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Why do some people think that it is absolutely necessary to live as a couple ? In nature couples are forming when the female are in heat, and after mating they split up again, in most of the cases. Then they raise their kids in the group, herd or swarm. Makes sense……
Why do guys feel castrated when women claim equality ? I as a woman do not like the idea to be castrated either, and therefore I prefer to be without a partner and I am not poking around in any partner pool, I have better things to do. I just do not see in any couple I know a total equality.
I do not like the stuff about “my better half” etc. Nobody is half of something or somebody. Those who talk about their partner as “my better half” depreciate themselves. It is mostly the women who do that, they shrink so the man can grow.
The macho-attitude is present all over the world. Years ago I went to Australia and I found them super-machos. In Germany I have known macho-guys and I guess in the U.S. you still have a few that have not been castrated.
I have been living in Costa Rica for almost 22 years and from the very beginning I have hired and worked with Tico Guys for construction. I have not had any problems with them and they always have been respectful. the ony problem I had was my german (Ex)husband and I divorced him.
I have a friend who has a carpenter business in Germany, his employees refuse to take orders from his wife, even if she passes a message from the husband. They stop working until the boss shows up on site. They are Bavarians, not Ticos. Maybe it is the guys in rural areas that have the macho-genetic, all over the world.
By the way, why does “manhood” mean to dominate women ? In the old days manhood also meant to fight wars on horseback and hunt bears. Who of you goes out with their sword and fights a war or hunts a bear ?
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I remember reading an article I think it wasvwritten by George Lundquist, that more single females ‘return home’ than couples.[/quote]Not sure about that, I have been single for many years, raised my 2 kids without a father, and I do not have the wish to go back to my country for partner-hunting. Looking at most of the couples around me, I find that I am better off being independent and self-sufficient. I would never ever in my live want to hear these questions again: where have you been ? where are you going, why and with who ? when are you coming back ? what’s for dinner ? etc. etc.
I find that the “grandmother-syndrom” gets many couples to return to their country (“we have to go back because now that we have a grandchild our kids need us” ….. )
Let’s see if I get this right (or set me straight if I am wrong):
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If you don’t pay the tax for 3 years in a row (2012/13/14 for example)the corp. will be dissolved by the registry and an annotation/mortgage will be put on any assets held by the corporation.ARTÍCULO 6.- Disolución y cancelación de la inscripción
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During the first 2 years after enforcement of the law, Officers with POA can resign on the corp. so they can not be held responsible in the future (MY QUESTION IS, CAN THE OFFICERS RESIGN WITHOUT PAYING THE TAXES UP TO DATE?) :TRANSITORIO IV.
Para efectos de la aplicación de esta ley, y por un plazo de veinticuatro meses a partir de su entrada en vigencia, los representantes legales de las sociedades mercantiles, sucursales de una sociedad extranjera y empresas individuales de responsabilidad limitada que deseen renunciar a su cargo podrán hacerlo mediante comunicación por escrito al domicilio social registrado. Esta comunicación deberá posteriormente protocolizarse e inscribirse ante el Registro de Personas Jurídicas del Registro Nacional, con el fin de que la renuncia sea eficaz. El interesado deberá manifestar ante el notario la adecuada recepción de la comunicación en el domicilio social respectivo o, en su defecto, la causal que impidió su entrega efectiva.
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If I am behind with the tax payments I can not get done any legal procedure involving the corp. because I can’t get a personeria juridica which is the basic document for everything. Which means, if I want to dissolve my corporation the legal way, paying a notary, first I will have to pay the taxes. If one has never paid, and the corporation is registered as active, it will cost over $1000 to dissolve it (tax for 2012, 2013 and notary fees).Latest information on the license plate renewal (pdf file for download):
https://www.welovecostarica.com/members/programs/fileinfo.cfm?id=134&action=display
[quote=”VictoriaLST”]You can try mercadolibre.com and the Craig’s list for CR as well. If you are selling in the Nuevo Arenal/Tilaran area, I can recommend Mike Neal and Rene Aoki through ricoremaxrealty.com and moranlakearenal.com. All have had US training in real estate and are excellent. They are also knowledgeable about attorneys and builders. Good luck![/quote]
I am advertizing a lot of our listings on craigslist and we get nothing but spam messages. I get a lot of serious inquiries from encuentra24 and similar pages. And off course over our own webpage.
Some dogs bite, so ALL dogs are dangerous ?
People should not generalize because they may have had a bad experience in dealing with a realtor.
The fact that there is no law that requires a real estate license does not mean that all realtors in Costa Rica are unprofessional. Many of them are members of one of the 2 real estate boards and have completed their education package.
Many of them work their butts off, barely feeding the family!
Most of them are really making an effort to learn the language and learn the laws, and even do part of the notaries job in advance !A license does not necessarily protect a client from getting screwed. I just discovered that a friend of mine, who died in 2010, appeared at a notaries office in Heredia, in MARCH 2013 😯 To sell his properties in Costa Rica. The notary is licensed, I guess ……….
[quote=”costaricabill”]I think it’s Gollo, but anyway, the next time you are in one of their stores look closely at the price tags. You can buy just about anything they see on credit – – but it is 43% annual finance charge (interest). They know that a typical Tico can’t save up $600 to buy a washing machine or TV, but they also know that “to keep up with the neighbors” that same Tico family will buy these things on credit and be in debt for years and years.[/quote]
Just like we were raised years ago (in Germany, and we were not rich !!) a Tico could very well learn to save for an electronic toy or a washing mashine (Tico washers are not that expensive) but since the “mortgage-bug” has contaminated the world, nobody wants to wait a year or two to buy stuff, they want to have it NOW immediately. By the time they pay it off it is broken in most of the cases.
It is a question of education, my kids and I have normal cel-phones and other items, paid in cash, inexpensive and/or used/Ebay etc. I would never ever pay those crazy interest rates, it would probably be cheaper to pay a washing-lady during the saving-waiting period. Plus, those kids (and adults) spend so much time on their i-crap and x-crap that they don’t have time to really work or study. They are our future society ! Pura Vida……..[quote=”waggoner41″][quote=”elindermuller”]I agree if you have your cedula number and want to find the amount of taxes owed.
If you don’t know your corporations cedula number, you sign up and in, and there you can investigate it.[/quote]If the cedula number isn’t known it must mean one doesn’t have the corporate books and documents.
Without them you may find that someone else has documents that show that they own the property and you have no property.
Trying to fight a court battle in Costa Rica is a money losing proposition no matter how you figure it. The legal procedings could cost more than the property is worth.[/quote]
You would think that people have all their stuff together but in some case they don’t. We are dealing with people on a daily basis, mostly newcomers, who ask for help because they do not have a clue what they have, or not have, or should have, or have to have. They were not given the right or complete information from their attorney or broker, or property seller. They have no clue what taxes to pay and where to pay them, and what the process is of purchasing property or what is involved with a corporation. They buy a lot in a new development and build a house on it, and find out later that their lot was not even segregated and that the mother farm has a mortgage registered. And that the contract they signed at the notaries office was only a private one, nothing that goes into the registry 👿
I agree, quite scary to think about it.
If they ever considered to run a nuclear plant, I would move somewhere else.
[quote=”VictoriaLST”]And I hear that guineafowl are also quite tasty![/quote]
yeah but when you eat them they can not eat your ticks
[quote=”Scott”]I don’t like the direction that most “developing” countries are moving in but let’s please try to refrain from turning this into a political discussion that’s NOT related to Costa Rica.
I do agree about the diet here. Just in the last decade I have noticed an ENORMOUS change in the size of the Ticos…
When I arrived in 1999, you could see zillions of incredibly slim and attractive Ticas walking around with their tailored jeans and a tanned, bare flat stomach showing…
You rarely see that now but do often see extremely obese families waddling around…
What I can’t honestly understand is how any mother and father – in any country – can feed their kids and watch as they get fatter and fatter and fatter…
What sort of heart and general health problems are they giving their own children from their earliest years?
Are they totally blind? Do they not care about their own children or, do they feel “comfortable” knowing that they are just like Mum and Dad?
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You are right with your observation, 15 or more years ago there were not many fat Ticos, now there are not many slim Ticos. Ticos are totally uneducated when it gets to nutrition.
The costarican food pyramide a few years ago had as major item BIMBO bread, rice, pastries and other carb-bombs. One day I asked a father why they were feeding their little kids so much sweets and candy, knowing how bad it was. His answer was, if it was not healthy, the government would not allow to sell it. What a concept !
Just now I read an article every once in a while where they recommend more fruit, salads and veggies, and less carb-loaded food. Plus more and more Ticos go on a bike or run.
There seem to be some changes, maybe the next generation will be slim again (my daughter is 16, 5’9″, 120 lbs. and in good shape).
[quote=”waggoner41″][quote=”elindermuller”]On this webpage you can find out your cedula number:
https://www.rnpdigital.com/index.htm
You have to sign up and get a password.
It helps if you speak/understand Spanish, it is not available in English.If you want to PM me your property- or plano number I can find it for you. Or call your attorney in C.R.[/quote]
I have never signed up and don’t have a password. I just click on the proper link and enter the cedula number and the information is displayed.[/quote]
I agree if you have your cedula number and want to find the amount of taxes owed.
If you don’t know your corporations cedula number, you sign up and in, and there you can investigate it.Maybe every one of us should have a couple of those in the yard :
[i]Another natural form of control for ticks is the guineafowl, a bird species which consumes mass quantities of ticks.[26] Just two birds can clear 2 acres (8,100 m2) in a single year.[/i]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guineafowl
However, it would not work in our yard, the dogs would eat the chicken .. 👿
