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  1. December 17, 2006

    When Sunday Became Monday

    Something went wrong in my head today.

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  2. February 10, 2006

    Buying a Siambretta – Paperwork and More Paperwork

    Today has been the third consecutive day of paperwork for both Sergio and I. Things were looking really good today, and I was sure that we would get very close to finishing everything. As we paced our way down the narrow sidewalks,…

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  3. February 10, 2006

    Buying a Siambretta – Yet Another Visit

    Today was an easy day. All I had to do was visit the Escribana and pick up some paperwork. Most of it seems to be signed now, although I am not holding my breath. The paperwork was all very important stuff. Things that I need to be legal…

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  4. February 4, 2006

    Buying a Siambretta – Owner Missing

    It was 8am and I was waiting out on the sidewalk for my friend to turn up in his car. We had made this arrangement a couple of nights ago and as the time grew later I became concerned that he had forgotten our appointment. For me this was…

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  5. February 2, 2006

    Buying a Siambretta – Getting the Bike

    It was in between meetings, we had just finished our staff meeting and now there was a worship time with the students, that I talked with Sergio about our need to head into town right now. We had arranged to meet the real owner today at 11…

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  6. February 1, 2006

    Buying a Siambretta – Er, Siambroken

    Blind Purchase Proud as punch, I took off on my new motorbike. This was my very first ride on it. It did not occur to me until after the purchase that I had never actually looked at the bike or checked it out for any mechanical failures or…

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  7. February 1, 2006

    Buying a Siambretta

    Well, it has been over two years now that I have been here in Argentina and only recently have I decided that it was time to look at getting some form of transport. There are many options here, from the latest models of bikes and cars to…

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  8. December 10, 2005

    Catching Up

    Finally I have caught up. After two and a half weeks absent from my computer and a massive build up of emails, I can finally say that I am there. I have arrived. My inbox is empty. Yeeha.

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  9. December 7, 2005

    Future Shock – Depicting Life Today

    I have been reading a classic novel called Future Shock by Alvin Toffler . Written back in 1970, it is amazing how much of it applies so well to today. This writer had an uncanny ability to see what was happening around him back then, and…

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  10. November 11, 2005

    Bagel Virus Finally Arrives

    It was only this morning when I received a strange looking email. It had an attachment and looked everything like a virus. My immediate reaction to something like this is to simply delete it as I don’t consider messing with viruses a very…

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