bajacalifornian
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Family Beach Picnic In Lopez Mateos*
*From the would/could never let this happen in America collection.
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mcfez
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PR disaster
Well....at least the dog wont risk drowning...only smart one of the bunch. 17 humans on that rig.....how many children are wearing life jackets?
Hello. Hello? Hello?
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Well....at least the dog wont risk drowning...only smart one of the bunch. 17 humans on that rig.....how many children are wearing life jackets?
Hello. Hello? Hello? |
I took one look and was thinking the same thing!
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And, I'll bet they all returned home safe and sound. A nice thing about boating out of Lopez Mateos is that you don't have to share the estero with a
bunch of drunks in overpowered speed boats, and other boaters generally have the courtesy and good sense to slow down so their wakes don't swamp an
outing such as this.
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bill,,,,,that boat is a diaster waiting to happen.....C.G. aux 6-9 ...out.
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Oh
Let's turn a nice photo into a disaster. The sky is falling the sky is falling!
What is like to worry about everything and never have fun?? Jeez.
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The sky did fall for these folks
| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
Oh
Let's turn a nice photo into a disaster. The sky is falling the sky is falling!
What is like to worry about everything and never have fun?? Jeez. |
If there’s a callus on my tongue from going “tsk, tsk, tsk,” it got there from reading newspaper articles about people drowning while just trying to
have a little fun.
I picture people in boats or on a beach, their laughs turning to screams when they realize a friend or loved one has disappeared. Soon, anguished
howls echo across the sea, lake, river or pond when they realize the person is now a drowning victim.
If you’re not already a habitual life-vest wearer, I doubt there’s much anyone can say to adjust your attitude. But you should realize drownings are
so common that water-safety specialists accurately predict annual drowning numbers and how most will occur.
According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, roughly 4,400 people drown each year in the United States. Of that group, about
3,565, or 81 percent, are males, and about 1,000 are children younger than age 15. Further, for each child who drowns, another four are hospitalized
for nearly drowning.
[Edited on 2-2-2011 by mcfez]
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bajacalifornian
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My closest brother in Lopez . . . had his two year old son scraping the bottom of a boat with a knife. The knife was dull. Couldn't have hurt
anything, try as you might. The child copied what his father was doing. That is where everyone on this boat comes from. I've lost photos with
crashes over time. I'd had one of Jorge, coming in. A few miles out. Three inches of free board. We took the human weight off, but come on. Will
we shut down Loreto because not one city block meets gringo standards? No. Common sense applies, in Mexico. I like living' without rules, when
common sense applies.
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bajacalifornian, Somebody once said "common sense ain't too common anymore". He was right.
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Martyman
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
What is like to worry about everything and never have fun?? Jeez. |
I picture people in boats or on a beach, their laughs turning to screams when they realize a friend or loved one has disappeared. Soon, anguished
howls echo across the sea, lake, river or pond when they realize the person is now a drowning victim.
[Edited on 2-2-2011 by mcfez] |
Oh..those are your thoughts. Eeek... keep away downer boy!
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bajacalifornian
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Hey Cypress . . . it's common as anything down here. Has to be.
I understand. Can't happen in Mission Bay. Can't happen in Newport Beach.
This is Lopez. No wind, no rain, no storm & no hurricane. Flat water. Parents love their children. Boat balanced. Shallows all along the way,
intimately known by these pangeros.
[Edited on 2-3-2011 by bajacalifornian]
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Limit of a higher function is here
What....it's okay for the kids of Baja to drown because it's common?
Common? "It's baja" ? That dog in the picture....got more brains than you guys. So your statements imply that Baja natives are ignorant and for the
most part....caveman like humans that think on a lower level such as primate.
Each of you would add your kids to this boat in question, without life jackets? I dont expect any of you answering that question....
I am not some newbie to Mexico.....nor a knucklehead that thinks it's okay to overload a boat full of kids and adults. I have seen many boats go out
with life jackets and proper seaman's regulations, far more than not.......in Mexico and 27 other countries.
[Edited on 2-3-2011 by mcfez]
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bajacalifornian
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Deno . . . I called a rescue shelter in San Diego stating I'd like to bring the dog to Loreto. Absolutely not! I was told. Not one of their dogs!
My wife called later, interested, saying we lived in Jamul, I think. No problem.
My dog takes a dip in the Sea several times a day when it is hot. Lives like a rockstar.
Not the same as danger to a child in a boat. But same mind set.
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...and this sort of thing happens all the time in Mexico... even when a Nomad doesn't post a photo of it... Don't shoot the messnger amigos!
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true story.
our panguero buddies, at a place Shari and/or I won't divulge, have been fishing a certain stretch of coastline for 3 generations. you'd think they
were exceptional watermen by now. they are, except THEY CAN'T SWIM! at 50 years old, 2nd gen, and they still leave their brand new (at one time!) life
vests in the back of the truck - back on the beach!
just too much faith in the power of the 40hp yamaha (and no oars, or anyone to come looking for them when the offshores pop up!) for my taste buds....
buena suerte compas...... por siempre!
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Martyman
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
What....it's okay for the kids of Baja to drown because it's common?
Common? "It's baja" ? That dog in the picture....got more brains than you guys. So your statements imply that Baja natives are ignorant and for the
most part....caveman like humans that think on a lower level such as primate.
Each of you would add your kids to this boat in question, without life jackets? I dont expect any of you answering that question....
I am not some newbie to Mexico.....nor a knucklehead that thinks it's okay to overload a boat full of kids and adults. I have seen many boats go out
with life jackets and proper seaman's regulations, far more than not.......in Mexico and 27 other countries.
[Edited on 2-3-2011 by mcfez] |
You just don't get it at all. Sorry were all not like you.
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
What....it's okay for the kids of Baja to drown because it's common?
Common? "It's baja" ? That dog in the picture....got more brains than you guys. So your statements imply that Baja natives are ignorant and for the
most part....caveman like humans that think on a lower level such as primate.
Each of you would add your kids to this boat in question, without life jackets? I dont expect any of you answering that question....
I am not some newbie to Mexico.....nor a knucklehead that thinks it's okay to overload a boat full of kids and adults. I have seen many boats go out
with life jackets and proper seaman's regulations, far more than not.......in Mexico and 27 other countries.
[Edited on 2-3-2011 by mcfez] |
You just don't get it at all. Sorry were all not like you. |
It's okay...nobody blames you for being inferior.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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