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09-02-20 13:06 #5730
Posts: 708To send or not to send, that is the question.
I've been in this hobby for far too many years I care to remember, makes me feel like it's time to retire. How about NO! Jaja I have always lived by the rule, never send money. There are exceptions of course, when you really care about one of these women. I have developed caring relationships with a few special women and their families so this virus has presented me with a real conundrum. To send or not to send? So I adjusted my thinking, I do send to close friend / novias but still hold to the rule not to send to random requests by women, I have never met face to face. I have some really sweet friends, single moms, students ect who are really hurting now. I have one of my friends who lost some serious weight in the last 6 months, so I know she hasn't been eating well. Plus the fact that I have a comfortable life and sending 150,000 pesos a month to my special few is not going to change my life. I have a serious girlfriend in Bogota who got her 10 visa a few years ago and we speak about the future a lot so I take care of her and her mom, all the facturas and food, her dad and mom are separated but he still pays the mortgage, so rents not a problem. I always prided my self on being a tough guy and no women going to play me but this is different, this is a matter of life or death for some families and my heart goes out to them. Just wondering how my brothers on this board are handling this situation.
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08-28-20 01:47 #5729
Posts: 1348Originally Posted by Rodeo9112 [View Original Post]
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08-27-20 18:01 #5728
Posts: 3385Originally Posted by FunLuvr [View Original Post]
The point estimates we reach based on data from late June 2020 are 1 in 4,300 for full flights and 1 in 7,700 when middle seats are kept empty.
The funny thing is that I had not heard of this study before.
I asked what is the point of banning international travel if the virus is raging in Colombia anyway. I did not expect the government to do a 180 on this, but it looks like they have. The only point in banning international travel then was to hurt the Colombian economy.
The state health department has also signed onto international travel here: https://www.eltiempo.com/economia/se...YwrbAgWi-JxaNo.
And this is huge as well as apparently the president opened things up quicker than the health department wanted to, and the new quarantine extensions were put in place because of the health department. If the health department is okay with international travel and the country can benefit economically from it, I think we will see things open up then.
There is also a breakdown here of cases per department in Colombia. Cali or Valle de Cauca, the department Cali is in, has had 45,000 cases. Antioquia, the department Medellin is in, has had about 75,000 cases whereas Bogota is near 200,000.
One of my chicas told me that Medellin has been pushing hard to open up their airport and that the government in Bogota is much less gung ho on opening up than the other departments. We shall see.
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08-27-20 17:01 #5727
Posts: 1026Originally Posted by Questner [View Original Post]
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08-27-20 15:46 #5726
Posts: 1047Originally Posted by Questner [View Original Post]
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08-27-20 02:05 #5725
Posts: 1348Originally Posted by BangoCheito [View Original Post]
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08-26-20 04:23 #5724
Posts: 1281Originally Posted by MarquisdeSade1 [View Original Post]
I have heard however that all of Valle de Cauca and Nariņo are getting that much more dangerous. Maybe better to avoid for the time being.
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08-26-20 04:19 #5723
Posts: 1281Originally Posted by Questner [View Original Post]
They're not going to make people get into hazmat suits to smash are they?
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08-26-20 01:31 #5722
Posts: 1348Bars and adult venues to be open
Bars and adult venues to start to be open September 4th and 5th, 2020.
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08-19-20 06:12 #5721
Posts: 2581Cautionary tale alert
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08-06-20 03:21 #5720
Posts: 1348Originally Posted by Turgid [View Original Post]
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08-05-20 14:25 #5719
Posts: 5742Which country has a more stable economy, Colombia or Thailand?
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08-05-20 13:45 #5718
Posts: 693Originally Posted by BangoCheito [View Original Post]
That could be used, some of which might be less kind than the ones I actually chose.
Originally Posted by BangoCheito [View Original Post]
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08-05-20 02:07 #5717
Posts: 1281Originally Posted by Villainy [View Original Post]
All that I'm saying is that when you gain fluency in the language you start to notice all the cultural vectors behind it and that in turn gives you a much better understanding of what's really going on.
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08-02-20 06:01 #5716
Posts: 5496Originally Posted by Villainy [View Original Post]
For my normal conversations I don't use translate, other than to look up a single word from time to time. When I'm writing a story I use a 3 step approach. I write in English, because I can develop a flow without interruption to look up a word. Then I check the original for errors awkward phrasing or typos. After running it through translate, I go through and edit the Spanish version. Translate will often change words or switch back and forth between formal and informal tenses.
When I'm done the result is clear and proper.
Trustworthy? I'm not sure where that comes from. I trust everyone to behave in accordance with their nature. So far, I'm pretty good at figuring out other people's nature.
If I'm chatting with a chica about sex, I'm not sending her my SSN and account numbers. She's not getting my passwords or the combination to my gym locker. She either enjoys what I'm writing, or she doesn't.
Now, the basic pros, they have no time to read a 25,000 word story. All they care about is "are you going to be paying me or not?" The better pros, they are happy to read it. The non-pros treat it like gold.