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  1. 2 hours ago, ComputerGuy said:

    Thanks for that link. But as I read it, turning on metered connection is one of the solutions given and it says any of the solutions will work. So you're saying I need to do something else as well? Because I can tell you that not one Windows update has downloaded using the "Metered Connection". Which I didn't just do for the sole reason of stopping those updates, but because I actually do have a metered connection, so I don't want anything to automatically update.

  2. Getting (if you have a valid out-of-country license) or renewing a drivers license in Mexico is super easy. I was also in and out in 30 minutes. And there's no "temporary" license. They take your photo right there and hand you the laminated card. Can't imagine why anyone would need a facilitator, but maybe people assume it will be more of a hassle than it actually is. 

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  3. Here's an at-home zipper repair that can sometimes work. As long as the zipper pull is still there, but the zipper simply isn't zipping up anymore (you zip it closed, but it just separates), move the zipper pull back as far as it will go, then take a pair of pliers and slightly squish the two sides of the pull where the zipper itself goes through. These zipper guides get opened too much after a lot of use and that's why it doesn't pull the zipper closed anymore. Most often it's the pull that's the issue, not the zipper itself.

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  4. The SIM may not even be good anymore depending on how long it's been since you used it. Used to be if they weren't used for 6 months, they were defunct. Not sure if that' still the case. 

    And if it's still good, the credit would no longer be good, it has a time limit. So if the SIM still works, just go put more $ on it. with the Sin Limites option, it's unbelievably cheap- unlimited calls and texts anywhere in Mexico, US and Canada.I get the 150 peso option, it's good for 25 days.

    And calls aren't long distance just because the phone number is from another part of Mexico- if you're physically present Lakeside, calling someone else Lakeside, that's local- it's where the phone is situated, not what the number is.

  5. On 8/11/2019 at 4:28 PM, Alpha1 said:

    Mudgirl... Good work 👍. Who makes your pans? 

    Just saw this post, although it's over a month old. They're Findlays. They used to make the cast iron wood-burning cookstoves, too, as you're likely aware. Ah, the days before cheap crap made in China.

  6. The washing machine repair guy told me that a new motherboard for my Samsung wasn't available anywhere in Mexico. He was the technician that the Samsung distributor uses. I found them, new, on Mercado Libre with a 5 minute search and it was delivered in 2 days. Most of these guys just don't want to bother to do any research.

  7. If affordable, I would most definitely go with the aluminum. The metalwork is a constant upkeep of rust removal and repainting. And in my experience, while the Mexican metalworkers may do a beautiful job on the metalwork, they tend to suck at the painting aspect- they use grey primer, which is intended for galvanized metal, rather than the orange primer that is known here as "mineo" because it's cheaper, and they thin out the primer and paint too much so it gets easily through their paint sprayers., or if they're hand-painting, it's easier to apply thin. So it doesn't last well. Even the professional painters do this. After paying 3 different "professional" painters to repaint my outside staircase over the course of 8 years, only to have the paint start coming off and the metal rusting within a few months, I finally spent a week and seriously hard labor doing it myself. No flaking paint, no rust now for almost 3 years.

  8. sls- Yes, all you said in your original post is correct. Hnad the INM agent your resiency card along with your passport and filld out form. And it doesn't matter that you left by car and are flying back- just fill out the FMM on the plane (actually when I flew down a couple months ago, the airline said Mexico hadn't given them any forms, so people had to fill them out on arrival). INM doesn't relly cr that the top and bottom halves of the form don't match, so you dn't need to concern yourself with that.

    And I don't think it really matters which line up you go into at the airport- I've gone through any of them- if you get in the citizens and residents line-up and another booth becomes free, they'll just direct you there anyway.

  9. 14 hours ago, ibarra said:

    II. Transporting a child under twelve years old in the front seats except vehicles which have no rear seats. In both cases the child should be transported in security seats and with a proper restraint system adequate for their age and build duly secured.

    And what about all those folks barrelling down the highway with their kids in the back of the pick-up truck? That one always blows my mind. If they're on holiday and have a bunch of luggage with them, they put the luggage up by the cab and leave the kids sitting right by the back truck gate, so they'll be the first to go if they get rear-ended. I understand that a lot of people can't afford a vehicle with seats for all, but you'd think it would occur to them to at least pile the luggage at the very back to protect the kids.

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  10. On 9/3/2019 at 8:52 PM, camillenparadise said:

    Perfect remedy for flies at table: Peel a dozen tangerines (or oranges at this time of year) Save the fruit for a salad. Soak the peels in white vinegar for two weeks. Put the liquid in a spray bottle and spray the table surface. You will NOT be bothered by flies for hours. When you see even one, re-spray and you're good for the rest of the night. So easy, so cheap! 

    An afterthought: wonder if it would work as a body spray ? If you have O + blood, like me, you will try ANYTHING! We are the caviar of the mosquito world!!!

     

     

     

    There's nothing that turns me off of ever going back to a place (and I've walked out of some after ordering, but before they actually had time to start preparing the meal) like flies. As a customer, I don't feel it's my responsibility to bring some spray along when I go out to eat to keep the flies away- that's the owner's job to make sure it's clean enough that it doesn't attract flies. Flies don't land on a really clean table, sorry. Those tables are obviously getting wiped with unclean rags. 

     

  11. 6 hours ago, Xena said:

    My dogs and cats must be immune to addiction. They eat any brand, any type, anytime, canned or kibble. It makes no difference to them. I have friends whose pets are fussy eaters, so I am grateful to never have had one in 50 years of pet owning. 

    You ARE lucky. Ate least none of my 3 kids were fussy eaters- that would have been way more aggravating than just trying a different brand bag of pet food 🙂

    Maybe if pet owners buy whatever brands are decent and available and on sale, rather than just sticking to the same brand for years, that's the ticket to them not ending up fussy. 

  12. Most mercerias (notions shops, where they sell thread and other sewing and craft supplies) carry these. I can't imagine it would be worthwhile ordering something like this on Amazon or Mercado Libre, when all that's wanted is 6 of them. You'd probably have to order a box of 100.

  13. I've always suspected that dog and cat food manufacturers must put some addictive substance in their foods that makes a pet refuse to eat anything else:-) My dog has gone 3 days without eating, just because I changed brands. 

    One thing I know, though- in hot weather, you shouldn't buy such large quantities of pet food that you can't go through it in a couple of weeks. The oils go rancid and the pet will not want to eat it, which is smart, because rancid oils are really unhealthy to ingest.

  14. 2 hours ago, slainte39 said:

    Go back and re.read my post.  I said, "about this subject".

    I don´t know you and I haven´t any judgmental opinions about you in general or as a person.  Only replying about your opinion of the outcome of their move to Mexico as it seemed you can only see one outcome, and that was in, rather strong language, that gave no hope of anything but a disaster, including foot stomping,  raging, emotional abuse, never forgiving her parents, etc., right down to possible suicide.

    Rest easy, as OTH, I haven´t any opinion about you.

    Thanks for your reply. I know you said "about this subject" And I was not bitter, angry, or pessimistic, I was stating what I felt was the reality. I actually might very well have not responded to this topic post at all, but for the fact that the OP said their daughter was really upset about them "making plans to move to Chapala". Which says to me that the daughter wasn't included and consulted in the planning- the parents seem to have just gone ahead and made plans and now want to try to convince her that it will be fine, by soliciting info on the teenage scene Lakeside. It was that attitude that inspired my replies.

    It's quite disrespectful to a 16 year old, whose life you are planning to pull the rug out from under, not to make her a part of the planning process or to go ahead and make plans without her input carrying weight. It can actually make all the difference to someone that age to feel that they are being treated as an equal whose opinion and feelings are of value and that the decision will be a "family" one. It's one thing if the kid is 12, quite another when they're 16.

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  15. 4 minutes ago, johanson said:

    I love my Telmex 389 upgraded to $435 pesos per month Telmex landline plan. I can make unlimited phone calls to some 60 countries including the US and Canada for $435 pesos per month plus internet at up to 20 MBits/sec internet speed.  I know that is slow by north of the boarder standards, but it is fast for my part of Mexico

    I'd love that as well. Would be great to be able to call my 87 year old stepmom who lives in England. Unfortunately, Telmex has kept declining to extend their lines out to where I live, even though a neighbor went to them years ago with a list of 25 households who would all sign upfor phone/internet plans. Now there must be 3 times that many. And still no lines.

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