RandyMacSC/SO
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SMILE, LIFE'S WAY TOO SHORT
Hey JR.
I know first hand that it's tough to SMILE sometimes around all those obnoxious
gringos, as you relate to them so often, but SMILE man. Especially in all that beauty of the Baja, it's kinda tough to figure out why you waste all
those noodle cycles on it all.
Life is way way too short to waste time on all the ugly stuff.
If in a bind and you get Wound Too Tight, try this method of S*M*I*L*I*N*G; it has always worked for me in real tough situations. 
RandyMac
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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Gypsy Jan
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Mood: Depends on which way the wind is blowing
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Dear Randy Mac and JR,
In the spirit of the moment, may I offer another traditional Irish toast (in English, sorry, my Gaelic is not up to the occasion).
"May the light always find you on a dreary day.
When you need to be home, may you find your way.
May you always have courage to take a chance,
And never find frogs in your underpants."
Regards to all,
As to my ropa interior, no hay ranas!
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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RandyMacSC/SO
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Gypsy Jan, much appreciated...
Go raibh maith agat ...
Pronounced: /guh rev mah a-gut/ ENGLISH: Thank You
Click here to hear it spoken in Gaelic:
http://www.irish-sayings.com/process/download.php?listen=9
Sl?inte
...pronounced /sloynta/ ENGLISH: cheers
Click here to hear it spoken in Gaelic:
http://www.irish-sayings.com/process/download.php?listen=10
Gypsy Jan, here's a URL for you. This is one of many sites that have Gaelic sayings etc on it.
http://www.irish-sayings.com/irish-gaelic-words.php
Take care Gypsy Jan,
RandyMac
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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RandyMacSC/SO
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As much as I have always wanted to learn...
to speak Gaelic fluently, my priority this winter, spring, summer and early fall 2005 is to learn to converse in SPANISH, and hold my own, so I don't
have to feel like such a gumboot scrambling for the right words to converse in the native tonque of Baja. When Spanish people come to Canad, they try
their darndest to speak Canuck, so it's important to me to do likewise, out of my respect for the people of the Baja.
I have 3 good spanish lesson books, CDs, and not much in the way of people to bounce it off in Switzerland.
RandyMac
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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RandyMacSC/SO
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Gypsy Jan. here's one of my favorite little Irish wits
It would be great if someone could translate this into Spanish.
The Mouse on the Barroom Floor
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Some Guinness was spilled on the barroom floor
when the pub was shut for the night.
Out of his hole crept a wee brown mouse
and stood in the pale moonlight.
He lapped up the frothy brew from the floor,
then back on his haunches he sat.
And all night long you could hear him roar,
'Bring on the gosh darn cat!'
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RandyMac
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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