can withdraw with your Schwab card but if you are not your daughter can control what goes into Mexico and check the withdrawls. DO not give a POS to a nursing home, that is crazy.. You could do automatic basic payments to them but do not give them POA

Scwab has an international division , I have an international account with no US address .Not that I recommend it but that is what I have. 

I do not believe any citrus is immune to that blight.. as happychillin says it is a worldwide problem.

With that kind of thinking maybe you are not made to live kn a fraccionamento..sjould have bought in town somewhere and forget living in a fracc.. Think about that one... I lived in a condominium.once and will never do that again..To each its own.

he passed away

no big  surprise there--

Scwab told me they accept remote on line notary as well as Mexican notarios..

This story is unreal .. Sorry Telsa but I doubted you  because who could believe that story ??  You just hope that someone gets back at her for being so selfish.-- 

hought Dennis Clark was gringohombre

i never had a Mexican leave me a voicemail message so i never listen to the voicemail. all you get is hang ups

Did the gorgeous Canadian have an old car? My car will not start again with a little gas , if I run out of gas, I need a mechanic to start it. You are sure you did not make that story up to sound interesting?  

Yes Cedros it is way more more convenient to have a car and also to have more money you can use.. Not everyone has that luxury

Taxis are cheap? Not in the Lake area compared to other places in Mexico that is for sure. In San Cristobal I pay 35 to 40 pesos anywhere in toen Here 70 pesos to go 8 blocks.. not cheap at all but convenient if you have to carry something.

If no one from CFE is asking for it why would anyone worry ?? If they have to have it when they need it they will ask for it.. I have not done anything and I am sure not going to worry about it.

I think Christmas day is a holiday for them  

Yesterday i went to pick up my passport at the French  consulate in Guadalajara  and then took all the paper social security wanted from , put them in an envelope  with addreses  etc and took it to the US consulate  as the dead line was tomorrow.When to the window to give the papers and was told to send them.via Fedex.. so i had to go a few blocks away to send the packet basically accross the street for 35o pesos  and there was another guia for them to return the originals to me when i will prlbably not be there to receive them..So it cost me 700 pesos so tbey could lose 2500 pesos worth of orginal papers..

I do not think our lives are improved by all this organisation designed to give zero customer service for a higher price and for the ease of tbe bureaucrats.

After dealing with the us, French and Mexican bureaucrats  i see that the us are number 1 for being awful  and France number 2.. the Mexican come nu.ber3 , at least it is cheaper to deal with them.

Yes I agree checking what is acceptable is a good idea.. It would also be nice if schwab would answer what is available instead of giving canned answers..which means nothing and I am sick of spending money because bureaucrats cannot be bothered to do their jobs.