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    Old Bank Account

    I thought I had lost it but I came accross an old savings account passbook from Banco Santa Cruz. Last transaction was 6 years ago and balance at that time was $316.00 USD. What's the chance of that account still being open after not being used in 6 years?
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    Land Trust

    Would anybody know whether such a legal creature as a land trust exists in Dominican law?
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    Car Battery in Sosua

    Where can I buy a car battery? What about the cost?
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    Are Your Condo Assessments GoofY?

    I won't say where my condo is but anybody who knows me knows where it is. I've gone from about $130.00 a month a year ago to $2 frigg'n hundred and 80 dollars a month as of the October 1, 2004 assessment. Hell, I live in a better place here and on Lake Michigan where I walk to my boat in 10...
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    Myths of the Promised Land

    I was sitting around listening to this Dominican guy over the weekend that had the nerve to come into my house down there and educate me on the economy and society of my country here in the U.S. He has never been here in the States but since he's Dominican and has a 4th grade education, he's...
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    Used Car Tax?

    What taxes, if any, are there when purchasing a used car in DR?
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    I'm Drinking Your Beer Johnny Honda

    Miss you Johnny. I had some Harley stuff for you including some Miller beer depicting the 100th Harley anniversary. Being so busy up here I forgot to bring it down before you passed away and that beer has been sitting in the frig for several months now. I couldn't bring myself to open a...
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    Huh?

    Hell Scott, I thought they would have red lined the neighborhood when you moved in. Cya in Sosua next week.
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    Dominican Flu

    What's up with the cold/flu/upper respiratory stuff floating around down there? I just got back and brought it here with me and I'm sicker than hell. Others had it down there and said they caught it down there.
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    Codetel Home Phone Cost

    Don't know what it costs from area to area or whether its the same all over but what does a hard wired line cost to be activated and what is basic service fee on the North Coast por favor?
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    Reading the News

    Rob, the distinguishing factor is that you read the news. The overwhelming majority of Dominicans don't read the news if they are functionally literate enough to read it. They have people on the televisions to read them the selected news. There's a huge difference between reading anewspaper...
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    The Hippie and Remittances

    Da me cinco pesos?
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    Does the Legend Johnny Honda Still Live???

    Sorry to use this as a private mail but Johnny, where are you? No problem not hooking up in May. This time I have a couple of really cool Harley things for you. They cost me $4.00. That's American and not Canadian you cheap bastard so I'll settle for $4.00 American or a Presidente and a...
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    Eddy's Bianca For Miss Universe

    Bianca is better looking, speaks better English and exponentially sexier (not necessarily in that order) than our new Miss Universe. Bianca next year. Plus she gets the scholarship. She deserves it.
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    Marriage and Divorce

    Like a guy can't find ten a day that want to marry him? If he'd just get his sorry ass down there. Even Jazz and AZB can find a wife down there. All of my ex-wifes had the same name -------- Plaintiff.
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    There Goes the Neighborhood

    Yes Jazz, its true. I purchased a condo over at Tradewinds. I couldn't see a better opportunity on a purchase and given the fact that I'm back and forth, a condo was the way to go. I'll be spending about 75 days a year there. Like you, I had been looking for quite some time and ended up...
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    Harrison's in Sosua

    My mother worked in a jewelry store for many years. I worked in the same jewelry store from high school well into college. Two families very close to ours were jewelers. So Isabel and I go to Harrisons in Sosua the other day to have a ring sized. The sole employee in the store was with...
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    Hijo de Perra!!!

    Newest injury from the latest trip is a dog bite. So here we are, three of us, walking to Hotel Europa in Sosua from the direction of Super Super on the Super Super side of the street. Its mostly businesses but there are a couple of homes along the way with walls, fences, gates and the like...
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    $200 Million From U.S.?

    You gotta be kidding me. What's the agronomist going to do if we don't give the government the money? A loan? No, a gift!! R.D. is so far in debt its now wanting to borrow from Peter to pay Paul. Oh, OK, now I understand. Its to build toll plazas with. Yeah, sure, I'll call my congressman...
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    Why Shakira?

    With a long list of world famous Dominicans to choose from, what made these boneheads choose the Colombiana Shakira to promote tourism? Geez, Mike Tyson was training down there. They could have had him too.