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True enough...but also no reason for the younguns to lecture us either.

Great news hearing you guys are happy and yes, the Homestead Exemption is a nice plus in Texas. Progreso is a great place to go for Rx, dentals and good lunches also. They used to claim to be the friendliest place in Mexico and they sure were. Every price was in USD, no pesos wanted!

...And what evidence do you have to support that conclusion? ...If truth be told you have a chip on your shoulder methinks.

Is life in the Valley better or worse than in Tucson? Thinking strongly of being there. Why Alamo rather than Mission? Best to you and your wife, always enjoy your posts even if I don't agree always.

Wait, if you're a '44 model how do you have shoes older than giltner?

I think you missed the point. There's no "pain" involved here. Just a very clear little story that illustrates the gap between the generations. Nothing more, nothing less. Takes a lot more than something like that to get my panties twisted. Now...dogs in restaurants...haha, no not that either!

...Failed Geography twice.

Nothing...If that's how the law was written but it's not. Entiendo?

Well worth the 2 minute read. This woman gave it right back to the young clerk who tried to shame her. Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment. The woman apologized to the young girl and explained, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier days." The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." The older lady said that she was right -- our generation didn't have the "green thing" in its day. The older lady went on to explain: Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day. Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags that we reused for numerous things. Most memorable besides household garbage bags was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our school books. This was to ensure that public property (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags. But, too bad we didn't do the "green thing" back then. We walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the "green thing" in our day. Back then we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts. Wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day. Back then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back then. We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blade in a r azor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the "green thing" back then. Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service in the family's $45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a whole house did before the"green thing." We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint. But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then? Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart ### young person. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to piss us off... Especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced smartass who can't make change without the cash register telling them how much.

Actually, if the by-laws were written correctly to begin with, it's a pretty straight forward process to proceed into court and have a judge order the sale of the property in arrears once all the other steps have been followed. Certified letters, etc. Now...if the offender has friends in high places...all bets may be off as most of us realize. Our condo assoc. in PV only needed to take the first few steps while advising the scofflaw what was coming down the pike to actually cause him to voluntarily sell and at closing we got our pesos.

Shows how my mind is starting to go.......I read the title and was expecting to hear about a strolling vendor who pierced ears! "Lock me up"!

Reminds me of a credit card commercial...............Priceless.

A reply from RickS on the subject of foreign vehicles in or out of Mexico can be considered the "Gold Standard" on this WebBoard. Not every subject has a knowledgeable board member but this subject does. You can probably take it to the bank. However, as with almost anything in Mexico, if you search hard enough you will surely find someone who will give you the answer you hope to get and "for a small fee" will assure you it can be done. Let the buyer beware.

Represents the other party perhaps?

An unfortunate and somewhat common problem. I would suggest Spencer and don't worry about how close he is to LCS.

Well that's not exactly a good analogy. Some Notarios, no names here, are very uninvolved in the actual closings. They have "their people" who do all the dog work and have everything ready (once in a great while) for the big day. The folks who do the dog work are usually good people but probably overworked and underpaid. Some Real Estate people work hand in glove with them to see that everything is done correctly before the actual closing. Jennie Wilson, RIP, who worked for Bev Hunt was such a person. She caught more mistakes before they happened than anyone I know and she was involved with all of our buying and selling at Lakeside which involved 12 different transactions. In addition we had our personal attorney looking over everything. He is the one who said Jennie almost never made a mistake and he was involved in many closings. So if you don't know that your agent's company has someone like Jennie who works hand in glove with the Notario you will be using you might want to have your attorney handle that. More than just catching errors, it's helping the Notario's folks with the dog work. Anybody who helps with that will be appreciated and perhaps if something is a gray area you will get the benefit. Can't hurt. I see Spencer just posted ahead of me and seems to agree with at least some of my opinion. Our last sale at lakeside included the buyer paying in cash and a condo that was under construction. Buyer had verbally promised a clear deed in one year for the condo. Our attorney didn't like that verbal idea so on the day of closing the buyer had to sign an agreement that had a large ($50,000 USD) penalty if such was not the case. We weren't at the closing but it was reported buyer agonized for a long time before signing it. The deed was not ready in a year and buyer had to pay the penalty. Without that assistance such a clause would never have been inserted and we might still not have a deed today. YMMV

Agree with Kiko and recording sales prices under the true amount was common for a long time. Not sure if it still is. However, remember that all deeds are recorded in Pesos, not USD. So as the peso has weakened you will, on paper, have a much larger gain than you really do. Definitely talk to a lawyer about how you can legally avoid capital gains tax before you list your property. It may be different in different parts of Mexico. Usually Notarios in an area agree on what the "proof" will be to a seller. Here in PV it involves being Permanente and having your RFC on your CFE bill for at least 6 months. That's today. Who knows what it may be tomorrow.

Our Estafeta contact in Houston has never refused to include anything in our regular consolidated shipments to us here in Mexico and believe me, some of the items would have been rejected by anyone else. No true contraband of any type but many items that Amazon says "do not ship to Mexico". Generic, non narcotic, meds from other countries included.

2-1 Final (Keith)

Well, at least we agree on something. Progress! Still 1-0 at the half.

Hahaha, a little sarcasm never hurts. Angus nailed it. On a more important note: Mexico 1 South Korea 0 first half.

Angus Thank you.

Sorry, but "hahaha" again. Every Tom, Dick or Harry that takes them feels they "need" them. Now you have the knowledge to discern who "really" needs them? I think you missed your calling in life. No offense, but I'm voting with Dr. Garcia on this one.

.....And another thing Chillin. I guess whenever a patient does not get the result they desired from a surgical procedure, it must be "botched", right? And of course you know that to be the case because you talked to the surgeon and he/she admitted it, right? Or did you just talk to the patient? Or.......did you just overhear someone at a social function mention that Tom, Dick or Harry got butchered by Dr. Who?

Hahaha, isn't that what I was being accused of saying about the poor patient? Now you can take the flack, thanks!