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I've survived here two years myself - and I'm still with the person i came here to be with. Yes, day at a time :)

I manage on about 10,000 pesos to 12,000 pesos a month. I pay rent of about 6000 pesos a month and I pay expensas of about 600 a month. At this stage I am finding it a challenge. There are three of us and I am the sole earner. Having said that I get paid in dollars which does help and to be...

...and the good news keeps on coming ;) lol I haven't had this increase yet. But at least I know what to expect.

Porteros are all putos di mierda - but you still need to smile at them and be nice - unless you need your apartment cleaned out that is :)

Hi all, I'm sure there is an easy answer to this - but does anyone know how to turn off call waiting with a telefonica landline here in BA ? Actually - would be good to know how to disable caller ID and if there is the equivalent of a ''messagebank'' service to disable that as well... Thanks...

I'm starting to think this is the key :) I came here to be with my partner - to start a new life with her - and even though we have our problems here and there life is actually pretty good for us. Like I said, we are not rich and have to live on a budget - but I can imagine it would be a lot...

PS MAYBE one of the most significant factors here is that my partner is local and I did have an ''in'' in that sense - I was automatically adopted by her network of people - but I've also extended on that network and have a fairly good social life here - maybe that is one of the key things here...

Damn - I really must be doing something wrong :) Yes, I've had some bad experiences and yes I have been ripped off once by locals - supposedly ''friends'' - but overall my experiences of the place have been pretty positive and I know some good people here and feel like I am really putting down...

What can I say? The life here is good :) Great local food and booze, some great local people (some are shit but there are some really good ones too) - all you need to do is what I do - stick with the locals, avoid the expats like the plague, continue enjoying the great food and booze and...

I'm here for the long haul but this is only my first year (I arrived near the beginning of the year) - I'm not sure if that qualifies me as ''expat'' or what :) For various reasons one or two of the countries I have called ''home'' in the past no longer feel like ''home'' - and from my point of...

Agreed :) I'm one of them :)

As long as I can still get good scotch I'm pretty happy with all the other local produce here - when it comes to food and wine its better than what I've had in the several countries I have called home in the past - anybody know if single malt whisky is suddenly going to become impossible to get...

PS I am also in the process of applying for citizenship myself and my lawyer has advised me that it is no problem at all.

Many Argentines I know personally have EU citizenship as well (Spanish, Italian, etc.) so its obviously no problem at all and your lawyer doesn't know what he is talking about...:)

I've been here from the beginning of the year and speak a few languages - I'm too lazy to take classes so I am picking it up as I go - depending on how fast the people are talking I find I can now understand about 50% of what is said - especially the bad words :) With time I think I will...

Okay guys - next obvious question - where is (from your experience) the best place to change pesos to dollars (in capital federal) - I think its time I topped up a bit - at least to cover my US dollar rent till the end of the year anyway...

I'm reading this from my bunker right now - but don't tell anyone - I'm doing okay for a 98 year old ;) lol (Sorry - couldn't resist it ;)

Damn - well if you have a few bottles of Mala mado left please hang onto those for me then ? :)

get yourself a customs handler ASAP and they know how to deal with it - but there is *money* involved - as you can already tell you won't avoid that - there is a spanish phrase for this - there are several in BA - and they really DO make all the difference - several of my friends have been...

PM me if you have some really good single malts - in PARTICULAR Lagavulin and Laphroaig and Ardbeg etc - even MacAllan and so on - I will see if I can top up the credit card and if you can look after me I'll try to take a decent bit of your hands ;)