Recent content by kenmtraveller

Hey, Thanks for everyone's advice. I ended up buying a new Canon 450D on mercadolibre (Mirtan Online) for $930 dollars. I understand that I could have bought one in the USA and had it shipped, but I got conflicting accounts from different people on whether or not this was safe. Now, I'm...

I've been using my laptop at wifi hotspots in retiro, recoleta, palermo, and san telmo now for about a year without issues.As someone else suggested, as long as you are indoors you should be fine. Also, don't carry it in a 'laptop bag' -- no point in making yourselves a target. I carry mine in...

JG, Given the situation in America right now, why do you think the next crisis will happen here? Ken

Probably the idea is that no one over 30 would be desperate/stupid enough to work for the wages they're prepared to pay.Ken

Want to hear something funny? A healthy salad/sandwich place just opened up 2 weeks ago next to Pura Vida on Reconquista near Lavalle. I always glance at their prices on my way to Pura Vida, they seem a bit more pricey. Anyway, they just increased the price of the chicken wrap by the door from...

As an expat, it's tempting to compare prices and salaries to Europe or America. But I am curious -- what about Brazil? I hear that Rio is much more expensive than Buenos Aires -- do Brazilians make much more money than Argentines? What is inflation like in Brazil right now? Anyone know?Ken

Well, now they're saying they will bail out the foreign banks too. Somehow I can't imagine that playing well with the Republican base. Haha. Ken

There is a silver lining to the mess however; it will probably help the Democrats in the elections. Certainly the days of the Republicans being thought of as the party of fiscal responsibity are over. Ken

It just blows my mind to consider what is happening: that we are going to print 700 billion new dollars (no mention of new taxes, so we're just inflating the money supply I guess) to bail out a bunch of investment banks.I keep hearing about how the alternative is an impossible nightmare; the...

Where are you paying 41 pesos for a cheese and tomato pizza? I'm still paying 25-30 pesos, depending on toppings...and that's at Filo, which is way more upscale than most pizza places.I agree with you on your main point, which is that inflation here is very high. Ken

yeah, I've seen this game before. It's Hitler. The other two are probably Jefferson or Washington, and Lincoln. Ken

Stan, first of all I would like to applaud your choice to do the right thing and support Barack Obama. Stan, what do you call someone who consistently says they're against waterboarding, then votes against banning it? I call them a liar and a hypocrite. John McCain says he's against...

See, now the Republicans have figured out that they've screwed up the country so bad that they can't run as Republicans anymore. So they make the ridiculous assertion (which StanExpat just eats up) that there isn't much difference between them and the Democrats. That's putting lipstick on a...

There's a huge amount of difference between the candidates. Obama has a liberal voting record, McCain's is extremely conservative. McCain is pandering to the extremist wacko religious right -- just look at his VP choice! Obama isn't. McCain voted with Bush over 90% of the time. How often do...

Syngirl is right. Think how different the world would be now if 300 more democrats in Florida in 2000 had voted. Ken