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.
It was a flagrant request for love. So there.
I have had no confusion whatsoever about Jethro Gibbs since he was the Coors beer guy and one of my coworkers had a *hugh* crush on him.
I. Uh. Ummmm. Errrrrrrr. Can it wait until the spring thaw?
Wow! Are you permitted to share the recipes or are they family top-secret I-could-torture-you-and-you’d-admit-nothing sorts of recipes?
The thing is, this is the first time in my life that I’ve actually *liked* PB cake and hushpuppies. The cake is sort of dense but very moist and peanut buttery, and the hush puppies aren’t dry and gritty, but moist, light and fluffy.
OK, not to get too far off topic:
“U’unfratha bu’ugraith.
Goimite ne’kha tranya.
Narkekku.
-Dar she’are”
Do you recall the translation?
(Hint: The answer is at post 868
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1163131/posts?q=1&;page=851 )
Just catching up on required reading.
Mr. Firefighter forgot to ask Mrs. Firefighter to bring the recipe, and Mrs. Firefighter said she’s not too good at remembering things like that, either, but she’ll try to remember to have it there next time. On the plus side, we brought home two pieces of the cake so I should be in a sugar coma before long.
Please put your feet up and have a Restorative for me! :)
Hubby and I will be in Texas in a few weeks.
You could visit with chocolate and hugs if you have nothing better to do.
:-D
Thanks. Texas is a lot warmer...
The guacamole was on the sideboard when the subject was first brought up, but who knows where it is now? Besides, it could have a tentacle in it, so you probably wouldn’t want it anyway.
Gotta get back to the first UT. Only have 65K posts to go—yippee!
I am afraid to eat there tho. Actually I am afraid to eat anywhere but at home. That is one of the reasons I dislike/fear travel.
I know how to manage it.....eat french fries.
If they are hot, they are safe. Be careful with the ketchup.
Wait, you're all Americans.
Be careful with the mayonnaise.
I can tell you how it ends.
Thanks for the link.
LOL! I love it!
Just let us take over, and you’ll be fine.
The Mezcal is safe (assuming the worm is dead)...
I'm experienced in eating food prepared and cooked by Boy Scouts well removed from showers, in the woods, served to me as a surprise with eagerness, a smile, a "here, Mr. [Scoutmaster], try this!", and a "he ate it! I told you he would eat it!
Tentacle would be a treat.
Tequila tends to take people to the twilight zone, more often than not, ending in unfortunate outcomes.
Ever had Absinthe?
I did once.
It was nice.
There. Fixed it for you.
Come And Take It!
California—Greece on the Pacific.
No, never have.
But I’m given to understand that Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder...
When enough states say no to national welfare then California and other spendthrift states will have to learn to live within their means. It was the Lyndon Johnson nationization of welfare that caused all of these problems.
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