[Jukebox-list] OT-Gas price BUENOS AIRES

[Britt Abbott]

Jens, yes, it's sweater weather down here, Sunny and around 60 degrees... very nice. They're very hot on new high-rise apartments and are wiping out many of the old buildings of European architechture. Yet many neighborhoods are still intact like the Palermo Soho area which is much like Greenwich Village in NYC, kinda funky and artsy. The docks are also converting the old brick warehouses into very nice restaurants(complete with a Hooters, oh well) and expensive apartments flats. Every major corporation has a large highrise here, Microsoft, Sun MicroSystem, LG, etc. Also, the beef is great, but the waiter was telling us that much of the really good beef is going offshore.. to of all places Russia, because they have the $$$s. The Argentine government has strict price controls on beef in-country, so some of the best beef gets exported at high prices. Tonight is Tango night, big dinner and a Tango show...
Hasta LaVista,
Britt Abbott

>From: Jens Hultgren <drjukebox at gmail.com>
>Date: 2007/05/07 Mon AM 08:24:21 CDT
>To: Jukebox mailing list <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
>Subject: Re: Re: [Jukebox-list] OT-Gas price BUENOS AIRES

>Britt, have a steak for me will ya. Served with one fried tomato and a
>pitcher of domestic red wine.  :o)
>
>B.A. should be full of treasures from the 20s and 30s when it was one of the
>major cities in the world, and one of the richest.
>The city was in decay when I was there in 1978. I wonder if it is being
>restored? or demolished?
>Proud people that they are, they should be aware of their heritage.
>
>Keyword for jukebox could be "Rockola" or "Wurlitzer" - in some latin
>countries they didn't say jukebox, they knew them by brand names. In Chile I
>think it was "Rockola". IIRC. Probably because one brand dominated the local
>market.
>
>Should be late fall in Argentina. You are around 30 degrees south of the
>equator.
>
>  Jens
>
>Here we pay a measly $7.20 for regular gas. But there's a price war on
>diesel right now.
>
>On 5/7/07, Britt Abbott <wbabbott at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hola, well, I'm in Buenos Aires this week. My brother-in-law filled up his
>> Ford Eco (something like a Ford Escape), but I failed to check the price and
>> convert to $USD (3 Pesos  to $1). In the next couple of days I'll be going
>> to the Antique district looking for old Tube radios and Jukes. Will also
>> probably pull out the Yellow Pages and do some searching for 'em there.
>> Otherwise, the food is GREAT and CHEAP, but getting more expensive as the
>> $USD falls. Our food including that in the grocery stores just doesn't
>> compare. Makes all our stuff look like junk food...
>> Till Later...
>> Britt Abbott
>> Chesapeake, VA
>>
>> >From: Gerald Pearce <gerald at pearce.fr>
>> >Date: 2007/05/07 Mon AM 12:13:56 CDT
>> >To: Jukebox mailing list <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
>> >Subjec
>>
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