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HoneyBee

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  1. The postman left a bunch of letters in the property fence where I live. One is for Vivianne R. Prive but she does not live here. I googled her address. The street exists but not the number. Its actually near where I live. The letter is from Service Canada. If no response, I will take it back to the post office by Friday. Thanks
  2. That seems expensive. I pay 39 pesos for epura delivered directly to my home. I could also get the "local brew" for 25 pesos but I do not like the taste.
  3. I rent one of my apartment to some techies. They installed a smart light bulb in their bedroom. One day the wifi went down so they where left in the dark. Still not sure if its funny or sad.
  4. If at first you do not succeed try try again. 😊 (Culture has nothing to do with littering and recycling, but rather education).
  5. Just a thought, but have you considered moving your dad to Mexico ? There a many nursing homes in the area. In 2012, my mom lived in a place called Casa Nostras. From memory it was 1,700.00 US dollars a month and my mom loved the place and the care.
  6. I bought all of my furniture for my apartment rentals in that area. But I would consider them to be one generation furniture. When I did my permanent move to Mexico from Canada I now wish that I bough my furniture along as it was well built, comfy good looking and had been around for at least 70 years.
  7. You are correct when you say electrical cars are not zero emissions, but some of your comments above have nothing to do with EV's. Such as AA batteries, the costs related to bake beans from field to mouth and child labor among others. In order to compare EV's to ICE cars you need to sum up the carbon footprint of each both to manufacture and to operate. I will let you do your own research but the bottom line is that EV's have a lower carbon footprint so I think that is a good start. Also, change does not happen overnight, so give it time and you will see that reducing harmful greenhouse gases is achievable. Currently, hydrogen is slowly taking over as an alternative. There is about 3 main types of hydrogen. White, green and gray. Obviously, I am interested in the green one since it is produced from renewable energy. Nikola Motors will be using grey hydrogen to start with as obviously the infrastructure is nowhere near available. For those who are not aware, Nikola FCEV truck will not be using it as a fuel but rather to produce electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen. This electricity is then stored in batteries used to power the truck. So I will leave this to you to accept or not that a lesser carbon foot print is better then none. On a final comment, I have no children so if the world goes to hell in a hand basket, which it seems to be doing then I feel sorry for your grand children.
  8. On a side note, have you noticed that half the world is burning and the other half is flooded. No, nothing to do with climate change.......
  9. After I sold my tesla stock I bought shares with Nikola Motors because I believe in using green hydrogen for heavy duty trucks. Unfortunately the company got caught up in lies and the stock collapsed. But together with Bosh they plan to launch the first commercial FCEV (Fuel Cell Electrical Vehicle) in September, so I will either hit the jackpot or eat tamales 😊.
  10. There was a Reuter news article about 2 weeks ago saying that Tesla had setup a secret department to delete customers appointments who had an issue with the low range their car was getting. Tesla's market cap has shrunk by over 300 billion dollars within the last 6 months (they are still worth over 600 billion dollars). I sold my tesla shares about 2 years ago and made a nice profit. But I now believe that Elon Musk has gone over to the dark side. That happens with people that are geniuses. Think about it, he bought Twitter for 40 billion dollars and then changed the name to "X", kind like coca cola changing their brand name to say "burp".
  11. Tesla does not use dealers to sell their cars. Unless Mexico is different.
  12. I have been dreaming of a Swiss cheese fondue, not even available in Guadalajara. (will just keep on dreaming).
  13. I have window 8.1 and have decided not to keep up with newer and better. 😊 (come to think of it I never carry my smart phone when I go out, life is good).
  14. There is another article in the Informador today regarding not renewing a driver license if you have commit more the one serious infraction. Mexico and Saudi Arabia are the only 2 countries I am aware that use speed bumps as a mean to slow drivers down.
  15. Check out the Monday edition of the Informador. 75 years and older will require to pass a medical exams in order to renew drivers license. (which I think is a good idea).
  16. You are a living proof that artist have a great visual memory. 😊
  17. Guess its time to stop eating wood fired pizza's 😊
  18. Yes I know it is not required lake side but I still get my car tested every year because I believe in supporting this system. If you where Swiss you would understand the importance of protecting your environment. And yes I know, I am just a drop of water in the lake.😊
  19. You are correct about Cancun pay rates as the Albanil/iron worker/plumber who has been doing work for me for years told me then many construction workers from his town of Jocotepec left for Cancun for this reason. I never bring this up but since you mention it, I have been helping a single mother of three for over 8 years. One is entering his 3rd year at the University, another her 2 year and the 3rd starts this year. Then the young single mom girl where I use to buy 'junk food" now has her nursing diploma, in addition to that I gave her one of my apartment and a car. So she is set. The young girl that live upstairs that I mentioned in a different post was not at school one day, I asked her why and she said education was not for her. I talked to her mom and it turned out that her aunt was paying her tuition at octavio la paz but could no longer afford it so I ended up paying the remaining one and a half year. She did not want to continue on to University because she wanted to be close to her family. I helped the albanil mentioned above by getting him his drivers license last year and this year I got him a pickup with a cargo bay. Not to mention a bunch of tools. He maintains the property grounds once a week at no costs. I live in probably the poorest neighborhood of Chapala by mistake but I love it because I am surrounded by people if I need help. Drugs are a major issue and the only thing I could do was to tell the dealers not to come on property. Also it is not unusual to see 12/13 year old girls with the first baby. Anyway, I did what I could to help some that wanted to be helped and will have a good shot at a successful life.
  20. The young girl that lives above my apartment with her parents just lost her job at one of the centro laguna businesses. I asked her if she was having any luck finding a new job. She said there is other work but the pay is low. So I asked her how much she was making at her previous job and she said $ 148 pesos. I said that is good, she then said that was per day 😑 (I believe that must be the current minimum wages, incredible..).
  21. Keep in mind that there is a lot of drinking and driving on holidays. (or should I say a little more then usual...)
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