Rony

Pluto is the best !!

what about social distancing in jail !?!

yes, most likely, but if they do switch to take-out meals, I will post it here. I love their food, but Jose and Isabel are also close friends of mine.

I just walked by there. It was closed, with a sign, closed until April 30th. No sign about take-out meals

Only between 11 am and 11:15. Around 12, Mexican needy people arrive ( the goodies that are brought in, need to go to them within the hour, sothat nothing gets "lost" in between ). For this time, only above mentioned items in bags please ( there are only the 2 of us doing this and we cant start equally dividing a few hundred bags ) Rony

Easter is the biggest Mexican holiday of the year, and it will be saddest ever... hardly any celebration and for a lot of Mexican families, less or no money on the table. Remember our collection/distribition day, tomorrow, GOOD Friday, 11 am, at DIF Chapala. We collect bags with ( in each bag ). a kilo of dry beans, a big white loaf, 3 apples and Choki cookies. No need for parking, drive by and hand it over to me (safe distancing, with my mask and gloves). So far ( before actual collection day ), we have 90 gift bags for Chapala and 135 liters of high quality milk ( + 143 eggs ) for poor families in Santa Cruz. My hope is to be able to help a few hundred families tomorrow. See you tomorrow ! And thank you

The situation here at Lakeside is and will stay bad for A LOT of Mexican people. Therefore, this week, a friend and I are starting a COVID19 FOOD EMERGENCY PROJECT. No money, only food, and what you bring in the morning will be handed out to ONLY needy people the very same day ( Tepehua, abused women and older people that usually go to DIF ). Nobody has to go hungry here.... and in the end, we all want to avoid a higher crime rate. How it works ? This coming Friday, GOOD FRIDAY, April 10th, at 11 am SHARP, bring to DIF centro Chapala : A bag with : - one kilo of beans - a big white loaf of Bimbo bread - 3 apples - a small package of cookies ( preferably Chokis... they sell them at OXO ) For the time being, plse, NOTHING else, as we want to start simple, easy, and give the same to every person. It is a gift of max 100 pesos, and if we all chip in, it will make a world of difference for a lot of people in these difficult times. I will monitor the waiting line, to help people respect SAFE DISTANCING ( Mexicans will also receive leaflets about this.... and only one member of the family can come, and we will have hand sanitizers there ). If you want to avoid going out, maybe one person can collect the bags on behalf of several people, and bring it all to DIF that morning. Show your good heart. It is only a small effort. If it becomes a success, we will continue this on a regular basis. The leaflet points out that this is the expat community helping our Mexican neighours in need.

Not what I heard from the DIF director, but I am seeing her this morning. I will ask her again. With all due respect, Harry, but your post indirectly sends out the message that foodwise everything is under control. It isnt. Far from it I am trying to set up a food project program for Chapala More about that in a few hours .....EDITED,... a few hours later. Here is what I just found : actually there will be 3000 food bags, but : not yet distributed AND divided over 8 municipalities, which is less than only 400 per municipality. How, what, how many, when, where,....dont matter much. Important point is : not nearly enough for what is needed ( see my separate thread about how to help more ) Rony

more than anything...look at the body language and listen to the tone in this video. I leave it up to viewers to interpret.

my only point is that we have to try to stick to the right translation. More than ever, good and correct communication is important. ( and my Spanish is not perfect either, but I like to contribute where I can and am open to be corrected too ) A couple of days ago, another translation said that the airport was closed to passengers flights,....and it isnt or wasnt. It was also one word, but again, it made all the difference, and it could have had a lot of consequences.

I listened to it carefully but I dont know where the translator got "mandatory ". One word makes all the difference. In the last message of the governor ( 4 hours ago ) : federal government " asks " citizens to stay home

Whenever there was an epidemic of this magnitude in the past ( centuries ago ), it was our basic human survival instinct to take extra good care of our personal, intimite hygiene. Although we dont realize it, this instinct is still there. Hence the TP

this is not a competition about who is the best in the world. I think that we have had enough of that " we are the best retoric " to last us for 3 centuries. And let us see in about 6 months. The proof will be in the .... I can forecast that a lot of people will be a lot more quiet then ( deja vu ) Also, try to understand that this time, we are ALL in this together. This is also the section " Chapala, Ajijic, Guadalajara ". One might forget, reading A LOT OF the posts. ....solamente diciendo.... Rony

yes, but still practicing.

that makes sense

also....lots of Covid19 cases in warmer climates : Australia ( where it was Summer ), all over Africa ( Kenya, Namibia, Congo and today in Ruanda ) and in the middle East

a mask will protect you in so far, that every time that you want to touch your face inadvertently, you will realize it and therefore reduces the risk.

quote "it dies if it is exposed to temperatures of 26-27 ° and above." so...if our normal body temperature is around 37 Celsius, why doesnt it die then ( when entering our body )

listen guys.... I was 33 when I arrived here in Mexico. I am almost 56 now and as a very young expat, unfortunately I have had to say goodbye to a lot of older Canadian and US friends ( unusual to lose that many friends when you are in your thirties and forties ) and every time it hurt and I never got used to it !! Also, a lot of those people left their pets, which didnt always have the best outcome ! The Mex healthcare system ( like others ) will not be able to cope with this tsunami. Authorities mostly ignore the seriousness and hardly do any testing About myself, yes, I am strong enough to admit that I am scared....but more so ( although at minor risk, I may hope ) to maybe have to leave behind my 15 year old doggie. So, forgive me that I laugh a bit less, when reading the same style and repeated jokes...over and over again. I sincerely wish the best to all of you ( and to myself ! ). No hard feelings. We simply dont have the same sense of humour and a different background Rony

you are very right. But this thing has now been downplayed so much and " outjoked ". Humour also downplays and we have had enough of that. If you overdo it, then people will not take this seriously and more lifes will be lost. Not against humour.

I agree. But let us also keep some balance here. Too much gets really boring and takes away the opportunity for others to discuss this a little more seriously. Does every serious comment have to be downplayed... I doubt that a lot of Italian families are joking right now. We didnt always joke this much about other ugly world events that hit other people in the world, did we... Not everybody has to become a comedian about this Rony

I know that you are a moderator here, and have some power, but please rethink your continuous sarcasm and macho behaviour. It is utterly childish. As a European, I follow VERY closely the unfolding drama in Italy ( where I have friends/direct witnesses in Florence ) and other European countries. Panic no,.... but the non stop jokes about this ...are not even funny anymore and out of place. One bad joke yes, but ... If you still believe that this is not serious and will not hit people here ( especially the poor, who will not have access to good or any healthcare ), you will be in for a big surprise soon. Rony

human food doesnt always contain all the necessary vitamins, that our pets need ( I learnt that the hard way )

after I changed my dogs diet, from good human food to Hills dry food ( and I add some lean ground beef ), her health improved a lot, and she is almost 15 now. Not going back to human food ( although Hills is not cheap )

not so sure about the "legal side" of it though...not yet, at least ( hence, a lot of secrecy ). A very grey area, to say the least . I spent a couple of hours checking out Mex websites and newssites, and I couldnt conclude that it is 100 % legal ( at this moment ). A Mex City judge not prosecuting because of a "ley de amparo" doesnt necessarily mean that it has all been transformed ( and voted ) into law. I dont recall congress actually voting it. Not sure if it is AMLO s number one priority anyway. But feel free, to make my day, by showing the opposite. I may be wrong. Rony