Comments on: the big sticky

By: cojito

cojito — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:30:17 +0000

todbals - thanks for asking. i’m in arizona helping my momz. she’s alone, 88, and has issues.

right now i don’t have a regular internet connection. but i’ll be back in panama, online, and writing again real soon.

naisioxerloro - there’s a link to the original theme in the footer. but i tweaked the theme to make it unique.

By: todbals

todbals — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:44:19 +0000

Cojito, whats happened to you?????

By: cojito

cojito — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:55:00 +0000

Michael - yeah, i think if you can put up with those lazy-ass rabiblanco students then you can make $500 a month teaching english.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:16:20 +0000

Hello I really enjoy your site and your insightful comments. I’m 62 and since I stumbled on your site think I might retire in Panama. Can a person still teach English and make about $500 per month? Thanks.

By: vieja

vieja — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:54:13 +0000

cojito, I was in Panama in 1969 but left in ‘71 after high school. I returned nearly 30 years later to see the effect of all those nasty emmisions, viewing Panama City from the causeway. The ‘69 line was not confusing, just a trigger that takes me back in time. The city was not that much different if you take away all the buildings taller than El Panama. I would like to recall a bit more but as I was 16 in ‘69 and in Panama my memory is a bit foggy……

By: cojito

cojito — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:27:06 +0000

vieja - you’ve been here that long? wow. i’ve seen pics of panama city back then. it looks quite delightful. i wish i could have known that panama.

i think my ‘69 line’s a little confusing. when i wrote it i was thinking: prince 1999, and the auto industry back in 1969. you know, all those nasty emissions. but also the public’s attitudes towards the environment.

i was a little kid in ‘69. and i used to watch our neighbor, a house painter, dump petroleom, lead, and mercury-based paints and thinners into the salt water pond in front of our house. he did this everday after work.

karma’s a funny thing, he ended up with cancer and a colostomy bag. some say panama’s like that. a step back in time. and their colostomy bag is the bay of panama.

in panama people still throw crap into the streets, burn large plots of land etc. i think it takes awhile for environmental awareness to seep into the public’s consciousness.

By: vieja

vieja — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:35:42 +0000

Partying like it is 1969….. I was in Panama in 1969, only 16, when the causeway was just the causeway. Nothing was there but a small parking area filled with cars filled with friends and coolers filled of cold beverages. Life was very fulfilling back then.

By: Tman

Tman — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:38:19 +0000

Now freddie…i wasnt insinuating i cant get it up much any more:)…just doesnt stay up as long or as often…hehehe. but you are totally correct…learning the art of other gratifications keeps one in good stead with these latinas down here. couldnt imagine trying to go back to the dating scene in the usa. my god…even girls 20 years younger than me look and act like my mother! LOL Nah…i’m still happy here in this sometimes paradise they call panama…though i am keeping close tabs on colombia and other points south…just in case.

keep up posted on nicalandia.