johanson

Yes, my Telmex internet is down again in upper Ajijic. I just got a text message on my cell phone saying they knew about the outage and were working to fix it. I'm sure glad I have the local cable company as an internet backup.

Well, at least Shaw Direct kept on working and to the best of my knowledge, all of the Canadian and US channels they carried were still working and/or viewable, during this partial outage up north.

Thanks for the warning and or tips. Normally my cats get dried cat food, but once each day at about noon, my three cats demand that I provide them a treat of some kind of pasty canned cat food, which I was about out of. So when I read the above, earlier today, I went out and was able to buy some canned cat food, not in the small cans I usually get, but only in the big cans. I sure hope this shortage is not a sign of things to come, but only temporary.

I have had a 33 or in my case 331 cell phone for many years. And I am sure not complaining, but why is it that I almost never receive annoying marketing phone calls. I wonder what it is that I haven't done or have done to protect me from all of these calls so many of you get. I can literally go for several weeks to months before I get a strange sales or marketing phone call. About the only bad calls I get are when someone accidently dials the wrong number and gets me, and that almost never happens either.

Has anyone ever accidently subscribed to either of these entities? If so, what does one get? Is there any comparison to the paper we have been getting every weekend for many years. All I have heard is no I have never seen either of these on line publications because it is a rip.off or words to that effect. I understand these entities are written by Lisa Jorgenson but I am not sure.

If you are like me and have no idea what "simple green" is. I looked it up and apparently it is All-purpose cleaner Owner. Sunshine Makers, Inc. Introduced. 1979. Markets. All-purpose cleaners. Website. www.simplegreen.com. Simple Green is an American brand of cleaning products that is produced by Sunshine Makers, Inc.

That's right, John. Many homes have only one or two phases. A few of us have all three phases. And when one face goes out, a second phase, will have a very low voltage and the third phase will not be effected And if you notice that two phases are out, the third one will be out too. (I think)

No apparent outages today at the top of Juarez in slightly West Ajijic, at least that's what my microwave clock tells me

I'm one day a week in upper Ajijic. In fact, the top of Juarez is so steep, I have to take my garbage down one block to a corner where the garbage truck can reach.

It's testing the speed between you and the site it chooses. For example, I check the speed using Speedtest by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test https://www.speedtest.net Try going to that link. It will show you both ends of the speed test. This all may seem a bit confusing but at least you will get your internet speed serving the device you use to run the test on

Yes, it depends on where you live. I have had Telmex since 1997 and when they started providing internet some maybe 5 years later. I get 45 down on a standard landline. They have offered me fiber, and I said fine, if I do not have to pay extra for it. The reason I get Telmex so well is that I live close to their office and the telephone lines between home and my office are in good shape I understand the Telmex internet has been down quite a bit in the last month. I don't know. I came up to Seattle for my annual spring visit since May 10th and I missed it. I sure hope that everything will be working well again in 10 days when I come back home to Ajijic .

Living in Seattle where, rain is sometimes considered a bad word, I never thought I would learn to love the word. However now that I call Ajijic my home, I run up north every year in mid-May to escape the heat, then return once that wonderful summer rain starts its daily visit. . .

Natasha: Just for the heck of it, I entered CCD into my search engine. And here is the answer I got. Community College of Denver. Another search engine showed: CCD: Charge-Coupled Device: CCD: Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities: CCD: Continuity of Care Document (clinical information) CCD: Ciudad Creativa Digital (Spanish: Creative Digital City; Guadalajara, Mexico) CCD: Commun The world is getting too complicated

Living in slightly west upper Ajijic, I chose Actinver Bank, in about 1998 and a couple of years later, I also wired some of my retirement savings down and invested in stocks and bonds in their brokerage accounts. I have been very happy there partially because it is so close to home and also because there is great parking in front of Actinver Bank and Brokerage House.

The last time I sent USD to Mexico was several years ago, and I was upset because I only got almost 21 pesos per dollar. Now it would appear that it's closer to 19.5 pesos per dollar. And I remember that i thought I wasn't getting that good of a deal. How wrong I was. I wonder where this is heading Signed Confused

As I sit here in Seattle for another 4 weeks or so, waiting for the rainy season to start lakeside before I return, I was calmed down by watching what you shared with us, Jim. Maybe 15 years ago when I was writing Tech Talk for the Guadalajara Reporter, I remember well getting my CURP and I think RFC, and somewhere in an old file in my home in Ajijic, I have all of that stuff. What I cannot remember, is whether the RFC I got is a real one or a fake one. I'm pretty sure it is a real one. But if not, it's not the end of the world, as I was thinking before watching that YouTube video.

Thanks for sharing, Pedro. I wish you the best during your final years.

I'm glad you have internet, say I, Pete, up here in Seattle for my annual spring visit, waiting for the rainy season to start before returning.

You should check out some of the more popular the lakeside Facebook accounts. Some of them talk about you in great detail. You might want to go there and depend yourself against some of the not so nice comments. Oh there are nice comments too.

Thanks for the post, Frijoles. Those are the numbers I would use, if I only had Telmex and not a internet US or Canadian number down here. The problem is, and it is a small one, the problem is that Telmex charges its Telmex customers long distance when dialing up north this way.

All I know is that when phoning a telephone number in the US or Canada using Telmex, that I simply dial 001 followed by the 3 digit area code, followed by the 7 digit local number. The only problem with this system is that it only works with standard numbers, but does not work when trying to phone one of those toll free 800 numbers. So, it is easy phoning friends who have a standard number up north, but does not work when trying to phone a toll free number up north.

Too cute. Thanks for sharing

I build my first satellite dish for TV in 1986. In those days my 10 foot dish came in kit form and I had to build the darn thing. And I have been getting most of my TV via satellite ever since. Up north, our condo provides DirecTV, Down here the best provider is Shaw Direct. Yes I stream, but most of my TV comes via one of my satellite dishes, here lakeside.

Good for you. That is great speed. All I have is Telmex. Luckily I only live a few blocks from Telmex and the telephone lines are OK so I get up to 45 Mb/sec down by about 2 up with a ping of close to 17 . It aint as fast, but the price is right, less than $500 pesos per month

My full time gardener of many years makes $63.75 pesos per hour. $240 pesos or about $12 US per hour to walk a dog seems way out of line.