Stephen White

It can be quite high.  My car is plated in CDMX, forgot on year and the fine was about $500 usd.  Not sure about Jalisco.

Very rare to get an Uber lakeside.  The most luck I have had is in Chapala Central but even there it can be spotty.   Being there by 9am by bus will be impossible.  Taxi or driver will be your bet with a driver usually being the least expensive.

The information is posted and available.  If you don’t wish to belong to forum used to publish the information then it’s your responsibility to seek it out by other means.  Nobody is required to cater to your specific desires.

12 hours ago, Mostlylost said:

You were able to get the results of a PCR test the same day????  An antigen test is ready in minutes but a PCR requires 6+ hours in a laboratory. 

I just did the quick test.  There were some Canadians there getting the PCR but those I talked to were there a day or two earlier than their flights to give them time to get the results back.

And if you do the airport, get there very early.  It took me 4 1/2 last Sunday to get mine.  Fortunately, my flight was delayed or I would have missed it.

23 hours ago, happyjillin said:

There are a whole bunch of 711's in Chapala.

Since when is one considered a whole bunch?

Lots of rain means more natural food sources so less dependency on feeders.  Many are also nesting now so spend a lot of time hunting tiny insects to feed nestlings.

The screams are horrible when I’m pulling out those weedy tomato plants that infest my back garden.

6 hours ago, Stream said:

I put a lot of that stuff in a grass area with weeds and 10 years later anything that try's growing there is scraggly unable to cover the ground with foliage. I think it's plants can get used to a light dose but a heavy amount the Roundup ruins the plant even if its respiration cycle takes the poison to the leaves. You right to think I don't believe a word of the stuff is biodegradable. 

And not only is that crap environmentally awful, it has been shown to cause cancer.  It is banned in most of the world.

Saw this one dead in SJC earlier this week.  Was a big guy.

5 hours ago, bdmowers said:

 

9 hours ago, bdmowers said:

No, they are yellow-chevroned parakeets.  Monk parakeets have a white front. The aforementioned are all green with a small amount of yellow at the front edge that is often difficult to see.

They are monk parakeets, green back, grey throat and chest, only parrot to build a free standing communal nest.  You might be thinking of the orange-fronted parakeets.  They are native to the area but seldom seen anymore.  I’ve only seen one flock in the three years I’ve been here.

2 minutes ago, cedros said:

Okay. I asked the nearby owners but they didn't know. My bird bible doesn't list monk parakeets but google says they are Myiopsitta monachus whose range is around Argentina. That would make sense as to why they aren't in the Mexican bird bible. A neighbour said taht they had arrived in the last few years.

Yea, they are one of the few parrots that have benefited from man.  They can now be found as far north as Chicago and NYC.  Actually one of the best talking parrots when captive raised.

If you can get on the roof, it’s a pretty easy fix with a tube of silicone.

Walked the SJC male on this morning. The water was a little closer this morning than it has been but only about a foot or so.

Problem with Pillsbury, it taste like chemicals. 

I had the same craving as you but never found frozen dough.  Will have to suck it up and make my own.

2 hours ago, Tingting said:

I know this is off-topic, etc, etc, but does anyone else have the song "It's raining men" running through your  brain every time you see a few rain drops? Cheesy video, but a fun song!

It’s a gay anthem :).  Saw Martha Wash perform it live in NYC.

17 hours ago, asisis said:

where did you get the trap?

 

 

Most of the hardware stores lakeside have them.

16 hours ago, bmh said:

The flying ants that are losing their wings right now are not termites. I am sure there are plenty of termites  around but we collected a couple of kilos ofants yesterday and there were large ones and small ones and the small ones we got were ants not termites. I do know the difference.

I said might be termites.  We had both ants and termites both swarm in my area.  It was just a guess as to what was being asked.

18 hours ago, timjwilson said:

There appear to be two varieties; one is large ant size, the other the size of hornets. Anybody know what's up with that?

The smaller ones might be termites.  They also swarm around the time of the first rains.

On 6/18/2021 at 10:23 AM, happyjillin said:

I never get them nor do I want them so it must be easy to turn off if you go to your profile.

Figured it out

Nice soaking, no need to water anything for the foreseeable future.  Good, sick of watering the damn lawn.

After almost 50 comments on this, I really need to find out how to turn my email notifications off.

1 hour ago, Mainecoons said:

That will be the acid test.  

Well if they drive like the do here in SJC, don’t expect any consideration.