RGV weather
Watching the weather, it looks darn cold. Is this one of those years?
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X2 (X2 on the joke part also, if you think about it 1/5 of Mexico is north of us.)
A couple of winters ago west of Harlingen I was in a friends truck when it got T boned by a driver that ended up being hauled away by the INS. As I was waiting in the tow truck for my friend to finish up paperwork with the state patrol the driver said something to me in Spanish. I told him I wasn't bilingual.
He then asked me who was my ????? (some Spanish word.) I told him I didn't understand what he meant. He then said "you know, the local person here who irons out the wrinkles for you."
At that moment I realized that not being bilingual in this part of the United States of America made me less independent when problems occur. The US does not have a national language, something that you never think about when you're north of here.
A couple of winters ago west of Harlingen I was in a friends truck when it got T boned by a driver that ended up being hauled away by the INS. As I was waiting in the tow truck for my friend to finish up paperwork with the state patrol the driver said something to me in Spanish. I told him I wasn't bilingual.
He then asked me who was my ????? (some Spanish word.) I told him I didn't understand what he meant. He then said "you know, the local person here who irons out the wrinkles for you."
At that moment I realized that not being bilingual in this part of the United States of America made me less independent when problems occur. The US does not have a national language, something that you never think about when you're north of here.
