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.
I onceread a college paper where the student rewrote the tale of Ulysses and the sirens.
From a frat boy perspective.
In that version, Ulysses didn’t defeat the sirens with bee wax in the ears of the crew and ropes tying him to the mast.
But, it was poorly written.
More realistically, he’d have owed child support afterwards in that version.
Maxwell’s demon, who keeps slow atoms moving one way and prevents fast atoms from going past.
Thus, in his version of hell, you’d freeze as teh flames blazed hotter around you.
Employed in a [probably misspelled] Zilard Engine, he is a thought problem perpetual motion machine.
The last time I employed Maxwell’s Demon, or its near-equivalent, was when we were gleaning U-know-what from the ocean near Hawaii.
Needless to tell, (or not tell), the methods are proprietary.
Scoutmaster, that is some history.
You sound like you've heard the call of the Loon late at night. Haunting is right. I once heard one while sleeping at the edge of Canoe Lake, and was sure Tom Thompson was trying to let me know where his body could be found.
Which of our comedians do you like? Russell Peters?
I will apologize for Michael J. Fox, AND Celine Dion, if you will apologize for Robert Redford, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert Kennedy Jr. coming to Canada to oppose the Northern Gateway pipeline.
So Scoutmaster, where NOT IN TEXAS are you?
I didn’t realise that wood loses it’s btu’s over time like that. It’s fixed now, right?
Have you noticed the days are starting to stay light for longer? It won’t be long now before spring is here!
The real problem with employing demons is the pay they demand.
LOL, it wasn’t a flagrant request for sex or romance. Just a flagrant request for love.
Love is abundant in the UT thread.
In fact, in the UT, I think you can get anything you ask for, no matter how peculiar.
I love it here.
You're right about that.
It's ungodly!
“Ya think twelve hours is enough for it to wear off?”
2 hrs at least, in order to become less blunt.
Roaddog727?
Prayers up.
If I recall correctly, there's a place called Alice's Restaurant on the fourth level of Habitat A, near the central courtyard fountain.
They claim you can get anything you want 'cepting Alice, but I think it's just an advertising rip-off. They haven't had the large buns for the elephant-ear sandwiches since before we started mining Plymouth.
I heard that she was upset to be pictured in Marie Antoinette’s dress.
It surprised me that they were able to get her into it.
*ouch*
Sorry to hear that. Not sure I know him, but offering prayers.
How do you think I perfected the art?
My error and in that case ... Love You Both. Had to give up sex anyway. It interfered with my spouse's schedule. Schedule first, sex never. Still don't understand what was meant by that. Oh not my spouse, but null and voids post to me. Maybe null and void has been talking to someones spouse? This LANSTROM person, in the stasis pod sounds familiar. Doesn't remind me of my spouse, but is LANSTROM moochelle?
I have trouble picturing you as “younger,” Bob.
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