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  1. Chapala.com administrators - again, since it has been so long and so many changes since 2013 shouldn't you put a LOCK on threads older than 2 years. They would still be there for background info but it is so wrong to let items like this show up 5 or 6years after they are valid. It cannot be that hard to lock down a date every 4 months. I suggest June 2017.
  2. Why would you mention the facebook page on there. Take it down, Anita Caldwell

     

  3. Encarcion Rosas and the Carreterra (Farmacia Guadalajara and Donas Donuts Lloyds and the mediterranean food truck are at that corner) at the light turn toward the mountain, north and drive up Encarcion Rosas. Go past the first cross street and in the middle of the block on the right side, west, is a store with a big sign in it that says, "Helios". The store is just about at the tree in the roadway.
  4. A 8-10 inch trunked ficus has a root ball that can be dug out by hand with a couple guys and a pick axe. It is actually easier if you trim the leafy top back hard and then deep shovel cut (poacher spade works great) around the root ball out about 18 inches from the trunk. Then rock the trunk to loosen the grip on the earth and push it over to pull the root ball out of the ground and then cut it up.
  5. Natasha you are so sweet to worry. The point of capturing feral cats is to move them away from the neighborhood where they have become comfortable. One cat is ill and will be put down. The other cat will be snipped and released kilometers away near a barn in a village. Someone there is expecting the cat so it will not be alone in the relocation. These feral cats are a serious health hazard to my own 4 indoor/outdoor cats and to my neighbors 2 indoor/outdoor cats and the single cat next door who is strictly indoor but whom they lament about at the house windows. They defecate on miradors and on terraces and in garden beds in the yards. If they get into the house they spray everything and everywhere. They fight with neighborhood cats and howl all night. This is the 3rd set of two feral cats in 2 years. I am not heartless about this but my first obligation is to the cats who own us. Then to my neighbors cats and lastly to the feral cats. They will get what they need medically but then be relocated. They are not adoptable.
  6. The mail service which we used for a couple years did the incoming packages like this: The package went to the Laredo address. It was a drop office. We went there once to pick an item up on our way into the country. The small 10 x 10 space had some shelves and one table and the room was a mess of opened boxes, pieces parts of items strewn about and cast off packaging thrown in the corner. Once the girl opened the box she took the item in its sales package and put it in a suit case. She was paid to do only one suitcase a week.The suitcase went across the border into N. Laredo in her mothers vehicle as personal belongings. On the N. Laredo side the items were packaged into a cardboard moving box and sent by post to family in Guadalajara. Then it was brought by car into Ajijic and unloaded onto the shelves in the mail service office. Every item had to have a cost invoice and the duty was a standard % of the item cost. The standard percentage was negotiable depending on who you were, how many friends you had using the service and how much you brought in thru the service.
  7. Who has one of these that we can use to capture two feral male cats in the neighborhood? One at a time for vet trips. Not only for snipping but we think one is ill and putting the domesticated cats on our block at risk. We need to get him to the vet first. Thanks.
  8. The Maskaras crew have tried this hospital thing 3 times. The idea that they are looking for shops makes me think it might not be quite what they proposed it to be. Professionals would have all that space contracted to appropriate vendors and service providers long before 60 days before they say it will open. We will see.
  9. Thank you for mentioning Andrea however I will pass on using her services thanks.
  10. WE are interested in doing the citizenship this next year also and will be looking for a faciliatator. Know of anyone?
  11. The best this Mom can do is interview at all the local private schools to determine if any of them are interested in taking on her sons education. ASFG is considered to be the best of the best.
  12. Which ones? There are so many over the years.
  13. We refer to Rosa as "muchacha" and we still call waiters "joven" but we call our friend Delores who irons for us, Delores, she calls us Senora and Senor and its been like this since 2005. That said after all these years and 4 household helpers our most recent, Rosa, has been here almost 5 years and she earns from her first day $500 pesos a day, which is 10 am to 5 pm and she will get a raise this summer to $600. She is responsible for cleaning our home and the short term rental next door in that time. She does our laundry, folding it and readying it for Delores who has been with us since day one and makes $200 pesos no matter how full or empty the ironing basket might be. Rosa now wants her Aguinaldo and vacation pay in Us dollars for her account in Texas. She would like to be paid in all US dollars but I explained how I might be able to do that after our next trip north but buying the dollars would cost her too much.
  14. Woman on my street told me not to park in front of her door since that is her space and since she doesn't have a car her friends have to pull over down the street a couple doorways when they come to pick her up. The entire street from the old Number 4 restaurant south was empty. When I mentioned I had paid the outside gardener to weed that side of the street curb area she said that when he pulled the weeds in the gutter he pulled out all the grass and now she hasn't any grass for her two dogs. No wonder I smelled urine when I got out of my car everyday since the rains stopped. Anyway, The Globe and Mail had this for snowbirds who haven't decided where to go yet...https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/globe-wealth/five-more-hot-spots-for-well-to-do-snowbirds/article37000857/
  15. A dated Tattoo over a nipple - friends up north are doing this because there is an unfortunate trend to some religious family members objecting and then the hospital staff stuttering and it goes to court which is lengthy etc... in addition to tattoos we have friends making time and date stamped videos of their verbal directions, and explanation of the written directive and then every family member must agree on video. Who knows anymore why anyone else thinks it should be their decision but for me thisis a decision I want checked, double-checked and then reconfirmed so my terror at lingering isn't the net to the last thing I experience.
  16. Well Harry, looks like a threat to move a "Banda" bar has been made.  Could you look into this and perhaps if we are proactive it won't happen.  4 has virtually no patrons - maybe a smattering of a dozen or so on weekend nights.  High season is a bit better but not much as we were aware of a major downturn in business this winter.    Thanks, Anita

     

    Anyway, here it is:

     

    Dear Neighbors,

    We do no frequent this board, but this post was mentioned by guests.

    “4” Management apologizes to the complaining neighbor(s), regarding any sound(s) that may have come out of the premises after hours. There was indeed ONE private birthday party after hours. We sincerely regret that anyone was bothered.

    Now, we have a water bottling business to our right, a couple of apartments and a hotel to our left, so we have a mixed use neighborhood, and some of our neighbors actually work at “4”. Furthermore, there were several other parties going on that night in the area, with much louder music (our sound system has bookshelves speakers). We think we know where the issue is, so it's an easy fix.

    That been said, ignorance seems to permeates a few of the posts here, while others are plain stupid. And like Ron white said, you can’t fix stupid. So we won’t waste time with that non sense. The obvious smart one being the one asking: What is “4” response? Well “4” could not have responded since NO ONE talked to Management. To remediate this “4” is inviting you, our neighbors, to cross the street, visit with us and talk around a glass of wine, like civilized people.

    To set the record straight, Number 4 did not fail miserably. Being from Toronto, Kim brought with her exacting standards and a level of sophistication still unequalled around these shores. She got tired, for reasons we now clearly understand.

     

    Finally, “4” enjoys what is referred to as the “Banda Put”. So you should actually pray and even patronize the new “4” to ensure its success for two powerful reasons.

    1 - It will keep up the value of your real estate investment by maintaining a certain level of guests.

    2 - If it is not, there is an open ended offer from Guad promoters: they'll turn it into a Mexican Cantina complete with live Banda (they own several and have approval).

     

    Now, just picture what a Live Banda place would do for your Real Estate investment (not to mention your ears). Just in case, we recently fitted our live music stage and had it made more than twice the necessary size: it is large enough to accommodate a 12 piece Banda.

     

    Regards,

    “4” Management

  17. There has been a group playing for a little more than 5 years. Monday and Wednesday mornings around 10ish down at the Ajijic Malecon. Stroll down, look around for them and introduce yourself.
  18. I wonder if you can add his name to your title and then take it to the border and bring it in under his name?
  19. shoot, used that years ago when chaairing a community fundraiser...new is caldwell7661653@gmail.com

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