Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point
Asians in general, both Chinese and Japanese. Heck, remember their former President, Fujimori? I got to attend this black tie reception thing with him when I was there on business years ago. My buddy at work that covered South America was Peruaño and donated or helped get medical equipment shipped into the country from the Peruvian community in Milwaukee. We used to travel down there together, and on one of our trips he told me to pack formal wear but didn’t tell me why. There was this big reception with Fujimori and a bunch of business leaders that we went to, and he got some sort of award for the work he did for this medical group that received the donations he coordinated. It was pretty cool. I had to fill out a card with the phonetic pronunciation of my name for the receiving line and I got my picture taken with him. I should dig that out... -D > On Dec 18, 2019, at 1:52 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Do you mean Japanese? There is a large Japanese colony there, including my > dentist who expatted to Maryland > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 2:51 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> There are quite a few Chinese in Peru too, "Chifas" as they are known, >> and the restaurants are pretty good. I don't know what brought them >> there in the past. And the Chinese have lately become big donors to >> Peru, building all kinds of stuff. >> >> --FT >> >>> On 12/17/19 5:30 AM, dan--- via Mercedes wrote: >>> Go into a very authentic Chinese restaurant in Panama City and the >> employees all speak very fluent Spanish. “What is wrong with this picture?” >> your brain will say. >> >> -- >> --FT >> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point
Do you mean Japanese? There is a large Japanese colony there, including my dentist who expatted to Maryland On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 2:51 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > There are quite a few Chinese in Peru too, "Chifas" as they are known, > and the restaurants are pretty good. I don't know what brought them > there in the past. And the Chinese have lately become big donors to > Peru, building all kinds of stuff. > > --FT > > On 12/17/19 5:30 AM, dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > > Go into a very authentic Chinese restaurant in Panama City and the > employees all speak very fluent Spanish. “What is wrong with this picture?” > your brain will say. > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point
There are quite a few Chinese in Peru too, "Chifas" as they are known, and the restaurants are pretty good. I don't know what brought them there in the past. And the Chinese have lately become big donors to Peru, building all kinds of stuff. --FT On 12/17/19 5:30 AM, dan--- via Mercedes wrote: Go into a very authentic Chinese restaurant in Panama City and the employees all speak very fluent Spanish. “What is wrong with this picture?” your brain will say. -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point
Spot on as far as Panama and diversity. If you don’t understand or know the history it will mess with your mind. Why? Go into a very authentic Chinese restaurant in Panama City and the employees all speak very fluent Spanish. “What is wrong with this picture?” your brain will say. With alcohol being banned by many of the indigenous towns there’s a thriving business in smuggling. I once saw a bottle of Jack Daniels black change hands for over $100, and this was 20 years ago. They got to great lengths to stop the trafficking but the stuff still gets through. Much like the Indian reservations of the lower 48, drug and alcohol addiction are rampant. If we didn’t kill the indigenous people with weapons or smallpox, we let alcohol do it... -D > On Dec 16, 2019, at 10:31 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > They are running out of cash. Second year in a row the government will need > to reduce spending by $1.5B. Governor is raiding the constitutional savings > accounts of around $500mm, which will leave those pretty much depleted. The > state is a huge Socialist program, with oil money paying for just about > everything. Very much akin to Venezuela, but without socialist leadership. > Not much tax on residents that pays for schools, infrastructure, or much of > anything else. All out of the state coffers. > > There is a big tax on visitors. Get on a cruise, and you are paying all > manner of fees to the state. Big taxes on oil and minerals as well. No tax > on the imported workers who earn very large pay cheque. > > As for me. I expect SWMBA is going to file for my socialist payment this > spring. The last dividend was around $1500 last year. Not really worth it, > unless you are not earning any cash and need the funds for beer. Oh, there > is talk of putting a massive tax on booze. Given the price for a can of PBR > up there, it is almost as lucrative as smuggling meth. > > clay > > >> On Dec 16, 2019, at 7:00 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> When are you going to get your dividend check? >> >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point
They are running out of cash. Second year in a row the government will need to reduce spending by $1.5B. Governor is raiding the constitutional savings accounts of around $500mm, which will leave those pretty much depleted. The state is a huge Socialist program, with oil money paying for just about everything. Very much akin to Venezuela, but without socialist leadership. Not much tax on residents that pays for schools, infrastructure, or much of anything else. All out of the state coffers. There is a big tax on visitors. Get on a cruise, and you are paying all manner of fees to the state. Big taxes on oil and minerals as well. No tax on the imported workers who earn very large pay cheque. As for me. I expect SWMBA is going to file for my socialist payment this spring. The last dividend was around $1500 last year. Not really worth it, unless you are not earning any cash and need the funds for beer. Oh, there is talk of putting a massive tax on booze. Given the price for a can of PBR up there, it is almost as lucrative as smuggling meth. clay > On Dec 16, 2019, at 7:00 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > When are you going to get your dividend check? > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point
Not at all! I was very amazed to find the bulk of the population is not as ethnically diverse as all the pundits try to make one think up there. I had pictured all manner of natives and other folks of color having a much larger hold on population. The news and chatter is all about natives and the asians, pacific islanders and latinos. How Alaska is so Diverse! But it seems the reality is that a bunch of the people who built up the pipeline and run the oil and mining concerns are staying on and producing second and third generations. The Panama Canal zone was far more diverse, even with fourth generation families, as the construction crews were Caribbean and chinese, as well as the few locals. The whites remained in charge, making that place a very Mayberry atmosphere. Even with the many bases and proximity of locals. Alaska media pushes a narrative that is not in keeping with the census figures. I do see a bunch of diverse people driving import cars. 10 to one you find asians in a Benz or Porsche. Maybe something else German. Find a pickem up truck and the owner has a european background. clay > On Dec 16, 2019, at 6:53 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > So you're saying that old white guys are lame? > - > Max > Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point
When are you going to get your dividend check? On 12/16/2019 8:33 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: The state (AK) does an annual enumeration of population. This year there was a drop in population, seems to be a trend. Alaska is white. In more than just frozen water on ground. There are about 128k native people. About 66% of the residents are imports with european ancestry. Over 500k of the 731k humans in the state are white. And they are getting older. This is not a place I want to contemplate extended retirement. SWMBA has around two decades left in her career. Unless climate change picks up the speed, I would rather hang out in a hammock on the beach in Mexico. Maybe the oil holds out that long and she makes big cash, enough to purchase an estate in Baja. Knowing her, she builds a cabin in the melting peat bogs of the tundra. clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point
So you're saying that old white guys are lame? - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:34 PM clay via Mercedes wrote: > The state (AK) does an annual enumeration of population. This year there > was a drop in population, seems to be a trend. > > Alaska is white. In more than just frozen water on ground. > > There are about 128k native people. About 66% of the residents are > imports with european ancestry. Over 500k of the 731k humans in the state > are white. And they are getting older. This is not a place I want to > contemplate extended retirement. SWMBA has around two decades left in her > career. Unless climate change picks up the speed, I would rather hang out > in a hammock on the beach in Mexico. Maybe the oil holds out that long and > she makes big cash, enough to purchase an estate in Baja. Knowing her, she > builds a cabin in the melting peat bogs of the tundra. > > clay > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT - AK data point
The state (AK) does an annual enumeration of population. This year there was a drop in population, seems to be a trend. Alaska is white. In more than just frozen water on ground. There are about 128k native people. About 66% of the residents are imports with european ancestry. Over 500k of the 731k humans in the state are white. And they are getting older. This is not a place I want to contemplate extended retirement. SWMBA has around two decades left in her career. Unless climate change picks up the speed, I would rather hang out in a hammock on the beach in Mexico. Maybe the oil holds out that long and she makes big cash, enough to purchase an estate in Baja. Knowing her, she builds a cabin in the melting peat bogs of the tundra. clay ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
