tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288072299082059855.post225206860423695834..comments2011-06-20T11:26:33.068-04:00matthew_pwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580698439991336794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288072299082059855.post-83095465205772569532008-08-26T12:01:00.000-04:002008-08-26T12:01:00.000-04:00Hi! Thanks for the read and what I take as an immense compliment. I don't know that I always have luck battling those things which afflict us expats (I'd add arrogance to your list) but it's not for a lack of effort. I am trying, at least, and I'm grateful for any patience I receive.<BR/><BR/>I have to confess that I still haven't figured out the power outage announcement thing. The larger ones appear in the paper, as you say, but it depends on the outage and the neighborhood and even then they sometimes aren't printed in the JDA until days after they've come and gone (not sure who's to blame, there). For example, we had a 4 day outage in late February. The announcement for it was printed in the first week of March. The dates in it indicated that it should have, reasonably, appeared the week before the outage and not the week after. I have every issue of the JDA starting from the beginning of February and I swear the announcement appeared only after and nary before the obras. Tudo aqui é complicado, não?matthew_pwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580698439991336794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288072299082059855.post-62578594292034157792008-08-22T03:04:00.000-04:002008-08-22T03:04:00.000-04:00hey,<BR/><BR/>As an angolan, i often find comments made by expats living here to be patronising, oversimplistic and just disrespectful. You however... i like, whilst truthful you also have heart! good job :)<BR/><BR/>PS - Usually they will let you know that they are about to cut your power off before they actually do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com