Posted on 01/01/2012 8:10:22 AM PST by Gen.Blather
I met some illegal Mexicans last night at a party. Several years ago I stayed with a couple of wonderful Mexican families in the Baja below California. These were well-off people. The homes, on average were beautifully tiled and some of them had mahogany inlaid walls, bookshelves and cabinetry that would cost a hundred-thousand dollars here. So, I’m guessing if they aren’t rich they’re very comfortable. The elderly not as well-off grandfather, while living in Mexico was receiving Social Security from the United States and owned a rent-free apartment in California which he used as his address to receive several forms of assistance checks from Californian agencies. He visited the apartment once a week to re-arrange things and make it looked lived in. He had a car, a Toyota Corolla that looked quite nice and had working air-conditioning. I gathered it was supplied as some form of assistance and he generally left it in California at the apartment. The apartment was about 1100 square feet and very livable. The grandfather told me most of entire complex, easily a 1000 units, were like him, on Californian assistance, but actually living in Mexico.
At the party were a couple of teenage boys from this family. Very nice kids. I’d be proud to have them as my own; diligent, hard working, trouble-free and much more adult than you’d expect from that age. They told me that they’d decided to go to high school in California instead of Mexico. They said that the (California) government gave them an apartment and they travel back to Mexico on the weekends. (I don’t know if they’re staying alone or if a family member is staying with them, but if I had to guess, they came alone.)
When I posted information on this family last time, Freepers angrily asked why I hadn’t reported them. Firstly, I was a well-treated guest. Secondly, this must be obvious to the casual observer. Even if I knew who to report it to in California, which I don’t, it is obvious that this is how it’s done. These people are only taking advantage of “benefits” put there for them. Not to avail themselves of these benefits would be like deciding not to take candy freely offered to you.
Yeah, Unfortunate, isn’t it?
I always wondered just how many times something could eat Timmy before they had to get another Timmy.
Yuppers.
It’s so sad..
Are you stupid? Do you read or write or speak English. You said that I had written “XYZ.” I pointed out that those words had been penned by somebody else, and you responded with some utterly incoherent nonsense about starting a thread does not prevent one from making stupid statements. Incoherent,not the point, utterly out of left field.
Grow up, be a big boy, and say, “Oh, yeah. You’re right.”
My sincere apology for weighing in and typing my thoughts regarding this thread.
It’s alright.
No apologies needed.
If teh thread poster didn’t mean it that way, then they really failed “communication 101/information presentation 102”.
It doesn’t seem to be an official Zot, but just a colonization. I suppose that’s somewhat appropriate for the topic ... but we generally abandon the topic in fairly short order, anyway.
Almost lunch time, and it’s only 30 degrees here. The weatherman has gone all January on us suddenly.
Sally claims she saw Shannon’s mouse in the pantry, but I’m not sure I believe her. I guess we need to clean up the pantry floor, anyway, though. And I wonder if there’s a spare mouse trap in teh garage ...
Sally claims she saw Shannon’s mouse in the pantry, but I’m not sure I believe her. I guess we need to clean up the pantry floor, anyway, though. And I wonder if there’s a spare mouse trap in teh garage ...
We have these electric mouse traps.
A bit of cookie dipped in peanut butter in the back, mouse steps in and gets electrocuted.
Everyone knows I can't draw.
Weave the imagery with words.
NNB does.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2828112/posts
Speaking of wordy imagery, I think this tv station in Wyoming is saving money by hiring catz as reporters. Try to figure out exactly what happened ... and you’re sure to end up thinking, “Meow!”
UNNNGH!
Exactly. Bill says Jake is in his bed, so they must have employed a less-articulate feline.
Jake, Master of Ebil.
Re: electric mouse traps. Did you get the Victor version? How many did you get if you got the single versions? There’s an M260 online for $81.
Occupier of Dog Beds and Assimilator of the Whole Bowl of Cat Food. “Get outta my way!”
Let’s see.
Four or five spread out over a couple months.
Some from E-bay.
Most are Victor, one or two are blue and I don’t recall who made those without hunting down where we put those.
Cost varied, as per E-bay.
Had a rat sneak in, and crawl into the mouse version of the zapper.
It was not pleasant to hear as it took awhile for the rat to craok.
Dad then got the rat ones.
Which summarily caught a chipmunk inside the house.
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