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Osprey
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Catch me up
A lot of expats retire along the border to be close to the kids, grandkids but we are way down the peninsula. My wife visits her daughter in Texas
every other year and in between the daughter and family come down to visit and fish with us. It is enough -- I stay here and watch the house, the
dogs. But after 20 years, even with Dish, Magic Jack and the internet, I am waaay behind on what's what in the good old U.S. of A.
1. When young people buy body bling who punches the holes in their eyebrows, noses, lips, tongue, etc.?
2. How low is low for their Levis now?
3. Is Starbucks worth the trip, the $?
4. How much is a room at Motel 6?
5. Can you still get a beer for 2 bucks at the airport?
6. Are camera stores closing, losing out to phones and ipads?
7. Is it true "Should I buy a car or go see a concert, show or a ballgame?"
I have another 1000 questions but I'm weary of typing.
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monoloco
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The hardest thing is remembering where you are because every city and town seem to have the same landmarks now. Go past the golden arches, turn right
at the Walmart, look for the Target store on your left, blah, blah, blah
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"The future ain't what it used to be"
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Marc
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Quote: Originally posted by monoloco  | The hardest thing is remembering where you are because every city and town seem to have the same landmarks now. Go past the golden arches, turn right
at the Walmart, look for the Target store on your left, blah, blah, blah
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It's the same in London or Beijing.
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BajaBean
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Osprey Answers as I see them.
To wit:
1. Young people will do anything to be "in" even looking like they fell face first into the tackle box. It will pass. Same with tattoos.
2. Mid thigh. I am told this trend started in prison where male hookers would "advertise" for business.
3. I still remember ten cent cup of coffee, so no.
4. Sure not six dollars. Try 60 to 100.
5. Unlikely but I have no experience with that.
6. Camera stores have gone the way of the buggy whip stores.
7. Your choice. It will cost about the same.
Things have changed a great deal since my youth. Not so much for the better.
Have a great day.
The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.
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sancho
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I believe a beer at the San Diego Padres baseball park, Petco,
downtown SD, is $8 for smallish draft. Seems like us, say over
50, have fallen of the age group advertisers target, we go around mumbling 'hey, get off my lawn'
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Osprey
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I don't have a lawn. How much is a lawn?
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Udo
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Real grass is about $3.00USD per square foot. Artificial grass is about $5.00 per square foot.
(I'll send you an e-mail RE the LLORAN story.)
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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Whale-ista
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If you can afford the water, and keep to a tight schedule, you can have a lawn in San Diego- but you can only apply water to the lawn on designated
days, depending on your street address.
Odds can water Sun-Tu-Thu., evens Mon-Wed-Sat. And condos/apartments have their own days... and no one can water for more than 10 minutes, etc etc.
Waiting for the "lawn permits" to be issued soon...
\"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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mtgoat666
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Pathetic!
Why do the elderly have to always complain about how everything has changed for the bad?
Crikey!
I hope I die before I get old!
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jbcoug
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Goat, I know we haven't met, but my impression from reading your posts was that you were around 70. You kind of present that old guy cranky image. I
thought you were one of us!
\"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.\" Andy Rooney
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Osprey
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Goat, you and I can finally agree on something. We both hope you die before you get old.
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woody with a view
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Osprey, i ain't the how low the levi's hang it's how little material the bikini's contain!
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LancairDriver
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bajabuddha
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| Quote: Originally posted by Udo | Real grass is about $3.00USD per square foot. Artificial grass is about $5.00 per square foot.
(I'll send you an e-mail RE the LLORAN story.) |
High quality grass is going for about $60-$80 per gram (in the States that allow it).
Then all other questions are moot point.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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AKgringo
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | Pathetic!
Why do the elderly have to always complain about how everything has changed for the bad?
Crikey!
I hope I die before I get old! |
The definition of 'Old' that has worked for me since I was in my twenties, is my age, plus ten years!
I am 68 now, how are you feeling?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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blackwolfmt
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha | | Quote: Originally posted by Udo | Real grass is about $3.00USD per square foot. Artificial grass is about $5.00 per square foot.
(I'll send you an e-mail RE the LLORAN story.) |
High quality grass is going for about $60-$80 per gram (in the States that allow it).
Then all other questions are moot point. |
Actually Buddah the real grass goes for more like 20-45 or so I don't have a clue about the artificial stuff
So understand dont waste your time always searching for those wasted years
face up and make your stand and realize that your living in the golden years
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bledito
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bajabuddha 60-80 a gram makes a ounce over 1680 dollars that's insane you must be out your mind to pay that price but then maybe you are if your
smokin it too. unless your cost basis is in pesos then it may be about right.
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bajabuddha
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| Quote: Originally posted by bledito | | bajabuddha 60-80 a gram makes a ounce over 1680 dollars that's insane you must be out your mind to pay that price but then maybe you are if your
smokin it too. unless your cost basis is in pesos then it may be about right. |
It's why I quit many, many years ago; it just makes you STOOPUD. No, I don't and won't pay that price, nor would I imbibe in skunkweed that may be
full of pesticides. Check the legal 'gourmet shops' and see what people will pay for extra-high quality 'lawn' these days (prices do vary for
quality; more bang for your buck, so to speak). I suggest you look in Aspen, Colo. for starters.
It's a WEED, that grows anywhere, any climate, and has been re-re-refined into hybrid strains (not your Kentucky Blue Grass any more). It does cost
more than other recreational substances that require a series of chemical and mechanical alterations to make them useable, when all 'lawn' requires is
basically water and tertiary care.
Hopefully in my lifetime the majority will come to its' senses and decriminalize. I believe Colorado just got a $75 Million boost to its' school
systems this last year. The last post by Wolf of $20-45 is accurate, from your City corner coffee-pot cafes; I was referring to 'designer-quality'
for the elite and famous. Even still, at $20/gram is 280% more than 'The Good Old Daze", ain't it? And, it's still just a WEED. Dirt, water,
light. Easy-peasy. Meantime, I enjoy my 5 p.m. martinis, and no, I don't buy Grey Goose either.
[Edited on 3-22-2015 by bajabuddha]
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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durrelllrobert
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Taste is in the mouth of the drinkholder
Meantime, I enjoy my 5 p.m. martinis, and no, I don't buy Grey Goose either.
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I recently participated in a double-blind vodka tasting. The contenders for best tasting were:
Grey Goose
Absolute
Ketel One
Belvedere
Oso Nrgro
5 brands, 5 tasters and Oso Negro got 4 out of 5 votes as the best
Bob Durrell
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Osprey
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Wow! Bob, please don't spread it around that I'm drinking Oso Negro, the good stuff. I didn't know it was good. I thought it was cheap. Seriously, a
wholesaler in San Lucas told me that his $2 Karet was his biggest and best seller for the wells in the hotels. Now that's scary cause I remember
pouring out the ones I bought from him along with a few others whose names I can neither pronounce or remember.
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