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vgabndo
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Maybe I should change my handle to ScamSpotter
I suppose if these forums were a bit more high brow, then sneaking in a secret moral question might be a little more "fair game". This one didn't
bother me nearly as much as the one a while back from someone in Mulege, I think, which was published as truth and turned out to be a very old urban
legend.
This bunch has demonstrated many times in the past that they are very appreciative of good fiction. I think it is pretty much OK with most of us to
go ahead and call it that.
dos centavos, keep the change
[Edited on 3-27-2006 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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oladulce
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For years we've been living in this place (California) that we've grown to hate, where we don't bother to surf anymore because it's so crowded. We're
here only for the work, while we're getting our real lives set up.
We go to work where it's our jobs to resusitate real dead people. Come home and pass the time on a silly BB reading stories about fake dead people.
Our lives are like the downward spiral of this thread- they suck right now. But very soon we'll hit the bottom, push off, and emerge in the sunshine
and this will all be a blur.
uhhh, what was the topic?
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The Sculpin
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Mood: Riding into the Sunset, looking for a sunrise.
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I'm telling you guys, throwing rocks really helps! Try it! Something about hurling a million year old piece of earth through the air, only to have it
crash back down where it will spend another eternity just lying there.....ohhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm............
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Diver
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Originally posted by Natalie Ann
David.... my wishing you'd be quiet on just one topic just one time?
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Sounded to me like she wants me gone (from Nomad at least)...
It would sure be nice if people could contribute to this forum without the rush to criticize what someone voluteered to share here...
No wonder so many of the older contributers don't write here much or at all, anymore. You complainers make it just not worth it...
If you don't have something nice to say, how about shutting up. Constructive criticism is fine, personal insults are unwelcome by most, I would
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1. Just like you DK to take Nat's comment and martyr your poor self by exhagerating her comments ridiculously.
2. You are apparently the only valid judge of what is constructive critisizm and what is insulting (to you).
3. Unfortunately, some of our older contributors are passed. The rest may have just gotten tired of DK and left ?? And who is doing the complaining,
DK: you too !?
4.You say you want "free speech" but only on your terms. Telling others to "shut-up" ?
And yes, I realize that these comments will be a waste of my typing to DK. All has been tried before. He will likely either delete his previous posts
or respond to some inflated, exhagerated interpretation of my words. Worse that trying to argue with some blonds I dated in college; sometimes you
just need a break (like Nat). (Although she didn't tell anyone to "shut-up".)
My personal opinion is that Woody manipulated the conversation, one way or the other. I don't like being manipulated. I think his actions were wrong.
I have decided that without his apology to the board, I will not read his posts anymore. That is my right.
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Frank
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Im throwing rocks.....
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
Now that everyone is firmly planted on their own moral high ground, I shall confess.
The purpose of this photo was to provoke a reaction. I had three choices, play the role of the lifesaving hero, the callous gringo, or post nothing.
I'm glad I made the decision to post. I also stand by the statements I made while this was still an "actual" event.
We parked on the northbound side and the man was doing something about 20? east of the road. I walked up the trail looking for some seeds and
exchanged ?hola?s with the man. When I returned about five minutes later the man was crossing the road away from our truck. The man had just asked my
son for some pesos who instead gave him a coke and a tamale (left over from carmelita?s) and the man walked away, into the brush. As we started to go
search the west side of the highway for seeds we saw the guy enjoying his lunch and I figgered it?d make a good photo.
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I am still sceptical of this post . in your photo it dose not look like a man enjoying a meal to me. I'm still thinking that you wrote the truth or
more of it in the original posting.
but weather or not this is a farce I am glad you posted it and think you have every right to do so. I love the controversy and I am really surprised
by the responses of some of the other Nomads.
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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David K
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I think that there is a big difference between free speech or constructive comments and personal attacks, hate, etc.
Why is negativity so important to you? Can't a Baja discussion forum survive without it... ?
Can't our love for Baja unite us as friends?
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Tomas Tierra
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If you put the rock in a resotera (slingshot) and wing it you will have more time to pick up another and "snap" wing it.
Hang in ther Ola Dulce!!
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oladulce
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Sculpin and Tomas-
Instead of hurling rocks, what if we took the really big ones and ran under water with them, like the Hawaiian guys.
The next good swell or big surf trip we'd be in such good shape that we'd get all the waves.
That would make me feel even better.
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JZ
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I vote for the sunset.
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vgabndo
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Oladulce
I understand what you are saying about where you live, and I REALLY HONESTLY wish it were better for you, but SoCal is only a small part of
California.
Where we live, there are only about six people per square mile, we don't have to lock our doors, and we flush our toilets with exactly the same water
that Dannon puts in their plastic bottles.
We need good EMTs and although it is colder and less dymanic, the snowboarding is super.
As for throwing rocks, I've found it more calming to stack them.
[Edited on 3-28-2006 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Cypress
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Stacking Rocks
Best pile of rocks I ever saw!
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
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Thanks Cypress
It will be kind of a hassle, but if you substitute an "@" in the link below, you can cut and paste it and see some other examples if it interests you.
These are mostly "bio-degradable" falling with the next tide, or strong wind, or bird landing on them. Some have stood a long time.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sims-inspect*at*sbcglobal.net/...
[Edited on 3-27-2006 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Bajabus
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Location: Elias Calles B.C.S. or NC USA
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Mood: My friends..it's good.
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Ha...LOL great thread....Don't know what I would have done...the whole Catavinia area gives me the creeps but the delegado there is a real nice guy.
J.Oracio Tonche Davila. He helped me and my wife out in January when we stopped to help save the life of a man named Jim Munson general manager of
Big league Dreams in Mira Loma CA. He was in bad shape when we came upon him on the side of the road near his flipped over SUV just south of
Catvinia. we got him in the car, blood everywhere he was conscious but losing blood fast from a large gash in his arm. The Delegado instructed us to
head north and get to the military check point and he would get an ambulance to us. As luck would have it they had a young trauma surgeon from Mexico
city that trained at Fort Bragg I think it was in combat trauma. he had a whole surgical kit and cleaned out the gash took off our tourniquet and
packed the wound with gauze. The Delegado came and said the ambulance would take too long so he took Mr Munson all the way to the hospital in San
Quintin at top speed. A few weeks later we got a nice e-mail and subsequent tel call thanking us for stopping and helping. He said two cars passed
him by while he was on the side of the road waving. I would do it again in a heart beat. But I do admit the woody scenario in that area would have
given me pause.
"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked of such a thing."
Dwight David Eisenhower
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Baja Bernie
`Normal` Nomad Correspondent
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Bus
"you" have restored my faith in most Baja People!
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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Tomas Tierra
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Location: oxnard, ca
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Ola...If the water wasn't friggin 52 degrees I might considr it...BRRRRRR!
[Edited on 4-1-2006 by Tomas Tierra]
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Sharksbaja
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My goodness!
Missing all the fun while I was away.
Sooooooooo, you want entertainment? You got it!
Is pranking yer fellow Nomads a no-no! Hmmmmmm?
I don't find this baited thread entertaining. I find it disturbing.
Dead and dying people are no fun all. Woody, have you been around many? Apparently not.
What's the point? Of course it inspired thinking. So? It also inspired fear. Fear is something not sought out here intentionnally is it? I doubt
it.
I swear Osprey could have wrote this, and had he, all of of who know his writings would realize it was fiction. Now Woody on the other hand....... Can
you imagine Judy posting the like. Yes, I would believe her.
Now, however, I am more the wiser.
I guess some folks take a life and death situation seriously.
I do, real ones anyway.
You bit off a big one here Woody.
Nomads never cease to amaze me.
[Edited on 4-3-2006 by Sharksbaja]
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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The squarecircle
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Location: El Cajon
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Greetings; >>>>> TRUST and TRUTH are dictionary neighbors capable of radiating warm and secure feelings!! They are my friends.. I
find that reference book a more satisfying read than the previous wasted 6 long pages above.. Where is the truth and trust ---- Sign of the times
maybe and yes ------ I know it takes all kinds.. >>>>> Best Regards, sq.
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