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Pompano
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What to do on a cloudy, windy Baja day? 20 things..and more.
What are some things to do on a cloudy & windy day in Baja?
Here's 20 examples...add yours!
1.watch a movie @ home...w/ tons of popcorn sprinkled with chocolate-covered raisins.
2.play a board game like Scrabble or Monopoly and maybe do a puzzle
3. search things on your computer..erase cookies...clean disc.
4. make some hot chocolate while reading your favorite book..(try to finish the whole book). ..AND/OR ..have everyone get a book they like. Take turns
reading passages out loud to each other. No Playboys..and no Playgirls, either.
5. clean your house....or... go back to sleep.
6. I like this one a lot. Teach the children ..or ?.. how to say hello and goodbye in at least three foreign languages. Then have them draw pictures
to send to the grandparents and other relatives.
7. eat bananas while taking a bubble bath
8. make shadow puppets with your hands and a flashlight on the wall.
9. go hunt for your dinner
10. send a pizza to your enemy
11. give yourself a pedicure/manicure...or ask your co-pilot to to treat you..then do hers/his.
12. Make tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.
13. bake a cake/cookies and give them to your neighbors/friends.
14. Take 2 Viagra, dance with your co-pilot around like a maniac to loud music...then improvise.
15. watch the "Lord of the Rings " trilogy (this will kill about 9 hours)
16. watch the Discovery channel and learn about animals and nature. Have a quiz after about the history or facts of the program.
17. fun things to do with paper: make paper airplanes and fly them across the room. make mandalas and also paper bag puppets with lunch bags.
18. tell family stories and take the time to learn about family history. Then sit in a circle, telling a funny or scary mystery story together..
everyone adding one sentence until you get to "The End". We did this when I was a kid camping with my folks and neighbors...but we called it "And
then..?"...great fun.
19. sit down and write actual letters to everyone. No emails.
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20. OR....like I'm gonna do... play Texas Hold-Em poker all day at Ana's, drink a few cold ones, and forget all about
the damn clouds.
[Edited on 12-14-2011 by Pompano]
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Take 2 Viagra
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What's the other one for?
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durrelllrobert
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7. eat bananas while taking a bubble bath
after trying this I was more bored than before 
Bob Durrell
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wessongroup
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Skipjack Joe
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Shoot at tin cans through the open door.
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Shoot at tin cans through the open door. |
Can't I be just a wee bit outside?
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Take 2 Viagra
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What's the other one for? |
Dave...not what, but who. We're equal-opportunity-minded.
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bajabass
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Throw together a crock pot full of pulled pork, mix a ron con Coke, watch the clouds race by.
Keep your eyes on the road, and your hands upon the wheel!
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grace59
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Spend some time on the internet checking out the weather where all of your non-Baja friends are living!!! It will be dropping down into the 'teens
here in WA. AND that's in degrees F. Brrrrr!
Whenever I hear that rainy, chill wind blow. I think it may be time to head for Mexico. Tengo que obedecer mi corazon!
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BajaBlanca
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wrap xmas presents - took me all day !!!
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Bright, but low forties all day, and brisk NW wind. So I ......
Blew out 8' of bearing wall and installed a 4 x 10 between the living room and kitchen and relocated the smoke pipe for the wood stove 90 degrees in
the old brick chimney.
Now my renewable resource burning heater will be centrally located in the cottage "country kitchen". 400 ft. of "engineered hardwood" will tie the
rooms together around a hearth made of "Cultured Concrete" components created for one of my Pottery Barn or Banana Republic jobs.
Much warmer for when the snow finally flies.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
wrap xmas presents - took me all day !!! |
How many were donations for the community?
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ElCazadorAZ
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Nice way(s) to spend the day just about anywhere! Gracias Pampano.
"If we're all thinking alike, somebody's not thinking." Gen. George S. Patton
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Great thread, Pompano. Looking over your list of great "non-essential" things to do reminds one of how great life in Baja can be when you can fill
your days with those type of things. The misery (to me) of life in the USA is that in order to survive, maintain standards, and just "keep up", you
have to fill your days with "esential" things to do... all day long...most of the time.
In my admittedly warped view, my goal in life (almost there) is to wake up every day in Baja and not have a single solitary thing to have to do, or a
place or an appointment to have to go to. That is, to have the "option" to wallow in absolute laziness and dereliction. That would be nirvana. I
wouldn't actually "be lazy and derelict" every day, but the goal is to arrange one's life to have that "option" every day.
One doesn't have that option in he USA culture. Many people with a strong work ethic get into a syndrome wherein they forget what the goal of life
is, i.e., to make life amenable to enjoyment, but, they just get "stuck" in the process and have trouble letting themselves enjoy the fruits of their
labor; "smell the roses", if you will.
That's what is so appealing about this thread; serves as a great reminder of what the goal of life should be all about.
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bigboy
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Pompano, is that a Beeman R1 pellet rifle?
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
One doesn't have that option in he USA culture. Many people with a strong work ethic get into a syndrome wherein they forget what the goal of life
is, i.e., to make life amenable to enjoyment, but, they just get "stuck" in the process and have trouble letting themselves enjoy the fruits of their
labor; "smell the roses", if you will.
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We've got a guy living under the highway bridge that shares those values.
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bigboy
Pompano, is that a Beeman R1 pellet rifle? |
No, bigboy, that one is a Gamo Hunter 1650fps with PBA, 1250 with lead and 3-9X50 illuminated reticle air rifle scope.
Shown again here with me coaching Felipa on how to bark a coatimundi....
...well, not really...but it was good shot at a can like Igor's.
Below is a much cheaper, slower at about 800-900 fps, but still effective can-shooting airgun from Crossman. I got a great deal on this from SD
Craigslist a couple years back. 50 bucks, I think...
I hunt quail, doves, and cottontails with both. Of course, I only hunt, not kill and cook. 
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Skipjack Joe
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We just use Alex's old Red Ryder BB gun. And he's a better shot than me.
BTW. Bob Beeman was a full professor at SFSU that specialized in Opistobranchs. Those critters the Ken Bondy photographs with so much love. He also
corresponded with and visited the emperor of Japan who was an amateur marine biologist. His wife is, I believe, the interpretor that he used to
communicate with the emperor (although I may be confusing that with Anjin San).
He just got tired of academia in the 70's and just took off in a different direction. That really surprised me because he was tenured and pretty much
the head of the department.
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Pompano
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Igor...still got my first trusty Red Ryder.
I just wish I had my Dad's station wagon, too! it was new when this photo was taken.
edit p.s. This is the 73rd time I have posted this old pic....but Hey!...
[Edited on 12-14-2011 by Pompano]
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AmoPescar
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Hi Roger...
I like your list...ALL good things to do!!! Makes me want to try them all out!
In Baja...when the days are gray, cold, windy or rainy, I / we usually spend time playing card games...Rummikube, 10,000 Dice game, Phase 10, etc. A
good way to keep the old mine sharp!
'10,000 Dice' is a favorite of my entire family, we usually play it every time we are together. Another favorite is a card game called 'Polish Poker'
Both are simple to play and allow us to visit while playing without be distracted from the game.
Santa   
Nomad Amigos...Here\'s hoping you all have safe Baja travels, amazing sunrises, sunny days, comforting breezes, beautiful sunsets, tasty tacos,
cold cervezas and frosty margaritas!!
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