Osprey
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Fortunate Strangers
Many moons ago I read a book titled Fortunate Strangers. It was the factual recounting of a group therapy class conducted by a psychoanalyst. The
group was small, the classes stretched over a two year period and, as you might imagine, the results varied with the subjects. I found the work
fascinating. Now, umpteen years later I find myself witness to another larger and more fascinating class: Baja Nomads.
Doug Means has provided the classroom and the rules. He is the silent one, the doctor sitting quietly, making mental notes, keeping the thing
flowing, the fist fights from disrupting the sessions.
The classes are not once a week, once a month for an hour or two ? they are always in session; uninterrupted, intense, stimulating.
Not every member is an active participant. Some are merely auditing the class, lurking and learning; others hog the limelight, eager to vent and
bicker on subjects as disparate as cruelty to animals and portable generator output.
Unlike the few subjects in the book, because of their greater numbers, Nomads learn not that they share so many common things but that they are so
very different, one from the other.
For me, that?s the key. I need to be reminded that my views, my core values are unique ? that I must allow that modern Americans, Mexicans might find
my conservatism wrongheaded, stifling, arrogant. I need to be reminded about the quote of Will Rogers ? ?We?re all ignorant. It?s just about
different things?.
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bajalou
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Good thoughts Osprey Viva La Differences
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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bajaruby
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Osprey,
That is about the smartest thing I have read here yet. I will keep your words in my mind, reminding me each and everytime I read these threads.
Thanks you so very much for your wisdom.
Bajaruby
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movinguy
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And some more Will Rogers/Baja Bernie wisdom for those caught up in the heat of the thread:
"Never miss a good chance to shut up." 
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bajagrouper
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Maybe that's why God gave us one mouth and two ears........
I hear the whales song
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Eli
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Osprey, An excellent observation. Of course, Will Rogers was my hero too. Can't imagine a wiser man than he was.
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Baja Bernie
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Osprey
Your observations are now taped to my monitor to allow me to review it on a routine basis.
The most wonderful thing, to me, about Baja is that strangers do become friends and that most of the time differences just do not seem to make a
difference.
Thank you!
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Sharksbaja
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SOoooooo you think we all need a shrink, huh? I feel better already, fellow patients . But please don't stuff your horse.
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eetdrt88
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yea...
| Quote: | Originally posted by Baja Bernie
The most wonderful thing, to me, about Baja is that strangers do become friends and that most of the time differences just do not seem to make a
difference.
Thank you! |
that kind of sums it up....
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OFFCOURSE2
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The key word is fortunate.:
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Frank
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As all of you know Im new to the board. Ive noticed that there is a lot of writing talent {Osprey you get the award this week} and baja history on
this board. Please dont let your story die unwritten, when you go on to the next "level". The books Ive read so far have been great, its still early
enough that I can see the history as I drive through, say La Salina. Thanks for welcoming me to the group.
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bajaden
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A sex crazed fish releaser. I think maybe Osprey can help you. I think Will was cool too, but I'm more of a Mark Twain guy.
"When I was 16, I had the dumbest parents in the world. I was amazed how much they learned by the time I reached 21"
One of my favorite quotes......
Its no fun having a battle of wits with unarmed people
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Oso
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My favorite W.R. quote"
"If there were no fools in the legislature, it would not be a representative body."
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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bajaden
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Another quote I like. Don't remember who said it. Could have been WR. I paraphrase.
" It is better to appear stupid, than to open ones mouth and confirm it "
Man am I quilty of that one.........
Its no fun having a battle of wits with unarmed people
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