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Xena

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  1. How funny. What does “my gay” daughter (my and gay underlined twice yet) have to do with illegally parking your vehicle? I like the “disabled American vet” and “can not walk far” excuse added just in case my gay daughter isn’t excuse enough.
  2. “And the price quoted to get license and tags, at $6,000, for Mexico state... wow. Fuggeddaboudit.” It was only a matter of time. On local expat Facebook page a proud golf cart owner proclaimed that all cart owners here can pay a facilitator 6000 pesos and get Mexico plates for their golf carts. She did it. Asked if they were legal for Jalisco residents and would they be recognized by local police she said they had an agreement with the police commander. Here we go again!
  3. When you get get pulled over in your golf cart do please tell the officer there are no laws against what you are doing. I am sure he will appreciate the lesson from you. SYSY, please re-read your posts. Do you detect perhaps a teensy bit of resentment against car drivers?
  4. All this commentary is interesting but irrelevant. It is not a handful of foreigners on a web board who are making the rules for golf carts on public roads. The Mexican authorities are making and enforcing laws in their communities. So explain and justify all you want. It will change nothing.
  5. Posted on TOB in a golf cart thread: "One of my neighbors had her unlicensed cart confiscated for driving wrong way on city Street in Ajijic" So, some cart owners not only believe they need not be licensed and insured but also believe traffic laws do not apply to them.
  6. Thanks Gringal! You ask a good question. The post was a lot of overheated rhetoric until the last sentence which veered over to perfect projection. No one could be more self-righteous, self-centered, and self-serving than the writer of the diatribe that was more trolling than posting.
  7. Years ago a friend would buy a box (or maybe a bag) of powdered buttermilk at Superlake. She would reconstitute whatever amount she needed. It was much cheaper than buying the buttermilk as needed. Don't know if they still sell it or where it might be located. Perhaps Walmart might have it?
  8. Thanks for the review Duckie. It is good to know that I can still depend on Benno's for help with my aging iPad.
  9. I knew it was a joke but since Nedro is not known for his sense of humor it probably was not a good idea.
  10. Thank you, Justathought. Whenever something like this happens I tell myself I have to check the date of every OP I read -- especially if I am going to comment. And, I do it -- for awhile. Then I forget again. It is just part of the web board experience.
  11. FYI The original post was from almost a year ago as were the first 22 replies. Then for some reason Robert pulled up the thread and commented on it. Those of us who do not look at the dates of OPs and knew OldyFeliz assumed he had posted. At dinner tonight I ran into a friend of OldyFeliz and happily asked how he was doing. He stared at me and then said his friend died six months ago -- just three months after that post. So you can continue your pain med discussion for the benefit of others but OldyFeliz no longer needs help. If you want to be judgey about pain medication use and abuse take that discussion to another thread. It is not appropriate here.
  12. Thank you sm1mx. You are correct. Valerie is well known. In addition to seeing clients one-on-one, she facilitates several support groups for care givers, people with life-threatening illnesses, and a bereavement group. She is a valuable community resource in many ways.
  13. I recommend Valerie Rhoda in Ajijic. Don't have her phone number handy but her email is vhrhoda at gmail.
  14. Not one person on this thread said they kept an employee because they did not steal. They did list honesty as one of the traits they valued. I also have never known anyone who kept an employee who stole from them. I ran the Human Resources department of the U.S. branch of an international corporation. Honesty was a valued trait in any employee. Sorry that the mention of it offends you.
  15. I agree with Seren in that we need to keep in mind the exchange rate will change again. i do not agree that bright, ambitious young people will choose to clean houses for the rest of their lives rather than get an education and become professionals or start businesses -- even if they well paid for it.
  16. You obviously have not regularly read here the complaints posters have about their cleaning people. Do you honestly believe that every employee everywhere is prompt, hard working, honest, careful, and reliable? Yes, those are the traits of a good employee. No, not every person hired has them.
  17. I pay my cleaning woman 200 pesos for three hours. She never misses a day, never asks to borrow money, is never late, doesn't have a cell phone much less talk on it, and works briskly the whole time she is here. Since I know I already pay her at the high end of the scale even for here, I have no intention of giving her a raise. I think we both are happy with our arrangement.
  18. I never thought about meeting "single" people, just meeting people and making friends. After eight years I have many acquaintances and a core group of close friends. They are single and couples, women and men. People here are friendly and open. If you venture out and about and explore what interests you, you will meet kindred spirits.
  19. Hard to describe the sound. To me it a shocky, electrical sound that makes me think angry and dangerous. I don't know how dogs interpret it but barking dogs grow silent and advancing dogs stop or back away.
  20. A friend has a taser -- or at least that is what I thought it is. She has used the sound to scare off dogs. It emits nothing but the sound is scary and effective on dogs.
  21. Semalu, the disservice was in just saying "waiting for death" as opposed to informing people about what hospice does (as you outlined in your response to me). Your first comment made hospice sound passive when in truth it is active. You short changed hospice and the person looking for help. A big problem for hospice and the those needing hospice services is getting help for people before the final few weeks of life. Part of their reluctance in seeking hospice care is hearing that hospice is just about waiting for death and not about living every day until the last one and living it without unbearable pain. You took the time to clearly explain to me what you assumed I do not know. I wish you had done it for the OP instead of dismissing hospice as "waiting to die." We would then not be having this discussion.
  22. Sandrita, I am sorry to say that complete hospice care as we know it in the U.S. is not available lakeside. There is a sad history of attempts to do so. There are people providing various aspects but no central services. Valerie Rhoda, a local licensed therapist, would be a great resource for you. She runs several support groups including several for people with serious illnesses and one for those care giving for people with serious or life-threatening illnesses. She is plugged into the available community resources. Her phone number is 766-4522 and her email is valerie_rhoda at yahoo.
  23. Hospice is not about "waiting for death." Telling that to people needing help is a disservice. Sandrita, here is a link you may find helpful. It provides a starting point for you and others newly facing a difficult and painful situation. Best of luck to you. http://www.nhpco.org/about/hospice-care
  24. Thank you, Bezerk, for reminding us all to think before we post and to be less judgemental and more kind. I hope you get your makeup done and feel fabulous!
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