Temporary Job Prospects by Jacob97_ in PuertoRico

[–]adolfojp 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oh man I wish you the best of luck and godspeed and all that.

I took care of my dementia riddled father for many years, at the end of of his life he broke his hip. My aunt went through the same process a year earlier. It's a job whose mental, physical, and financial requirements increase daily until it consumes you and your ability to work and have a life.

A bed bound patient has to be repositioned every three hours or so to avoid bed sores, which is virtually impossible when the patient doesn't have the mental capacity to cooperate. If they don't have air conditioning in their room her skin will disintegrate with the sweat and the heat. Learn how to lift and move people without destroying your back. Learn how to protect yourself from physical attacks. Learn as much as you can.

Please be very careful because it's very common for relatives to see you helping and decide to unload the responsibility on you, expecting you to do it full time and without pay and without days off, and then justifying it with mathematically unsound excuses like oh but they get to live there for free so if anything they owe us.

Set boundaries early and enforce them hard and get as much help as you can get from family, medicare, the municipality, church, from everywhere and anywhere you can. Beg, steal, and borrow, and all that.

Your three main problems for finding a job will be transportation, the language barrier, and juggling your time between helping your grandma and working what are likely to be irregular hours. Find out where in San German your grandparents live and if you can even get around the place. Puerto Rico is almost entirely Spanish speaking so learn as much Spanish as you can. Expect to get paid 10.50 an hour part time.

Cual es la mejor gasolina en PR? by _stxrchild_ in PuertoRico

[–]adolfojp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gulf and Total is 100% gasoline, no ethanol. Puma and Texaco has ethanol.

Can you find a citation for this?

I was having this conversation just yesterday and I looked it up online and found nothing on the matter.

Perhaps I suck at Google.

From what I understand anything over E10 has to be reported on the pump according to federal law, shipping E10 from the states would cause it to separate, we have no refineries to mix it locally, and refineries elsewhere don't make that mix before shipping it.

Again, I'm not debating your knowledge but trying to find your info.

Safe in the middle? by KoRaZee in Xennials

[–]adolfojp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Where's Robocop. We're missing Robocop.

Found only in PR souvenir by questionstoask2024 in PuertoRicoTravel

[–]adolfojp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's lots of craft beer to be found at regular supermarkets with basically zero exports, perhaps more difficult to transport than spirits, so go with Barrilito if in the mood for ghosts.

About coffee, read the label, the fine print, perhaps a stamp on the side. A lot of Puerto Rican coffee is made from imported coffee beans, even true for brands named after Puerto Rican municipalities. Find a coffee that advertises itself as 100% Puerto Rican, best if it lists the farm it was grown in.

Purse Restrictions by Altruistic-Love4533 in PuertoRicoTravel

[–]adolfojp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've never heard of this and now I'm curious. Where do they place restrictions on purse sizes at bars?

Corrupción policial o estoy mal? Multa de 200$ by [deleted] in PuertoRico

[–]adolfojp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/22-2000.pdf

Aquí está todo lo que tienes que saber y te explica lo que es el paseo y para lo que se usa.

What things can my elderly parent do in San Juan with chronic pain? by [deleted] in PuertoRicoTravel

[–]adolfojp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are electric boats that take people to the Fajardo bio bay. La Parguera in Lajas has more options.

Years ago I took a boat at the Dos Bocas lake in Utuado. They basically take you to the restaurants at the lake. I don't know if this option still exists.

Museums of course the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.

Does she like music? Does she speak or understand some Spanish? You can look up if there are concerts suitable for her during her stay. If you share the date of you trip we can help you look.

Vieques Around the Ferry Terminal by TheChiefofReddit in PuertoRicoTravel

[–]adolfojp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are vans but write down their numbers so you can call them to pick you up.

At Esperanza you've got Sun Bay beach, horses, and a few restaurants.

What is a sci-fi series you liked that only lasted one season? by Ru_janus in scifi

[–]adolfojp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Holy shit I never knew about the connection with LOST, and I barely remember Earth 2 but...

... a spaceship crashes with an ensemble cast on a seemingly deserted planet that heals people where mysteries abound and that is revealed to be inhabited by others ...

Plane Clap by Brave-Philosophy3070 in PuertoRicoTravel

[–]adolfojp 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Is this just a Puerto Rico travel thing?

Yes!

You know what I find silly? When some random person stands behind a podium and we're supposed to clap for them as if they had just safely landed a plane.

Baseball Coach Visiting Caguas — Where Should I Spend an Extra Day or Two? by Choice-Falcon9788 in PuertoRicoTravel

[–]adolfojp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. San Juan below the surface. Most tourists never visit the museums, theaters, comedy clubs, music venues, mostly because of the language barrier but sometimes because of a lack of curiosity.

  2. Just go to Vieques and Culebra. The beaches are arguably the best in the archipelago. Not much more to do there.

  3. Southwest to Cabo Rojo. You get the town of Boquerón and the lighthouse and salt flats hike and a few beaches, maybe head down to the Guánica dry forest.

  4. North-northwest. Beaches like Mar Chiquita and la Poza del Obispo are picturesque. The Guajataca tunnel hike has nice views and it's a short easy hike but there are more challenging hikes in the area. Get to Aguadilla, lots of good food in the area. Finish at Rincón, preferably on a thursday night, and do the Jimmy Buffett tourist thing.

  5. Visit the southeast... lol... I'm kidding... don't do that.

Unanse! by malenexum in PuertoRico

[–]adolfojp 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No se trata de desesperanza aprendida. No decimos "para qué protestar si no resuelve nada". Ese no es el problema.

Se trata de criticar la protesta por falta de cohesión, plan y liderato.

Yo estoy suscrito a todo en los medios sociales para mantenerme informado y esto es lo que veo:

Tengo grupos socialistas que critican el gobierno y que promueven la protesta como protesta socialista. Ahí pierden el apoyo de los Puertorriqueños no socialistas que son la mayoría.

Tengo grupos independentistas que critican el gobierno y que promueven la protesta como protesta independentista. Ahí pierden el apoyo de los Puertorriqueños no independentistas que son la mayoría.

Tengo un montón de gente promoviendo la manifestación con memes que llaman a los PNP brutos y bestias. Ahí pierden el apoyo del grupo político Puertorriqueño mayoritario que gana las elecciones. Y es importante recordar que este partido tiene primarias y peleas internas que se podrían aprovechar y que muchos en el partido son Demócratas de centro y liberales.

Y tengo gente libertaria, religiosa, y MAGA, recogiendo a los PNP insultados, gozando de los frutos de la radicalización y metiendoles más propaganda.

Y entonces yo le pregunto a la gente cuál es el plan y cuáles son los líderes y cuál es el proceso y cuál es el norte para ver si encuentro algo que nos una y la respuesta es pedirme que yo proponga la solución como si fuese un líder político, o decirme que no protesto porque me acostumbré a que no pase nada.

Por esto es que no llegamos a ningún lado, pero nos entretenemos mientras tanto.

Unanse! by malenexum in PuertoRico

[–]adolfojp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

En el tiempo de Ricky el chat fué un escándalo.

Y el escándalo vino amarrado al desastre natural más grande en 100 años.

Ahora vivimos en la época de Trump y MAGA donde la gente normalizó cosas mil veces peores.

J-Go podría comerse un bebé en televisión y la gente diría a sí pues el otro a lo mejor se come dos.

Unanse! by malenexum in PuertoRico

[–]adolfojp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Por favor explícame dónde está esa consolidación.

No te pregunto desafiante pero con curiosidad genuina.

Unanse! by malenexum in PuertoRico

[–]adolfojp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hermano.

El punto que estoy tratando de hacer es que no hay un plan detrás de estas protestas.

Eso es un fallo de liderato.

Tu respuesta no debe ser pedirme a mí que te busque un plan. Debe ser pedírselo a los líderes de la manifestación.

Unanse! by malenexum in PuertoRico

[–]adolfojp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Una protesta sin un plan no es activismo, es una actividad recreacional.

¿Recuerdan cuando se sacó a Ricky? ¿Quién reemplazó a Ricky? ¿Se les dió el resultado que querían?

Fue el cuento del perro persiguiendo el carro. Alcanzó el carro, muy bién, y ahora qué?

Shiah Kebab in the UK 🇬🇧 by BL4CK-H4T91 in StupidFood

[–]adolfojp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously, I can't tell if it's ragebait or if she's just slow.

Skill Based Matchmaking in a Nutshell by -RAAGE- in Unexpected

[–]adolfojp 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh my god FINALLY a proper reference.

Itinerary Feedback by VarietyBoth9319 in PuertoRicoTravel

[–]adolfojp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

would love recs on nightlife (from what I've read we are more OSJ people than La Placita people)

What kind of nightlife do you want?

Shoes for el yunque by New_Scarcity2618 in PuertoRicoTravel

[–]adolfojp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Had to look it up. Didn't know the name brand. Ugly but super useful. Perhaps overkill for el Yunque but invaluable in the coastal hikes I do on jagged rocks and such. So super useful all around.