By Tommy Clarkson from the December 2012 Edition . . . you know the sort, it may be a brother-in-law, next door neighbor or that particularly irritating high school bully who has gone badly to seed. Recently while flying home, trapped at an altitude of 39,000 feet, one such person sat next to me. The […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the November 2012 Edition You may find my pondering strange. And I don’t really have an answer to my own question: what on earth are we doing? But the question of our planet supporting the needs and demands of an ever burgeoning population really does rattle around in my mind […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the November 2012 Edition In as much as our alphabet starts with the letter “A”, what better prefix than that one to discuss the, often, weird way we, of the English writing and speaking ilk, communicate. For examples, take the word “atheist” – “somebody who does not believe in God or […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the November 2012 Edition . . . it may be a brother-in-law, next door neighbor or that particularly irritating high school bully badly who has gone badly to seed. You know the kind – those guys (and occasional woman) who, no matter what you say, are the “I can top that” […]
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By Yann Kostic from the November 2012 Edition Estate tax might be changing in future, but that doesn’t mean you should postpone estate planning. Here are five estate-planning tasks to consider In Ajijic for limited engagement checking off your to-do list now. • Update your beneficiary designations. If you’ve completed beneficiary designation forms for your […]
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By Terry Sovil from the November 2012 Edition The new Mezquite Restaurant Bar & Pool is in the old Coco Loco location with a lot of fantastic new updates and what I hope is a bright future. I had a chance to meet Joaquin, the owner, and his faithful companion, Gaupo (Spanish for handsome) the […]
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By Kirby Vickery from the November 2012 Edition In 1949 people couldn’t get frozen Thanksgiving Day turkey’s at the market. Those olden refrigerators were too small to hold such a large bird and even if they could the freezer compartments in them were too small. My mother would tell of the hours picking out the […]
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By Freda Rumford from the November 2012 Edition Playing cards is not always just for fun I found out to my displeasure. As a teenager, my current boyfriend always had to win and I had egg on my face on more than one occasion before I decided that this was absolutely not fun any more. […]
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By Glenna Palidwor from the November 2012 Edition For your event to be included in the monthly calendar, contact Glenna at:Calendar of Events – Manzanillo (calendarofevents.zlo@gmail.com) November 1-4 – Thursday to Sunday FALL PATA MANZANILLO STERILIATION CLINIC Where: 176 Miguel de la Madrid – next to Ferreteria Amutio en Tapeixles Time: 8:00 am For further […]
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By Freda Rumford & Kirby Vickery from the November 2012 Edition People and Scandal When we took the coffee tour with Jupiter we really did not expect to have such an interesting tour or one that left us with such a thirst to know even more. After all, coffee is coffee isn’t it? It grows […]
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