Hi, PD. When I hear you mention taxes as a "hidden" expense, it makes me wonder if you've ever owned a business of the types you've mentioned on...
Yeah, a "societal diagnostician" could start there in trying to determine what's gone wrong in the U.S., occupied as the city is by our military,...
A case study Colorado Springs is not a city particularly hard hit by the great recession. Home prices have not dropped like they have many...
Isla Mujeres is a charming place, and well worth a visit. On the north end of the island are beautiful beaches, and a Mexican village which...
If you don't mind saying, what kind of work has brought you here? V.
Rivergirl wrote: Definitely useful information, but only if one is planning to go to the U.S., marry, then live there, permanently- as the future...
Isla Wedding We hired golf carts for the whole wedding party to ride, caravan style, to Punta Sur, for the wedding ceremony, and back, late...
Again, congratulations, ToriB! Wish you all the best. Do you know where you want to marry, exactly, and how many guests you'd like to include?...
A well-intentioned, and generous individual of modest means could have done as much: it's a joke, for a corporate giant, as you described it,...
Seems to be the one, alright, but just where he belongs, and no sign his fortunes are about to change. I'm surprised he wasn't charged in the...
I forgot to address it directly, but I've had countless meetings with government officials in which I was requesting something from them,...
I've noticed it, Life, seems to be about 10%, on average. When the dollar weakens further, we'll really begin to feel it. Our frame of reference...
My year (so far) in Cancun- It will soon be a year that I've been living here and I can say, for the most part, my experience with it has been...
Apparently not powerful enough- to avoid having criminal charges filed against him, by the Mexican authorities; to avoid those charges being...
Another one that may not make onto Matkirk's visitation list! I suppose where he is there would be no children in the environment; but, unless...
In most prisons, there would be few who would make it onto your visitation list, Matkirk! For the most part, prisoners are people who've...
One other of our posters here has now taken the opportunity to visit the Cancun Jail, and befriend one or more of those who must spend months or...
What has led us to this? And few Chinese who try to make it to the U.S., or other countries, seeking a better life, will concern themselves...
The history of the human race is a history of migration. Which way population flows go is mainly a matter of perceived advantage. Both the U.S....
Influence of a "poor" nation Much of the U.S.' influence in the world has been predicated on it's wealth, and what it could do with that wealth....
