Tingting

34 minutes ago, gringal said:

As of the timeline of my post, yours appeared to be a misquote.  Then, she corrected it after my post.  What's to get offended about?  "Sheesh" is right!🙃

Because your comment came across like a school kid telling the teacher that Johnny cheated. You're right, of course, that it was corrected after your post and after mine, but it was the tone of yours that got to me. Having said that, this isn't a hill that we need to fight over. Now back to our regularly scheduled squabbles over the vaccines, etc 😁

47 minutes ago, gringal said:

Dichosalocua was just MISquoted by Tingting.  The original post said "Do NOT" surrender, etc.

Ummmm...no. As dicosalocua said, she went back and edited what she had written, but before that happened, I had gone in to use the quote button to give an emoji via comment box since I'd run out regular emojis for the day. Double check before you accuse someone of misquoting. FWIW, I took her original posting to mean what she actually meant as opposed to what was written. Sheesh.

15 minutes ago, dichosalocura said:

Yeah so many people believe that if you surrender yourself over to be jabbed by this understudied and undertested new type of vaccine then you must be an anti-vaxer but that is so not true.

❤️

I am one of the hesitants. I'm not going to go into my reasons here, but they're many and as valid as those you have that make you pro-shot. If you have a compromised immune system, are obese, or have other health issues, I absolutely understand the choice to take the shot and would probably do the same; however, I AM relatively young (for here! lol), take my health seriously by diet and exercise, and go maskless as often as I can to take in the fresh air. So far, I've been as healthy as a horse (but thankfully, not the size of one!) I honestly believe that staying shuttered indoors is the worst thing we can do to ourselves, but JMHO.

Another reason why I'm glad I chose not to be vaccinated (FTR, very much NOT anti-vax, just highly cautious of how this has all been going down).

I don't know which is worse...that some took it seriously or that gringal had to point out the obvious!

I don't know about the ticket, but most offices (govt), etc, are probably closed for the Easter/Spring holidays.

Hubby had to have several hernias repaired and Dr. Ivan was the surgeon (at that time, we were members of SAH). I commented afterwards that I had never seen such tiny and precise stitches. I didn't know that Dr. Ivan was a cosmetic specialist. It's been over a year and you would never know that work was done...it healed that cleanly. Dr. Ivan's English is good, he's very down-to-earth/approachable and his work is, well, beautiful! We really recommend him. 

On 3/19/2021 at 1:41 PM, Whipstock said:

Smart Woman.

Crumbs! I meant to hit the "ha ha" emoticon and goofed. Now, the site won't let me change it. Sorry about that...but your comment

was funny.

No, just no. 

When you don't like the answer, you don't change the question to get the answer you want, but that's exactly what you're doing. Then, you talk about how everyone attacks on this site...yeah, that's really going to help. You asked, we answered. I'm done.

5 hours ago, mudgirl said:

You may have been conditioned to overpay for everything, but that has nothing to do with being a Canadian. I'm also Canadian.

You talk in circles and make no sense. You now say the CFE bill is "unfortunately" in Spanish (well, of course it is) so you can't figure out where to see the usage. Yet your wife is Mexican but somehow can't point out to you where on the bill the usage is shown?

No one gets a 25 peso electric bill unless their place is fully on solar, they aren't using any electricity, or there is something wrong with the meter. It isn't "normal" but for some reason you refuse to believe that.

 

Exactly. 

10 minutes ago, mudgirl said:

 

You have to do your due dilugence here, not just trust that the bill is correct.

 

I ran out of emoticons, but here's a smiley face for you...😀

For obvious reasons, I can't go into specifics, but...a few years back, we got a rather large bill from CFE that we knew couldn't be right as the solar was in and it just wasn't possible, even if we had left every light on, computers showing videos, etc, etc. We checked the lines since a couple of our neighbors were on the more "interesting" side; we had CFE come by twice (or so they said, but...) and nothing. An electrician was already here doing other work, so he proved that CFE had never been by or they would have immediately seen the issue. The electrician was able to provide a solution and our bills dropped back down to normal.

5 hours ago, Northtek said:

I looked through the billing history for the last year and billing has been consistent, the meter is new as the area I am in is relatively new. it has an antitamper tag on it and I am pretty sure its secure, as the neighborhood is very secure. We live in a gated community, inside a gated community.

Plus its just a 3 bedroom condo and we decided to opt out of heavy consuming appliances, such as A/C, Electric dryers, and so on. so our consumption is very low. This was my wife's decision, as she is from here and said that she did not want it. I was resistant at first, as I like my conveniences, but have adopted, as I was told this is the way it is here. 

But in the end, if there is an issue, I am sure it will present itself. Until then, I will just money aside just in case. 

Northtek,

We had solar installed quite a bit back and then added panels because the hubster and I are very spoiled and like being able to use all of our electronics/electric gear without paying a buttload to CFE, as we did when first arriving. We now generate more than we use, so I think it's safe to safe that you're setting yourself up for a rude awakening if you don't get this checked by CFE. It doesn't matter whether you're hooked up (unintentionally) to someone else's meter, have a non-functioning one, or...?...you're not receiving an accurate bill. We show a negative balance each billing cycle, but are billed $49 pesos for the connection charge. If you're paying $25 and your bill shows 0kw...umm...I think you don't need us to tell you that CFE thinks you're a zero usage. Get this checked out, please!!!

Late addition:  Also, most of us are overlooking the fact that you mentioned you're married to a Mexican. I guarantee she read that bill and saw that there is no usage reported. Spanish is not my 1st language, but even I knew how to read our first bill all those many years ago....what part of 0kw is easily misunderstood?  If you ask a question of this board, don't get your panties in a twist if you don't like the answers. The more I read from you, the less I believe the story as you've presented it. Sorry, but, I think you know you're getting free electric and are now trying to justify it.

Whew, that was a long title!

This One Thing Makes You 2x More Likely to Die From COVID (msn.com)

I'm sure most of you have seen this in one form or another, but how many are actually trying to do something about it, health conditions permitting? For me, I find it sad that it took me decades to get proactive about my health, but that's another whine for another day. I'm not trying to start up any battles or angry discussions, I'm truly curious.

Ferret and Cafemediterraneo both made some really valid points. In the end, though, it has to be each person's decision. As for me, I have no interest in the vaccine unless circumstances force me to do so. I have a lot of valid reasons, many already mentioned by others, but please understand that I am absolutely not an anti-vaxxer, nor do I think my DNA will be altered or a chip implanted (wtf???). I absolutely understand and respect the opposing view and try to keep up with developments. I'm not saying it's a permanent "no," but that it's not for me right now. Even if you don't agree, just think of it as one less person in line!

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I didn't realize this was a contest...do you need to piss somewhere to mark your territory? READ what I wrote...lather, rinse, repeat. 

1 minute ago, gringohombre said:

If you "don't know squat about this particular practice" why would you opine about it here??? There always are a few disaffected consumers no matter what profession, whether it be automotive, technical or medical that tend to get the ink and are the loudest. Over the many years here, I have seen just as many positive comments about this practice as negative, in fact I would opine, maybe many more. Some here are like a dog with a bone, digging up and regurgitating ancient posts and seem to get e kind of perverse pleasure from it. Please check the glowing OP report at the top here that begins with "The best dental care I have experienced."  Enough said!!!

Evidently, reading comprehension is not your best feature. I did not opine about the practice. I stated that I respect the recommendations/experiences of others. As I have said in your previous rants about this particular doc, just because YOU had a good experience does not erase the numerous bad experiences of others. If you're happy, great, continue with this practice. As for me, YOUR great experience versus that of so many others means that YOUR opinion is worth exactly....oh, let's say squat...with me.