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This is the journal of The Southron, an 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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Archive for December, 2008

My Annual Clothing Care Package from Omar the Tentmaker

Posted by The Southron on December 28th, 2008

My nephew arrived for a week’s visit yesterday morning and brought with him my annual resupply of gigantic clothing from my favorite King Size Men’s Store; Omar the Tent Maker.  His motto is “if it was big enough for Goliath, it ought to fit you too”.  The only problems I have with them is that [...]

Happy Christmas, Happy St Nicholas Day, happily confused…

Posted by The Southron on December 21st, 2008

This is the time of year when I get even more confused than usual…
This past Friday was Saint Nicholas Day for the Slavic Eastern Orthodox  Churches (like mine), but this coming Thursday is Christmas for Catholics, Greek and other non-Slavic Eastern Orthodox, and (I presume, most protestants and other Christians).  Since Uruguay is a very [...]

Ma Bell was cooperative compared to ANTEL

Posted by The Southron on December 16th, 2008

Every time I start to think that perhaps ANTEL isn’t so bad, they do something to remind me that they are the worst, stupidest, most difficult and least professional telecommunications company in the civilized world.  They are worse than Ma Bell when it had a monopoly–incredibly, they are even worse than ICE, the state-owned telecom [...]

Part 3: Los Suburbios

Posted by The Southron on December 2nd, 2008

I started by living in Carrasco, but after 10 months decided I want to be closer into the heart of the city.  So, I moved to Buceo and spent two years there.  Now I have decided to try los suburbios–the suburbs.
My new home is in El Pinar Sur in Departamento Canelones.  (Have you ever noticed [...]


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