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    Calling All Smokers

    i know a few - not all stock everything. The Uruguayan tobacco is called Cerrito - $5-7 pesos for 50 grams, depending where you go. There is also a black tobacco with the same label - i smoke the normal stuff. Places: San Telmo - Defensa y Independencia Palermo - Guemes y Scalabrini Ortiz...
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    MY football team

    im river, but not for bandwaggon - 1 - their stadium is 5 blocks away from my house (i can hear the singing) - 2 - anti-boca. anti-maradona. nuff said
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    NY Post: What's the deal with Buenos Aires?

    I was in and out of England, travelling, working in other countries for 6-7 years before i got to Buenos Aires. It was not so much as i wanted to move here, but that i met an Argentine who lives in the city... Now, after more than two years, i have found a way to describe what i feel - I've...
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    Boring expats

    i have had a variety of thoughts since reading the first post - im just going to go on a rant and post without checking what i said. I didnt realise working at home and having a wife/girlfriend/boyfriend is the same as being boring. I actually really like my life here - relaxed, friends that...
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    england germany

    sorry for the late reply, ive not been online - was good to meet new people too!! hope alls well... (im a dutch fan for the remainder...)
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    Robbery at my store - Av. Triunvirato 3883 Villa Urquiza

    they seemed pretty calm... would you call that professional? Also, did they take some stuff from the shop that they wanted? (presents for the wife?!) thanks for sharing it with us. I buy and sell books and other book dealers have told me stories of people ringing saying they have books to sell...
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    england germany

    im going to Sugar, hoping that there will be singing - If you're English and in Palermo it would be good if everyone got together and made some noise (with the usual english pessimism - it could be our last game) - they're not charging entry are they?
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    Pawn shops?

    auctions are an option on mercadolibre. you can state the price you want and people choose to pay it or not. mercadolibre has a huge business - if the price is good value, it will sell. Define your 'politics' of sale - ie whether you will send it (hacer envios) or whether the buyer can pick it...
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    any English ex-pats.......

    can anyone comment on sugar's atomosphere for Sunday?
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    england germany

    i stayed at home for the last england game against Solvenia (as Howardinba said he would too) but now that we are playing Germany i want to sing and be an English lout... I ask all English to write here where they are going to be. from previous threads it seems Sugar is the most popular...??
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    Yet Another Self-Indulgent Expat Blog

    no salt here. that webpage burnt my eyes. Please dont do that again
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    Getting around DNI with Flights

    I travelled with my 'Residencia de Precaria', (BsAs - Salta) but when i was booking the flight by telephone (as i was paying with a foreign credit card) they said that my expiry date was before the flight and therefore i could not book until i had renewed it. I did not want to miss out on the...
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    English book rental library?

    i do a 'buy-back' service, which, in some ways, is a type of lending...
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    Craigslist, Garage sales, etc

    i just wrote a reply and it disappeared... I'll try and summarise... I buy and sell a lot, and go in and out of a lot of homes as well as have people come to me. There are companies that arrange sales - take a commission, put security on the door and promote the sale, though if you dont have...
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    world cup viewing for the english

    nice to see a football debate and some replies... i was hoping to stay away from Alamos and Casabar, as they are traditionally American (call me bad names if im wrong) - Gibraltar i like - and i know there is an English socio in Sugar... As ever im a pessimistic Englishman, we have the coach...
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    world cup viewing for the english

    i thought at least one Englishman would reply....
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    world cup viewing for the english

    thats right sir...
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    world cup viewing for the english

    The domestic season is over - For quite some time the prospect of being in Argentina for the World Cup has been haunting me. I love living here, but i am English, and i do not want to watch the England games with Argentines. Are there any bars where the English will congregate? Are there any...
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    Poll - How much do you spend a month?

    less than U$S500 - i own my apartment, i earn pesos, i cook at home, wednesday night 2 for 1 and the cinema etc etc. live with what you have.
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    English-speaking grief counselors?

    If you send me a private message i can give you the details of a friend of mine, trained psychologist from the States, living here... All the best
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