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There are no cashmere sweaters made in Argentina. Cashmere comes from the Kashmir goat indigent to the Himalayas. Nowadays, China produces most of the world’s cashmere. Argentina produces and imports none. Cashmere is prized because it is the finest, softest and highest warmth-generating fibre...

Woven woolen fabrics need a couple of dry cleanings per year unless you're: -rough on your clothes; -wear each item more than 5 times a week every week and don't give them time to hang properly and breathe and thereby the chance to regain their intended shape which the structure of wool’s cells...

Would you please provide figures showing how your comparison of renting both ways worked out? Also, how long ago did this happen and how long were you going to be renting for? Did you work out how long it would have taken your rental cost to even out each way- ie. how long would you have had...

And another big thank you to each of you who's posted on this thread to date from someone who thought of my reasons day and night for half a year for retiring in BA this past May and then at the last possible minute substituted France for Argentina. Because my husband and I will be living on a...

Pass the popcorn, Morgan. Perhaps people allow themselves to fall for deceit and scams because the scammer is adept at keeping them occupied playing “the trust game”: http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/ne...ust_games.html According to results of studies produced in 1995, only 5% of us don't...

Please explain how the foreigner sounded both like a gringo in Mexico and simultaneously said words 'pretty good'. Isn't that contradictory or am I missing something? That the visitor wasn't understood isn't surprising. Vowels and consonants need to be learned in each of French, Italian...

I don't see hardship or that you 'have to be in' a cheap country. Because in another thread or post, you said that you're receiving better value and a higher quality of life for less in Thailand than in Argentina. You chose to do what was likeliest to not spill more water from your still...

Yanqui, I thought you were looking for a solution to your specific dilemma. Now I know you wanted, instead, to vent about poor value for money in BA rentals compared to Mexico and Chicago. I understand you! I knew that Xoom publishes its rates and anyone can see them. My point was that a...

Seek proper advice from an Argentine lawyer first. Usually the official rate within the country where foreign currency is obtained by the payor applies. I just doubt that a court anywhere would support any domestic landlord suddenly claiming that a new term applies after a residential lease...

El Queso, I tremble at your advice and would opt for eating just 5 empanadas a day as food and drink on holiday rather than follow it. You're savvy. You live there. Maybe I'm a wimp. But even we repeat visitors experienced with travelling in many countries aren't as competent as you even if we...

Requesting ‘approval’ doesn’t normally involve just notifying authorities in advance of where you’ll be when you do something of your own volition. At least, the newspapers didn’t say that you only have to inform authorities of that. Even if you’re correct, still consent can be officially denied...

I don't feel that any of our wobbly economies offers a safe harbour any longer. Nor are our constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms sure to be honoured however comforting they appear and feel on paper. Governments will do whatever they might and choose once financial systems, goals and...

The Graffiti Mundo Tour is awesome. I took it last year. It is urban art for which permission to paint someone's property has been obtained in each instance and even commissioned and paid for by the property owner in many. This tour does not consist of any illegal tagging although you'll spot...

I live in Canada and agree with every fact you've laid out.

Ivan, How have things gone looking for clothes for you son? Any luck? I hope it worked.

When immigrants to NoAm use your argument, we call it taxation evasion and prosecute.

Me too. I'm doing at least just as well getting 10-12-15-and sometimes 20% discounts. These savings are in your hand right away. You don't have to spend a minimum amount in one shop. There's no paperwork to complete and present to Argentine Customs.

Once only back in '07, my husband did the tax refund thing at EZE. They said they'd credit his credit card that refund and gave him copies of their paperwork showing how much and a number to call should he encounter any problem. He found the process a headache and never received the refund. He...

What do your son's classmates and friends' wear? I imagine their mothers could guide provide you store names. Long ago, I moved to England with my 5-year-old. I used to make all his clothes. This embarrassed him in his new abode. He was so happy the day I took him shopping for a new wardrobe...