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bufeo
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by OsoWhat's a Day Clock? |
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Oso
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Yuma's a neat place. |
I agree. Someone passing through this time of year might find it an intolerable inferno, but after 10 yrs it's grown on me. The people are friendly,
it's just big enough to have 4 Walmarts, a variety of ethnic restaurants and small enough to have reasonable traffic, unlike Phoenix which I hate.
San Diego is nice, the weather is nice, but the traffic is the same as L.A. and I have a nice house with a nice view that I could never afford in SD.
The desert has a certain appeal ("It's clean" - Lawrence of Arabia) and there's always the river to cool off. (BTW, tomorrow is the Territorial
Regatta where a lot of people float down the river on inner tubes and all kinds of rafts, some very funny and inventive.) and we're only an hour or so
from El Golfo and the SOC. (unfortunately more than an hour or so coming back across, but they're putting in a Sentri lane.)
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Oso
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bufeo
| Quote: | | Originally posted by OsoWhat's a Day Clock? |
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Love it. Reminds me of about a week I spent on Bahia Concepcion when I never looked at a watch and even lost track of what day it was.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Yuma's a neat place. |
San Diego is nice, the weather is nice, but the traffic is the same as L.A. and I have a nice house with a nice view that I could never afford in SD.
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Yeah, you're right. Traffic in San Diego is like traffic in LA ... 20 years ago.
I can tell you that since I have lived here, I have never held a job that required more than a 35 min commute, and that's only when I have to travel
all the way to the NW corner of SD county, which is huge.
Most trips have been in the 15-20 region.
And congratulations on the retirement. We will have to find a way to celebrate appropriately. I will be in your area in the next few weeks.
Now you will officially transition from barely working and being paid for it to not working at all ... and getting paid for it.  Hope I can
swing that some day.
[Edited on 7-2-2011 by Roberto]
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bajamigo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
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. |
I was told by a Mexican friend that "jubilado" refers to a retired government worker, whereas "pensionado" describes the rest of us.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
I was told by a Mexican friend that "jubilado" refers to a retired government worker, whereas "pensionado" describes the rest of us.
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Splitting hairs maybe. If there's a common distinction between being retired and receiving a pension, that explaination may make sense.
It's details like this that make language learning troublesome and frustrating.
Interesting though that Jubilar translates to "retire" as well as "Jubilate."
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Oso
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Numero Uno otra vez!
First sunniest place on earth (per Guinness).
Then highest unemployment rate in the nation.
Now Yuma has been named hottest city in the U.S.
The superlatives just keep coming.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
The superlatives just keep coming. |
For every heaven there's a hell. 
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sancho
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You keep pumping it up like that Yuma's Real estate
prices will rival La Jolla's, then where will retired
BNomads go? Is it worth a drive south down to, I believe
the name is Gulfo de Santa Clara?
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Oso
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Golfo de Santa Clara. It depends on what you're into. Popular for dune buggies, quads etc. You can drive quite a way down the beach. It's still a
small fishing village, only one decent hotel on the beach, modest but nice in it's way. There are two or three other small places but they're dumps.
Kinda like San Felipe 20-30 yrs ago. Very shallow water, sandy bottom, not much for surf fishing. Pangas need to go a good way South to find any
rock bottom. On the other hand, it's the closest saltwater. Depending on the season, good deals on shrimp and corvina.
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BajaBlanca
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CONGRATULATIONS on your retirement !!! I am sure you will find a passion to take up your time .... we love being retired and have for the last 5
years
again, congrats on reaching a wonderful milestone.
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Roberto
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Another few things El Golfo is good for:
1. Beach truck camping. Absolutely awesome for this you can drive as far as you want, park on the beach, and camp. Hang out, shore fish, whatever.
2. La Concha hotel. Funky Mexican place. Worth checking out.
3. Pinacate park. Very close by, and definitely worth seeing.
4. Very few Gringos, lots of Mexican families. Stay away during Semana Santa.
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bacquito
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
| 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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Bajahowodd
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Gotta say that I was grinning as I was reading this thread.
No question that Yuma has awful hot summers. But, since the invention of A/C. not nearly so much of a problem.
My own personal taste would be that Yuma is a much more intersesting place to be than, say Phoenix, with all its posers. Yuma is by and large, a town
of genuine people.
Have to admit that Yuma is on my short list of towns to which I may retire.
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bacquito
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
| 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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Years ago when I was a beginning Agriculture Inspector in Bard (next to yuma), I was inspecting lettuce being packed and was concerned about excess
wrapper leaves (hojas). As I was passing a youg lady busy packing lettuce I decided to impress all by saying in an authoratative voice "cuida sus
ojos" The young lady responded in a frustrated voice "Mis ojos??" The supervisor said "senior inspector the palaba is hojas no ojos!!
bacquito
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Neal Johns
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I think I have been retarded for 21 years, or is it retired? You will find something to do.
Neal
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Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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beercan
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You can certainly do worse than having oso as a neighbor !
I finally talked him into going back to Puertecitos with me again . he said he now had 'time"....
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Have to admit that Yuma is on my short list of towns to which I may retire.
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