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KurtG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
man...someone should do a movie about Gotta Peso!!! I dont think the locals have to feed him...he makes pretty good coin in a day there...he probably
talks to over 50 cars a day...if everybody gives him 10 pesos...hell that's way more than I make!
maybe a Nomad contest is in order...a prize for who can make the best video clip of him!
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I don't think his success ratio is very high, I've watched him and most people just ignore him or send him away. He appears to me to just be a
deluded, lost soul and if my few pesos help keep him going for another day that is fine with me. I find the idea of making videos of a disturbed guy
for our amusement a little distasteful but thats just me.
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David K
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Never met the guy... and we were in Cataviņa buying gas on Sunday.
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shari
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perhaps you are right Kurt, I apologize...he is just such a character and has sooooo many different tales and offers to tell them to everyone...I
would love to hear some of them but we only visit relatives in Catavinia and usually dont stop at the store there.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
perhaps you are right Kurt, I apologize...he is just such a character and has sooooo many different tales and offers to tell them to everyone...I
would love to hear some of them but we only visit relatives in Catavinia and usually dont stop at the store there. |
Well...you could invite him over to your place for the summer.
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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what a capital idea Dennis
nahhhh....i wouldnt want to deprive Catavinia of one of it's star attractions plus we dont get much traffic here....plus he would be competition for
all the queens, clubs, and CREAD folks who hold out their cups at the stop signs.
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KurtG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
perhaps you are right Kurt, I apologize...he is just such a character and has sooooo many different tales and offers to tell them to everyone...I
would love to hear some of them but we only visit relatives in Catavinia and usually dont stop at the store there. |
Nothing to apologize for, I know you to be a very good hearted person. I don't think he is making up these tales to get handouts but rather lives in
"GottaPesoLandia" where all these tales are true.
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LancairDriver
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Ran into him again on a trip down in March. He lives a pretty Spartan existence, sleeping in old junk cars down the road from the store, and
panhandling. His clothes are filthy and he obviously could use a Dentist and some medical work, but he seems to be satisfied with his lifestyle. He
seems to have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the past entertainment business, which he obviously uses to conjure up some of the tales he comes up
with. If you have listened to him you will have to conclude he has a pretty inventive mind. It would be interesting to know what his actual story is.
I always give him a 200 peso note, well worth the entertainment.
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Mulegena
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How 'bout some clothes for him, a toothbrush, some personal items? He's not likely to buy some for himself. Nothin' fancy, just a few things, maybe an
old suitcase for storage. All given casually, in an off-hand manner in passing. Catavina's hot in summer and cold in winter.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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Martyman
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The chile rellenos are great at the little stand where Gottapeso hangs out.
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Bajahowodd
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No offense to that relative handful of Catavinians, but it just seems to me that the very fact that this guy selected a location that is at the same
time, off the grid, remote, and has hellish climate extremes, just seems to me to prove he's quite daffy.
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Von
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Crazy place just to hang out? Somewhat boring to be homeless and Hot asshell and cold lol! Ive never seen him so weird~ill look for him next time i go
by~ See what he says to me cannt wait! Boy in Tarzan lol!
READY SET.....................
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RichBaja
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While venturing in Baja I ran into a very strange bird. I was at a "secret" surf spot taking photos. He waddled up to me and started ranting and
raving that this was his "secret" area and his "secret" waves. He smelled terrible and was in awful shape. I gave him a quick love tap with the stun
gun and we were on our way. I remember hearing him yell "don't you know who I am? I am woody and this is my area"! 
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vgabndo
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Gottapeso
January '10
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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Hook
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Let me take you down
'cause I'm going to
Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real.
And nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Too much Strawberry Fields is my opinion.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by RichBaja
While venturing in Baja I ran into a very strange bird. I was at a "secret" surf spot taking photos. He waddled up to me and started ranting and
raving that this was his "secret" area and his "secret" waves. He smelled terrible and was in awful shape. I gave him a quick love tap with the stun
gun and we were on our way. I remember hearing him yell "don't you know who I am? I am woody and this is my area"! |
Did you have a GPS in your hand? That would have really set him off! LOL What will happen when the revised 'Surfer's Guide to Baja' is published?!!!
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woody with a view
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see, and here i am trying to pretend like i give a chiit..... i'll be heading south in the morning, returning monday late so if you wanna try your
luck you know where to look.
otherwise, eat me.....
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David K
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Have fun Woody!
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MexicoTed
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My brother and I ran into Peso (as the store clerk later informed us) on a trip last January. We sat outside and enjoyed a drink. He came up and
started chatting with us and we offered him a soda and some chips. Ended up talking with him for about 30 minutes and he was great. Told us he loves
the area and has been there for 10 years. Also, he plans to buy Catavina soon!
Ted
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jimgrms
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What if all the stories are true )))
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jimgrms
What if all the stories are true ))) |
They are.
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