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  1. GlasgowJohn

    Now Argentina want to join NATO as a Global Partner!

    You are right about neutrality being the correct policy. Some would argue that Peron was very close to Mussolini and Hitler in the forties though. And giving part of the country away to China supposedly for a scientific base is definitely a bad idea.
  2. GlasgowJohn

    Now Argentina want to join NATO as a Global Partner!

    You are totally right, @Avocado. Buying the F16s makes sense but offering to get involved in conflicts elsewhere in the world shouldn't be on the list of priorities.
  3. GlasgowJohn

    Conan O'brien Must Go -- Argentina

    Can some of my US frIEnds tell me who this guy is? Is he famous in USA , or in the state where he was born ?
  4. GlasgowJohn

    Tips for my 2 weeks trip to BA - Apartment recommendations

    Given that Uruguayan superstar Luis Suarez is playing in the same team as Messi , I would have thought they would have watched Inter Miami...
  5. GlasgowJohn

    Of maids and supermarkets.

    We give every one of our employees the chance to go totally legal. We repeat the offer after they have been with us for three months. But almost everyone refuses as they are earning some sort of plan from someone. We have never had any problems with any of them apart from the case of the girl...
  6. GlasgowJohn

    Of maids and supermarkets.

    It's a little bit of both - sometimes she asks, other times we offer. We have been increasing every two months or so. Increasing every month though has become more common.
  7. GlasgowJohn

    Of maids and supermarkets.

    Some people are paying 3,000 per hour but in this case the girl will only be working for 4 hours - 2400 /2500 is the average right now. Wages will rise by 10% at the end of this month after that it will depend on what happens with inflation. The more hours a girl works in a house the hourly...
  8. GlasgowJohn

    Newcomer Mosquito invasion in BA

    Its bad but we should note that total deaths are 200. Its much worse in Brazil
  9. GlasgowJohn

    Tips for my 2 weeks trip to BA - Apartment recommendations

    There will be no tickets available for this for the guy in the street, you and me, that is. Do you fancy going to Cordoba to see a game with two sets of opposing fans? Normally games have only home fans in attendance, but for cup games, both sets of fans will be present. A recipe for violence...
  10. GlasgowJohn

    Tips for my 2 weeks trip to BA - Apartment recommendations

    Some don't want to go early as it is a pain coming back into the city. But you will get a driver.
  11. GlasgowJohn

    Of maids and supermarkets.

    We are paying 2400 pesos per hour plus traveling expenses. We also pay personal accident insurance , which is obligatory in our gated community. This is in line with our neighbors in Escobar. She works for 12 hours per week
  12. GlasgowJohn

    Does anyone else find it strange Argentina still thinks they won the Falklands War?

    Yip , I think Fatima taught him how to tell jokes to a big audience before their break up.
  13. GlasgowJohn

    Newcomer Mosquito invasion in BA

    Unfortunately dengue is here for the long run.
  14. GlasgowJohn

    Desperation situation - I caught my maid of 12 years stealing from me toilet paper and food

    The police didn't want to know, unfortunately.
  15. GlasgowJohn

    Politics Thread: President Javier Milei - Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) in real-time

    We should maybe remember that Claudio Belocopitt , the boss of Swiss Medical is an intimate friend of Sergio Massa. Swiss medical received millions from the last government and no one is really sure what he did with the cash. Is it just a coincidence that he resigned as the president of the...
  16. GlasgowJohn

    Of maids and supermarkets.

    For what its worth inflation will be around 10% this month / we increase in line with inflation.
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