"Eddie" > wrote in message
...
SNIP
> I'm not going to tell you what ethnic group were those callers. But
> suffice to say that English was not their forte language.
SNIP
> Eddie

You are implying that all the people in the above ethnic group all across
America wish death to police and have yet to master the english langauge?
Who are these people, what is their skin color, what do they're eyes look
like or is it the nose, hair or lips that can help us tell them apart from
our ethnic group. I want to know so that I can avoid them, perhaps start
taking names and just in case, send them on a death march, if they don't
straighten up to our ethnic groups standards.

Warm Regards
Piedmont

Eddie wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:38:04 -0400, "Piedmont" > wrote:
>
>> "Eddie" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> SNIP
>>> I'm not going to tell you what ethnic group were those callers. But
>>> suffice to say that English was not their forte language.
>> SNIP
>>> Eddie
>> You are implying that all the people in the above ethnic group all across
>> America wish death to police and have yet to master the english langauge?
>> Who are these people, what is their skin color, what do they're eyes look
>> like or is it the nose, hair or lips that can help us tell them apart from
>> our ethnic group. I want to know so that I can avoid them, perhaps start
>> taking names and just in case, send them on a death march, if they don't
>> straighten up to our ethnic groups standards.
>>
>> Warm Regards
>> Piedmont
> Hi Piedmont. first of all I don't know you and you don't know me. But
> if you think I'm racist, you're very wrong. My wife is half black
> (her mom) my kids are 1/4 black.
> And because I've lived many years (I'm 71) I can distinguish between
> persons and pretty well can tell if they are black, hillbilly,
> southerner, Bostonian, Minnesotan, etc, etc. Hell I can distinguish
> between French Creole, French for Quebec and French from the mother
> country. (by listening to them talk, of course)
> I just simply said that the callers who were not unhappy that the
> officers were killed were of an ethnic race. Actually, I'll just come
> out and say that they were black. All of them.
> Implying that all blacks wished death to police by you is not what I
> meant. Sorry if you misunderstood.
> Many, many callers were black and supported the OPD.
> Eddie

Hey Eddie,

I knew of your wife from previous conversations and was a little baffled
by the words used. I now am certain that you didn't mean harm with your
words, but IMHO the phrasing could have been tuned better. Your alright
in my book, very sorry for the confusion and I hope we can be friends.

My late wife was Af-Am, a dark, gorgeous and highly intelligent
business women whom I owe my sanity to. My fiance with Puerto Rican
ancestry, is a wonderful, lovely and highly intelligent woman, retired
Air Force, who looks like the world all wrapped in one. While stationed
in Japan, the Japanese thought she was Japanese (slightly hooded eye
lids), in Spanish populations she is mistaken for Spanish. I think she I
absolutely beautiful.

I'll close with saying I'm very proud of you that you have seen beyound
culture and married as you have.

Warmest Regards,
Piedmont

"Piedmont, S.C." wrote:
>
> I'll close with saying I'm very proud of you that you have seen beyound
> culture and married as you have.

Small note: You are confusing "culture" and "race / ethnicity". Race /
ethnicity is fixed based on parental lineage, culture is behavior which
is learned and can be changed.

Denny Wheeler wrote:
>
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:34:35 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Piedmont, S.C." wrote:
> >>
> >> I'll close with saying I'm very proud of you that you have seen beyound
> >> culture and married as you have.
> >
> >Small note: You are confusing "culture" and "race / ethnicity". Race /
> >ethnicity is fixed based on parental lineage, culture is behavior which
> >is learned and can be changed.
>
> I know it's OT--but culture is rather more than simply 'learned
> behavior'. (maybe you were just going for the simple explanation)

Yes, it was the simplistic explanation.

Eddie wrote:
>
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:34:35 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Piedmont, S.C." wrote:
> >>
> >> I'll close with saying I'm very proud of you that you have seen beyound
> >> culture and married as you have.
> >
> >Small note: You are confusing "culture" and "race / ethnicity". Race /
> >ethnicity is fixed based on parental lineage, culture is behavior which
> >is learned and can be changed.
> You're absolutely correct Pete. But I knew what he meant.
>
> btw, this is way out of what most of us talk about race and/or
> culture. But has anybody studied, or have experience with Samoan
> culture? I studied Fa'a Samoa in college. (Fa'a Samoa means Samoan
> way of life) I find their culture and mores fascinating. I used my
> skills in this knowledge when I used to encounter Samoans in Hawaii as
> a cop. I made many, many friends especially in the entertainment
> industry in HI. It is said that when you make a friend with a Samoan,
> you make friends for life. I believe it.
> Eddie

I don't know much about them, but being on their good side would seem to
be where you want to be. It seems like most of them can change a spare
tire by picking up the car with one hand and spinning the lug nuts off
with their fingers on the other.

Eddie wrote:
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>> I'll close with saying I'm very proud of you that you have seen beyound
>> culture and married as you have.
>>
>> Warmest Regards,
>> Piedmont
> Hi Piedmont. I'm puzzled that you say you knew about my wife from
> previous conversations. Please refresh me. Have we chatted on this
> forum before? I just don't remember. You know, memory is a problem
> when you hit the 70's. I singed up at Kaiser for a memory course but
> forgot to go. Jus' kidd'n.

Gosh Eddie I don't remember! Really! I looked through some old threads
and can't find nothing. Probably a temporal shift in time!?

> We are friends. I think all groups that have to do with food, such as
> ABF, AFB, Outhouse, etc. for some reason almost everyone seems to get
> along. Food tends to form friendships for some reason. I'm on a
> retirement group and boy you should read the fights. I mean real mean
> stuff. I stay away from the tirades, just there to read any
> retirement threads that pop up once in a while.
> Are you retired military like your wife? I was a 20 year man. Four
> in and sixteen out. lol. I was stationed at Iwakuni MCAS in Japan for
> 6 months back in 1957.

I was in the Navy from 72-76 is all. Didn't even get out of the states,
school in Georgia and then stationed in Maine. Had a great time.


> When is the date for marriage? Sounds like you do have a beautiful
> wife. My wife is not from Puerto Rico. I met her New Years Eve, in

We'll do the deed New Years in Mayaguez, PR. Her moms home town. I'm
trying to get her to contact family but she hasn't met anyone there and
is shy about it. I said if what you tell me is true about tight PR
families it won't matter that you never met.

> Hawaii in 1956. We courted for 12 months before we married. She came
> from a strict family and we had to be chaperoned whenever we went out.
> Usually it was her brother Edmund and her cousin Danny Boy. You
> didn't want to do anything funny with those two around! We married
> 1-13-56, 51 years and 2 months 2 weeks ago. She weighed 102 lbs when
> we married and 5 kids and 51 years later she weights 108 lbs. Gotta
> talk to her about that!
> Also I might add, her mom, black Puerto Rican, was the best mother in
> law you could ask for. She was an angel and passed away with not one
> enemy in the world. Her father, the strict one was white Spanish.
> Their last name is Troche, direct descendants of Ponce de Leon.
> (he had no male heirs, only two daughters that married Troches)
> Lucille's cooking knowledge of PR dishes are from what her mom taught
> her. But as you know, I can no longer savor her wonderful cooking.
> She is a Jun Puerto Rican, lol, if you know what I mean. Nick knows.

?Jun? What's that??

> As for your fiance being mistaken for Japanese, me, being Mexican have
> passed for PR, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian and Native American.
> That's what's nice about being brown. <G>
> Eddie
>

Eddie it's great to know ya! I think we'll get along grand!

Warm Regards,

Piedmont

"Piedmont, S.C." > wrote:
> Eddie wrote:
> snip

> I was in the Navy from 72-76 is all. Didn't even get out of the states,
> school in Georgia and then stationed in Maine. Had a great time.

And I salute you for your service, Piedmont.

> > When is the date for marriage? Sounds like you do have a beautiful
> > wife. My wife is not from Puerto Rico. I met her New Years Eve, in
>
> We'll do the deed New Years in Mayaguez, PR. Her moms home town. I'm
> trying to get her to contact family but she hasn't met anyone there and
> is shy about it. I said if what you tell me is true about tight PR
> families it won't matter that you never met.
> [ . . . ]

Beautiful beach. Good local beer. Hit the off-the-beaten-path Taíno BBQ
joints, hole-in-the-wall mom-and-pop eateries and street and beach
vendors. I guarantee, her family will embrace you both and make you feel,
not just welcome, but HOME! Don't forget to take pics. ;-)

> ?Jun? What's that?? []

Jun is my Thai wife, compañero.

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