Not only is food expensive, but the "fresh" produce we receive is often a great deal past the point of what is "fresh" in stateside supermarkets. How...

Bohlke Air and Air Propel are two I've seen mentioned on this board, but there are others -- mostly based out of Florida. I recall that someone who ...

If you don't rent a car on STT for the trip, you will need to hire a private taxi to get to the ferry dock. When I traveled here with my cat, the tax...

Safe travels, Edward! We're looking forward to hearing about your experiences after you've settled in. 🙂

Yes, it really varies. My place now has solar hot water and a gas stove, no clothes dryer or dishwasher, and I never use AC. Any one of those variab...

Good afternoon Christina, The coils mentioned are made by Off, and you burn them like incense in a small terra cotta smoke-diffuser thingy (sorry...

Connections just got a new paint job this summer; it's currently somewhere between purple and "oh my gawd!!!!!!" 😉

Wow, is that $31k to $41K for part time? I want that job! 😉 Good luck, speee1dy -- keep us posted.

Yes, the repairmen are really great! The ones I've met know what they're doing and do their best with the limited resources they get. Possibly the o...

There’s been no mention from some of what he/she does, and so far, I have gathered there are a lot of haves and the have not’s can’t even afford a com...

TJ, when you say "working person", are you referring to social class rather than having a job? Most of us here work our hind ends off all day long!

Not this time, but often. As Ronnie says, wait for drier weather! 😉

He didn't ask for any cynical opinions to begin with, nor did his ask for a filppant remark. *ahem* Words to live by, everyone. (tu)

Good morning redvette, Unfortunately our police force is not like anything stateside. The cynical comments, although unhelpful, have their basis...

And, auto insurance is not hard to get, just a different process from stateside. Here you go into an insurance company's office, fill out their forms...

It's hard enough for mail to make it to my PO box; I shudder to think what would happen if any of those places got my physical address instead.... ...

Good morning Kiki, I recommend you file a report at the police station, if you haven't already. It probably won't help, but there's a small chan...

I was out during Saturday night's storms, so fortunately no lights were on -- still got a few of them, though. My friends in Coral Bay got a bad one.

Thanks -- nope, just hoping to do my weekly reconciliation of my personal accounts. I can't even get the main page to load in Chrome (using Innovativ...

Lizard -- definitely not true everywhere. I moved here from someplace quite civilized, yet I had to get a new front door key made for my tenants beca...

Betty, if you can get the FirstBank site to come up today, please let me know. I've tried in two browsers, and no dice. The rest of the Internet see...

FirstBank's official line about why they treat cashier's checks like regular checks is "it could be fraudulent." Yet somehow potential fraud isn't a ...

The folks at Helmet Direct shipped me one last year -- I had to make a special request that they use USPS and pay ~$20 for shipping, but that's nothin...

I opened a FirstBank account recently and learned that they will hold ANY check from a stateside bank, even a cashier's check (which is as good as cas...

Just look for the guy selling antique rum... 😉