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  1. PhilinBSAS

    So, Price Controls. When Will We Begin To See Shortages?

    Please! Price controls are not new to Argentina - they have appeared before in many guises and at best they have proven to be short term political fixes that havnt worked previously in resolving underlying inflationary pressure. AND Price controls are fashionable at the moment in south east...
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    Where To Buy A Blackberry?

    I run a Blackberry cos I'm sort of weird and i like them even though the rest of the world seems to have moved on There arnt many about down here. I took mine to the Santa Fe y Callao Movistar store - liked the ambience but the people didnt really sort out anything and just waved their hands...
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    The Best Cycle Routes?

    :lol: Joe as our resident Troll you have remarkably thin skin! Rick-shaw drivers can be found in many different parts of the the world - in London most seem to be driven by muscular antipodeans Havnt seen any here in Bs As however so just offering you the opportunity for the inside track into...
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    Euro Blue Price And Trustable Cueva In City Centre

    Everyone quotes http://www.dolarblue.net/ Like the Scottish Gentleman advises dollars are much easier to exchange Much has been written before on here about the subject of cuevas and whether anyone would/should advertise any on here. There is a search facility you can trip What fake Euros...
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    Bus/train Tickets W/ Expired Passport

    Just show them some document with a number on it and your name.or anyone else's name and that will do - or just a photocopy of the identification page from your passport so long as there is a number to quote Or Membership of the Mickey Mouse Club made out to S B Squarepants plus a nice long...
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    The Best Cycle Routes?

    So all you need now is a good reliable bike .... and before you set out - dont forget to check the tyre pressures either! :D
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    The Best Cycle Routes?

    HEY JOE!!! Bringing your rick-shaw over anytime? The biggest problem Ive found is trying to second guess the lights at intersections when the cycle path is contra-flow Gorriti, Palermo is a case in point The Gov investment programme says that cycle lights are being introduced at crossings...
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    The Best Cycle Routes?

    Now this is curious. Someone who says on their profile that they have been in Buenos Aires for two years, that they are a "Guide" with a web page link to their local tour company aimed at English speaking tourists Yet seemingly hasnt bothered to look through the informative web pages of the...
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    The Best Cycle Routes?

    What is your problem? If you are a cyclist wanting information about reliable routes in the City don't rely on this "crowd sourced" map - it is both plain wrong in what it says in some instances and also doesn't show even the "official routes" accurately. That is if you are a cyclist and not a...
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    The Best Cycle Routes?

    Also plain wrong in parts - at least where I know That's one problem with crowd-sourced stuff
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    Is It Not Time For Another Baexpats Picnic ?

    did you send? nothing received :)
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    Argentina Has A New Queen! Christina Furious!

    You can keep them. Queen of the Netherlands says she will abdicate. Cristina is piqued. Prince Charles is totally furious - so furious in fact that he gets on an Underground Train for the first time in something like 30 years. That man will stop at nothing for attention...
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    Six Months After: Ba Vs. Madrid

    i would recommend a good basic course in English :lol:
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    Anyone From Or Who Knows Detroit

    We have seen the pictures. http://www.doobybrai...n-google-earth/ http://places.design...y=37544&slide=1 Question is Detroit really as bad as some images/photo journalists portray? Makes Buenos Aires's notorious Rust Belt look tame. I was reading this (community led regeneration)...
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    Holiday Or Aircon?

    buy a fan powered by photovoltaics and a wind turbine plus backup accumulator batteries 'cos the power will be down on those days (and nights) you need air con the most :( if you got air con you grow to depend upon it :o you can build one from components available anywhere - except Argentina...
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    Old Boys Rugby Tour 2014

    I dont know any old boys teams but here are several commercial organisations who get involved in tours which include schools that have strong rugby traditions including for vets - just google and you may get some contacts Tried writing to the UAR? http://www.uar.com.ar/ There is an Oldies...
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    15 Reason Why I Like Ba Living ...

    yes the superclasico not the travesty that happened last night where one team turned up to play football the other didnt and still got the result :o
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    15 Reason Why I Like Ba Living ...

    Kindly explain what Messi has to do with Buenos Aires?
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    15 Reason Why I Like Ba Living ...

    TROLL ALERT
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    15 Reason Why I Like Ba Living ...

    Good post. Actually I get worried about my Gaussian distribution :)
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