I made it. I'm finally at 1,000 posts.

[Baja Margie]

somebody, give me a Wilkie Button !

[enigmatic]

1. Wendell Wilkie:

[Baja Margie]

2. Yea,

that's the one. When I was a little kid my mom would always say, "What do you want, a Wilkie Button? " And, I never understood that until recently. Infact, I was talking to her on the phone the other day & asked her what that saying meant. Her explanation was that Wilkie was kind of a braggart, and always telling people how great he was, and that he would win the election. Well, that's what she said, haven't researched it yet though. Ha, ha.

[enigmatic]

4. Not the most sucessful candidate...

But full of hot air....

Where in Baja are you?

[Baja Margie]

5. We were

in Punta Barf Banda, about 20 miles below Ensenada, now we are in San Antonio Del Mar, just north of Rosarito.

[enigmatic]

6. I love Baja....

For me, going there was the perfect spot to get away from everyone; I'm going to go back one of these days..

[Baja Margie]

8. Well, you know

it's really changing fast down here. I'm just really tired of the Americans, they are either really wealthy, or on the lam...doesn't seem to be a real middle ground. If you're down this way, stop by and see us. Whereabouts were you?

[enigmatic]

11. I'm an Expat American...

Living in Edmonton, Alberta; I lived in Phoenix previously, though I've lived just about everywhere in the US....

[Baja Margie]

12. Lovely Country up there.

[enigmatic]

14. I went from 115 F in Phoenix to -30F in Edmonton in about 3 months..

But I love it here; married a beautiful Canadian girl and am very happy...

[enigmatic]

13. And I'm not on the lam!

:)

[Baja Margie]

19. Ha, Ha....

You guys pop in sometime, love to have you. No, the lamers are all down here.

[enigmatic]

20. Thanks!

my wife has always wanted to visit as well; let's see what happens..

[laheina]

3. You go girl.

Tell us how you feel.

[Baja Margie]

7. Who me?

Well, right now I'm just feeling kind of low and let down by Kerry, the Electoral College is over with, the whole Black Box thing fizzled out, I look all around me and see alot of pretty fucked up people (not on DU) and I feel like I need to go into an old Church and just sit there for a couple hours and get grounded. I'm feeling pretty vulnerable right now, and I need to go do the dishes.

[UL_Approved]

10. That might be the best thing for us all

There are at least 2 major flame wars going on over Bev Harris now. The whole DU scene is a few guys posting humor in the lounge and a bunch of hate and animosity everywhere else.

I guess its time to do the dishes, take out the garbage, sweep and mop the floor, and rake the leaves. The lights are out, the party's over.

I'm just glad that the world got a chance to try. That's more than we got in 2000...

BTW, Congatulations on 1000. At least something got accomplished.

[Baja Margie]

16. Yea,

we need some timeout. But, we pull up our bootstraps and move on, right? At least we've got backbone, the freepers are such spineless whimps, with no hearts. One of my pals said to me, "Well, you know, we voted for the right guy, we did our best, we did the right thing." I believe that,and I think we're pretty beat up right now, but I'd rather have a clean heart and die knowing it, then to be a mud sucker and a sellout any old day. It's a spirit thing, and it's important, I don't know how, but it is. We are more elevated than they will ever be, and that has to count for something . I guess it will be revealed to us somewhere down the line.

[laheina]

15. That's how you're generally feeling...

... and I relate. But how about the post thing? I am lagging way behind you, so give me some vicarious feelings of accomplishment.

[Baja Margie]

17. Oh, the post thing

I was a latebloomer here, not a veteran. Man, I always felt like kind of an outsider when I would see the number of posts other people had. 1,000 is kind of liberating, it's like coming in from out in the wilderness, or being able to just sit in a comfortable chair and feel really relaxed. It's like a safe feeling, when you know you are home. It's bitchen, anyway, that's how it felt for me.:hi:

[Kali]

9. CONGRATS!

:toast:

[Baja Margie]

18. Thanks, Kali

I love DU, if it weren't here, I'd feel really empty.