Comments on: Autonomy

By: steleehin@yahoo.com

steleehin@yahoo.com — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:47:33 +0000

alex thats a brahman bull , they are quite common here in texas , they take angus cows and brahmans and make brangus . anyways very common beef producer ,not for milking

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:06:16 +0000

Dave
I don't know what a video book is but I will be releasing an ebook soon if I can get my hands on a copy of acrobat 9 pro I can put video in my book but it is really pricy :)

cheers,

By: dave

dave — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:20:12 +0000

Hello Alex,

Thanks for the response finding quality healthcare at your huricane hole and or identifying health facilities during your travels.

Have you thought about making a video "book"?

Thanks

Dave

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:09:20 +0000

Dave,

Also a dentist is about $20.00 for a filling and $350 for a root canal. I would say the quality of care is excellant. There is also a Johns Hopkins in Panama City. My doctor is also a friend and takes very good care of me. he and his family will be joining me in the San Blas after the new year.

My specialist was expensive, usually a specialist is $50-60, i allways get hooked up with meds for free by the doctors here. Also medication is much cheaper here. I onlu pay $9.00 for a large inhailer for my asthma.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:47:01 +0000

Dave,
health care here is affordable. My doctor charges 20 bucks a visit, or I could go to a clinic for free. I just saw a uroligest which cost me 70 bucks. I need to get a colonoscopy which will cost about 500, I’m waiting on that one. I don’t think I have ever been in a country that would deny me care if I needed it. If you travel internationally buy health insurance, and exclude coverage in the USA and you will be amazed how affordable it is.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:34:58 +0000

Hello Alex,

I'm a long time lurker and have both of your movies. My question is on healthcare. I relaize tha if you cut your hand, need some dental work it's there and available. What about the annual checkups, the quality of those checkups that sort of thing? Where would you go to get followup testing?

Thanks

Dave

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:14:05 +0000

Jeff,
lots of breast feeding boobies around :) women aren’t even shy about it here. Man is it raining again! I allmost had a major tragity today. I slipped into the lazerette on some oil while the kubota was running, my foot
bounced off of the flywheel. if it was a few inches lower I could have lost my foot :( I need to build a guard for that thing!

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:56:33 +0000

I remember vividly sitting in the panamanian jungle as a young Army medic and having a young panamanian woman take here shirt down in front of me and breast feed. I was in complete shock. Was she flirting with me? I was completely panicked. I then realized that they didn’t even know what formula was. It was 1991 and we were deep in the jungle. Awakening experience for me. How shocking it was for me to realize that those boobies were made for feeding in other places in the world and not the bible belt taboo I had learned growing up in Arkansas. Funny now but it seeded the drive in me today to visit the rest of the world and experience all it has to offer. Thanks for the story, brought back wonderful memories for me.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:09:51 +0000

Barry,

I'll take a look at it as soon as I get a connection fast enough to download something.

I've seen the inavx stuff in the app store just too pricy for me to download. I also have the 2G iphone which dosent have a GPS in it.

Cheers.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:05:13 +0000

Steve,
No worries mate, you didn't really hit much of a nerve. I have been aggravated by my little kubota, I cant get the alternator to put out more than 13.4 volts. I've also been writing 10 hours a day and in a different world. The book has turned out to be reality good introspective therapy for me.

Jason...,
Funny, you use the term "selling out" in the exact opposite context as I do, perspective eah? The beef in Colombia is good, here not so good, but I don't eat too much of it anyway so it doesn't matter to me. I dont think the cow is ugly, just a bit strange looking. The horses are small and rugged looking.
Tim,
I used to edit back in the 90's on Avid (film composer) editing a mac with a p1latforms. They were basicalluy macs with a $120,000 software dongle on them. I didnt get into the system much, if something wasn't working I just called Avid and they sent a tech out ASAP.

Back to the mac for writing :)