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advrider
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Sounds like the same way we secure our cabin at the end of the season in the Sierra's every year. Not so much worried about the average joe but try to
deter the less then honest people trying to make a quick grab and go. Plus we have bears to deter as well, unlike Baja!
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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Break ins are not common at all in Asuncion as there is such a good 24/7 security patrol by the fishing cooperativas and in a small village petty
crime is usually limited to family members as they are less likely to press charges and people always know who is stealing stuff most often youngsters
with a drug problem.
Very few places have bars on the windows. Few people lock thieir cars etc. But in Udos case, the kid lived in an apartment right behind his place and
he would wait till the police and security passed then he just walked over and systematically stole stuff little by little. It is extremely dark there
and nobody lives around the house which made it easy to rob.
But the biggest reason for the break in is that Udo has nobody looking after his house to check in to see if everything is secure. I highly recommend
expats who leave houses unattended at least have someone checking on it on a weekly basis.
The unfortunate thing is that due to owner neglect, this house was broken into and it paints Asuncion in an unfavourable light which I deem unfair as
this is one of the safest places I know of.
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David K
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Udo, it was advrider's post that got me to contact you. Fishbuck has been banned from Nomad. He is building a home on San Quintín Bay and his last
email to me was he was good with the ban and all is well.
As for how to easily post your photos here on Nomad, then instructions are in the first post on the Nomad Photo Gallery Forum. Here they are:
To post photos from your Pictures folder on your computer...
Go to www.Postimages.org, make an album if you want to organize your photos to find them easily in the future (by date or by subject). No cost to use
Postimages.org.
Change the upload setting from "Do not resize my image" to 640x480 (recommended for forums) or 800x600 (max. on Nomad). You click on the little arrow
to see the size choices.
Click "Choose images" and select the photos you want to put on Nomad from your Pictures folder.
Click on the image you want on Nomad and click on "Share" at the top of the screen.
Choose "Hotlinks for forums" (down next to the last one). You can click the little box at the right end of the link and it is now saved on your mouse.
Go to Nomad and paste that link onto the place where you are typing on Nomad. You can put text in below the photo for a caption or your post and if
you double space between photo links (for clarity), you can put several photos and captions in a single post on Nomad. You can click "Preview" on
Nomad to check and see how it will look before posting to the board.
If you need to fix a post after it is done, click on "Edit" along the edge of your post, and change or delete your post. If you edit more than once,
you can delete the previous Edited on tags so only one edit tag will appear after you edit the post.
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David K
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20 photos from Udo...
[Edited on 12-14-2019 by David K]
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Pacifico
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What ever happened with the salon (?) that was being built adjacent to the property? Was that ever completed or was the project abandoned?
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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advrider
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David, thanks for posting. I am about 11 months from retirement, if I choose to go, so we have been looking. We are back and forth between renting and
buying something in Baja. I need to go and see just what the area and house look like, it's been many years since I was there.
From what I have seen of the house from pictures it's the perfect size and a good location in respect to the ocean. Being that close also brings
up maintenance concerns because I'm not sure I want to do that much up keep? Lot's to think about, but the price and style are right on point...
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David K
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Udo is a man of good character, too.
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shari
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Quote: Originally posted by Pacifico  | | What ever happened with the salon (?) that was being built adjacent to the property? Was that ever completed or was the project abandoned?
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the project appears to have been abandoned...nothing done in years there.
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twogringos
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I don't lock my car in Asuncion. I don't even lock the garage when we are in residence.
BTW, our house is about 200 feet behind Udo's.
[Edited on 12-16-2019 by twogringos]
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by twogringos | I don't lock my car in Asuncion. I don't even lock the garage when we are in residence.
BTW, our house is about 200 feet behind Udo's.
[Edited on 12-16-2019 by twogringos] |
Udo’s house was broken into by a neighbor tweaker. Did the tweaker break into your house?
You should lock your door. Your neighbor’s house got burgled.
Woke!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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Bajaboy
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We never lock our place or truck when in town. But all of our neighbors look out for one another, too.
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