Roger Waters Nov 24

[Berni J]

We luckily snagged tickets to Roger Waters at the National stadium but for the life of me I cannot find a layout of the stadium for that night with actual detailed seat locations . . . anyone know?  Berni

[Sam Wilson]

Berni,

On Monday, April 30, 2018 at 5:21:41 PM UTC-6, Berni J wrote:

We luckily snagged tickets to Roger Waters at the National stadium but for the life of me I cannot find a layout of the stadium for that night with actual detailed seat locations . . . anyone know?  Berni

I assume you've already seen the sectional layout for the concert, right?  And are looking for the seat numbers within each section?  I thought I had seen one somewhere before, but I haven't found it yet.  For anyone needing to know the basic prices per section, and in this case where the sections are with their fancy names:  

THE WALL - ¢97,750.00

ANIMALS - ¢86,250.00

WISH YOU WERE HERE - ¢74,750.00

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - ¢55,200.00 

[ ... ]

Los mapas reflejan la ubicación aproximada de las secciones para este foro.

La distribución real de los lugares y asientos puede variar sin previo aviso

Wow!  So Pink Floyd (okay, Roger Waters) exploded the previous record set by Metallica who sold 13,000 presale ticket in 2010, by selling 20,000 presale tickets.  And that was just the 1st AMEX presale event.  Next presale event is May 3rd with Credomatic and then FINALLY general ticket sales will begin May 7th when there are no tickets left.  Once again the Elites win the day!

Pink Floyd music is my favorite of all time, right up there with Bachata -- of course Bachata benefits from the ambient environment and cuddliness and... que ricoooooo.  I suppose one could argue Pink Floyd benefits from psychedelic drugs...  jajajaja.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here      versus      Romeo Santos - Obsesión

Between the two of them, they have probably been banned in more countries than mamá has arroz!  ;-)

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Sam

[Berni J]

Yes Sam,

In hour 1 no transactions could get through  . . . 50% of the stadium was sold out by hour 2 . . . 70% of the stadium went on the first day . . . 2nd day there are almost no sections left for the credomatic presale.

But I cannot find a stadium seat layout for the concert except we do have a section.  Pink Floyd was responsible for some of the most perfect trips of all time. Exceeded only by those with my wife today.

What is bachata?  Berni

On Monday, April 30, 2018 at 5:21:41 PM UTC-6, Berni J wrote:

[Sam Wilson]

Oh, Berni...

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 2:51 PM, Berni J wrote:

What is bachata?

I can't believe you would force me into a cold sweat just thinking about how to answer this...  ;-)

First off, I did mix 2 media here.  There is Bachata music, and then there is Bachata dance.  As you probably could infer from my earlier description (ambient environment, cuddliness and... que ricooooo,) I of course was referring to Bachata dance.  Now Bachata dance itself came to us via República Dominicana back in the '60's, but it quickly spread worldwide. And it morphed, and morphed, and morphed. I'd put it right up there with Lambada -- the Forbidden Dance, as far as sensual goes.  There are many variations of it, but for me there is just one: Bachata Sensual...

Not being the shy guy I used to be back in a previous life, I jumped right in figuring out how to dance with pretty Ticas like my life depended upon it.  Maybe it did?  We don't have a movie theater or a bowling alley in our little town, but we do have dances...  lots of dances.  At almost all dances there are more pretty girls wanting to dance than there are boyfriends or husbands who care to prance around on the dance floor when they could be hanging out by the bar drinking with their buds.  So, Bachata...  Whoa... [wiping sweat from my brow...]  Bachata is about as much fun as a couple can have on a public dance floor before the cops try to pry them apart.  I mean, I ask you, how else can a fella can get to 2nd base with a gal in a public place in 2 minutes flat from, "Hola, soy Sam," without even passing Go?  I'm talking, drawing the Monopoly card which says, "Advance directly to synchronized thrusting with a new friend."  I'm sure you'd recognize a Bachata by 2 distinct things:  intertwined legs, some might interpret more as dry humping, and hip movement... jajaja.  Soft hip movements 1-2-3, then tap with a SNAP of the hips.  And believe you me, Ticas know how to do that snap of the hips thing in a way that shatters glass, makes babies cry, and silences the forest birds.  My legs tremble just thinking about it.  Everyone gets goosebumps when the band plays a Bachata... I'd classify Bachata as a type of "mating dance" for humans.  Blue-footed boobies have got nothing on Bachata dancers.

Bachata has further morphed into what we now know at Urban Bachata, probably the MOST popular style of Latin music today, with artists you might recognize like, Prince Royce or Shakira or Romeo Santos.  It seems to have a reggaeton element to it now.  Beware.  While I highly recommend Bachata and 100% endorse it as a "best thing ever", it can lead one... to passion.  Be very careful with how you focus the power of, The Bachata.

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Sam

PS - that last video link above, is more how we dance la Bachata around here.

[Joe Harrison]

OMG!!!!  That there bachilerata dance, now that's somethin' man!!!  Is that what Livin in Costa Rica is all about???  Lovin' it (well, just lookin' at them thar videos anyway.  I'm too old to twist myself into a pretzel and do that there dance, and dunno what i'd to after it ends anyway😢 ) but it's jess 1 more thang i luv about this here new site....just cain't find this level of culture nowhere else!!!!!

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 8:17 PM, Sam Wilson <sliw...@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh, Berni...

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 2:51 PM, Berni J wrote:

What is bachata?

I can't believe you would force me into a cold sweat just thinking about how to answer this...  ;-)

First off, I did mix 2 media here.  There is Bachata music, and then there is Bachata dance.  As you probably could infer from my earlier description (ambient environment, coddliness and... que ricooooo,) I of course was referring to Bachata dance.  Now Bachata dance itself came to us via República Dominicana back in the '60's, but it quickly spread worldwide. And it morphed, and morphed, and morphed. I'd put it right up there with Lambada -- the Forbidden Dance, as far as sensual goes.  There are many variations of it, but for me there is just one: Bachata Sensual...

Not being the shy guy I used to be back in a previous life, I jumped right in figuring out how to dance with pretty Ticas like my life depended upon it.  Maybe it did?  We don't have a movie theater or a bowling alley in our little town, but we do have dances...  lots of dances.  At almost all dances there are more pretty girls wanting to dance than there are boyfriends or husbands who care to prance around on the dance floor when they could be hanging out by the bar drinking with their buds.  So, Bachata...  Whoa... [wiping sweat from my brow...]  Bachata is about as much fun as a couple can have on a public dance floor before the cops try to pry them apart.  I mean, I ask you, how else can a fella can get to 2nd base with a gal in a public place in 2 minutes flat from, "Hola, soy Sam," without even passing Go?  I'm talking, drawing the Monopoly card which says, "Advance directly to synchronized thrusting with a new friend."  I'm sure you'd recognize a Bachata by 2 distinct things:  intertwined legs, some might interpret more as dry humping, and hip movement... jajaja.  Soft hip movements 1-2-3, then tap with a SNAP of the hips.  And believe you me, Ticas know how to do that snap of the hips thing in a way that shatters glass, makes babies cry, and silences the forest birds.  My legs tremble just thinking about it.  Everyone gets goosebumps when the band plays a Bachata... I'd classify Bachata as a type of "mating dance" for humans.  Blue-footed boobies have got nothing on Bachata dancers.

Bachata has further morphed into what we now know at Urban Bachata, probably the MOST popular style of Latin music today, with artists you might recognize like, Prince Royce or Shakira or Romeo Santos.  It seems to have a reggaeton element to it now.  Beware.  While I highly recommend Bachata and 100% endorse it as a "best thing ever", it can lead one... to passion.  Be very careful with how you focus the power of, The Bachata.

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Sam

PS - that last video link above, is more how we dance la Bachata around here.

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[Sam Wilson]

Joe,

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 8:15 PM, Joe Harrison <joeharr...@gmail.com> wrote:

OMG!!!!  That there bachilerata dance, [ ... ] Is that what Livin in Costa Rica is all about???

Oh, yes!  But not just the dancing per se, but if someone is Living in Costa Rica, and not really Living, in Costa Rica, then I would ask, "Why are you living in Costa Rica?"  I've have known Gene from my 1st day in Costa Rica and without hesitation, I know he will tell you that I went deep immersion from day 1 and I still haven't come back up for air.  There is so much vibrancy to life in Costa Rica.  It hums all around you.  Like Yoda's Dagobah, its allure wafts on every breeze.  All that is required to partake is to open your nostrils and breathe it in.  Open your eyes and see the colors...  Walk in the rain and get wet.  I know it is different strokes for different folks, but honestly I don't understand why folks would live in Costa Rica shut in behind an iron gate and not interact with Costa Ricans.  Costa Ricans have fun with life.  You can hear it when they speak with the twiddling of their words and curly-cues every other just for the fun of it.  My youngest Tica, my 6 year old, she just inherently knows this.  Her mother and I didn't teach it to her so much as she just absorbed it from the environment -- like flamingos turning pink.  She's got more real to gripe about at her young age than 10 geezers with arthritis, but she opens her eyes every day with a smile on her face and every day her first words are singing.  The famous Tico longevity conundrum, with our Blue Zone down the street, is not all just about rice and beans and walking everywhere, and it is not about living stress free (is that possible?) but Ticos have a way of shedding that stress.  Pura vida is not just a slogan.  It really is an approach to life.  I cannot emphasize enough how rather than being just some sticker on your bumper, the Pura Vida is out there for everyone just waiting to be grabbed.

I'm too old to twist myself into a pretzel and do that there dance, and dunno what i'd to after it ends anyway😢 )

Nah, I don't buy that!  jajaja...  Dancing is a GREAT form of social exercise and you still have time to practice your moves before the real dance season starts up as we get closer to Christmas.  In 6 months anyone can learn a basic Bolero, the Cumbia, or Pasodoble.  To go from any of those to Bachata, it is just a matter putting some grease in the pan and turning up the heat.  Like I said earlier, there are many variations.  I see old couples out there dancing almost every time I go.  Maybe they aren't hoofin' it around like 2 cats in heat, but they are out there enjoying a spinning cuddle or two, every bit as much as the high-school kids trying to get it on.  Find a dance class for adults and you'll not only find better health through the exercise, but you are sure to make many new friends that you know will dance with you at the next shindig.  ;-)

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone...

 

but it's jess 1 more thang i luv about this here new site....just cain't find this level of culture nowhere else!!!!!

Jajaja...  What did you expect?  Directions to where you can find Jiffy peanut butter?!  ;-)   Oh, no...  Living in Costa Rica is about much more than shopping for peanut butter.  

¡Pura Vida!

Sam

[gene]

Good morning to all...

Another great day in paradise..

Btw...paradise is not a place...

Paradise is an attitude!!!

I can certainly vouch for sam...

His motto??

"If you are not living on the edge...

You are taking up too much room"..

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Not that anyone pays attemtion to what i have to say!!!

😭😭😭

🤣🤣🤣

Gene

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[Joe Harrison]

Mornin' Sam, the only serious message in what i wrote was that i'm learning a lot from this great site you've created!!!  As to directions for finding PB, I send a mule to a nearby Costco and have said mule bring it down here.  But it's increasingly clear that I'm less than half way to Pura Vida living here in San Jose -- mostly it's a scaled down version of LA, mixed in with some decaying burg in the rust belt like Wheeling maybe.  Maybe more gringo than LA, come to think about it.  Plus, teaching English, I don't learn Spanish at the rate I should.  Hoping to move to San Ramon soon, but an even more remote area like you and Gene have located would make living pura vida easier.  just ain't that easy here.  Doin' my best, though, with a Tica novia, non-English speaking, and a brood of niños....half way to pura vida😊   

[Sam Wilson]

Morning, Joe!  (hmmm... that sounds familiar?)  jajaja

Yeah, having a non-English speaking novia is about as good as a teacher as one can get.  When asked about how I learned Spanish, I used to always joke:  "¡de mi diccionario con pelo largo!" (from my long-haired dictionary!)  ;-)  Nobody in my household speaks English (besides me and the limited English my smallest Tica has learned.)  My main problem with improving my Spanish is that, out of respect, no one wants to correct me when I say something incorrectly.  I have to almost beg to be corrected.  I remember over 10 years ago I met a gringo on the Caribbean coast who had lived there for at least 10 years at the time and he didn't speak a word of Spanish -- I was astounded and wondered how much he interacted with the community (almost zero, they told me.) I always envisioned San Ramón as being about as close to San José as I would ever want to be.  I bet you'll love it there.

When you have time, how about start a new thread about your English teaching, etc.  I work for a US company and run a business via the Internet so working in Costa Rica has never been a problem for me, but for others, teaching English might be one of the main options for cash, to quote the great Chente as El Chofer, "Por carretera gano el pan..."  I used to have an Australian friend teaching English under the table for ¢8 mil/week.  I'm sure it pays much better above board these days.  jajaja.  Of course that wasn't all he was doing under the table -- the girlies loved "El Guapo".  ;-)

Pura vida, I think you're way more than half-way there my friend!

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Sam 

[Joe Harrison]

yeah Sam "Morning Joe" is very familiar -- and a damnsight better than Mourning Joe (not my style).  You raise an interesting subject about:  Tico Respect.  And I wonder what others think of the Tico concept of RESPECT.

To me, it seems to be a multi-colored coat:  I agree completely about Ticos being very reluctant (out of respect) to criticize us for mistakes we make in our attempts to speak español.  Mi novia knows full well that I expect her to correct my multitude of mistakes, or at least the big ones.  She never does, saying she always understands what I mean to say.  And in most ways, Maria is not shy, so I think it is respect, or maybe some form of gratitude that I'm making an effort (relieving her of such a burden in reverse?)

But what about other forms of Tico respect -- or disrespect, as seen from a gringo perspective?  Like DRIVING.  I don't have (and don't want) a car, but  see disrespect all the time, and smatterings of respect, too, as when one driver allows another to, undeservedly, butt into a line or make a u-turn, etc.

Like TALKING.  Some Ticos seem to interrupt conversations at will, or just start talking when the other person is in the middle of a sentence.  On the other hand, out of respect, Ticos always begin by asking "How are you?" , etc.  But maybe they don't say "thank you" at times gringoes might expect such an expression?

and LINES.  Do Ticos respect the lines we all have to wait in?

What thoughts do some of our members have on the subject of Tico respect????   respectfully, joe in pavas

[Keith Flannigan]

There is a total lack of respect toward women and kids.  Very few pay their child support if they even claim the child.  If you look at the trash on the streets you will see that society here has a total disrespect of everything.  The crime rate is growing.  CR is now number 9 on the State Departments countries for murdered American Tourist.  To put that in perspective for you Iraq is number 27.   As stated their is no mutual respect when driving.  I was just told by security at one of the hotels that the cooks put things in the Americans food to make them ill at their hotel.

I recently heard someone say that the problem with Costa Rica is their lack of a military.  The military instills values like honor, responsibility, respect, patriotism and  duty.  All the things that are lacking here and are also lacking in the youth of America since we stopped the draft.

Keith Flannigan, PhD, CMAS

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[Joe Harrison]

Very interesting points, Keith.  Hopefully this will generate more discussion/controversy/ideas about maybe not just respect here in Ticolandia, but some other topics as well????  I hadn't heard about cooks "modifying" food, por ejemplo😠 and I hadn't drawn a correlation between lack of respect and lack of military.....but, well, both here and in post-draft EEUU there might be a point to be made. But what about females who show disrespect in any of the ways you mentioned?  They never were subject to the US draft.

While "family values" are at the constitutional heart of this society, it is sometimes difficult to see how this achieves the desired results, right?

[Keith Flannigan]

It was the values that the Military taught.  Even if you were not in the Miltary just about every family during the draft had someone in the family that was military.  Those ethics and values that the military taught were passed down and around the family.  If a girl grew up and had a father or older brother in the military those values were passed on.  How many times have you read a post where someone said something like "My Father was a Marine so I said yes Sir and Yes Mam.

 

Keith Flannigan, PhD, CMAS

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