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oldtortisegrl
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Crazy gringo in Catavina
Six years and three years ago we stopped at the store in Catavina for road relief . We met a sundrenched, toothless gringo who went off about
strawberry fields he owned in Laguna Beach....well he's still there. This time ranting about Marilyn Munroe (his X), inventing the roller skate,
Duncun yoyo, frisbee, and the bank and....wait for it...the coma...as "in pause". This time we offered him a ride to SD, wanted to hear what he'd say.
His reply was "no, no, why would I want to go there"? He said he doesn't live in Cativina just "stopping through". I'd suggest stopping at the store,
give him some pesos and if your car is in need of some comic relief.....he's worth it.
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O.G.
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Yea, they call him "peso" cause thats the amount he always asks for.
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oldtortisegrl
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Yup...that's what he asked for, a peso. Apparently the local people feed him.
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BajaBlanca
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I can't believe we have never seent his guy .... all the time we have gone thru Catavinia and not once have I seen him.
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O.G.
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Peso spins a pretty seamless tale; rather gifted in that regard. Wouldin't mind him joining me at a campfire for...say...10 minutes. Very entertaining
BS.
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mojo_norte
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yeah - 3 years ago at the store . 'can you spare a peso'
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DENNIS
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Don't they call him "Gotta Peso?"
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Mulegena
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That's GottaPeso you met, a Baja legend... in his own mind, anyway.
Before I knew who he was I reported him to the cops when there was an APB out for an American wanted for a nasty crime. The bad guy turned up in
Mexicali trying to get back into the USA.
Definitely not our Man on the Street in the Baja Heat.
The locals in Catavina have been tolerating him for years without apparent ill effect.
He's been featured in many a thread here on Nomad.
Wonder what he'd say if he knew his image appeared on this board with some regularity?
Probably spin it into one of his grand fantasies.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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DENNIS
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Here he is with Woody:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=50325#pid5854...
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woody with a view
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"i was Boy in Tarzan!"
still, a very entertaining guy for 5 minutes. after that the thought of jumping lice starts to invoke an involuntary itching spasm in even the best of
us......
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RichBaja
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Which one is woody?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by RichBaja
Which one is woody? |
Uhhhh....lessee....I never thought about that. It's one of them I'm pretty sure.
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woody with a view
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Rich, that was funny Rich. good one! don't quit your day job in the hopes of becoming a stand up comedian. just run away and join the circus, bro.....
now drop dead....
edit: i'm the fat man, remember?
[Edited on 7-7-2011 by woody with a view]
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Bob H
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I love the Youtube clip of Gotta Peso Man from Woody's link.
A classic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKza_q7DPf0
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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KurtG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
I can't believe we have never seent his guy .... all the time we have gone thru Catavinia and not once have I seen him. |
He is usually seated on the side of the highway directly across from the little store. I generally give him 10 Pesos or so, he lives in his own
little fantasy world but is certainly harmless. Last month I thought that he is starting to look the worse for wear, I'm curious about how old he is
but not curious enough to ask since any answer would probably take more time than I'm willing to spend with him. He seems to have created a reality
that he can live with but I have often wondered what his real story is.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by KurtG
I'm curious about how old he is but not curious enough to ask since any answer would probably take more time than I'm willing to spend with him.
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I once asked him that. He's 730.........or, he was then. He must be 732 now.
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EdZeranski
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Years ago after I bought a soda in the store I was given with a story about how he was the guy who produced the Elvis pictures and Easy Rider but got
ripped off by Hollywood.
RdZ KG6UTS
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shari
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man...someone should do a movie about Gotta Peso!!! I dont think the locals have to feed him...he makes pretty good coin in a day there...he probably
talks to over 50 cars a day...if everybody gives him 10 pesos...hell that's way more than I make!
maybe a Nomad contest is in order...a prize for who can make the best video clip of him!
[Edited on 7-7-2011 by shari]
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capt. mike
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what does he continually look at when he turns??
scary intelligence...likely some form of savant with synapsis wiring issues?
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
what does he continually look at when he turns??
scary intelligence...likely some form of savant with synapsis wiring issues? |
Maybe has a teleprompter like our fearless leader.
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