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You may remember that a month ago one of the Americans visiting Uruguay had his passport stolen in Ciudad Vieja.  Today, I was pleased to learn that upon his second trip, he checked in with the police, and to his surprise they had recovered his passport. We also had a scare this morning when one [...]

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Yesterday a band of modern day pilgrims celebrated their first thanksgiving in this new land along with a number of friendly Uruguayos.  We totaled 20 in number and ranged in age from 5 to 70-something.  We spoke English, Spanish and Spanglish.  We were Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Mormon, Existentialist and agnostic.  Our family names indicated Hispanic, [...]

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The consenus seems to be for Thursday. The plan is to start anytime after 15.00, as the first football game is at 15.30. We’ll start with refreshments and snacks, with dinner sometime around 18.00 so anyone who has to work can still make it for dinner. With the late sunset, it should work perfectly.

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If anyone is interested in organizing or participating in a group Thanksgiving dinner, The Southron and the Copperhead are happy to have you come to our house in Carrasco. We are working on a smoked turkey as the main course and who knows what else. In addition, there will be American Football on the Sling [...]

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The Sunday afternoon gathering at Old Maz is beginning to take on some of the aspects of the old frontier trading post that served as store, restaurant, bar, post office, meeting place, etc. 

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Thanks to the hard work of our webmaster in Hercegovina, Goran Popović (and you thought we just had people in UY), www.UruguayLiving.info has a new look.

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It may not be a tough as giving birth, but it sure was a lot of work. The file was created on 22 July 2006, at 11:25:02. The last modification was made this morning (I hope). In just a few days less than 100, The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay has been written.

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Tomorrow, Saturday October 7th, my business partner, the Copperhead turns 30. To celebrate we are having a Uruguayan-American picnic and any readers that are in town are invited. Jimbo, our Uruguayo office manager will do the asado, The Southron will make some fried chicken. In addition there will be a few green things for those [...]

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Thanks to Enzo, www.UruguayLiving.com has been moved to its new website and format. If you don’t see all the comments here yet that is because they are in the process of being moved one at a time and there are something like 330+.

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A short time ago Enzo wrote to me and proposed the creation of a bulletin board as a vehicle for more open and free wheeling exchange within our nascent community.
http:// www.sociedadsouthron.net/

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