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Post #22,666

12/28/01 10:39:30 PM

Damn.. I'm usually the one who has to remind self -

Don't tease the animals!

I think I'd have been just too wary to take along a small daughter through all that territory, less'n all the kids had AK-47s except then the border crossings would have been even hairier.. and [tilt] Catch 22.

Glad you made it; yer mom be The Woman.. baaad-assed! Hmmm maybe she can help with the paint-balls on the surveillance cameras? or maybe when Ashcroft starts the airport cavity inspections..

Ashton

Post #22,676

12/29/01 12:26:02 AM

All my stories like that

are about Colombia :-)

To an American, Mexican attitudes toward the police are truly bizarre. I stood at my hotel window one late evening, watching as a pair of Mexico City police cars waited, with red-and-blues flaring, to make a left turn across Insurgentes [south central Mexico City, for those who don't know]. It took them quite a while to manage it -- the southbound traffic didn't give an inch! Did my heart good, it did.

And yet, the simplest stop by the Federales (Pol\ufffdcia Feder\ufffdl des Caminos y Puertas) is a heart-stopper. The guy may just want to pass the time of day, or it may ruin your whole year.

But yes, I could live in Mexico, even though my language skills are laughable. It's sometimes remarkable that I'm able to get along at all, but English is widespread and most people are good-humored about it. Something to keep in mind -- lots of people don't like Mexico, but I don't think anybody actually hates Mexico; possibly the Zapatistas, although the one I met denied it.

Regards,
Ric

Heading to Chicago for Xmas - (SpiceWare) - (55) - Dec. 18, 2001, 11:11:34 AM EST

About 30 miles away - (Silverlock) - (46) - Dec. 18, 2001, 11:29:41 AM EST

Know right where it is - (SpiceWare) - (45) - Dec. 18, 2001, 11:40:27 AM EST

Maybe we can meet when I go shopping - (Silverlock) - (44) - Dec. 18, 2001, 11:47:16 AM EST

Sounds good to me. - (SpiceWare) - (43) - Dec. 18, 2001, 12:04:58 PM EST

Monday? Meet for a couple/3 drinks? -NT - (Silverlock) - (42) - Dec. 18, 2001, 12:12:23 PM EST

Sounds good. - (SpiceWare) - (41) - Dec. 18, 2001, 12:43:24 PM EST

What's yer email addie? - (Silverlock) - (40) - Dec. 19, 2001, 10:12:41 AM EST

sounds good - dropped you a note -NT - (SpiceWare) - Dec. 19, 2001, 11:56:20 AM EST

OT, Waay OT: Why do you folks call the main course "entree"? -NT - (CRConrad) - (38) - Dec. 19, 2001, 03:31:42 PM EST

Because that's what it is. - (Silverlock) - (36) - Dec. 19, 2001, 03:35:51 PM EST

In British English too, or just American? - (CRConrad) - (35) - Dec. 19, 2001, 03:58:47 PM EST

Merriam-Webster - "the main course of a meal in the U.S." - (SpiceWare) - Dec. 19, 2001, 04:21:21 PM EST

Plus it means I is reefined if'n I use furrin wurds. -NT - (Silverlock) - Dec. 19, 2001, 04:35:52 PM EST

In .au, Entree = before the main meal - (Meerkat) - Dec. 19, 2001, 05:08:10 PM EST

Re: In British English too, or just American? - (pwhysall) - (31) - Dec. 19, 2001, 05:27:33 PM EST

Don't they usually drop the accent, when... - (CRConrad) - (30) - Dec. 20, 2001, 10:39:02 AM EST

Merkin meal order - (Silverlock) - (18) - Dec. 20, 2001, 12:14:43 PM EST

Reminds me of an Australian traveller. - (Meerkat) - (17) - Dec. 20, 2001, 05:06:03 PM EST

Damn phony-sophisticate philistines. - (CRConrad) - Dec. 20, 2001, 05:20:41 PM EST

Yabut.. do they serve on those salads - (Ashton) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2001, 05:20:49 PM EST

Depends on the establishment. - (Meerkat) - Dec. 20, 2001, 06:26:43 PM EST

Food abroad - (kmself) - (13) - Dec. 20, 2001, 11:53:32 PM EST

Pickles, beets n Kraut aint veggies? - (boxley) - (12) - Dec. 21, 2001, 12:00:27 AM EST

Mexican Nescaf\ufffd is different - (Ashton) - (11) - Dec. 21, 2001, 01:14:41 AM EST

Milk in Mexico - (Ric Locke) - (10) - Dec. 26, 2001, 08:38:09 PM EST

Yes: but it is scalded when used in cafe con leche.. - (Ashton) - (9) - Dec. 27, 2001, 03:42:53 PM EST

Ah, yes, part of the recipe - (Ric Locke) - (8) - Dec. 27, 2001, 10:39:34 PM EST

Hey you're right! - (Ashton) - (7) - Dec. 28, 2001, 12:10:13 AM EST

You should go back; you'd be both pleased and appalled - (Ric Locke) - (6) - Dec. 28, 2001, 10:56:29 AM EST

Thanks for the update - (Ashton) - (5) - Dec. 28, 2001, 03:09:38 PM EST

The Mexico I love is the east coast - (boxley) - (1) - Dec. 28, 2001, 04:49:04 PM EST

Added to fantasy itinerary or maybe - (Ashton) - Dec. 28, 2001, 10:46:02 PM EST

Insane travelling companions - (mhuber) - (2) - Dec. 28, 2001, 06:20:28 PM EST

Damn.. I'm usually the one who has to remind self - - (Ashton) - (1) - Dec. 28, 2001, 10:39:30 PM EST

All my stories like that - (Ric Locke) - Dec. 29, 2001, 12:26:02 AM EST

Dead right on the d'oeuvres - (Ashton) - (10) - Dec. 20, 2001, 05:08:02 PM EST

Sorry, but now I just *have* to ask... - (CRConrad) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2001, 06:08:14 PM EST

Thought That one almost obvious (?) - (Ashton) - Dec. 20, 2001, 11:09:19 PM EST

Linguistic Americans - (Ric Locke) - (7) - Dec. 20, 2001, 10:39:02 PM EST

Cipher (cypher). -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2001, 11:21:21 PM EST

Bzzt! --wrong. That's the same word. -NT - (Ric Locke) - Dec. 20, 2001, 11:25:21 PM EST

My guess - (Ashton) - Dec. 20, 2001, 11:37:43 PM EST

Computronics? (Al-Khwarizmi, "Algorithm") -NT - (CRConrad) - Dec. 24, 2001, 08:30:57 AM EST

Or hot-climate food, clothes, and soldiering? -NT - (CRConrad) - (2) - Dec. 24, 2001, 08:32:31 AM EST

Comfortable furniture; "sofa", etc. -NT - (Ric Locke) - (1) - Dec. 26, 2001, 08:39:22 PM EST

Duh! Ah, isn't that what the whole Ottoman Empire was about? -NT - (CRConrad) - Dec. 27, 2001, 09:29:55 AM EST

in sofla entree also means earlybird - (boxley) - Dec. 19, 2001, 04:38:28 PM EST

Planned route - (SpiceWare) - (2) - Dec. 18, 2001, 12:03:43 PM EST

nking - will you be home for xmas? -NT - (SpiceWare) - (1) - Dec. 19, 2001, 04:45:33 PM EST

Yes and no - (nking) - Dec. 19, 2001, 05:04:33 PM EST

Doh! - (Yendor) - (2) - Dec. 18, 2001, 12:23:41 PM EST

Oh well, at least I got to see you last time :-) - (SpiceWare) - (1) - Dec. 18, 2001, 12:41:56 PM EST

Indeed - (Yendor) - Dec. 18, 2001, 12:52:30 PM EST

Re: Heading to Chicago for Xmas - (mhuber) - (1) - Dec. 19, 2001, 07:08:25 PM EST

Maybe you can meet up with Silverlock & I for lunch? - (SpiceWare) - Dec. 20, 2001, 10:10:41 AM EST

Erm, jb......that already IS a Lerpadism.
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