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I have read several times on this site that it is better to rent than to own. But if you have settled in a town, and are sure you want to stay, wouldn't buying be a good alternative?
One concern I have heard from people is that people would know you have money because you own your home. My question is who would know? Couldn't you say you're renting? Plus if you're living simply, would anyone be paying attention?
My thoughts were that if you are living on a limit ...
This is absurd! A billboard advertising McDonalds in spanish was ordered to be taken down by the mayor. Why? It was in Spanish. This happened in Bogota...(New Jersey)ja, ja.
How ironic! The name of the town is Bogota!!!for heavens sake. The mayor states it sends the message to spanish speaking immigrants that they do not need to learn to speak english. What is the deal here?! Where does it say, "don't learn english?" It was taking about ice cream - sweet and inoffensive, ...
Is anybody else having this problem...when I click on a post sometimes it will go directly to the post and sometimes it will just take me to the beginning of the thread, so sometimes I don't end up reading the post because I don't want to wade through 2 pages of postings to try to find it. Why does it work sometimes and other times it doesn't??? ...
abbreviations to decode what y'll say. I've figured out a few by context like OTOH - one the other hand and BTW - by the way but there are a few I don't know. Is this just standard net talk or are there special abbreviations for PBH'rs? ...
I'm not sure whether Desi was serious or joking about her list of knowledgable contributors to this site, but the idea is interesting... anyone want to take a go at it?
This was touched on in another thread, and since I would imagine most here are bilinguals that this would be interesting to elaborate on. What are your feelings about Spanglish? To use or not to use that is the question. Any opinions.
I know that personally my brain thinks in and out of both. So I come up with crazy words like "canting" instead of singing or insert a preposition from Spanish when I am speaking in English. Bizarre! Does this happen to anybody else? Seems to ...
I log on today, and am totally shocked!! Most new posts are not even about Colombia, but about sex and drogs. What is the deal? About guys trying to find a sexy Colombian woman, about their favortie drugs, and about their sexual adventures.
I am new here, but was under the understanding that this was a website about a country -- Colombia. Please do not tell me this is typical :( !!! I'm totally disappointed and disgusted by the lack of substance y las vulgaridades!
I have lost comments two times now, and I think maybe I am doing it wrong. Here's what happens. I am writing something, and when I go to the button at the bottom that says submit, it takes me to a page that says you are not authorized....did I take too long and did I get automatically logged out? Sometimes I'll leave my computer on, go do something else and come back...does it time out? I'm new here, so I'm still learning the system. Any advice? ...
I have been reading several threads on this site and some people have said one thing they like about Colombia is that Colombians are not materialistic. I have had some interesting conversations in the past few days with some Colombians and I'd like to share what I've heard and get some imput from you guys.
In Colombia, garage sales and second-hand clothing stores are almost non-existent. My friends say that there are a few secong-hand stores but a Colombian would not shop there ...
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