Recent content by Saturnine

Hi everyone, I've been looking for new students to replace the ones I had that decided to leave the country on reasons that are being discussed on this forum all the time. A friend asked me why not post an add on the forum, so here goes. I'm a cultural journalist, but have done teaching on the...

i'll join the chorus and say I've been to Retiro a few times and have never been charged a dime. Not even the 5 or 6 pesos or whatever processing fee I was supposed to pay according to the aviso they left in my mailbox. Anyways, here's a tip, just in case: first time I went, I got there late...

Yes, let's be frank and honest, Tom :) Lots of things have changed over the last few decades and it appears that, as usual, there was a larger change of discourse and a smaller shift of attitude. "Pro-natural" is just a PC way of saying the same as before gay rights movements, except you're...

St. John, that's not what I was really asking, c'mon :) I think the whole post went went awry with this entire debate about lawfulness. The OP, as I understand it, was talking about "lack of respect", aka moral, ethics, you name it. While most laws were initially based on "moral laws", there's...

I might be wrong, but following your logic about TheArgie, if you didn't sign a contract doesn't mean the rest of the country didn't either. Guillo, I don't see St. John or anyone else telling you contracts have priority status before the law. In any lawsuit, the contract would come last, after...

Nice turn of the good old Kantian ethics, St. John :) "Nor harming others" may be the catch here, as it seems a rather huge territory. I've just read the whole thread and some reactions are incredible. It's not only Latinos that overheat, is it? Fifs2 is right, the woman should not have left...

I'm fluent. And nobody has ever bothered to ask me where I'm from. In some cases the "native" accent can be acquired, and phonology be damned. If I ever meet any difficulties in conversation, it's usually when I reach the philosophical depth of any talk about screws and bolts and valves. Which...

Not sure I understand what you mean by getting worse, Pez. Care to clarify that bit? :)

No offense, Steve, but that sounds more like trauma than drama. Congrats on your survival skills :)

I know Napoleon has already posted something about it, but it lost claim and visibility against Sugar being closed down for 15 days. BA Herald, all 20-something people working there, are on their third day of strike. For the sake of accuracy, the company didn't offer a 3 percent raise. That...

Sent you a PM with a recommendation :) Good luck with the search!

Thought you were Romanian. You might want to try the Romanian mass. It's not technically a church, just a building where people meet for mass and, I suspect, post-mass chit-chat. Here you go: Guemes 2962, tel: 4823-0804. It's in Barrio Norte and I do advise you to call first :)

Some of the "activities" seem interesting and, since lots of people left town, it shouldn't be so crowded. I think :D So, who wants to go to La Noche en Vela? For English speakers, there was a nice description of the event posted on the forum - here. I'm still eyeing the programme... :rolleyes:

Did it this week. Just went to ANSES with my DNI, they have a few copy machines there, so if you don't want to bother getting your DNI xeroxed somewhere else... Took me about 1 hour beginning to end. Got in, went to the Information desk (1st cola), got a number referring me to desk 6 (2nd cola)...

I don't think anyone can put your mind at ease if you're falling into the "alarmist" trap... In the two decades since Chernobyl, much has been spoken and only very little has been proven beyond doubt. Yes, they have measured the radiation levels falling all over Europe, but the long-term effects...