Yo Mex, How you holding out down south?
Was watching the weather channel marveling at the record high temps! How are you setup? Are you out in the sticks under a tree or something? You off grid? what temps have you seen so far? Inquir...
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After six PM and on Sundays I am forced to rely on a cellular internet connection that has bandwidth so narrow it can be considered Decahertz.
At the moment (10:30AM MDT) it's pure June Gloom, high seventies, still air, solid gray skies. 74 for a low last night.
Got gnus for some folks. It's 125 miles from Bahia Tortugas, to Vizcaino then 45 miles from there to Guerrero Negro or 125 miles to Sta Rosalia. It's either that or I need to run around ripping out Km signs, putting a .38 round through the car odometer, then tossing my watch into the ocean. 250 miles across the peninsula point to point. The highways are not straight. There are several salt flats to cross.
Guerrero Negro has "La Ballena" market but it has 2% of the inventory of the huge new supermarket in Sta Rosalia. The reopening of the copper mine even brought a five screen Ciniplex to the town.
The last time I "spoke" Ingles was almost 2-months ago when I went to the USA for medical. Not one word since. I keep tuned up by reading and writing.
52 years ago I saw Bajacalifornianos as being utterly different than Mexicans on the mainland. They do not like spicy food now and did not in 1964. They prefer flour tortillas. I hate 'em. Abalone, the legal kind sells for around EIGHTY DOLLARS A POUND. The people who read right-to-left pay that absurd price.
Gringos cluster just like Mexicans, and Chinese cluster. Polish in Milwaukee, Italians in New York and Jewish retirees in Florida.
But, I am not gringo. People here stopped calling me Güero (pronounced Hwero) yeas ago. They marvel at my preference at eating salsas and spiced food they shy away from. Until the appliance and merchandise store closed a few months ago I acted as interpreter every few days. Now it's 100% español.
Businesses have to have a Dollar bank account to deposit US currency. It's a hassle as low exchange rates show (15-17 pesos to the dollar). Bank ATMs offer 18+ pesos to the dollar. Only foolish, lazy people bring dollars with them.
But all my electronics, every last discrete component, tools, solder, fasteners, has to be imported.
I get enraged at the chew & spit mentality. Build garbage, and poisonous junk contaminates land fills. Build it with intelligence, and sure it will cost a lot more but it will last. Converter or charger blows up "It's Not Fixable!" so people haul it to the dump. Precious raw materials, utterly wasted. Dollars flow out for no reason. Ignorance Par Excellence.
But I AM enjoying this June Gloom!
After six PM and on Sundays I am forced to rely on a cellular internet connection that has bandwidth so narrow it can be considered Decahertz.
At the moment (10:30AM MDT) it's pure June Gloom, high seventies, still air, solid gray skies. 74 for a low last night.
Got gnus for some folks. It's 125 miles from Bahia Tortugas, to Vizcaino then 45 miles from there to Guerrero Negro or 125 miles to Sta Rosalia. It's either that or I need to run around ripping out Km signs, putting a .38 round through the car odometer, then tossing my watch into the ocean. 250 miles across the peninsula point to point. The highways are not straight. There are several salt flats to cross.
Guerrero Negro has "La Ballena" market but it has 2% of the inventory of the huge new supermarket in Sta Rosalia. The reopening of the copper mine even brought a five screen Ciniplex to the town.
The last time I "spoke" Ingles was almost 2-months ago when I went to the USA for medical. Not one word since. I keep tuned up by reading and writing.
52 years ago I saw Bajacalifornianos as being utterly different than Mexicans on the mainland. They do not like spicy food now and did not in 1964. They prefer flour tortillas. I hate 'em. Abalone, the legal kind sells for around EIGHTY DOLLARS A POUND. The people who read right-to-left pay that absurd price.
Gringos cluster just like Mexicans, and Chinese cluster. Polish in Milwaukee, Italians in New York and Jewish retirees in Florida.
But, I am not gringo. People here stopped calling me Güero (pronounced Hwero) yeas ago. They marvel at my preference at eating salsas and spiced food they shy away from. Until the appliance and merchandise store closed a few months ago I acted as interpreter every few days. Now it's 100% español.
Businesses have to have a Dollar bank account to deposit US currency. It's a hassle as low exchange rates show (15-17 pesos to the dollar). Bank ATMs offer 18+ pesos to the dollar. Only foolish, lazy people bring dollars with them.
But all my electronics, every last discrete component, tools, solder, fasteners, has to be imported.
I get enraged at the chew & spit mentality. Build garbage, and poisonous junk contaminates land fills. Build it with intelligence, and sure it will cost a lot more but it will last. Converter or charger blows up "It's Not Fixable!" so people haul it to the dump. Precious raw materials, utterly wasted. Dollars flow out for no reason. Ignorance Par Excellence.
But I AM enjoying this June Gloom!
