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  1. But only to a degree. Using leeches is back in vogue. How Leeches Made Their Comeback
  2. Great news. He got me, too. Good riddance.
  3. Today is Friday and you need to leave Sunday? Not one of those advance planners, eh? I hope it is not because of a family emergency. Why don't you just take a plane or a bus to Houston and then get your paperwork done there and then come back the same way when you have your paperwork in order. I know this requires more money than you might think is practical, but less than it will cost encountering problems along the way. Alternatively, I think there is a service that can get paperwork to transport a vehicle with outdated paperwork to the border for you... not sure how, but maybe you can ride along with them and get the travel papers in the link Angus provided above once you get to the border. If nobody else chimes in and mentions the service that gets you car to the border, I think Spencer knows about it and you can reach out to his office. Or, you could just roll the dice and hope you get lucky. I did that once and got married. It cost me two houses and three pension funds.
  4. Jose Louis Gonzalez (English spoken) 331-326-4662 He was recommended to me by neighbor after two plumbers failed to fix the problems. I used him to repair my bomba and my water heater which needed a new thermostat and was very pleased.
  5. Even with new keys cut, it is still nice not to have the old ones in circulation. I will ask a buddy of mine who hikes in the area every day to keep and eye out. I would still put up a "LOST" poster at some of the popular locations... like this one:
  6. There is a hospital in Canada (Toronto) specializes in hernias... Shouldice Hernia Hospital. I heard about the hospital when US Representative Rand Paul, MD chose to go there for his hernia treatment. I was curious as to why a doctor who is also a US Representative would choose that particular hospital. It turns out they use scar tissue instead of mesh, the latter which can migrate and cause complications, whereas scar tissue does not migrate. Naturally I do not speak from a position of experience or medical expertise, just information sharing. With micro-lasers I can envision very accurate mesh-patterned scar tissue being created probably using laparoscopic techniques that might be a preferred method. The website above has extensive information about the hospital and their procedures.
  7. Some places no longer accept the wallet sized card even though it is the same number and demand the huge (8.5" x 11') new one. Just go to the website https://www.gob.mx/curp/, enter your old curp number and a it will display a new form for you that you can download as a pdf and print... and keep on your phone.
  8. The website below has a couple of other ideas that might not lower the resale value. https://www.universe-magic.com/article/gypsum-designs_2058.html
  9. The upholstery shop in the same plaza as MultiVa gave me a good quote for leather re upholstery of the two front seats for my Honda CRV. I was quite pleased with the quote ($1900 pesos I think) but have not had time to get it done. They asked that I bring it in on a Wednesday and it would be done by Friday.
  10. A friend in the Ajijic area drives frequently to Jocotopec and claims that the police are camped regularly by the Racquet Club checking emissions papers only. We all know that there always has been a problem with new administrations coming in to find that the office equipment and computers are all gone, the bank accounts are empty and huge piles of unpaid bills await them. So, yes, municipalities need to generate money. So, it is not just a "money grab" but with the radical increase in fines, traffic enforcement is one way to do so. Of course, certain events capture public attention and cause short-term enforcement of certain violations that may have been contributing factors in the recent newsworthy event. This is normal in every country.
  11. I often have documents FedeEx'd to a real estate company owned by a friend, where I know someone will be on duty during business hours because I may not be home to receive delivery. In the instant case I used IShop this time because I was not sure the product would make it through customs and they are technically a freight forwarding company and have a relationship with customs. Now that I know the package will clear customs, I will probably use UPS for the next shipment and make sure they include and invoice inside the package, as well as in the plastic envelope on the outside of the package.
  12. I recently purchased and item not available on Amazon. And, I got whacked for $1065 pesos in customs and shipping fees from Mailboxes, Etc/I-shop yesterday for a $10 bottle of herbal supplement. They explained that there was something like $13 Customs processing fee, $22 in duty (the said there was no invoice, so customs went to the company website and got the list price of $130/bottle, not the $10 I paid) and $20 in Shipping from Laredo to San Antonio Tlaycapan for a 16 oz/3 lb. bottle. It took 12 days from the date it was shipped from Florida to arrive ($12.80 USPS from Fl to Laredo, too.) Other shipping options appear to equally bad, but delivery could be much faster. The company has a mental block and is stuck on USPS and has trouble thinking outside that box (unusable in Mexico) but did price out UPS which does work in Mexico and sent me the following pricing: one bottle - 3 lbs Priority Mail International - 54.30 Express International - 71.60 six bottles - 12 lbs Priority - 80.50 Express - 100.90 UPS one bottle - 3 lbs UPS Standard - 71.81 six bottles - 12 lbs UPS Standard - 89.81
  13. I just used Bestlab in Riberas for the first time at the recommendation of a neighbor who was very pleased with them. They are very thorough, especially at intake to make sure you are getting the correct tests for why you are there and have packages of tests that are available that are more thorough and less money than a battery of individual tests you request. The thoroughness of the intake procedure (fluent English, but mixed English and Spanish in my case) made me feel much more comfortable that they were going to do the tests correctly and I would not have to pay all over again at a different lab, which has occurred a few times in the past. Pricing was the same as other labs for the same work. I just had a full liver panel done (Perfil Hepatico) that contained two more tests than requested and was much less money than the individual tests I requested (at the instructions of my doctor.) Needless to say, my doctor was delighted to see the additional tests and accused me of watching too much Gray's Anatomy to know to ask for the additional tests. <g> They e-mail the results to you and your doctor (if requested) immediately. They are in the old Parker Insurance building, in between the new clinic and Tienda Pilar, in that same shopping center. Bestlab Laboratorio Clinico Hidalgo 248A col. Riveras del Pilar Chapala Jalisco, Mex. Cp. 45906 Tels: (376)6881174, 3310969173 Best Lab bestlab.chapala@hotmail.com
  14. I am renting, so solar is not an option for me. But I sure would if I owned the house. My neighbors all pay $200 - $400 pesos per CFE bill. I pay $3200 - $3800 pesos per bill. For my work (world-wide, based out of Hong Kong) I need two desktop computers running 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Normally, this would not cost as much as it does, but when they built this house, they used extremely small gauge wires. This causes the wires to heat up building up resistance and requiring a stronger draw of current than a properly wired house. The entire house from the meter to the breaker box and throughout the entire house is wired with 20 gauge wire, and should be wired with at least 14 gauge wire, and preferably 10 gauge wire. There is thicker wire in the cord of my night stand reading lamp than running in my house! The people who built the house only received a one-time lump savings of about $25 USD by going with the lowest gauge electric wire they could. But, costs me over $100 USD per month. My electrician said because of the size of my bill, CFE would be required to put in a 2nd meter for just the computers, even without changing the gauge of my wires if I demanded it... and that would save a ton of money. (I laughed, because CFE does not respond to demands.) I would have to separate the lines from the existing line and have them ready to be plugged into a new circuit breaker (which costs a ton of money) have lines running from there to the new meter and of course, pay CFE for he new meter (a lot of money). Paying to fixing up somebody else's house is not on my list of things to do. I will be moving soon. Two of the houses I have considered are solar and not only have $99 peso CFE bills (with pool pumps and Jacuzzi) they are also properly wired to accommodate people who use more than just an incandescent bulb hanging from a couple of wires dangling from the ceiling in the bedroom from 20 gauge wires. Viva Mexico!
  15. We live in Riberas and have a bunch of stuff we can donate,  but don't have a car. If you can arrange to get the stuff there, we would love to help. Call for Beverley at 106-0848 (She knows what we have. I don't.)

  16. Again, off topic from the initial request, but I mention it because I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child and in my 60's still seem to have mild symptoms. Anyway, I heard a great interview with Dr. Mary Ann Block from The Block Center discussing psychotropic drugs for the treatment of ADHD at "What the media and medical industry do not want you to know" Dr. Block apparently went to med school at age 39 to save her son. She graduated and got her MD and now she runs The Block Center in Dallas-Ft Worth, I believe. The interview was good enough that it compelled me to mention it. Here is the link to her site: ADHD Non-Drug Program - The Block Center Perhaps there is some good information that can be gleaned from there.
  17. I am interested in a handicapped placard for my housemate, same reason. Although, unlike the other lady,  mine uses a walker. She has no problem getting doctors letters, but anyone who sees her can see that she is severely handicapped.

  18. It was not my intent to be "homophobic." I thought I was humorously pointing out that gay night is Ajijic is Friday nights. I guess my humor did not come across as funny in some circles.

  19. I got stung on the base of the back of my head spending the night in my friend's rarely used casita. I grabbed the scorpion off, tossed it on the floor and crushed it with my heel. Waking me up in the morning was apparently his/her mate (I hear they travel in pairs, and perhaps they do) stinging me on the outside of my right thigh and then again on another part of my right thigh when the first sting caused me to roll over on it. I got a jar and put that one in the jar. It was very light, almost translucent. It sure hurt a lot... more than other scorpion stings I have had... and more than wasp, hornet or yellow-jacket stings. I didn't take anything for it and about 30 minutes later, my lips started feeling numbs and my throat started closing off my breathing. Normally I would sluff off a scorpion sting, but I guess three stings within 12 hours imparted enough venom that I needed to do something. I decided to go to Cruz Roja but my right leg (gas pedal leg) was twitching involuntarily so bad that it was almost comical and I could not drive, so I had my buddy drive me. They put an IV port in a vein on my forearm and put in a pain-killer, and anti-venom and then another pain killer and made me wait for 30 min to make sure I did not have a negative reaction and let me go. I think it was $450 pesos -- or whatever you can afford. I think I gave them $1000 pesos. As for the scorpion in the jar, after it was dead, I put it on a small, pretty rock and covered it in Elmer's Glue... which dried out clear making it look like it was encased in plastic. It will last a couple years in that condition. Just another curio with which to decorate the garden.
  20. 332 area code? I thought that area code was reserved for Puerto Vallarta. Can you move a phone line from Puerto Vallarta to Lakeside? Never mind. Maybe he is using a PV cell phone here at Lakeside.
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