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  1. Uncle Doug
    I visited there, and while I love the store and supplies, the clerk told me the vet was no longer there. There was a language barrier, but I think she meant that on a permanent basis. I hope I'm wrong about that. Without the Vet there, I did call Dr. Janzel Gonzalez, who is listed in Maggie's List here. He does house calls, speaks excellent English and treated my two sick cats at my home. I am very satisfied with him.
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    I hate it. It's bad enough that poor families give money to the church that they can't afford. At least arguably, it's voluntary. But when the government spends taxpayer resources on a stage for the Pope, that's money that could have been spent back on infrastructure. Anyone who has ever been to the Vatican can attest to the fact that the Church can pay for its own boondoggles. It's not even a close question. Panama is spending almost as much on this single trip as NATO countries are supposed to spend on defense.
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    Call me cynical, but I don't see how this isn't really a giant fundraiser for the Vatican at the expense of Panama. Maybe they chipped in a lot of money toward the expenses, but I haven't seen any mention of that in the talk of the costs of this event.
  4. Uncle Doug
    Like my son says... "Pictures, or it didn't happen!"
  5. Uncle Doug
    That does look pretty much cat-proof!
  6. Uncle Doug
    I have no idea why they removed the traffic light at the intersection of Calle F and the Pan Am highway. That made a bad situation worse, and I can't come up with even an implausible reason to remove it. It was the way I went to the airport, and now I don't know a better way than just winging it.
  7. Uncle Doug
    Failed state is gross exaggeration. Libya is a failed state. Yemen is. Venezuela is closer, but even it isn't a failed state. Panama is not living up to its potential. That I firmly believe.
  8. Uncle Doug
    You can also make the argument that as these operations become more efficient, they can undercut the competition with lower prices.
  9. Uncle Doug
    So, we have a completion date of late November and a completion date of March of next year. I think I am probably safe in assuming that this won't be done anytime BEFORE March of next year.
  10. Uncle Doug
    Well, there goes the protection.
  11. Uncle Doug
    Wow, bad decision. 100% the fault of the raft company. They are paid to be the experts.
  12. Uncle Doug
    I haven't seen any reports and doubt there is very much. Despite how long that sucker lasted, it was only a 4.7 on the Richter scale according to the USGS. It certainly alarmed me and I ran for the door, but it never really threatened to topple anything at my place
  13. Uncle Doug
    Do you know that they aren't attempting to do that?
  14. Uncle Doug
    I'm a very patient person and I fully understand that any project can run into unexpected problems. However, the incompetence and utter lack of planning here is beyond any possible defense.
  15. Uncle Doug
    They had better include a prison expansion bill along with this.
  16. Uncle Doug
    That would be a pretty good reason to quit working.
  17. Uncle Doug
    It's still the main road for now. You can get to the Terpel at the bottom of the hill, and then it becomes an offroad adventure. The river road will become the only way at some point.
  18. Uncle Doug
    Well, I suppose that's good news, but it isn't entirely satisfying . Is the detour merely postponed? Will they do anything to mitigate the inconvenience, including the obvious---paving the detour first?
  19. Uncle Doug
    Its position this afternoon is near the Nicaraguan border, but still offshore Costa Rica. It's going to be far more of a problem for the countries to the northwest of us, but it sure has made for an ugly day here.
  20. Uncle Doug
    Like Bonnie, I use the SmartDNS proxy and have zero complaints. It works great for Netflix, Amazon, and even NFL Gamepass.
  21. Uncle Doug
    The outage was really widespread last night and included David according to at least one report. Everybody seemed to get restored around 2 this morning, except for Volcancito. It's frustrating, but, hey, it lowers the monthly electric bill.
  22. Uncle Doug
    Haha. The jerk deserved that.
  23. Uncle Doug
    I think the problem is that the government is in charge. Where are the problems in the US health system? In the government-run veterans hospitals. It's not that governments are evil and stupid (although some are). It's that the incentives and competitions which reward excellence in the private sector are not present in a government agency.
  24. Uncle Doug
    Yikes!
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