No big waves but we have had the wettest winter in decades. Big tine rain and wind pretty much every other day. When you experience a storm here you realize why all homes are made out of 2 foot hick stone or reinforced concrete an all the roofs have extra heavy terrible-cotta tiles.
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Mar 12, 2025 - 12:53pm
oldviolin wrote:
Any big wave activity? Glad you're ok. Still surfing.
No big waves but we have had the wettest winter in decades. Big tine rain and wind pretty much every other day. When you experience a storm here you realize why all homes are made out of 2 foot hick stone or reinforced concrete an all the roofs have extra heavy terrible-cotta tiles.
We had a nice 5.3 earthquake yesterday morning. It knocked my laundry bin over but no other danage. No damage reported on the island.
ah, thanks for the heads up.. /off to check the data..
ok, there's a shallow swarm going on just north of the Forques Bank (now, how do you pronounce that??)
That was always Tony Bourdain's belief. The best French, fusion, new.... whatever trend you want is staffed with Mexicans.
Where I used to live there was a restaurant that we called Thai, Chi, Mex (not it's real name) The wife was originally from Thailand, moved to central america, met husband and they emigrated to set up the restaurant. People were more familiar with Mexican and Chinese food I guess, and it made for a good mash-up. Maybe your Mexicans will be displaced by central americans.
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Oct 12, 2023 - 3:43pm
Steely_D wrote:
Roccoâs Pizza place near our house - all Mexican cooks. And high school girls in shorts as servers. How this guy escapes condemnation from the hyper-judgemental folks around here, I still havenât figured outâ¦
Good for him.
Stick it in their eye!
Maybe the pizza is so good... nobody dares to say anything.
Roccoâs Pizza place near our house - all Mexican cooks. And high school girls in shorts as servers. How this guy escapes condemnation from the hyper-judgemental folks around here, I still havenât figured outâ¦
That was always Tony Bourdain's belief. The best French, fusion, new.... whatever trend you want is staffed with Mexicans.
Roccoâs Pizza place near our house - all Mexican cooks. And high school girls in shorts as servers. How this guy escapes condemnation from the hyper-judgemental folks around here, I still havenât figured outâ¦
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Oct 11, 2023 - 6:19am
DaveInSaoMiguel wrote:
Plumbing:
Plumbing here is quite different here than in the US. Only thing similar is that in a metric country they use US pipe and fitting sizes.
Differences: Instead of using PVC and solvent welding pieces together with non waste lines they use a green plastic pipe and a special soldering iron to melt the connections together. To install a stop or other threaded fitting they tap the inside of the green pipe. Waste pipe comes with one end with a built in rubber gasket and they plug together. Multiple waste pipes from different fixtures do not connect together and all run out of the house separately. Outside they make a concrete pit with the 2" lines coming in on an upper level and the 3 or 5" pipes underneath with a large slot cut into it so the 2" pipes can pour into it from above and the concrete formed around the 3 or 4" pipe to act like a funner into it. Then a removable plastic or metal lid covers it to act like a clean out. They also don't use traps or vent stacks so water goes doesn't go down drains very fast due to the suction. Also sewer gas smells come in. I had all the plumbing redone on my house and specified vent stacks and traps. Couldn't even buy the traps here so had to use "accordion" flex pipe to make them.
Also you are not allowed to flush toilet paper down toilets here. That is because the island is made of porous volcanic rock and the sewage just dumps into pits in the ground and drains away down the rocks. The paper would plug up holes in the rock. You must toss your used paper in a bin with a lid with a good seal and toss it in the trash.
Interesting and quirky.
I don't know about the use of "accordion" flex pipe.
Seems like the flow would not flow like it should and eventually cause restrictions.
I know when you use those types of universal hoses in automotive cooling applications... they tend to slow the flow.
But I see your point. Especially with the vent stacks. That makes way more sense than non- venting.
P U!
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Oct 10, 2023 - 8:40am
Plumbing:
Plumbing here is quite different here than in the US. Only thing similar is that in a metric country they use US pipe and fitting sizes.
Differences: Instead of using PVC and solvent welding pieces together with non waste lines they use a green plastic pipe and a special soldering iron to melt the connections together. To install a stop or other threaded fitting they tap the inside of the green pipe. Waste pipe comes with one end with a built in rubber gasket and they plug together. Multiple waste pipes from different fixtures do not connect together and all run out of the house separately. Outside they make a concrete pit with the 2" lines coming in on an upper level and the 3 or 5" pipes underneath with a large slot cut into it so the 2" pipes can pour into it from above and the concrete formed around the 3 or 4" pipe to act like a funner into it. Then a removable plastic or metal lid covers it to act like a clean out. They also don't use traps or vent stacks so water goes doesn't go down drains very fast due to the suction. Also sewer gas smells come in. I had all the plumbing redone on my house and specified vent stacks and traps. Couldn't even buy the traps here so had to use "accordion" flex pipe to make them.
Also you are not allowed to flush toilet paper down toilets here. That is because the island is made of porous volcanic rock and the sewage just dumps into pits in the ground and drains away down the rocks. The paper would plug up holes in the rock. You must toss your used paper in a bin with a lid with a good seal and toss it in the trash.
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Oct 8, 2023 - 6:38pm
kurtster wrote:
Around here in Cleveburg, it seems that most of the cooks in larger independent Asian restaurants here are Mexican. And they are very good.
Too funny.
There's a Kobe's restaurant in Rancho Mirage.
It's one of those Japanese paces that cook the food in front of you on an open grill. Along with the flamboyant flinging of the product.
I was a very good entertaining place to eat. But slowly they lost all of their Japanese cooks and replaced them with Hispanic ones.
It seems they have lost the authenticity... along with their cooks.
The last time we ate there... we were serenaded by what seemed to be a kabuki/ mariachi combo. Along with the hoots and hollers.
