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Posted On 01/25/2009 20:38:26 by beachbum

Hi all. A friend suggested I post this so others can add to the list. Thought it would be fun. Disclaimer: I stole this idea from a blogger who lives in Cancun.

THINGS I NEVER DID BEFORE MOVING TO MEXICO

*Check shoes for scorpions before putting them on

*Pay three pesos for toilet paper at a public restroom

*Wash dishes in cold water

*Shovel sand

*Dig up plants from the side of the road

*Wear rubber flip-flops every day

*Buy unrefrigerated eggs by weight

*Buy beer in quart bottles

*Eat shark

*Allow geckos to live in the house

*Wash windows weekly

*Use bathrooms without toilet seats

*Put toilet paper in a wastebasket after use

*Taste habenero chilis (Way hot)

*Get excited over finding sweet pickle relish and chunky peanut butter

*Buy coconut pie from the trunk of a car

*Buy fish from the trunk of a car

*Buy dirt

*Make jokes in Spanish

*Eat black beans

*Feed street dogs

*Sleep in a hammock

*Fish right outside my front door

*Go everywhere without make-up

*Drive the wrong way on a one-way street

*Drink a mojito

*Buy drugs without a prescription

*Have a bodega

*Deal with rust on everything

*Wash sheets by hand

*Dance until 3 a.m.

*Take an ice chest to the grocery store

*Sew curtains by hand

*Live without a dresser, sofa or TV

*Watch dolphins swim past my house

*Put kerosene in the mop water

*Not know what day it is, regularly

*Find false teeth on the beach

*Take siestas

*Cook with bottled water

*Build fences

*Make new friends over the Internet

*Shop at the prison

*Consider sweating normal

*Buy fabric in meters, not yards

*Eat cheviche

*Stay at a motel that rents by the hour

*Never use left turn signal on a highway

*Buy homemade charcol at someone's house

*Wait for iguanas to cross the road

*Pay a bribe to police

*See a firefly

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From: Seattlesky

02/08/2009 12:04:26 The El Paso store is on Calle 29 between 78 and 80, south side of the street. Besides the Heinz sweet pickled relish and many other goodies, those wanting a liver pate spread can find it there.

From: beachbum

02/08/2009 07:54:39 I found the sweet pickle relish at El Paso, a little import store across the street from the plastic store in Progreso. Sorry, I don't know the number of the street but it's one block north of the plaza, between Calle 80 and 78.

From: rkmyers

02/07/2009 18:36:19 I am still laughing and also wondering where you found the sweet relish? I have been looking for 2 weeks.

From: TerryandMike

02/07/2009 16:22:16 - Tipped a man to help me park my car at the grocery store - Swept sand off of my living room floor - Waited for my coffee to get to lukewarm temperature before drinking it (so as not to raise my body temperature any higher!) - Bought items from street vendors at intersections - Dropped off my daily garbage at the dump - Owned a house on the ocean

From: nueveninos

02/07/2009 09:09:25

Great list! Here are my additions:

*buy movies in a restaurant from a guy with a backpack
*buy pastries from a guy carrying them around on a platter on his head
*flag down a truck and pay 5 pesos per bag for them to take my garbage
*use propane appliances
*get water from a tinaca on my roof
*not wear a watch 90% of the time
*invite total strangers to take a tour of my home
*pour bleach down my drains to control scorpions and cockroaches
*make my own bagels from scratch
*eat chayote
*buy shrimp from a guy flagging down cars on the street
*live without a home phone
*eat coconut from my own trees
*feel safe enough to go out on the street any time of night or day
*own furniture made of cement
*own a house made of cement
*have construction workers sleep in my bodega in hammocks
*ask total strangers to bring groceries in their checked luggage for me

From: beachbum

02/02/2009 13:44:29 You are just mean, Mr. Seeneth.

From: e_seenath

02/02/2009 12:38:35 So I am from a tiny town in Trinidad.. and I grew up doing 90% of these things as the norm. I would not wait for the iguana to cross the road though.. hat would be dinner.hahha

From: beachstarz

01/30/2009 16:33:11 I think the neighbor wearing a kilt, playing bagpipes beats all !! I've got to see that one ! how funny ! lol lol lol

From: Joanne

01/30/2009 11:02:19

Plant tomatos in January

Grow pineapples outside

Have regular dinner at friends houses, or at our house on a weekday (Sometimes without advance planning!)

Having someone pump our gas (not for a long time, anyway)

Hang our laundry outside

Not liked restaurant pizza

Accepting that all appointments are later than the time scheduled, and being ok with it

Being happy when it gets below 80 degrees at night in summer

Buy $2 pre-theatre release DVDs from a guy who comes to our house

Have a Mexican neighbor who plays the bagpipes, in a kilt, across the street from our house

Go to a garden center and find out the owner knows nothing about fertilizer

From: beachstarz

01/28/2009 23:19:07

I never thought an afternoon shower could feel soo darn good .

Eating eggs or mayo that wasn't refrigerated

Buy milk from a box that sat on the shelf un refrigerated

Never would have known the smell coming from the local tortillirias , and enjoyed it so.

Never would have seen people catch octopus

Never would have seen dolphins play

I never would have seen teenagers walking with thier moms holding hands

seen a family of 4 or 5 on one moped

enjoyed the sound of the birds in Centro

and finally , I just never would have smiled as much

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