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David Pristupa comments on Caffeinated in Colombia

I miss Tim Hortons but not the long line ups. A strong cup of Tim Hortons on a cold Bogotá evening would be SO ROMANTIC!!

David Pristupa comments on Bogota vs Buenos Aires

How does Buenos Airies and Montreal compare? I lived in Montreal. Other than being much smaller and colder it seems that they are very similar. Bogotá big and cosmopolitan seems more like Chicago than NYC or Montreal. Any thoughts?

David Pristupa comments on growing up...or should i say, 'old', is a bitch. look how my children treat me

Sounds like Kirk Douglas Falling Down. I know the feeling I have absolutley NO patience for all this technology. It is very domineering and user unfriendly. It dictates all your actions. Its my way or the highway. It changes every 2 months. I don't feel like investing time constantly learning new programs only to have to retrain. A lot is missing in the social congitive reasoning of the youth of today.

David Pristupa comments on Happy Veteran's Day to Those Who Served

I take my hat off to those that have voluntarily served. There is no life like it. Thanks!

David Pristupa comments on Barking Spider closing ?

Opportunity for another Hooters... In business its location location location. In the Hooters business it is Girls Girls Girls!!!

David Pristupa comments on Hooters Cali

When I get married I plan to get married at Hooters! The brides maids will be Hooters girls!

David Pristupa comments on Hooters Cali

I will post a picture of ME surrounded by a bunch of Hooters Girls in San Antonio! Two to the left and two the right. I need someone to lean on after the Tequila hits me! When I travel I ALWAYS hit Hooters first! When I go to Mexico City it will be Hooters FIRST!!!!!!!! Any town that doesn't have a Hooters is crossed of my list IMMEDIATELY!!!!! ANY country..no Hooters? .. into to the delete file IMMEDIATELY!!!!

David Pristupa comments on Hooters Cali

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David Pristupa comments on Hooters Cali

Hooters is a good place to take a girl friend! If she can't take the heat and fun she's not hot enough for me. I tip my waitresses well and they are going to be my job references!

David Pristupa comments on Hooters Cali

I applied for an internship at Hooters today! They have training called Hooters University. After training you get a diploma. After graduation I will be a Hooters alumni. The professors are really attractive. Hooters is Ivy league.

David Pristupa comments on Cost of living for a single male?

I do it easily in the states on my Americorps stipend. I do a lot of reading and socialize with people that don't feel life has stopped if you don't spend money. There a lot of people in Colombia that do with much less. Your lucky in that respect.

David Pristupa comments on Halloween joke! Anybody got any others?

Hah! How about firing a bad employee on their birthday or on Halloweeeeeeen! OR Imagine some one you don't like opening a new business! At 9 AM the door is unlocked and the store is open for business. 1 second later a guy walks in and trips over the rug and sues!

David Pristupa comments on Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names

Change my name WHY? Nobody can spell it right anyway! :-D

David Pristupa comments on Is the pilot actually awake? And the co-pilot?

In 1996 a United Airlines 727 left Chicago on way to San Francisco. By mistake they flew to Seattle. They didn't know about the mistake until they recognized the wrong skyline after descending below the cloud cover.

David Pristupa comments on 2 more sleeps until Metallica!!

I was at Maple Leaf Gardens when they had concerts. A guy set his leather jacket on fire at a Black Sabbath concert!

David Pristupa comments on

I can't log in other than the computer I'm logged into now. I requested a new password but nothing came to my email box. If I log out of my computer I'm frozen out.

David Pristupa comments on help with airfares :(

Try getting a ticket to Kennedy then from there to Bogota. A split ticket on busy routes will bring down the price. A one way from San Antonio to Bogota is $850 during winter season. From Kennedy is was quoted $425. If she is going straight through I don't see why she would have problems with customs. London to Kennedy ??$400?? add on $425 equals $825 Tuesday night travel is lower than other times.

David Pristupa comments on Monarch Butterfly migration

I heard of endangered species of birds assumed to be extinct reappearing in different parts of the world not even close to the turf they come from. They sensed that their species were threatened Then evacuated to another part of the world to an envronment they could assimilate into, similar to the one they left.

David Pristupa comments on Monarch Butterfly migration

I will post the pictures when I get them developed, expect about 6 months. Here at the border we still have black dial phones ,black and white TV. We have never heard of digital cameras. If you want to fly here there is only infrequent propeller service. The plane lands on a dirt road filled with cactus and goats. Its illegal to cuss on Sunday. The building I'm living in is filled with bats and is ready to collapse into rubble if someone slams the door. I keep a bag of Tacos and a bottle of Tequilla under my bed at all times. I have never had a good nights sleep. Those Mariachi bands across the river and down the block play loudly out of tune all night. When I drive I have to avoid potholes, livestock and chickens. I constantly get flat tires. I drive over cactus with needles the size of railroad spikes. I tried to go into a saloon Saturday night. When I arrived the swinging door slammed in my face and knocked me fifteen feet backwards. The sheriff was drunk and leaving the saloon when I tried to enter. He gave me a ticket for obstructing justice and unlawful entry. I gave him my bottle of Tequilla, that was my fine.The only access I have to the internet is my Blackberry.

David Pristupa comments on Monarch Butterfly migration

Bats creep a lot of people out. They are all over Texas. It is amazing a small butterfly can migrate with such ease yet us humans are constrained by a monetary system that enslaves us from natural mobility.

David Pristupa comments on Bored of bars and dancing? How about a Bogota cock fight

Many Canadians go to hockey games to watch the fights! In Silicon valley there are regular fight clubs amongst highly the highly educated. It used to be legal to drive with an open can of beer in your hand in Texas. We have micromanaged our sins to oblivion and yetthe beastly behavior still morphs itself in different forms

David Pristupa comments on Dump the Canadian Loonie

One year later ...drop the greenback!!

David Pristupa comments on Monarch Butterfly migration

I did! It looks like a snow storm! They were ATTACKING ME! I was SO SCARRRRED!

David Pristupa comments on Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canucks!

I'm living on the Tex Mex border. I'm handing out road maps to Mexican visitors. I printed off mapquest directions on how to reach Windsor from Laredo. With the skills shortage in Alberta there will be no problem for these people to get a Canadian VISA. I'm also encouraging Canadian snowbirds to offer rides to the Canadian border. Also remember when you eat down here Its ALWAYS the same. Thanksgiving, Christmas ,Breakfast, Lunch, Supper and Dessert its ALWAYS the same...Tacos!!!! Tacos!!!!! Tacos!!!!!

David Pristupa comments on Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canucks!

I had my turkey dinner today. I hear it is Colombus day here in the good ole USA! It feels like Bogotá in Texas! It is cold depressing and wet. I love crappy dull weather! Who was Colombus? Was he that drunk sailor that dropped his compass into the water and shipwrecked in Cartegena? I was once asked what day do they celebrate Christmas in Canada (ground hog day?) That person must assume that Canada is evacuated after the first snowfall!!!

David Pristupa comments on Bus Ride From Central Texas to Puerto Vallarta

You take Autobus Americanos to Mexico City then change. I live in Laredo and bus it To S.A. a lot. I'm going to Mexico City next month I will let you know what it is like.

David Pristupa comments on Going to Bogota this week...

When I'm in the hOOd you can find me at hOOters. Giving the waitress a generous tip is my stylr off philanthrophy

David Pristupa comments on Colombian women are friendly? What bullshit!

If she is a bitch I cross her my list period.

David Pristupa comments on Electonic Music,Techno, Industrial scene in Bogota

I'm sure the Bogota climate must have a unique effect on ones creative style in music and art. Dark moodiness and color contrasts like late fall or early spring certainly alter my perceptions. I have wondered....has anybody managed to plaster a jet liner with grafitti?

David Pristupa comments on Cartagena heralds arrival of first cruise liners

It will be interesting to see if they have a dress code. I saw this tourist walk out of the Menger Hotel in San Antonio in PJs and slippers with bunny tail tassles. He walked around the Alamo with a huge MF'n camera dangling from his neck.

David Pristupa comments on So really, how safe (or unsafe) is MDE or Bogota

I was in Toronto when I walked into that Jane Creba misfortune four years ago. Everything was quiet then all hell broke loose. Toronto has become very bad. I lived briefly there. I always felt a sense of menace in that city.

David Pristupa comments on any jobs there in mexico ?

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

David Pristupa comments on Would your family be happier abroad?

I would like my kids to live in another country for a couple years to know that that the lifestyle of the industrialized English speaking countries isn't the only successful way to live. I don't have kids I wish I did sometimes.... The cost of health care in the US is a serious problem for families. Many people that don't live in the US don't realize how expensive it is in the US. Jobs are very high end and low end. This is not a society where people tend to socialize unless they have the money.

David Pristupa comments on Mayors office releases video promoting an underground metro in Bogotoa

The 2nd Ave line in NYC has been a 60 year project and it is still touch and go. Toronto needs an extensive metro undergound to contend with the population growth but there isn't the money. It would be awhile before Bogotá gets one. BUT good miracles happen in Colombia. Traffic Congestion in North American cities is worse these days. Has anyone ever noticed how much extra space those monster trucks take up? Do you see many of those in Bogotá?

David Pristupa comments on A Proud Day for Latina Women In the USA

I wish the woman well. Its all the HYPE that turns this into a begging debacle.Its the hyperbolization of the situation that annoys me. Take any distaster, celebrity meltdown or politicians affair. You never hear the end of it!!!!

David Pristupa comments on Hooters in Cali

Has the Hooters in Medellin opened up yet?

David Pristupa comments on In what parts of USA do most colombians live?

There is a large community in London Ontario Canada if you ever want to go up there. London has been called Colondia.

David Pristupa comments on why you AMERICANS put up with this shit

I was up in Toronto in the Yorkville district. I went to this brashy disco like diner and ordered a late night snack. A sandwich and salad came out to 20 bucks. The service was so bad that I felt like I was kicked to the curb. I never left a tip. As fate would be I found myself back at the same joint a couple nights later. I ordered a pot of tea which came out to five bucks. I also had the same waiter. He vehemently reprimanded me saying that it is customarily polite to leave a tip. He was having a hissy fit. I told him that if you give service that sucks it will be reflected in your tips. I complained to his supervisor only to get the same treatment. The hoe hissed back at me saying that if you don't leave good tips don't expect good service.

David Pristupa comments on A Growing Trend of Leaving America

Interesting article....I wonder how many working people with out college degrees are moving abroad? Or people without pensions or business income from back home? Skilled blue collar work is looked down on in the US. There is an obsession with university degrees. A person could apprentice in a trade and earn their ticket yet the lack of a college degree will limit job choices. Skilled labor is needed abroad. A TESOL certificate is enough education to earn a comfortable living in another country as well. You can live comfortable even if on local wages. Jobs of all stripes are dissapearing in the states yet the cost of living doesn't adjust to the aggregate economy.

David Pristupa comments on It's Saturday night!!! - and I'm working all night :(

I blew my paycheck in San Antonio and I'm back in Laredo begging.

David Pristupa comments on Apart studio furnshed to rent $ 1.000.000 ( $ 500 dollars ) month or $ 50.000 (25 dollars) day

I can get the same thing in San Antonio Texas at less price with pool and full immenities. I'll pass on it.

David Pristupa comments on Looking to Back Pack a portion of South America starting in Columbia?

Why would you want to start your trip in South Carolina? ;)

David Pristupa comments on Looking to Back Pack a portion of South America starting in Columbia?

Why would you want to start your trip in South Carolina? ;)

David Pristupa comments on Colombians friendliest Latins

It may have changed but I was in Italy years ago. It was very easy to meet with people then They were friendly enough that if there was more potential to a friendship it would be be easier to reach that stage. They let you in on their circles. The other countries I mentioned had very outgoing people but it never went any further. I sensed a haughtiness. Maybr people are to busy these days. In fact some Americans seem more accessible although they may be more formal.

David Pristupa comments on A Proud Day for Latina Women In the USA

Who the FVCK cares?

David Pristupa comments on

Most of us have to work to make a living. Those that don't, pursue activities that they enjoy to keep them selves busy such as volunteer WORK or hobbies which is a form of WORK. WORK you can't escape it. It is part of human existence. Find work that you find meaningful and live within a budget. If you can live within a modest budget and are not a consumer there are alot of things you can pursue. There is not enough TIME to pursue things regardless of the money. Money gives you more choices, but not more time.You have a choice of living in a different economy as well. If you live in a place where money is the only form of exchange and it is expensive your choices will be very limited. Your values should co-orelate within your budget. Most of us are hemmed in by financiancial considerations. We all strive for more which is limited by finances this can be a good thing as long as you are balanced. My comments are only relevent to single people which can live within a budget. People that have family responsibilities have a real challenge these days. I know that very well. I REALLY wish it was easier for them. Greed and speculation has really harmed our world and robbed people of their potential.

David Pristupa comments on Is there a place to buy vinyl records in Bogota?

On the subject of records is TOWER still going? I worked at TOWER in New York and Toronto. They closed down in the states. i might want my old job back:))))

David Pristupa comments on Getting outrageous quotes to rent apartments in MDE, Damn I hate GRINGO PRICING!

I would want to live the way many Colombians live. I would like to have running water and a space to be myself however small. Why move to a foreign country and feel entitled to live better than the people who lived there all their lives?

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It sounds like she has stuff bottled up and want to be listened to. If you listen to her and make her feel validated she will regain balance. At least that's my experience with woman

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Yiou can also ad the credit card bailout that will be coming.....