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    PCR test experience in different countries versus CABA

    Just my 2 cents. I went for a saliva test over 2 weeks ago on santa fe street, never got my results. The city's whassap is no help. The wait was supposed to be just 36hs. The nurse there told me the nasal swap's results are ready in just 6 hours.
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    That wicked Yanqui dollar

    The peso is brain dead, someone at some point will have to face the music and pull the plug. Replace it with the real or the dollar or the yuan
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    Default?

    default seems around the corner!! argentina like many countries has some urban legends. the white van thing is one "la combi blanca" goes something like a real life boogie man kidnaps children and pretty girls, if you ask someone knows someone that saw it happen. well now the economy of the...
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    2 tourists shot outside Faena Hotel P. Madero

    if you had an armed guard he would need to be willing to use his weapon, is he kills a mugger he ends up in jail like chocobar. this country is just to crazy to be safe. the bellman and driver probably don't get paid enought to be stubbed/shot/killed on duty that's why they didn't resist i...
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    2 tourists shot outside Faena Hotel P. Madero

    well they don't call it third world for nothing!!. yes, you might get killed by a terrrorist in london or paris but in buenos aires and the conurbano you can see the real life butch cassidy and billy the kid!! conurbano it's the wild wild west!!
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    Where to get a rice cooker?

    those rice cookers are rare here. usually people eat rice mixed with other things and not just plain white rice. other places in south america eat more rice and more beans. when you over expend here people say they will have to "comer arroz blanco" (eat plain white rice) for the rest of the...
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    Cost of living vs. salaries in Cap Fed

    the current situation! as you see on the left inflation has affected the middle class (to the right) quite a lot.
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    Is it "normal" for landlords to have tenants pay city and province property taxes?

    in buenos aires they want you to pay for the oxygen you breed!! so, yes in long term unfurnished apartments it's normal to pay abl (city tax). in other provinces that would be extrange. in la plata you would pay rent and utilities (expensas too), the rest is up to the landlord. and yes some...
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    Mosquitos

    interesting! i wonder if they talk to the mosquito union to get their information or from independent mosquitoes
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    Violent protests in Chile: Will this spread to Argentina?

    and the protests keep happening, this might very well be the end of right wing chile as we know it. if they get their own version of peronismo they are doomed!. what's happening now in chile happened in argentina more than 100 years ago when the elite was in government, the macro economics were...
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    From London to Bahia Blanca

    moving right now? with everything thats going on? ah the timing!
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    DNI required to marry

    in the 21st century why ask for witnesses at all?. should't the presence of the proper state official and maybe a video of the couple stating their free will do?
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    True crime murder mystery steps from Congress. A real life “who done it”.

    they haven't found a connection between the victims and the shooter yet. one of the gypsies is saying there is no connection, and that it was just a random thing. whatever the case is very sad.
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    Giving birth - Argentina or Chile ?

    you can also use a credit card. now is it woth it? well you are the one that wants to do it!. also we don't know how much money is a lot of money to you!. one thing to consider about argentina is that getting past the border and actually inside the country for the rest of your family (as...
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    CREDITOS UVA

    the are many problems about property here. if you leave money in the bank the bank can rob or the government will do so,so people buy real state as a means to save their money. it creates a bubble. then you have to buy property in dollars but you earn pesos. and the sad truth is a healthy loan...
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    US citizen deported at Ezeiza

    i've lost track of how many times i've heard the government is going to crackdown on tax evasion.
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    Can Argentine buy a gun for collect?

    I believe you still need a permit even if the gun is unable to fire
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    Boca River Superclassico Violent incidents

    the term repression in used widely and freely in this country. pretty much any action against protesters even violent ones, will be called repression!
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    Express bus line No. 8 to Ezeiza for $19.70 pesos

    haven't used this one but the regular one takes forever to get to the airport!. any improvement is good.
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    Hello Recession, Goodbye Inflation

    loans have only been here for a short while and car and travel loans are rather short (1 year to 3 or 4). the people with a mortgage aren't that many. i believe that too. its a culture thing i guess. its like there are argentinian only rules for the economy that defy logic!.
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