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[quote=”Scott”]I’m certainly not saying your father was a rapist or a murderer and I’m genuinely delighted you consider your father an authority on the entire world war Mr. Ward but, Maravilla is not using phrases like: “I’m sick of your eliteist putrid crap” and asking you to “go back to your treehouse and do your yoga” in her discussion threads with you…
Maravilla hasn’t used the F word either so as far as I can see, she’s used no venomous language at all …
So…
YOU CAN EITHER PLAY NICELY OR GO PLAY SOMEWHERE ELSE, OK RWARD?[/quote]
[i]You know Scott that is the most intelligent thing I’ve ever heard you say, that I leave. I am leaving. I asked you to PM me but your not man enough to do that are you. DO you really know what people say about you outside your little forum? You have to be the most narcisistic self-endulged self-enamored jerk I have ever met. You say you don’t profit from real estate you promote. You are an unabashed liar. I’ve read old posts when people have called you out on your real estate denials that you don’t receive kickbacks. When they press you you just fade away and never answer their valid question. Truth is you have your hands in everyones pocket. No Scott you are a charleton and your bubble will burst one day. Many members feel that way but don’t post it. SO to you Scottie
I’ll say [b]GFY[/b] !!!! I’m sure you’ll think it’s the best you ever had. Oh Maravilla [b]GFY[/b]. I’m sure it will be the first man you’ve ever had..So having said that I’ll go the way Costafinca did yesterday and just say good luck. Maybe someday you’ll reach down, summon the courage and challenge Mr. Scott Oliver. Adios…[/i]
[quote=”Scott”]1. I have actually read the book authored by Maravilla so I KNOW she’s written one at least …
2. You can find many interesting articles about the similarities between Nazi Germany and the current situation in the U.S. For example:
America 2011 Is Germany 1939. [ http://www.hermes-press.com/germany1930.htm ]
Nazi Germany Vs. the United States [ http://welcometoafreeworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/nazi-germany-vs-united-states.html ]
3. As far “liberating” people in Germany after WWII. That would depend on which history books you read and we must remember that history is always written by the victors, right?
So it isn’t always the truth…
If you are reading the mainstream BS then you’ll think that the US (as always :x) are the saviours but, if you dig deeper and read other books like:
1. Gruesome harvest – The Costly Attempt to Exterminate the People of Germany
2. A Terrible Revenge – The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germans
3. An Eye For An Eye – The Story of the Jews Who Sought Revenge For The Holocaust.All of these horrific books are in my office here, you’ll know that AFTER the war ended, MILLIONS of German CIVILIANS were deliberately murdered…
To give you a crystal clear idea of what these books are referring to, in the introduction to Gruesome Harvest, you can read:
“Gruesome Harvest has the honor of being the first book that tried to blast the conspiracy of silence which the victors clamped on the greatest atrocity in European history: the expulsion and total robbery and partial rape and murder of fifteen million Oder-Neisse and Sudeten germans.”
Lastly, I would like to politely suggest rward that you tone down your rhetoric a little, you can use different, slight less venomous language and still make your point.
Scott Oliver[/quote]
I DON’T HAVE TO READ BOOKS. MY DAD TOLD ME THE STORIES FIRST HAND. HE HAD NIGHTMARES THE REST OF HIS LIFE. I’LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. SURELY YOU DON’T REFER TO MY DAD AS A RAPIST AND MURDERER DO YOU? YOU SAY I SHOULD CALM DOWN. THAT WAS CALM. YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE MAD. THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT IS THE HOTTEST OF MY HOT BUTTONS AND IT WAS PUSHED HERE TODAY. YOU EDIT MY POST AND TELL ME TO NOT USE VENOMOUS LANGUAGE. WHAT ABOUT THE VENOMOUS LANGUAGE I’VE BEEN SUBJECTED TO? DID YOU POST TO HER? ARE YOU OBJECTIVE? YOU AND I HAD A RUN IN ONCE BEFORE AND WE SETTLED IT. LET’S NOT GO THERE AGAIN. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE PM ME.
[quote=”maravilla”]gee whiz, don’t get so hot under the collar. i watched a 3 hour documentary on the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich last night, and the entire time I kept thinking of the parallels of how the Nazis rose to power with fear and intimidation and how some agencies in the US engage in similar tactics. any serious student of history couldn’t help but make the leap that the TSA, DHS, CIA, FBI, ATM have similar tactics. okay, so they aren’t marching you off to one of the hundreds of concentration camps. . . not yet anyway. and before you jump all over me, i have family members who were in those camps and died there, but that doesn’t stop me from seeing and commenting on the obvious. oh, and before you glorify our troops who fought in WWII, there was plenty of raping and murdering of innocent men, women, and children by our soldiers. I’ve had a run-in or two with TSA — one guy was particularly nasty after i told him i wouldn’t get in the puffer machine, and he immediately shouted to another TSA agent to come quickly because “special treatment” was required. I replied, “Special treatmet is what the Nazis gave the Jews!” you should’ve seem the look on his face!![/quote]
I kind of expected you to weigh in Maravilla as you post your know-all opinion on everything. You say you had family that died in the camps. I doubt that. Our troops liberated those people. My Dad was one of those troops. Are you calling my Dad a rapist and murderer? Name your relatives and what camp they were in so I can research them in the directory. Go ahead do it. BTW I’ve read in these forums you wrote a book and some articles. Would you please post a link to the book and articles. Go ahead I’ll buy the book. Do it. Prove it. You won’t because you can’t !! So I’m calling you out. I’m sick of your eliteist putrid crap. DO it! SO go back to your treehouse and do your yoga. Do it! Back it up. I’m sure you’ll post some vial comeback but I’ll not respond. If you want a response PM me. Go ahead and flame. Fact is your words are hollow. I implore you to post your relatives information and your writings. Do it! Prove it! The same thing Scott deleted I say to you…
[quote=”Brillson”][quote=”aguirrewar”]this part does no belong to what I wrote
“Tico Security is far nicer than USA Customs. I have had Customs in Dallas Scream at me that it didn’t matter to him one G****** bit that i was using a wheel chair! You are G****** smuggler! After they were letting me go, the jerk tried to keep my dr.lic.. He eventually threw it at me.
Don’t let them make you mad. That is what they want. Get you mad and yelling and then they jerk you from your flight and mess with you more.”[/quote]Ah, this is even better than the good old days, when you could luck out by being accosted by the SchutzStaffel (SS), SchutzAbteiling (SA) or even the Gestapo![/quote]
You sir should choose your words more carefully! As an American I am offended by your comparison. My father served in WWII and was lucky to make it home. He knew many good men that didn’t. While I don’t like TSA at all, your Nazi reference is over the top. I did not agree with Vietnam or Iraq but I have a tremendous amount of respect for those who served. I don’t know where you are from, but were it not for the brave men and women in WWII many of us would not be here and the dynamics of the world may be different. I know some Brits on this forum and I’m sure you know what the Nazis did to England.
THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED BY SCOTT OLIVER TO REMOVE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED
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[quote=”crhomebuilder”]When you go to exchange dollars for colones, you will receive more colones per dollar.[/quote]
Please excuse my ignorance but doesn’t this devalue the colon vs. the dollar?
I agree with Scott here…Think about it, why would a successful Realtor move back to the U.S. to work? The U.S. market is the WORST it’s ever been. Realtors quitting everywhere. I know of a successful Realtor who made 200k or more every year. Last year he made 27K. Has another job now. Projections are for no improvement for at least 2 years. Costa Rica has to be better than here…..
The almond tree is protected in Costa Rica. It is protected because it is a primary home for the Great Green Macaw, an endangered species of beautiful birds.
TSA is a joke. Now we get frisked at football games. Stop the insanity….BTW if everyone flew naked the barf bag usage would skyrocket! And Dave, Keep the Ernest Hemingway…8)
[quote=”maravilla”]didn’t your mother ever tell you how rude and tasteless it was to ask a person where their money comes from?[/quote]
Maravilla,
Of course I know that to ask someone about their finances is not proper unless you are entering into some kind of transaction with them that might involve a risk on your part.
You missed the point of my post. Allow me to explain.
As soon as you step foot in Latin America, there’s a good chance that your nationality will take second place to your new classification: Gringo. As a foreigner, the locals will often tag you with this broad and flexible label (gringo, male; gringa, female; gringos, plural), even if your physical appearance is not so different from theirs.
Despite the widespread usage of the term its actual definition is the subject of some debate.
There is still a tendency to define Gringo as a hostile term. A quick look online, for example, reveals a number of negative portrayals. Merriam-Webster describes it as “often disparaging” and Dictionary.com as “usually disparaging.” The Free Dictionary says it is “Used as a disparaging term for a foreigner in Latin America, especially an American or English person.”
In general, the above definitions are not accurate – Gringo is simply used to refer to a foreigner. There are exceptions, largely depending upon where you are, who you are and how it is said. Obviously, if a Latin American stares at you and growls “grrriiingo” before spitting on the floor, it might be a good time to leave.
In your case you are not a native of your adopted land. At some point you decided to relocate there as a resident or citizen. You are by definition a “Gringa”. Unless you are a citizen you are still a foreigner who resides in Costa Rica.
So you arrived there before others who wish to relocate to Costa Rica. Good for you. The issue is that you paint with such a wide brush. Do you use the term “Gringo” in a casual sense or in the more hostile use of the word? If the latter is true then you are insulting 99% of the people who use this forum including yourself. The very title of this thread suggests the more hostile usage.
From my experience in making new friends in Costa Rica they would never use the word in hostility and neither would the vast majority of ex-pats in country. Costa Rica is known as being a friendly country, thus the allure to reside there.
[quote=”maravilla”]for a gringo to even pose such a question to you speaks of their poor breeding and low class. mostly they are just plain jealous. dismiss them with a wave of your hand, which is all a person of that ilk deserves.[/quote]
[size=200]HUH ?[/size]grin·go (grngg)
n. pl. grin·gos [b]Offensive[/b] Slang
Used as a [b]disparaging [/b]term for a foreigner in Latin America, especially an American or English person.——————————————————————————–
[quote=”DavidCMurray”][quote=”maravilla”]i just can’t imagine that anyone would crave a PopTart!!! jejeje[/quote]
That’s because you’ve never eaten Pop Tarts with cold beer on a hot summer afternoon, maravilla. Don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it.[/quote]
ROTFLMAO…:lol::lol::lol::lol:
I can vouch for George Lundquist…I’m taking his tour in January but I have already recieved more than enough great advice from George to pay for the tour…IMO he is the real deal…No BS…No agenda other than helping one make the right decision for themselves….
You might look into cedar. It is used in the US for outdoor applications. Redwood is another possibility but it is VERY expensive…..
[quote=”ricajean”]yes, thanks scott. true, plenty of ferreterias, but the best for me would be to find recycled wood. maybe an old house being torn down with good old wood, or someone with some seasoned wood setting up ready for use. i’ve also been told of laminate planking that’s being used in the states with great results – but i haven’t found it here in country so far. it’s a pliable plastic composite formed in planks that looks like wood and stands the tests of time in the outdoors.
i live in the southern pacific but get to s.j. regularly, so i can check out resources wherever.
thanks for your assistance.[/quote]You may be thinking of the composite decking boards used on decks and outdoor stuctures in the US. I have it on my deck. It is made from a composite of plastic and wood. The good point is that it doesn’t warp or lose it’s shape. Great for decks. The bad part is the fact that it is a plastic composite. It is molded into planks with a wood grain texture. It does not look like real wood at all. It only comes in about six colors of grey or brown. It bears no resemblence to real wood. It is also expensive. IMO it is about as far from eco as you can get. I think you would not want it if you see it. Hope this helps.
