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capitolkat
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I reread my post and I need to back up a little. My inference that the expat community have not been our strongest allies is misleading. so I need to
restate that we have found a wealth of support from expats in helping us with understanding taxes and where to find what, extending helping hands
whenever it looked like we needed a boost, recommendations concerning DR. Dentist, advice on anything we asked about -- and I was having a bad day
with a group who gossip, sit in judgment on anyone not in their group, boast knowledge they don't have and offer advice when not requested.
so apologies to all those who have made our transition smoother and have given all the assistance we could ever want.
Thanks-- Norm
Life is too short to drink bad wine
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norte
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Kind of like this forum, eh?
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capitolkat
I reread my post and I need to back up a little. My inference that the expat community have not been our strongest allies is misleading. so I need to
restate that we have found a wealth of support from expats in helping us with understanding taxes and where to find what, extending helping hands
whenever it looked like we needed a boost, recommendations concerning DR. Dentist, advice on anything we asked about -- and I was having a bad day
with a group who gossip, sit in judgment on anyone not in their group, boast knowledge they don't have and offer advice when not requested.
You muat live in Punta Banda
so apologies to all those who have made our transition smoother and have given all the assistance we could ever want.
Thanks-- Norm |
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capitolkat
I reread my post and I need to back up a little. My inference that the expat community have not been our strongest allies is misleading. so I need to
restate that we have found a wealth of support from expats in helping us with understanding taxes and where to find what, extending helping hands
whenever it looked like we needed a boost, recommendations concerning DR. Dentist, advice on anything we asked about -- and I was having a bad day
with a group who gossip, sit in judgment on anyone not in their group, boast knowledge they don't have and offer advice when not requested.
so apologies to all those who have made our transition smoother and have given all the assistance we could ever want.
Thanks-- Norm |
You must live in Punta Banda.
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rob
............We miss #4 coffee filters (or rather, paying $3/100 rather than $6)............... |
Rob - 69 Pesos for 300 at the COSTCO in Ensenada
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ElCazadorAZ
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This is a GREAT thread for anyone considering the move SOB. THANKS to all for the insight.
Sometimes its more about WHO you are than WHERE you are.
An old farmer buddy in Camp Verde, AZ told me this ditty:
Old farmer shows up in town at the general store and asks the local boys, What's everybody like here? An old codger asks him, Well, what'r they like
where you're from? The guy replies, Aww, they're all a bunch of buttcracks. Codger replies, Well, I'll willing to bet that you're going to find them
all just like that here.
There's a ton of cliches: You reap what you sow. What goes around comes around. If you look for trouble you're going to find it. Etc. etc. but there's
a Helluva lot of truth in them. Sounds like most find peace and friendship (with bumps in the road, of course) in Mexico or.... they go home sour and
tell everybody that they're all a bunch of buttcracks down there...
Thanks again for the read. All of us dreamers up here in 14 degrees F appreciate the warm thoughts...... Can't wait to get down South in December. H.
"If we're all thinking alike, somebody's not thinking." Gen. George S. Patton
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805gregg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Mengano
1. Medicare or VA health insurance.
2. Mail delivered to your door.
3. Supermarkets with cheaper food and wider selections.
4. Trained, professional, uncorrupted police force.
5. Cheaper electronics and better quality clothes.
6. A fully-equipped emergency room with trained doctors 24/7.
7. Cheaper electricity that is on all the time.
8. Water service piped into your home that is on all the time.
9. A fully functioning judicial system with the rule of law.
10. Movies theaters in most towns and cities.
11. Live stage productions.
12. Philharmonic orchestras.
13. You can travel all over the US without ever going through a military checkpoint with somebody pointing an automatic rifle at you.
14. You can go fishing in either fresh water or salt water, and the license is cheaper.
15. You can travel the whole country without having to carry and show a passport or visa.
16. You can exercise your right to protest (illegal for Americans in Mexico.)
17. You can legally own a weapon for self-defense. |
18. The Culture. |
I get the culture everyday in Ca. and I have all of the above. If you go to live in Baja, rent first, or get a caretaker gig, try Punta Chivato, with
all the break in robberies, they all want caretakers when they are not there. Don't buy, real estate is on a long downward course.
[Edited on 11-12-2011 by 805gregg]
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 805gregg
Don't buy, real estate is on a long downward course.
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That's the best advice so far. You will almost certainly lose your shirt if you do.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
That's the best advice so far. You will almost certainly lose your shirt if you do. |
I know what the place is all about and I'm one of those who's suffering for it, but why do you come down here and continue to trash the place if you
feel it's so repulsive?
Why don't you keep your wop-ass out of here if it's so bad?
Nobody needs your Baja trashing, or your trash self criticizing us, those who have no immediate means to come to terms with our dilema, so why not
give it a rest and quit trying to present your pathetic self as so effing precient?
You're a giant A-Hole, Roberto. Always were and always will be. Get over your lame self. It ain't all as you think you are.
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bajabass
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ElCazadorAZ
This is a GREAT thread for anyone considering the move SOB. THANKS to all for the insight.
Sometimes its more about WHO you are than WHERE you are.
An old farmer buddy in Camp Verde, AZ told me this ditty:
Old farmer shows up in town at the general store and asks the local boys, What's everybody like here? An old codger asks him, Well, what'r they like
where you're from? The guy replies, Aww, they're all a bunch of buttcracks. Codger replies, Well, I'll willing to bet that you're going to find them
all just like that here.
There's a ton of cliches: You reap what you sow. What goes around comes around. If you look for trouble you're going to find it. Etc. etc. but there's
a Helluva lot of truth in them. Sounds like most find peace and friendship (with bumps in the road, of course) in Mexico or.... they go home sour and
tell everybody that they're all a bunch of buttcracks down there...
Thanks again for the read. All of us dreamers up here in 14 degrees F appreciate the warm thoughts...... Can't wait to get down South in December. H.
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BULLSEYE!!!
I firmly believe you reap what you sow. I've been living just outside La Paz for almost a year now. No rose tinted glasses here, but the place and
people are great!! Go in with an open mind, show some courtesy and respect. At least attempt to learn the language, and use it with locals whenever
possible. Use the little mini-supers, tortillerias, panaderias, carnicerias, bottled water stores, and oh yeah, the cervecerias!!! I have no trouble
talking to new people, asking questions in my horrible to me Spanish, 
and have made several new friends in the process. A honest smile and hola goes a long way it seems.
Keep your eyes on the road, and your hands upon the wheel!
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Alan
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabass
BULLSEYE!!!
I firmly believe you reap what you sow. I've been living just outside La Paz for almost a year now. No rose tinted glasses here, but the place and
people are great!! Go in with an open mind, show some courtesy and respect. At least attempt to learn the language, and use it with locals whenever
possible. Use the little mini-supers, tortillerias, panaderias, carnicerias, bottled water stores, and oh yeah, the cervecerias!!! I have no trouble
talking to new people, asking questions in my horrible to me Spanish,
and have made several new friends in the process. A honest smile and hola goes a long way it seems. |
Well said!!!!!!!!!!!
In Memory of E-57
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BFS
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For me it would be the sunday papers. Nada mas!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BFS
For me it would be the sunday papers. Nada mas! |
San Diego Union Online, seven days a week. Eight bucks per month. Exactly the same publication as the paper issue, but without the dead tree.
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shari
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sure there are a few small things I miss about Canada but I know that if I ever moved back, there would be ALOT more things I'd miss about Baja.
there are butt cracks everywhere for sure, yup, cartel violence in some areas in mexico, corruption, lawlessness etc. but here in rural baja, life is
pretty darn sweet. I have never contemplated going back NOB...all the great things about baja FAR outweight the bad for me here....but I totally agree
that you should rent places in several different areas and consider going to your favorites at the bad time of year...especially for choosing a full
time place to live. We are seeing folks who cant stand the heat on the "other side" now wanting to move here where the year round climate is more
moderate and liveable during the summer.
Baja is definately not for everyone, nor for the weak of heart....it is a challenge you need to be up for...patience is paramount as well as an open
mind and being prepared to learn a new culture and way of life and accept it.
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
sure there are a few small things I miss about Canada but I know that if I ever moved back, there would be ALOT more things I'd miss about Baja.
there are butt cracks everywhere for sure, yup, cartel violence in some areas in mexico, corruption, lawlessness etc. but here in rural baja, life is
pretty darn sweet. I have never contemplated going back NOB...all the great things about baja FAR outweight the bad for me here....but I totally agree
that you should rent places in several different areas and consider going to your favorites at the bad time of year...especially for choosing a full
time place to live. We are seeing folks who cant stand the heat on the "other side" now wanting to move here where the year round climate is more
moderate and liveable during the summer.
Baja is definately not for everyone, nor for the weak of heart....it is a challenge you need to be up for...patience is paramount as well as an open
mind and being prepared to learn a new culture and way of life and accept it. |
Best response yet...
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BFS
For me it would be the sunday papers. Nada mas! |
I get the Sunday paper delivered to my door by 8am. I need the dead trees to line the bird cages.
[Edited on 11-12-2011 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
| Quote: | Originally posted by BFS
For me it would be the sunday papers. Nada mas! |
I get the Sunday paper delivered to my door by 8am. I need the dead trees to line the bird cages.
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