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FrankO
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Baja pretender qualifications:
1: I go to one place more often than others where I have a trailer where other white people have trailers. I enjoy it there immensely. And when I have
it dialed in and my rugrats are a little older it?s going to be a great jumping off point. I do, however, go to as many other places as my life as it
is now permits to explore, fish, surf whatever. Hell, even the Yucatan!
2: To put it mildly, my spanish sucks.
3: I interact with locals to the best of my abilities.
4: I like my privacy and guard it passionately.
5: I can be a blunt buttcrack (some prefer to call me a dick but I find that offensive) and sometimes I get drunk.
6: I like to flush my toilet paper.
7: As much as I hate HAVING to work, it's not too awful and can actually be fun and I like the things the paycheck affords me. Money is not bad.
8: I bargain if the situation warrants it and I don?t let waiters rip me off (knowingly).
9: I can?t stand elitists.
10: Add additional qualifications here ____________, even if they might only apply to my unique self!
Union thug.
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Braulio
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To me there are only 2 qualifications:
1) Lack of humility.
2) Thinking that your point of view is more valuable than other's - aka being an a-hole.
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Packoderm
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Maybe the only American qualified to visit Baja is Oprah, but I'm not sure of her Spanish abilities.
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bajalera
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One definition of a real bajaficionado is someone who is able to find enjoyment in a warm bottle of Pacifico.
bajalera
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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bajapablo
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I'm a Baja Wannabe
I wannabe there all the time but can't so I look for info here. This site helps satisfy the cravings.
I have been 3 times in my life (not counting Tijuana) and I wannabe able to go 300 more. I do know what I did on those three trips and am an expert
on all things that happened to me on that trip.
The toilet paper thing in the wastebasket is a little weird, but hey, we did the same thing in college when we wanted to show off an extremely large
specimen for the next user (we just didn't flush).
\"changes it lattitudes, changes in attitudes\"
J.Buffet
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bajajudy
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Si senor. Bajalera
And a fly on the lip!
Of the bottle that is.
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RandyMacSC/SO
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available Time off to get to the Baja
It's so so cold up here.
RandyMac
[Edited on 1-15-2005 by RandyMac]
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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djh
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Mood: Mellow fellow, plays a yellow cello...
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Braulio - good words.
It is the same all over the world with all peoples.... self importance, ignorance, arrogance, intolerance, and insensitivity are not limited to
cultural, national, political, or religeous boundaries... They are human weaknesses.
The best way to work through weakness is excercise... (exercise a little discretion, humility, tolerance, and sensitivity). We're all learning in
this adventure, eh?
Its all just stuff and some numbers.
A day spent sailing isn\'t deducted from one\'s life.
Peace, Love, and Music
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Eli
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Well djh,
You got my attention with that one, I applaud your comment, yes, very well put in deed. I keep practicing, practacing and practicing. They tell me
that the greatest teacher is practice, sure hope in this lifetime I finally GET IT! Ah well, with a little help from the angeles, tomorrow, I will get
to try and get it again.
Shalom, Sara
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Al G
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Mood: Wondering what is next???
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Having a bad day
"Cool Cats" or Just spraying your territories
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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RandyMacSC/SO
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Here here, someone who gets it.
| Quote: | Originally posted by djh
Braulio - good words.
It is the same all over the world with all peoples.... self importance, ignorance, arrogance, intolerance, and insensitivity are not limited to
cultural, national, political, or religeous boundaries... They are human weaknesses.
The best way to work through weakness is excercise... (exercise a little discretion, humility, tolerance, and sensitivity). We're all learning in
this adventure, eh? |
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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4baja
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franko, i wont call you dick any more ill change it to richard. heres a few things you wont catch me without down there.1 a ice chest without beer in
it. 2 a humidor without my favorite cigar. 3 a fishing pole without line. 4 my quad. 5 a pair of sandals. 6 my hat. 7 jake. now im ready to go!!!
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Si senor. Bajalera
And a fly on the lip!
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The LIME - that's what the lime is for! To make sure that dang fly doesn't land on the lip of the bottle. It is 100% effective. I have tested it many
many times! 
Bob H
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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bajalera
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Thank you for that info, Bob H. I've always wondered what you're supposed to do with that lime.
bajalera
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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Mexitron
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Grover--that's as bad as the time in college when we were in the chewing tobacco phase....we had a terrible habit of spitting into empty beer
bottles.....you got it--my roommate accidently drank from the wrong bottle--he was kind of lit so he had about a quarter of a bottle of it before he
noticed!
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MrBillM
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Pretenders ?
These supercilious comments come and go often on this forum, usually originated by a disgruntled Mexican National or just another Leftie Loonie who
seems to believe that people who come to Baja to visit or live fulltime or otherwise have some responsibility to meld into the local culture and show
our appreciation for being there by doing penance for being "wealthy" visitors from elsewhere.
This is complete Scheisse. The only responsibility anyone has is to pay their way , obey the law and treat others with the respect due them. I have
no right to expect anyone in Mexico to be able to communicate with me in English if my Spanish is deficient, but I have no responsibility to improve
it. I simply won't benefit from whatever I would have otherwise. Years ago, of course, there was a lot more incentive to become proficient in the
language, but nowadays you can find English spoken just about anywhere I intend to go. Even the voice messages on my new Telcel phone are in English.
It's a small world, after all.
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RandyMacSC/SO
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Toured a Corona bottling depot on the mainland years ago...
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Corona................
I glance down at the bottle, and here's a moldy, old slice of lime, washing around in the bottom of my beer. Thoughtfully contributed by some trendy
gringo, and forwarded to me by Pepe the bottle washer at the plant.
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and they left nails and all sorts of grungy objects in the bottles that they were supposed to clean and santitize before refilling, but that would be
asking too much. The quality control was non-existant. Turned me off so bad, and that's why I will never drink another Corona. I could be as parched
as a popcorn fart and you couldn't offer me a case of cold Corona to quench my thirst. No way Hose A. I'd rather die of thirst.
RandyMac
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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FrankO
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Seriously
This was all in jest.
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Braulio
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No jesting muchachos - I coined the term "Baja Pretenders" to describe hypocritical folks (like JR) who criticize others for not being able to speak
spanish while at the same time not having much command of the language themselves.
So here it's being used to describe anyone who doesn't speak spanish fluently.
Weird.
And funny.
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FrankO
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Braulio
re-read the original post. My tongue was planted pretty firmly in my cheek. It's easy to poke at the pompous. Obviously I have cheapened myself. I
swore I wouldn't do that anymore, damn it!
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