aside from making housewifes think they're terrorist hunters, what does that gym offer that others don't?

http://buenosairescrossfit.blogspot.com/

as someone recommended earlier, always club is a good gym. when i lived in palermo viejo i went there. i am not completely familiar w/ crossfit but it has an area w/ crossfit'ish type stuff to do. it's the only gym i've seen that has anything outside of standard weights and machines.

does anyone know of a photo place in palermo that could take passport pictures?

i know this won't be very helpful, but like any photo place will take your passport picture. when i needed one for my brazil visa, there were like 5 in the blocks around the consulate office.

i think i told you that i'd been there, but i'd never chosen it for dinner club. what'd y'all think?

this post seemed to get a little bit of hate, but I thought it was pretty accurate. on the other hand, i think "would i have moved here if i'd seen this post?" and maybe it would've dissuaded me, which would have been a shame.

I need some information about taxes:

If you live the whole year there do you have to pay taxes for onlinepokerwinnings?

Do you have to pay for capital gains?
If yes, how much and is there any exemption limit?
If yes, do you have to pay for all capital gains or only for interest and dividends?

a) no

b) no

Also, if you need to make a copy of your passport, almost every one of those shops that sells candy/magazines/drinks or most locutorios seems to have a copy machine. I changed dollars to pesos at a bank and they wanted a photocopy of my passport, I thought it was going to be a big ordeal but I just walked outside and there was one of those places. It cost $1 to make 20 pages.

By the way, where would be the best place to print something off the Internet and fax something? I really need to do this.

You're right if you're saying that Crossfit has sort of a macho attitude. My brother made a blog post where he mentions that and talks about what he doesn't like about Crossfit:

http://boddickerperformance.com/?p=295

I'm not an expert, I've only been to a few gyms in my life, but if you're asking if Crossfit is different from those I would say there's no question about it. It's true, you can do some of the same kind of exercises in your average 24 Hour Fitness, but not really. For example, you won't find gymnastics rings in 24 Hour Fitness. Also, you won't find kettlebells. As far as the intensity of the exercises and the difficulty of the exercises, I don't think there is any doubt that Crossfit looks a lot tougher (intensity wise) if not downright strange to the average treadmill runner. The difference is there.

At most gyms you see guys doing some bicep curls and then standing around for three minutes. At Crossfit you literally never stop if something is for time, and since there are other people there doing the same thing, it is sort of motivating for you to not quit for fear of looking like a pansy. So that makes you work harder. There is more of an emphasis on exercises that incorporate more of your muscles, rather than focusing on a small group. And more focus on intensity.

Does anyone here own a motorcycle?

It turns out I live in the same building as imakefrush, and the building is not that big. And this thread probably contributed to my moving here 30%. Small world.

hey amigos

what's the best place around palmero to buy a monitor?

Quick comment on the taxes situation. If you are a US citizen, you have to pay taxes no matter where you work. For example, if you play online poker in Argentina and the government of Argentina is not taxing you, then you have to pay taxes in the USA. Also, even if you renounce your US citizenship you have to pay taxes for like 5 years.

Do I have my information correct? I am not sure why anyone would leave the USA in order to not pay taxes on online poker winnings. Its my understanding, that you would still have to pay them. As far as just not reporting your winnings, that's a different story and obviously you can also do that living in the USA.

I would love to see information otherwise that states online winnings in Argentina are not taxable in USA if you are American citizen. But guys I would be really, really careful here. If online poker becomes legal, the pokersites will be forced to send over your information to the IRS. Just like that bank in Switzerland was forced to send over all its info to the IRS. Good luck when Pokerstars tells the government that you are up 250K the last two years and you stated you were backpacking and banging whores in Argentina.

Pay your American taxes no matter what country you live in. And if there really is a loophole to onine poker taxes if you live in a country outside the USA, then please share.

you still owe taxes but you get a ginormous exemption for living outside of the US

Hi everyone! I came across this forum and found this post... Im from Argentina, Buenos Aires.
I lived in Michigan for almost 5 years, went to high school there, and thats how I learned english...
I read that someone said that people here hardly speak english... well it was just bad luck, we have english as a second language since 4th grade in school, so basically most people DO speak english.
I dont have many chances to speak to someone in english besides my brother, but what I try to do when I watch a movie is take the subs off, so I get to just listen in english, or watch some english news channel on and stuff like that.
Well, what ever question you may have just go ahead and ask me xD, Ill be glad to assist you if I can
(did that sound as a customer service rep? xD )

for the ones that asked about a good gym, the one that I would recomend is this one, its all over the city

http://www.megatlon.com/sedes_almagro.html

and if you guys are looking for a good grill, open 24 huors, in belgrano, I would recomend Lo de Charly:

http://parrillalodecharly.com.ar/historia.htm

Depending where in Av. de los Incas, its Belgrano, one of the nicest "barrios" in Buenos Aires, and it has the Subte, busses, and trains so it makes it really easy to move around, even easier than palermo soho, where you have to eather get a cab or a bus to a main avenue, or walk.

Sure, the beginning part of Av de los Incas is the border between Colegiales and Belgrano, but even that part isn't exactly Touristville. It's a fine place to be, but the only reason I could think that a poker player on this thread would be staying on this street when they first arrive would be because they have family there.

Georgina, you claim that people speak English, but have you actually spoken English with people here? It's pretty hit and miss.

Its kind of funny that you say most people speak English and in the next breathe say you dont have much chance to speak it apart from with your Brother

well, actually i missed a part jejej I was thinking of native english

well maybe you wont get a whole conversation, but you can manage to get to talk to someone, its not like some other countries where you wouldnt understand ANYTHING or thy wouldnt understand you at all!

Well my intention wasnt to say "oh no you guys are wrong and EVERYONE understands english and speaks it... i was just making "conversation"....lol

Pretty much any Locutorio will do this for you.

If they don't have a fax machine look for a Kiosko that has phone booths/inet. They usually have a fax machine behind the counter.

que significa "tiene mucha noche"?

it was in a headline on C5N and there are google results that use it but I can't find a translation/explanation

it could refer to someone that goes out at night a lot, go to bars and stuff, more than avarage people would do, so it would be someone with a lot of -nightclubs pubs and stuff like that- experience.
I dont know what they were talking about, but it sounds like what I said before to me.