mudgirl

You do say the strangest things. I post a photo of my clothesline set-up, where you can't even see the pulleys or any other parts close-up, and you determine that it's poor quality? All the parts are heavy duty metal. It's been there for almost 13 years now, working perfectly. About 7 years ago I had to replace the line itself (but there was plenty that came on the original roll I bought to do that) as the outside plastic covering eventually cracks in the sun, snagging the clothing and exposing the metal core, which can leave rust stains. I had the exact same type of clothesline in Canada, with the exact same parts, that I used for 25 years. I guess you have a quite high "quality" standard.

So you think it's wrong for someone to charge the equivalent of $5 to provide a service to people who have not been able to do something on their own? People have seemingly spent hours trying to do this themselves, how nice that there is someone who is assisting people.

I hit the wrong button and now am out of reactions today. Meant to post a sad face on that, not a like. Lest anyone think I agree with the advice to consult a lawyer when you have nothing to consult a lawyer about.

Azucena isn't that unusual a name in Mexico. It's the equivalent of Suzanna. Better known as curtain twitchers. Alert to every siren, wanting to know what it was all about, which neighbor let their dog poop on the sidewalk, who put a piece of garbage in their outside garbage can, anything "weird" they see in the sky. I guess it's better than being a couch potato.

602 is Phoenix. The person who gave you the number wrote it wrong. You can either use what Chapalence answered, or use +1 and then the area code and number. +is used in place of the 00, the 1 indicates the country code. So if you call Mexico from the US, the prefix would be +52.

You mean writing "facts" in all caps doesn't necessarily mean they are actually facts?

I don't live Lakeside, but the very good dentist I use in Puerto Vallarta charges half that for a crown. Of course, charges can vary a bit, depending on the state of the broken tooth.

The title of your post is "So much for my road trip idea..." That implies that you are now scared to travel.

I would assume that words most educated people have no trouble understanding the meaning of doesn't have value as a way to impress anyone. Only those who resent the value of education, and who they perceive as "elite", see words and phrases they don't understand as being used to impress anyone. Other people look up things they don't understand., as they appreciate gaining more knowledge.

It's a colossal waste of time to try to point things out to people with opinions set in stone, closed minds, and a penchant for cognitive dissonance.

Uh, no. My cat gets swatted if she scratches me. There's something wrong with "cat people".

Maybe you need stronger glasses? 🙂 Sorry, couldn't resist. Yes, sometimes those "not a robot" letters are hard to make out. But most capital letters are obviously different from small letters. I haven't checked out this particular page, but I've had to sign in to SAT a hundred times- if you get it wrong, they just give you a fresh page with a new combination of letters and/or numbers, which hopefully will be easier to distinguish.

Are you supposed to read it out loud with your microphone turned on? If not, just move your eyes across the page as if you were reading. It doesn't matter if you can actually see it, if they are just trying to get a scan of your iris.

Is this supposed to be an online iris scan? That's what it sounds like to me. That's why they want the glasses off.

??? "Iffy" in what way? I stand on the terrace, hang up the clothes while reeling out the line. It's been there for 12 years. You say some strange stuff.

It's a Govt. of Canada number straight off their website.

Thank you Thank you, but I already did a search and found threads that listed the toll free numbers to use,but 833 was not among them, which is why I am asking.

You heard wrong. There is no timeline. The SAT offices don't open their appointment booking calendars 6 months to a year ahead, only 2 weeks ahead, at least in my area office, so there is no way to book way ahead, and therefore no way to assess when one might be able to attend their offices. "I heard" among ex-pats means nothing, it's usually baseless chatter, totally confused, or outright incorrect.

Very clear and informative video, aside from his advice to just pop into a SAT office. You can't get an appointment these days.

Yes, and there is also a creek, just past Don Pedro's restaurant, that we locals all called the Rio Hepatiti. They cleaned that up, too. Discovered some homes whose sewer pipes were discharging directly into it. BTW, that isn't a river in Sayulita, although everyone seems to refer to it as such- it's an arroyo- it's seasonal- only has water in it part of the year. Dry as a bone right now, even where I live, a couple kilometers up it, where we usually still have a small stream flowing for longer than you see in town.

Yes, it seems to be under control now since they booted out the crook who had been running the water system and sewage treatmennt plant for 18 years. I know the system has been upgraded and a few years ago what I heard was that the plant was actually capable of doing tertiary treatment, but that that guy was only using primary treatment, which is basically raw sewage. He pocketed vast sums of money that were intended to be used to run the system. And you are right- those who profited greatly from the tourist trade here tried to downplay or deny the seriousness of what was going on, which is unconscionable, IMO. But that wasn't really going to work, as we live in the age of social media, where, "We all got sick in Sayulita", posts all over travel review sites, and other social media is seen by millions of people. To be fair, though, tourists getting sick here was always blamed on the sewage issue, when there are many reasons tourists get sick. You can get food poisoning, Norovirus, sunstroke, overdid it at the bar one night. In fact, Norovirus was only an issue during high tourist season- they didn't get it here, and locals weren't all getting Norovirus, the tourists brought it down with them. They were probably already infected when they got on the plane, even if they had no symptoms yet. Then they are all sharing a vacation home and spread it among themselves. And there were many instances of a group of tourists all getting sick, but many in their group never went in the ocean at all.

Personal RFCs are 13 characters, RFCs in the name of a company or business are 12 characters, so maybe you are in the wrong portal, or the site is just poorly programmed.

Long time, 20 years. Everywhere is different and more crowded now. And that's not just due to expats and foreign tourists- there seem to be more middle-class Mexicans now who are weekend tourists in their own country. Here where I live in Sayulita, the tourists used to just be foreigners, except for holidays like Semana Santa and Christmas. Now Guadalajarans and other city-dwelling Mexicans seem as prolific every weekend as the other tourists, and many own vacation homes here. But even back then, I used to hear people saying that San Miguel was just overrun with retired expat Americans and Canadians, however, that wasn't my experience, not the crowd I hung out with. Like almost anywhere, one's experience can differ greatly depending on what area they live, who they hang with, and the activities they pursue.

Anyone have the number you have to substitute for an 833 Canadian govt. toll free prefix?

That's what I loved about it when I lived there. You could go out and hear live music of almost any genre any night of the week, there were art openings all the time at the many galleries where you could go hang out and shmooze around and drink and eat free wine and appies 🙂 And the jardin (the main plaza) was a hoppin' place all the time where you were sure to run into friends or make new ones. I miss that kind of culture here on the coast. Surfing culture just isn't that interesting unless you're a surfer.