by GarryRicketson » 2017-12-22 18:18
I was born in the US, but never really settled any where, my life was rather
"migratory", living and working as far south as Guatemala, but in the summer
I worked as far north as Canada, I have settled down now, and do not travel much, Mexico has been my "home" for the last 18 0r 19 years, I am from where
ever I was yesterday, if I travel, I am from where ever I came from the day before.
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One time, when I was in Canada, and there were a lot of geese, I asked one
of them, "Hi Mr, Goose,... where are you from ?" He said, " I came from the south, I think it was New Mexico,..",,.. Since I grew up in New Mexico, this was
interesting, so I said, "Hey, that's cool, I came from there myself,",... But when I asked another goose, in New Mexico, "Hey Mr Goose, guess your glad to be home again,..",.. The goose said, "Oh, no,... I this is not my home, I came from Canada,..."
Some times I have been called a "home less person", this one lady one time,
I was painting the library, don't remember where, but I needed some money, and wanted to work, so the person in charge put me to work painting,... this
lady came, and she commented " Oh, your that home less person aren't you ?"
well her tone, was pretty condescending , but any way I politely responded,
"No ma'am, I am not home less, I have a home in a Kingdom far away, with my Lord, I am just a traveller",.... I am not sure what I said to offend her, but the statement sure made her mad, she changed colour from white to scarlet red, and said " Humpf, well I never..." went stomping away, got in her car, slamming the door,... then she got out, went storming into the library, I could hear her screaming at the Librarian , the person that hired me, but could not make sense of what I heard, the she came out, still extremely angry,.. the Librarian following, the lady got in her car, and went a way, apparently even more angry, according to the librarian this lady had demanded that they fire me, that it was not appropriate to be hiring some "home less" person to do work at the library, bla, bla,... So the librarian asked me what I had said, that made her so mad,... when I told her, she laughed, told me not to worry,...the lady was a known trouble causer, and had psychological problems. The increase in her anger was because the librarian had told her to go home and
not come back,...
How ever, any way, I learned a lesson as well, some people get offended, easily, so I will just stick with , I was born in New Mexico, and now live in Mexico, ...if I went to Texas, tomorrow, I would say I came from Mexico, if asked, but since the license plates on my car are Mexican, no need to ask, it is
pretty obvious where I came from.
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GarryRicketson on 2017-12-22 18:59, edited 1 time in total.