NoCalRefugee
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12 years ago @ San Jose, California t... - Rich and Famous in Cos... · 0 replies · +1 points
12 years ago @ San Jose, California t... - Touch a Butt, Go to Ja... · 0 replies · +2 points
12 years ago @ http://doingcostarica.... - Pura Vida is BULLSH*T · 1 reply · +1 points
12 years ago @ San Jose, California t... - Costa Rica Weather · 0 replies · +1 points
I touched on latitude but should have been more explicit. It is Costa Rica's latitude that keeps the amount of incoming sunlight very equable year round, as opposed to higher latitudes, which vary more the farther from the Equator they are.pharg,
13 years ago @ English Speaking Expat... - Speculation About The ... · 1 reply · +1 points
13 years ago @ San Jose, California t... - La Presidenta at the U... · 0 replies · +1 points
If you are implying that I don't do anything to help poor people here, you know nothing about what I am doing. I don't volunteer for feel good projects while I stay in 5 star resorts. I would wager that a much larger percentage of my disposable income goes to directly helping families than any other gringos you care to name. I am not impressed with most gringo do-gooders. They almost always have some agenda or are on some ego trip. They want to impose their beliefs (religious, dietary, whatever) on the locals before they open up their pocketbooks.
And Simon is the only one on American Idol who told the truth and didn't sugar coat it, as far as I am concerned.
13 years ago @ San Jose, California t... - Back in the US of A, Pt 1 · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ San Jose, California t... - Real Estate Exhibition... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ English Speaking Expat... - Maple Cafe: Failed Exp... · 1 reply · +1 points
A good friend went there to eat their supposedly ace breakfast. His eggs were 1/2 salt, the bacon raw and the 'toast' had been buttered and put on the grill to cook. I don't know anybody who can't cook bacon and eggs, but somehow these guys didn't. And they open a restaurant? oy vay.
I could tell some stories about some other failed businesses here... but I'll save it for a blog entry of my own.
13 years ago @ English Speaking Expat... - National Culture Shock... · 1 reply · +1 points