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spigrimace comments on Medellin pico y placa -- new extended hours

I agree as well. I do domicilios in my car and now either I have to buy a moto and ride it on my pico y plca day or hire someone with a moto for the day I have pico y placa. Either way it is a loss of income or increase in cost.

spigrimace comments on Paracos For Jesus in Belén Rincón

MT where in Rincon is this? Do you have the address. I only ask because most of the rincon I know is flat (Like Cr 79 between Cl 3 and cl 3 sur) with maybe one or 2 streets that go up a hill around Cl 2. Those pics remind me of Belen Zafra. If you want a trip, go up the steep hill there on a saturday night (cr 83 about cl 21). I drove home my cook and the empanada guy on my corner that live up there last saturday night about 12:30am because I was bored. I usually leave them on the Cr 83 at the base of the hill but he insisted I go up the hill which I hate only because its almost impossible to turn around. What a zoo it is up there.

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Hoo-Ray!

spigrimace comments on Medellin pico y placa -- new extended hours

Probably wont post good but heres a copy/paste of the press release from the Alcaldia de Medellin.. N° - Junio 27 de 2008 PRIMERA CIUDAD EN EL PA�S QUE IMPLEMENTAR� EL PICO Y PLACA PARA VEH�CULOS PARTICULARES TODO EL D�A. - Será para los vehículos particulares a partir del viernes 1 de agosto. - El horario será de 6:00 a.m. a 8:00 p.m. - Habrá pedagogía todo el mes de julio. - Las motos de dos tiempos tendrán pico y placa de 6:30 a 8:30 a.m. y de 5:30 a 7:30 p.m. a partir del 7 de julio. Con el propósito de mejorar la movilidad y la calidad ambiental de la ciudad de Medellín, y luego de hacer estudios muy precisos, la Secretaría de Transportes y Tránsito implementará el pico y placa todo el día para los vehículos particulares a partir del viernes 1 de agosto, mes en el que se hará la rotación del segundo semestre del año. Durante todo este mes de julio se hará pedagogía. Y para las motos de dos tiempos se aplicará el pico y placa como estaba anunciado a partir del 7 de julio de 6:30 a 8:30 a.m. y de 5:30 a 7:30 p.m. La rotación de los números para los vehículos se hará como estaba definido: LUNES 6 y 7 MARTES 8 y 9 MIÉRCOLES 0 y 1 JUEVES 2 y 3 VIERNES 4 y 5 Es de aclarar ESTUDIOS REALIZADOS PERMITEN TOMAR LA DECISIÓN. La Secretaría ha realizado estudios de monitoreo de vehículos circulando 24 horas del día, todos los días, durante una semana en 34 puntos de la ciudad, desde 2001. Los resultados son muy representativos pues permiten determinar que los valores de circulación varían poco en las otras semanas del año, exceptuando épocas concretas como semana santa. Los datos dan cuenta de cómo se mueve la ciudad, a partir de lo cual se hacen cálculos de cómo se moverían las cifras de cantidad de vehículos circulando y el tiempo de viaje promedio, que en la actualidad es de 25 minutos. En ese sentido se impacta la meta del Plan de Desarrollo que pretende conservar el tiempo de viaje Demanda de Vehículos (14 Estaciones ADR)01000020000300004000050000600001:00-2:002:00-3:003:00-4:004:00-5:005:00-6:006:00-7:007:00-8:008:00-9:009:00-10:0010:00-11:0011:00-12:0012:00-13:0013:00-14:0014:00-15:0015:00-16:0016:00-17:0017:00-18:0018:00-19:0019:00-20:0020:00-21:0021:00-22:0022:00-23:0023:00-24:0024:00-1:00Intervalos HorariosComportamiento del flujo vehicularSituación ActualNuevo Pico y Placa promedio en la ciudad hasta 2011, esto con el fin de disminuir los tiempos de recorrido y el consumo de combustible. En lo ambiental, estudios recientes de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana demuestran que con la medida las emisiones de contaminantes se reducen en un 3.091%. Un aporte fundamental para mejorar la calidad del aire en la ciudad. para disminuir los tiempos de recorrido, el consumo de combustible y por ende disminuye el impacto medioambiental: 2.078 millones de toneladas por año, reducción del 3.01% de dióxido de carbono. 2.013 millones de toneladas por año. Reducción del 4.44% PICO Y PLACA PARA TAXIS ROTA IGUAL. La rotación del pico y placa para taxis sigue igual: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JULIO Domingo Lunes Martes Miércoles Jueves Viernes Sábado 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AGOSTO Domingo Lunes Martes Miércoles Jueves Viernes Sábado 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 SEPTIEMBRE Domingo Lunes Martes Miércoles Jueves Viernes Sábado 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 OCTUBRE Domingo Lunes Martes Miércoles Jueves Viernes Sábado 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NOVIEMBRE Domingo Lunes Martes Miércoles Jueves Viernes Sábado 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DICIEMBRE Domingo Lunes Martes Miércoles Jueves Viernes Sábado 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Información adicional a medios de comunicación con Juan Carlos Quiceno al 385 58 01- 3104622118

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Parque Norte (a bit far) or Parque Juan Pablo II (Aeroparque - enter on la 70). JP II has a wave pool a big slide and cabling where u drop into the pool. Super cheap as well.

spigrimace comments on Antioquia Ski Team? Is there really such a thing?

There is a water ski team out at Club Campestre out by the Rionegro airport. There is a gringo (nice guy that always stops by my place when he is in town) that comes down regularly that was a pro skier in his younger days and now donates equipment and donates his time to teach kids how to waterski and has brought pro skiers from the states to do shows and donate teaching time out there. He was just in town a week or 2 ago but I dont know if he went back to the states yet. I only have his home address in the states. PM me if youd like to contact him.

spigrimace comments on PESO at $1776

if you didnt already know, Banco de la Republica intervened this week and bought dollars

spigrimace comments on How do Colombians make money?

collecting cardboard boxes, empty plastic canecas, and empty bottles and selling it to recylclers. I have fun and make an over/under bet with the employees on how long a cardboard box we put out on the curb will last b4 someone snatches it. I always take the under at 8 minutes and I almost always win.

spigrimace comments on Starting a Bar in medellin

Be clear on what you want and are looking for becuase there are bar licenses and there are discotecque licenses. Hole in the wall bar with 10-12 small tables on la 33, needing full update/upgrade should run you around 18-20 millones. Nicer lounge bar like Citrus on la 33, nicely updated with a lot more tables, more like 35 millones. (note that they will ASK 40 and 80 millones respectively so just assume they are asking double what its worth). go to EL Colombiano.com classified ads have many listed especially on sundays. Theres a shitload of paperwork that my fingers wont be able to write the book in a matter of minutes.

spigrimace comments on Donde en NY - Colombia contra Ecuador

You can buy a subscription to: http://www.jumptv.com They have caracol which will be showing the game. By the way all the local department channels like Teleantioquia, TeleCaribe, TeleCafe, etc. are FREE on that website

spigrimace comments on Increased Legal Protection For Women

Welcome to the Politically Correct United States of Colombia. Now it will be if a guy said, "Honey you look really good today", shell grab a cop and say "officer, Lock him up because he made me feel bad because he insinuated that I dont look nice everyday!!!"

spigrimace comments on Best American Candy To Take....

Fireballs & garlic gum would be great gags. Pop rocks would make their eyes open wide. Mountain Dew is not found in these parts either but may be too sweet for these folks meanwhile Mr. Pibb, Loganberry and black cherry cola arent found here might go over well in the land of Lulo & Uva.

spigrimace comments on eurocopa 2008

http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/sports/tvlistings/deportes/index sabado 7 de junio ESPN (you can get in English with SAP or Direc TV) 10:30am Suiza vs Rep Checa 1:30pm Portugal vs. Turkey sunday 8 de junio (delayed on ESPN due to the French Open - I can get live via internet same tme as saturdays games) 1:30pm Germany vs. Poland (ESPN) 4:30pm Austria vs. Croatia (ESPN) and for you sir: Sanzar Tours Rugby saturday 2:35am live only via mediazone rugby internet -or- delayed at 10am New Zealand vs. Ireland (ESPN Mas - direc tv only), Sanzar Rugby 8am South Africa vs. Wales - Medizone rugby internet (fyi: mediazone has the games on demand as well if none of those times work for you) Copa Pugeuot rugby: saturday 2pm Argentina vs. Scotland (ESPN Mas - Direc Tv only) and for me waiting 30 years: Belmont Stakes ESPN2 saturday 6pm

spigrimace comments on Watch the NBA finals at The Tiger Paw in Parque Lleras, Medellin

Brian, you will find out running a sports bar can be a thankless job. Like my place, every year youll spend $100USD or more each for ESPN Game Plan, ESPN Full Court, MLB.tv &/or MLB Extra Innings, HBO Plus for Boxing, NBA league pass, NFL Sunday Ticket, NHL Center Ice, Mediazone Rugby, etc. etc. etc. plus $300USD a bulb around 2 times a year for the projector, all the monthly internet, Direc TV, energy costs and all other related costs like employees, cleaning, bathroom costs, glass breakage, etc. You have all the startup costs to try to eventually cover as well. A domestic beer costs wholesale 900 for Pilsen up to about 1100 for Club Colombia - warm. So add the electricity cost of getting it cold and the albeit small cost of the bottles and case which is a deposit system. Its between Brian and DIAN if he has to charge IVA on the sale of the beer which at 16% is a huge cost. As a restaurant, I have to. Even if he doesnt have to charge the sales tax, he still makes at best, a mil a beer. Thats a lot of beer one needs to sell to cover all those monthly costs. In my eyes Brian, these folks dont see the whole picture and dont realize the huge bargain they are getting when they use our services. Maybe you can give the backpacker that sleeps at the hostel who just wants to shoot pool a break on the price, but for the off the street fan, who comes in to watch a game thats not on any cable down here, add up all the costs above translate it to pesos and divide by mil pesos profit a beer to get how many beers a Medellin sports bar owner has to sell just to break even and you should now feel like youre getting a really good deal.

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God said hed give us everything we need. I feel stupid that we didnt listen.

spigrimace comments on heineken cup rugby final: what channel

I have the heiny final taped and I have the Medizone rugby package so I can replay any super 14 match from the whole tournament for you on demand. I can show any of these for you on the big screen anytime today (sunday) b4 the 7:30pm spurs/lakers game. That tournament in Belen is still going on for the rest of the 3 day weekend as well

spigrimace comments on heineken cup rugby final: what channel

it was espn latin america assuming youre in Colombia now and ESPN had it in their Lat Am listings: http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/sports/tvlistings/deportes/index ESPN Mas (only direc tv in Colombia ch 613) had the 2 Super 14 semifinals early this morning as well. Also if in Medellin, go to the Deportiva Belen and youll see a huge rugby tournament going on today all day long.

spigrimace comments on 2 Internet Cafes Cleaned Out By Employee

Be here all the time? Here I am at 7am saturday taping the 2 super 14 semifinals and heineken cup rugby final match on ESPN Mas because there is a big rugby tournament in Belen Deportiva all day today and 100-200 players and fans will come by tonight for cheap beer and watch the matches. I was up yesterday at 6am and went to bed about 1am after cleaning up after the spurs/lakers game. Had about a dozen for that. Raaay stopped by too and had a nice lunch and chat and caught me while fixing up some tables. I had to translate the perverses he yelled in English at the nice pretty young ladies walking by. The guy has mojo because they smiled instead of being offended. So yes I am always here. I have a good friend who opened a business in the food court in Premium Plaza. He is a guy that everything he touches turns to gold when he does business yet he is a rebel type and on the cover wouldnt look like a sucessful but hes loaded. He let his Colombian partner do everything to set up the business. He said it cost 65 millones to open it which isnt all that bad so considering they didnt pay any prima on the local and it would be considered a franchise albeit a chain with only 3 points of sale so perhaps he owed the owner of the name (who is his partner) a little something, at best 10 millones would be generous. Ive seen the place and it is very nicely done and the equipment is top notch, probably the stoves, stainless steel work tables and refrigerators cost around 25 millones. Then plates, lamination and acrylic work, admin costs and all and it probably was more like 40 millones so Id say he probably only lost 20 millones. Now that mall is just starting but like the Del Oeste gold mine in San Diego does around 50-60 millones a month in sales and probably makes around 12-18 millones profit (double to triple those numbers in December) remembering just their rent in that place is 10 millones a month! Anyway, Im tired and babbling but I talked to him yesterday and I told him to have his friends go at different times and buy something and bring him the receipt. His partner can easily have the register rigged in the POS program to give a reciept but put the sale in a bucket that my friend wont know about and will never see. So with the receipt he can check the receipt number in the system and if it doesnt show up or if the receipt number in the bucket he can look at comes up with a completely different order, then he knows the guy is screwing him. I also saw where he can get screwed. Surprisingly he says he is only selling 9 millones a month. May be true because the mall is young but considering he pays about 5 millones rent, he is taking heavy losses to start and I wonder if the number is really say 12millones and the partner is pocketing say 3 a month. Anyway, when I bought something there I noticed it was regimin simplificado and no way would DIAN believe it if they came to audit because its somehting like 50-60 millones a YEAR in sale to be regimin simplificado. I shutter to think if the company that owns that franchise is in my friends name, the partner could screw him and bolt the day DIAN comes around and says they owe like 50 millones in back-iva, fines and interest. I have tons of stories. Employees, partners, vendors, etc. If really interested, pop over, buy me a beer and we can rap while watching the pretty gorls parade by

spigrimace comments on Secretaria de Salud de Medellin never ceases to amaze me

Tinto, if you really wish to catch some zzzzzs you could read the normas sanitarias en la Ley 9 de 1979 y el Decreto 3075 de 1997.

spigrimace comments on Secretaria de Salud de Medellin never ceases to amaze me

Case in point, the negros on the corner that cook empanadas (and have a license to do it) on the weekends on top of dirt with no water and use two blackened adobe blocks and for heat, burning waste wood covered in whatever paint, varnish or other chemicals. Never change the cooking oil, leave the soda pops in the nasty igloo cooler overnight in a pool of water as the ice melted. All on top of a wood table that they leave on the side of a vigilante shack during the week taking on all the weather elements. When cooking or hand making the empanadas, they dont wear hats, dont use disposable plastic gloves. Yummy.

spigrimace comments on Secretaria de Salud de Medellin never ceases to amaze me

I dont think you guys understand how redicullously strict these people are. An employee brings their lunch and puts it in the refrigerator. We got cited for the lunch being in a black plastic bag which is a no-no because one cannot see whats inside. When you eat out, many times you get utensils with wood handles..Any utensil with wood is a violation too. Everything needs to be covered. You cannot have a ream of plastic cups in its plastic sleeve sitting out, it needs to be in a container such as rubbermaid with a cover or the inspector will confiscate it. The list goes on and on

spigrimace comments on Secretaria de Salud de Medellin never ceases to amaze me

Actually to clarify, the lab requested they bring in a bag of their morning dump. I feel like a troll but I am 100% dead serious. My cook and I have been laughing in stitches all morning long. We wondered if theyll issue a carne (ID) with a foto of the employee giving a thumbs up along side their bag of ca-ca. I told the inspector that this exam is degrading to the employees.

spigrimace comments on Lakers in Medellin -

Ill have it on via internet friday night on the big screen. Youll have a handful of colombians for company watching it as well. Saturday we are showning the Heineken Cup rugby final in the morning, Ricky Hatton fight Saturday afternoon, Celtics/Pistons, pens/wings and UFC 84 Pay per view at night. Champions Barra Deportiva y Restaurante La 80 con 28 Barrio Belen La Palma, Medellin Tel: 3434343

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Come down here, buy a finca on a river for water and cleaning clothes, grow veggies, raise chickens, learn to milk cows. Build some character and DIY it and you wont have to worry about rising food prices. giddy up vaqueros.

spigrimace comments on Medellin Disco - 25000 pesos drinks Thursday

Babylon has or had a deal like that as does Universal on the autopista

spigrimace comments on TRIP REPORT...(yes,another).............Los Lomas Finca Hotel

I cabled once in Colombia. Unfortunately but funny now, they assume youre 5 foot 7 and weigh 170 pounds. But when youre 6 foot 1, 240, the bend of the cable goes a bit lower and they didnt clear the brush beneath so good and when I saw the dead tree limb I wasnt goping to clear coming at me while whooshing along, I pulled up on the cable with all my might, burned a hole in the leather glove and swung my legs above me theu expsoing my rear end and I took a whack in the arse harder than Babe Ruth could have swatted it. I was sore down below for a week.

spigrimace comments on Laureles - 33 Nightlife Area / Property

And all the poblado guys bitched because I put the sports bar on the "wrong" side of the river and they have to drive 10 minutes to get here to watch the NFL. Of course the 20 guys that live in Estadio, Lomas de Los Bernal, La Mota, Laureles, Castellana, etc. didnt bitch. For appreciation (or at least no depreciation) maybe its almost too late but Lomas de Los Bernal not far from Laureles has some gorgeous Pobladoesque apartments in the low to mid 100 millones range. But If functionality is your game, and you want cheap spectacular full city views and dont mind Steeeeeep hills, Rodeo Alto has new construction unidad cerradas in the 60-70 millones. EZ to la 80 over by Guayabal (youre at the aguacatala bridge in 5 minutes from home) and quick to la Mota and unfortunatley Belen Rincon but although theres bus youll need a car as no stores near there and be prepared to replace the clutch every 2 years (but that should only cost you around $260 mil!).

spigrimace comments on NHL HOCKEY IN MEDELLIN

if you stop by, I definitely can get it thru the interent in good quality.

spigrimace comments on Laureles - 33 Nightlife Area / Property

I dont know how much of a revamp it had, but in addition to typical fondas and run down taverns, there are now more newer on the cusp of high-end cafes and lounges. They are redoing curbs and sidewalks througout the main drags all over the city. I like it quite a bit but strictly investment wise Im not sure as many parts of laureles can be just as high as Poblado. I like the neighborhood feel of it and I personally like flat vs. hills of Poblado. Are you talking a business? Commercial property? Residential property?

spigrimace comments on Does anyone here know a woman named Gloria, lives in Belen directly across the street from Los Molinos Mall?

Which side of the mall? Vicuña Gloria, Villa de Aburra Gloria or Las Mercedes Gloria?

spigrimace comments on Cartagena Sports Bar

Cr 81 (aka la 80) No. 27A-24, Barrio Belen la Palma. Side by Side with Hambueguesas Del Oeste. Cheers.

spigrimace comments on R.I.P. Brava

Maybe it will be worth as much as Billy Beer

spigrimace comments on R.I.P. Brava

Thats right. Its going the way of the dodo

spigrimace comments on R.I.P. Brava

was 6.5 when red and then 5.5 when changed to green

spigrimace comments on Cartagena Sports Bar

Shame youre not in Medellin. At Champions Sports Bar tel 3434343, we have every NHL & NBA playoff game. Lots of Canadians come around here this time of year. But your Flyers are making it harder and harder for them to say Go Habs Go! Well have the De La Hoya fight and the Derby on Saturday too.

spigrimace comments on Any good Museums and Churches to visit in Medellin.

Like Id like to be within 10 blocks of any church the moment RAAAY steps in one. RAAAY may you be in heaven 42 days before the devil knows youre even ill. Did you get the Happy St Guissepes (Josephs) Day card Robbi sent you? And since you ride a bike, do you really want the road to rise up to meet you?

spigrimace comments on best restaurant in medellin

Blue Marlin (Laureles & Poblado), Nuqui (3 locations), San Marino (la 33)I always love gringos that come to my place and ask if the seafood is fresh. 12 hours from the sea and they want the mornings catch and get irked that its frozen. Buy a map.

spigrimace comments on How difficult is it to open a small restaurant/bar in medellin?

morphus, you ARE colombian! I get offers like that from locals here all the time. Of course being colombian, when the place is new and isnt profitable, youll ask your partner for more cash and when it is profitable, youll tell your partner its breaking even. And when the restaurant finally fizzles out because its not the in thing anymore, youll sell off fixtures and equipment and pocket the cash and then finally sell the whole thing without your partner knowing and run leaving the partner with all the unpaid bills and unpaid taxes. I know a gringo who just opened up a fast food restaurant in the new Premium Plaza partnering with the owner of the brand name. I pleaded him not to partner with a paisa. Guess who put up all the cash? I hope it works out for him but history just may have to repeat itself.

spigrimace comments on How difficult is it to open a small restaurant/bar in medellin?

You know, to satisfy client requests, 2 years ago I had some working girls sitting around during NFL season and the gringos didnt want to pay the $75 mil with the private room upstairs included! They didnt understand why it wasnt free or at least included in the price of a 6 mil picher of beer. Yet a lot of these guys will bet $500.000 pesos on a cucuta soccer match. go figure.

spigrimace comments on How difficult is it to open a small restaurant/bar in medellin?

If you havent figured it out yet, a lot of those restaurants where you get a steak dinner for like $8mil are fronts for launduring money for you know what which is why Im surpirsed they havent opened an all-u-can eat place which would be perfect for cleansing purposes. So that competition is hard to compete with if youre trying to make a profit. Another problem that is creeping up is the old saying when the US sneezes, latin america catches a cold. Well business accross the board down here in Medellin are suffering. Everything from no lines at the notaria accross the street to Archies Pizza closing in Molinos mall, to Burger Queen now for sale (small burger chain: one on La Playa the other on la 80 close to the santa gema church/33 - he wants $250 millones for the 2 by the way or $160millones for la playa and $120 for la 80). For Medellin, They stopped handing out liquor licenses and a newer problem that needs to be addressed is that to me, now is the time to stop handing out restaurant/cafeteria licenses because its choking off a lot of businesses (ok Im biased as I have a sports bar and Hamburger restaurant) but the key to survival is one has to be nimble enough to adjust quickly and diversify their businesses enough to keep sales from falling off. Case in point, I affiliated my sports bar with one of the online sportsbooks and so we have the added service of facilitating bets on any sporting event coupled with being able to watch that NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, Rugby, Cricket, soccer match, Horse race, UFC pay per view or whatever sporting event live while you have action has helped. The locals enjoy it and the foreigners like the fact they dont have to worry if their credit card will let them make a deposit into an online sportsbook. The small commision percentage I get from the sportsbook every month is a new revenue stream that makes up for a slump in sales and so it lets me trudge on.

spigrimace comments on The best shops in Medellin...

Theres a gringo who visits Medellin often who has a beautiful girlfriend that lives down here and she truly has an artistic gift and makes and sells handmade (homemade) very high quality leather purses/handbags that are extremely fashionable, chic and unique. I need to buy my GF one for her birthday next month. If you PM me, I can send you her phone number if youd like to set up an appointment. She also usually has a booth in the local malls during holidays/exhibitions.

spigrimace comments on Another moto driver is road kill this morning in Medellin

In case you knew the young lad: from el colombiano.com: Otros dos muertos en accidentes Medellín Un motociclista y un peatón murieron en accidentes ocurridos ayer en Belén y la autopista Sur, en Medellín. En la carrera 80 con calle 25 murió Cristian Mauricio Aguirre Arias, de 18 años, quien manejaba la moto de placas CHB82B, que chocó con un poste del alumbrado público. En otro caso ocurrido en la Autopista Sur, en el sector de Apolo, murió arrollado por un automóvil, el peatón Juan Carlos Arias Giraldo, de 40 años.

spigrimace comments on What makes a good Motel? (in Medellin)

Just a loco hanging out until 5am. I have been there probably about 20 times since 2002. And it is totally changed and a lot less seedy now. Even on the verge of glam in the discoteca. They had the one shootout in there like 10 years ago and it cant shake the bad rap. You get frisked like 3 times b4 you can get in there. The cops come in almost every night and frisk everyone down as well. Security always in the bathrooms. I usually park accross the street in front of those small industrial businesses for an easier entry/exit. Honestly I usually at least get a phone number from some girl while there. A lot less pre-pagos in there than a couple of years back as well.

spigrimace comments on What makes a good Motel? (in Medellin)

Theres Penthouse too. One thing I dont like in Punto Cero is you have to call the "front desk" to get the hot tub going. If you have the amenity, let me use it. Funny and true story: A bunch of years back a friend was visiting Medellin and I took a date out and she brought a friend for him. We went out and all had a really good time so at like 3am we suggested a motel and they totally were into it. Its a short drive from La Clarita to Punto Cero and we got 2 suites side by side. After taking care of business they called our room asking if we were ready to leave, so I called the front desk and asked for the bill. It was the $30k special they run and gladly paid it. We met in the carport and got in my car. We get to the exit and that ominous black window. At that point my friend says "where do we pay?" simultaneously as the gate opens. I screech the tires and fly outta there hoping no ninja mafiosos tracked us down as he never paid for his suite. Homer simpson style 2 for 1 special so he bought the final bottle of rum of the fun night with the unforseen savings.

spigrimace comments on What a beautiful day in Medellin!

Actually Medellin won 2-0. Nacional lost to Pereira 1-0 but Nacional was actually a 5-1 underdog which screams bet the house Thursday on Nacional in the Libertadores. A shame Sao Paolo caught a late gol to squeak by Luqueño 1-0.

spigrimace comments on ojo! Revision Mechanico

Miamimike, Ive never seen it here not to say i was looking for it.

spigrimace comments on dog attacks

I think you guys underestimate the law system here. If living here, go ahead and get a woman pregnant and see how fast it takes for you to be dragged into the Comisaria Familiar to pay support. If not living here, you can be a wuss of a man and run away but if you live here and have property and assets, you will pay.

spigrimace comments on Pago de EPS por internet

You need 2 things. 1) Get your Colombian Bank to have your colombian bank account set up to allow PSE/ACH payments so you can pay bills online. Tell them it´s to pay bills like EPM, Servicios, Direc TV and EPS, etc. Dont let them refer you back to SOI which administers the online EPS system!! For Bancolombia, this costs like $36000/mo. and in the Bancolombia online surcursal its the "pagos a terceros" option so they can understand what youre trying to have access to. 2) go to www.soi.com.co and click "solicitar clave" and get that 3) when you have one and two done, then you need to login and "elaborar nueva planilla" at www.soi.com.co. You put in the names, cedulas, salaries and the eps entities that each employee is affiliated. Save the planilla and you can also pay it online. Then monthly, simply open up the saved planilla and change the month so you dont have to enter all the employee info again and resave the planilla. You can add or retirar employees as you need to. After the first time, it takes like 3 minutes to update the saved planilla month of payment and pay.

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Wendell, dont short the penny! because the penny´s metal is worth more than 1 cent!

spigrimace comments on OH NO..........Another One.........And She is completely naked...

Congrats Brian!