tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.comments2023-09-13T08:50:26.555+01:00WilloughbyAOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13199335897851952284noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-45613534943854351892014-04-28T02:07:01.373+01:002014-04-28T02:07:01.373+01:00Just just don't seem to be able to get into th...Just just don't seem to be able to get into this show. It is rather dull.xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-29532224833161092442014-02-27T00:56:06.514+01:002014-02-27T00:56:06.514+01:00OMG...I have got to call you and catch up!OMG...I have got to call you and catch up!xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-68137095292353261232013-12-10T14:26:19.975+01:002013-12-10T14:26:19.975+01:00Thank you. For all the wrong reasons, but thank yo...Thank you. For all the wrong reasons, but thank you just the same. <br />:)AOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199335897851952284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-57289976648888509372013-12-10T14:25:37.552+01:002013-12-10T14:25:37.552+01:00And I you. And I you. AOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199335897851952284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-57538813599638160812013-11-09T18:40:48.198+01:002013-11-09T18:40:48.198+01:00Like...very much!Like...very much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-57059816954208079372013-11-09T18:37:29.538+01:002013-11-09T18:37:29.538+01:00I have few REAL friend in this world.....I conside...I have few REAL friend in this world.....I consider myself to be truly blessed to have you as my BEST FRIEND.....<br />xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-3262559111728269262013-09-29T22:47:32.292+01:002013-09-29T22:47:32.292+01:00We have SOOOO much in common…all of those TV shows...We have SOOOO much in common…all of those TV shows you listed were my favorites also. I miss you terribly!xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-58417939415790879472013-07-08T18:13:29.362+01:002013-07-08T18:13:29.362+01:00Fascinating! While our recovery has been rather sl...Fascinating! While our recovery has been rather slow, it seems to picking up speed. Almost all of the empty shops are now filled and there is quiet a bit of new construction here and there. Strangly enough, the state seems to be on a massive road building and repaving kick. Everywhere you go, you run into road crews...day and night.xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-34035213382771368212012-07-11T10:40:39.303+01:002012-07-11T10:40:39.303+01:00I think somebody somewhere should start asking som...I think somebody somewhere should start asking some pertinent questions about why most Americans are so badly educated about the rest of the planet.<br />I remember reading that up until the 1960s, History and Geography were 2 separate subjects in high school & junior high and that, I think LBJ was blamed, at some point somebody decided to join both subjects. And we all know how that worked AOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199335897851952284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-70925977431473480912012-07-05T13:55:38.472+01:002012-07-05T13:55:38.472+01:00So sad! It depresses me so to realize that so many...So sad! It depresses me so to realize that so many of my countrymen are so misinformed and ignorant about the the rest of the world.xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-85541406890257277782012-06-26T13:43:48.150+01:002012-06-26T13:43:48.150+01:00Don't know if I disagree with this. When I fir...Don't know if I disagree with this. When I first moved to Spain, I was amazed at how many 'older' people were working in bars and restaurants. Not the most financially reqarding jobs, perhaps, but certainly better than 'paro'.Keefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04820411415545249138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-81569038741290532282012-06-10T20:56:55.998+01:002012-06-10T20:56:55.998+01:00Well, Spain has a good social safety net, but unfo...Well, Spain has a good social safety net, but unfortunately, it also discards the elderly very quickly. Youth culture gone amock. I don't like it, but there it is. <br />Of course, old age here is seen differently from other places. Perhaps more gentle, and also, people here don't make their business public. People can be in dire poverty, and you would never know about it. Something aboutAOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199335897851952284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-81964612522552826782012-06-10T10:31:49.941+01:002012-06-10T10:31:49.941+01:00Exploited?? How bizarre! Most older people that I ...Exploited?? How bizarre! Most older people that I know who work do so because they simply want to be active. Many do not necessarily do it for money...especially those Walmart people your friend referred to. Spain reminds me of that old 70's Sci-fi movie "Logan's Run".....where anyone over 30 is considered useless and a relic. I have a neighbor who is well into his late 60'sxochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-65754965282471453342012-02-29T18:35:18.231+01:002012-02-29T18:35:18.231+01:00No, just not very enlightened...No, just not very enlightened...AOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199335897851952284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-41524824943491428342012-01-12T15:51:16.371+01:002012-01-12T15:51:16.371+01:00Do you think perhaps is is deeply closeted?Do you think perhaps is is deeply closeted?xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-55370346759248522662011-11-23T16:08:29.079+01:002011-11-23T16:08:29.079+01:00How funny...yet bizarre!How funny...yet bizarre!xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-60869303117656982972011-09-14T00:33:11.782+01:002011-09-14T00:33:11.782+01:00Well...it could have been worse...you could have b...Well...it could have been worse...you could have been in Sofia!! Or worse yet...Jackson MS!!!!!!!!xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-25023437905706042082011-07-05T22:28:31.242+01:002011-07-05T22:28:31.242+01:00I think we both are. We both are.I think we both are. We both are.AOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199335897851952284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-74855979930732767142011-07-02T21:28:07.875+01:002011-07-02T21:28:07.875+01:00We began moving into our new suburban home yesterd...We began moving into our new suburban home yesterday. As I stood looking out at all the perfect green lawns, the neatly parked SUVs in every drive, and listening to the sounds of people playing in their backyard pools...I suddenly realized..."MY GOD....I'VE MOVED TO PLEASANTVILLE!" And for some reason...I am afraid of my "perfect" suburban neighbors. Why?....I don't xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-57951553766204926742011-07-02T21:19:15.785+01:002011-07-02T21:19:15.785+01:00I understand more than you can know!When I am in t...I understand more than you can know!When I am in the states, I yearn for the culture and cosmopolitanism of Europe. When I am in Europe, I yearn for the simple things from my daily life in the states that are considered luxuries there. But most of all....I miss the openness and friendliness of Americans. Europeans live in their own little self contained spaces in which they dare not wander out ofxochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-49147411837859726242011-04-26T17:17:14.540+01:002011-04-26T17:17:14.540+01:00I was there for the ORIGINAL wedding...1981! So th...I was there for the ORIGINAL wedding...1981! So the "child" is getting married you say? Ho-hum!xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-2361167068573960282011-04-18T12:59:05.282+01:002011-04-18T12:59:05.282+01:00I would have settled for a Landspeeder....I would have settled for a Landspeeder....AOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199335897851952284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-78458704509610781152011-04-13T07:59:18.058+01:002011-04-13T07:59:18.058+01:00Our progress has been in the name of capitalism on...Our progress has been in the name of capitalism only! What makes the biggest profit gets the most investment. Screw a healthier, more just and equitable future.....just keep making more iphones and ipads! Our future has been bought and sold by Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and a bunch of faceless bzillionaires in China and Dubai. I was never really sold on the flying cars....but I sure was looking xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-74996400585917736982011-04-08T01:52:57.079+01:002011-04-08T01:52:57.079+01:00What an interesting...if not bizarre post! What ar...What an interesting...if not bizarre post! What are you smoking, drinking, consuming? Can I have some?xochimiqui1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787463908089076749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392873972251339966.post-8579756648444401232011-03-16T00:48:46.535+01:002011-03-16T00:48:46.535+01:00I'm *blushing* now :o)I'm *blushing* now :o)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563440581977163294noreply@blogger.com