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Reasons I don't hold out much hope quantities of reasonably priced maple syrup will be available in Argentina: *Patagonia, that wind-blasted, barren wonderland, is likely not friendly to trees like maples. For sure, it's no Vermont. *The market in Argentina for maple syrup right now includes...

Native American English Boy = Cockney Injun

When I was growing up we always called 'em crawdads. This site has a map of the "dialect variations" crawfish, crayfish and crawdad http://blog.revoluti...d-language.html The first magazine of rock criticism was named Crawdaddy!, and I never knew what inspired them to choose that name. This...

Maybe if you're talking 10k USD. 10k ARS is a skimpy figure to buy stocks with, but it might work. There are discount brokers in the US where the fees won't kill you, but I have no experience of Argentinian brokers. Would be interesting to hear from someone who has actually traded through an...

I had the same worry about the language barrier when I needed to get a Sim card for the flip phone I brought from the U.S. I have a tablet Android computer with a translator app called Jibbigo, which can be used offline (unlike Google translate, which requires an internet connection). I took the...

The stock market technique is "contado con liquidation." Here's a page that explains it http://www.taringa.net/posts/economia-negocios/16802282/Contado-con-liqui-como-funciona-exactamente.html You need bank and brokerage accounts in both countries. As for other options, she could send you money...

Kate101, for most items, voltage is irrelevant. Most modern electronics -- cell phones, computers, digital cameras and the like -- will run on any voltage worldwide. Check first, there will be a label somewhere stating the allowable voltage. If it says 100 to 250 volts, 50Hz to 60Hz or...

NOT. google "casa rosada"

Does tango-loving, mate-sipping BA have anybody who can stand up to Doctor Detroit? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=Nm-uUp7LCc-dkAeU0ID4BA&url=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D67IIRN9FfH4&cd=1&ved=0CDIQtwIwAA&usg=AFQjCNF-DYhSUllkzGqyojX-cfitE10uHA&sig2=CRzrbApynPeX4Sr0xhBUGQ

Said the transplant surgeon.

I´m not sure of the difference between a cueva and a casa de cambio, or if they are the same thing. In Mendoza on the block of San Martin where the McDonalds is (I think it´s between Catamarca and Garibaldi), there´s a sort of small indoor mall area where you can step in off the street. Back in...

Exactly.

You rightly criticize the bad stuff like looting, but your comment's tone about the resulting pay rise might leave one with the impression they got too much. When a cop who earns the equivalent of something like 500 American dollars a month gets a 50% raise, well maybe the raise should have been...

I found this thread through a search for how to get money out of the country. An Argentine friend of mine needs to start moving money to a dollar-denominated bank account he's opening in a Caribbean country. He can change his pesos into dollars here if he needs to; I understand, from my...

Bring some grunt, mate!

I was hanging out in my hostel in downtown Cordoba last night. The owner, who was out at the time, called the desk and said be careful about opening the door to people, because there's some looting and rioting going on. But we were downtown and it was quiet on our block. When I left the hostel...

I was in Cordoba yesterday when the police went on strike. I had a ticket to take the train this morning into BA but there was no train, so I had to go buy a bus ticket, there goes another 400 pesos. Downtown Cordoba was very quiet this morning. On the way out of town we did come upon one of...

I got 9.4 today at Plaza San Martin in Cordoba. Turns out the hotel I´m staying at gives 9.5 and I didn´t even know they change money! I think bitcoin got a little ahead of itself on the recent run-up. May trade sideways for a few months or even head into bear territory.

I'll be in BA from the fifth to the eighteenth. Drinks Thursday or Friday, anyone?

Yes, but where is the conference being held?