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huskie


Activity: 293 posts, 1670 comments, 31 friends.
Member since: January 2006
Lives in: Albania
Sex: female
Born in: Colombia
Has traveled in: Around the world. Egypt, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Malasya,Taiwan, HongKong Israel,Cyprus,Eastern Europe, Continental Europe, Great Britain, Australia, India, Central America, South America, Greece, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Nethederlands, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, Nice, Monaco, Montenegro, Kosovo and many others
Wants to travel to: Damascus, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, South Africa, Argentina and Chile.
Favourite traveling style: In style
About (hobbies etc...) reading, tennis, horsebackriding, writting, computers, dancing, traveling, music, opera, theater, photography, going to concerts, cooking is another of my passions, good restaurants. Degree in Linguistics Worked in logistics, now retired. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0
Websites: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalelito/
     

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huskie says on Dec 19, 2007, 17:11:



Be nice says the monkey

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jan 8, 2008, 04:15:

I'll be your friend huskie :)

engage brain before opening mouth

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huskie says on Jan 8, 2008, 05:41:

Hi Kat, thanks

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jan 8, 2008, 05:56:

eowwwwwwwwwwww, that monkey is disgusting argggggggggggggg and just when i was having a cup of tea

engage brain before opening mouth

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Dan says on Jan 8, 2008, 06:13:

you didn't spit it out did you?

God Bless America!

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jan 8, 2008, 06:14:

it put me right off. argggg

engage brain before opening mouth

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Dan says on Jan 8, 2008, 06:16:

LOL

God Bless America!

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christobeldawg says on Feb 9, 2008, 12:15:

I like your spirit.

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

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huskie says on Feb 11, 2008, 04:11:

Thanks, Chris
Cheers

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MitchAlvarez says on Feb 11, 2008, 07:43:

i like your pro hillary spirit but please dont go around on every single thread posting long posts about vote hillary.

please understand that this site has many international travelers who arent even in the us.
focus on your peers at work, neighbors, family members, etc.

"Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France"

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goin_south says on Feb 16, 2008, 07:22:

NICE photo, huskie!
Those dogs are the best woman magnets ever!

Some say: All things are better in...Medellin! ....Oscar Lopez just says it's better.....LATE!!! (WHERE EVER YOU ARE)

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Feb 16, 2008, 07:49:

You are one travelled woman huskie!
Cheers!

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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huskie says on Feb 16, 2008, 08:31:

I am a dog lover, I used to have 2 huskies but they passed on, best personalities, clean, smart, hard headed though, but wonderful. I now own a Shih-Tsu x Poodle=Shih-Poo, and a Pekinese, (what a change hah), one I adopted in Barranquilla and the other in Albania where I now live. I have also owned, Boxers, Setters, Spitz, Fox Terriers and many others
Cheers

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huskie says on Feb 16, 2008, 08:34:

Yes, Desi we have been all over the place, but I think this will be our last post as expatriates, we will be retiring in about a year. We live in Albania now, and will be here for another year.
Cheers

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

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goin_south says on Feb 16, 2008, 09:08:

they are adorable. the siberians!
jjaja, I think I reiterated in my pm, exactly what I see you have written here.

Some say: All things are better in...Medellin! ....Oscar Lopez just says it's better.....LATE!!! (WHERE EVER YOU ARE)

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MaFe says on Feb 16, 2008, 18:11:

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I like the way you express yourself and think!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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PALEOLITICO says on Feb 20, 2008, 07:50:

QUE HERMOSURA DE CACHORRO!! DE EXPOSICIÓN!! Me muero con un perrito así.

"Amar a las personas y usar las cosas; y no amar a las cosas y usar a las personas"

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MaFe says on Feb 25, 2008, 19:09:

Hi Huskie, I noticed you had a degree in linguistics and was wondering if you could answer the following question;
http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/spanish-question/

When you have a chance...gracias!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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travelingirl says on Feb 26, 2008, 01:16:

Hey Huskie, I haven't heard of those other two books you mentioned. I'll let you know what I think of "Love in the Time of Cholera" once I'm finished. I'm a third of the way through it. I've been wondering how they might make it into a movie considering the way it goes back in time. I was thinking the same thing with "Atonement". I just finished it last week and am curious as to what the movie is like. I don't know how they can tell the story and it have the same impact as the final chapter of the book. I won't go into detail in case you plan on reading it. :)

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon...

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goin_south says on Feb 29, 2008, 15:05:

look in the basement for another pic of your puppy

Some say: All things are better in...Medellin! ....Oscar Lopez just says it's better.....LATE!!! (WHERE EVER YOU ARE)

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huskie says on Feb 29, 2008, 15:12:

Where is the basement?
Cheers

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goin_south says on Feb 29, 2008, 16:30:

Off Topic: do your thing
Downstairs, Huskie....

Some say: All things are better in...Medellin! ....Oscar Lopez just says it's better.....LATE!!! (WHERE EVER YOU ARE)

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MaFe says on Mar 5, 2008, 15:05:

Huskie, thank you for responding. I appreciate you taking the time to explain everything.

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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huskie says on Mar 5, 2008, 15:07:

You are welcome Mafe
Cheers

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MaFe says on Mar 23, 2008, 08:58:

¡Felices Pascuas!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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huskie says on Apr 26, 2008, 15:55:

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jaramillo says on May 10, 2008, 15:08:

Yes, huskie.

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PALEOLITICO says on May 19, 2008, 16:01:

Yo no habia visto el video del orangutan!!! que chistoso. No sé porqué me acordé de buggi-cassini viendolo. Será porque algún dia se tendrá que tomar todo el pipi (o la mierda) que ha hablado. Es mas, se lo deberias de sugerir como su nuevo avatar. Le quedaría a la perfección! :)

"Amar a las personas y usar las cosas; y no amar a las cosas y usar a las personas"

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huskie says on May 19, 2008, 18:24:

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PALEOLITICO says on May 21, 2008, 00:53:

Si, eran mis perros, pero 2 se murieron y el otro vive ahora con el papá. Gracias.

"Amar a las personas y usar las cosas; y no amar a las cosas y usar a las personas"

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CatGirl says on May 22, 2008, 12:29:

Huskie - great map BTW ;)))...similar HG's

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

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PALEOLITICO says on May 22, 2008, 20:24:

Hola Huskie!. Dime algo porfavor: Tu con cuál programa descargas las presentaciones que has colocado acá en PBH del estilo de "life lines" y "perros y hombres"?. Yo he utilizado el programa TinyPic, pero yo creo que con ese no se puede. Gracias.

"Amar a las personas y usar las cosas; y no amar a las cosas y usar a las personas"

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PALEOLITICO says on May 23, 2008, 06:41:

Pero con cuál programa lo descargas a PBH?

"Amar a las personas y usar las cosas; y no amar a las cosas y usar a las personas"

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Portena says on Jun 11, 2008, 23:44:

Glad to add you as a friend. :) Do you ride horses or only admire them from a far?

I feel better! I can smile at it now, I feel better. Ohhhh, better! Gnarls Barkley

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huskie says on Jun 12, 2008, 06:03:

I do ride horses, it is one of my favourite things to do. I am planning to retire in Medellin next year, buy a finca and own a couple of nice horses. I have been an equestrian since a very young age.
Cheers friend

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

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Portena says on Jun 12, 2008, 08:01:

Sounds like a great plan, Huskie. Do you have any particular breed in mind for your retirement horses? Seems like Paso Finos are popular in Colombia.

What is your riding background - western? hunter-jumper? dressage? other?

I feel better! I can smile at it now, I feel better. Ohhhh, better! Gnarls Barkley

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Portena says on Jun 12, 2008, 19:43:

Cool that you are into dressage! I ride hunter-jumpers and dressage.

I feel better! I can smile at it now, I feel better. Ohhhh, better! Gnarls Barkley

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dwmte7 says on Jun 17, 2008, 09:34:

well, my friend...that's quite an opening show...

so, you're in albania now. you're life travel history is a lot like mine....with the exception that i did very little in europe and a whole fricken lot in the middle east, central and north africa, india, south america, cent america and mexico. for way too many years. i might note since you said you wanted to visit there, damascus is a trip...don't miss a street called 'straight' it's where paul met with the corinthians. great. too, in the north of syria is a city , alleppo. 'halab' in arabic. it has the largest covered (brick) bazar in the world. stretches for what seems to be miles. too, gaza is memorable, sad, but memorable. also, northern ethiopia.

how did a colombian get so lost as to find themself in albania??? you must have pulled the short straw.

dwmte

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huskie says on Jun 17, 2008, 15:08:

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dwmte7 says on Jun 18, 2008, 05:59:

well...what took me to colombia?

president gaviria went to school in my home town of fresno, california...i got myself invited to the enauguration ceremonies in bogota. from there, i had to see medellin, as i had run retail stores in the 'fast lane' for many many years. first in berkeley, then palm springs, malibu, santa monica, and ultimately, bev. hills/west hollywood. too, i was a research fellow at ucla researching textiles produced by migratory tribes in s.w. iran. spent about 13 years in and out of iran.

once in colombia, and off to medellin, after the boring ceremonies in bogota, although rife with violence and meyhem, medallo was just as romantic as i could ever imagine a place to be. romantic, you ask? yes, very much so... although there was a wretched war going on between capos and sicarios, the heart beat, life, unending fiesta, people, music, etc never stopped. it seduced me. i contacted my business partner who spent most of his time in london--we dealt in rare carpets--and told him we should move our mfg affairs to colombia, out of mexico, and i spent the next two and a half years heading up the mfg. operations. as it turned out, i married and, basically, never left....after these 19 years, it's home.

i don't like medallo, envigado and the central area ie laureles, belen, america et al, i now only enjoy the finca. this time when we go home, i'll try to figure out how to live in a finca closer in than llano grande so my wife and i don't need to live apart. that way she is a hop skip and a jump from the folks, in envigado. as long as i can watch the cows piss and listen to the chickens crow, i'm good to go and can devote myself to my memoirs.

one of my sons is a film maker, working in silicone valley and his older brother is a very, very successful contractor in washington d.c. the older puts up the money and the other makes the films. they want to do a film of my life and to effect that i need to step outta the lucha and feel free and unburdened to quietly record same. they pester me all the time and i really want to do this both for me and for them.

i have eight children. one, abraham, died of a medical accident in '94 from a medical accident, he was 28 at the time. and what would have been my youngest son--number 9--died in birth and is buried in las palmas in medellin...lucas danial.

dwmte

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dwmte7 says on Jun 18, 2008, 05:59:

well...what took me to colombia?

president gaviria went to school in my home town of fresno, california...i got myself invited to the enauguration ceremonies in bogota. from there, i had to see medellin, as i had run retail stores in the 'fast lane' for many many years. first in berkeley, then palm springs, malibu, santa monica, and ultimately, bev. hills/west hollywood. too, i was a research fellow at ucla researching textiles produced by migratory tribes in s.w. iran. spent about 13 years in and out of iran.

once in colombia, and off to medellin, after the boring ceremonies in bogota, although rife with violence and meyhem, medallo was just as romantic as i could ever imagine a place to be. romantic, you ask? yes, very much so... although there was a wretched war going on between capos and sicarios, the heart beat, life, unending fiesta, people, music, etc never stopped. it seduced me. i contacted my business partner who spent most of his time in london--we dealt in rare carpets--and told him we should move our mfg affairs to colombia, out of mexico, and i spent the next two and a half years heading up the mfg. operations. as it turned out, i married and, basically, never left....after these 19 years, it's home.

i don't like medallo, envigado and the central area ie laureles, belen, america et al, i now only enjoy the finca. this time when we go home, i'll try to figure out how to live in a finca closer in than llano grande so my wife and i don't need to live apart. that way she is a hop skip and a jump from the folks, in envigado. as long as i can watch the cows piss and listen to the chickens crow, i'm good to go and can devote myself to my memoirs.

one of my sons is a film maker, working in silicone valley and his older brother is a very, very successful contractor in washington d.c. the older puts up the money and the other makes the films. they want to do a film of my life and to effect that i need to step outta the lucha and feel free and unburdened to quietly record same. they pester me all the time and i really want to do this both for me and for them.

i have eight children. one, abraham, died of a medical accident in '94 from a medical accident, he was 28 at the time. and what would have been my youngest son--number 9--died in birth and is buried in las palmas in medellin...lucas danial.

dwmte

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dwmte7 says on Jun 18, 2008, 06:03:

computers....i got cut off at the pass. you know how it goes....sometimes computers just do what they want...

well, now, the only child at home is laura juliana, born in medallo in '92. she is currently in a private catholic high school and since i don't want her studying in colombia and the fact that she's a candidate for the u.s. airforce academy and accepted at georgetown, mom and i are temporarily 'stuck' in the lethe of daytona beach florida...the cultureless waste land where 'culture' to the residents is nascar, motorcycles and tattoos...i have none of the above.

so, here we are, fish outta water and dying to go home. homesick to a fault and bored to tears. but, what can we do?

were you born in colombia? if so, where?
douglas w martin, the elder

dwmte

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MaFe says on Jun 25, 2008, 18:44:

I love Angelina Jolie...very sexy!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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MaFe says on Jun 27, 2008, 16:06:

Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your threads! Thanks!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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CatGirl says on Jul 4, 2008, 13:11:

Hola Mi Very Educated PBH poster! Curious..I noticed your 4th of July post and other posts today. I am only curious. But, I see the word "gringo" a lot on the board. Personally I consider it very slang term. I don't see the term Americano/a used much on PBH. I just noticed it more today. I am not offended....it just looks like "low" terminology to me. Curious, is this maybe considered a term of endearment to Americanos? Is it only considered an informal word when used on PBH? What do you think oh beautiful Avatar lady jejeje

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

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CatGirl says on Jul 4, 2008, 21:18:

Hola Huskie, jeje...no offense. Actually, coming from you - I knew it was not meant to be offensive ;). But I thought it was important to be honest about how it felt when I looked at the posts. Maybe I am ornery today, jeje. No Problemo - no offense at all ;)

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

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MaFe says on Jul 5, 2008, 15:41:

PoorButHappy says on Jun 28, 2008, 21:03: flag

Hey! If I displayed the real photo you would never speak to me again! ;-)

Are you kidding me? Jolie is gorgeous with or without makeup...try seeing a picture of henao without her makeup...then you would never speak to me!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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MaFe says on Jul 5, 2008, 22:29:

Huskie...she is una Colombianita- paisa- nothing special without her makeup...and her peroxide...

PBH wishes it was his girlfriend..

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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Portena says on Jul 7, 2008, 17:43:

Hi Huskie,

I visited Bogota and surrounding towns a few months ago. Glad I went even though I got a lot of mixed messages about the danger. I posted a few photos from my trip so those should still come up if you go to my posts.

I feel better! I can smile at it now, I feel better. Ohhhh, better! Gnarls Barkley

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clyde says on Jul 8, 2008, 16:34:

Nope sorry never been to cali

I love you all

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lanegrapaisa says on Jul 9, 2008, 23:17:

lol, I just saw the video, LMAO. what skill! must be very popular with the other primates.

Hasta el santo Papa tira peos!

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lanegrapaisa says on Jul 9, 2008, 23:18:

must be pilates

Hasta el santo Papa tira peos!

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Shakita says on Jul 12, 2008, 07:54:

Husky I just flagged one of your comments trying to quote it sorry!!!! I dont know how to fix it.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war - Maria Montessori

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PoorButHappy says on Jul 15, 2008, 14:11:

huskie:

they are deleting my account again! This time Peter wrote me and told me I can't use the handle PoorButHappy because it makes it appear I'm affiliated with his site. I think it's silly especially since I've never pretended to be affiliated with PBH in any way. Oh well it's his web site and he makes the rules. so read this fast as it will be deleted shortly. I'll advise you when and if i decide to re-up with a new handle.

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PoorButHappy says on Jul 15, 2008, 20:53:

I posted an edited photo of Desi (the old one she used as an avatar) combined with a photo vicshere uses as his avatar (man boobs) You can imagine what it looked like! Very funny! But... the Mods took offense to it and said I was "harassing" Desi so they instantly deleted me. No warning, no second chance nothing! I wrote to Peter and explained my position and he said there was nothing he could do as all Mods decisions are final. He did however say I could join again. So I did using the same handle PoorButHappy and i made one post, nothing offensive, and Peter or another Mod saw it and deleted my account again. They keep deleting it because they don't like the fact I use the name PBH.

(It appears as long as I don't post a comment on one of the active threads they are not aware I'm here.)

Flying below the radar!

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MaFe says on Jul 20, 2008, 12:57:

Feliz Día de Independencia!

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"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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travelingirl says on Aug 4, 2008, 23:03:

Just saw your comment on my page. lol Thanks for the compliment!

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon...

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