tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post2658527966269813922..comments2023-12-16T05:27:05.041-06:00Comments on mexpatriate — in the key of steve: new discoveriesSteve Cottonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-77749581082412153152010-01-31T22:06:49.866-06:002010-01-31T22:06:49.866-06:00Julian -- I doubt I have enough class to emulate T...Julian -- I doubt I have enough class to emulate <i>The Sun</i>.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-34749409780288515852010-01-27T11:42:43.583-06:002010-01-27T11:42:43.583-06:00I have noticed you are featuring far more women in...I have noticed you are featuring far more women in your posts lately. Are you after the page 3 girl set?<br /><br />JulianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-80712773724657103752010-01-27T11:40:09.423-06:002010-01-27T11:40:09.423-06:00Felipe -- This will be my first Mexican circus. F...Felipe -- This will be my first Mexican circus. Friends tell me it is quite good. And when the best is offered, I take it.<br /><br />Larry -- I thought the circus might be trolling for expatriates with those prices. But both performances yesterday were filled with Mexican nationals -- and that appeared to be the case from the license plates on the cars parked up and down one lane of the highway. I have noticed that the prices for many items are higher here than in Mazatlan -- and with less choice. (An economist would note the connection between those two facts.)<br /><br />ANM -- Circuses seem to hold a wellspring of memories for our generation. I wonder what will have the same effect on current generations? Video games? CGI films? Whatever it will be, I doubt that the "report of a pistol" will figure in any of their tales.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-44081294326030724502010-01-27T11:01:28.547-06:002010-01-27T11:01:28.547-06:00I believe my last attendance at a live circus perf...I believe my last attendance at a live circus performance was in Walla Walla in 1956 -- Clyde Beatty's Circus; Clyde was a famous lion trainer.<br /><br />We thought Clyde was The Man. One could buy a plastic white pith helmet like the one he wore for his act, and a lion whip. For several weeks after the circus left town, neighborhood cats were subjected to the rigorous discipline of Beatty lion-training. <br /><br />If I recall correctly, we young trainers managed to teach every cat in the neighborhood to run like hell at the sight of the white plastic pith helmet.<br /><br />Our mothers, on the other hand, persistently told us we were going to put out an eye snapping the whips.<br /><br />No eyes went out. But a number of wooden chairs were worse for wear.<br /><br />A N MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-84142716278976846182010-01-27T08:43:52.366-06:002010-01-27T08:43:52.366-06:00Wow, expensive circus. We get several really big ...Wow, expensive circus. We get several really big ones each year and full admission is more in the order of $20. Sometimes up to $40.<br /><br />LarryLarry in Mazatlannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-58561563123412090372010-01-27T07:09:46.709-06:002010-01-27T07:09:46.709-06:00Marry her and live in Paris. I like that. I recomm...Marry her and live in Paris. I like that. I recommend it.<br /><br />Mexican circuses can be a crap shoot. After two, I gave up. But I recommend it, and definitely get the best seat.Michael Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720359542700663699noreply@blogger.com