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larumberainglesa says on Jun 26, 2007, 06:21:

Hi Desi, have put you on as a friend as you are often the first to respond to my posts. Cheers!!!

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Dan says on Jul 31, 2007, 03:06:

Hi Desi, it's been awhile since I've been on this site, I know. But I thought I would check in and see how you were doing. Good to see you're still around PBH. Take care now.

God Bless America!

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wcarmack says on Sep 19, 2007, 04:56:

Hello Desi,

When are you planning on returning to Colombia? Susan and I are due back in mid November.

Woody
woody at dowco.com

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 19, 2007, 05:13:

Woodyyyyy good to see you. You lucky guys, I'm stuck here can't retire yet and have no money for an extensive stay. It won't be before next summer at the earliest. I've rented out my house to a nursery home and still need to change the piping and the floors, but it'll have to wait.
Cheers,
Desi

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strata2woman says on Sep 21, 2007, 13:59:

Terve Desi, Let's hook up next summer in Cartagena. Hanna went to Kemi last month. I just got back to the states, it's good to be back for a while. Enjoy the fall!

ciao bambina!

"If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days." - Sylvia Plath

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 22, 2007, 01:57:

Moi Strata good plan providing I can travel to Colombia next summer. When's the last time you've been in Finland? How was B/quilla? (Never been there, a year and a half ago when I was in Colombia I went to Cartagena the very first time).
Take care,
Des

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 23, 2007, 08:10:

Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 23, 2007, 21:17:

Hey kat, that's my moderator face.
Cheers,
Desi

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 24, 2007, 01:01:

Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 24, 2007, 08:07:

Yeah, it's my "you can run but you can't hide" face.

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Dan says on Sep 24, 2007, 08:53:

we can try, can't we? :-)

God Bless America!

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Dan says on Sep 24, 2007, 08:54:

kind of looks like a mothers "you just got into big trouble, buddy!" look.

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 24, 2007, 09:28:

Dan did you shave?

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Dan says on Sep 24, 2007, 10:16:

:-) yes I did, but the picture isn't very recent... no one around with a camera so I can take another one.

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dwmte7 says on Sep 24, 2007, 11:07:

fricken technology.......(*&*&^%^&%$%# at ) i have a $3,000.00 lap top from hp and i'm having problems with it.....pain in the arse.

sorry i havent been communicative lately....just that these internal plumbing problems (age) and i'm sore, drugged up and basically bummed out. i'm anything but a dooms day soothsayer. it's just that all these medical issues, in and out of the hospital, etc just really bring me down.

we had hoped of moving back and living full time in our own home (envigado) but our youngest daughter just won a scholarship to the most exclusive private catholic high school in the u.s and that means.....four more years here. argh! she also wants to enter the diplomatic corps and that means the univ.of georgetown in washington d;c. that is if she wants to be a serious contender for advancement in the corps. also, georgetown is a catholic university, so her present position in fr. lopez is a guarantee of acceptance in to the univ's diplomatic program. she's a 98% high achiever and she'll--i'm certain--get into georgetown on scholarship as well.

anyway, after she finishes h.s. mom and i are outta here. she can live with her oldest brother and his family in washington d.c. mom and i are going home. i don't know how much more time our precious COMMON FATHER will allow me on this earth, regardless, i'd just like to drop my physical form in colombia, in my bed, in the finca. like e e cummings said, "i'm an old man, in a dry month, being read to by a boy, waiting for rain."

nuff said.

lots of love to you and all the best. too, thanks for your friendship these last 6-8 years.
douglas

patriarch

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 24, 2007, 12:19:

Douglas, I had no idea that you had been ailing and spent so much time at hospitals. I had a little of that too. last year, problems with the plumbing:) but am fine now. Sounds like your youngest is the apple of her father's eye and you're a pretty proud dad...I've got a bit of cheerful family news too, I'm a proud abuela now, my daughter's got a lovely little boy, now 14 months old.

I've also been retained here and had to shelf my original Desi's B&B plans for the time being, partially because my health but mainly because I want to bond with my grandchild at that age when he clearly enjoys seeing me and recognizes even my voice on the phone. One more reason is my elderly Mum who's got Alzheimers but still remembers me at the age of 88.
Thank YOU, Douglas for your friendship, ours is one of older ones here and dates back to ColombiaExperts and last millenium.
All my best to you and your loved ones,
hugs,
Maarit

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Dan says on Sep 25, 2007, 05:22:

I do remember now about the B&B. Too bad that it's on the shelf for now. I really hope your mom does ok. I wish you the best.
Take care,
Dan

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 25, 2007, 09:26:

Thanks Dan :)
My niece just came from Finland on her way back to USA and said that my Mum speaks about me all the time. My two sisters take care of her, but I'm the one she thinks about and I just see her perhaps twice or three times a year. The mind and the memory of our elderly loved ones are sometimes very strange.

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Morrongo says on Sep 29, 2007, 10:04:

I see in some of your comments, you know Buenaventura quite well. I would be interested to know your observations there. I lived there for two years so I have an interest in other peoples views on the town and its problems

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 29, 2007, 13:32:

I can't really say that I KNOW Buenaventura at all. We made day trips from Cali to Buenaventura all the time, went to the beaches of Juanchaco and Ladrilleros, but that was a long time ago. I feel for the the people of the puerto and think that they've got the short end of the deal; it's a shame that a country's main export port and main port on the Pacific does not get more help in sorting out its problems. B/ventura was never pretty but now it's both ugly and lethal. Yes, I speak for Buenaventura and for the whole Pacific region on the region; mostly because it's the home of some of the gentlest and most hospitable people I've ever known in my life. (Besides that, they used to cook the best sancocho de pescado on the second floor of the galeria de Buenaventura...you had to make it first past the vilest smells of the ground level and up the rickety stairs....)

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strata2woman says on Dec 7, 2007, 15:10:

Hyvää Joulua Desi to you and yours! Will be missing a White Christmas this year, it's going to be my first Christmas in Barranquilla in a long, long time and I'm really looking forward to it. Esko is coming from Finland to spend it with Hanna and the grandchildren, I'm glad.

The last time I went to Findland? so long ago, 20 years or so, when we were living in Rome.

I hope you can make it back this summer, and get to see each other. Take care.

"If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days." - Sylvia Plath

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Dec 17, 2007, 09:00:

Hyvää Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta, strata2 :) We definitely need to get together some time when we both are in Colombia or anywhere else at the same time.

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DoctorWho says on Dec 22, 2007, 20:29:

desideria, vet du vad bostad m.m. kostar i colombia? t.ex. köper man hus vill man gärna köpa hus i ett område där det finns vakter eftersom jag skulle vara rätt rädd för att lämna bostaden en längre tid...... hehe tack

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DoctorWho says on Dec 23, 2007, 09:27:

Desideria, har du msn eller icq

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Dec 23, 2007, 10:48:

jag skickar dig en privat

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DoctorWho says on Dec 23, 2007, 14:53:

kom online :)

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goin_south says on Dec 25, 2007, 01:58:

Is there a name for this language?
Finnish? other?

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Dec 27, 2007, 01:30:

Swedish

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Dec 29, 2007, 01:47:

Finland was part of the Swedish kingdom from about 1100 until 1809 when Napoleon made a deal wit Alexander I and Finland was included in the package. For two years we tried to stop them at our eastern border but Sweden was weakened finally Finland was ceded over to Russians and became an autonomous grand duchy under the rule of the tsars. Ironically, this was the first time the Finns had any sorts of autonomy and self-government, Alexander I was one of those enlightened rulers and the Finnish nationalism was actually born during those hundred years of Russian rule. It was not until the Bear got meaner (under Nikolaj II) and we got a general governor Bobrikov who wanted to russify Finland and prohibit us using our own language and BS stuff like that so we revolted against the Russians in 1917, at the convenient time of the October Revolution in Russia.

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DoctorWho says on Dec 30, 2007, 00:34:

desi, kan du skicka din MSN email igen? jag glömde bort min MSN user osv, så jag fick göra en ny! Jag börjar bli redo att åka snart!

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jan 3, 2008, 14:25:

Fick du min MSN email? Jag ser dig aldrig inloggad. När ska du åka?

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DoctorWho says on Jan 3, 2008, 15:31:

Verkar ha lite problem med min email. Maila mig direkt på drwoh at live.se , DrWoh at live.se :)
Ge mig din MSN på mailen där! tack! jag åker snart, inom en månad.

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DoctorWho says on Jan 4, 2008, 02:16:

Hej! har addat dig nu & är online :-)

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jan 21, 2008, 05:13:

All my friends....I lost you guys in a weird accident due to a bug...please add me again!
Cheers,
Desi

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Plato says on Jan 26, 2008, 06:24:

Hello Desi - cheers! We have lots to talk about.

Your friend, Plato.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those [liberals] who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.--Dante Alighieri, (1265-1321)

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msaucey says on Feb 14, 2008, 11:06:

Happy Valentine's Day.... Amor y Amistad!...

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

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CatGirl says on Feb 14, 2008, 22:15:

Happy Valentines !!!!

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MaFe says on Feb 16, 2008, 18:12:

Hi Desi, I also wanted to let you know that I like your views on many things!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Feb 22, 2008, 13:57:

Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Feb 22, 2008, 14:35:

I'm back with my original handle, Desideria. Peter fished up my old posts too from Thread Heaven, the only thing he couldn't give me back was my old friends. But they have been adding me again, actually on my two profiles...bless their hearts, I feel loved again:)))

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 5, 2008, 13:04:

MaFe says on Mar 23, 2008, 08:56:

¡Felices Pascuas!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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MitchAlvarez says on Apr 22, 2008, 09:11:

hey desi question:

if i post a picture of a female that i know up for the guys to see and enjoy as long as its not naked or showing private parts is that ok? im just checking.

"...Sure some people will say that you are a sexist, very generalizing and opinionated but they are you opinions and yours alone and you don't change your mind because everybody else might disagree with you. Good for you!" -PCL

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CatGirl says on Apr 22, 2008, 09:25:

Hi Desi - as far as I know....I got your handle on "my friends list" Amiga ;). How many do yall have? 2 or three? ;)

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Apr 22, 2008, 21:15:

Mitch, I'd prefer you used a pic of your own butt (with clothes on, of course) in your avatar.

CatG, I have a spare handle as Desi1, from the time there was a bug in the software and I got deleted with all my posts and we must have somebody looking after this kindergarten crowd:)) However, it's just a spare and it's not a secret.

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billyb says on May 7, 2008, 14:37:

Desi, why was my avatar changed from my hero el Che' back to my dog? You guys had no problem letting bugster keep uribe as his avatar, and neither did i for that matter. What gives?

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on May 8, 2008, 21:39:

What dog?

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on May 9, 2008, 04:06:

DodgerDogs says on May 29, 2008, 15:50:

Desi,
I have been occupied with work ( 16 hrs a day ) , I do read pbh time to time, but have not had the time to write any thing. Stay cool and never change as your a true Lady in every sence of the word.

de Dodger.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.Martin Luther King:

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CatGirl says on Jun 10, 2008, 14:39:

Hola Desi - Just thought I 'd check in and see how things are with you....;))

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jun 12, 2008, 22:20:

Good of you to stop by, CatGirl. It's quiet here and I'm off to the mines hi-ho one more time thank gods it's Friday.

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CanadaMan says on Jun 14, 2008, 19:51:

Desi,

Thanks for stopping in and leaving a comment on my profile.. I left a response for you there.. Your words were right on , you are a very wise woman..

take care,

Jeff

..

Formerly WidowerfromCanada...I am now married to my wonderful Peruana wife. Thanks PBH for all your advice and help over the years..

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MitchAlvarez says on Jun 22, 2008, 10:36:

All you have to do is eliminate one of the comments on my profile. The one where i placed the link to the song.

"...Sure some people will say that you are a sexist, very generalizing and opinionated but they are you opinions and yours alone and you don't change your mind because everybody else might disagree with you. Good for you!" -PCL

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CatGirl says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:15:

Gracias Desi, You too BTW - can see ya better! jaja. I also like the pick you put up once when you were in a stadium (?) at a game maybe? Either way, thanks

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:26:

Mitch, all I could do was to delete the comment with that link. Now it plays every time I go to the deleted comments in mod section!!! We haven't been able to un-embed it.

Thanks CatGirl :)

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MitchAlvarez says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:18:

oh i got you. sorry i was used to the whole edit feature. i usually would go back and delete some stuff thats why.

"...Sure some people will say that you are a sexist, very generalizing and opinionated but they are you opinions and yours alone and you don't change your mind because everybody else might disagree with you. Good for you!" -PCL

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CatGirl says on Jun 25, 2008, 13:18:

Desi - The pic on my profile is confusing. Was not what i put up last night and the one showing on the board I put up maybe a week ago? Kitten is confused. Is it the new changes?

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jun 25, 2008, 13:25:

CatG I have no idea why. You may want to ask Peter, he's the one who actually understand these things:)

I don't think it is the changes. They have not affected anybody else.

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CatGirl says on Jun 25, 2008, 13:29:

Ok - Talk abotu mutiple personalities! jeje. My pics keep changing...hmmmm..so I guess they are saved somewhere, eh?

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billyb says on Jul 2, 2008, 15:29:

How is calling somebody that is unimformed, "unimformed" an ad-hom attack? And BTW, in case you haven't noticed it has not been a happy day for romy and buggy, so how did we ruin it? Hope you are not letting your ideaology get in the way of fair moderating.

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 5, 2008, 06:19:

No, I hadn't noticed. The only thing I noticed that you guys were so busy bashing other people that you forgot to celebrate yourselves. Romy and buggy had no chance to express their joy at the liberation of the hostages before you and Tasco jumped on them.

There was plenty of other stuff in those posts that were personal attacks. To call somebody who thinks he's informed "uninformed" is very uninformed. How do I know that you're gods' gift to enlightenment yourself?

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huskie says on Jul 11, 2008, 12:02:

Great pic Desi
Cheers

"Huskie; Many thanks for your comments. Do you intend to post anything constructive here? Are you ABLE to contribute ANYTHING?"an ignorant frenchman named Darloupoo

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 11, 2008, 14:01:

Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 11, 2008, 14:17:

I had to improve my image a little...after that nasty pic posted by PBH....

Yes, kat, I'll have to start wearing a sun hat before my hair turns altogether white. I think it must be the thinning in the ozone layer here inthe North.

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 11, 2008, 14:27:

Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 11, 2008, 14:42:

The Gentlemen Prefer Blondes...and Bimbos.
Yes, I'm promoting this a bit trashier image...but the photo is not enhanced, it's still me, from another angle....

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huskie says on Jul 11, 2008, 18:27:

Jajaja, Where did you get those classy shoes? I want a pair, pretty, please!!! They match your T-shirt
Cheers

"Huskie; Many thanks for your comments. Do you intend to post anything constructive here? Are you ABLE to contribute ANYTHING?"an ignorant frenchman named Darloupoo

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CatGirl says on Jul 15, 2008, 19:55:

Hey Desi! Good pic - I like your hair in this pic - is it the sun?

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Lisa Zee says on Jul 20, 2008, 21:04:

Hola Desi: es un honor para mi que me invites como tu amiga, Gracias :)

La vida sera' contigo tan justa como lo eres con los dema's.

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 21, 2008, 00:32:

Tu avatar lo dice todo: creo que nos parecemos en muchas cosas, Lisa. Gracias por tu amistad.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 27, 2008, 17:28:

heh, queen bee...you're the best. i felt bad that i actually took to flagging someone, but the level to which those comments had decended was disgusting, and i choose not to keep up the pissing match. sorry to bother ya'll. how can you converse, discourse with someone who knows everything that was ever written and manages to translate it into excrement?

patriarch

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 4, 2009, 13:45:

Lisa Zee says on Mar 6, 2009, 15:28:

Desi, por fin se te ve la carita! estas muy bien y contenta.

La vida sera' contigo tan justa como lo eres con los dema's.

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Mar 7, 2009, 12:53:

Kat. Lisa gracias:)
Creí que se habian ya cansado de mirarme la cara (la otra foto es mia tambien)

la foto actual es por cortesía de adela.

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dwmte7 says on Mar 28, 2009, 06:01:

hey there, young lady....have i actually managed to omit calling you friend over all these years? duh.....

well, if so, an apology is in order and forth coming. i hope it's accepted.

i've come this far with you girl....i can easily go the distance,

douglas

patriarch

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dwmte7 says on Mar 28, 2009, 06:03:

well dear....just looked above and noted i wasn't totally remiss. je je.

d

patriarch

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goin_south says on Mar 28, 2009, 06:41:

Desi, 'he's old'! Please forgive 'm :-)

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larumberainglesa says on Jun 30, 2009, 05:35:

Hello Desi, You sent me an email to invite me to a forum on the Pacific coast but I deleted it by mistake and can't find it now-can you send me it again?

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huskie says on Jul 8, 2009, 18:43:

Love your new Pix
Cheers

"Huskie; Many thanks for your comments. Do you intend to post anything constructive here? Are you ABLE to contribute ANYTHING?"an ignorant frenchman named Darloupoo

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Lisa Zee says on Aug 4, 2009, 13:46:

Hey Desi, the flag on the t-shirt is supposed to be tiny.

La vida sera' contigo tan justa como lo eres con los dema's.

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Aug 4, 2009, 14:12:

I love the idea, but every time I wear my Colombia bracelet all the kids crowd around me asking if I'm a supporter of that team and start chanting some silly cheerleader thing...:)

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NataliaV says on Sep 30, 2009, 13:21:

Desi - anyway to get a hold of kitsmom? I pm'ed someone else who did a parent-initiated adoption from PBH but haven't heard back. Any suggestions?

Take care!
Thanks!

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