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[quote=”Versatile”]Blaming everything about Americans health on GMO is flawed.[/quote]
fair enough, but no one, far as I have heard, has gotten obese on veggies, esp organics….the flabby tummy, often out of proportion to other parts of body, is common is people that eat a lot of breads and corn products from GMO…..the fast food tummy some call it…result not only of GMO, but other chemicals and additives…..
When in Europ last yr, could easily tell the USA,Brits and Canadians from the Germans, French, Italians…older people tended to be heavier at times, but the middle aged and youth, much more lean and athletic then Americans,Brits……studies seem to correlate with this and obesity in UK vs France, Germany,etc…so, not only GMO, but other food and lifestyle choices……still, dont want chemicals forming toxins in the tummy, can tell when I stray off the path of diet, feel it and look it….Got stuck on something and never got to see the video, meant to at least download it for future viewing:cry:
Likely, will be somewhere near future to see it….
[quote=”costaricafinca”]Spoke with a [i]very reliable source[/i] yesterday, who explained that Monsanto has leased a large area in which they are experimenting with GMO cotton. They have planted both this and ‘regular’ cotton and the company who planted and give the TLC must account for [i]every seed planted[/i].
Of course, this is with the approval of the government. of Costa Rica.
[b]camby,[/b] the are lot’s of obese people here…[/quote]True, enough, obesity and GMO/additives making the world obese, but statistically, USA leads the world in obesity, Mexico 2nd……
[quote=”davidd”]
you know it really makes me throw up knowing we accept blood money from China
simply amazing
http://www.infowars.com/man-crushed-by-road-flattening-truck-on-orders-of-chinese-officials/
was part of the plan and going well now..for some….:wink:
[quote=”lisamarie6987″][quote=”maravilla”]if you are going to live in a Spanish culture, you really do need to learn the language. without out it, the humor, the irony, the political jokes, and the culture will be out of your grasp. i cannot even imagine living in a foreign country without language skills. i learned spanish before i moved to mexico, and i learned french before i moved to france. so moving here was a slam dunk, but there is always room for improvement and i spent more than a year going to spanish classes here. there is more to life in this country than hanging out with gringos, being able to order a beer, or ordering off a menu. you will miss so much of what it really means to live here if you are the outsider who can’t communicate. besides, learning a foreign language will stave off alzheimers. and what would you do in an emergency? could you call an ambulance, or the police, or run to a neighbor for help? what if your car breaks down? how will you tell a taxi where you need to go? what if you wound up in a hospital? speaking spanish might just save your life, and this old adage that no matter how well you speak it, you will always revert to your native tongue in an emergency is a falsehood. when i had to go to the ER after a bad fall and a messed up ankle, it never occurred to me to try and tell someone what happened to me in English and then risk not getting proper care. spanish is fun, and it’s a lot easier than english, and if you can speak spanish, you can then understand french, italian, and portuguese. what a bonus. plus there are more than 500 cognates in spanish. once you learn those you already have a vocabulary.[/quote]
Maravilla…you maske perfect sense. I am deep in Rosetta Stone Spanish presently and learning more and more each dasy. My daily telemuda news is getting easier for me to understand. I won’t be perfect but I will get by and be able to learn more as the months go on.[/quote]
have seen those for sale, but was hesitatn, price aside, to try as I got easily lost trying German some yrs ago, by lesson 2, was lost.:(
[quote=”elindermuller”]Wait a minute. There are people who consider moving to a spanish speaking counrty, and they are too lazy to learn even basic Spanish ! Why do they expect that there will be a number of Locals who speak English, and/or a number of expats who speak Spanish, (and who, in both cases, were NOT too lazy to learn the foreign language) in order to help and be of their service all the time ? It is o.k. for a while, but not forever. Move your butts and go to language school! No matter who much talent one has, anyone can learn the Basics.
[/quote]For me, its about move=survival likely…that said, though, I know a few words and phrases, but if I moved would make a effort, despite never having a good aptitude for languages. Not my country, so its up to me, if living or staying long time, to make the effort, not the Tico/a I talk to. Would ask if they speak English, but if not, would make the effort to speak their language or learn…..Why trying to practice now…
[quote=”maravilla”]that’s funny, elinder. yep, lazy is what they are. i’ve met some people who live here now who can only croak out a phrase or two in spanish, but these are the same people who complain about immigrants moving to the US who don’t speak English. at least here they tolerate you. try going to france and living there without the language. the french HATE people who don’t speak French — they can be some of the rudest and nastiest people ever to an American who is garbling their beloved language. and don’t kid yourself about the Ticos — they are too polite and nonconfrontational to tell you they think you’re a wanker for not speaking spanish, but i hear it all the time when they ask me how come i can speak it and most of the other gringos can’t.[/quote]
My brother-in-law, works part time in symphony…..F/T in another, non-artistic job. few yrs back, he got a chance to go to France for over a week to play in a version of Christmas Carol. Wife’s sister went along too and did some touring, on her own and with other wives of the musicians. She was surprised how nice the French were to her, esp as their reputation is long and ingrained. The rudest person to her was a fellow from Africa, one of areas of prior- French colonialism. He was very rude and snide to her in restaurant as she did not speak French. A white, native frenchwoman actually came over and apologized to her. She was only there a week and was not planning to stay, nor had this trip been long planned to even try to become fluent in French….
[quote=”DavidCMurray”][quote=”ddspell12″]I do not speak spanish. How much of a problem will this be![/quote]
I think beansandbooks makes good points. Our Spanish is “pidgin” and we’ve gotten along fine for seven years.
That said, anything you can learn would be helpful and it would show some respect for your environment. Too, I think an “academic” approach versus a “conversational” one is the way to go.
Spanish, for example, has fourteen verb tenses of which probably four or five are really necessary to understand. And because Spanish is what I would characterize as a “structural” language, knowing the verb constructions is important.
In English, for example, we identify who’s doing the action by a name or pronoun — [b]I[/b] eat salad. [b]You[/b] eat salad. In Spanish, the actor is identified by a verb ending — Com[b]o[/b] ensalada. Com[b]es[/b] ensalada. Sometimes, names or pronouns are used but not always.
So without understanding the verb endings, you really can’t tell who’s doing what or to whom.[/quote]
that and the use of female,male adn formal words and uses always get me. To me, romance languages seem to flip things backwards, to them, we do no doubt. That sometimes is a stumbler to me when trying to string words together to order, I try it out in a restaurant at times. Soemtimes, they think I am fluent and I quickly get lost or they get a bit turned off when I have that deer-headlights look:lol:
As we have a lot of Spanish speakers in area, try to practice, though a lot of Mexican folks do not speak as fluent as Central American. I am told by other Spanish speakers, a but choppy and poor. Try to practice. David brings up a good point, the arrnagement of words to them and to English speakers much different….Biggest stop to me of moving out of USA, anywhere, is I dont have any thing to do for a living…..many natiosn are strict, like CR, on work and starting a buisness. When I read articles, stay in IL, its always “well, we were excited to mvoe and since I/spouse/both have a online buisness, we could…” sorta thing. or its “Well, we moved and glad we did, with our 1000 yrs :lol:worth of experience in ___”.
been trying to tel lthe wife, stop worrying about the money in the money market account, need to get some of that offshore, somewhere safe, clean, well run and not in the USA. Writing on the wall, told her just like many saw in Germany in the 30’s, those that were blindly optimistic and “that can never happen” lived thru a nightmare, many of course, did not live at all…..esp minorites in Germany and surrounding….plus, USA laws can seize your goods anyway (ie, Patriot Act).
Sprite, well said…
Personally, love hte feel and smell of a real, paper book, plus easier on the eyes, for me. I spend at least 9-10 hrs on a computer as it is and that bright light and waves are occupational hazard….
I do get most of my news online…..I often would love to open a book store, nice litle place, old and new books,etc…maybe a few movies thrown in and all. One reason I have not, other then the start up? No one reads anymore. Not sure about the average Tico/a, but in US, everyone has a gadget and/or internet…..Even I am guilty of not reading as much, takes me awhile now to get into a book, when I used to read for hrs…..would love to open a book store, but was born I guess too late….anyone know of a good online or work from house enterprise, send me a private email if you would…..
[quote=”Scott”]I would not be at all surprised if in the not so distant future, our North American friends will have to apply to retire outside of North America “for your protection.”
Scott
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Give it time, and likely, will have to periodically check in with them…..again, for protection and well being…..then again, some wonder why one leaves the Empire to begin with….
