"Happy Halloween!" the Kids in Medellin

Grateful Dead says on Oct 31, 2007, 18:16:

Wow that's pretty neat, you always post cool stuff Medellin Traveler , thanks for sharing !

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Man Tequila says on Oct 31, 2007, 18:21:

Lots of kids! Dulces dulces...

Did the rain stop the Trick or Treating?

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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bufalo says on Oct 31, 2007, 18:41:

Here in Armenia we got hit with rain too - sucks. So we, along with everyone else and their aunt Elsie, went to the only mall in town. The traffic was about 7 blocks, just nuts, good thing we walked it. They had a circus presentation but as usual the sound was an ear-splitting screech. We finally just came back home. Had a good 2 hours anyways

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

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poco says on Oct 31, 2007, 18:49:

No costume, No Candy, No Photo.

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks

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poco says on Oct 31, 2007, 18:56:

No costume, No Candy, cellphone, PHOTO.

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks

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Medellin Traveler says on Oct 31, 2007, 19:54:

The kids all came home with candy, before the heavy rain came.

I spoke to the kids in the photos on Skype and they were all very happy.

I wish I could have recorded the saying they have for asking for candy... it's very cute. The girls kept repeating it during our conversations.

It's good to see the kids happy.

"Huevos Rancheros en Medellin, No Quiero Taco Bell." - www.medellintraveler.com

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Man Tequila says on Oct 31, 2007, 20:09:

Triqui-triqui halloween
quiero dulces para mi
si no hay dulces para mi
se te crece la nariz?

My nariz is big enough. I had 40 kids looking for dulces, which ain't many.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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Medellin Traveler says on Oct 31, 2007, 20:25:

Yes. That's it. Thanks!

"Huevos Rancheros en Medellin, No Quiero Taco Bell." - www.medellintraveler.com

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john_stark says on Oct 31, 2007, 21:45:

Halloween has turned into a huge event here. I had exactly 418 kids come to my door including an assortment of MILFs that I would have liked to have treated. Luckily I bought enough candy but it was getting a little crazy at the end - I wasn't sure I'd have enough. Hell a flatbed loaded with kids showed up at 8:47?!!? At nine sharp the lights went out and that was it. I had two Blow Pops and a couple of Snickers left.

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Robert Jorge says on Nov 1, 2007, 00:00:

Sadly, the opposite is the norm here. I had 2 kids show up at my house tonight. We talked to mom in Porfia (Villavo) tonight, and she said the streets were filled with hundreds of kids. I sure do miss Halloween the way it used to be when I was growing up, but I guess in Colombia, it is still the way it used to be here in the US.

He who farts in church, sits in his own pew.

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poco says on Nov 1, 2007, 00:22:

Costume, Candy, Photo

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks

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Lowell says on Nov 1, 2007, 07:21:

I had a hell of a time finding a pumpkin to carve. Finally found one about the size of a basketball for 5 mil pesos.

Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?"

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webmanco says on Nov 1, 2007, 07:43:

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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elmodefoque says on Nov 1, 2007, 08:15:

. web, you're right

I'll get there, when I get there!

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webmanco says on Nov 1, 2007, 08:30:

Another kid´s thread going south.

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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elmodefoque says on Nov 1, 2007, 08:33:

i though girls might appreciate my newly shaved butt

I'll get there, when I get there!

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webmanco says on Nov 1, 2007, 08:34:

Maybe for a Gillet comercial, anyway I saved the pic (newly shaved Calabaza) for the right occasion

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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webmanco says on Nov 1, 2007, 11:48:

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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LA_MONA says on Nov 1, 2007, 11:54:

Cute!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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webmanco says on Nov 1, 2007, 11:56:

That is what I thought the whole family asking for candies, I stopped them and asked for a picture.

I dare asking them in dangerous Bogotá, plus with their scary looks. hehe

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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Colombiche says on Nov 1, 2007, 12:46:

Halloween in Colombia was the BOMB. I remember dressing up, getting together with 15 of my cousins and going around every single manizales neighborhood asking for candy. I remember I needed about 3 plastic bags to put all the candy. It was fun although my mother used to make me the strangest costumes. One year I was a spanish peasant, the other year I was a flower (wearing cardboard petals around my face), but the strangest costume of all was when she dressed me up as a ragdoll wearing a night gown.

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No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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LA_MONA says on Nov 1, 2007, 12:49:

fotos?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Colombiche says on Nov 1, 2007, 12:54:

Any of the colombian ladies ever dress up as la chilindra when they were kids?

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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john_stark says on Nov 2, 2007, 06:11:

Best place for trick or treating was Sandy, Utah - more kids than any place outside of India. (Utah state motto: "Life is cheap".) My girls went trick or treating and came back with shopping bags full of candy.

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Totaso says on Nov 2, 2007, 09:53:

Happy Reformation Day!!

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2007
Reformation the Goal of Every True Child of God
Reformation Day. That is what I call today. I know others call it Halloween, but this day, October 31, will always be known by me as Reformation Day.

It was on this day 490 years ago that a Catholic priest named Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses Against the Sale of Indulgences on the Door of Wittenberg (pronounced Vittenberg) Castle. Indulgences were those pieces of paper you purchased at your local parish when you were promised protection against divine wrath for your future sin. So, if you knew you were going to sin (or 'indulge' yourself), you bought an indulgence from the church and you could sin without guilt. Other indulgences were purchased for family members who had already died with an abundance of sin in their lives, and you paid the church to in essence bribe God to remove your loved one from 'purgatory' where your loved one was being 'purged' by God for his sins on earth. The money you gave to the church in the purchase of indulgences for your loved ones, according to the Catholic priests of the day, would not only be used to finish the magnificent St Peter's Basilica in Rome, it would remove your loved one from Purgatory. As the monk Tetsel used to sing in his little village ditty (translated from German):
"As soon the coin in the coffer does ring,
the soul from Purgatory it shall spring."

Luther's 95 Theses explained why the Roman Catholic doctrine of indulgences contained no real power or efficacy. Luther explained patiently that the very concept of indulgences was a denial of the gospel of the atonement of Jesus Christ. He urged his fellow Catholics to return to the gospel, the love for the truth of God's Word, and to work together for the advancement of the kingdom. He nailed his Theses on the community internet bulletin board of his day (the door of the castle church), and the Reformation began. Western Civilization, including the United States, is composed of hundreds of vibrant evangelical denominations and tens of thousands of evangelical (gospel or 'good news') churches because of the Reformation. Martin Luther was eventually put on trial by the Pope at the Diet (German word for 'meeting) of Worms (pronounced Vurms; a city in Germany) and convicted as a heretic. It was at this meeting at Worms (January 28 - May 25, 1521) that Luther concluded his defense of his actions by making this famous statement:
Unless I am convinced by Scripture and by plain reason and not by Popes and councils who have so often contradicted themselves, my conscience is captive to the word of God. To go against conscience is neither right nor safe. I cannot and I will not recant. Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me.

People forget that Luther had no intention of leaving the Roman Catholic Church. He considered himself a reformer, and thus the title of his movement was known as 'The Reformation' of the Roman Catholic Church.

Of course, those who were in control and held the power considered Luther a heretic, a liberal, a trouble-maker - nothing but a 'Protestor.' Thus, the word 'Protestants' was coined by the Roman Catholic Church to label Luther's followers and they were eventually banished. I wonder what would have happened had Luther not been thrown out - 'ex-communicated' - from the Roman Catholic Church. What would the world look like today had his reforms actually worked during the end of the Middle Ages? We will never know, and in God's Providence it was not meant to be, but Luther's attempts at Reform were noble - even if not successful. Reformation toward a more gospel oriented belief that the Scripture is sufficient in themselves for Christian doctrine and practice should be the goal of every true child of God.

Have a great Reformation Day, and may you and I work toward reform in our churches and our convention that leads to our collective conscience held captive to the word of God - and nothing else. Man's rules, religious regulations or denominational traditions that pretend to be on par with Scripture and lead anyone away from faith in Christ alone, trust in Scripture alone, and rest in God's grace alone are to be resisted with as much energy as Luther resisted indulgences. Here we stand, we can do no other.

In His Grace,


Wade Burleson

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Man Tequila says on Nov 2, 2007, 09:54:

Good luck with that.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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coffee beaner says on Nov 2, 2007, 11:13:

A picture of kids on Wednesday during Nacional - Pereira game.

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poco says on Nov 2, 2007, 12:41:

Lighting one up

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks

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kalder says on Nov 3, 2007, 05:33:

Trouble with the Reformation is that (generally) it was violently imposed by feudal nobs on an unwilling peasantry.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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kalder says on Nov 3, 2007, 05:36:

And trick or treating is (generally) violently imposed on scared, elderly householders by horrible feral children.

Worst export to come out of the States.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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Robert Jorge says on Nov 4, 2007, 21:54:

Totaso, as a grandson of a German Lutheran minister, thank you for your post. My opa (grand-dad) was killed in WW2 after being forced into the military because of refusal to implement the Nazi Youth program in his parish in Kirkel (near Zweibrucken). Anyway, that is a great post showing why there are Protestants.

And I still say Halloween in the US sucks now. At least in my neck of the woods.

He who farts in church, sits in his own pew.

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goin_south says on Nov 4, 2007, 22:15:

yeah; Halloween has gone to the dogs;
Now, it's a chance for adults and teens to act out
ALL THE WEIRDNESS THEY FEEL DURING THE REST OF THE YEAR.... jajajjj

Why Not Colombia?..........Stay Tuned, for more.... utterly worthless, self-indulgent gobbets of nonsense.

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john_stark says on Nov 4, 2007, 22:20:

I'd say at least a quarter of the 418 trick or treaters I had were teenagers. Many of them didn't have bags and just put out their hands and ate it while walking to the next house. We very rarely have problems here as most people are armed to the teeth and tend to shoot first and ask questions later.

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kalder says on Nov 5, 2007, 04:31:

1950s London was a peaceful, law-abiding place. This weekend I read a book about street gangs in 1950s New York. Incredibly violent. The sort of widespread nastiness I wouldn't normally have associated with a Western city post-War and pre-Sixties.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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kalder says on Nov 5, 2007, 04:43:

London's got a gang problem now. But not when 'A Clockwork...' was made; that was sci-fi.

You were in a street gang? Priceless. With 'colours' and switchblades and all?

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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kalder says on Nov 5, 2007, 04:58:

What was wrong with the BSA?

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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john_stark says on Nov 5, 2007, 21:25:

WTF? You didn't carry a piece? What if you wanted to bust a cap in some guy's ass?

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john_stark says on Nov 5, 2007, 21:27:

At least if you find somebody in your house or trying to get in you can just kill them. Or if your old lady is getting it on with some guy, you can kill them both. People would behave a lot better if they knew they'd get killed for messing around.

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goin_south says on Nov 5, 2007, 21:29:

you mean... No Mas: 'innocent until PROVEN guilty' for the scumbag perpetrators ?!?!

Why Not Colombia?..........Stay Tuned, for more.... utterly worthless, self-indulgent gobbets of nonsense.

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lpdiver says on Nov 7, 2007, 04:42:

They do that in bayou land as well. A man shot a would be intruder and left him on his back porch where he fell. The meter reader found the body SIX weeks later. No jail time for the shooter.

t

"cook some rice!"

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kalder says on Nov 7, 2007, 09:26:

You never saw "From Russia With Love?"

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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