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in Europe the self check are everywhere and work so it will eventually work here too. For years they have not offered bags and you have to weigh your own merchandise and put the price sticker on it as well then go out and check out.. We have a ways to go but we will get there.. no service supermarket...

No kidding , they are all over in Chiapas doing nothing.. meanwhile people are killing each other.. On the last episode they showed up in the main town in the municipality when the massacre was happening 1 hour away ...they then went back where they came from without ever getting to where the problem really was..

Tonala and Puerto de Hierro are not on the other side of the lake and neither is La Barca area.. There is so much stuff going on that one loses tract if it is not happening in Chapala..

Actually the baggers are back

The national guard does not do anything until the federal gvt tells them to do something so they are just showing their faces, nothing to be alarmed about, it is the same in other states as well..

River rocks are round and smooth and not red but white, black etc.. no red.

If the house is not available then what is your point for showing it??  Glad you enjpyed visiting with Bob..

There are tax agreements between countries or not.. so te first thing to check out if there are such agreements, if there are chances that information is exchanged. 

After my husband died SS from the US asked for my bank information in Mexico and the US and the US took backthe cheks they had sent before they knew my husband had died but could not have done if the money had been in Mexico because they cannot go into the Mexican accounts.. as far as information being passed good luck..  THe US is one of the worse about putting pressure on other countries to get information.. Canada , I do not know  but I bet  that if they can get information legally they probably do. Yes asking the bank is one way to find out .

The bank I have been to , ask for nationality and id such as passport so yes they know if they have foreigners and from which country so it is not a big step to the exchange information part. My husband was a US, Mexican citizen , he opened his account as a Mexican citizen andthe bank asked if he was a bi national as they had to report US citizens that were bi national according to Bof A which is interesting since the first thing they tell you when you are nationalized is to not clain your nationality of origin. 

I was asked as well but I am French  Mexican.. although I pay US taxes and that I was not ask.. In France when I opened an account I was asked were I paid taxes so they reported to the US although I lived in Mexico... IInternational stuff gets complicated and you can never be sure of what is reported and passed on.

I think Pedro outdid himself on bad taste this time but it is no surprise.. Yes we are all going to die so no point announcing it as it is old news and it has nothing to do with the question from the OP .. Actually she  probably will avoid that yellow house in Lourdes or Lourdes are alltogether, I sure would.

I like Dr Pablo Garcia Menchaca in Guadalajara. He  was recommended t me as one of the best.

yes the only way to know what fits you is to be here and check all the areas. I have lived in the village in Ajijic for the last 21 years. I have a large garden and it is very quiet... I would like to downsize so I have been looking at all areas including south of the lake. I cannot believe the mount of construction everywhere including the south side.. It is nuts. Also cannot believe how fast lots are going..there seem to be a race to overbuild all over the place. This area meaning the whole lakesidearea is about to be overbuilt big time.It is going to be interesting to see where all the water , sewer roads new internet connections etc are going to come from. I al a liitle scared by what I saw all over.

If the farmacies you go to do not have 80mg order it.

What has your prescription got to do with that of the OP,?Atorvastatina is what it is sold under here.  I take 10mg so what??

If you have fish they provide the fertilizer. I had kois and never fertilized the water lilies, the fish poop was good enough for them.

yes you are right it uses a lot of gas  but then theposters have a very good alternative if the water heater is not too far from the bathrooms or kitchen.. In Chiapas my on demand is way too far from one of the bedroom to have an on demand water heater.

Tomgates, there is yellow fever in part of vietnam and you should have a shot before visiting some areas ,I will need a shot next year so I would appreciate knowing where to get one. 

Merida also has many expats.

I go to Laura Ruiz at the Santa Lucia clinic in Guadaljara

how much does it come to per hour roughly?

We had both BBVA and Banamex and left Banamex. I second John Shralls and Mostlylost ´s posts . I have been banking here for 20 years and I think the "most modern" bank is BBVA. This said each branch has their own personality so get to know the manager or an executive. I was in San Cristobal and my purse was robbed.. BBVA main branch was a real pain to deal with and not helpful at all. I called the branch in Ajijic and recommendd that I go and visit another succursal and the other succursal helped me   .. I had to ave 2 seperate ID and since my purse was stolen I only had one and the main branch would not allow me to go on the applicatin which I needed to do to pay people back in Ajijic. THe other branch matched my finger print to the ones on file and they helped me without a problem.

The prices from the board would be irrelevant, the prices vary according to the patient and doctor so the op is better off shopping the doctors rather than shopping on the forum anyways.

my home is one lever the rooms are very large and I have 4 walls between the modem and living room and the wifi signal does not get to the living room. We have laptops we like to use in various rooms and we cannot do that without the extender , even the cell phones do not work without the extender. 

I think I was charge extra but I do not remember. Telmex was on the street and they had one fiber line left and asked me if I wanted it, I said yes they came in installed it and then the laptop was not working in the other end of the house so I asked them for an extender and conection and they did it. They may have done it  privatly, who knows bit they did it and it works ..

After the fiber was installed none of the phone line worked.. so I hooked up a phone to the modem but all the other lines are useless.

yes, Telmex installed it when they installed the fiber

I feel for you guys, in Chiapas the garbage is picked up twice a week at 5.30 in the morning at the dot and you cannot leave the garbage out overnight because the dogs will get into it and neighbors will take photos and go after you so if you want the garbage picked up you have to get up early and deposit it at the corner of the street...

Here we have the garbage picked up twice a week whenever the garbage guy come by.those days.. They usually come by in the afternoon but do not have a bell so it is hard to know when they come by.

a 15% tip is included in the bill in France, like it or know.. It has been that way as far as I can remember and I am 76..We also leave change.. It may not show as tip any longer but it is there, believe me and waiters salaries are largely funded by the tip.. They could not eat if the tip were not included. Many waiters pay to get a job in the more popular places because of the money they make on tips  or at least they used to pay. I do not know if they still do as in the old days tips were always cash and no taxes were paid but now with cards , it is tougher to cheat. The French IRS know by the business volume how much tips should be earned and if it is very low they will add taxes...