tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977358315744247865.post7239971418562057627..comments2023-10-20T05:10:29.232-07:00Comments on Retired in Uruguay: The Draw of the Hat!Wallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182374666645369163noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977358315744247865.post-1730683375857270972011-06-03T17:31:23.069-07:002011-06-03T17:31:23.069-07:00Yes, thanks Denise! It's definitely good to k...Yes, thanks Denise! It's definitely good to know what to expect, rather than being blindsided!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977358315744247865.post-6608961839824122262011-06-03T15:59:17.578-07:002011-06-03T15:59:17.578-07:00To Anonymous,
I don't think you have to let th...To Anonymous,<br />I don't think you have to let them into your house! On a nicer day I might have thought to have them sit outside. They hold a little ipod type thing that lists a group of questions that they read to you. As you answer, they check off your response or if needed they type/text in anything extra. I would definitely offer to sit outside with them next time and have available a little table to sit their stuff on. This was just a first time experience for me that I hadn't ever heard about from any others. Starting in September everyone will start to be visited with the 10 yr. census, so I thought I'd give a heads up with this post! Forewarned equals forearmed!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114770905895045770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977358315744247865.post-37899632621919476172011-05-27T18:39:31.666-07:002011-05-27T18:39:31.666-07:00Do you have to let them into your home?Do you have to let them into your home?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977358315744247865.post-80906735279195472812011-05-24T17:22:25.905-07:002011-05-24T17:22:25.905-07:00Wow, Denise. Thanks for posting this. I'm re...Wow, Denise. Thanks for posting this. I'm really happy to be in the know!Mainkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067910905279443254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977358315744247865.post-42651928997953692962011-05-22T00:36:42.140-07:002011-05-22T00:36:42.140-07:00Hola! Horacio, Thanks for sharing the other side o...Hola! Horacio, Thanks for sharing the other side of the coin by your experience in the USA. I did get the feeling that I could have said anything but they warn you not to in the accompanying letter. I thought I read a fine (multa) of a minimum of 20 UR up to a whopping 50 UR (unidades) as an infraction for adjusting the truth. So if I read that right a fine from $1 to $3 not too bad!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114770905895045770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977358315744247865.post-41697043799937219722011-05-21T23:07:53.870-07:002011-05-21T23:07:53.870-07:00Hey Denise, Horacio here, how are you? Now I wanna...Hey Denise, Horacio here, how are you? Now I wanna share the opposite experience, that of a Uruguayan and his first US census. I mean, totally the opposite, I was amazed at the few questions they were asking, and how interested they were in the race of those in the house. On the other hand, I was amazed at how people on tv (mostly on Fox and other conservative channels) were saying that the only question you really had to answer by law was how many people lived at your place... I mean, it goes to show the different way people look at the government. I mean, I do not find anything wrong with the government knowing how I live (least of all the US or Uruguayan governments which I do not see as particularly threatening, we are not talking about Nazi Germany or Communist Russia here) so I was wiling to answer whatever. In any case, at least in Uruguay you can lie on the survey and the goverment or the surveyor could not care less... I mean, as an American you are probably used to having to tell the truth whenever you are asked something by the authorities, thus your reticence, but in Uruguay you can tell your little lies and np at all!!!Horacio Quiroga GMAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264624798472629622noreply@blogger.com