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  1. As per title, I need to log into the Telmex fiber optic router that was installed here about 3 months ago to check some settings. Thanks!
  2. Unless you are buying land only to build on, investing in something like a condo or house that is not built yet but promised continues to be pretty risky here. https://www.informador.mx/jalisco/Explota-nuevo-fraude-en-Jalisco-tras-crisis-por-Yox-Holding-acusan-ahora-a-presunta-inmobiliaria-Cresi-20240116-0086.html https://www.informador.mx/Fraudes-Jalisco-cierra-el-2023-con-record-en-este-tipo-de-delitos-l202401170001.html
  3. And you all forget you are inconsequential here when it comes to causing or fixing this problem. The developing world doesn't give a damn about this. They are already generating far more carbon than the countries you keep attacking and there is absolutely no sign they are going to do anything other than throw up fossil fueled power plants and buy and drive cars as fast as they can. They want what you have and they will get it or kill everyone trying. Humanity may be individually intelligent but collectively they are no better than the science experiment a lot of us did in school. You take a test tube full of nutrient broth, inoculate it with a few bacteria. The bacteria proliferate exponentially until all the nutrient in the tube is gone, then they all die. Why waste your last few years on earth in constant angst over this. If it reaches the point that mankind wipes themselves out over this, once we are gone things will reset. Maybe the cucurraches will be the next top of the food chain. Life will go on with or without us. There's a lot around here you can actually have an impact on. There are thousands of homeless orphans and stray animals that could use a hand. You could pick up some trash when you go out for a walk and make a noticeable difference in your environment. You could work on cleaning up the lake. Pick any need around here and it will quickly become a full time job. You aren't going to do a damned thing about where the climate is headed, whether you are right or wrong. Because of the sheer numbers involved, you are largely irrelevant.
  4. Where do I buy those shirts? I want all of them. 🤣
  5. If everyone did this they'd know this is far from settled science.
  6. I certainly understood he/she is referring to death here, since the OP stated clearly that they were evaluating services offered by the two local funeral homes. Is the "equivalent" of a U.S. Death Certificate here that CRDA? Would the more expensive place be getting that in addition to the Mexican Death Certificates? We are also engaged in the same process and are very interested in this topic. As for someone who has actually gone through the process, I think benjiboy has recently. Maybe he would be willing to share what he learned.
  7. Do them a favor and don't fill their heads with doom and gloom. You have no idea what the weather is going to be like next week, let alone in 50 years. We are a very small minority of the world population and the big polluters could care less what we think or do. They do love it, however, when we punish our clean countries while they go right on building coal fired power plants and throwing trash in the ocean. BTW, the country we live in now isn't one of the clean ones either.
  8. I have a Janome serger sewing machine I picked up for one of our Oaxaca students, the one designing and making clothes. It works OK but would benefit from a cleaning and adjusting. Is there anyone local doing sewing machine service?
  9. Common sense is knowing when things are a lot bigger than one is. I'll offer you the same opportunity. There are something like 6000 things made from oil and gas. Please peruse the lists shown here and assure us you either are not using any of them or you can go on living without any of them. https://energyneresources.com/blog/list-of-products-made-from-petroleum
  10. There are something like 6000 things made from oil and gas. Please peruse the lists shown here and assure us you either are not using any of them or you can go on living without any of them. https://energyneresources.com/blog/list-of-products-made-from-petroleum
  11. Which is nothing. Maybe though you could try sharing the angst with the Chinese and India and see what the response is. And good luck with that. Our cycle is a long way from killing us. What does appear to be happening, though, is that higher CO2, the food for plants and hence the supporter of all life, is causing greening of the planet. We are in a lot more danger from overpopulation and the spreading chaos and decline of civilization planet wide than any small changes in temperature which may or may not reoccur next year depending on what El Niño does. Heck, we're probably in more danger from getting run over on the Carretera or breaking our necks on the rustic sidewalks around here. 🤣 Man, I can't believe old people here in God's waiting room South actually spend time worrying about something they can't do a damned thing about instead of enjoying the time we have left in this still quite beautiful place with arguably the best climate in the world. Talk about nuts. LOL
  12. We're all going to die........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Borrowed from another thread, this is perfect for here IMO. 🤣
  13. It is going to have to be hydrogen or something like it. When one looks at total energy cost including fabrication, the current windmill technology is a total loser, not to mention the environmental impact of all those birds it kills. And then there's those emerging studies that indicates the really big wind farms have adverse effects on rainfall downwind. And the massive amount of petroleum based lubricants they require. Dud. These windmills are like those electric cars, a boondoggle that will be gone in 10 years after consuming and wasting billions and creating a massive solid waste problem. No matter how you slice it, the laws of physics dictate that batteries cannot store as much energy as a tank of gasoline. But hydrogen can. Fun to see someone label as propaganda the very basic fact that solar don't solar without sunshine and wind don't spin without...wind. However, if someone can come up with a solar panel that works at night I will definitely replace all of my 18 with it. Not holding my breath on that one. But solar is very economic at this point particularly when properly applied, that is, in places where it isn't cloudy all the time. I did see somewhere that someone is developing a solar panel that produces power from UV, which is not stopped by clouds, as we've all learned from sunburns on cloudy days. That could really make solar a lot more practical in a lot more places. We don't get enough wind around here to matter, so that's out. Methane capture from Mexican food aficionados...might be useful around here. 🤣 Nikola looks interesting, but the fuel sources have to catch up with the fuel users. I'm following SunHydrogen which is trying to directly power hydrogen production solely from solar power. When you see Freightliner and Mack building hydrogen powered trucks, you will know the technology has arrived.
  14. The key phrase in this hysterical piece is "on record." Records of any kind of reliable accuracy go back maybe a couple hundred years. Beyond that, geologic history shows us this planet has been both far warmer and far colder than the last two hundred years. Life went on through all of it. However, when it comes to people, history shows us cold killed far more than warmth. "On record" really is insignificant in the context of the history of this planet just since man emerged. The other problem is urbanization affect temperature measurements which have largely been taken in and adjacent to urban areas, which have been growing rapidly and affecting the microclimate around them. Even if the thermometers of 200 years ago were as good as those now, they were far less subject to this effect. Wind and solar is no answer to anything for the simple reason that when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow, there is no energy production. But you don't just suddenly stop needing energy to live. Both of these technologies, particularly wind, carry very large environmental costs in both the production of the equipment and the disposal of same when it wears out. The ultimate foolery are these "electric" cars, largely recharged from fossil fuel sources, requiring massively damaging mining for the production of batteries for which no one has really devised what to do with them when they reach the end of their useful lives in 10 years. Hydrogen produced by cracking water shows a lot of promise. I've been following a company that is trying to commercialize hydrogen production direct from solar energy. Effort spent in developing hydrogen fuels would be far more productive than the colossal waste of electric cars. The U.S. has made more progress in reducing carbon emissions than almost anyone but this accomplishment is totally negated by the rapid increase in carbon emissions in China and India. China in particular has more coal fired power plants under construction than exist in the entire U.S. today. When it comes to both pollution and carbon emissions, China dwarfs the U.S., Canada and Mexico combined. The Chinese are also by far the worst polluters of the world's oceans. At the bottom of all this is too many people everywhere burning too much carbon fuel of all kinds to keep warm and cool, move around and produce stuff. In my lifetime the population of this planet has doubled and it is still going up. It is not the developed world driving the population problem either. Things would look a lot different if we had half the population and what has already been accomplished in producing and using energy more efficiently. In any case attacking and burdening the secondary players while turning a blind eye to the real culprits simply results in shifting production from the cleanest to the dirtiest and making things just that much worse. Locally, the big story for us was the early emergence of a strong El Niño after a rare three year run of La Niña, the cold water condition. It definitely threw a monkey wrench into our rainy season. We could well be into a repeat of one of those periods of below average rainfall and a big drop in the lake level such as was seen around here in the early 2000's.
  15. Again, you are confusing partisan politics with general and mostly long standing policies that directly affect local residents and that are OK on this board. Your interpretation is incorrect. Stop repeating it. Any other concerns please address them to Admin and cease hijacking this thread. Thank you.
  16. We found that finding healthy food for cats around here is even more difficult. Agree commercial pet food probably shortens the lives of most pets it is fed too. We are convinced that was the case with our cats, both of whom passed last year. This is a big reason we haven't replaced them, that plus we want to travel more in the few years we will be able to do it.
  17. You started a thread specifically about upcoming partisan political elections in three countries which is very specifically avoided here. That is the only time you have posted anything that required removal by a moderator, me actually. I got a number of complaints about it from other members. This thread makes no mention of any political person beyond the one who made the proposal for equitable funding. That is a policy matter and as the majority property tax payers in this municipality it is of direct interest to us. The distinction is clear even if it escapes you. Policies which affect things like security, infrastructure, traffic, public works spending and the like are very much permitted discussion topics here. Things like elections, political persons or parties are not. Those of us who have lived here for quite some years, and the local Mexican community as well, are well aware of Ajijic being used as a cash cow by Chapala. Some years ago a local Mexican attorney actually took the time to look at the tax rolls and concluded something around 70 percent came from Ajijic and immediately adjacent. That revelation went nowhere as far as spending was concerned and if anything, the various Chapala governments, regardless of party or persons, seemed to spend even more of Ajijic's tax dollars elsewhere as time has gone on. Hence the terrible condition of the streets in Ajijic which IMO have declined to worst ever in my 15 years here. Thus far I see no evidence that Pueblo Magico has had any real impact on things like the potholed and often trashy streets and the broken benches on the Malecon. You are welcome to contact the Board Administrator, "Chapala" with your complaints.
  18. From the last GDL Reporter: CHAPALA CONSIDERS FAIRER SPENDING FOR SATELLITE TOWNS "Ajijic could obtain additional municipal funding next year thanks to an initiative proposed by Chapala government solicitor Gamaliel Soto Perez, a leading council member of the city council. Earlier in the month as a member of the council's Treasury and Budget Committee, he presented an alternative 2024 budget plan, suggesting that the city's annual expenditures be distributed more equitably among the municipal seat and five satellite towns. The formula would be based on current official population figures and the amount of revenue each delegation generates for the municipality's general fund." "...The concept will certainly be welcomed by the residents of Ajijic who have long felt the tax revenue collected for the town's high real estate values and rates for water and sewage services puts far more money into the municipal coffers than it gets in return." GDL Reporter, January 6-12 edition, front page. Imagine, one day we might finally be able to show our visitors our tax dollars at work here in Ajijic instead of having to drive them to Chapala to see same. 😁
  19. There's a market for anything around here. Best bet is the Facebook page Beg Barter Buy Chapala or Lake Chapala classified. A used matrimonial is probably not worth much. Local orphanages are always looking for donations of things like this.
  20. True the above and we have noticed in the last few years checking and enforcement has really tightened up. Fortunately we will no longer be driving in and out mainly because the roads on the routes we need have been ground into a potholed, broken mess by all the trucks and lousy maintenance. You don't move to Mexico for the great roads. 😁
  21. Well, we ended up ordering Adelitas pizza because we like their other offerings and their home delivery has been excellen. MAJOR MISTAKE. Without doubt the worst pizza we've had here, maybe the worst in our long lives. Whomever fixed it hasn't a clue what pizza is supposed to look like and taste like. Imagine a pizza with no tomato sauce and some sort of mystery curdy gummy cheese not at all suitable for pizza with the other topping thrown loosely on top. A total lack of the normal seasoning one expects on pizza. Really bad, folks. Dominos is at least mediocre. This is far below Dominos. We'll continue to patronize Adelitas for their good rib meals but never again this awful pizza. It wasn't cheap so we are trying to figure out if it is fixable before tossing the thing out in the trash. UPDATE: Unfixable. For the first time in my long life we threw out half a pizza. That's how bad it was.
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