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[*] posted on 12-15-2009 at 06:14 PM


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Their ability to live in a Cardboad Shack and still laugh and have a smile on their faces as they send their Kids off to School!
The Kids for the same Smiles and Laughs as they swim in the surf among the Stringrays.

The fisherman on the beach with that "I will catch one look"" after two hours fishing.

The calm and peace on the faces of the older women as they come out of the Mission after Mass.

The faces of the People standing around the Fish Taco Stand in La Paz, eating smiling,flirting, giggling and having a great time.


Not half bad for an old pain in the A$$.
But, I'm with you on this one Skeeter.




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[*] posted on 12-15-2009 at 06:16 PM


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What's a "goyishekup."??


I can't tell you. You have to be a MOT.


Oh------ (I feel so out-of-it) :(

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[*] posted on 12-15-2009 at 06:30 PM
Might I suggest


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Oh gosh...you know my secret, Skeet. How did you know?
Is there any way you can help me so I can shake my drug habit? I dream of the day...well, they may be heroin dreams but, dreams none the less, that I may grin like an idiot in tough times just like your Christmas Card Mexicans


A life of abstinence and poverty?

But before you take your vows could you score me some Percodan and maybe a little blow?

Also, could you leave me the house and jeep?

I'd ask for the all the beer but I don't want to appear gluttonous. Besides, you'll probably be wanting to throw a big 'going away' bash.

Don't forget to save the empty beer boxes. You'll surely have enough to build a 12 room mansion.

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[*] posted on 12-15-2009 at 06:43 PM


How did pastrami sandwiches get into this?
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[*] posted on 12-15-2009 at 06:45 PM


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Thanks....I'll share it with Pope Skeeter who coined the phrase, "A smiling Mexican is a happy Mexican."
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[*] posted on 12-15-2009 at 06:52 PM


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How did pastrami sandwiches get into this?


Before your time on Nomad, perhaps? Dave owned the Nueva York Deli on Hwy. 1 just south of Puerto Nuevo... Between Rosarito and Ensenada. Very good! The building still is there with the name, last time I drove by.




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[*] posted on 12-15-2009 at 08:00 PM


Aha.! Thanks, David..I think the mentsh may have sandbagged me a bit on another thread.
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eureka.gif posted on 12-15-2009 at 08:32 PM
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Aha.! Thanks, David..I think the mentsh may have sandbagged me a bit on another thread.




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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 08:44 AM


First: I am not a Minster but do Spend time and money for Warm Jackets for Cold Kids who live near Constitution.
Guess my Mother rasied me to "Care for people".

I feel so sorry for Dennis and his Addiction. Wish I could somehow save him from his Hate filled Life!

I spent many years among the good and happy people of Baja, especially in the Loreto area.None of them ever complained to me about their lives, rich ones or poor one!
Their Compassion far exceeds that of most Americans. Wonder Why!

Their Words, actions, Smiles , and Laughter shows what is in their Hearts.

Just like the Hate, Anger,spiteful, filth, shown in Dennis.
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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 08:50 AM


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Just like the Hate, Anger,spiteful, filth, shown in Dennis.


Save your judgemental crap for your best seller, you old delusional fraud. Just send money. :lol:
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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 08:51 AM


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Their Compassion far exceeds that of most Americans.


Tell that to the folks that were the recipients of the Marshall plan, rebuilding Europe after WW11. And the poor folks in Africa and Asia and whereever else in this world.
Wonder what they ever did with all those funds they received from Mexico.:no::biggrin:

Don't overdo it Skeet.




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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 08:54 AM
Skeeet IS A JOKE in Human Clothing


What A Load of BS

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First: I am not a Minster but do Spend time and money for Warm Jackets for Cold Kids who live near Constitution.
Guess my Mother rasied me to "Care for people".

I feel so sorry for Dennis and his Addiction. Wish I could somehow save him from his Hate filled Life!

I spent many years among the good and happy people of Baja, especially in the Loreto area.None of them ever complained to me about their lives, rich ones or poor one!
Their Compassion far exceeds that of most Americans. Wonder Why!

Their Words, actions, Smiles , and Laughter shows what is in their Hearts.

Just like the Hate, Anger,spiteful, filth, shown in Dennis.


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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 09:09 AM


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I spent many years among the good and happy people of Baja, especially in the Loreto area.None of them ever complained to me about their lives


That speaks volumes to their character and your lack of same for not being able to discern reality.
Besides, why would they complain to you? Couldn't you tell something was amiss by the lack of zip in their dance step?

"Those good and happy people of Baja."
Gawwwdam....your inability to see below the surface is embarrassing and I have to wonder how you would evaluate the inscrutable Asians. You would probably think they're the happiest people on earth.
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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 09:17 AM


Have made many good friends and admire much about the culture,


but romanticizing poverty is a way of accepting poverty as OK.




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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 09:43 AM


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I spent many years among the good and happy people of Baja, especially in the Loreto area.None of them ever complained to me about their lives


That speaks volumes to their character and your lack of same for not being able to discern reality.
Besides, why would they complain to you? Couldn't you tell something was amiss by the lack of zip in their dance step?

"Those good and happy people of Baja."
Gawwwdam....your inability to see below the surface is embarrassing and I have to wonder how you would evaluate the inscrutable Asians. You would probably think they're the happiest people on earth.


I totally agree with your assesment of Skeet's lack of reality.




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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 09:46 AM


O' Mexico







When I moved to Mexico I had no real pre-conceived ideas about what it would be like to live among my new neighbors. I recognized at once how very different we were but I was excited about learning all the little things we might have in common. At first I was a little put off by their strange talk, scant clothing, the rude country language their bodies spoke.

My sixty-plus years in the U.S. crushed me with information, impressions, knowledge about the world and its cultures that these simple people did not experience. I expected most of them would be emotionally immature. The "ignorance is bliss" message was clear on their faces -- a simple, uncluttered life makes them seem child-like.

At times I almost envied them; the whole family at the beach, splashing in the surf, the children pushing and roughhousing. Not a care in the world. Perhaps they should be grateful that their poor country did not, could not force upon them the stringent rules of elementary education.

Over time my apprehensions faded. Now I feel more comfortable in their midst -- now and then I walk back from the beach with small family groups, holding hands, laughing; content to feel the soft warm sand beneath their feet as they return to their shacks; some old metal trailers, some to shacks with no running water, no toilets. When the fishermen return with a good catch I sometimes help them carry the fish home -- smiles on their faces, the smell of bait on their hands.

The Mexicans can't stand them; say they should go right back to Canada where they came from.
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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 09:54 AM


Osprey: you're too much.:lol::lol:



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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 11:35 AM


Rough Crowd.



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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 01:30 PM


I have dozens of stories about the back country people of Baja accumulated over the last 60 years of travel down there, all similar. An example of one that I will always remember------

-------we had a flat tire mid-way between Bahia de los Animas and Marisma San Rafael-----could not get 2 of the the lug nuts off my friends Trooper no matter what (too tight and rusty)-----about an hour later a very old pickup going south stopped-----4 Mexicano fishermen got out, no English, looked over the situation, smiled and laughed, and began to work in the super heat----we rigged a shade over them---------1-1/2 hours later they managed to chisel off the last lug nut, leaving the lug bolts still mostly intack. We were saved! We could not convince them that they should except ANY pay, no tips, nada. They even refused our beers and softdrinks, having their own. They were as happy a crew as I have ever seen, and I sincerely doubt that they often sat around and lamented their "poverty situation" in San Miguel. They urged us to join them later in San Miguel, and we did a couple of days later. We all had a great time there.

These are some of the "type" folks Skeet is talking about, I suspect. I had NO soul-searching, warm and fuzzy "compassion" for them---frankly that never occured to me, just envy and respect for their wonderful style and character, and their choices in life. They made us welcome, and happy, and we hope we did the same for them----what is more important than that?

As much as I believe you guys are sincere when you say people like me (and Skeet) are insensitive, it simply is not true no matter how nasty you get, or how many times you repeat it. People are what they are, and there is a lot of "choice" involved. I applaud that, and always will.

Viva back-country Mexico!!

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[*] posted on 12-16-2009 at 01:52 PM


And:
There I was working with Pappa Murillo{age 84} in the Hot sun at San Nicolas as he had decide to build me a palapa.
I had a Heat Stroke and became Delerious.
Enrique, Chico, Juan, and Pappa Murillo filled an old bathtub with cold water and made me lie in it, then Enrique took me in my truck to Loreto and put me in the clinic where I consumed 16 Bottles of Gluscose{I think} and saved my life.

No Charge.

The people of Baja are great people with kind hearts and do no consider Poverty when they are helping you.
God Bless them

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