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Bob H
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This is one of my favorite Baja worker photos. They are cooking our lunch in the kitchen of the school bus taco stand in El Rosario.
Bob H
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Packoderm
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Don Alley
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The man on the right is our contractor, Martin Sanchez. This is the last photo of him doing hands-on work; he's a big jefe now.
Child labor, too. And he keeps coming back.
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bajapablo
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gringo help at wet buzzard
\"changes it lattitudes, changes in attitudes\"
J.Buffet
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bajapablo
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helping mama cruz
\"changes it lattitudes, changes in attitudes\"
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bajapablo
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more kitchen help
\"changes it lattitudes, changes in attitudes\"
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bajamigo
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenter
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Tomas Tierra
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my kind of work..I got paid in lobster for being the photog
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mulege marv
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two doors down
and yes the truck still runs
Want what you have
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Russ
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After Henrieta this summer these guys spent two days digging out my flooded boat house.
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Russ
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Here's part of the mess she left:
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Russ
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Here is what it looked from the out side. The waves blew down the door and everything just washed in. When the storm was over the beaches were clean.
But I think she wanted to leave me a message about building a boat house.
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Pompano
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The Sea gives up her bounty to hard workers.
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Natalie Ann
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Server... La Paz Carnival
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
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tripledigitken
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When's the last time you had an old fashioned shoe shine?
Tecate
[Edited on 1-24-2008 by tripledigitken]
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BMG
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Fortunately...
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
When's the last time you had an old fashioned shoe shine?
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...I can't remember when I last owned shoes that needed to be shined.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BMG
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
When's the last time you had an old fashioned shoe shine?
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...I can't remember when I last owned shoes that needed to be shined.
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Besides our chacos, birks, mesh hiking boots and shoes, well, I think there are a couple of very dusty pairs of shoes stuffed away somewhere just in
case. 
But I love that shoeshine picture.
Diane
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I last had my boots shined in the plaza in Loreto. The shine guy was a proud professional, and his buddy was a crack-up.
I got some really nice maintenance on my heavy hiding boots, and was tremendously entertained; both by the whole experience, and by the antics of
these two grown men hiding their beer from the police officer who is always standing on the corner by the old bank. They aren't allowed to drink in
the plaza.
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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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
Like so many of you, we have many pictures of the workers who have worked at our home. But this, I think --- I often change my mind----is my favorite
picture of one of the workers
What is your favorite worker picture??
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Ain't life grand when us bourgeoisie have the leisure to trade snapshots of "our" proletarians.
This thread rouses my Marxist tendencies.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
Like so many of you, we have many pictures of the workers who have worked at our home. But this, I think --- I often change my mind----is my favorite
picture of one of the workers
What is your favorite worker picture??
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Ain't life grand when us bourgeoisie have the leisure to trade snapshots of "our" proletarians.
This thread rouses my Marxist tendencies. |
You must be kidding---where did you read "our" in that post? The picture I posted was one of our Contractor's workers---it just as easily could have
been one of either one of us working on our place. We don't stand around just taking photos.
I know, I once used the pronoun in referring to the road to Bahia Asuncion. I used "our" to identify it as maybe not the road to Abreojos, or San
Javier, or somewhere else. We were prompty acused of being "elitest"---so this time, I was very careful to not use "our"----
I am beginning to see that any sharing of our experiences in Bahia Asuncion brings too much distain. Ambigious feelings are lost on the the reader.
Appreciation of the culture, even with parts with which we do not agree is lost somehow as is appreciation of the hard work of many of the people.
I probably chose this photo of Fernando because we are really feeling sad for him right now. He is such a good person, but has a drinking problem and
it looks like he may lose his job. Our contractor agrees that he is a buena persona, but he is drinking too much on the job and it is a problem.
I also have no doubt that others on this thread who shared their pictures have a great appreciation for the workers. Yes, we can't believe the
vehicles that are used and still running, or the fragile "scaffolding" that is used, but we don't doubt that the worker is appreciated, and not from
the tower of the bourgeoisie.
Diane
On edit--- one more thought. The workers like receiving copies of the pictures we all take---they are proud of what they do.
[Edited on 1-25-2008 by jdtrotter]
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