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Sorry again. Deleted copy of above message. Wow, this is stream of conscoiusness, and some who are not so conscious, is fascinating and fun.
“Maravilla wrote: Thanks for the laugh. Your comments caused me to spew coffee on my keyboard. I was going to suggest that they join the Taliban. jejeje”
Guess that is what one would call a ‘heads up’ comment. Now for your coffee spill I suggest….Edited on Sep 20, 2006 10:38
Wow! Is this the start of a dating forum – those online services charge a fortune I hear!
Hey Scott, why not create a ‘make a date with a welovecostarica.com VIP member’ (Get your mind out of the gutter, this is a ‘G’as in family site – no puns intended), who knows whom and what you will fall in love with on this site?Margie,
Congratulations! It takes great courage to write authentic real articles that truly address problems that anyone, in this case gringa gals, are having in Costa Rica or anywhere for that matter.
I am a guy, and when I move there this December, I hope I meet a woman, who gets it, whatever ‘it’ is.
Having no expectations and choosing not to think with my lower brain alone, I open myself up to receiving an authentic, hopefully direct woman into my life – No I am not asking for a date, I just want you to know you have earned my respect. (My girlfriends (females) and I (the guy)network and constantly fix up (blind and not so blind dates) each other, sometimes directly other times in subtle ways like lets have a mixed walking and munching snack in a lets go to a park group or lets discover another opart of Costa Rica group. I will be living in Monteverde and figure after I get my home fixed up, a dozen or so can sleep on the floor, and have a celebration for a few days, of life, laughter and getting to know each other. Who knows, maybe Scott will sponsor a mass welovecostarica.com gathering in this heaven on earth!?)
ANyway, Margie, your courage and authenticity, in what you write, say and do are commendable. Do not let others project their illusions, their pain onto you. Be authentic to yourself, and I sense success will always be yours.
In what ever you do, Margie, just keep on writing real story’s about real people and places, and trying to live each moment to the fullest. You already are whole, and your essence shines through, too bad the guys you have met so far don’t get ‘it’, whatvere ‘it’ may be.
Chao Chao
Kenny
Hi Traveller,
Check out George Lundquist – on this site – and connect with him. Send him my (Kens) regards, and ASK George IF HIS TILLEY HAT IS STILL IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
His safari tour is the fastest way to find out about Costa Rica for someone – especially Americans and Canadians – who are thinking of living in Costa Rica.
Value beyond whatever he charges – and I am not related to him nor on commission.
Aside from that George has a wonderful wife, and she is a doll – loves reading so bring some used books for her to enjoy, you may meet her at the end of your safari with George.
I bought a fixer-up Tico home in the mountains, not where most Americans or Canadians buy – but my body, mind and soul told me that is the place for me. If you want to connect, then email me at:Buena sertas! Good luck!
PS: Check out Scotts value information packs – well worth it, if you are into doing your homework from an armchair. Good value!
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Bonjour, Hola, Hi Gilles,
Moi, j’ai essayer du parle un peu francais. (Me, I try to speak a little French) J’ai dermeure a Montreal,(I was living in MOntreal) maintenant a Toronto en avance due demenage a Costa Rica (now in Toronto before moving to Costa Rica.
Je sera demenage a Costa Rica (I will be moving to Costa Rica) before Christmas of this year.
Okay, so my French is rusty, but any chance to practice is fun. I think your networking talents are very good. And Margies’ articles are fun and a delicious authentic view through the eyes of a 55 year young wondrous Gringa Chica. (Keep uP the good work Margie!)
In any case I plan to learn the very basic of Spanish the first mnonth I am there before I move to my Tico home I bought in the heavens. Then I will fix it up. Phew!
I look forward to the opportunity of sharing experiences, friends and getting to know another artistic creative souls’ when I am there.
I am currently working on some fun projects with an incredible platinum-selling award winning deaf composer / producer and am connecting him and his perpetually 49+ year young(in my eyes) wife (her daughters are catching up to her age, and she is a doll) and sense you might enjoy connecting with him and his wife – they are close to your age range, which will be my pleasure. So far I have them looking at visiting Costa Rica and have teased them with a few connections. (Like dah’! I wonder why his wife likes me! No accounting for taste.)
If you want to connect with me, and build a growing network of creative souls, my email is:
Scott, Looking forward to meeting you soon and picking up the legal book when I get there. Keep on making a difference – over a dozen folks I have sent to your site have thanked me. Like dah’! In terms of immigration and real estate law,in Roberto Umana I trust. Great guy! Great lawyer! What more can I say except that I am not on commission and not related to Roberto, but would gladly adopt him as a member of my family, anytime.
Chao Chao, KenHi Isabelle, I am an ex-Montrealer, living in Toronto who has bought a home in Monteverde (and is becoming a pensionado) and will be moving to Monteveerde before the end of this year. I am also planning on becoming fluent in Spanish. My home needs interior work, which I will be completing once I live there.
****Unfortunately I will be in Montreal sometime in October 2006 to see my recently departed Mothers grave site, one last time before I move to Costa Rica****
Currently my Monteverde home has 2 bedrooms and is in need of lotsa work – bathroom, etceteras….
It is just above the hill from the Spanish language school – and the students go to Moon Shiva for evening entertainment….check out Monteveredeinfo.com
You are welcome to stay in one of the empty bedrooms – the house has nothing except for walls, 2 small bedrooms, a bathroom in need of help, a kitchen that needs work and a short roll down the hill to the language school… or a gentle walk using another road.
Email me if you wish:
Please reread what I wrote. This has nothing to do with my Canadian health insurance plan. In Canada, I have used it when I travelled out of my Province. All things are not as they seem. This Canadian Health Insurance is issued by the province/state and does NOT cover you for international travel, but does cover you for some travel in Canada but not always, as I have found out.If I am gone from Canad for more then 6 months I lose FREE access, to the Canadian Health system.
So maybe our apples and oranges are just kumquats in disquise!?
The point here is every system has within it solutions, that may not be apparent on the surface, but they do exist. The key is discover the legal anomallies (or inefficiencies/weaknesses that are inherent in almost all systems), and utilize them to your advantage. Sometimes looking at the glass from the inside out obscures our vision, so we have to look at it from the outside in. Like dah’!
If that makes sense to you, then you are a better person then I am Chalie Brown, or should I say Sunshine…PPThere are numerous aspects to the Canadian Visa Charge Card – in Canadian funds (also have a US Advantgae Visa charge card in US funds, but it works differently: I get benefits, but for the US one I have to keep a minimum amount in US the account, pay no fees, and the charges are automatically deducted from my US account monthly, so I never worry about my credit rating getting messed up – always pay in full but can choose to do a minimum monthly payment – I never make a bank rich – I have had a card since I was 18 and never paid one cent in interest:
For the main Canadian one I pay $99 (Can) a year for the Canadian one, and have a Canadian mailing address – that is in another province – and I get back 1% of my annual purchases – this year is a heavy Visa year – This card includes the NAL service which is similar to the best AAA (CAA) membership – worth more then my annual fee, plus if use the card to charge a trip it covers trip interruption, has car rental insurance, lost lugage, $100 for clothes if luggae lost for same day use, plus a medical component, plus much more – I pay an additional $66 Canadian ($60 US) for an upgraded trip out of country health coverage insurance, for as many time a year but you can only be away a maximum of 180 (one-hundred-eighty days) each trip otherwise you must pay more – it also covers me for trips witin Canada – Oh, and I do not have to charge everything on this card to use this insurance.
My Mom used to pay extra for travel health insurance because she was over some wierd age, like 55 and the unlimited trip policy was a once year payment – like dah’!. Hope that helps.
Call all the banks and see the ones offering you the best option. Also read the fine print, which is what I did over a decade ago when this Visa charge card first became available – then it included travel health insurance – now it does not, such is life, you ge a charge out of it oneway or the other, (It’s okay to groan, now.)
Happy to see you’re uP and about one of these days! Just rememeber not to step or dance on to many toes!
Curly, signing over & out in his twisted way: “a sMILe is a FrowN uPSIDe DowN” copyright dah’ curlyoneI am keeping my Canadian VISA charge card, it has automatic medical travel insurance which costs my $60 US a year. I will be looking into the effectiveness of the coverage once I am a pensionado in Costa Rica. The key to keeping my card is having a mailing address in Canada. You maybe able to us an American charge card , and get such coverage. How well it will work if I need it when I travel, is another question all together. Other postings here, talk about medical coverage – some self-insure – they are probably the accountants.
My lawyer indicated I can sign up for the Costa Rican health plan, but I look at that as a ‘catastrophic health plan’ only, since their private medical care is also excellent from what I am told. Good luck Sunshine!Hola Marilyn, They charge for cashing travelers checks in th banks, and hotels like Best Western give lower rates on the US $. If you ask in advance or nicely, when you are buying something, before yo get and pay your biil, some places may discount the bill by the 6 or 7% they pay for charge card processing if you pay in cash. Canadian money is funny money to them, there is no posted exchange rate. American dollars are stable compared to their colon, due to inflation, or whatever. In February 2006 it was around 495 colons per US dollar, last month (beginning of July 2006) 511 colons give or take if buying or selling, and now the Central Bank posted rate is around 515 colons when selling and 517 colons when buying. Good luck. I am sure this confused you just a bit, but what the heck in a day you will be there, and I will be here, and wish I was there. Have a dance for me. Chao Chao, Your Canuck Buddy.
“The lessons of history are soon forgotten unless kept alive. For the first time in history, an ethnic/religious minority is making a conscious effort to help humanity remember the past so it does not repeat the mistakes of the past.
Your posting proves the necessity of this idea, as most did not know or do not want to know that history repeats itself. Maybe one day we will learn we are all blood and flesh, brothers and sisters of the familiy called Humanity.
Thank you for supplying the proof of the importance for keeping the truths of history alive, so war may one day no longer exist. Thank the Jews for supplying us with a collective consciousness / awareness and the angst that goes with such an onerous task.
‘He who kills another, it is as if is he has killed a world. He who saves another, it is as if he has saved a world.'”Edited on Jul 22, 2006 13:46
FYI:
“During the second world war, one of the atrocities was systematically killing 12,000,000 people.
The recent opening of the archives held in the German town of Bad Arolsen took over 60 years to accomplish.
This allows historians and survivors access to some 30 million to 50 million Nazi documents on the 17 million Jews and enslaved laborers who were either persecuted or slain by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust.”Just the facts folks. Nothing else.
Copyrighted 2006 material from a forthcoming book written by this writer.
Edited on Jul 20, 2006 23:51
