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I also thought I would grow a batch of sour dough starter. more because I like sour dough based breads, etc, than I have shortage of yeast. I did it years ago and it came out great. Out here in the campo, I should be able to catch some good yeast. If you have rye flour there (harina de centeno inte...

I am trying to understand how the china coronavirus app (a.k.a. "Alipay Health Code") works: https://www.businessinsider.com/alibaba-coronavirus-chinese-app-quarantine-color-code-2020-3 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-data-collection/china-rolls-out-fresh-data-collection-campaign-to-...

Today, I had to wait about 30 minutes in line to enter the small local Lider Express. The security guy was measuring everyone's temperature using a non contact forehead thermometer. I asked to show me the model, and it was a "microlife" unit. It was my first temperature measuring experience. Things ...

I could be wrong, but one cannot deposit into any sort of a bank account at ServiPag: neither someone else's, nor your own, regardless of the bank. At ServiEstado, you can deposit into any type of a Banco Estado account, someone else's, your own, but not the other banks, only into a Banco Estado acc...

I follow this site for real time numbers and stats: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Almost on top of the page They list ACTIVE cases ("Currently Infected Patients") and CLOSED cases ("Cases which had an outcome" -- either recovered or dead). Speaking of the "closed" cases (107,815 "Cases ...

On Monday, are NYC based stock brokerages and trading firms supposed to work from home?

I cannot find any news, what is the name of this ship (now is seen from my building, in Valpo)?

https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-de-valparaiso/2020/02/23/encapuchados-incendian-sucursal-del-banco-de-chile-y-vandalizan-locales-comerciales-en-vina-del-mar.shtml https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2020/02/24/gobierno-aumentara-dotacion-policial-en-vina-tras-incid...

https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-de-valparaiso/2020/02/24/tras-violentos-incidentes-gerencia-suspende-funcionamiento-de-hotel-ohiggins-de-vina-del-mar.shtml https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-de-valparaiso/2020/02/23/videos-muestran-ataques-al-hotel-ohiggins-a-hor...

They (Chilebox) have an option to upload an invoice in PDF or JPG or other formats. I make a screenshot from Amazon invoice and upload it. Together with the tracking number (as soon as Amazon posts a tracking number on their site for this item). They have really good site with many online options. N...

At this link: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=Asus+G551JW+battery I see both the cheap "no name" generics (fit in the USD $30 range) and the Battpit™ ones for USD $45. I had a couple of bad experiences with no name batteries (like inflated, or ot...

Charles, I know what you mean, but sometimes people make things difficult. I was planning on sending it to Transexpress in Miami and they would transport it to Chile. If the battery is with a computer, they are ok with that. But if it is alone, then they will flag it. I send laptop batteries from A...