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I sat out on my balcony this morning with my coffee, in the sunshine, soaking up my Vitamin D for the day, watching people pass several stories below and thinking of you as I noticed an amazing percentage of women on the street wearing skirts. I think I hadn't really paid this much attention...

My point, hairyexpat, was not to complain about the landlord, it was to show how emotions and frustration here can influence your decisions and I think it's important to make sure that our decisions aren't based on emotion but on logic. It made even me think of returning. So I understand how...

Syngirl, I just got back to this thread and trying to catch up a bit. I read so many comments about your post about your experience that I actually had to go back and find it--and I too laughed. Brilliantly written. Many thanks. It was worth the search! For ARbound, I've been in B.A. four...

I would not trust bottled water except in an emergency, perhaps on a trip when I pick up a liter for the bus, etc. For one thing, you get plasticizers from items stored in plastic before it is consumed. And in this case, if the bottles sat in a hot truck somewhere before delivery to the store...

Along with adding my congratulations, Izgood, I must say you obviously are not a man that rushes into things! :D

Ghost, your post was so on target I am disappointed that I can't click "Like" twice!

A friend of mine who lives a few blocks away from me was without power for over a week--I have no clue why but she had to carry water up 7 flights of stairs to her apartment. Also, I was in Argentina in 2008. I got word my mother was dying and tried to get back to BA for a flight and it was...

The subject is broad since it says "Argentina" women and my world is a bit limited in that I stay pretty much in my own neighborhood and my own city, but I continually notice how beautiful are the women and what a sense of style they have. There are exceptions, of course, but I'd say not many. I...

Good advice here, Kosta. There are a lot of unsavory opportunists in the Retiro area and I am always SUPER CAREFUL with my stuff at Retiro. So far so good for me but I've heard about everything anyone could come up with for robbing people there or making off with a piece of luggage. Last time my...

Thanks, Juanito. I have another friend who has told me about LINUX. I guess I'm afraid to try it but he says it isn't hard.

Good Job GS-Dirtboy. Really good advice. I missed the 6 months window on shipping stuff so that's especially valuable info. But the entire post is good. Back to the question, I really like Martinez. Unless someone here finds fault with that (things can change around here re security) if my...

Hi y'all. Thank you so much. Every time I have a problem you come through for me. I have had several people contact me about doing web work and I'm trying to keep contact information--even if I don't need it right now, someone else might and I will hand out the list. Plus someday I hope to hire...

When you're in Buenos Aires you can get to Tribunales on Subte Line D. There may be other ways but that's the way I know. It is a stop on the subway and an area where a lot of government stuff goes on. When you get here and are in the subway station there are maps and you can see the different...

I kind of wonder why AVG is blocking it but Sucuri is not. All the reports I have are from AVG people and my own AVG complains part of the time. A scan on the AVG site online picks it up--or says it does. But the fact they did a spectacular job is encouraging.

Hi ElQueso and thanks. I did the sucuri site check and it said it found no threats. But if I do the AVG scan it does. Plus subscribers who use AVG are contacting me as stated above because AVG is blocking them for opening the site at all. Oddly AVG pops up and says the site is dangerous, but...

Does anyone know a good computer technician? I got a name from here before, talked to the man at the time and was really impressed, wrote his name and phone number somewhere for future reference and now I can't find it. I think I'd recognize it if I heard it again. But whether he does what I...

Exactly, City girl. Wise and realistic observation. I've been hearing about not exactly this but similar in that area from a friend who lives there--for a very long time. He claims they are being left alone and the law is not being enforced. I'm not there, of course, just saying I'm hearing...

I'm sitting in a hotel,still traveling. I saw where El Queso had posted and I always read El Queso. even if I don't see something the same as he does his arguments are always intelligent. There are a few others of you I also like to read. I like the debate idea as well. I have a few words for...

Okay, my two cents about Spanish. I plan to continue to progress until I am conversational (which I am not yet though I get around just fine--there is that fine line) and then I plan to go to Colombia and take a university course in Spanish because Colombia has a reputation for the most pure...

I'm proud of the honesty here. ElQueso, Gringoboy and others did a great job. For my part, my purse is a decoy. If they speed onto the sidewalk and grab it, I'll be sad to see my $30 purse go but I will also laugh. But it's happened to a lot of people that I know. In the case of one friend, she...