Archive for December 19th, 2005

El Gordo Spread the Wealth

Monday, December 19th, 2005

The highly anticipated Christmas lottery was distributed widely this year, with ticket vendors remembering very few sales of the winning sheets to a single individual.  The winning tickets were sold in San José, Puntarenas, Cartago (Paraíso y San Rafael de Oreamuno) and Alajuela.  The ticket series was 691 and the number was 03, paying […]

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A Bit of Holiday Stress

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Today, I learned the verb llorar, to cry. I believe the cheap gene must be dominant. I am 4 generations removed from Scotland, and today was still very traumatic for me. Marvin, Linda and I went to Puntarenas today. We bought a fridge, stove, washing machine, microwave, and a washing machine. I must admit it […]

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