Originally posted by spongebob Originally posted by expt2233 @spongebob, are you kidding me? You drink bottled water? Hahahahaha! Filters cost about R$15. 20 litres galão = R$ 6. We usually go through 2 of them a week at home.I don't think that's so expensive to justify the HAHAHAHAHA.Today, I couldn't find my sports bottle top (my kid had it last I saw), so I had to spend R$2 on two bottles of water when I was playing tennis.

It seems you do not care about throwing plastic into the ocean. Good for you.

Originally posted by expt2233 Originally posted by spongebob Originally posted by expt2233 @spongebob, are you kidding me? You drink bottled water? Hahahahaha! Filters cost about R$15. 20 litres galão = R$ 6. We usually go through 2 of them a week at home.I don't think that's so expensive to justify the HAHAHAHAHA.Today, I couldn't find my sports bottle top (my kid had it last I saw), so I had to spend R$2 on two bottles of water when I was playing tennis. It seems you do not care about throwing plastic into the ocean. Good for you.

@expat666 - Why the attack mode? Just so you know the process, you call a guy to bring you water. He brings you new galões filled with water and TAKES AWAY the old galões to be re-used again. For the individual bottles I bought today, they will most likely be recycled.

@sven, I mentioned that here I wouldn't be surprised if they really did use tap water . There's actually a distributor not far from where I live. I have seen large trucks of water coming into their "compound" and them taking the water from the truck and filling the galões. The owner claims that water is SUPER FISCALIZED here. He gave me a couple of examples when I saw him @ the buteco, but I was probably drinking caxaça at the time and I have since forgotten.

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Originally posted by shanewilson As most people are aware, real estate in the United States went into a pretty steep decline and home values are anemic, to say the least. There are at least 10,000 homes for sale for only $10,000 or close to it nationwide. Indeed, beware of its missing parts because though it's sold at a very low price there are still things that of course need to be fix or repairs.You may read further at: Homes for $10K available nationwide.

If I lived closer to the US, I would probably have already bought a couple of these cheap houses just to rent out.

Even here, when you go to look at a place to rent or to buy, it's usually got so many problems that you are going to spend money to fix it up.

This is a cultural thing to me: there are so many Brazilians that live in an apartment or rent commercial space that do nothing but put in gambiarras because they don't want to spend 1 centavo.

If the owner loves the property and keeps it in good shape, they are going to bend-you-over on the rent or on the sale price. Frustrating... that's why I try to do the *maximum* that I can possibly do myself. When something is difficult and I have to call someone, rest assured that I stay there to watch what they are doing.