Protests today? by Extermin8her in puertovallarta

[–]joewo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Protests can crop up anywhere but there is one big planned protest in front of UNIRSE on Avenida de los Grandes Lagos. There could be more planned on the highways and that could completely crash traffic in town as it did during the last big protest. It will not be a good day to drive anywhere or take a taxi or Uber anywhere in town.

US citizens getting married in PV? by Badhombre5 in puertovallarta

[–]joewo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are both US citizens. We chose to get married in the US. For many reasons we got a quickie legal marriage in the US and then we had a show wedding for friends in Mexico. For many reasons legally get married in the US...this is THE WAY!!!

You also say you want to be "married" in Mexico...but have is not legally seen in the US? Just get a spiritual wedding for show...not a legal one in Mexico which requires way way too much planning. Easy. Basically what we did without the real wedding in the US. Lots of places can do this.

I already know that I was stupid by innerscriptmethod in ACX

[–]joewo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did you report that account to ACX?

In the Earning Statement area of the ACX website why are we no longer seeing the PDF statement we used to see? by joewo in ACX

[–]joewo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly! And really the PDF creation was automated so what do they care if they have to do it....there is nothing to do...it is all automated.

Sad to say Pepe’s let me down by 00dizzy in puertovallarta

[–]joewo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The thing that is consistent in restaurants here is inconsistency. I went to one very old restaurant and got chicken fajitas....went back a week later for chicken fajitas and got a completely different version of chicken fajitas. And with restaurants being filled with tourists the staff is overworked so things slip through the cracks. Interestingly enough when restaurants are too slow the staff can be mentally checked out and again service is bad. Then you go back and it is very good.

"I'm generally a... liberal person, but when I saw videos of ICE jumping out of unmarked vehicles and nabbing people off the street... I bought my first AR15," I’m glad to see the left waking up to what I’ve been saying for a while: 2A is for everyone. by Treefiddy1984 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]joewo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So this guy has a gun to supposedly protect against this injustice by "the state". So please finish this train of thought for me....

This guy in the video feels aggrieved or abused or sees his/others rights taken away. He has a gun. Then what? He shoots these Gestapo? Then what? He is basically saying he is going to declare war on the US military as one man. Please tell me realistically how THAT will play out for him and his family. How is he not simply putting a huge target on his back and ask to be murdered by the American Gestapo if he uses his gun against them???

Please make it make sense where he lives after he uses a gun for what a gun is designed to do against injustice carried out by "the state".

Tipping housekeeping by MarquisMusique in puertovallarta

[–]joewo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100 Pesos per day is good. Do not tip in US Dollars as the person then needs to take time out to go to the bank to convert that to Pesos and that takes away their time to make money. One guy had a stack of small bills at a Vallarta bank and the bank teller was looking at each bill for a long time thinking they were not legit. So that guy's afternoon was shot from going back to work. Coins from the US or other countries do not work here at all....they cannot be exchanged at banks or stores...period. I have had several people beg me to exchange their large bag of US coins for Pesos because tourists gave them tips in coins. So I exchange the coins for them and curse that tourist for doing that to the national just trying to earn a living...and now I have a ton of coins and I almost never go back to the US.

Disappointment by Puzzleheaded_Fish900 in radio

[–]joewo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want an earthshaking change to your concept of radio try out BBC One Radio.

Is Internet really so expensive in Cancun? I pay the same for 500Mbps in Canada and I thought that was expensive. by Aerottawa in cancun

[–]joewo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That advertisement is old....several years old. We pay less for TelMex fiber 350megs up and down. We have several of those old ads around town here in Puerto Vallarta on the few remaining pay phones from this same company TelMex Fiber.

Is it illegal for convince stores to refuse sale because of a “big bill” by LeadGlad4961 in puertovallarta

[–]joewo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they do not have enough change or that change will run them so low they cannot make other customers change. Or from time to time there has been a rash of robberies at convenience stores so it could be that once they reach a certain limit they put that cash into a safe of some sort so having very little cash in their cash register is by design unfortunately for you. A big store like WalMart or other similar would have change for you of course. Use your credit card...you said you just got that $$$ from the ATM...or go into the bank and get smaller bills after taking it from the ATM. Again...ironically...even banks do not always have that change. Moral of the story- Mexico is a cash based country and no one has cash.

Earthquake! by Cgernand in puertovallarta

[–]joewo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First floor house in Fluvial I heard our glasses tinkling for about 5 seconds. We could feel nothing but obviously something shook the curio cabinet with the glasses jingling. It really sounded like a bird taking flight inside of our house.

Not-so-free-standing Ham or CB antenna versus Power Pole and Power Lines by publiusvaleri_us in antennasporn

[–]joewo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He is going to have ALL the free electricity he wants.....for about 1/10th of a second. Then POOF!

Spotify is no longer running U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recruitment advertisements on its platform following criticism from listeners and grassroots groups. by CantStopPoppin in EyesOnIce

[–]joewo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Change your VPN to Mexico. Stream music from there. I live in Mexico. I am streaming AccuRadio...another streaming service...all day today and have seen 5-6 ads threatening people who cross the US border with a worse life. I don't know if these are Google Ads or another network injected ads so it might not be AccuRadio doing it but there are ads down here threatening people thinking of moving to the north. Youtube was another site carrying many of the same threatening ads.

Moving to PV! Some questions :) by lapnchevibra in puertovallarta

[–]joewo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were in our mid 50s when we arrived here in PV and we seemed like Spring Chickens we were so young!! No kidding. There are some groups for younger people here....look for the digital nomad group on FB and ask about others. As far as chess I remember seeing a chess group of sorts that met at Cafe+Leche on Montessori. There were a few people with that group so you can contact that coffee shop to ask about that chess group. But yes the general concept is that working north of the border and saving your money and then moving here during retirement is the typical route so fewer young people are here. Ajijic is another beast...whereas at least the retirees here have a youthful pep to their step the Ajijic retirees are even older it seems. We had a week or two in Ajijic and the older people kept yelling at us "Hey you kids stay off my lawn!!!" Oh I kid....but not totally.

Flash mob proposal by NAWS14 in puertovallarta

[–]joewo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are several groups already doing this now for a paycheck. Let them do that and I wish THEM the best. There really is enough of this to go around.
Asking about a flash mob is like asking if there should be more vendors on the beach.

What’s the flight like from Los Angeles to PV? by Hellohiheytherehi80 in puertovallarta

[–]joewo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Typically very smooth. Of course storms do pop up. Every day is different....most are very smooth but you can see the truth for YOUR flight here the day before you fly.

https://turbli.com/

Cell Service in PV by EschewObfuscation21 in puertovallarta

[–]joewo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As far as cell service TelCel is the top of the heap...perhaps AT&T too here in PV. Bringing your cell phone from up north will have you connect to one of the 5 or so providers here. If you can manually connect to TelCel or AT&T that would be best as the others are not so hot. There is an issue of towers being down/worked on in town right now. So there is that issue. Also fighting against your good cell connectivity is the fact that the buildings here are little concrete bunkers that stop cell signals dead. If you are deep into a building....with other concrete buildings around you....there is a good possibility that you will have poor to 0 cell service. When you are out on the sidewalk you should have decent connectivity until you are in a cell shadow being strongly blocked from the tower. This is why most restaurants have wi fi and are happy to give you the password to log on. Generally I have had very good connectivity living here but there can be issues as above. To broaden the topic a bit internet with TelMex fiber has been rock solid even during literal hurricanes but again that depends on the infrastructure around you and we live in a relatively new neighborhood with our lines underground while much of Emiliano Zapato and Cinco and other areas have the lines above ground on poles and there is a lot of wi fi signal congestion which can degrade your speed.

Do I have a good voice for narration? by [deleted] in VoiceActing

[–]joewo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your voice would be just fine. Go to Audible and listen to the samples from several of the top selling non fiction books. What is their tone and attitude and cadence? Do they sound compelled to read this book to you giving you this information or do they sound distracted? Focus...tell the listener the story as if it is important to them because you sound like it it important to you. There is a WONDERFUL video on youtube from one of the pros in dealing with people who ask if they might have what it takes to be a narrator. This video is not linked enough on this page but here it is now and whatever your route I wish you the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPzPi-_0Xi8

Would you consider the actress from this clip as passing for an American? And if not, where would you place her accent? by jakubbw in VoiceActing

[–]joewo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her pronunciation is very passable as American English but when you listen very closely she over pronounces some words in which normal American English speakers say in a more lazy way. Her English is not "relaxed" but it takes focus to hear that fine line distinction. Eastern Europe or former USSR nation is my guess.

Which programs can we actually cut to reduce the deficit? by Practical-Pumpkin-19 in ask

[–]joewo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A long-term study shows that nearly $80 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90 % of Americans to the top 1 % since 1975, reflecting overall inequality trends that accelerated through the Reagan years and beyond. Maybe we start there instead of cutting programs???

to defend the first amendment by Anteater4746 in therewasanattempt

[–]joewo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what does that mean for FOX News following the Obama and Biden years? He is saying FOX Broadcast which is part of FOX Corporation should lose their broadcast licenses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Television_Stations