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    Off To Paraguay

    I'm headed for Paraguay for a while. ElQueso I still have your wonderful post about putting your inlaws in business and helping them to be self-dependent "entrepreneurs." Small time, yes, but entrepreneurs, nevertheless. Thank you for giving me permission to publish it. I probably am going to...
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    Computer Technician For Virus

    Does anyone know a good computer technician? I got a name from here before, talked to the man at the time and was really impressed, wrote his name and phone number somewhere for future reference and now I can't find it. I think I'd recognize it if I heard it again. But whether he does what I...
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    Are There Places Like This In Argentina?

    I've been in Chile about a month and, in a way, I love it. Well, it's a beautiful country but what I like is not having to look over my shoulder all the time. No purse snatching, no holdups at knife or gunpoint. Of course I am visiting relatively small towns--not Santiago this trip. There are...
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    Portable Modem That Operates On Cell Phone Technology

    Do y'all remember when I was without Internet for three months and I cried on your shoulder and took advice from several of you here on the forum about how to get it connected? Did you know there is a modem that looks like a flash drive, plugs into a USB port on your computer and connects you...
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    Good Research On Genetically Modified Food

    Includes some information on Argentina. https://www.youtube....umw0ossc#t=4068
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    Internet Disfunctional Now

    For whomever was complaining a few days or more ago about Fibertel being so slow--I can't find the thread so don't know where it was but this morning I am completely unable to work. It has been slowing down every day but this morning it's nearly nonfunctional. I thought maybe I had a virus...
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    No Gas In Our Building For The Next Three Months!

    Our gas has been off for three days. Today I asked the portero when we would have gas in the building. To my absolute amazement he said in three months. Three MONTHS??!!! The pipes are being repaired, he said. I live in Palermo a block (more of less) from Alto Palermo. This means no stove for...
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    Electric Dehydrator

    Does anyone know if you can buy food dehydrators in Argentina? I would like for it to be a normal dehydrator with several trays, a fan and a thermostat so the temperature can be controlled. Are there such things available here?
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    My Citizenship Dni Is Ready And Will Be Delivered Next Week!

    I can hardly believe it. I give credit to my attorney, Gabriel Celano, who managed to get the citizenship through in ten months and 11 days. The judge welcomed me and handed me the certificate and even posed with me for a picture. What a great person. But my DNI is actually two months late...
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    Here's Another Crime Story.

    Well it happened. I left last Tuesday morning early for Montevideo and my apartment was burglarized that same afternoon while the inhabitants of the other two apartments on my floor were away. The door was kicked in. Lost a professional type Nikon digital SLR camera, an old nonfunctioning laptop...
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    Any Advice On Finding A One-Bedroom Apartment Like This?

    I have friends here who keep renting one bedroom apartments but then having to move out because other renters have been scheduled. Right now they have to find a way to leave their rented apartment for a week for that reason. They would like to find a one-bedroom in Palermo, Ricoleta or Belgrano...
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    Dermatologist That You Like Who Speaks English?

    Does anyone know a dermatologist who speaks English? I checked the search option but came up with nothing on dermatologists.
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    U. S. Government Siezes Bitcoin's Bank Account

    http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/u-s-freezes-accounts-of-world-s-leading-bitcoin-exchange/article_cd5a4356-9724-541b-b129-d18aedb421ca.html
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    Crossing The Border On Argentina Dni

    I am going to Uruguay and was told there is now a reciprocity fee to go there and to Chile. I don't have my citizenship DNI in hand but I have permanent residency document for Argentina. . I have always crossed easily with my Argentina residency DNI. Have any of you heard of any change? And...
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    Making Spaghetti From Vegetables - Equipment

    Hi, i have some recipes for making raw vegetarian spaghetti. In the states I had a piece of equipment that you could set the dial on angel hair and put a vegetable through it (like a zucchini or something) and have . . . . ummm . . . . well . . . . "angel hair.". Does anyone know where...
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    My New Netbook (Thank You!!!!) But Internet Problems

    To you who gave me the good advice about the netbook. I did buy it and I LOVE IT! So many thanks. You were so right! But I have not had Internet for two months. I have called, my landlady has called (it´s in her name), my sweet neighbor spent an evening on the phone with them (because I don´t...
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    Spanish/english Speaker I Need Help!

    I´m on the desperate side. I haven´t been making my usual visits to the dentist here because I don´t speak spanish well enough to understand technical (like dental) stuff. I want a dentist who does not use metals for fillings and the only one I have found does not speak English. I either need a...
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    People Who Cheat Expats

    Well it appears we are not supposed to report on cheats but I was in touch with Nikad privately and the person she complained about also took $40 from me for a walking tour, we agreed where we would meet, she didn´t show up there, I waited for over an hour. Later she blamed me, but she went to...
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    Internet Problems

    Is anyone here having Internet problems? I have been having to reset my modem (turn it off and on) for days. Computer says the modem is working. I have Arnet. First time in 3 years to have a problem.
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    Bringing Vitamin And/or Mineral Supplements Into Argentina

    Short question. I just want to know, Can you do it? I'm interested in ordering a good mineral supplement, unless you know of something available here in Argentina. I did an "import test" and ordered two large bottles of Superfood from the States. I had to go to the main post office to pick it...
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