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      WGroleau replied to the thread Security bars on windows.
      In Perú, I saw many houses with electric fences around their second-floor balconies! But I don't think I noticed bars on many of the windows in the little villages I visited in Spain. Some of them for sure, but I think the majority without.
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      I'd rather be found next to my bike on the path than next to my bed in the nursing home.
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      WGroleau replied to the thread Old Camino Walkers.
      From age 60 to 65, I've biked and walked thousand of kilometers each. As hospitalero, I've checked in many up in age, including a blind woman older than me, several deaf people, and one person over ninety.
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      pds = Pounds? I have a GoPro, probably far less than a kilogram. On Camino or another trail, I would likely use it. But not 25, 10, or even two pounds of "related equipment." Maybe also my drone, that allegedly is able to follow slightly...
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      Those who did not enter it electronically had (I believe) to provide the paper version to the Guardía Civil within so many days. But I recently looked at the electronic form, and it did not ask for payment data. However, I checked today, and...
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      It took us a LONG time to catch up with the rest of the world with the chip and then the RFID. But today, most places have the tap and most restaurants bring you an electronic device for you to put in the tip yourself. I was only scammed once...
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      I occasionally went to a grocery store for my blind friend with her card, in the days when the card had to be handed to the cashier. I'm of the opposite gender, yet no one ever said "you don't look like an Elizabeth."
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      WGroleau reacted to Rick of Rick and Peg's post in the thread Vocabulario del camino with Haha Haha.
      Thank you for you're post. ;)
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      WGroleau reacted to Pelegrin's post in the thread Vocabulario del camino with Like Like.
      " No botar basura" is in Latinoamérica. In Spanish of Spain is " no tirar basura". "Botar" in Spainish of Spain is only "to bounce". But in Galego has the meaning of throwing. In this case " Non botar lixo'".
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      While I would not welcome a permit system and would not walk where such is enforced, I don't agree that it would be a problem for locals. Every legal resident in Spain has a DNI that states his or her address. So a permit system that only...
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