Desideria

larumberainglesa says on Tuesday June 26th, 2007 6:21:

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

Dan says on Tuesday July 31st, 2007 3:06:

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!

wcarmack says on Wednesday September 19th, 2007 4:56:

Hello Desi,

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

Woody
woody@dowco.com

Desideria says on Wednesday September 19th, 2007 5:13:

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

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

strata2woman says on Friday September 21st, 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!

- con sombrero vueltiao y abarcas de tres puntá! -

Desideria says on Saturday September 22nd, 2007 1:57:

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

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

kat1 says on Sunday September 23rd, 2007 8:10:

desi you look very serious, what about an smile :)))))

Desideria says on Sunday September 23rd, 2007 21:17:

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

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

kat1 says on Monday September 24th, 2007 1:01:

oh i understand the teacher's look..... or behave look :))))

Desideria says on Monday September 24th, 2007 8:07:

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

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dan says on Monday September 24th, 2007 8:53:

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

God Bless America!

Dan says on Monday September 24th, 2007 8:54:

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

God Bless America!

Desideria says on Monday September 24th, 2007 9:28:

Dan did you shave?

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dan says on Monday September 24th, 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.

God Bless America!

dwmte7 says on Monday September 24th, 2007 11:07:

fricken technology.......(*&*&^%^&%$%#@) 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

dwmte

Desideria says on Monday September 24th, 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

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dan says on Tuesday September 25th, 2007 5:22:

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

God Bless America!

Desideria says on Tuesday September 25th, 2007 9:26:

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.

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Morrongo says on Saturday September 29th, 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

Desideria says on Saturday September 29th, 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....)

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

strata2woman says on Friday December 7th, 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.

- con sombrero vueltiao y abarcas de tres puntá! -

Desideria says on Monday December 17th, 2007 9:00:

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.

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

DoctorWho says on Saturday December 22nd, 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

DoctorWho says on Sunday December 23rd, 2007 9:27:

Desideria, har du msn eller icq

Desideria says on Sunday December 23rd, 2007 10:48:

jag skickar dig en privat

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

DoctorWho says on Sunday December 23rd, 2007 14:53:

kom online :)

goin_south says on Tuesday December 25th, 2007 1:58:

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

NO MAS........ MARINERO YERRI'S... ;-(

Desideria says on Thursday December 27th, 2007 1:30:

Swedish

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

docwilliam says on Thursday December 27th, 2007 18:49:

Is it fair to say that Sweden y Finnland, were joined at the hip for a while? (in history)

There's no time to panic !!!

Desideria says on Saturday December 29th, 2007 1:47:

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.

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

DoctorWho says on Sunday December 30th, 2007 0:34:

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!

Desideria says on Thursday January 3rd, 2008 14:25:

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

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

DoctorWho says on Thursday January 3rd, 2008 15:31:

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

DoctorWho says on Friday January 4th, 2008 2:16:

Hej! har addat dig nu & är online :-)

Desideria says on Monday January 21st, 2008 5:13:

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

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Plato says on Saturday January 26th, 2008 6:24:

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)

msaucey says on Thursday February 14th, 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

CatGirl says on Thursday February 14th, 2008 22:15:

Happy Valentines !!!!

MaFe says on Saturday February 16th, 2008 18:12:

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

"No comment" is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again." -Winston Churchill

kat1 says on Friday February 22nd, 2008 13:57:

you are back as desi now.... can't keep with you girl!!!!!

Desideria says on Friday February 22nd, 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:)))

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

kat1 says on Wednesday March 5th, 2008 13:04:

awww i see back in action..

uhmm the picture is saying look boys I am the boss :)))))

MaFe says on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 8:56:

¡Felices Pascuas!

"No comment" is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again." -Winston Churchill

MitchAlvarez says on Tuesday April 22nd, 2008 9:11:

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.

Tengale miedo a una huelga de mujeres o a una escacez de aguardiente. :)

CatGirl says on Tuesday April 22nd, 2008 9:25:

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

Desideria says on Tuesday April 22nd, 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.

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

billyb says on Wednesday May 7th, 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?

Desideria says on Thursday May 8th, 2008 21:39:

What dog?

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

kat1 says on Friday May 9th, 2008 4:06:

Billyb how many times we have to tell you stay away from that Port jejejjej