Richard Periut wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > Goomba38 wrote:
> >
> >>Sheryl Rosen wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Why would anyone ~choose~ to live under such primitive conditions in a third
> >>>world country?
> >>>
> >>>What am I missing?
> >>
> >>Perhaps the same types who like to go camping on vacay, while I like
> >>room service when I'm on holiday?
> >
> >
> > Also, many in the US actually live not much differently than as if they
> > were in a third world country, only they don't seem to know it...
> > always announcing how poor they are, always announcing how they
> > scrimp... of course it's *entirely* their *choice* yet they continue to
> > maintain an underprivileged life style, for whatever reason only their
> > shink could possibly know. Those who are born into a third world
> > country haven't much choice but anyone who chooses to move to and live
> > there obviously has some element of guilt in their psyche, and/or they
> > simply choose to forego certain creature comforts in lieu of recieving
> > much more value for their US dollars than had they remained in the
> > US... many US retirees move to Central America, a US pension can buy
> > quite an opulent life style, if they're in relatively good health
> > (typically medical resources aren't the best) and willing to forego
> > things like being able to buy the latest fashions... but they can have
> > nice homes, eat extremely well, even have servants (btw, a housekeeper
> > for a US family is a very enviable position, it ensures the
> > housekeeper's family will be tended to also, and is a somewhat
> > symbiotic relationship, ensuring a smooth transition for the US family
> > amongst the locals). But I really wonder about those born in and
> > living in the US *choosing* to live impoverished life styles, they seem
> > to really enjoy whining, I doubt they are too well wrapped.
> >
> > Sheldon
> >
> It's amazing to see how people that are born in this country, want a
> pity party thrown at them and yet don't want to lift a finger.
>
> My uncle came from Cuba (with a minimum education: grade 9) in 1961. 20
> years later, through very hard work and brains, owned a restaurant (The
> Clam Broth House in Hoboken, NJ, with nine dining rooms, 2 of them being
> formal ones where Joe Franklin from the Joe Franklin show frequented,
> Frank Sinatra's mother, just to mention a few regulars) as well as 3
> buildings. His first night in the US was spent washing dishes in NY
> hotels and sleeping in the NYC subway. He moved up in the ranks of the
> restaurant business, and when he studied the owners of those
> restaurants, he realized he could do the same or better.
>
> And he's one of the most nicest people still alive. Just an example; a
> guy from Uruguay that used to work for him at the restaurant told him he
> needed 5000K to bury his mother. It was all a lie. Years later, he came
> back crying to my uncle for a job, and my uncle gave him one, and
> forgave him his debt. I think that encapsulates the type of guy he is.
>
> In this country, if you work hard and use 1/10 of your neurons, you will
> be able to live the American dream; and then some.

Amen.

But I'm positive the pity party poops will think your uncle was just
lucky... well maybe he was lucky... lucky he wasn't afraid of work.

Sheldon