Gypsy Jan
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4275
Registered: 1-27-2004
Member Is Offline
Mood: Depends on which way the wind is blowing
|
|
Errands in TJ, yesterday evening, 15 Jan 08
He had an appointment with the surgeon for a check up on an outpatient procedure and I needed to pick up my glasses.
All was calm in the Rio district. Hubby asked the doctor about the recent violence; the doctor just shrugged and said that it had nothing to do with
them, the people of Tijuana who go to work everyday at their regular jobs to support their families and improve their lives.
[Edited on 1-17-2008 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
the doctor just shrugged and said that it had nothing to do with them, the people of Tijuana who go to work everyday at their regular jobs to support
their families and improve their lives.
|
He just didn't want to talk with you about it. It's too hard to believe that anybody in Tijuana can feel that detached from reality.
|
|
|
Dannyrose
Junior Nomad
Posts: 29
Registered: 5-27-2007
Member Is Offline
|
|
I don't know Dennis, I was in Rosarito the morning they took the guns away from the police. I read about in on this forum, went down and mentioned it
to the security guard. He shrugged as well. I walked up to Juarez Blvd past the police station to the bakery. There were police coming and going in a
normal fashion. The morning seemed no different then any other....
|
|
|
paul r
Nomad
Posts: 160
Registered: 4-18-2004
Location: San Luis Obispo/ La Mision
Member Is Offline
|
|
... this is so true of the mexican culture, as americans we can't seem to get it..., my friends here work hard, respect their beliefs, love their
families, and hope for a beer after work... ,violence, drugs, bullchit hype, well .... manana!... there a great proud people....
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
They play their cards close to the chest. I once asked a neighbor who her next-door neighbor of twenty years was and she shrugged her shoulders
saying, I don't know.
Unlike us, Mexicans don't spill their guts to strangers.
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
