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[*] posted on 2-15-2012 at 06:53 PM


welcome cessna and kalypso !!




Come visit La Bocana


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[*] posted on 2-15-2012 at 08:28 PM


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For the record: I have all those services and a lot more >> free rabies shots for the dogs, spray trucks for fruit pests and mosquitos, free insecticide packets for pilas, free sewer service, free garbage pickup and both city and county police patrol the town most nights.


Geez, your area is much more progressive than mine. I do have paved highway in front, Electricity, trash pickup, police, lights, and all the free music I want to listen to every night.


But I am missing my main objective here and that is to spread wanton disrespect and lack of trust of all things Mexican so that after I got here the door was shut on all of the other fishermen who get in my way on the reefs while I am fishing.

My wife used to tell friends who were making stupid statements about all of the crime and problems in Mexico that there was lots of raping and pillaging in our village every afternoon at 2 o'clock sharp, but when she was awaiting the fun activities of the afternoon, Mananland took over and everyone forgot to show up.:tumble::tumble:

And except for Skeet who keeps telling everyone there are lots of fish, I think I was successful with Cypress in convincing them there are no fish here.

[Edited on 2-16-2012 by Pescador]




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[*] posted on 2-16-2012 at 08:30 AM


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For the record: I have all those services and a lot more >> free rabies shots for the dogs, spray trucks for fruit pests and mosquitos, free insecticide packets for pilas, free sewer service, free garbage pickup and both city and county police patrol the town most nights.


Geez, your area is much more progressive than mine. I do have paved highway in front, Electricity, trash pickup, police, lights, and all the free music I want to listen to every night.


But I am missing my main objective here and that is to spread wanton disrespect and lack of trust of all things Mexican so that after I got here the door was shut on all of the other fishermen who get in my way on the reefs while I am fishing.

My wife used to tell friends who were making stupid statements about all of the crime and problems in Mexico that there was lots of raping and pillaging in our village every afternoon at 2 o'clock sharp, but when she was awaiting the fun activities of the afternoon, Mananland took over and everyone forgot to show up.:tumble::tumble:

And except for Skeet who keeps telling everyone there are lots of fish, I think I was successful with Cypress in convincing them there are no fish here.

[Edited on 2-16-2012 by Pescador]



You guys in the south have it way too easy, for $10 a year you get all that stuff, and up here I pay almost $15 a year for pretty much nothing (I forgot fire protection, we don't get that either) which as I said before is perfectly fine with me. Baja norte and Bahia particularly seem to be the forgotten area. The citizens here must vote wrong in the elections and this is their punishment, no services. But on the bright side there is very little "rules enforcement" here also so everything goes smothly most of the time. One of these days I'll have to come down and visit the south and partake in the free services.
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[*] posted on 2-16-2012 at 09:08 AM


LarryC, go get your mangy dog, stop by my place, and we will go visit Osprey.



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[*] posted on 2-16-2012 at 09:51 AM


If you look at the MASA brand of corn meal, it is produced from Mexican Corn and is done in Mexico. While Mexico does not import sweet corn and uses field corn for that purpose, they have been very protection oriented and have very stringent controls on any seed corn coming in from the US. We ran into this when asking some of the locals why there was no sweet corn in the fields.



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[*] posted on 2-16-2012 at 11:17 AM


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[*] posted on 2-16-2012 at 11:19 AM


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If you look at the MASA brand of corn meal, it is produced from Mexican Corn and is done in Mexico. While Mexico does not import sweet corn and uses field corn for that purpose, they have been very protection oriented and have very stringent controls on any seed corn coming in from the US. We ran into this when asking some of the locals why there was no sweet corn in the fields.


Pretty sure I saw sweet corn in Ensenada last year, could be wrong I guess. Surely some must grow in Baja.

Regardless, VIVA BAJA!!!
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[*] posted on 2-16-2012 at 11:40 AM
Seeds


As I understand it GM seed has to be purchased fresh every year.

I'm pretty sure most local farmers here use their own seed.
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[*] posted on 2-16-2012 at 12:35 PM


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As I understand it GM seed has to be purchased fresh every year.

I'm pretty sure most local farmers here use their own seed.


Most GMO seeds do have to be purchased year after year. It's why there is such a push by seed-saver organizations all over the world. The loss of genetic diversity in the food chain is not a health thing.

GMO corn does exist in Mexico and is encroaching on non-GMO corn crops. The Mexican ag folks have tested corn all over the republic and have found genetic evidence of it's existence in all states. Oaxaca is actively trying to eliminate/eradicate GNO corn and have farmers grow only non-GMO corn.

There is a reason some farmers in Mexico want to switch to the GMO corn. One word --> Ethanol. They can grow it, export it to the U.S. and make a way more from that than they can in selling non-GMO corn to masa processing.
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[*] posted on 2-16-2012 at 01:54 PM


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Eating real food in the US is such an expensive struggle at times.
Pay now or pay later is our attitude.
It is another in a long list of reasons we will be moving to Mexico.
National Geographic had a fascinating article last year on seed banks and the deleterious ( I get to use a big word!) effects of GMO seeds around the world.
Now, if we can keep fish stocks unharmed from this....


SP, fish stocks are in serious danger. There is currently a proposal in front of the FDA to allow the transfer of a gene set from wild chinook salmon to farm raised salmon. I don't even want to consider the possibilities for genetic engineering if the FDA approves this.

Aquafarming in many parts of Asia have devastated local species, not to mention the deleterious (good word) affect it's had on the environment. Whole swaths of the ocean floor have been devastated and the ecological balance knocked out of whack.

Interestingly enough, the aquaculture pens off Ensenada are being being sustainably raised and maintained so that the seabed off of Ensenada does not suffer the same fate. I've got at least 2 friends here in SD that work in the maritime/fisheries industries and I've heard them talk on many occasions about how the Ensenada aquaculture pens are being managed. It's interesting and while not perfect, it's substantially better than Asia and many other countries.

And yes, unfortunately, farmers markets in SD tend to be more expensive than they should be which does make eating healthy a more expensive proposition. But there are some lower cost options that can make it more cost effective. Unfortuantley, we've got almost 3 generations of Americans with few to no cooking skills, or basic knowledge about food (i.e. where it comes from and what to do with it). Couple that with how incredibly cheap the giant food manufacturers have made it to buy fill food for next to nothing, and people end up making poor choices on what to buy and eat.
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[*] posted on 2-16-2012 at 03:06 PM


Pescador, Wrong! You actually convinced me there are fish there. There just aren't as many or as big as I expected.:tumble:
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[*] posted on 2-16-2012 at 04:31 PM


Do not ever beleive that there are no Fish in the mar De Cortez!!

They are there and all you have to do is spend some time and energy to be there at the right time!!

The Whimps that only use their Fancy Boats with all the Electronic Devices will never be able to find the fish.
You have to learn the habits, the Wind, the Bait fish, the movement of the Water and all those things to get as many fish as you want!

How about the Sharks at Delefonsa isla Mucho!! Why???

Go catch them Fisherman.
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[*] posted on 2-17-2012 at 07:58 AM


Skeet speaks with the true heart of a real fisherman.
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[*] posted on 2-17-2012 at 03:53 PM
More reasons to live in Mexico


Things I don't like any more about Europe and USA and which I am pleased to escape to Mexico to avoid:

Speed cameras on open roads (hospitals and schools ok);

Crash helmets on motorcycles;

Seat belts in cars;

Getting breathalysed by coastguard/police while I'm sailing my boat;

Television advertising/propaganda;

Arrogant public servants who think they know so much more than everyone else;

Ethnic minorities who don't want to acknowledge the democracy of majority voting;

PC - political correctness - as practiced in UK and USA has the capacity to destroy the society from within;

Religious proselytising NUTS of all flavours (why can't they just mind their own darn business?);

Viva Mexico!
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[*] posted on 2-17-2012 at 04:05 PM


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LarryC, go get your mangy dog, stop by my place, and we will go visit Osprey.


Hey, LarryC's dog is NOT mangy. Larry, on the other hand.....:coolup:
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[*] posted on 2-17-2012 at 05:02 PM


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LarryC, go get your mangy dog, stop by my place, and we will go visit Osprey.


Hey, LarryC's dog is NOT mangy. Larry, on the other hand.....:coolup:


I know they have spellcheck, but what I need at this age is THINKCheck. What I was thinking was that Larry could pick up a mangy dog from the neighborhood and stop by and we will take the mangy mongrel to Osprey.




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[*] posted on 2-17-2012 at 05:02 PM


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Things I don't like any more about Europe and USA and which I am pleased to escape to Mexico to avoid:

Television advertising/propaganda;

Arrogant public servants who think they know so much more than everyone else;

Viva Mexico!


I take it you don't watch much Mexican television. I have--literally--sat through (or listened from the kitchen) the playing of the same commercial 7 straight times DURING THE SAME COMMERCIAL BREAK (the present record).

About arrogant public servants, I find that arrogance in public officials can be much worse in developing nations (my experiences in Mexico and the Philippines) than in the US. School teachers can be particularly bad.




There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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[*] posted on 2-18-2012 at 09:04 AM


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LarryC, go get your mangy dog, stop by my place, and we will go visit Osprey.


Mangy dog? I am offended, I love my dog and I take very good care of him. You might be confusing my dog with my wife, she needs some clean up, maybe I should take her to the vet.:lol:
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[*] posted on 2-18-2012 at 10:41 AM


Your on thin ice ... C .. :):)



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[*] posted on 2-18-2012 at 11:01 AM


Luckily she doesn't get on this forum very much. I'm sure no one here would rat me out :) That spay and neuter stuff doesn't scare me, I lost those desires a few years ago, about the time she started giving me those bitter pills as I remember.
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