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Pescador
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Here are some copies of the e-mails I have:
YOU WILL LOVE THIS ONE. A COUPLE ABOUT 80 ISH JUST ARRIVED WITH A U-HAUL OVER HEAD UNIT. I ASKED HERE WHERE THEY ARE GOING NORTH OR SOUTH. SHE SAID
NORTH AND THEN POINTED SOUTH. THAT IS NORTH RIGHT. NO THAT IS NORTH AS I POINTED TO NORTH. WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM LA PAZ. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO
GO. TO ARIZONA SHE SAYS. CAN I GET THERE FROM HERE. YAHHHHH. HOW DID YOU GET HERE, ON THE FERRY? NO WE TOOK A WRONG TURN IN TIJUANA AND THOUGHT
WE COULD GET TO ARIZONA FROM HERE.
I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD A MAP, DAH. NO. I SHOWED HERE WHERE SHE WAS AND SHE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. GOD HELP US.
WHAT A MESS. NO INSURANCE OR TOURIST CARDS AND NOT A LICK OF SPANISH. GETTING IN MEXICO IS A HELL OF A LOT EASIER THAN GETTING OUT.
I THINK THIS IS THE BEST STORY IN ALL OF THE 8 YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE.
BRENDA
THE PLOT THICKENS. IT IS 1:45 AND THEY ARE MAYBE ABOUT TO LEAVE. I JUST WENT DOWN TO SAY OK WE NEED TO GET THIS ROOM CLEANED FOR THE 3RD TIME. I
GAVE HERE A MAP WITH SOMEWHAT OF AN PLAN. SHE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DRIVE FOR 8 HRS. I SAID OH NO. GUERRERO IS FAR ENOUGH. THEY HAVE NO CONCEPT
OF WHAT TIME IT IS. SHE SAID THEY PRAY TO JEHOVAH. HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM. JEHOVAH SENT THEM DOWN HERE. THEY ARE PRAYING TO HIM TO GET THEM
BACK HOME. I SAID YOU BETTER BE PRAYING DAMN HARD TO GET YOU OUT OF MEXICO SAFELY. THE GUY SAYS WE ARE IN MEXICO. OH chit, I SAID YES YOU ARE SIR.
SHE STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS NORTH AND SOUTH. I GAVE HERE A MAP WITH NOTES TO GET TO TECATE. THAT WILL BE EASIER. THEY ARE GOING TO PHOENIX.
IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN JEHOVAH TO GET THEM THERE SAFELY.
GOD BLESS U-HAUL FOR RENTING THEM THE DAMN THING TO BEGIN WITH.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
Here are some copies of the e-mails I have:
YOU WILL LOVE THIS ONE.
I THINK THIS IS THE BEST STORY IN ALL OF THE 8 YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE.
BRENDA
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sounds like brenda doesn't care. maybe you should not post her evidence of partial intervention, as when couple are found dead, brenda could have
some liability (at least in a US civil case). or maybe you should post it.
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Paula
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I think Brenda flunks hospitality 101. If you own a hotel and people in their 80's show up lost and clueless the human thing to do is to help them,
and maybe with more than just a map. And it is uncool to make fun of your guests
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
Here are some copies of the e-mails I have:
YOU WILL LOVE THIS ONE.
I THINK THIS IS THE BEST STORY IN ALL OF THE 8 YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE.
BRENDA
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sounds like brenda doesn't care. maybe you should not post her evidence of partial intervention, as when couple are found dead, brenda could have
some liability (at least in a US civil case). or maybe you should post it. |
Uhhhhhhh, Goat, "civil liability"???? You want to flesh that out for me a little????? 
Barry
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vgabndo
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Whoa...don't get me started on multiple mental disorders, but there are a LOT of JW's prowling around Baja. It should be pretty simple to find some
who might take some time off from their door to door sales work to lend a hand to their own converts.
Someone with an interest might post something here:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/
It is a discussion board.
Personally, I'm a Darwinist and this sounds like natural selection.
[Edited on 3-8-2009 by vgabndo]
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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Bajahowodd
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We were chased off the property by Brenda two years ago. They had a big sign by the road about a restaurant and bar. Couldn't figure out why someone
in the hospitality business could be so rude. We were just checking out the property for future consideration. I'm very gringo lookng and over 60. So,
it wasn't like we could be casing the joint.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I'm very gringo lookng and over 60. So, it wasn't like we could be casing the joint. |
Are you saying gringos are less likely than Mexicans to be thieves?
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Bajahowodd
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Basically, yes. At 60+, I cannot imagine anyone to think I am a vandal. I can live without staying at her place. good luck to her. However, when in
Mexico, we prefer to "buy Mexican". No offense to the many Canadians and U.S. ex-pats who have poured tons of money and sweat and tears into their
dream businesses, but as I said on another thread, when I am in Rome, I don't go looking for a taqueria.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
We were chased off the property by Brenda two years ago. They had a big sign by the road about a restaurant and bar. Couldn't figure out why someone
in the hospitality business could be so rude. We were just checking out the property for future consideration. I'm very gringo lookng and over 60. So,
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Sorry howodd, but I have got to ask: What is 'gringo looking' (to you)?
San Francisco of the 1960's with flowers in your hair...or what?
You may have been one of my high school teachers, and while as they were as nice as pie (as I am sure you are)... their looks would cause anyone in
Mexico to lock their doors!
There has to be some kind of reason for her behavior, don't you think?
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Bajahowodd
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Dunno. Paranoia perhaps? David, mi amigo, you would look at me and never in a million years think I was Mexican.
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David K
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That's not what I meant... 'Gringo looking' is more than being not 'Mexican looking'...
How long is your hair? Do you have a beard... is it trimmed? Tatoos and piercings like a biker dude? All of those are 'gringo looking' to a
non-gringo... Gringo is or could be any Norteamericano or foreigner (most often American citizens).
I hope you get treated based on your attitude and not your appearance, however.
Gracias amigo!
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Bajahowodd
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I assure you that I treat my Mexican friends with the greatest respect. I love their culture, their respect for familia, y los viejos.
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David K
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Hmmm... we are failing to communicate here... I have no reason to think you don't treat Mexican friends well.
The question was about 'gringo looking' and trying to figure out why you were not welcomed by the inn keeper.
that's okay... I think I understand...
Have a great Sunday... and don't forget to SPRING AHEAD ONE HOUR this morning... unless you aren't in the U.S. or are in Hawaii or Arizona!
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Hook
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Cabra, have you even tried reasoning with a JW..............alzheimer's or not????
If reasoning was part of their makeup, they wouldn't be a JW in the first place.
Wonder when they thought Jehovah put an ocean along the route to Arizona? Oh, and made Spanish the preferred language. That right there tells me
Brenda did all she could do, short of abandoning her business and leading the two persons to the border.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Cabra, have you even tried reasoning with a JW..............alzheimer's or not????
If reasoning was part of their makeup, they wouldn't be a JW in the first place.
Wonder when they thought Jehovah put an ocean along the route to Arizona? Oh, and made Spanish the preferred language. That right there tells me
Brenda did all she could do, short of abandoning her business and leading the two persons to the border. |
So True,
So True,
Their minds belong to the cult now,
CaboRon
[Edited on 3-8-2009 by CaboRon]
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Ford
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
What struck me as improbable about this story is that there is absolutely no way a Uhaul with an overhead would just pass through San Ysidro or Otay.
The customs guys at the border would be all over them with any kind of truck that size... |
I agree!! We spent 3 days at the border tring to get our 28' U-haul that we bought for $3000 to bring a couple hundred thousand dollars worth of
constuction stuff down. We were even armed with a stack of mordita (100 dollar bills).....We never made it! An importer finally got the stuff down
to us.
That being said a guy who works for me was from China and when he came to the US he was living in San Francisco and was headed to LA to pick up his
daughter and headed in the wrong direction and didn't figure it out till he was in washington state right near the border of Canada!!!
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DENNIS
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The Chupacabra got'em. Ate 'em up. Ate the truck too.
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David K
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You know they probably got the 'red light' at the border... but were oblivious to it and its meaning! Now we all know how likely the migra guys are to
chase you through Tijuana!!!
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Hook
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Very true, David.
In my younger days, I have gotten the red light and just kept going. They all just shook their heads and went back to business.
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David K
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Ah, the days of our fearless youth and the coming of our oblivious senility!
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