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Whale-ista
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Copa mundial!
Just remembered I was in la Paz for the 1994 World Cup. Lots of fun and excitement in the bars along the malecon.
And now it looks like I will be in Baja sur for the 2014 festivities.
I guess I know what will be on the TVs in the bars as I travel south!
And In honor of opening day of Copa mundial...
Gooooooooooooooooaaaaaaallllll!
[Edited on 6-12-2014 by Whale-ista]
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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vandenberg
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ALL games are televised on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC.
And for those with Canadian Shaw direct, all games are on CBC and Sportsnet.
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vandenberg
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Mexico against Cameroon Friday morning at 9.45.
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Cliffy
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fotbol? They make it easy by getting rid of the pointy ends of the ball!
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BajaBlanca
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just not the same here .... the other day when Mexico played a pre-world cup soccer friendly we flew over to the beach restaurant to watch with the
locals ....
and they had on a novella !!!!!
get the game on, I yelled !
empty restaurant ... just not the same.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
I guess I know what will be on the TVs in the bars as I travel south! |
Try not to be there when Mexico plays the US...and loses. That happened to me once and I snuck out the back door.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Mexico against Cameroon Friday morning at 9.45. |
I thought Camaroons were cookies. They're playing the dreaded Cookies? 
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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DENNIS
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Maybe that's "Macaroons." When does Mexico play the Macaroons?
Jeeezo....I just tickle myself to death.
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vandenberg
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Futbol way better that watching a bunch of 7 foot freaks run up and down a court, stuffing a ball in a hoop that should be 10 ft higher.  
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
I guess I know what will be on the TVs in the bars as I travel south! |
Try not to be there when Mexico plays the US...and loses. That happened to me once and I snuck out the back door. |
I was on a 6 day fishing charter out of San Felipe on Tony Reyes's boat when the USA eliminated Mexico from the World Cup... I had bets with half the
crew..... I was wondering if i was going to get off that boat alive
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vandenberg
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Mexico leading 1-0
This game much more enjoyable than Brazil-Croatia, which wasn't very good, no matter what the hoopla over Neymar. Should have ended in a tie.
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Loretana
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Mexico beat Cameroon. Our Mexican crew here in Oregon just went nuts!
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
-Nikola Tesla
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Futbol way better that watching a bunch of 7 foot freaks run up and down a court, stuffing a ball in a hoop that should be 10 ft higher. |
If the hoop was ten feet higher, the freaks would be ten feet taller, what with genetic engineering. 
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Futbol way better that watching a bunch of 7 foot freaks run up and down a court, stuffing a ball in a hoop that should be 10 ft higher. |
If the hoop was ten feet higher, the freaks would be ten feet taller, what with genetic engineering. |
what if they left it the same height but made the hoop slightly
smaller than the ball?
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David K
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What teams are playing now? I am at a taco joint and its on the radio... 1:50-2:00pm
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
What teams are playing now? I am at a taco joint and its on the radio... 1:50-2:00pm |
Spain versus The Netherlands
Latter beat the pi** out of them in revenge of the 2010 defeat.
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David K
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Thanks... I thought I heard "Espaņa" but they were shouting as if it was Mexico. So the boys with wooden shoes and their finger in a dike beat Spain?
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danaeb
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What a game.. VIVA MEXICO!
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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Whale-ista
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Very fun, very loud...
And mucho feliz in Caballeros cantina in Cabo Pulmo!
the crowd shots were very funny- loved Frida Kahlo and her hat/serape/unibrow.
Fun afternoon w/the locals, and dogs, and kids....fun for all ages/species!
| Quote: | Originally posted by danaeb
What a game.. VIVA MEXICO! |
[Edited on 6-24-2014 by Whale-ista]
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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danaeb
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
Just remembered I was in la Paz for the 1994 World Cup. Lots of fun and excitement in the bars along the malecon.
And now it looks like I will be in Baja sur for the 2014 festivities.
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I was working in San Francisco in '94. I really didn't know anything about soccer. I only remember that there were a lot of CRAZY Brazilans in town
and boy could they party!
Now, I'm in La Paz watching the Copa. I dont know much more about soccer than I did then, but it's been really fun watching Mexico advance and being
here to share the fun.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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