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Aaaand back down again to 1165

Blue dollar is a yo-yo today. First it dropped 5 pesos to 1165, then it went up 10 pesos to 1175. God only knows what will happen the rest of the afternoon. Frank has done a good job of explaining some of what's pushing it down, but obviously there's something pushing it back up, at least a little.

Why, thank you, Perry. Your kind words are appreciated. It's just infuriating when government uses this "austerity" excuse to do such stupidly shortsighted things.

Interesting

I did a little more searching around and found this video. The video was posted three months ago. The second comment from the top, by @fmartello, says that the ticket for the train costs less than half the cost of a micro. Contrast that with the costs quoted by Antipodean above. Same comment...

Dude, don't say things like that; you nearly gave me a heart attack! It went down 20 pesos or 1.68%, to 1170 By contrast, the BNA dollar, or official dollar, is down 6.17%

1) Greater fuel efficiency means less pollution. 2) Less congestion on the roads improves safety, and traffic flow, and reduces wear and tear (thus maintenance costs on the roads and bridges). 3) The track itself already existed, so construction costs are irrelevant. 4) The train provides...

Where did you see the part about only twice a week? If you look here, there are various and contradictory clues. First it says it runs more frequently in Summer. Then below that it says one trip per day. Below that it says only Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Hard to figure out. As far as...

That is indeed very, very sad. Especially when the service was just restored in in 2021.

https://www-pagina12-com-ar.translate.goog/823322-una-guarida-fiscal-para-atraer-dolares-de-donde-sea?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp The usual Google Translate deal, banner is in Castellano and story will initially appear in that tongue, but wait a few seconds and it will...

I hear that, Nikad, I hear that loud & clear. It's rent that's killing me.

Well, well, well! That rather short article is surprisingly on-target! This is far better journalism than I expect from the Guardian. No doubt the author will find himself looking for a job soon.

Well, Frank, I do thank you for those words of encouragement, but the challenge for me personally will be surviving the next year. Hopefully we will get a better COLA next January than the 2.5% pittance we got this year. By all I have read and seen, inflation in the USA was far more than that...

Yeah, I saw that. The BNA dollar is at 1190 and the Blue closed the day at 1185, much to my sorrow and disappointment, after rallying so encouragingly last week.

I know it isn't funny, but that satellite pic just above startled a laugh out of me. There is just NOTHING south of the Pyrenees, except for that one little dot on the coast. Now, obviously, it's going to take at least medium sized town to show up at that scale, but still; Spain & Portugal are...