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Paulina
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This past summer a young man was inspecting the center divider storage compartment in our truck. He pulled out a tampon. I sat watching him from the
passenger front seat as he turned it this way and that, looking it over quite carefully. He looked up at me with a questionable look on his face. I
gestured that he could have it. He smiled and off it went.
I've always wondered what happened next.
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\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Does anyone actually think these soldiers are left out in the wilderness without water?? |
They have everything, sodas, munchies, etc etc giving them stuff even if its small, its not a good thing since it might encourage some to expect
something.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
you's consider it suspicious Jesse, even after the inspection ???? We have never given anything and as far as I can recall, we have never been asked
for anything either.
It is not true that anyone is FORCED to go into the military, is it ???? many kids here do not go to college as they work in the coop after high
school. and no one has ever gone into the military from La Bocana, to the best of my knowledge. |
Military service is mandatory for all male citizens. The ones at checkpoints are volunteers.
| Quote: | | As of 2011, all males reaching eighteen years of age must register for military service (Servicio Militar Nacional, or SMN) for one year, though
selection is made by a lottery system using the following color scheme: whoever draws a black ball must serve as a "disponibility reservist", that is,
he must not follow any activities whatsoever and get his discharge card at the end of the year. The ones who get a white ball serve Saturdays in a
Batallón del Servicio Militar Nacional (National Military Service Battalion) composed entirely of one-year SMN conscripts. Those with a community
service interest may participate in Literacy Campaigns as teachers or as physical education instructors. Military service is also (voluntarily) open
to women. In certain cities, such as Mexico City and Veracruz, there is a third option: a red ball (Mexico City) and a Blue ball (Veracruz), which
entails serving a full year as a recruit in a Paratrooper Battalion in the case of Mexico City residents, or an Infantería de Marina unit (Navy
Marines) in Veracruz. In other cities which have a Navy HQ (such as Ciudad Madero), it is the Navy which takes charge of the conscripts, instead of
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[Edited on 10-10-2011 by Roberto]
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El Camote
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
This past summer a young man was inspecting the center divider storage compartment in our truck. He pulled out a tampon. I sat watching him from the
passenger front seat as he turned it this way and that, looking it over quite carefully. He looked up at me with a questionable look on his face. I
gestured that he could have it. He smiled and off it went.
I've always wondered what happened next.
P>*)))>{ |
Smart soldier. He knows with a Tampon you can go swimming, horseback riding, bicycling....
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by El Camote
| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
This past summer a young man was inspecting the center divider storage compartment in our truck. He pulled out a tampon. I sat watching him from the
passenger front seat as he turned it this way and that, looking it over quite carefully. He looked up at me with a questionable look on his face. I
gestured that he could have it. He smiled and off it went.
I've always wondered what happened next.
P>*)))>{ |
Smart soldier. He knows with a Tampon you can go swimming, horseback riding, bicycling....
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
This past summer a young man was inspecting the center divider storage compartment in our truck. He pulled out a tampon. I sat watching him from the
passenger front seat as he turned it this way and that, looking it over quite carefully. He looked up at me with a questionable look on his face. I
gestured that he could have it. He smiled and off it went.
I've always wondered what happened next.
P>*)))>{ |
Oh Gods
Funniest post of the week goes to Paulina!
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
I've always wondered what happened next.
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You may not want to know.
There is, or was, a book in the local bookstores that covers country medicine. It would have to have been written for the health agencies 'cause the
people it sought to assist would have been extremely rural and probably illiterate.
One section, illustrated with crude drawings showed the proper method of using corn cobs in a situation where we would use toilet paper. It showed a
large pile of cobs [unused I presume] and a drawing of a female illustrating the proper direction to use the cob so as to not draw matter into a more
infectable area.
Now...I'm not suggesting any relationship between Tampons and corn cobs and if I had to guess, I'd say the soldier snuck out behind the barn and
smoked it.
Anyway....next time you're at your neighbor's house for a BBQ and they cook up corn, you'll remember this and, while no one is looking, you may even
drop the cob into your purse....just out of curiosity. 
Bon Appetit.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by El Camote
Smart soldier. He knows with a Tampon you can go swimming, horseback riding, bicycling....
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Funniest comment on this forum in months
An old joke, but VERY funny
Don't believe everything you think....
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Paulina
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Dennis,
Where There Is No Doctor-a village health care handbook.
David Werner
I have that book! I bought it back in 1990 at West Marine in the Cruising books section for $12.95
A new, updated version is available on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Where-There-Doctor-David-Werner/dp/094...
The author also did the illustrations. I am interested to see how the book has changed in the past 20 years.
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I had to take another look, pg. 242! "this way YES" "NOT this way".
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DENNIS
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That's the book. Pretty graphic...huh.
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We like military guys that are educated, so in the past, we've handed out one copy at various check points of a Spanish-English dictionary and/or
"English for Latinos" (only for those who expressed interest in wanting to learn more English and usually did so in English) as well as copies of the
environmental bulletin "Meloncoyote".
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2 of 4 took a quick glance going north yesterday. Boarder,TJ, just over an hour. No SD traffic jambs at 5pm. Columbus Days no rush hour.
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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Yrs back, at the Checkpoint so. of Ensenada, a
Guy looking thru the Glove compartment pulls out
a Glue piston tube that I used to repair an inflatable,
with a little imagination one COULD imagine it
as some sort of a hyperdermic needle setup, his
manner became tense, so did mine as I searched my
Spanish for a word for cement, glue. he lost interest
after a few seconds, I will never again leave anything
up to interruption by any Mex Authority
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