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  1. 1 hour ago, Oatsie said:

    I'm pretty sure that the Municipal police and the  Public Security Department of Chapala are 2 separate departments.  The local "police" - including the "transitos" are the first responders.  The  Public Security Department of Chapala are the investigators that follow up on crimes that have taken place.

     

    Evidently, they have found a LOT of abuse by the Police and Transitos.

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  2. 16 minutes ago, Ferret said:

    BisbeeGal posted this on TOB this morning. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/25/climate/mexico-city-water-crisis-climate-intl/index.html

    Everybody has to do their part to conserve water. Everybody. Starting NOW. Don't believe for one second that this is only happening in Mexico City. Or, more appropriately, this could happen here. I can read the writing on the wall because I had to put in a submersible pump in my aljibe. The water pressure from the street is no longer enough to get up to my tinaco and the frequency of receiving water is far less than it was.

    You know, this is just "preaching to the choir" comments here. If Everyone on this Board at Lakeside made extreme conservation efforts, it would make absolutely zero difference in the Grand Scheme of things. I'm just so thankful 2023 was the "hottest year" on someone's record and was not the "Coldest Year on record ". " Everybody has to do their part" will Never, Ever happen. Not even close.

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  3. 17 minutes ago, RickS said:

    Peso updates on a weekly basis would be fine with me.  Changes of a few centavos aren't relevant to most of us.

     

    I have a feeling Most is not posting for your benefit, so don't worry. :D Maybe you could set a reminder to look here just every Tuesday and that would take care of it for you. Then you could skip the other 6 days. :D

     

     

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  4. 1 hour ago, John Shrall said:

    Mostly CEDE but I've been making monthly CETE deposits and staggering terms.

    Cetes Directo does withhold ISR at maturity so that part is the same as Multiva CEDES. For the past couple of months, 12 month CETES were paying less than 6 or 3 months.  I'm not sure what that means. CETE rates have been dropping slowly since last October even though the Mexican policy rate has been steady for many months at 11.25%.

    Maybe someone is taking a bigger "bite".

     

     

  5. 2 hours ago, John Shrall said:

    You can invest in CETES directly through https://www.cetesdirecto.com/SSOSVD_wls/  The CETE is more like a US Treasury T-Bill with terms of 28, 90, 180 and 365 days. There's lots of rules and requirements in order to open an online account and once open you are limited deposits of up to to 3,000 UDIs per month. https://coinmill.com/MXV_calculator.html#MXV=3000 

    Right now, that is about 21,400 pesos. There is a way to make larger deposits, but you have to go to a Bienestar branch in Tlaquepaque with a lot more paperwork and an e.firma from SAT. A CEDE is more akin to a certificate of deposit and will pay different rates for based on the amount. At Multiva you need over $1 million pesos to get the highest rate.

     So, John, do you use the CEDE or the CETE mostly?

  6. 3 hours ago, HoneyBee said:

     

    Because I am looking for a smart person to help me with my spelling issues. 😊

    The interesting thing about coming to Mexico and living for a while: you can be anyone from any place and no one knows the difference. Back in 1997 when I first came to SMA, I met a lady that had lived there 3 years and took her out to dinner (actually, she took me but I paid). After a few more meetings, she responded to something I said with:  "you tell me you were this and that, and have lived in these places. BUT, how do I know that you were not in prison for 20 years and just released? "  :D

     

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  7. 3 hours ago, pappysmarket said:

    I have a Brother-in Law who is a past president of the Pittsburgh Mensa organization. If he is a typical representation of people with that high of an IQ I would have to respectfully disagree with Kiko. If you want to discuss theoretical issues he is the best. Practical issues...no.

    Know a college football coach just about the same. Mensa and has no common sense. Lost top notch job because he didn't understand that he worked for those who hired him and paid his salary.

  8. 2 hours ago, chartiec said:

    The nail on my little toe is deformed and is painful when pressure is applied by shoe. Filing it down helps but not much. Am thinking the best solution might be simply removing it. Does anybody have experience with this and recommendations for way forward?

    Could be a fungal infection is causing that.

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  9. 1 hour ago, AlanMexicali said:

    No vaccine for us anymore. The variants for years are not that dangerous; only the first alpha Covid which killed 8 of our friends - they suffocated on ventilators in the INSABI hospital here ( SLP). We both had Covid exactly 1 year ago. I felt like I had the flu for 5 days. My wife felt the same for 4 days. 

    Sounds very much like our experience and feelings. Good luck.

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  10. 42 minutes ago, ibarra said:

    I beg to differ. The 3rd post was not TO him, but ABOUT him. It was directed to the members, not him.   I stand by what I said. I did not intend to interact with HIM until the pm.  I still have not interacted with him.  I have done nothing to warrant being removed .  The moderators and Administrator know what he sent me and a couple of others.  I haven't posted anything regarding this incident since Monday.  I had no intention of saying anything about this until you brought it up and somehow managed to make me feel his pm was my fault.  

    Whatever. Innocent as the new fallen snow. Dream on. I give up.

     

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  11. On 9/11/2023 at 11:45 AM, ibarra said:

    I want him blocked from all of our lives, permanently.  I had no intention of "interacting" with him until he sent the offensive pm. By that time it was too late to block him.  Now it is a matter of principal trying to get moderators and/or Administration to handle his actions.  

    He has already had 3 different sign in names, that we know of.  He just keeps coming back.  

    Ibarra, pay attention to this, please. You state " I had no intention of "interacting" with him until he sent the offensive pm." THAT is not true. Check the 3rd post in this THREAD. You called him out. You said he lied. YOU asked for a response from him and evidently he gave you a humdinger of a response, but YOU asked for it. So how can you complain about him when you are just as guilty. Wise up. Don't continue to "play" with these people that want to rile you up. Be smarter than they are. OR you gonna get burned. If the mods get rid of him, they gotta get rid of you, too.

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  12. 19 hours ago, ibarra said:

    You all have no idea what was said in the pm. I will not reveal that here.  If you knew, you too may not be able to "simply ignore" it.  I have broad shoulders and can let a lot just roll off.  This member's pm went too far.

    He can't pm me because I blocked him a Long time ago. So did intelligent others. Only those who wanted to have continued problems from that poster did not block him. You reap what you sow.

     

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  13. 5 hours ago, ibarra said:

    I want him blocked from all of our lives, permanently.  I had no intention of "interacting" with him until he sent the offensive pm. By that time it was too late to block him.  Now it is a matter of principal trying to get moderators and/or Administration to handle his actions.  

    He has already had 3 different sign in names, that we know of.  He just keeps coming back. 

    An old fashioned "VENDETTA" !!! REVENGE at its finest !!! Only certain types of people are suited for that. I had you pegged to be a better person than that. I sincerely apologize.

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