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The fact that most of the world is enslaved to varying degrees by a small group of sociopaths AND the fact that their system is also consuming the planet at an alarming rate are both things worthy of concern. I did not say how much concern I feel, I merely said that I am concerned. I don’t walk around with doom on my mind all the time.
However, I just do feel compelled to speak out about these things when I come across what appears to be a total lack of situational awareness.[quote=”sweikert925″][quote=”sprite”]These pieces of paper work because people believe in the spells and symbols. Those few who do not are easily managed with force and violence.[/quote]
Everything in society is based on faith to some degree. That passport gets you admitted to a foreign country because the country you arrive in has faith that the country that issued it has verified that you are who your passport says you are. You arrived at that foreign country by flying on a plane that you had faith was engineered properly, maintained properly and was going to be flown properly to get you safely to your destination. This morning I crossed a street when the traffic light turned green because I had faith that the oncoming cars would stop at their red light. I came into work with faith that a week from Friday my employer will pay me and that the money they pay me will be deposited in my bank account. When I do get paid I have faith that there will be food available to buy because farmers have grown it and the food processors have processed it so that it is safe to eat.
What people choose to be concerned about is completely up to each of them, but man, I have never come across a bunch who tried so hard to find new and unusual things to fret about. So much for “Pura Vida”!
[/quote]I don’t “believe”. I either know or I do not know. Sometimes I can only suspect. But I never believe.
I know that dollars are bankers’ debt notes and are not real money. I know that states and armies are inventions used by sociopaths to gain and hold power.When I exchange these paper notes for real, useful goods, I now understand that I am participating in a world wide delusion. Historically, people have periodically awakened from this delusion and economic chaos has always ensued…usually causing the sociopaths from the state, banks and armies to step in with real violence in the form of wars and/or police states.
So pardon me if I “fret” a little. I am not a delusional believer like you. I have no faith in paper and I have a healthy respect for the danger of sociopaths with uniforms, badges guns.[quote=”sweikert925″][quote=”Scott”]And we are forced to pay for the privilege of applying for and receiving a passport…. [/quote]
What you are paying for is the application processing, not the thing itself. Carrying a nation’s passport [b]is a privilege[/b], not a right. A right can’t be revoked, a privilege can.
To answer the initial question you posed in starting this thread, if you do something that prompts the UK government to revoke your passport, your freedom may be restricted in much more serious ways than the loss of that passport. So no, you don’t have the freedom to behave badly and never did.[/quote]
It is an upside down world of paper instruments with magic symbols and magic spells on them, all designed to hold us captive. The US dollars in your wallet are actually debt instruments. If you hold dollars, you hold debt, not wealth. Your passports are paper chains on your ankles, holding your body captive to the criminals in government.
Your house or car are never owned by you since government also issues “magic paper” to hold those from you in the form of tax bills and registrations.
These pieces of paper work because people believe in the spells and symbols. Those few who do not are easily managed with force and violence.[quote=”Scott”]I bought a new Toyota RAV when I arrived in Costa Rica 1999 and it’s been through quite a bit and still running beautifully…
Remember that cars are NOT cheap here so buy it to last….
Scott
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The only vehicle with which I have been happy to keep for more than several years is my current one, a 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser. It drives like it did seven years ago when I bought it and I will try to keep it as long as it is economically viable to do so. I love this 4X4!
Taking it with me to CR, I am told, could cost me about 20 grand in taxes but I want to keep this classic.
Toyota, Nissan, Suzuki and Daihatsu ( a sub division of Toyota) seem to be the most prevalent makes in Costa Rica. I will stay with Toyota. When in Rome……[quote=”VictoriaLST”]My biggest concern with a used car in CR is that there seems to be no law against rolling back the odometer.[/quote]
Law or no law, people do this all the time everywhere…and there is no way to stop it. I think it is foolish to expect laws to protect us from dishonesty anyway. Dishonesty is built into the monetary economic system. The only way to buy a used car is to examine the car with the eye of a forensic scientist and always assume the seller is trying to put one over on you.
[quote=”bogino”]LOL!!!! Daihatsu versus Audi. Isn’t that like comparing a Mercedes to a Yugo or something like that…..:lol::lol::lol:[/quote]
It depends upon what your intended use is for either of these vehicles.
If your intention is to impress a bunch of ignorant, wealth worshiping snobs with an over priced European car, go for the Audi.
If your intention is to get up and down some very bad mountain roads in Costa Rica for a reasonable cost in a private vehicle, go for the Daihatsu.[quote=”bogino”][quote=”sprite”][quote=”bogino”]I’ve visited CR about 14 times now and what you described is pretty consistent with what my expectations are. I just happened to become a big fan of Audi’s over the past 10 years (owned 5 of them already) and thought I would explore the wisdom of trying to get into one there in CR or focus on other much more “[b]practical[/b]” options. Thx.[/quote]
[b]What would make an Audi superior to a Toyota in Costa Rica?
…or anywhere else, for that matter[/b][i][/i]?
[/quote]LOL!!! That’s easy: German Technology.[/quote]
From a UK reliability index;
Please note that Daihatsu is number one and Audi is number 34 on this list.
http://www.reliabilityindex.com/manufacturer[quote=”bogino”][quote=”sprite”][quote=”bogino”]I’ve visited CR about 14 times now and what you described is pretty consistent with what my expectations are. I just happened to become a big fan of Audi’s over the past 10 years (owned 5 of them already) and thought I would explore the wisdom of trying to get into one there in CR or focus on other much more “[b]practical[/b]” options. Thx.[/quote]
[b]What would make an Audi superior to a Toyota in Costa Rica?
…or anywhere else, for that matter[/b][i][/i]?
[/quote]LOL!!! That’s easy: German Technology.[/quote]
I have owned several German cars and many more Japanese cars. German technology in cars is over rated compared to Japanese cars.
Leave it to the Ticos to choose the cars best suited for them and for their driving conditions. You see a lot of Daihatsus and old Toyota FJ Cruisers in CR and for good reasons. You won’t see too many German or USA made cars there. I was surprised to find Daihatsu at the top of the list for realizability and this list included most German cars and SUVs.[quote=”bogino”]I’ve visited CR about 14 times now and what you described is pretty consistent with what my expectations are. I just happened to become a big fan of Audi’s over the past 10 years (owned 5 of them already) and thought I would explore the wisdom of trying to get into one there in CR or focus on other much more “[b]practical[/b]” options. Thx.[/quote]
What would make an Audi superior to a Toyota in Costa Rica?
…or anywhere else, for that matter?it is a world wide economic collapse, slow and grinding. It had to effect CR eventually in bigger ways. More to come.
[quote=”sweikert925″]One thing I [b]*WON’T*[/b] miss about the US when I moved to CR is turning the frigging clocks ahead or behind twice a year as we are going to have to do here again tonight.
But it does bring up a question I hadn’t thought of before. Since my computer does that change automatically based on its knowing the dates DST begin and end AND that I am in the central time zone (which CR is in also), does that mean you folks already in CR have to undo that automatic time switch? (CR doesn’t have daylight savings time for those that may not know). Or are computers even smarter than I think they are and know which countries observe DST and which one don’t?[/quote]
Switch your iPhone and computer to CR time. That should do it.
I don’t go to such affairs..but if I were to go to just one, it would be to hear and see Sir Paul McCartney.
I suspect there are a considerable number of Ticos in my age group who will go if it is not too inconvenient (ie; too expensive or too far to travel)
The more interesting question for me is how accurately they are able to estimate what a ticket should cost in a particular country for a given performance. The one most important factor, I suspect, might be the relative income level of the foreseen buyers.What is the middle class monthly salary? The last time i checked it was south of $1200 per month.[quote=”sweikert925″]Wrong, actually. The gun ban was struck down several years ago by the Supreme Court. In any case that law applied only to sales within the city so of course gun dealers in the suburbs enjoyed brisk sales throughout the duration of the ban.
Even when the law was passed, those who already had guns were not affected. There was no shortage of guns in Chicago.
[/quote]You are correct. But this new state of affairs is only weeks old. It was just put into effect on January 7th. The murder statistics may well now slowly improve once more citizens are carrying concealed. But prior to this new permission, hand guns were illegal in Chicago. Wherever hand guns are banned, the gun violence goes up.
