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Looks great Pedro. SunFan

What does one do with the leaves????? SunFan

Hmmm. I've had two lime trees, again from Cruz, for over 6 years with no disease problems. A Persian and I can't remember the other one. Worst issue I've had is keeping up with harvest. SunFan

Other than being horrifically slow to deliver mail I've never had a problem picking a package up from the Chapala office. SunFan

I got mine at Cruz (Vivero San Antonio. ) Just South of SuperLake. SunFan

Bancomer works for me. SunFan

Jamison, Will your modem by any chance support VPN software? SunFan

When I swithed to non-resident tax status eight years ago the gross individual income level at which it became beneficial to pay the flat 15% non-resident tax rather than resident rates was about 42,000 Can. I don't know what it woud be today. SunFan

I too haven't met an Orchid I haven't killed. I follow all the advice about light, watering, fetilizing, temperature but nada, never a second bloom. SunFan

Now that you mention it I've had several brief periods where the bandwidth dropped below 3 mbps. Lasted maybe 5 minutes. That's in SAT. SunFan

Taxes are not as high as the IVA. They are on a sliding scale with a max of I believe 7%. SunFan

That's an understatement. ilox phone is unreliable and basically useless. SunFan

Very good and necessary advice. The recaudadora will be looking for a fair market price for the car for tax purposes. They have a list of values. SunFan

Lucy, the office manager for Chula Vista, can provide you with the file on your proerty. You may find lots of interesting goodies in there. Because of the distance involved they couldn't use the camera until they got within range. They dug about six holes trying to trace the pipe, including breaking through concrete on the patio by the pool which they repaired. It took all day. We were somewhat desperate and their price reflected it. We now have cleanouts to mark the two tanks. SunFan

And of course if you die or get better at home or are asymtomatic you don't count either. Almost no testing. SunFan

I am also a resident in Upper CV. A few years ago I got a copy of the blueprints for my home built in 2006, from the office. The plans did NOT show the location of the septic tank despite showing the lot bounaries and swimming pool. It eventually cost $26,000 pesos to finally locate and clear a septic problem. An intake pipe had subsided and caused a bottleneck. The tank was over 40 meters away in the opposite corner of the lot from where the waste pipe ran down from the house. Like most homes here setic tanks don't have visible clean outs. I wish you good luck. SunFan

Victoria and Red Rhubard fron NOB seed sources grow just fine here. They like lots of Sun and will last for years. Watch out for too much water. Rhubard grows best un the ground but will still do well in containers. SunFan

We've found it at Costco. SunFan

1.5 centimeters in SAT overnight. A good omen for the rainy season? SunFan

Is it open again on a limited basis? TIA SunFan

My point is that there will be no rapid end to the pandemic even with precautions still in place. A large majority of the population will become intected unless a vaccine is quickly available worldwide which is unlikely. SunFan

What did I miss? I was merely suggesting that without a vaccine the precautions in place would still allow the virus to eventually reach a herd immunity level. SunFan

I suspect the way things will unfold world-wide is that the C-19 will continue to infect populations over many many months until a) an effective vaccine is available worldwide or b) a herd immunity is achieved with 60 to 90% of the poputation having been infected. The precaustions merely flatten the curve to better enable the health system to cope (or not). SunFan

How would we know how many cases there are at lakeside when no testing outside of a hospital is being done? In the US 80% of C-19 infections are treated at home so wouldn't be part of the count if the same % appears in Mexico. I suspect we're in for a real shit storm when it finally hits given we're already in God's Waitingroom. SunFan

MC's comment raised an interesting subject.....are prices generally higher in the Chapala to Joco corridor? Assume there are 150,000 residents around the whole lake. Foreigners make up 10 to 15,000 of those, being generous. Less than 10% of the population. I can see prices being higher for gringo-focused services and products like restaurant meals in Ajijic or specialty NOB food items, but what about everything else - clothing, transportation, groceries, fuel? Thoughts? SunFan