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Started by Papaso, Mar 22, 2003, 04:17 PM

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sandykayak

Sep 28, 2003, 07:05 PM
 this was an " only in Miami"  scenario....
 
 There I was, stopped at a red light and the fellow behind me is honking his horn and waving his hands wildly.  Between his tinted windows and mine I couldn t see anything and had no idea who that lunatic was.
 
 Next, he sticks his head out of the window and hollers, " Are you Sandykayak?"   By then my head is out of my window, " YES.  Who are you?"  
 
 " PAPASO.
 
 Went through the light, pulled into a gas station and we got out and hugged (hugging everyone is very latin).
 
 " How did you know it was me?"  I asked.    He said, " First I saw the PUT sticker, then IRV2 sticker, then the " I d rather be kayaking"  one.  But the final identifier was the " THELMA AND LOUISE LIVE   decal.
 
 The funniest thing is that when Doug (Giffster) posted his note about having not being around the site lately, Papaso responded and I almost sent him an email.
 
 Turns out he s a " cubanazo"  from " Joisey."    I m half English/half Ecuadorean raised in Venezuela.
 
 A " cubanito"  would mean a " little cuban"   (" ito"  being a diminutive) but Cubans (and Venezuelans, but not quite as " bad" ) tend to be loud and boisterous.   Hence the " azo"  suffix.
 
 Hey, there s even a book called Cubanazo Redneck - they re the Cubans who wear cowboy boots and go to Country Western bars.
 
 I invite popuppers in South Florida to email me and perhaps we can have a get together in the south end of the state.  With the price of gas, I ve just reduced the distance I m willing to go for a weekend!  It s got to be on or near the water and have electricity for the a/c.  Long Key fits the bill nicely.

Papaso

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Mar 22, 2003, 04:17 PM
 sandykayakHey Sandy it was very nice to meet you too. The actual order of seeing the stickers was Thelma and Louise first, rather be kayaking second, PUT third and finally irv2, believe it or not when I read the Thelma and Louise you came to mind.
 We ll be down at Long Key the weekend of 5/16. Funny but I never thought of myself as a Cubanazo just a good old Jersey boy (pronounced Joisey) but in Miami I guess I am one.
 Hugs and HAPPY CAMPING

CathyAnn

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Mar 22, 2003, 10:57 PM
 sandykayak[:D]Talk about a small world!  How neat!  I am glad you guys bumped into each other, and hit it off so well.
 
 If I was in Fla.  I d love go camping with ya, but here I am, in the Lone Star State!!!
 
 Take care~
 CathyAnn

iwantapopup

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Mar 23, 2003, 09:15 AM
 sandykayakWow!  What a great story; I guess you never know who you will run into and where!  Now after all that, you didn t get any pictures! [&:]

fivegonefishing

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Mar 23, 2003, 11:21 AM
 sandykayakThat is a great story.  Funny cuz just yesterday I ran into Trillium while out day tripping and spent a couple hours with them.
 
 Tammy

sandykayak

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Mar 25, 2003, 03:37 PM
 sandykayak
 aw shucks...would have loved to go to Long Key on 5/16 weekend but the two weekends before that I ll be tent camping in New Mexico...the long weekend after that I ll be visiting my son in NYC, and that saturday (5/17) is the annual multi-club (kayaking) picnic at Oleta.
 
 some other time
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