“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 14th, 2008
I just ran across an interesting post on the BOOKMARK’s blog, describing how the BOOKMARK came into being. Myself, being but a mere apprentice Curmudgeon, I have to bow to what Hal has accomplished and to the joy he has made in many gringo’s lives that have moved to Chiriquí.
If you want to read about [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 13th, 2008
C&W is marginally better than dial-up today. Good thing I am getting ready to go out.
Posted in Hardware, Panama Journal, Technology on Jul 13th, 2008
Yesterday morning, I took the UPS back to PriceSmart that was failing for a week. I had monitored the device all week so that I could accurately explain what the problem was.
I took it to the customer desk and they promptly called the resident expert to check UPS. He took the UPS and plugged it [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 13th, 2008
The birds are happy. The air is fresh. The sun is peaking out. This is going to be a great day!
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 12th, 2008
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 12th, 2008
If you have time, drop in to Abraham Lincoln’s Blog. Yes, he is a relative of the well known President Lincoln.
He and his lovely wife Patty are celebrating their 53 wedding anniversary today. Way to go Abe.
His blog is called the Brookville Daily Photo, and in it you will find some of the most amazing [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 11th, 2008
Today, on the RetirenPanama Yahoo group, Peter Gordon posted the following message:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RETIREnPANAMA/message/6043
La Estrella - the HSBC seizure of Panamanian Foundation’s assets story
The renowned and highly respected and regarded journalist Richard M Koster has written about the matter where HSBC sued me, Peter Gordon, for $5 million, for complaining about their services and fees on various [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 11th, 2008
I received the following email from Rey Sanchez about another diving outing to Coiba. The email follows:
Hey Everyone - Hope all is well.
Just wanted to keep you in the loop about the special pricing for the trip.
For serious snorkelers price is only $239; includes everything mentioned below (except diving).
And for boat riders price is only [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 10th, 2008
I was thinking today, that I may have to change the name of this blog from Chiriquí Chatter to Sybil. I just realized that this blog has no specific personality that greats visitors, when they drop in.
Are there psychiatrists for blogs with multiple personality disorders? I am sure this must frazzle many people coming here [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 10th, 2008
I was so happy the other day, following my dentist appointment, for not having anything terribly serious wrong, that I went into Organic Life to buy myself a reward. Normally, if I were going to reward myself, I would buy something decadent and unhealthy, but having just left the dentist, I went the health route.
I [...]
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