Chiriquí Chatter

Grandchildren are God’s reward for not killing your children.

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My CBS station, on TV, originates in Colorado. This morning one announcer was outdoors, in full winter gear, with snow falling and warning drivers that they may need to put chains on their tires.
By contrast, I am looking at a pretty blue sky, filled with puffy white clouds, and listening to birds greet me [...]

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When I made the last set of upgrades (specifically the Misty Look upgrade), I accidentally dropped the Chiriquí Chatter Amigos icon from the sidebar. It is now back on the sidebar. If you haven’t added yourself to the map, you can do it again. Thanks to all who continue to drop in.

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CHILDREN - You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 telling them to sit down and shut-up.

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I just read the following on the David Yahoo Group:
Our next sea turtle release will be this Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 5:30 pm.
You can read about the last release here.

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Today was the day, that Darío Quiroz had invited me to participate in one of his English classes. I have done this before and it is always a special occasion for me. Today was in Universidad Latina. Here was another time one of Dario’s private classes.
I arrived a little early, because I wasn’t sure exactly [...]

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Most of what I am going to write, I think I have written before. However, since many people never read the archives, maybe it is worth discussing some of these things again. Maybe not, but here goes.
I got to thinking about this because of my lunch discussion with Tom McCormack and some comments I have [...]

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We could learn a lot from crayons: Some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and they’re all different colors…. But they all have to learn to live in the same box.

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Today I had the opportunity to have lunch with a good friend of mine (Tom McCormack). I have always enjoyed talking to him because he always has a new project he is working on. Tom has been coming to Panama for the last 15 year. He spends about half of his time, each year, in [...]

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Sunday’s outing was to make one of my not too frequent trips to Boquete. With the price of fuel, it just doesn’t seem worth it to me to go that often. Boquete continues to change. I saw that the bridge to the fair ground is under repair. Everywhere you look there seems to be changes. [...]

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