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Skip_Mac
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Sad, sad...so many good and caring people with helpful motives, hijacked by a trio of flame baiters led by the F-ano. I feel really bad that this
otherwise valuable forum for a supportive community...gets diverted and polluted by persistent flaming and the resulting emotional (a planned
consequence which perversely reinforces the flamers).
I love many aspects of my trips to the various parts of Baja. I love the cooperative and helpful attitude of the locals and many travellers as well
(Sheri..did Mary tell you that we had a blow out on the way back from BoLA after visiting you in G N so many years ago...
Mary always depended on AAA..so had no jack or tire tools (and I never thought to check..I always traveled with two jacks, two spares, fix-a-flat and
food and water as a geologist...it's the assumptions that come back to bite you) anyway, who stops but a fully equipped anglo part time resident who
stopped and offered all possible help and a few special places to stay/visit on the way back. I don't even remember his name..but he helped a couple
in a tan Landcruiser FJ-60 on the road to B o LA, while on his way to pick up a kayaker for a friend.
Oh and Antonio at the Turtle rescue, my mother remembered him from a grad school class trip to Baja a decade before... I found out as I related the
stories about him to her later. We dissected an oar fish which washed up at La Gringaa (the guy was completely empty!) may have starved for some
reason.
Antonio buried it in the compound so as to be able to recover the skeleton. I recall it was about 14 feet long. Mary made sketches while I did
measurements and dissection. Oh and the party after at Antonio's.. beer beef and fish...Many exceptional people from walks of life strange to me (I
felt intimidated and was pretty quite...Mary is always Bubbly in a group)..
That's some of what makes Baja Special. Flame baiting, angry or disappointed people (who's beer is always warm and empty..or who choose to pee in
their own corn flakes...and everyone else's)...don't impress me as what Baja is all about.
Yeah, We have has stuff stolen from the car in Peueto Nueve..been "over"charged (a very RELATIVE concept... but, Since My Beer is always full and
cold, and I will thrash anyone who tries to pee in my cornflakes...I agree with Capt George. Flame baiting has no constructive place on these
comments. It destroys not builds a community spirit. Tolerance must HAVE LIMITS.
I am not a therapist and people who wish to expose their need for therapy...should be directed to it, Not Here..to victimize the rest of us.
I'ae had my rant. My Opinion and my feeling are MY OWN.. If you choose to disagree, so what? Do I Live for you?
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Skeet/Loreto
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Fulano: You Tried but failed .
Book Learnin is that stuff you get from reading Books! Experience is that stuff you get from interacting with People! I am surprised that a College
Graduate under the GI> Bill did not learn that womewhere along the Way.?
Now if it is not too much trouble, where have you been in Baja Sur that is Not Safe?//
I just came back from a Trip to Mulege and was there when the Bandits stole the 206 at gunpoint.
It did not Scare me!. Does it Scare You??
Stayed in Loreto at a Mexican Hotel, not a Tourist Hotel.
I did not observe anything to SCARE Me!!
Maybe because of my Background and Experience in Baja Sur , South Central La, East La, Oakland, San Francisco, and my Book Learnin the Past 77 years
have taught Respect for my Fellowman.
What happened to make you Hate so Much? I do pity You. May God Bless you and Forgive you!
Skeet/Loreto
Anon The Preacher
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1000lbBlue
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Amongst reading a bunch of crap fighting and seeing some awsome photos and great stories nobody really highlighted the camping! When you have a house
i can see how that can be your destination or your true home but what about the camping?!?! I have been on many a trip and nothing is better than
waking up with the sun and making coffee in the middle of the desert and then loading the rig and heading to the coast. So much true desolation you
can get to and swim in the ocean or the sea with just you and your friends/family. I have had so many wonderful times out there. How about the stars
at night when you are miles from nowhere? Catching breakfast, dinner and lunch. Long walks in canyons and the rarely found rock art. Mescal and
bellenas for those of you who drink. Clean air and of course the cactus. Surfing long right points. How about helping another traveler of any orgin
out? Off roading... I mean the best part of baja is the nature and changing climates and the fact that the people who live there are more than willing
to let us come in and enjoy it. Some of you must be really bored to fight about nothing. Who cares anyway?
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sylens
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Mood: ando bajando
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HoseA HoseA HoseA
i miss you and your excellent moderating 
hope you are well and even enjoying yourself and your lovely family
lili
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Sharksbaja
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I care! Not only do I enjoy the visits to our place in Mulege, I always venture out to camp and explore, meet new folks while there.
Afterall, it's a fun place to be.
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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fulano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skeet/Loreto
Fulano: You Tried but failed .
Book Learnin is that stuff you get from reading Books! Experience is that stuff you get from interacting with People! I am surprised that a College
Graduate under the GI> Bill did not learn that womewhere along the Way.?
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What is it in your life that leads you to believe that book learning and learning from experience are mutually exclusive? Can't someone have book
learning and also have a rich experience from interacting with people?
Can you explain to all of us on BN what facts have come to your attention to indicate there is only one true path to enlightenment?
[Edited on 7-18-2008 by fulano]
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Skeet/Loreto
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The sum toltal of any human is the combination of his Life Experiences and his Book Learning. Nowdays there are many who have only Experiences in
Life, then there are others who have only been to Colleges and universities where they are Taught by People who only have Book Learnin.
Enlightment is in the Mind and Body of each one of us as far as I am concerned:
Facts for me :Exercise your own Free Will and Accord!
Controll your Desires and keep your Passion within Due Bounds!
You can very easy check my Resume as I have posted it several Times. I cannot Trust or Beleive any Poster who is Afraid or Ashamed to Post His/Her
Life Experiences.
That being said you and I could never have a reasonable discussion about anything.
I do not Trust what you have Posted, I think it is in Bad Taste, disrepectfull, mean, and uncalled for.
No more so called discussion about your ideas of Baja.
Skeet/Loreto
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eetdrt88
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i spent last christmas camping with my girl at my favorite beach in baja and didnt see another soul the whole week we were there...talk about things
going right,it was total bliss
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Martyman
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Blah blah blah...
Are a few people posting?
Good thing I have this wheel on my mouse so when I see certain posts I blow right past their worthless drivel.
Baja
How about some heavy hangin' on the beach and adventures just happening in front of you!!
*Thousands of squid wash up on the beach-you grab a live one and cook it, the seagulls come in and the beach is clean in an hour.
*Tahm is stacking rocks again
*there's a bunch of dolphins
*making music around the fire (even though Ned called it lesbo rock!)
*here come the frigate birds
*laughin' and telling stories
*following the shade of your portable cabana
I miss baja
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