Recent content by retiredbanker

On a roll, hardly but after 15 years here, I'm tired of expat libs who (mistakenly) think they know it all.

Is an Irish mariner like an Italian war hero?

Columbus Day celebrates his discovery of the new world. Period.

Direct your question to ask FrankPintor on this site.

But were it Kamala you'd watch?

Just consider the other choices to understand why.

No receipt for ballot. Good luck!

I tried dropping off my mail-in ballot at the embassy in BS. AS. No appointment necessary. Just tell the staffers at the walk up window and they'll have a ballot box brought to you to drop the ballot envelope in. My ballot NEVER reached its destination. In 2024 I was able to fax it.

You obviously haven't been to your local Chinese market.

WU rate fast approaching 1600 which means prices will rise on many items.

What world are you living in?

Finfing parts and mechanics able to fix these vehicles might be an issue.

Some see the glass as half empty while others see it as half full.

Yesterday I took the Tren de la Costa from Olivos to Tigre. It's a scenic 30 minute trip. Arriving at Tigre Delta station, which is directly in front of the Trilenium casino, you couldn't but notice a huge crowd waiting for Park De La Costa to open. The line stretched from the entrance of that...

Just returned from an afternoon at the Abasto shopping center. Not only was it packed but the food court there, which isn't cheap, was wall to wall people. Seems nobody told those there that many in Argentina are dirt poor. Not all doom and gloom. Glad to see it like that.