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Oso
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YUMA: We're #1!
Okay, it's not Baja, but it's just across the river.
Yuma now has the highest unemployment rate in the nation at 27.9%, edging out long time first, Imperial County by .2%.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Brian L
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Does the unemployment rate include old farts now retired? Take them out, and it's probably only 5%. 
Brian
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AmoPescar
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And they keep trying to tell us the economy is getting better!
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mtgoat666
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america's dreariest city ? ?
| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
Okay, it's not Baja, but it's just across the river.
Yuma now has the highest unemployment rate in the nation at 27.9%, edging out long time first, Imperial County by .2%. |
i wonder why an unemployed person would stay in Yuma.
i also wonder why employed people would stay in Yuma.
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Oso
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Because of the sunshine. According to Guiness, this is the sunniest place in the world with an average of 350 clear days per year.And this old fart
is now "unemployed" since I retired today. But, I'm not included in the rate because the rate only includes those with active unemployment claims.
It does not include the retired, the undocumented or those who have run out of benefits and given up looking.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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AmoPescar
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Hey Oso...
Congratulations on your retirement!
I hope you enjoy your time off....hope that the economy or anything else hasn't ruined your retirement finances and plans! So many have had to rethink
when and how they could retire or if they could retire at all.
Hope you've got more time now to spend in Baja!
Enjoy yourself!
Miguelamo: yes:   
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Oso
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Thanks Mike,
I think we'll be ok. Did I mention one more thing? Yuma is one of the most affordable places to live in the US. (#1 is McAllen, TX, but that's a
little too close to the cartel wars for my taste)
BTW, one of the main reasons I took this job was proximity to Baja.
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MMc
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Good on you! Retired and living in a great jump off spot for both sides of the Sea of Cortez. I hope you make the best of all of it!
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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capt. mike
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hey Oso - way to go man!
i like yuma it is small and friendly.
and the colo is right there to kool off.
and close to mexico - what's wrong with that.
sure it is hot there in summer but so is ALL of southern AZ.
in 1997 i had an aircraft incident there and made the evening news.... hahaha.
we landed, me and my client, and the gear over-center pin collapsed. The marines sent fire rescue, but we didn't burn. just military protocol....
i like that airport cause it is joint use and you mix with the VTOL harriers. plus they have a very friendly customs for ARR fr baja.
we had to fly back on america west 22 seat prop jobs... what fun!!
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
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bajadock
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Oso,
Congrats on retirement. Work is very over-rated. Cheers and stay cool.
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Baja Bernie
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HEY Oso
Now that you are retired perhaps you can entertain us with some more of your stories.
Stay cool!
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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fdt
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Felicidades Oso por alcanzar el retiro. Enjoy!
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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BajaRat
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No# 1 in high temps today. 120!!!!!!!!! forcast.
Head for the river Oso! Congrats on retirment, more stories please.
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Oso
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Thanks for all the good wishes, folks. First day of "freedom" today and already I don't know what to do with myself.
Observation on regional Spanish; around here people use "retirar", whereas in other parts of Mexico and Latin America it's "jubilar". Proximity to
English has an effect on Spanish even among people who don't speak English.
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
Observation on regional Spanish; around here people use "retirar", whereas in other parts of Mexico and Latin America it's "jubilar". Proximity to
English has an effect on Spanish even among people who don't speak English. |
Quite true - English and Spanish really do blend together at the border. One of my favorites was a hand-painted sign I saw in Tijuana:
"Parkear sus carros y trokas atras de la loncheria".
Try that in South America and I guarantee folks won't have the slightest idea of what you are talking about...
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Oso
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Another: Around here a barber is a "barbero". In the D.f. etc it's "peluquero". (Down there a barbero is a flatterer)
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sancho
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I've come to the opinion that when one reaches
a certain age, retirement, one can live most anywhere.
Nothing wrong with the desert. Whenever the 100's
come in May and leave in Sept, the Yuma area is the
1st palce to get hot and the last to cool. I think it
was Ed Abbey who had a line 'Moon Struck Desert Rats'
referring to the desert folks, there are some characters
in the desert, seems like one can be ones self and
get away with a bit more than most
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bufeo
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Congratulations, Oso! Welcome to the club. I thoroughly enjoy being "jubilado".
I might suggest that you run out and purchase a "Day Clock". It'll come in handy.
On the subject of sunniest places, we were amused to enter the town of Keetmanshoop, Namibia, during a giant thunderstorm and see Yuma at the head of
the list of the Top Five (Keetmanshoop being #5) of the Sunniest Cities on Earth.
Allen R
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Cypress
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Yuma's a neat place.
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Oso
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bufeo
Congratulations, Oso! Welcome to the club. I thoroughly enjoy being "jubilado".
I might suggest that you run out and purchase a "Day Clock". It'll come in handy.
On the subject of sunniest places, we were amused to enter the town of Keetmanshoop, Namibia, during a giant thunderstorm and see Yuma at the head of
the list of the Top Five (Keetmanshoop being #5) of the Sunniest Cities on Earth.
Allen R |
What's a Day Clock?
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