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.
And a charming gentleman he was, too ... although not quite on the level of Mr. Cheney, who sent us a nice note observing that babies are really cool.
That was beautiful! (I’m still in 2004 archives of UT.)
Pennsylvania is known for it’s beer, or are you in a blue-law or whatever you call it state?
It came up during a discussion of the mineshaft gap.
I know somebody has to be familiar with that reference. No Googling allowed.
Thank you for not making me ask for Kathleen check!
Please send Vlad Happy Birthday Wishes for me.
I don’t log in unless I have another window open to look thing up. Anyway, I’ll Yahoo whenever I feel the need to. Besides, I’m older than you are.
Believe I mentioned a part-time job in college, working for a guy who bred animals for sale on the zoo market. Had a true African Grey named Xanadu. Uncanny ability to mimic sounds and voices, but, boy, do they have long, creepy, snake-like necks. Partial to Amazon parrots myself. Yellow Napes in particular.
DR. Strangelove?
If ever anyone were in a state that could also be called a quandary, it would be those of us in Maryland. But we can get beer here.
I stopped at the local place a few years ago, and told the fellow: "My wife wanted me to get milk for the kids. I told her that I had to pick up some beer, but if there was any money left I'd get some milk too."
The PA beer is better.
Time to say goodnight.
Sweet dreams, y’all!
Ah.
General Buck Turgidson:
"Yeah. I think it would be extremely naive of us, Mr. President, to imagine that these new developments are going to cause any change in Soviet expansionist policy. [DeSadeski kneels, unseen, and begins photographing the big board with a secret camera within a pocket watch.] I mean, we must be . . . increasingly on the alert to prevent them from taking over other mineshaft space, in order to breed more prodigiously than we do, thus, knocking us out in superior numbers when we emerge! Mr. President, we must not allow . . . a mine shaft gap!
Bill and Tom should watch “Dr. Strangelove.”
The danger it that it's like turning somebody loose with Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the first time. You'll be hearing things like "Gentlemen! You can't fight here! This is the War Room!" around the house. Or as my son as I still say when the other brings up a half-baked idea: "Well I've been to one World's Fair, a picnic, and a rodeo and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones."
Well then take my advise, I have plenty of it because I never use the stuff.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VLAD!!! *hug*
Good morning! A sunny day for Vlad’s birthday. He got his pizza meal last night, and he can have hot dogs tonight before Sunday School.
Someone should make him a cake, though.
I’ll make a cake, but I don’t know where Darks’ FAX machine is.
How old is he now? Six?
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
"All work and no play makes Darkchylde grow moss on her bum"
/The Shining... Sort of.
It warms the heart.
As well as occasionally setting the castle on fire. Please use caution, we are in space after all...
Walk backwards over the State line.
They'll get confused and think you are still trying to enter the State. It has something to do with the botox and TCH present in the aquifer that runs from one end of the State to the other.
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