On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 10:01:25 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 8:47:31 PM UTC-4, Mack A. Damia wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:37:06 -0700 (PDT), ME <riverm...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >On Sunday, 16 October 2022 at 20:23:15 UTC-4, Mack A. Damia wrote:
> > >> On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:13:44 -0700 (PDT), ME <riverm...@gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >On Sunday, 16 October 2022 at 20:01:21 UTC-4, Mack A. Damia wrote:
> > >> >> On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:09:40 -0700 (PDT), ME <riverm...@gmail.com>
> > >> >> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> >On Sunday, 16 October 2022 at 18:43:29 UTC-4, Mack A. Damia wrote:
> > >> >> >> On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 14:58:37 -0700 (PDT), ME <riverm...@gmail.com>
> > >> >> >> wrote:
> > >> >> >> >On Sunday, 16 October 2022 at 14:19:10 UTC-4, Mack A. Damia wrote:
> > >> >> >> >> On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 11:02:14 -0700 (PDT), NancyGene
> > >> >> >> >> <nancygene...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 5:58:31 PM UTC, Mack A. Damia wrote:
> > >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 10:32:10 -0700 (PDT), NancyGene
> > >> >> >> >> >> <nancygene...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >> >https://imgur.com/gallery/qs0YMW8
> > >> >> >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >> >> >No matter how far away you move...
> > >> >> >> >> >> You have some strange ideas about Mexico.
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >> We have zoning laws, and the prices of homes in our small community
> > >> >> >> >> >> (thirty home) is high enough that we keep out the undesirables. We
> > >> >> >> >> >> have a 24 hour guard.
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >> Incidently, I took a chance when I moved here over twenty years ago
> > >> >> >> >> >> and bought the house, but it worked out. Paid $80,000 for it but did
> > >> >> >> >> >> some major remodeling. A few of our homes are in the $500,000 range.
> > >> >> >> >> >> Mine is worth about $300,000 now.
> > >> >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >> >You haven't been on AAPC long enough to get the joke.
> > >> >> >> >> I guess it's one of those jokes that is over my head - or at my
> > >> >> >> >> expense so to speak.
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> My home is directly next to this one, owned by one of the wealthiest
> > >> >> >> >> men in Baja. He owns "El Rey Sol" in Ensenada, too. You can Google
> > >> >> >> >> it if you want to. Very exclusive restaurant and hotel.
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> You can see my Jaguar and red Toyota truck in front of my home next
> > >> >> >> >> door. I sold the truck a couple of years ago.
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3l1fs0-XcQ&t=13s
> > >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >Well, bless your little heart, mack. Aren’t you a lucky mother fucker.
> > >> >> >> In a sense, I guess I am, but I am single and live alone with my two
> > >> >> >> beloved cats. I have been married several times, but the marriages
> > >> >> >> didn't work out for one reason or another. Second wife was killed in
> > >> >> >> a car crash. You don't have to say you are sorry. She was an
> > >> >> >> alcoholic with a bi-polar disorder. She almost got me thrown into a
> > >> >> >> Mexican prison. She tried. We were only married for four months. I
> > >> >> >> was in Pennsylvania visiting my mother and sister when she was killed
> > >> >> >> about twenty miles from here - driving drunk as usual. We were
> > >> >> >> legally separated by this time.
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> I could have learned Spanish when I first moved here over twenty years
> > >> >> >> ago; I had the opportunity to go to school, but it was five hours a
> > >> >> >> day, five days a week for a year, I think, and I thought it sounded
> > >> >> >> too much like a full-time job. It was the other side of Ensenada and
> > >> >> >> would have been a long commute, too. I don't like driving in Mexico.
> > >> >> >> My housekeeper drives for me, but she is only here two days a week. I
> > >> >> >> didn't know her back then, too.
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> You really don't need to know Spanish to live around here. Many speak
> > >> >> >> English, and there is always somebody close by who can translate.
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> So I have my lonely moments. My housekeeper and I are very close, but
> > >> >> >> she has a family of her own, and I have to respect that. I don't have
> > >> >> >> neighbors, either. Not many full-time residents in our community.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >OMG That was tmi.
> > >> >> What do I have to hide? And why?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Her parents were bastards. Wouldn't help her get well, but when push
> > >> >> came to shove, they backed her. Her mother said, "You don't want to
> > >> >> give her half of your house". We had been married for four months..
> > >> >> >But I’m not surprised.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >Bless your little heart!
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >I’m sorry, mack. What part of TMI didn’t you get?
> > >> I don't follow you. Too much information? For whom?
> > >>
> > >> I am not looking for sympathy. Hell! This happened in another life
> > >> twenty years ago. If you feel uncomfortable reading about it, you
> > >> ought to voice your disapproval of the flaming and trolling that goes
> > >> on in this group,. That is "TOO MUCH......"
> > >
> > >
> > >Yes, you understand exactly what I’m saying, mack You are a dime a dozen here on aapc.
> > >You’ll soon be shallowville short bus roadkill.
> > >Ya’ll always are.
> > >
> > >Best of luck to you, mack. Especially down there in Mexico.
> > So after all, it turns out that you are part of the problem and not
> > the solution.
> >
> > Pity.
> Unfortunately, there isn't any solution here. We've tried to make peace with them -- over and over again -- but their idea of "peace" is to "skip and ignore" their 100+ posts per day, while they continue to slurp one another silly, whine about anyone who complains, and bury all of our poetry and discussions under their own special brand of sWill.
>
> ME can be a bit over-protective -- and isn't fond of newcomers who associate with the group's trolls.
>
> But she's a talented poet and her heart is in the right place.
>
> Our trolls are known for being extraordinarily friendly to newcomers. They need allies and actively recruit them. They had me fooled, and supporting them, for a number of years, so I have no right to be impatient with others who follow the same path.

If the objective is spirited, engaged discussion, then the solution
is simply to read the posts worth reading, to respond in kind so as
to afford others worthwhile reading, and to disregard the dross.