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dtbushpilot
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From Ensenada to El Rosario......
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Before you cross into gringolandandia....you know that place don't you? Where you can fold up on a sidewalk with a heart attack or stroke and
passersby nudge you with their toe and growl...."Crawl out of the way you gawddamned drunk!"
Edited "you" beats "tou" any day of the week.
[Edited on 2-12-2014 by DavidE]
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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tripledigitken
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Seems to me, given your recent medical history of hightailing it to the US for treatment, you should be less critical of "gringolandandia". Short
term memory loss?
| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
Before you cross into gringolandandia....you know that place don't you? Where you can fold up on a sidewalk with a heart attack or stroke and
passersby nudge you with their toe and growl...."Crawl out of the way you gawddamned drunk!"
Edited "you" beats "tou" any day of the week.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Yeah those sidewalk hospitals and doctor pedestrians are five star. My mistake
If you can't separate the drug-dazed, elitist, based ethos of "the typical gringo" from an average Mexicano in Mexico I feel sorry for you. You do not
know Mexico.
Down here when I stumble on steps, must mount one step both feet then another -- there is usually a rush of people to grab my elbow. Up north I might
as well be a roomba. I have been jostled so many times (I walk in an obviously disabled fashion) that I have fallen a half dozen times in the USA. The
rude individuals never even looked back.
When I had a disc go badly herniated in Mexico and the folks in the nearby farmacias similares saw my distress at climbing the steps, THEY INSISTED on
coming to the car window, taking my order, filling it and then bringing the sack back filled with change.
I PAID AND PAY FOR THE MEDICAL service I get in Mexico and in the USA. Know of any MRI and CatScan machines in central Baja California? That's the
first thing that they did to me in San Diego.
I do not live in Mexico for "The Fine Beaches" or a 3,000 pound marlin, indian pottery, or because the society acts "Mexican Sombrero Cactus Ethic" I
live in Mexico because of the people, my family included. The youngsters are less drug addled, my neighbors know my name, I wave and wave back a
hundred times a day, shake hands several dozen, people ask about my health and I will be DAMNED if I have in my 68 years ever encountered that in a
town of 100 or one million in the USA.
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motoged
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One rarely earns the respect of a perspective gained by standing on the back of criticism 
Don't believe everything you think....
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
my neighbors know my name,
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-mi0r0LpXo&feature=kp
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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DavidE
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Location: Baja California México
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Persacktly...
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tripledigitken
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I didn't compare gringos to mexicans. Don't presume to know any of my knowledge of Mexico either.
I only spoke to the medical care you got nob. If I were in a similar situation I would temper my insults directed back there.
You're not unique in this, I've read of other expats with similar stories.
BTW. Ive not lived in Mex for 50 years, but I've been visiting for 58 years. I have been posting photos here of my travels to Baja for 7 years, I
believe they speak to my love of Mex and its people.
Regards
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Yeah those sidewalk hospitals and doctor pedestrians are five star. My mistake
If you can't separate the drug-dazed, elitist, based ethos of "the typical gringo" from an average Mexicano in Mexico I feel sorry for you. You do not
know Mexico.
Down here when I stumble on steps, must mount one step both feet then another -- there is usually a rush of people to grab my elbow. Up north I might
as well be a roomba. I have been jostled so many times (I walk in an obviously disabled fashion) that I have fallen a half dozen times in the USA. The
rude individuals never even looked back.
When I had a disc go badly herniated in Mexico and the folks in the nearby farmacias similares saw my distress at climbing the steps, THEY INSISTED on
coming to the car window, taking my order, filling it and then bringing the sack back filled with change.
I PAID AND PAY FOR THE MEDICAL service I get in Mexico and in the USA. Know of any MRI and CatScan machines in central Baja California? That's the
first thing that they did to me in San Diego.
I do not live in Mexico for "The Fine Beaches" or a 3,000 pound marlin, indian pottery, or because the society acts "Mexican Sombrero Cactus Ethic" I
live in Mexico because of the people, my family included. The youngsters are less drug addled, my neighbors know my name, I wave and wave back a
hundred times a day, shake hands several dozen, people ask about my health and I will be DAMNED if I have in my 68 years ever encountered that in a
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