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I have argued in the past that Israeli Jews had their own version of ‘kristalnacht’, smashing the shops of Muslims. The fact remains that admitting a group that advocates genocide is, well, wrong.
Let me get this straight: There is an 85+ year policy of genocide, but the UN is OK with that? Admit them to observer status anyway?
Wrong again, Maravilla!
When Israel was granted statehood, no one asked Muslims to leave the new country. Muslims pulled out, loudly proclaiming that they would make war, kill all the Jews or drive them into the sea, and extinguish the new state. Radical Islam still holds to that idea. Hamas, the Palestinian radicals, still holds to that idea. Granting even observer state status to a group which proclaims the destruction of a member state as their great purpose is abhorrent. CR should have voted ‘no’ on principle.
We met a gentleman who was building with the 8x8x40 shipping containers, using them as the basis for the home. Would anyone like to comment? Sounded risky to us.
Someone once said that the problem with princes (governments) is that they don’t produce, they only steal.
Precious metals have value due to their uses in everything from adornment to manufacturing. If (big IF) there is a world collapse, there will remain relatively safe pockets of humanity where rebuilding will occur. All metals will have value there.
As for an exchange rate, the exchange is unlikely to be for paper money (worthless without something behind it). Instead, look at links from a bracelet as a basis for bartering for what you need. Cutting coins into smaller pieces also works.
Paying the electric bill? Will there be electricity? Paying the doctor? Doctors used to be paid with food, but a piece of gold will probably work.
Remember, here in Central America, cocoa beans used to be a medium of exchange. Humanity will find a way.
[quote=”orcas0606″]Maravilla, you never fail to amaze me. Just when I thought you were one of the most acculturated and knowledgeble posters on WLCR you come up with such an unfounded generalization and just because you think that they are out to get you doesn’t mean that you are paranoid. Do you think that the average tico has even the faintest idea who Mamita Yunai is…..I’m not the most likable guy and I don’t feel the ticos dislike. Why are they blaming you?
[quote=”maravilla”]they don’t like us in the first place, so if they can blame us for anything, they will!![/quote][/quote]
Orcas, what you are hearing is a conspiracy theorist with another bit of paranoia.
[quote=”maravilla”]they don’t like us in the first place, so if they can blame us for anything, they will!![/quote]
Is the “they” here Costa Ricans?? Where do you live?? Up here by the lake, everyone has been welcoming. Perhaps we just don’t act like gringos? In our first nine months, we have attended 3 local gatherings, 2 Tica baby showers, had dinner with locals in their homes….if they don’t like us, would that be happening? Are they pretending to be nice so they can rob us? OMG that must be it! Quick, lock the house!
Ok just a little hyperbole there. Once you get through all this ‘gringo’ ‘tico’ stuff, it is who you are, not where you are from.
Ah those afternoon naps! But semantics is everything. When you say ‘nap’ you think of a 2 year old (or a 92 year old). I really prefer the word ‘siesta’. Siestas are for everyone! Now I can na…I mean take a siesta, and don’t find it at all strange.
As for how you spend your time in CR, it can be anything. We are still adjusting to being retired but find plenty to do. Read, write, garden, play cards and board games with friends, sit in a roadside restaurant and chat with anyone who comes bye, garden, garden some more, go sailing, fishing and, if you absolutely must, watch some American football. My poor hubby would be lost without some football:D
Thanksgiving can be lovely here in CR. Our neighbor raises free-range turkeys and pork is easy to find.
And we have a lot to be thankful for here in this wonderful welcoming country. We get together with other expats for the holiday dinner with all the trimmings and look forward to being with friends at Christmas. Our family in the States is scattered, so holidays are more about friends for us. Where ever you are, you take your heart with you.
We also share in the CR holidays, especially Mother’s Day, when we took flowers and cookies to our Tica friends. After all, it is the feeling, the warmth, that makes a holiday. We look forward to our first Christmas with friends here in CR.
What a fine “welcome home”. We were in the States for visa requirements, which may be incorrect…..next time, Panama or Nicaragua. I did buy a nice power sander and some other tools. Some gifts for the kids of my Tico neighbers, mostly for school.
We didn’t access the net while we were away. I am so happy to be home enjoying comments from all the conspiracy theorists.
