vgabndo
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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SharksBaja?
I'm assuming that Corky is up to his you-name-it in Mulege mud, but he's been missing from the board for over a month and I was wondering if anyone
knew how he was doing.
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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FARASHA
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I was thinking the same for the last weeks now!
But guessed he is too busy OR has no net accsess.
Maybe Bruce coould check on him?
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toneart
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I too was wondering. He was to be there around the middle of October. I had never met him but I contributed to his fund. We exchanged emails and upon
his request I gave him a report on damage to his house. His was one of the hardest hit in The Orchard, being right next door to the yellow house now
famous in the flood photos; the one where only fragmented yellow pillars were left standing. I couldn't enter his house because the entrances were
blocked with furniture, mattresses and debris.
I'm sure that if he is there (I am not), he is up to his elbows in the difficult work. If Bruce reaches him, I think he (sharks) will go to an
internet cafe in town and check in with us. I do think his house is salvageable but it will take a lot of work and money. At the time I left in
mid-October, the roads, water and electric at his end were not yet repaired. Cleaning up The Orchard is becoming an unhappy issue with the residents
because Roberto has done very little.
Corky, come on man....Nomads want to know you are OK.
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FARASHA
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HM, maybe it's too depressing to tell how BIG the mess is.
And how much input it needs. Hope he has got some help there.
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Natalie Ann
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He was still in Mulege working hard when I left. I thought he had planned to be back home by now, but have not heard from him yet. And yep, he's
missed.
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
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jerry
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hopefully Sharks had some insurance??
there seems to be quite a few long time nomads missing lately??
jerry and judi
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Paula
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I too have been missing Sharks' posts, and hope all is well with him.
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Sharksbaja
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Flattered but shook up a bit
Just returned today as I was stuck in a near-blizzard on my way home last night in the Siskyous Mountains.
Thanks for giving concern.
I have much to report. I'll say this much now. Mulege is beat up pretty good. Most folks are resuming their daily routine but to say normal would not
be correct. The flood took possessions and peoples homes away. More than that though it did something very strange indeed to the normally passive
resident peon. Reminisent of New Orleans the desparate folks grabbed the oppotunity to salvage or rather "steal" stuff from others affected by the
flood.
Countess stories I have heard of how entire famlies would descend upon victims homes and pillage and plunder their remaning stuff.
Totally disgraceful and bad for the town it's visitors and the people who love and support it.
The thread about violence in Mulege underscores the problem(s) alive and kicking there. I truly believe the town has serious disipline problems
regarding it's local trouble-makers. The police know who they are, the just fail to reign them in. Let's face it, people everywhere, in every town and
neighborhood in every part of the world have dishonest people living near them. They rear their ugly heads in these times of crisis. THe plague of
society, these opportunists emerge to do their dirty work, then retreat until the time is right. My point being, In Mulege these slime-balls are
still at it. As soon as the Army left they came out of their holes again.
I have some strong words to say about the protection the police are supposed enforce. I think it's time they made a few arrests or perhaps a few
dismissals in their force.
Fear is normal reaction. Stand firm, things will change.
AS far as our house goes.....well it stands proud again. But needs some serious work.
THAT will be another story.
Jerry, I delivered over $5000 of flood and fire fighting equipment to the fire dept.
Nope no insurance
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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FARASHA
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HEY GREAT YOU ARE BACK - MISSED YOU AND YOUR COMMENTS!!"!!!
Sorry to hear all the bad news about Mulege and whats going on there! It makes one really think twice to go there again.
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Osprey
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Hi Sharks, glad you're back on the board. We blamed the police for the rash of crimes around here a couple of years back. I came to learn that many
of Mexico's laws greatly favor the perps. Victim statements and eyeball witness words won't do the job -- have to catch the criminal IN THE ACT in
many, many cases. Another example: gringo vacation home, vacant during the storm has the front door blown in, creeps seen inside for 3 days, now
vacant, stripped. The police are faced with a real rompecabeza -- who owns the house? What was in it? Will the gringo victim come forward (from
Oregon) and make a statement please? Who will put on a new door, secure the place, protect what was not stolen? Who were the people in the house?
Might they have had the owners permission? Like: What should we do? What is our authority?
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toneart
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Sharks,
Glad you're back home and safe.
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jerry
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thanks for the report Corky
really sorry to hear that your place is such a mess glad to hear that its rebuildable jerry
jerry and judi
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