caribe

@caribe (2465)

United States • Age 77

Joined myLot 18 years ago

"Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth. Mark Twain"

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Discussions (41)

caribe's Discussions

I have won $2,000,000.00............................Beware Of Email Scams!!!

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 2 Apr 07

I have received two letters in the past twenty-four hours after signing up at a website which I think must have sold my email address or something. These letters say for me to send my information to them, etc. I know it is a scam...

lottery

scam

scams

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9 people

Does Anyone Have Any Good Mango Recipes?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 26 Mar 07

It is getting into the season for mangos and I am looking for some good mango recipes that you have personally tried and can recommend. I have an abundance of mangos and would like some ideas. Also which type of mango you use in...

mango

recipes

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4 people

I Put It Off As Long As I Could But I Finally Had To Go To The Dentist..........

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 5 Mar 07

I have been living in Nicaragua for two years now and I have been needing to go to a dentist for a while. I am not ordinarily so squeamish about going to the dentist, but with all the blood-borne diseases I was concerned about...

dentist

nicaragua

root canal

sanitary surgical procedure

tooth

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2 people

Has Your Pet Ever Gotten Into Mischief While You Were Gone?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 5 Mar 07

Today, when I returned home after being gone a couple of hours, I noticed that my german shepherd and a little pinkish tinge on her. Then I saw my little pekingese puppy and she had something rose pink all over her, including her...

dyed hair

mischief

pet

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3 people

Greetings From Nicaragua, Land of Tomorrow. I Have Been Offline For So Long....

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 3 Mar 07

...I just wanted to give my friends the news that I am finally back online. I have had problems with my ISP from the beginning but I eventually couldn't even get on the internet and it has taken forever and I have had to jump...

isp

nicaragua

online

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3 people

What would you be doing if the computer or internet had not been invented?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 24 Jan 07

Computers and the internet are such great inventions that effect most everyone's life in one way or another whether they use a computer or not. How would your life be different if there was no such invention? Would you be reading,...

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7 people

"Gringo" Murder Trial Starts in Nicaragua. Would you be afraid if it were you?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 24 Jan 07

I ran across a news item this morning on the internet quite by accident, a story that I somehow had missed here in Nicaragua. An American guy that runs a bilingual magazine here, which he started a couple of years ago, was...

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4 people

Have you ever had an experience where you didn't know where you were?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 9 Jan 07

Quite a few years ago, when I had been under a significant amount of stress, I was driving my car when I suddenly had no idea where I was, where I was going, or how to get home. I remember driving around a few blocks over and over...

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3 people

It sounded like a gunshot!!! Should they be held responsible for this damage???

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 7 Jan 07

This morning I heard something that sounded like a gunshot in back of my home!! I was so stunned I sat for a moment mentally taking inventory of where our gun was and concluded that it couldn't have been our gun. At first, I...

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10 people

Do you think that the police can do a good job without transportation?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 3 Jan 07

Do you think they need vehicles to get around or can they do as good with out it? I was totally surprised to learn when I moved to Nicaragua that the amount of vehicles used by police is very limited. They do most of their...

hitchhikers

police

transportation

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2 people

I love going barefoot inside my house and on the patio. Will it make me sick?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 31 Dec 06

I have tile floors here in Nicaragua and I prefer to walk barefoot around the house because wearing shoes on a freshly mopped floor just tracks it up and I hate that. People from this country are always telling me that it will...

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10 people

What would you do if you encountered children on the side of the road begging?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 27 Dec 06

Christmas Day we went to the beach here in Nicaragua and there were probably a hundred or so children along the highway waiting for a car to pass and some would throw a shovel full of dirt into one of the many holes on the road...

beggars

begging

children

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5 people

My Husband is Being Stalked by a Woman! What can we do?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 17 Dec 06

In the early part of 2006 my husband had an affair with a woman. I was totally devastated to say the least. I had moved to his native country with him and I felt so alone and so betrayed. Well, we worked through this and I decided...

stalked

stalker

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8 people

What is your Birthday tradition?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 8 Dec 06

How do you celebrate birthdays? In Nicaragua where I live, many times the person is awakened by a band hired to serenade them. They sing songs and play guitar, marimba, or other instruments. They come very early in the morning...

birthday

serenade

tradition

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1 person

Why is the government of Iran blocking access to certain websites?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 5 Dec 06

Why is the government of Iran blocking access to certain websites such as YouTube, Wikipedia and others?

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3 people

A man offered to give me his baby girl.....

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 4 Dec 06

He has offered to give her to me several times but he is always drinking, which seems to be most of the time, when he tells me this. The problem is I don't know if his wife is of the same opinion as he is. We have stopped by a...

adopt

adoption

baby

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1 person

Are you living the good life or do you have hopes of it somewhere in the future?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 2 Dec 06

Is your life exactly what you want right now? What are your hopes and dreams for the future? Costa Rica has a saying that you see all over that country "Pura Vida" which means pure life, which translates best to me as "The good...

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1 person

Did you know that honeybees are being trained to sniff bombs?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 1 Dec 06

What do you think? Are bees too dangerous to be used indoors at airport security checks-points to detect bombs?

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5 people

Costa Rica is a big tourist area. Have you ever been there? Do you plan to go someday?

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 28 Nov 06

The planes are always full of tourists when I fly there. Costa Rica has something for everybody. There is fishing for the fishermen, surfing for the serious surfers, rain forests and all kinds of exotic animals for the hikers and...

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1 person

There is a new birth control pill coming out for men but.....

caribe @caribe (2465) • United States 28 Nov 06

Ladies can you trust the guy when he says he took his pills? What are your thoughts on this, everyone?

birth control

men

trust

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1 person