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Cypress
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
mexico is going downhill fast.
and who cares? not me. |
we won't miss you here. |
We? You're the Nomad spokesman now?
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baron
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mexican tourism is up
Just got back from Mazatlan. Stayed at a friends house en el centro. Downtown the streets are totally free of tourists. Where did the other gringos
go when they got of the plane? I never saw one of them.
Mexican tourism statistics reveal they all go to gated corrals in the "zonas" throughout Mexico. Good for the cyclone fence business I guess.
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Hook
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Maz has violence issues that arent even making the US press much. Plus, there has been a spate of crimes against cruise ship passengers and cruise
ship employees as they walk town. A couple have already stated that they will not be returning to Mazatlan.
Where I live, there are lots of Americans and Canadians that stop here on their way down to their traditional haunts in Mazatlan. Many I have talked
to are not going back. Police being murdered in broad daylight and kidnappings in the Zona Dorado has a way of doing that.
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Lobsterman
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I'm touched that you even noticed me Hook. By the way i do not watch FOX news. Can not stand any biased, slanted news organization whether its Fox
or MSNBC. I'm smart enough to make up my own mind. I do watch the 2 hours of news nightly here in San Diego ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC and sometimes the
Lehrer report). That ends when "Three & a Half Men" comes on. Usually need a good laugh by then.
My thing is I do not like violence or corruption nor do I want my kids saddled with debt from a socialist leaning country that we have become in
recent years. I'm not anti-mexican, I'm anti-mexican culture that relys on corruption & theft. I'm still going to go fishing down into baja to
my "Bucket List" locations like Mag Bay. I just will not be buying property or living there. Need to lessen my chances to being attacked by the
lions. As I've stated before, I'll get my 2nd home on the Redneck Riviara instead of Mulege. Perhaps if the Mexicans clean up their nest, the next
generation of NOB people will start coming down again.
By the way today is my last day at work after working 48 years full time, never taking a dime of public assistance. Went from a poor white boy of 16
to a wealthly man by earning it. Perhaps a few more in the USA should try the same long-term approach instead of thinking the governments (State
& Federal) are their personal social welfare program.
[Edited on 2-16-2011 by Lobsterman]
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Cypress
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Lobsterman, Congrats on your retirement. Where on the Redneck Riviera?
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wessongroup
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Ditto's on "making it"... good for you... and I and/or we can appreciate what your talking about .... for some of us "poor folks" that is exactly what
it takes...
An entire life of working... my first job, delivery of the Los Angeles Examiner.. from the 5th grade and working in the school cafeteria's .. until I
went into the military ... along with other jobs as our Dad required us to "develop" .. support"my" wants...motor cycle, car, insurance, hamburgers,
french fries, cokes and all the rest... it was our "job" to take care of... used to have a large fish bowl.. where we put 50% of our pay ... as it
belonged to the "family first".. I didn't have a problem with it... I learned I had to make my OWN money... and I had a responsibility to our "family"
from the get go....
My Grandfather and Dad and all us kids.. built the home we lived in... my wife and I moved a house we bought for $3,000 dollars onto some acres we
purchased... we remodeled ... all to save money and not go into debt ... we did all the work... while I was working full time ..
Perhaps the economic down turn will create a greater appreciation for how much a "dollar" really means .. and that a "home" is a place one lives ....
not make money on...
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
Ditto's on "making it"... good for you... and I and/or we can appreciate what your talking about .... for some of us "poor folks" that is exactly what
it takes...
An entire life of working... my first job, delivery of the Los Angeles Examiner.. from the 5th grade and working in the school cafeteria's .. until I
went into the military ... along with other jobs as our Dad required us to "develop" .. support"my" wants...motor cycle, car, insurance, hamburgers,
french fries, cokes and all the rest... it was our "job" to take care of... used to have a large fish bowl.. where we put 50% of our pay ... as it
belonged to the "family first".. I didn't have a problem with it... I learned I had to make my OWN money... and I had a responsibility to our "family"
from the get go....
My Grandfather and Dad and all us kids.. built the home we lived in... my wife and I moved a house we bought for $3,000 dollars onto some acres we
purchased... we remodeled ... all to save money and not go into debt ... we did all the work... while I was working full time ..
Perhaps the economic down turn will create a greater appreciation for how much a "dollar" really means .. and that a "home" is a place one lives ....
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---------and THAT, my friends, is how you achieve the "American Dream"----------BRAVO Wesson!!! You done good!!!!
Barry
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Bajahowodd
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Not wishing to sound hopelessly pessimistic, but I can't overlook the fact that in the case of both Lobsterman and Wessongroup, we are looking at,
ahem, senior gentlemen who both grew up in a totally different era.
I fear that we have witnessed the combined deterioration of both our educational system and our popular culture that will likely witness far fewer
such success stories ongoing.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I fear that we have witnessed the combined deterioration of both our educational system and our popular culture that will likely witness far fewer
such success stories ongoing. |
old people always say something like "it was better in the old days" and "the world is going to hell in a handbasket."
youth is an additude. i hope i never get old!
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Bajahowodd
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So, you are of the mind that there has been no deterioration in our education system, and there has been no dumbing down of our culture?
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MrBillM
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The Young at Heart ?
Having known three people over the years who dropped dead from Heart Failure in their 40s, I'm assuming they had a Bad attitude.
I guess my cheery demeanor has kept me going.
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