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robt65

Aug 14, 2012, 3:09 PM

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I Couldn't Imagine Something Like This Happening in Lakeside or San Miguel . . . . . Could You?!?!?!

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"Subject" is of course tongue in cheek! Now that's out of the way . . . . . . . could you ever really see something like this happening in Lakeside or San Miguel de Allende . . . . . now that would be a hoot!

Look here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/bellingham-costco-canadians-cheap-milk_n_1773495.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing6%7Cdl13%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D192260

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sparks

Aug 14, 2012, 4:54 PM

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Re: [robt65] I Couldn't Imagine Something Like This Happening in Lakeside or San Miguel . . . . . Co

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Lakeside or San Miguel de Allende are not near a border crossing where things cost more/less on the other side .... so I would guess not. hmmmmmm....

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johanson

Aug 14, 2012, 5:00 PM

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Re: [robt65] I Couldn't Imagine Something Like This Happening in Lakeside or San Miguel . . . . . Co

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I remember when one could not buy an unlocked iPhone in the US and we had to drive North to a suburb south of Vancouver to get a legal one. We Americans often filled the local Apple store. We were always treated cordially. Having lived near Bellingham much of my life I was sad to see how some of my fellow Washingtonians are acting

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robt65

Aug 14, 2012, 6:23 PM

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Re: [sparks] I Couldn't Imagine Something Like This Happening in Lakeside or San Miguel . . . . . Co

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hmmmmmm.... ,

I wonder why I singled out these two cities in Mexico. I wonder where a large percentage of the local economy in purchasing at a lot of stores comes from in these cities? Maybe just maybe from pension, social security, social insurance and other foreign investments? Figured it out yet .. . .. I think the article was speaking primarily to overwhelming numbers with costs being secondary and in one (West Coast) instance then and only then proximity. I can think of numerous equally close cities along the long Canadian / American border, with many, many international crossing points available.

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robt65

Aug 14, 2012, 6:39 PM

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Re: [johanson] I Couldn't Imagine Something Like This Happening in Lakeside or San Miguel . . . . .

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Hi Pete,

I remember back in the 50's right after we just moved to the USA from Canada we would anxiously wait for letters from home as they always had a Canadian five dollar in them for the children. At that time the Canadian dollar was a $1.26 to the American dollar. I know a lot of Canadians that wish it were that high again. However I did read last week where the average Canadian Family has just bypassed the Average American family in wealth accumulation,(worth more) I bet a lot of Canadians here on pension and / or social insurance pensions were ecstatic a few weeks before Christmas when the Peso was knocking on almost 14 to 1.

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richmx2

Aug 15, 2012, 12:00 AM

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This did happen with diesel fuel in the Baja a couple years back, where PEMEX had to limit sales to foreigners who were crossing into Mexico when U.S. prices spiked.

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Sculptari

Aug 16, 2012, 8:35 AM

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In that part of the Vancouver valley there is a very large Sikh/Punjab community (over 200,000?). The religious ones, the majority, are vegetarian and I have seen people buy up to five gallons when it is on sale. They do not drink it, they make a simple fresh cheese called 'paneer'. It is easy to make and delicious, similar to Mexican 'panela'. Many Sikhs, like many Mexicans, live in family compound type settings - the elderly or retired are sent out to get the bargains for the family. The Sikhs would prefer unpasteurized milk, but the government will not budge on this one.

As a sidenote - I have found Mexican dairy products to be much tastier and richer than British Columbia product. My theory is that B.C. pastures have a lot of 'buttercups', which I am told makes a bitter milk. Raising your own 'sweetgrass' herd is not an option - all the milk has to go into a central tank and sold from there. Even for cheese. Its a real mess, all started from a perceived need that a gallon of milk for the kiddies should cost the same in the far north as it does in the populated south.