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RE: A Uniquely Costa Rican Coffee "Artifact" I found at the Super Mercado in Bijagua and a Little Coffee Condiment Life-Hack!

in Costa Rica Pura Vida4 months ago (edited)

Oh for sure the US is the most unsafe. What I appreciate about it is being culturally understood.

If we're going tit for tat, I think it's easier to say where I haven't lived. By lived I mean at least 30 days. I'm from LA though, tattoos, got a blonde/blue eyed wife, every LA stereotype there is so you already hated me anyway before we even got here. = }

Nothing should surprise you now.

Gotta appreciate the way you defend it though. Don't get it twisted, every one of those ticos offering assistance is getting their 10% cut, you know how it works.

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 4 months ago  

I do know, but 10% of free is still a good portion of good will to be paid for being a nice person.

I will say, the very conservative Catholic country is less fond of the LA stereotype coming there than the guy with cows on his front yard and a willingness to swing a scythe on the futball plaza. Your mileage may vary. I also don't want to or ever do go to places like Tama-Gringo or Scam Jose. But the locals from outside those cities don't like to go them either or so they tell me.

free..

Hahahah! Yeah, ok. Everything has a price there. C'mon man, "free?!" Lol.

I'm having a tough time decoding the tama one.

Scam Jose, funny, fuck that place at $1,000/night! Did some work at the Apple building there back in... '14, I guess.

Oh, you're talking CR, I thought we were still talking California! LoL!!

Scam Jose, works for both countries, funny. Sure, all it's good for there is residency.

Tamagringo, good one, where if they wear orange reflective jackets and direct you to park, they don't work there.

Oh, I think they hate me here even more than the Italians. I enjoy changing people's opinions of Californians, one person at a time.

I didn't say Costa Ricans didn't like us or were cruel or put on their real face, I just said I don't want to be their sole source of income. Deadbolts are for policia.

 4 months ago  

LOL, Tamagringo = Tamarindo, and yes I meant the CR S.Jose.

I don't leave my diamond and gold Mercedes unlocked at the beach in Playa de Coco -- or Cocoa Beach Florida either... but overall, I feel as safe or safer in CR than than in most countries.

Fair enough. You ever been to Czech? Specifically, Prague?

 4 months ago  

No, but my good friend @rhondak went to steenfest there in like 20-um-18/19? And at the time we were witnesses together, mods in several communities together and in close contact, not to mention about 100 other steemians of the era keeping me looped with calls, live streams and photos and videos and such so I kinda feel like I've been there.

It was Krakow?

 4 months ago  

Poland, Chezc, yeah maybe those are kind of diametrically opposed.

 4 months ago  

Somebody went to prague for a steem thing, not you?