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Gordon Bakke

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  1. From another blog thingy: "I hope everyone reading this (the Little people), understand what is currently happening and what may change in the future!" Oh, the humanity....
  2. Brain dead? C'mon Penny, not even Chiriqui Libre is normally that rude.
  3. But really, aren't Canadians the worst form of "Gringos"? They look like us, they dress like us, but then they go all Trudeau on us? C'mon!!
  4. Yes, I often advise newcomers that there are just too many *uckling Gringos in Boquete.
  5. I've seen this topic addressed elsewhere with a bit of mis-information. I use a ton of of mulch, pretty much anything that is available (for me this is typically the sawdust and horse poop from our stalls). One of the best mulches available is wood chips, though this form of mulch is much less readily available in Panama. A few facts: http://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/wood-chips.pdf
  6. That's good information. Judy, what about the claim that the cost of probate will be 10 - 15 % of the value of a property? This also seems like an extreme claim.
  7. Yes. Based on a number of statements he has made since Lee Zeltzer died, if I had known that Bob Gregory was a board member of AAC, I would never have joined. On the other hand, I have received nothing but good service from RD.
  8. Sweet Potatoes and Yams are a very confusing topic, made worse by the fact that two basic types of sweet potato (there are many named varieties) are sold in the U.S., one called yams (they are not really yams) and one generally called sweet potato, both of which are sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas). Yams are actually a totally different genus (Dioscoreaceae). I have to look this up every time the topic comes up. :-) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/25/difference-between-sweet-potatoes-and-yams_n_1097840.html
  9. How about; you're not wild about Boquete because there are too damn many Gringos (bet I hit a sore spot here). :-)
  10. Still a lack of transparency (who is/are JLM?). No real apology for some of the really nasty posts by moderators, and no end to "closed discussions". Emphasis on the ownership aspect of .ning - something Lee Zeltzer rarely even mentioned. Too little, too late.
  11. Actually, still a lot of entertainment value here, as Olga desperately tries to present odd subjects, and a few of the remaining members respond with satirical offerings of their own - repeating Olga's ridicules line; "You must read and comment on this". Hahaha.....Richard Simmons, indeed....lol.....
  12. Some of the stoves available for purchase in Panama come with a very nice (and I assume expensive) glass top that folds up & down. So far, I have found zero functionality for said top. In fact, it seems to be a very good collector of grease and dust. What am I missing??
  13. For some reason this story about Panama Disease has been making the rounds on social media lately. The disease is nothing new, and will likely take quite a few years to radically affect crops in the Americas. Eventually it will, though, so there is only one alternative - develop a strain of banana plants that are more resistant to this disease than the current Cavendish variety.
  14. To drive readership. So we are left with the question: Olga Suarez - political savant, or know-nothing pot-stirrer? "Is Trump crazy and racist or a true American patriot?" Seems that such discussions were at one time limited to blog and "group" discussions. Now, the MODERATOR of the group posts this on the main forum? Lol... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToK2NaQebCA
  15. BTW, I will be giving positive reputation points to Jay Stuart for every post he makes until we dig him out of the hole. Also, if anyone is interested, I will happily vote individual positive reputation points for a mere $9.99 balboas.
  16. Oh, Woody...concerned about your reputation votes?....LOL...one of the more ridicules features of this site. I have to agree that Ms. Olga is much more interesting than Ambreen, but it all comes off as a little desperate, in my opinion.
  17. Agree that we all ought to be writing backwards?? Slekcin nedoow Yna ekat tnod.
  18. Sounds like Gringo pricing to me - depends on the plant to some extent.
  19. Yeah, I think that one is Mary's. All jumbled up, not well cared for and over-priced, in my opinion. But if you look around, they DO have some unusual selections. There is a small home nursery on the right, just past the Cerro Punta sign that is worth a stop, and similar operation just past Harras Cerro Punta. These two are good places to buy plants like Coreopsis and Agapanthus at reasonable prices.
  20. Viveros Certificados Plant List (several years old). Viveros+Certificados+Variedades+y+Costos+de+Plantones.ods
  21. Also, if you are serious about obtaining certified healthy citrus trees, there is a citrus nursery in Tambo (near Penanome) called Viveros Certificados. Viveros Certificados, S.A. fincanaranjos@hotmail.com 983-8083 6785-1712
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