"overbuilt"

I finally took the time to stop and shoot this.

I'd like to know the story of the statue, and who owns the white house too.

holy upskirt?

I have a great shot of that also but i have never figured out how to post pics

and if you're sightseeing in the area don't forget the famous boob house in el pescador!

You're kidding. Not for the Lactose intollerant, I suspect.
I watched that place being built, and ride out the hellacious wind storm we had around '98 or '99. It was my impression that it leaned appreciably more to the south....more reclined... after the storm.

Anyway that place has a story as well.
There is/was a local TJ artist who built some kind of large public art display in a canyon of TJ, and received some notariety for his effort as "art."
He took his new celebrity status down the road and built the boob place, not as a restaurant, but as an art project.

That's all I remember.

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Originally posted by castaway$ I have a great shot of that also but i have never figured out how to post pics

It takes just a little practice... here again are a couple of methods for posting photos on Nomad:


There is some misunderstanding about how to post photos... There are two methods...

One is direct onto Nomad from your PC files, using the 'Browse' button under the normal posting box... In that case you can only post one photo per post AND it MUST be UNDER 50 kb. is file size. Since this is smaller than most all photos you have on you PC, you need to make a duplicate file with the photo size REDUCED to under 50 kb.

The BETTER way to show your photos is to hot link to them stored on another website... such as Photobucket.com. It is free (to a certain limit) and has an automatic resizing service... In this case, Nomad requests photos to not exceed 800 pixels in width.

On Photobucket, to upload from your PC,

1) click the red button 'Upload now'.

2) In the next window you see, at the top of the big box, in small blue letters, click: Customize your upload options

3) In the pop up see these choices (and more to resize to):
100x75
160x120
320x240
640x480
800x600
1024x768 ...

>>Pick 640x480 for most photos... this is the selection refered to as 'Large'.
>>Pick 800x600 for maps or max. detail images max. size to fit on 15" screens.

4) Select photos (press Select Photos button) from your PC to resize and store on Photobucket. You can have multiple files to organize them.

Now, to put on Nomad!

1) Place your mouse arrow over the photo you want and get a small pop up with some codes for linking them to various media.

See the one called 'IMG code'? Click your mouse on it to copy it.

2) On the Nomad posting box, paste that code.

You can have text above or below the image link... have several images perhaps a dozen max... and then do a reply post to add more... so as to not have too many on a single frame.

The photo url begins with http:// and ends with .jpg (usually) and the IMG code puts your photos url between the tags [img] and [/img]

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If your photo is already on a web site, you can click this icon located above where you type onto Nomad (not quick reply):



and just put in the image url, and the tags are automatically added on to show your photo here. (make sure the http:// isn't in the url twice)

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Originally posted by tripledigitken I finally took the time to stop and shoot this. I'd like to know the story of the statue, and who owns the white house too.

O boy O boy O boy is THIS caption contest tempting.

[Edited on 9-2-2012 by vgabndo]

We have always called him 'Buddy Jesus', taken from George Carlin in the movie Dogma. Just another friendly reminder I am back in Baja

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Originally posted by tripledigitken I finally took the time to stop and shoot this. I'd like to know the story of the statue, and who owns the white house too.

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Originally posted by Bob H Quote: Originally posted by tripledigitken I finally took the time to stop and shoot this. I'd like to know the story of the statue, and who owns the white house too. He is in the process of signaling a TOUCHDOWN !!

immaculate reception?

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Originally posted by tripledigitken

Christ of the Sacred Heart near Rosarito

For long time Nomads, I am going to bring onboard two very controversial words for some, namely "Nancy Conroy", former editor of the Gringo Gazette North.

Evidently the paper's online archive has expired, so I will try to summarize from memory her story about this monument.

The statue and the land that it stands on was donated to the Catholic church by the owner, a very devout man who wanted to thank his faith for his and his family's good fortune.

He paid to bring in skilled artisans from all around Mexico. The statue took about four-to-five years to finish and required at least two high-rise construction cranes to put it in place. It is covered in marine fiberglass and painted in marine quality varnish. I can tell you from personal observation that the original colors were very bright, even garish by some standards, but like everything exposed to the harsh prevailing ocean wind, colors soften and get fainter over time, which I am pretty sure is what they planned.

If I remember correctly, the Christ of the Sacred Heart is taller than the iconic statue on the hill in Rio de Janeiro.

The patron refused to accept any applause, fame or thanks for his gift. He turned down all requests to speak about it to local media.

He is widely known as a very devout man and his wish was that the statue would become a worldwide beacon for pilgrims seeking healing.

Now, moving on to the Mermaid house, the generous endowments are part of a balcony from which you can dive into the pool down below, (AHEM!) Or so I have been told.


[Edited on 9-2-2012 by Gypsy Jan]

"I swear to Christ.....that yellowtail was this big."

Cheese and rice!!!! Does spewed coffee ruin a keyboard???

here's the artist relaxing in his, uh boob. if you're wondering what is down in the nether regions, the hot tub!