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    Doctors fees

    Goodness.... what a glamorous life, zipping around the Mediterranean getting glasses in Morocco and dental implants in Turkey...! Feel ashamed to admit that I got my glasses in San Isidro and my single dental implant in Cordoba and Pueyrredon.
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    Disappointed with Food in Argentina

    Must confess that I'm no fan of "dulce de leche", which is hard to get away from here. Whatever is not made of DDL, it has some slapped on, or mixed in.
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    Disappointed with Food in Argentina

    Grammar corrections like that are not only petty, but superfluous as well. The poster's meaning was quite clear. It helps to keep in mind that many on this board are not native English speakers.
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    Dealing with kids asking for money repeatedly after being helped

    I contribute to the Parroquia, the local church, so I tell bell-ringers to go there for help. They seem to understand that.
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    Bicycling in BA

    In suburban Washington, DC, a friend's biking daughter was killed by a motorist while waiting for a traffic light to change. She was only 22. All it takes is one drunk driver - plenty of those in the US.
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    Have stores stopped asking for DNI's?

    I've been giving an invented DNI number for years, when paying in cash. No one has noticed so far.
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    Half tostado!?

    Known in the States as pie "a la mode"
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    Half tostado!?

    Just as maddening as so-called French Fries in the US. Unrelated to France.
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    Half tostado!?

    Sometimes a full tostado is too much. I, for one, welcome the 1/2 tostado option
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    Tipping culture in Argentina

    True, as Rich one said, each building is an universe....! My building is a bare-bones operation, light-years from Antipodean's fancy building. No bringing cars to the front, no chief portero plus assistant porteros, no Chrismas tree in the lobby. As a matter of fact, no lobby, either...
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    Tipping culture in Argentina

    Would rather give him a cash bonus - he deserves it. Money is far more appreciated than those gift boxes. Specially this year.
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    Tipping culture in Argentina

    I tried it and got this notice: Search results for query: Tipping the Building Porter The following words were not included in your search because they are too short, too long...
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    Tipping culture in Argentina

    Trying to decide how much to tip the portero as a year-end gift. Suggestions?
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    Bicycling in BA

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    Economic Albatross Is Tamed but Life Is Much Harder

    One more article about Miei and his chainsaw https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/12/argentina-president-javier-milei-economy/
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    Bicycling in BA

    It helps to wear a reflective vest, and lights when biking after dark.
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    Milei and inflation - from the NY Times

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/world/americas/argentina-president-milei-inflation-economy.html
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    Where to get documents printed?

    Many librerias have stopped printing from pen drives, and do it only from e-mail.
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    Argentine peso wildly overvalued

    While doing some end-of-year paper reshuffling, I noticed that in July I sold dollars for $1,450 pesos. Yesterday, just got $1,050 So have the Mighty fallen.....
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    Argentine peso wildly overvalued

    According to Robin Brooks, Wall Street guru formerly with Goldman Sachs and the Brookings Inst. From La Nacion, in Spanish https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/dolar/el-duro-pronostico-de-un-guru-de-wall-street-sobre-el-dolar-en-la-argentina-nid10122024/
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