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Pompano - 4-3-2011 at 12:18 PM

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. :yes:


Well, I have been thinking this over quite a bit…this feeling of a NOSTALGIC loss of my old Baja.

I better explain. I love posting on BajaNomads and this forum deserves a better explanation than I gave earlier. Nostalgia was just a catalyst to the whole event. :rolleyes:

It was like a paralyzing numbness that overtook me last Monday…it started during a poker game. Oddly, that game was very nostalgic for me, since we used to play high stakes poker at the old Perla Hotel in La Paz... back in the day.

(Note: using the expression ‘back in the day’ means when you were a lot Younger & the time was Perfect…as oppose to today’s Dumb Old Fart on Planet Melancholy) :yes:

Between poker hands, I ordered another Pacifico michelada to chase away the oppresive nostalgic malaise that was creeping into my mood.

As the game progressed… and I had a couple more brews… the strange feeling of loss persisted, so I told Pepe the bartender that I was switching to rum and cokes. (listen...can you hear a faint air-raid siren going off in the distance?).

The poker game continued. After absurdly drawing to a few inside straights and buying another stack of chips, I ordered my third rum & coke.

My mind had trouble focusing on calling the quick raises to my pair of deuces.


I was lost in yesteryear’s memories….Daydreaming about those great old times…

...the unbelievable beauty & excitement of seeing an acre of two of giant yellowtail in a churning fish boil on the Cortez.

...the coolness before the desert sunrises…a faint smell of woodsmoke coming from the spent campfire at Baja Patty’s rancho.

...chugging thru the early dawn fog onboard my old trawler, Pompano, bound for..a place called, 'Adventure'.

... horses at some dawn campsite, calmly ground-tethered with just a rock on the reins.

...first discoveries of rock paintings at remote middens..

...the many great friendships made with pangueros, ranchers, townspeople, and Baja-lovers like me.

...the lazy, hazy, happy lives we all shared.

...hating to leave this great land when the hot season drove me out.

...and eager to return to a village full of friends in the fall

...and feeling good when they tell me I'm a Mulegeno.

...the love affair with a country that was Never-Never land to us Baja newcomers…ahh..


....indeed, it was ’Back in the Day’..


Sheesh...nostalgia?..I hate it, unless it's mine! :smug::rolleyes:


Okay, fast forward to the present....Back at Ana’s Poker Game. Sitting there with my ‘chip and a chair’, now full of nostalgia.. I began to notice the sun was not shining as brightly, the bay not as blue, the beach sand was gritty-looking..:no:

.. the overstuffed bikini that had just waddled in was not exactly a 10…....whoa! Holy Mother of God!...:o

.. and I was almost positive that I had 4 deuces in that last devastating hand, not just that lousy pair??


I thought, ‘Well, we can sure solve this. No problemo.’ ….I waved to the bar, “Pepe, mi amigo…uno mas Cuba Libre, por favor. Make it a doble..a double.”

He gave me one of those ‘looks’ with his raised eyebrows, but brought the stiffer Free Cuba drink over, shrugged like one would over a road kill that he could do nothing about......and set it down. :rolleyes:

Some time passed, and I think the poker was over… because when I looked up from my next double rum, I was at the bar...explaining to Pepe 'the Real meaning' of Baja. :smug:

Pepe was tactfully silent and just stood there stoically, polishing a glass…a damn fine bartender.

I was now in the pickup. I seem to recollect some highline poles going by in slow motion. The microwave tower over on the right… followed by the Pemex station...then Mulege.

The next thing I can dimly recall was a mob of people looking at me in a well-known riverside bar in Mulege. Why were they looking, you may ask? I dunno, I’m quite certain it had nothing to do with me flipping them all the bird.

I was later told that the many bar patrons were aroused by the fact that I had come in from the highway and down the hill without slowing down much. Most likely this was indeed true. Well, I have been a creature of habit on that highway since it was first laid..Back in the Day :rolleyes: ..and I guess my too-fast speed down that bumpy hill tended to create worries amongst some of the more sober patrons. I was told to remind myself that …Kids, dogs, slow drunks, and burros in the street are not speed bumps…So slow the hell down!

Well….that’s very probably where things went south with this bar scene. I confess to be who I am…I listen to all polite and well-intentioned suggestions, but I don’t take demands or orders very well…in fact, not at all. I've worn a few caps in my time.

I am again reminded by parties who there...that at this conjecture, yours truly waved the middle digit at the general throng and told them to shove it where the sun don’t shine.

The gauntlet was thrown…Barstools At Dawn! Stupid? Oh, yes. Childish? Hell, yes. Regrets? Of course...with a grin at friends who know me well. Regrets are useless and a waste of time on others who are going to dislike me anyway. I'm an easy target for those. So what else is new? :rolleyes:

Things were a mite foggy leaving this booze joint, but obstinate to a fault, I decided to finish off my to-go rum/coke in the pickup and head into the village square.

I stopped at Manuel’s tienda for a cold one sitting on his store steps with some other longtime amigos. Well...Beer by now tasted like dishwater, so I mistakenly thought…’More rum is needed.’ Manuel offered to open one from his store, but I was on a mission. He knew that, of course..and told me to be careful. "You belong to us, Rogelio. You are a Mulegeno."

Well, old friend...thanks and sorry about all the excitement and the gossip running amok in gringolandia/Mulege. It's just plain ol' "Weedy-weedy-weedy, Rogelio."....as Carmen says!



Aha..another bar would have some more rum, I bet? Thank God, a good friend was on duty and has a good memory…he refused to serve me any rum. Good man. Sorry about all the excitement and the gossip running amok in gringolandia/Mulege. Hope it blows over soon...I don't want you to lose any business.

..."Time to go home, Old Nostaligic and now drunk Fart", I thought….and sought out my trusty Dodge steed left somewhere in the village square. I found my pickup without much trouble. It was parked in the middle of the street and of course that made it easy to spot…especially with the lights on.

”I’ll take the shortcut under the bridge to the highway.” BANG!..clatter,clatter Whoops, who put that garbage barrel in the middle of the street?

Driving towards the river road under the bridge, I noticed several people were having some kind of a foot race in front of my bumper. Unusual time for a track and field event, I thought, but hey…it’s Baja.

About then I finally realized what those flashing lights were in my mirror. It was a Mulege police car flashing and honking behind me…I pulled over under the bridge to let him… and whoever he was chasing… go by.

Opps...it appears they wanted to talk to me. I get out of the pickup, some prankster must have tripped me, and I was thrown forward, barely grabbing the policeman’s shirt in time to keep from pitching into the river. The other policeman picked up the pistola that I had accidentally knocked out of its holster.

My vertical support screwed up his nose while holding me up…and said…”Rogelio, have you been drinking today? Mucho rum,maybe?”

Moi? I smiled, "No…a little shot earlier, maybe. Nothing at all, really.." He moved a little further away, shining his flashlight into the cab. “You maybe have some rum with you now, si?”

“No, amigo…I am heading home….very slowly…. and go to bed. I am tired...it has been a LONG day… thinking of nostalgic things…like when I used to have a beer or a taco with your father….Back in the Day."

The other policeman opened the passenger’s door. Clink-clink-clatter….whoops... “Ah…Those are just returnos I was taking to Manuel’s tienda, but manana will be better.”

“Rogelio, you need a ride home, maybe? Come back tomorrow and get your pickup.”


“Muchas Gracias, amigos…that would be wonderful….your papa did the same thing a few times….”Back in the Day”


“What is this ‘day’ you say, Rogelio? Today is lunes..Monday…?”

“I’ll tell you about it another time. Wake me when we get home.”

Very late the next morning, I woke up feeling like I had been dragged over the Punta Chivato road…and then back. Ugh..


THEN the reality of what had happened the day and night before came to my mind like a red hot spear! GOOD GREIF, CHARLIE BROWN!!


I must have peeed off half ..maybe all :?:….of the gringo population of Mulege’s most famous bar scenes. :rolleyes:

Well...I have 86'ed myself from these watering holes and will entertain more at home con amigos..No driving! I don't need any more...events of this nature. ;)


Thankfully, my old Back in the Day townsfolk know me well enough to have me as thier friend... no matter what foolishness I can generate. :rolleyes:

Somehow, that brings a tear and a smile and another tear.

Muchas gracias, Mulege...my home for so many years.



And so now... I am back to post again on BajaNomads..whether you like it or not! IT'S IN MY BLOOD.


To my Nomad amigos, I am sorry and surprised about all the fuss and wonder over my post. And I would really like to say how much I appreciate all the nice words from BajaNomads on this and other threads, emails, U2U's from many of you, and from Nomad lurkers around the world. I am greatly surprised that BajaNomads is such wide-read forum. What a lot of Baja-lovers there are out there. What a lot of attention for an old Baja Fart.


I got into the demon rum…. plain & simple. I knew better, but did it anyway. No excuses. It was my actions that pizzed off some. Like Co-Pilot tells me from Roma...Friends do not need an apology for this, nor want one…. and those who do…are not true friends. Be yourself, be nice, and just say Ciao. Grazie for just the right touch, tesoro.


So.....on to getting back in the saddle? Yup, I miss posting my ramblings, thoughts, and sightings. Hells bells, it's been 6 whole days!! A lot has happened!!!

Stay tuned for a Pinto Derby report….plus a whale shark swimming out in front of mi casa right now.

And also a mysterious die-off of thousands of baitfish that have washed up on the beach here in Coyote Bay.


…and dozens of photos of me catching crappies when I was 14 in Far North Dakota. Well….after all, I can’t just keep posting Big Pike from Canada… :rolleyes:


...and in conclusion:



A PLEDGE. SO HELP ME GOD….:saint:

I will never drink Rum again.

I will never drink Rum again.
I will never drink Rum again.
I will never drink Rum again.
I will never drink Rum again.
I will never drink Rum again.
I will never drink Rum again!!!




P.S. A personal AND A GENERAL apology was sent the very next day..Tuesday...to all present at the waterfront bar to two bar regulars..whom I knew were present. I would hope they conveyed my request. I have already made my decision to not visit those places again..for any reason. Now I am done with this.

[Edited on 4-6-2011 by Pompano]

oldlady - 4-3-2011 at 12:24 PM

Will that last a week too?

So glad you are back.

LaTijereta - 4-3-2011 at 12:31 PM

You just hold that thought....:cool:

[Edited on 4-3-2011 by LaTijereta]

DENNIS - 4-3-2011 at 12:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by oldlady
Will that last a week too?



He only mentioned RUM. Very shrewd. :lol:

Cypress - 4-3-2011 at 12:41 PM

Pompano!;D Ciao!:biggrin:

willyAirstream - 4-3-2011 at 12:41 PM

WELCOME HOME

jenny.navarrette - 4-3-2011 at 12:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Pompano
A PLEDGE. SO HELP ME GOD….:saint:

I will never drink again.
I will never drink again.
I will never drink again.
I will never drink again.
I will never drink again.
I will never drink again.
I will never drink again!!!


I fixed your typo's.



[Edited on 4-3-2011 by jenny.navarrette]

BornFisher - 4-3-2011 at 12:52 PM

As Billy Bones said (Treasure Island at the Benbow Inn). "Forgive me sir. Just a squall from an old sailing man who took too much rum over his bowsprit. I ask your patience."

Mexitron - 4-3-2011 at 02:11 PM

Nice bender....welcome back. Maybe walk to the bar next time :lol:

Skeet/Loreto - 4-3-2011 at 02:21 PM

Pompano!

Just remember how "Baja Patty" Handled the Rum!!

God Bless from another "Ole Timer".

Skeet/Loreto

Keri - 4-3-2011 at 02:21 PM

Hey we have all been there,You're among friends ,no problemas,I remember "back in the day" when the hangovers didn't last for days, yep, being young did have some benifits. Anyway Welcome home. We missed you, Hope to see you this summer,k

soulpatch - 4-3-2011 at 02:23 PM

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

No stone casting here.
Stay healthy and cause no injury.
Gotta freebie there.

Take a gander at the bottom of my post. Virtually every one of the incidents in there started out with just a little pick me up.

I am quite happy you and everyone around you are, other than maybe the soul searching aspect of which I am familiar with:no:, are alright.
Saludos:cool:

ELINVESTIG8R - 4-3-2011 at 02:32 PM

I knew the Triple-dog-dare would get him back.

An issued triple-dog-dare has no counteraction and must be implemented and/or carried out.

24baja - 4-3-2011 at 02:40 PM

Welcome. Back mi amigo, we are glad you are well and have returned to post. I feel you are a lucky man, neither you or any others were hurt during your rum haze.....

bajamedic - 4-3-2011 at 02:44 PM

And now, about that Pinto Derby, the Whale Shark in front of the casa and the bait fish washing up on shore… we are waiting… OK maybe just a few photos of some adventures with Co Pilot would hold us off for a few. JH

DENNIS - 4-3-2011 at 02:45 PM

Oh, jeeeeeeezo....another 2000 posts of goo coming up.

Bob H - 4-3-2011 at 03:36 PM

Welcome back to earth, Roger!

I knew you would be back!!!!

Bob H

Johannes - 4-3-2011 at 03:41 PM

welcome back , for now, hope to see some good fishing stories soon.

shari - 4-3-2011 at 03:49 PM

a huge WOOOOOO HOOOOO Pomp....most excellent bender story...now ....got any more of those short short photos from back in the day???

Blech!

Bajahowodd - 4-3-2011 at 04:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
Oh, jeeeeeeezo....another 2000 posts of goo coming up.


:lol::lol::P:lol:

AmoPescar - 4-3-2011 at 04:09 PM

Welcome back Roger!

Thanks for the most excellent story about why you left!

I was hoping and prayin that you liked us too much to stay away! WE ALL REALLY LIKE you...and co-pilot too!!!!

I'm already looking forward to your new stories and future adventures!

And hey...don't be embarassed in any way about having too much DEMON RUM...we've all been foolish a time or two, or three, or four!! ...I know I've made a fool out of myself a few times!!


Take care Amigo!


Michael:bounce: :yes: :wow:

wilderone - 4-3-2011 at 04:11 PM

Baja Fever - you had it bad, amigo. Glad you recovered and can still post.

PS: Be happy for the good times - past and future. We should all be so afflicted ('cept the hangover part).

acadist - 4-3-2011 at 04:12 PM

New theme song for Baja Nomads' "Who Do You Love" and we know who wears the cobra snake for a necktie!

Glad your back!

roundtuit - 4-3-2011 at 05:00 PM

See Roger you do have friends that don't tell tales of other friends Welcome Back

surfer jim - 4-3-2011 at 05:08 PM

....now run for PRESIDENT.....you know how to FLIP-FLOP....:biggrin:

Is This a Cry for Help?

Gypsy Jan - 4-3-2011 at 05:21 PM

I mean, I do not know Pompano (Roger, Rogelio) and I am not any kind of person qualified to to say anything.

But, to me, this sounds like a cry for help.

woody with a view - 4-3-2011 at 05:23 PM

WOW!

imagine i said nothing.....

DENNIS - 4-3-2011 at 05:38 PM

If you only knew.

woody with a view - 4-3-2011 at 06:01 PM

i thought 'chu knew?

danaeb - 4-3-2011 at 06:03 PM

Im glad you're back. It takes a lot of cojones to unburden oneself so publicly. The irony is, I would have welcomed you back regardless.

But then, I don't live in Mulege.

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

tiotomasbcs - 4-3-2011 at 06:21 PM

How about Pompano in Asuncion with pics of Shari in short, shorts?!:tumble: Not Juan.:o Go getum, Meat! Pick up where you left off! Full speed ahead, Capt. Bingomton, said McHale. Smiles, Tio

BajaGringo - 4-3-2011 at 06:42 PM

No sweat Roger - sheet happens.

We're all just glad to have you back...

fishabductor - 4-3-2011 at 07:34 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Pompano
A PLEDGE. SO HELP ME GOD….:saint:

I will never drink again.
I will never drink again.
I will never drink again.
I will never drink again.
I will never drink again.
I will never drink again.
I will never drink again!!!


I seem to have made that pledge once or twice. I think I started the sentence with God...if you help me....

I also had my head shoved in a toilet while chanting the above... I am sure glad all that is behind me.

Neal Johns - 4-3-2011 at 08:21 PM

Good to see you back.

absinvestor - 4-3-2011 at 08:35 PM

Rum and coke- oh the memories. I too remember hanging over the toilet. One night in London after way too many rum and cokes I smelled something burning while hanging over the toilet. Turned out the burning smell was my arm laying on a hot water heat register!! On September 11th, 1999 my wife and I decided to change our drink of choice from rum and coke to just diet coke. That decision has worked out well for us!!

bajalera - 4-3-2011 at 08:38 PM

The tackle box would probably have made that story a lot shorter.

BajaBlanca - 4-3-2011 at 09:09 PM

and life is back to normal .... welcome back Mulegeno.

BornFisher - 4-3-2011 at 09:16 PM

Under the evil influence of those evil Andrew sisters I bet!!! But who could resist??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxL2uNr7bk&feature=relat...

goldhuntress - 4-3-2011 at 11:04 PM

Glad your OK:) Looking forward to your pictures and stories.

ALCOHOLIC!!!!!!!

racheldarlin - 4-4-2011 at 06:36 AM

WHAT IS WITH YOU PEOPLE. THE MAN IS A TOTAL DRUNK. A DANGER TO HIMSELF AND OTHERS. YOU WELCOME HIM BACK LIKE A CONQUERING HERO. ?????????????????????????

DENNIS - 4-4-2011 at 06:42 AM

...........................................................:lol:.......................................................

oldlady - 4-4-2011 at 06:59 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by racheldarlin
WHAT IS WITH YOU PEOPLE. THE MAN IS A TOTAL DRUNK. A DANGER TO HIMSELF AND OTHERS. YOU WELCOME HIM BACK LIKE A CONQUERING HERO. ?????????????????????????


Nah. Having had the privilege of meeting him, and knowing many total drunks, he has a ways to go to qualify. Many creative writers tipped a few, Hemingway comes to mind, didn't stop their admirers from hailing them as conquering heroes.

Drinking isn't one of the seven deadly sins in Nomadlandia. Boring and overly judgmental seem to qualify. Lighthen up, darlin'.

mulegemichael - 4-4-2011 at 07:01 AM

...and hemingway killed himself..

oldlady - 4-4-2011 at 07:07 AM

Knew that was coming. Pompano won't. Hemingway didn't have co-pilot.

fishabductor - 4-4-2011 at 07:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by racheldarlin
WHAT IS WITH YOU PEOPLE. THE MAN IS A TOTAL DRUNK. A DANGER TO HIMSELF AND OTHERS. YOU WELCOME HIM BACK LIKE A CONQUERING HERO. ?????????????????????????


Sounds like he left a lot of dead soldiers behind, as well as a trash can...so he his in fact a conquer of sorts.

been there myself once or twice...and then I did this :barf:



[Edited on 4-4-2011 by fishabductor]

grizzlyfsh95 - 4-4-2011 at 07:20 AM

OK...so what is it with the "newbies win" comment.

why do nomads glorify dwi?

mtgoat666 - 4-4-2011 at 07:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by racheldarlin
WHAT IS WITH YOU PEOPLE. THE MAN IS A TOTAL DRUNK. A DANGER TO HIMSELF AND OTHERS. YOU WELCOME HIM BACK LIKE A CONQUERING HERO. ?????????????????????????


i agree. he sounds like a mean drunk too.
he could have killed someone, just lucky he didn't. perhaps he killed a few perros (anybody missing their dog?). who knows what he hit - seems pompy doesn't even know.
it is odd that nomads are glorifying pompy's drunken driving.
drunk drivers are the worst scum of society.

mtgoat666 - 4-4-2011 at 07:24 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by grizzlyfsh95
OK...so what is it with the "newbies win" comment.


i think his story of drunken exploits has nothing to do with the original drunken declaration of never posting again.

racheldarlin - 4-4-2011 at 07:28 AM

Lady,

I am an alcoholic and know of where I speak. I also have seen him in action at Jungla Jims. He is a drunk and his friends do him a disservice by not urging him to seek help. Don't enable!!

melsallwet - 4-4-2011 at 07:33 AM

Oh Roger I do miss you!!!!!!! :bounce:

Lauriboats - 4-4-2011 at 07:43 AM

Well Roger, you did cause quite a scene in town, gave the locals something to talk about or should I say to get really upset about. I am really surprised that you were able to remember as much as you did. We all love you, please remember NO MORE RUM!!!!!!!!

racheldarlin - 4-4-2011 at 07:44 AM

David,

He needs to look himself in the face.

In your best Pirate Voice

estebanis - 4-4-2011 at 07:54 AM

"BEHOLD YE BILGE RATS WITH FEELINGS OF SADNESS.
FOR RUM SPONGING BE NOT BUT SELF WILLED MADNESS!!!"

captain4tuna - 4-4-2011 at 08:09 AM

Been there, done that and that:(......LOL. We now sitck to Mechaladas........You were looked after by other Mulegenos and what a privilege that is......Glad to see you're back. We don't post much but browse each day. We always enjoy your posts, stories and fantastic photos as we are always Baja Dreamin".

Hold off judgement Nomads as we have all had nostalgic thoughts of Nomadlandia of BACK In The DAY with a Cuba Libre or 2 or 3.....:spingrin:

soulpatch - 4-4-2011 at 08:29 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by mtgoat666
drunk drivers are the worst scum of society.


Nah, there's lots worse....you must lead a very sheltered, whatever you might call it, life I guess.

Come ride along with a few of the pigs feeding at the public trough and we'll show you some of the real scum of society....ever play with some biker Aryans on meth with weaponry?
Get a grip my sheltered one.
People flock up.....hopefully his mea culpa is a page turning.

On edit, as difficult and ugly as it can be to do, a true friend would have not let him drive.
Friends do the hard things when they need doing.

[Edited on 4-4-2011 by soulpatch]

Cypress - 4-4-2011 at 08:52 AM

Mtgoat666, A mean drunk? How would you know? Your "cheap shots" at fellow nomads are uncalled for and unseemly.

Tbone - 4-4-2011 at 08:58 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Cypress
Pompano!;D Ciao!:biggrin:


What is ciao?

ligui - 4-4-2011 at 09:13 AM

I love Rum :bounce: it can bring out the best in all of us .:P Happy to see you back , love to sit down drink a bottle with you some time .:tumble:

Martyman - 4-4-2011 at 09:15 AM

Why would you drink rum in Mexico? Stick with tequila!

Cypress - 4-4-2011 at 09:15 AM

Tbone, Ciao is Italian for howdy or bye, depends upon whether you're coming or going.;)

racheldarlin - 4-4-2011 at 09:17 AM

Why not put it to him??


HEY, ROGER

We have read all the rationalizations for being a drunk. Let's read the admission.

captain4tuna - 4-4-2011 at 09:25 AM

Not quite your business......This isn't AA

"Bless me Father, for I have sinned"

mcfez - 4-4-2011 at 09:28 AM

Well.....I missed the original post of yours. I leave for a week and you stir up the ol BN. Love it!

To come back on line as you did, making amends of the post....takes a real man to do. Once again you have painted a picture of yourself as being human......as all of us are. Show me a perfect person and I'll show you a fraud.

Being an ex Bar and Night Club owner.....I watched many men in business suits and women in their night's best attire....get smashed with the loco water.........unintentional. To call these folks drunks and/or boozers would not hold true....just a human with a drink too many.

I always find it refreshing to see that Bajanomads are human.....lets treat them as such.

[Edited on 4-4-2011 by mcfez]

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captain4tuna - 4-4-2011 at 09:30 AM

Ditto :yes:

fixtrauma - 4-4-2011 at 09:34 AM

:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

racheldarlin - 4-4-2011 at 09:40 AM

Hey Roger,

Come on. All your cheerleaders are here.

racheldarlin - 4-4-2011 at 09:44 AM

Captain

He made it every Nomads business with his post.

captain4tuna - 4-4-2011 at 09:58 AM

Not a forum for AA........but a forum for Baja adventures and adventurers......Sounds like an adventure to me. There's a reason for everything.....Besides, any admission to anything about anything is strictly up to Pompano and Co-Pilot by his side. We have all had one too many as we have all made mistakes and I believe Pompano made his amends on this one. Move on......Thank you.

captain4tuna - 4-4-2011 at 10:00 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by lencho
Quote:
Originally posted by racheldarlin
Captain

He made it every Nomads business with his post.

Seriously now, you think he was soliciting our advice or judgement with that post?

--Larry


Exactly.....

mtgoat666 - 4-4-2011 at 10:00 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by lencho
Quote:
Originally posted by racheldarlin
Captain

He made it every Nomads business with his post.

Seriously now, you think he was soliciting our advice or judgement with that post?

--Larry


yes, he knew his post would result in advice and judgement.

he is a big boy now. he can take whatever advice or comments he gets.

racheldarlin - 4-4-2011 at 10:10 AM

He is a drunk and won't admit it. His post was to solicit reinforcement of his denial and he is getting it.

captain4tuna - 4-4-2011 at 10:18 AM

Racheldarlin, you are tiresome. Your need for judgement and control is overbearing. I'm done with this conversation. Adios Amigos.
Pomapano, welcome back.

goldhuntress - 4-4-2011 at 10:22 AM

Pompano doesn't owe anybody anything, at least not on this forum. Did he F~up? Yeah, who hasn't? Did he luck out? Yep he did. Could have ended badly. The way I look at it, no harm no foul.

Pompano, maybe you can contact Rachel and give her whatever admission she's looking for and help her through this hard time she's having.

Arturo - 4-4-2011 at 10:49 AM

" ONE IS TOO MANY, AND A THOUSAND IS NEVER ENOUGH"
Took me 20 years to understand exactly what that quote really ment.
So be sure to think thrice before u pick up that first one.
Glad you dodged the bullet one more time. YOu gotta stop playing American Roulet cause one day you just might loose or win depending how you look at it.

Now, how bout a fishing report?;)

[Edited on 4-4-2011 by Arturo]

Osprey - 4-4-2011 at 11:41 AM

It all started with the poker game, the gambling. I love to play poker. I'm pretty good at it too. When it comes my turn to deal I love to play Night Baseball Chicago Lo Ball U roll Em. Sometimes Dr. Pepper Lo Ball. I get kind of confused about what beats what so when I get 6 or 7 aces then I know I got a good hand, I bet a bunch.

Sure would love to join Pompano and his pals on the beach at Santispac with my pockets full of quarters. Gettyup!

fishabductor - 4-4-2011 at 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by Osprey
It all started with the poker game, the gambling. I love to play poker. I'm pretty good at it too. When it comes my turn to deal I love to play Night Baseball Chicago Lo Ball U roll Em. Sometimes Dr. Pepper Lo Ball. I get kind of confused about what beats what so when I get 6 or 7 aces then I know I got a good hand, I bet a bunch.

Sure would love to join Pompano and his pals on the beach at Santispac with my pockets full of quarters. Gettyup!


baseball has emptied my pockets more than once!

DENNIS - 4-4-2011 at 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by captain4tuna
adventures and adventurers......


Looks like AA to me. Never thought of it that way, but, thanks.

DENNIS - 4-4-2011 at 12:19 PM

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Originally posted by Tbone
What is ciao?


Weren't you ever in the Army? :lol:

absinvestor - 4-4-2011 at 12:21 PM

Arturo- took my wife and I about 20 years to understand that phrase too. It was our adult daughter explaining how our "one too many" was effecting her and our granddaughter. From that point forward we decided that diet coke would be our choice of drink.

DENNIS - 4-4-2011 at 12:26 PM

Is all of this leading to the Aztec 12 Step??

No harm no foul

racheldarlin - 4-4-2011 at 12:31 PM

Huntress,

I have been sober for three years now. I didn't stop until one of my friends, who had not left me, said she was not willing to wait until I had hurt myself or someone else before she spoke up.

She will be my friend for the rest of my life.

racheldarlin - 4-4-2011 at 12:34 PM

Dennis,

Sometimes you are funny.

DENNIS - 4-4-2011 at 12:59 PM

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Originally posted by racheldarlin
Dennis,

Sometimes you are funny.


Well....thanks. And, since I'm not taking anything in this thread seriously, I'll continue with that as my goal. :biggrin:

DENNIS - 4-4-2011 at 01:07 PM

OK....It's time for "Do you remember?".

Does anyone here remember the young lady poster from the Mulege area who used to tear this place apart a few years back? I'm not remembering names today, but she may have had something to do with Pierce's friend....I think his name is Chuck, a real estate pimp.
Did this ever happen or am I having a bad dream?

I'm asking because I see a similarity of style in some of these posts although the English may have improved.

Skipjack Joe - 4-4-2011 at 01:10 PM

Just glad nobody got hurt and that you're doing fine, Roger.

Nostalgic about old baja? Yes, that I can relate to. Although I've been told by nomads that that's being selfish. Don't ask me why. We must welcome the new or get out of the way.

Pompano - 4-4-2011 at 03:45 PM

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Just glad nobody got hurt and that you're doing fine, Roger.

Nostalgic about old baja? Yes, that I can relate to. Although I've been told by nomads that that's being selfish. Don't ask me why. We must welcome the new or get out of the way.



How right you are, Igor.

Nostalgia is not what it used to be. ;)

tiotomasbcs - 4-4-2011 at 06:04 PM

If you've been coming to Baja for a long time then you suffer from Nostalgia. Not a real bad thing just common to remember when, no?! First I came to San Miguel and then south to Casas. Great era of innocence and adventure. Later the southern climates called. Again, wide open places! We've all adjusted our outlook and perspectives! Hell, if I don't lower my expectations a little , I'm gonna be disappointed! Even worse up north. Very few small towns ! I'm still very lucky to be living fulltime in Baja . Seguro que si! There's a dozen or more places I can hide out in.:rolleyes::coolup: Go getit! It's still there, Amigos. Sale, Tio :o

Pompano - 4-4-2011 at 06:14 PM

I know exactly what you mean and feel, Tio. Pretty soon I am on an adventure to find that Baja again..in Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, and back to Baja Sur. The Baja Feeling still exists..in all of us who love her.

Nostalgia or Grieving ?

motoged - 4-4-2011 at 06:56 PM

When I read comments about "nostalgia" being the source of emotional/behavioural turmoil, I see that in some of those situations, what folks are really struggling with is the impact of "Loss".

I agree that nostalgia isn't what it used to be...

When we look back at "The good ol' days", we tend to get semi-mental about it all...;D

People need to recognize that we can never "go back" to anything....we are only moving forward to a memory of the past....we can't go back....only forwards

That idea of "expectation" only sets up the "disappointment " that is the flip-side of every expectation :light:

Thinking one can recapture the past is part of the transitional phase of struggling with accepting the present...some might say it is an aspect of denial of the unpleasant present situation...but I wouldn't call it denial....I would call it "bargaining"....

Denial is a term we must reserve only for those notions which our mind has not yet entertained and/or accepted...

Once we have entertained a concept, any other dealings with it are aspects of management of that notion....accepting it and integrating it into our life....or resisting it and creating only conflict within ourselves (and externally for others)...

When one gives up a place, people, and a significant part of their personal identity and sense of Self...it is a huge transition that is usually earmarked by all sorts of transitional adaptations....and mal-adaptations.

Sadness is part of that grieving, as is anger, confusion, uncertainty, and deal-making....and after a while, a person usually moves forward into their new reality.

No one can return to the old days....they can only pretend to for a while...then they realize the illusion of it all....and claw their way forward.

For some folks, setting a goal is like throwing an anchor in front of us and dragging ourselves towards it.

For others it is a cheerier activity...

I am a nostalgic type myself...I will sometimes shed a tear or twenty of sorrow with the bitter-sweet taste it sets up...and am learning how to see how those attachments are sometimes the anchors that keep me from moving forwards.

Who said some changes would go smoothly?

monoloco - 4-4-2011 at 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by captain4tuna
Not quite your business......This isn't AA
AA is for quitters!:lol:

Marc - 4-4-2011 at 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by bajamedic
And now, about that Pinto Derby, the Whale Shark in front of the casa and the bait fish washing up on shore… we are waiting… OK maybe just a few photos of some adventures with Co Pilot would hold us off for a few. JH


Or just photos of Co-Pilot:o:o:o

vgabndo - 4-4-2011 at 07:36 PM

Does Sara know this?

tiotomasbcs - 4-4-2011 at 07:42 PM

Motoged, sorry but, whaaaat!!!!t??!:o Don't understand complex psychological explanations!:O Sadness, despair, ...not! Suck it up, amigos!!:biggrin: It doesn't pay to wallow in the darkness! Hope I'm right but it's worked so far! Smiles Tio ps be my pillow?!

DENNIS - 4-4-2011 at 08:50 PM

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Originally posted by motoged
No one can return to the old days....they can only pretend to for a while...then they realize the illusion of it all....and claw their way forward.



The old days are ours to do with what our capabilities allow. It happened and we were there. No illusions about that for a healthy mind. Relive it to your hearts content. Process the negatives, discard them and move on taking the positives with you.

The present and future are the stuff of illusions and will be nothing but illusory until they too have happened. The healthy mind will design a positive transition of illusions to beneficial realities to be drawn upon when a need for self-approval arises.

Be good to yourselves. Design good memories and live in the past as often as possible. It's a safe, healthy place to be. :biggrin:

Bajatripper - 4-5-2011 at 05:57 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

The old days are ours to do with what our capabilities allow. It happened and we were there. No illusions about that for a healthy mind. Relive it to your hearts content. Process the negatives, discard them and move on taking the positives with you.

The present and future are the stuff of illusions and will be nothing but illusory until they too have happened. The healthy mind will design a positive transition of illusions to beneficial realities to be drawn upon when a need for self-approval arises.

Be good to yourselves. Design good memories and live in the past as often as possible. It's a safe, healthy place to be. :biggrin:


Ahh, now I see why there are no pictures of our sage, there are no cameras on those Tibetan mountain tops.

Well, said Dennis.

racheldarlin - 4-5-2011 at 06:43 AM

What a bunch of psycho-babbling drivel.

Pampano has writen that it was some overwhelming sense of nostalgia that drove him to get stinking drunk and show his ass in public. It is the old "the devil made me do it" defense to rationalize and justify his drunken behavior and it appears several people are trying to help him.

A drunk has thousands of excuses for drinking. This one is just a little more sophisticated.

Marc - 4-5-2011 at 06:55 AM

Growing old is not for sissies. I turn 70 day after tomorrow. I look in the mirror and see my father when he was an old man. Kinda scary. The only thing that never changes is change itself. I spend a lot of time nowadays thinking of the past and a few drinks seems to brighten my memory. Just because a man gets drunk now and then does not qualify him for AA.

racheldarlin - 4-5-2011 at 07:07 AM

Marc

Ask around Mulege. This is not new and, yes, I have witnessed him in action.

mtgoat666 - 4-5-2011 at 07:24 AM

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Originally posted by racheldarlin
Marc

Ask around Mulege. This is not new and, yes, I have witnessed him in action.


give up racheldarlin!
nomads don't care what you got to say.
nomads love a jolly drunk!

[Edited on 4-5-2011 by mtgoat666]

racheldarlin - 4-5-2011 at 07:33 AM

Goat,

I know. The subject of alcoholism cuts real close to the bone on this forum.

So many windmills - so little time!!

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