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The best lifestyle in the world for the price… This is the journal of The Southron, an American Emigrant from Florida who has spent the last decade living in the West Indies, former Yugoslavia and Costa Rica. He moved to Montevideo, Uruguay at the end of February 2006... |
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Those of you with long memories for insignificant details may remember that in September of last year I reported having difficulties with the Immigration Department regarding a visa for one of our employees from former Yugoslavia: I am pleased to report, finally, that his visa was approved this past Thursday. It was not easy. […]
This past Sunday, I decided to take my new “crip” scooter to our forum group gathering at Old Maz deli for the second time–but this time I decided to do it the hard way. By “the hard way”, I mean making the trip on the sidewalks, rather than the easy way, which is going the […]
When my nephew was very young he once asked me why it was important to “be polite” and to say “please” and “thank you”. I explained to him that among its other virtues, “politeness is the lubricant” that lets people interact smoothly and with less friction. Politeness, I told him helped make things […]
One of the very best things about living in Montevideo is the weather! In fact, the weather here is one of the things that is NOT boring, and does not call to mind images of “Iowa with a beach”.
In Florida, during the last year I lived there, I ran the air conditioner for 360 days, […]
Just the other day Clara wrote something in the forum about the crime rate seeming to be high when you are the victim. Having been the victim once or twice I completely understand what she means: even if the odds are one in one million and you turn out to be the one, the effective […]
I figured out why so many people think Uruguay is boring: there isn’t enough spectacular crime here! Sure, there are run-of-the-mill purse snatchings, amateurish muggings, inept burglaries, some very boring occasional robberies gone bad, and the usual tawdry crimes of passion. But compared to some of the places I’ve lived, Uruguay’s crimes are […]
After the daylight break in last week I determined that it would be a good idea to have a proper alarm systems here at my house/office, especially since we have so much equipment. Accordingly the existing minimal system has been vastly upgraded to include perimeter alarms, motion detectors, breakage alarms, laser tripwires, 4000 volt […]
No red carpet, no walk of fame, no annoying paparazzi, and no outfits that cost more than a house– despite all that we had a good time.
The Southron was tastefully dressed in matching green sweatpants and T-shirt, and the couture of the rest of the merrymakers ranged widely.
The food included the usual Uruguayan basics […]
A few of my more astute readers may have noticed that I have not published much in the blog over the last nine days. For some this is been a tremendous service, as it has helped them develop their own creative talents; the result of which has been rumors of my death, dismemberment, deportation, hospitalization, […]
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