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JohnF13

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  1. He still has his Mae Lewis office. AKIF, after the Covid thingie the San Fran office is reopening, but it may be affected this week by mother’s day.
  2. Ooohh, look, over there, a squirrel! Meanwhile, the Country goes to hell in a handbasket.
  3. In all this doom and gloom, just want to say a positive word about Ramtec. I went into the Terronal Mall store yesterday to look for a new washer. I met a delightful young sales lady there who showed me what they had and mentioned that if I needed something special to just let her know, she would source it and give me a price. Then if we agreed on the price they would order it for me. Long story short, returned there today and bought a washer. Good service. I asked for home delivery, it was there as we arrived home about an hour later. Recommended!
  4. Hi Tom, In general, Panama is very nice and its people are easy to live with. The climate is excellent (especially for those of us escaping snow) and the availability of many different types of climate to suit your needs is second to none. However, this pandemic has highlighted the fact that we have a very draconian government who have the explicit backing of the National Police to do pretty much anything they want. Lawyers I speak to tell me that the measures brought in by the government go against the Panamanian Constitution, but they just don’t care as there is no real opposition. In general, the Panamanian people will unquestioningly do what the government dictates, they just don’t have the background rebellious nature of some Countries. If that bothers you, then this is not the place to be. However, for me, the positives outweigh the negatives (I likely wouldn’t be saying that if we were still under house arrest) and I do like it here. Hopefully, as we come out of this thing cooler heads will prevail and a more sensible approach to these sort of problems will be developed.
  5. Hmmm, “get what you pay for”? Before I fired Cable Onda they were charging me $50 for 3 meg speed. Those with fiber were getting up to 100 meg or so for the same price, so I don’t see how that argument stands up.
  6. I think the government just said “haha, fooled ya” re lockdowns. It was clarified by Sucre last night that only weekend lockdowns apply to Chiriqui, Bocas and Colon. Rest of the week is normal. Shouldn’t be a problem.
  7. Again, this government has borrowed BILLIONS of dollars - perhaps they could use some of that money to provide such “necessities”? Oh, wait, they can’t even get food bags to all who need them.....
  8. One word “solyndra”. Haven’t seen a large solar or wind installation that hasn’t relied on substantial govt. Investment, after the investment goes away, the installations shut down
  9. I thought so too, Keith, but when I went to get my permissio there were actually 4 lines, each for something different. I was out of there after 15 mins
  10. Do we make it a thing now to frighten as many folks as possible? Life will kill you. The rest are just supporting actors.
  11. Just sayin', but Boquete is the only place with these really stupid rules
  12. O.K. So we have very strict firearms laws and the police are consumed with checking to see if you are 10 minutes outside your time out? Here’s another thought, get the police back to investigations and solving crime. Seems to me it would be a better use of resources.
  13. If you are talking about “flattening the curve” just beware - the numbers of those infected and the number of deaths will likely be similar in each case. The ONLY thing lockdowns do is to prevent the general public from realizing how woefully underfunded and inadequate our health systems are.
  14. Change of seasons, might just be molting..
  15. black market from Costa Rica. Heck, for all we know, the Colombian cartels might have re-purposed their semi submersibles to carry booze to Panama. Short trip, big profits!
  16. Those are good questions. Seems to me the infrastructure is getting worse, even after all the promises of improvements. The Canal thing is fixable, but will likely require major cash, hopefully without the graft (fat chance!) While I agree, in part, with a limited quarantine in the current circumstances, the way the government has gone about it is nothing short of draconian. I can be out of my house for 4 hours per 168 hour week, too short a time to wait in line at Rey's. That, simply, is house arrest. Alcohol might have alleviated the situation a bit, but Panama and South Africa (great company) are the only Countries to adopt such a stringent measure. Would I recommend Panama to prospective immigrants? A resounding NO and for this main reason:. The breadth of government control and the ease that it was implemented over every aspect of our lives is just frightening. I can live with power outages and water interruptions but this has gone way too far. Ooops, time to get off the soapbox..
  17. Large hole - but isn’t that polluting the environment? Not like Caldera, who treat garbage with respect....hahahaha...
  18. I went to Gago yesterday, same type of lineup thing. I don’t need anything so much that I’m willing to wait 30-40 mins in a lineup. Got what I needed at Dorado Plaza.
  19. I’m in the same boat, except I did have pick-up but garbage guy has disappeared. If you have friends on the main road I think the pick-up there is still being done, perhaps you can drop a bag or two off?
  20. Can’t argue with that, Pantah. But, logic is something in short supply these days..
  21. I was hoping the new diputado, being from Boquete, would have jumped on this. Unfortunately not, it seems. Heck, even Dolega has better facilities for health care
  22. Doesn't seem so. The government needs to prevent general civil disobedience by relaxing some of the measures. Adding Saturdays to quarantine time might just be the final straw for some.
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