Gypsy Jan
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A Conversation With My Housekeeper
She is also my friend.
(What follows is my bad translation of our conversation in Spanish, today.)
Amiga: "I have tamales for you, sweet and savory and a bottle of the hot sauce my mother makes that you like so much!"
Me: (Squealing like a stepped-on cat with excitement.) "Oh, this is wonderful! Thank you so much!"
Amiga: "I have an upset stomach today, so I am only going to clean half your house. You are not going to pay me for today."
Me: "That's nonsense. We are going to pay you for today."
Amiga: "I can send my friend to finish the cleaning today."
Me: "No, please, it's OK, we will be fine until you are feeling better."
Amiga: "My house is full of people and it is very difficult. I am going to my father's house now so I can rest."
Me: "Please, go there and get some sleep and rest."
[Edited on 12-26-2013 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
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woody with a view
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maybe those tamales are bad? i'm guessing she ate a couple or so?
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Bob and Susan
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common for "day-after-the-holiday"
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BajaBlanca
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These are excellent glimpses into life in Mexico and with a spouse. Hope you keep them coming, I am having a blast reading them.
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EnsenadaDr
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Yeah, what is it with these housekeepers sending their friends? I had one give me the same excuse and wanted to send her buddy over!!
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neilm81301
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It's that d*&^ working class..
...they're the same everywhere. You just can't get good help anymore. why, just yesterday, my cousin from Manhattan called me and told me, you know
what she found when she got back from France?.....
| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Yeah, what is it with these housekeepers sending their friends? I had one give me the same excuse and wanted to send her buddy over!!
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.....uh... I was meanin' some satire here.. pretty thin, I know.
I'm with BajaBlanca - I love to read the Gypsy's stuff!
Neil
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Pompano
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It's an epidemic. I can't get my housekeeper to stop smiling...no matter what havoc I wreak.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Bubba
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I still have the same house keeper after over almost 50 yrs, what seems to be the problem?
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EnsenadaDr
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bubba
I still have the same house keeper after over almost 50 yrs, what seems to be the problem? |
:Who, your
wife?
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micah202
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Yeah, what is it with these housekeepers sending their friends? I had one give me the same excuse and wanted to send her buddy over!!
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...it's straight out of the 'Dealing with Gringo's handbook....
............#17...if you're unable to fulfill your shift,,be SURE to provide a replacement yourself,,they'll appreciate the effort,,and it'll
hopefully prevent Mr or Mrs Gringa find someone they like more!
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[Edited on 12-29-2013 by micah202]
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micah202
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..what,,nobody??--I thought that was pretty funny,no?
| Quote: | Originally posted by micah202
| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Yeah, what is it with these housekeepers sending their friends? I had one give me the same excuse and wanted to send her buddy over!!
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...it's straight out of the 'Dealing with Gringo's handbook....
............#17...if you're unable to fulfill your shift,,be SURE to provide a replacement yourself,,they'll appreciate the effort,,and it'll
hopefully prevent Mr or Mrs Gringa find someone they like more!
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[Edited on 12-29-2013 by micah202] |
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micah202
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
| Quote: | Originally posted by micah202
...it's straight out of the 'Dealing with Gringo's handbook.... |
Oh, those domestics!  |
...hilarious!!
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