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.
We’ve been freezing without heat for 8 days. Furnace repairman is finally digging into it. Thank Heaven the heat exchangers were under warranty. Appears previous “service tech” did not screw them back down after he was done.
Afternoon, all. Had a rest for about an hour, although Jake abandoned for the better sunbeam in Bill’s room. Then dropped Tom off at his ride to a class on soil analysis and took five other kids to the library and Walmart. Now I need to combine my taco-filling ingredients (cooked earlier) and then I’ll put my feet up and have a Restorative.
62 and still sunny, for another hour or so.
Isn’t that an excerpt from the Rocky Horror Picture Show? It was a cult classic. Then again, I was out of circulation for a period of time so my memory is rusty.... I must be confusing it w/something else.
I think we all did.
It’s very green. Like guacamole.
OK, please excuse the confusion. I used to get Jethro Tull mixed up w/Jethro Clampett, etc.
Anyone who commits so heinous an act goes straight to Halifax.
Enjoy your Restorative. On my way out to volunteer FD fish fry to beg for one of the ladies’ peanut butter cake recipe. It’s legendary.
Have a great evening, y’all!
Hope you get the recipe and enjoy the fish!
I have a peanut butter cake recipe as well as a couple of peanut butter frosting recipes. Probably 40+ years old...but I love ‘em!
Well, if someone steals anything from me, they are automatically cursed with, “What goes around, comes around.” Yah. Like that.
LOL!
No worries!
And I am now off to the Land of Dreams. Or something.
Tomorrow, then, UTers!
We have a peanut-butter bread recipe. It’s very sweet - we mostly make it for bake sales.
You’re welcome.
So, are you a guy or a gal?
Nully didn’t talk to me for almost a year after I assumed he was a gal, and when he did speak to me, I had to call him Sir.
It’s been a while since that happened, but I still have the scars.
Congrats!
I’m glad they are fixing it.
Has it been very cold there?
Not to mention Jethro Gibbs. (So we won’t mention him, will we???)
I detect some slight exaggeration for dramatic effect...
“Not to mention Jethro Gibbs. (So we won’t mention him, will we???)”
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Mention him all you want——he’s got it all.
:-)
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