Archive for December, 2008

Dec 31

Yep. I am still in Panama City

Like I said in a previous post, my plan was to return to David prior to New Year’s Eve. Guess what? It didn’t happen. But I also said that all of my plans in Panama are subject to change and I never know what I am going to be doing much ahead of my doing [...]

Dec 30

Chiriqui Property For Sale

I received an email from a private individual that has land for sale in Chiriqui. The description follows:
Notice for sale – 68 hectareias of land in the Horconcito district of San Lorenzo Province of Chiriqui. 62 hectaries are reforested, 40 hectareias with African Mahogany (khaya Senogalersis) and 20 hectareias of Theca that is approximately 14 [...]

Dec 26

If the shoe fits

If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

Dec 25

On This Day

On this day let’s reflect on how fortunate we are to be alive. To be with family and friends. To live in a place where we can express our views freely. To have plenty of food on the table. To have the memory of times gone by. To have the eyesight to see the beauty [...]

Dec 21

Cars

It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them.

Dec 20

Obituary From Albuquerque, New Mexico Newspaper

A Chiriquí Chatter Reader sent me the following Obituary. I found it interesting:
Native of Panama Returned as Missionary
By Lloyd Jojola
Journal Staff Writer
The Rev. Claudio Iglesias was born on a little island off the Caribbean coast of Panama and was 13 years old when he was sent to the United States to receive [...]

Dec 20

La Perla Navidad Display

Last night, we took Sofia to see a Christmas display in the housing area of La Perla. This display is set up across two houses. The first house has a couple of large yard scenes set up.
The second one is probably the most talked about Christmas presentation in all of David and most likely in [...]

Dec 20

50-50-90 Rule

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.

Dec 19

Merry Christmas to all Chiriquí Chatter Readers

This is an early warning that I will soon be out of pocket. The plan is to drive to Panama City on the 21st. If everything goes as according to the plan, we will return prior to New Years Eve. But as everyone knows, plans in Panama are subject to change at a moments notice. [...]

Dec 19

openSUSE 11.1 is out

I am in the process of downloading the latest release of openSUSE. I have been running release 11.0 for some time and openSUSE 11.1 is now out.
I am using the torrent method to get both the 32-bit and 64-bit DVDs. Both are over 4 gigabytes in size and transferring that much data is subject to [...]

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