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    Expat meet up Friday July 22nd!!

    ME too last minute but will try to make it
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    1 kg Beef: How Much Do You Pay?

    dont laugh...they probably have the freshest beef around. and their meat in recoleta super is superb
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    WTF International Post Office!

    The maximum value of customs you pay when something comes via the post office or via courier is the following.. take the declared or established by argentine customs of the item (an lcd tv 42 in with an invoice for 50 US$ is just not believable and they will declare a value) add to that...
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    USA/Panama

    This site will help you see almost any live event not on local tv AS an example here is all for your game http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=119177&part=sports http://www.silversportz.co.uk/
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    Makin' a run for the Uruguayan Border?

    Although the traditional time is obviously january, dec and feb in order of choice ...much is open this one long weekend around 10/10 (Oct 10) which traditionally is used to go the beach and rent for the summer that is not open so its a different alternative
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    dental polishing needed

    where do you live
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    Anybody understand baseball?

    :) Usually, in tables of standings in newspapers and magazines kept during the season, teams are ordered by the teams' winning percentages, with the number of games they are behind the division leader supplementing the table. On rare occasions, it is possible (and has occurred) for the team with...
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    Price for a furnished rental Barrio Norte

    Stick with the monthly or weekly tourist rents if you want these prices I pay for a one and and a half bedroom in recoleta 2100 PESOS a month which includes all building expenses which includes heat and hot and cold water ,and cablevison. Add too that my land line phone electric and gas and...
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    An existential question about ...... Star Wars

    as and old school saw them all as they came out and have them all i would say see original star wars 4 (In this version han shoots first in the bar) ,5 and 6 then new episodes 1 2 and 3 and then the special edition 4 5 6 Good luck :)
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    Delivery Tips

    I have never tipped one of these guys more than 4 pesos but i live on a ground floor
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    saving interest rates and banking

    be very careful...the better the rate the higher the risk...banks do not work like in the us and they are not safe...my ex lost 75% of her capital trying(against my advice) to get that extra bit of interest at the wrong time.
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    Trying to make CORNBREAD (need help)

    and the brand Esquisita does have a very decent brownie mix...just add two eggs butter and one teaspoon of watr to the mix
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    What's the best brand of Dulce de Leche, in your opinion?

    Best is a matter of personal taste but the classic standard which all other dulce de leche is measured would have to be chimbote
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    Couldn't quite belive this!!!

    to paraphrase the political comedian Bill Maher...To say that: "The chinese have small eyes and smooth hair" .... is simply an observation.... but To say "These small eyed smooth haired pr****S are a #%$&*%^!!" now we are talking politically incorrect. the day that observations...
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    How to cancel CableVision service

    the only way I know to successfully cancel the service is go to their office and do it personally. Be aware that it will take somewhere between 30 and 60 days for the cancel to take effect (depending on what day of the month you advise them) but you will also walk away with a paper from them...
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    Expats still here after five years?

    I guess that makes me one of the old timers... i actually have been here since 1972 but between then and 86 i lived in many different countries until i ended up here. They way to keep your finance safe in argentina is don't invest here except long term property which always goes up eventually...
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    Six Nations Rugby

    myp2p.eu will put almost any sport on and tell you how to get it via internet but the rugby tournament is on live directtv
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    Need a fluent Spanish speaker who knows about computers

    Hi I live in recoleta (just moved here a couple months ago-been living in the buenos aires suburbs for years though) and know how to make the different internets available here work. Be glad to help contact me at [email protected] Kevin
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    suggestions for midweek excursions from BsAs?

    you mean Colonia, in Uruguay and yes this is a very nice alternative
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    Tap water doesnt quench thirst

    Having lived here for more than twenty years i can say that although the tap water in argentina is relatively safe, i would still avoid drinking it for a number of reasons. If you live in an apartment your building probably has two water tanks, one in the basement with a pump and one on the...
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