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Carl Roberts wrote: ok like Joey says "back story?" Mar 11 13 02:22 pm Link EdwinR Photography wrote: He went out of country again. Mar 11 13 02:27 pm Link OwenImages wrote: I know. I waited with baited breath for his adventures from DR. Lol. Mar 11 13 03:23 pm Link EdwinR Photography wrote: I didn't hear the stories from the last trip, let alone this one. Mar 11 13 04:42 pm Link I am to fly out Friday Morning from Fort Lauderdale A friend asks me to drive down Thursday evening instead because she is moving to South Beach. She has the apartment all lined up, I just drop her off and she's good It would cost me an extra nights hotel room but I'm like..sure, no problem We go down after work and get in at 11:30 She calls the place she is staying...no answer Like 30 minutes later we are standing in front of the complex and she is blowing the phone up Finally there is an answer Guy comes down and leads us up Perfect place! Perfect location, $350 a month, RIGHT off the strip in South beach 2 bedroom, large, wood floors, clean, nice neighborhood...perfect So the guy shows us the place, some chick is in one bedroom and he walks us to the master bedroom He says this is where you will be staying Room is empty save for a twin bed She's like....where is my bed? He's like...you are renting a bed with me She's like...what do you mean "With you?" He's like..."With" me She's like..FUCK THAT! Out we go It's now 1am She LITERALLY has no where to go I'm flying out to the DR at 10 am She is FREAKING out I go find a hotel, book it for 3 nights instead of 1, tell her that if she can't find something while I'm gone I'll call her when I get back in the world and take her back to Tampa We finally get to bed (Separate beds) at 4 am I'm back up at 8 That's how the weekend started It got considerably wilder and with less sleep from there Mar 11 13 05:52 pm Link Carl, you live a wild and crazy life! WOW! Mar 11 13 09:23 pm Link Wow! For excitement here, I'm trying to eat jello with chopsticks... Mar 12 13 11:09 am Link joeyk wrote: Considering that the only thing worthwhile in this shitville I'm in(back in Seaford,De)closed down Mar 12 13 11:58 am Link Carl Roberts wrote: Kin Jake and I be yer valets . . . Mar 12 13 12:52 pm Link Server maintenance tonight We all know what that means Write your shit down if you want to see it again for a week Mar 12 13 02:05 pm Link joeyk wrote: Damn, Joey's living the dream! Mar 12 13 02:17 pm Link Chris Photography wrote: In paradise too! Where the snow is piled up so high I can't see out the motel window... Mar 12 13 07:14 pm Link sospix wrote: yeah that's a daily thing here Mar 12 13 07:37 pm Link Off to Pasco for a hearing then over to Tampa for a second hearing Good times, good times Mar 13 13 04:23 am Link OK so I booked to go back down on March 29th and again on May 3 Mar 13 13 06:57 pm Link Carl Roberts wrote: Carl Roberts wrote: Why would you want to go back to Pasco so soon and so often??? Mar 13 13 06:58 pm Link  Miss Pasco Mar 13 13 07:01 pm Link Carl Roberts wrote: I knew you'd git addicted to the DR, CR . . . Mar 14 13 08:07 am Link sospix wrote: That would be great Mar 14 13 09:37 am Link So not this Sunday, but next Sunday the 24th is Jesse's big meet & greet If you have not heard about it you should think about going I guess he has close to 400 people signed up for legit Including something like 50 VIP that have paid to shoot It is going to be crazy Mar 15 13 04:29 am Link Carl Roberts wrote: I haven't heard anything about this but it seems he doesn't need to promote the event at all by stopping in this lowly thread or tagging profiles. Good for him! Mar 15 13 07:09 am Link Conversation with a female college student here on spring break. Her: Why are you going to the Dominican Republic Me: I have a couple of friends down there, 18 years old, 4'11 85lbs and her 19 year old cousin Her: Oh..your daughters? Me: No..nooooo...no Her: Oh...OH! Ohhhhheeeewwwww Me: Hahahahahahahahaha Mar 16 13 08:07 am Link Carl Roberts wrote: Going for the first time to this. Idk...kinda ..nervous? Lol I feel like a noob >. Mar 16 13 08:54 am Link Steve Young Photos wrote: Mar 16 13 10:32 am Link Today is Dress to Impress at WH in case any of you are not in the loop.  Mar 16 13 11:35 am Link Oh I almost forgot! I will be in Tampa tonight for the last night of the Gasparilla Charity Horse Show which starts at 7 and then I'm goin over to Hard Rock! Mar 16 13 11:44 am Link Happy St Paddy's Day all... been quiet here on the forums busy people, busy lives, other websites and countries to visit... so if youre not Irish you are for a day,,,if so , it is your special day... Mar 17 13 05:33 am Link Asplashofglamour wrote: Did you put green dye in the pool? Mar 17 13 11:58 am Link joeyk wrote: If it were actually warm enough they wouldn't have to Mar 17 13 03:11 pm Link No Ed has been on top of the pool this year. Of you let it go too far, it is more time and money to get it right. We are hoping to be able to shoot in a few weeks if it ever warms up that is. Mar 17 13 03:46 pm Link Asplashofglamour wrote: fingers crossed that it warms up soon for my birthday next month Mar 17 13 06:37 pm Link Went back to the DR specifically to meet the waitress from the Bodega/Disco (Yokoris) and her Cousin (Marissa a/k/a Perla) When I went down I brought a pair of shoes and a handbag as a "Regalo" (Gift) I told the girls I wanted to go dancing and suggested that maybe we could get them a new outfit So we go to the mall and I tell my girl that she can get any outfit she wants She looks in the window at a couple of shops but says she wants to go to "Jumbo" which is kind of a DR version of a Super Walmart We go in and she finds a couple of pair of underwear for $2.00 but no outfit that is good. She then turns to me and says... Instead of an outfit, is it OK if I get something else instead? I'm like...sure...what do you want? (Thinking to myself...hmmm...crap, this chick is going to hit up the jewelry counter) She then walks over to the grocery store part of the building and picks up a 1 pound bag of rice and says "For my family" I'm like...fuuuuuuuuuuck... Here this chick has Carte Blanche in this mall, to pretty much get anything she wants, and what she wants is a 1 pound bag of rice so her family can eat. I say no, I won't buy you a 1 pound bag of rice, but if you get a shopping cart we can start by putting this 30 pound bag of rice in it and fill it with stuff you want from the grocery store instead of an outfit. We go around shopping and she only puts staples in the cart. No luxury items AT ALL And only 1 of anything, with the exception of when we got to the can good isle, then she put 2 of each can in the cart. Corn, beans, red beans, pinto beans, tomatoes...she liked the can goods. She did not want any meat, but I made her get 2 chickens $100 and it was easily the best money I ever spent People are always hitting me up for charitable giving. I hate giving money to an organization that is going to piss it away on lobbying or overhead. But if I can give money to someone in need who makes $5.00 a day, in the form of buying them staples that I know for a fact will feed their family for a month? I'll make that gift gladly. Mar 18 13 06:05 am Link Carl Roberts wrote: Gives ya a new perspective, don't it . . . and, yer on the "fancy" side of Hispaniola, when ya make it into the Haiti side, the DR seems like the Garden of Eden by comparison . . . I think everyone (especially Americans that have never been out of the US), should actually travel, and stay awhile, in some of the poorer countries around the world, just to understand how tough things can be, and appreciate how well we have it overall (obviously there's some tough spots within our borders as well that need addressing) . . . now, pass some 'o that Barcelo Imperial over here, and lets solve ALL the woild's problems . . . one drink ata time . . . Mar 18 13 10:26 am Link sospix wrote: Yeah trust me, I think of you a lot down there Mar 18 13 01:34 pm Link Wow Carl! Mar 18 13 11:18 pm Link Carl Roberts wrote: Some people are absolutely clueless with what true poverty is... we are all very blessed to be born here and not one of those countries. My sister does mission trips for her church several times a year in Haiti.. the corruption of the government is astounding and the poor are helpless as they get no assistance from the corrupted government... Everything that was sent down to Haiti right after the hurricane was either stolen or confiscated by those who already have... My sister has some beautiful touching shots on her FB of her trips there (her degree is photojournalism) and like they say "a picture is worth a thousand words". Mar 19 13 03:17 am Link Being so close to Haiti I keep hearing more and more stories about the country I think I'm going to put Haiti in the same category as Sierra Leone and those other countries alone the Coast D'Ivory I know it's there, but there is no reason that I want to go there It's just unreasonably dangerous and poverty stricken with no real enticement to visit Mar 19 13 04:41 am Link Carl Roberts wrote: I was born in Morocco during the French Moroccan War, my early years were without the luxury of consistent electricity, safe water, and ya hadta use a stick to check yer dresser drawer or shoes for scorpions . . . but, havin' never been to the US at that point, I had no idea what a Utopia we live in . . . it was quite the culture shock to just be able to turn a spigot for nice, clean, fluoride treated water, see everyone with cars, clothes, food, and shoes . . . the idea of a super market was completely foreign to me . . . luckily, I've become as BIG a consumer of everything we have to offer, as my meager finances will allow (Jake's expensive ta keep happy at a level he's become accustomed to, if he ever divorces me, I'm done for) . . . but, I've never forgotten what it's like to have less than nothing, so when there's places and people that I can actually help (and not just "feed" those in a position of power, as in Haiti after the quake, as was noted earlier), I try to do my best . . . as Carl said, when it hits you in the face like that, it can be quite daunting, and the "there but for the grace of God, go I" feelin' can just envelope you . . . when "we" go to places like Mexico, Bahama, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Brazil, Panama, et al, take a quick minute or two to actually see the people and how they live, and not jest ride blindly from the airport, to the pristine resort . . . might give ya different mindset as to the overall importance of "things" . . . OKAY, Okay, okay, ok, that's my public service message for the year, now hand over that bottle of Rhum du Barbancourt and let's enjoy the beautiful day, and place that we're in . . . at least as long as da rhum holds out . . . Mar 19 13 09:45 am Link woohoo 2 days off ::NEKKID DANCE:: Mar 19 13 01:36 pm Link orias wrote: This post worthless without pics Mar 19 13 02:38 pm Link |
