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  1. Some people actually like growing their own, it has nothing to do with the cost of produce in the markets.
  2. I find that hard to believe. Banks don't do things for free. If you check the mid-market rate at any given time, you will normally find that you won't get that rate when exchanging. My credit card company tacks on a conversion fee, but that is different from a conversion rate.
  3. As I read the article in mexiconewsdaily, as Go Solar says, it is about CFE opposing solar generators from being able to SELL excess energy to CFE, not anything about receiving credit on one's account for excess.
  4. Urine is actually sterile, can't make you sick, unlike Ecoli.
  5. I had one worker who I called for various small jobs- not only did he never feel entitled to anything but his pay, he always showed up with the appropriate tools (if I needed some garden work done, he came with machete and pruners, if a little cement work, then those tools, he never expected to use my pruners, for instance) he always came with a big thermos of water, a hearty lunch, and something extra in his lunch for me- if he packed a granola bar for himself, he brought one for me, too. Unfortunately, he moved out of my area.
  6. Kimanjome- Your question "should we really need to have strict rules?" gives some indication about why you are having these problems with your staff. It is not a matter of rules. It is a business relationship. There are laws governing alguinaldo, vacation days, and holidays . Follow those. Sit down as a couple and decide how you want things to go with your workers, you need to be on the same page- you can't tell the workers one thing, or expect certain behaviors, and your husband another. I never have led my workers to "expect" things, like lunch, the gifting of things like TVs that you don't want anymore, etc. If I cut up a bunch of fruit for myself, I'll ask my cleaner if she'd like some. If I'm making a cup of tea, I'll offer one. If some guy shows up to work for a day and I realize he hasn't brought himself a lunch, or even water, I'll bring him a big jar of water and ask if he wants a sandwich, but I don't hire those workers back, I like the ones who are self-sufficient. I am paying them to do a job, it is not my responsibility to be their mommy. My maid had some health issues, she called in sick quite a few times, but never expected to get paid for those days- she would ask if I wanted her to come the following day instead, or just show up on the regular day the following week. I sometimes offer her things she might find useful that I no longer want, but that was few and far between, not a regular thing. You either need new staff and start over on the right foot, or to be clear about your expectations with the ones you presently have.
  7. I'd not doubt that 75%, judging by the unbelievable number of medications it seems almost all Americans I know are on. If I mention that i'm stressed out about something, I can bank on some American friend saying "Oh, you want a Valium, oh you want a Xanax?" They all seem to have a whole barrage of pharmaceuticals on hand all the time. One thing to deal with one problem, another thing to counter the so-called side effects of the first drug, and on and on. I say so-called side effects because that's just a term big pharma uses to make it sound like something benign that may or may not happen to you. But, in fact, those ARE the effects of those drugs. In other words, they can't come up with a drug that works for some condition without it also giving you a dry mouth, insomnia, depression, etc.
  8. You're correcting Spanish usage and then posting a meaningless and incorrect alternative. Do you mean Mi mujer que limpia?
  9. An American guy I know once told me how frustrating it was for him that he just couldn't get his Mexican wife to understand that it wasn't financially beneficial for her to leave their furniture store (which mostly catered to ex-pats) in the care of her 16 year old niece who didn't speak a word of English, so she could go stand in line for 3 hours in January to get a 30 peso discount on their property tax bill.
  10. A lot of gringos think that Mexicans are "immune" to the bacteria here, which is totally false. They get bacterial infections, salmonella, amoebas, etc, just like we do. One of my workers told me he and his family get pills for amoebas by their doctor every 6 months.
  11. I worked in the fruit and veggie picking and packing industry in Canada. If people knew how many people had touched their produce before it got to their kitchen, and saw those people coughing into their hands, etc, etc, they would never eat any produce raw without disinfecting it. Organic or not. And no matter how treated the water out of your faucet is, washing the produce in that water will do absolutely nothing to kill bacteria and viruses.
  12. I can't see how a Transport Canada official would know if or what modifications a Mexican plated 2014 Honda would require to pass the import test without a physical inspection of the vehicle. The vehicle could have been manufactured in Japan, the US, or assembled in Mexico. All of which might result in different safety and emissions features.
  13. JRod is correct on all but this.: There is no need to fill out the top portion of the FMM when you are leaving. This is the part you will retain and fill out and hand in on your return. Why not fill out the top part when you exit? Well, you may not have yet booked your return flight (and there is a line on the form for the airline and flight # of your return), or you may change your return flight and date while you are away. And don't fret if you lose the top half when out of the country. Theoretically the entry and exit are supposed to be from the same card (matching bar code) but INM doesn't appear to care if you just fill out a new one on the flight back. Confirmed by INM agent at PV airport.
  14. Your insurance co. will not apply for an official RFC for you. They have no authority to do so. It is something you have to do for yourself, with or without the assistance of a facilitator.
  15. Banks, insurance companies, etc, will often assign a generic RFC # to a gringo's account, because they assume we don't have an official one. So don't assume that just because there is an RFC # on something, that it is correct. I had to advise my bank 3 times that they did not have my correct RFC# on my account before they finally changed it to jive with my other official stuff.
  16. So , in fact, no Mexican, except one with doctorates in several disciplines, would ever be able to pass the Mexican citizenship test.
  17. No, it's not mandatory- it is what you personally find necessary. If it was mandatory for survival, all the Mexicans and the other gringos who find living with fans to be adequate would be dead by now.
  18. Seconded. It's hard to joke around about anything these days without someone jumping on you for not being politically correct. There is a hilarious video called "How to speak English like a wetback". The comments online below the video when I watched it ran to outrage about how "racist" it was against Mexicans. In people's rush to be "PC", they failed to notice that it was made by a Mexican American comedian and missed the point entirely that it was actually poking fun at Americans who claim illegal Mexican immigrants are taking all their jobs.
  19. I like the sign that says Respete Mi Entrada Y Yo Respetare Su Coche (Respect my entrance and I'll respect your car). A friend used to have a stack of business cards in his vehicle to slip under the windshield wipers of those folks who can't seem to manage to park their cars in a space without being over the lines, therefore taking up 2 parking slots. It said "If you f**k like you park, you'll never get it in".
  20. Well, there are people from every country who talk loudly, but American tourists seem to have a corner on the market. I'm originally American, born and bred, so I'm allowed to say that :-) Mexican men, when working on a construction site, tend to yell when talking to each other even when they are not working that far apart from each other (I think a lot of them are actually hearing impaired from the high decibel music they've grown up with). And loud when partying. But I've never noticed them being loud when eating at a nice restaurant.
  21. The loud table next to us consisted of only 2 couples and they didn't seem drunk, yet. One of the guys sounded like he was talking through a megaphone. It baffles me why so many Americans talk so loud. I've seen them in little Mexican stores asking for something in English. When the shopgirl obviously doesn't understand, they just repeat it louder, as if they think she's deaf or retarded. They seem not to be aware that they are in a foreign country where English is not the official language.
  22. My party of 4 had to change tables at a restaurant last week because the tourists at the next table were talking so loud (yelling, basically) the whole restaurant was forced to listen to their conversation. As I got up to move, I said to them quietly that they were incredibly loud. Later as I was passing by their table after going to the ladies, one of the guys motioned me over, saying that they were celebrating an anniversary. He actually felt this was a viable excuse to dominate the airwaves. I told him that probably half the people in the restaurant were out celebrating something and that his attitude was unbelievably entitled.
  23. Last season, with no warning whatsoever, multiple police forces and transitos swooped into Sayulita one day and confiscated every golf cart they could find. They took them away from tourists who had just rented them, as well as private owners. They had a couple of giant flatbeds all ready. As golf carts are used extensively here, and there are several rental outfits, the rumor was that the taxi union was the instigator. Don't know if that was true or not. Word traveled fast and residents were getting them off the street and into their garages or yards.
  24. As I understand it, the OP will get a 30 day permit for the vehicle under the Canje status he will be entering under. As that is the amount of time a person has to attend an INM office in Mexico to complete their visa process. The 15 days comes into play when you actually have that visa or it is in process. As another poster mentioned, paying Spencer to assist with this, as he knows the time constraints, would be wise. BTW, years ago when I had my Canadian plated vehicle in Mexico under a temp.visa and had sent off all the required paperwork to Aduana within the required time period, I never got a confirmation that it had gone through. Repeated calls over the course of a month and a half to Aduana were met with "It's in process". Finally I just emailed Banjercito asking if they had received the extension. I got a reply within 24 hours confirming that they had.
  25. You are posting incorrect information which will only misinform or confuse the OP, who has stated that he has a TEMPORARY RESIDENCY visa approval. His car is perfectly legal to remain in the country and he will get his deposit refunded when next driving out as long as he notifies Aduana of his temporary visa within the required time period.
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