What Are You Doing In Real Life II - Page 56

Jimbuna · 06-06-17, 04:37 PM

Toilet roll? Nah, we're so poor we use the newspaper instead

Mr Quatro · 06-06-17, 04:58 PM

Trying to help a friend make a major decision ... Aktungbby is a friend, right? What's wrong with this country? Sure you can live cheaper down there, but is that on your Homeland Security retirement plan and SS for both you and your wife? Have you been watching the Travel Channel too much again?

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The average wage laborer is about $10 per day, the highest in Central America. Costa Ricans refer to themsleves as “Ticos” (males) and “Ticas” (females). ... There are 801 miles of coastline in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is divided into seven provinces; San Jose, Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Guanacaste, Puntarenas, and Limon.

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More than 25% of Costa Rican land is protected national parks

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A Peaceful Country: In the Western Hemisphere, Costa Rica is the only country without an army or military of any kind.

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Just north of Panama, with ports in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and 153 highway miles between them and 801 miles of coast line.

Just a few facts I found ... Would you like a permanent house guest? I could help out with some expenses like food and utilities. I have VA disability income too ... Don't make me beg.

Why didn't Noah swat that mosquito?

Aktungbby · 06-06-17, 07:19 PM

^ Yeah that: but here's the key issue.

http://www.expatfocus.com/expatriate-costa-rica-banking Nuthin' worse than a Latin American sudden privatization ala Cuba or Venezuela. Just like Jimbuna's Indian Takeawy, it could make my 'Colon' hurt

sodaspeke

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Toilet roll? Nah, we're so poor we use the newspaper instead

Well you're two up on Armistead: light reading & the great outdoors....

Jimbuna · 06-07-17, 09:20 AM

^

STEED · 06-07-17, 02:27 PM

^^Well I never they still have outside bogs up North!

Jimbuna · 06-08-17, 10:16 AM

Gave the young daughter of a neighbour her first driving lesson....never again!!

Aktungbby · 06-08-17, 11:17 AM

^NAH you're the man for the job given your ex-law enforcement driving skills etc. Parents tend to be too easy going; I (ex-trucker, UPS man, squadcar etc) took mine (an only child-so I can't afford to lose one

) over a nasty stretch known as Oakville Grade while she was also basic training at the local driving school. Complete with 12 miles of mountain curves, steep grades, and 'S' 180 turns-in both directions!!! Constant speed monitoring, use of gears downshift and absolute alertness on no-shoulder cliffside lanes for long control descent...everything! The poor lass complained to her pitiless mom (who's own daddy owned a truck company) and her driving school what 'daddy was doing' : the school responded: "GOOD!"

After she reasonably completed the route in both directions (in my '86 Camry), I congratulated her on passing my driving course!

A year later when up in Oregon at college, my daughter-just home for Christmas-confessed "dad you were right... all the roads are like that up here. I'm the only one I trust to do the (designated ) driving.!" One of the few arguments I've won: now all the neighbors take their own beginner kids up the Grade to do the same thing.

AVGWarhawk · 06-08-17, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Gave the young daughter of a neighbour her first driving lesson....never again!!

Well, you drive on the wrong side of the road.

Red October1984 · 06-08-17, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Parents tend to be too easy going; I (ex-trucker, UPS man, squadcar etc) took mine (an only child-so I can't afford to lose one

) over a nasty stretch known as Oakville Grade while she was also basic training at the local driving school. Complete with 12 miles of mountain curves, steep grades, and 'S' 180 turns-in both directions!!!

I...uh....need to know where this is...ya know....for science.

Also, on an entirely unrelated note, does anybody where I can find a Caterham Seven real cheap?

Aktungbby · 06-09-17, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

I...uh....need to know where this is...ya know....for science.

Caterham Seven

Done! < what the mazda is doing I do in a 5 speed stick Corolla but that's not for novices. I've been using the road for 30 years for commutes in all conditions.. Deer, road washouts, and clouds/ fog are particular hazards as are fallen redwoods. Twice Truckers have clogged the 'S' curves with their 18 wheelers, for several hours, requiring a wrecker and first responder me to divert local traffic. That boo-boo goes with citations for crossing one-lane weight-limit bridges. Their GPS's mislead them into believing it's a passable route.! I use the DryCreek-Oakville Grade-Trinity Rd route to get from Napa Hwy 29 to Santa Rosa bound Hwy 12; a steep climb and descent in both directions. Good training for my sojourns to Ireland and recently Scotland's Isle of Skye! https://www.yelp.com/map/oakville-grade-road-st-helena < it even looks bad on the map

Caterham $even in the 30K-$70K range??!!

http://www.2040-cars.com/Lotus/Super-Seven/

STEED · 06-09-17, 06:36 AM

Double money in my wage packet working after midnight, downside a double shift upside got tonight off.

Jimbuna · 06-09-17, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Well, you drive on the wrong side of the road.

Can't argue with someone who drives on the 'right' side of the road

Jimbuna · 06-09-17, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Double money in my wage packet working after midnight, downside a double shift upside got tonight off.

Put the extra cash in the poor plate ya tight fisted bugga

Catfish · 06-09-17, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

[...] Also, on an entirely unrelated note, does anybody where I can find a Caterham Seven real cheap?

A lot of fans build those themselves here, using whatever engine they can get their hands on.

STEED · 06-09-17, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Put the extra cash in the poor plate ya tight fisted bugga

Cheeky sod.

06-06-17, 04:37 PM	#826
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Toilet roll? Nah, we're so poor we use the newspaper instead __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-07-17, 09:20 AM	#829
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	^ __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-07-17, 02:27 PM	#830
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	^^Well I never they still have outside bogs up North! __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

06-08-17, 10:16 AM	#831
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Gave the young daughter of a neighbour her first driving lesson....never again!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-08-17, 11:17 AM	#832
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,894 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	The stuff they don't teach you in driving school ^NAH you're the man for the job given your ex-law enforcement driving skills etc. Parents tend to be too easy going; I (ex-trucker, UPS man, squadcar etc) took mine (an only child-so I can't afford to lose one) over a nasty stretch known as Oakville Grade while she was also basic training at the local driving school. Complete with 12 miles of mountain curves, steep grades, and 'S' 180 turns-in both directions!!! Constant speed monitoring, use of gears downshift and absolute alertness on no-shoulder cliffside lanes for long control descent...everything! The poor lass complained to her pitiless mom (who's own daddy owned a truck company) and her driving school what 'daddy was doing' : the school responded: "GOOD!" After she reasonably completed the route in both directions (in my '86 Camry), I congratulated her on passing my driving *course! A year later when up in Oregon at college, my daughter-just home for Christmas-confessed "dad you were right... all the roads are like that up here. I'm the only one I trust to do the (designated ) driving.!" One of the few arguments I've won: now all the neighbors take their own beginner kids up the Grade to do the same thing. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness*; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

06-09-17, 06:36 AM	#836
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Double money in my wage packet working after midnight, downside a double shift upside got tonight off. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!