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In keeping with our rapidly developing tradition of finding any plausible reason to throw a party, the UruguayLiving crowd will be hosting a Saint Patrick’s Day party at our new offices this Saturday beginning at 9PM. Directions at: http://www.sociedadsouthron.net/forums/ … f=12&t=546 The traditional green beer and Jameson’s Whiskey will be provided, as will the less [...]
After months of waiting, the printed version of “The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay” is finally available online at: http://www.lulu.com/content/579686.
The Lone Ranger had Tonto, Batman had Robin, the Cisco Kid had Pancho and The Southron now has Borko. You may recall that on the 27th of January I reported that Borko finally had his visa application approved. However, due undoubtedly to the Southern Hemisphere Effect, it took more than a week for that visa [...]
In about two hours it will be exactly one year since I set foot on Uruguayan soil for the first time. I arrived at Carrasco International Airport with five suitcases, two wheelchairs and two dogs. I was exhausted from the trip which it started the previous morning in Costa Rica, and included a six hour [...]
What do you get when you mix Hawaiian beef, Chinese chicken, double chocolate cookies, Uruguayan wine, Grappa made from Gewürztraminer grapes, fireworks and incense? I’ll give you a hint: it has something to do with the Moon and the Vernal Equinox, and this coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday … For those of you who guessed [...]
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 youâ€. 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 function “more [...]
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 iron [...]
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, [...]
Montevideo is literally crawling with taxis. Day or night you can see them cruising almost everywhere in the city. UL member Clara (our favorite Uruguaya-Californian) very neatly described how one can easily get a taxi in Montevideo.
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