Really? That is interesting. So you were born in Mexico? How did your parents meet?

 

Well, as the story goes, and I found more stuff recently from my MOM, my Dad was on military leave with a friend of his also from the Air Force.

They were visiting Monerrey and were in jewelry store where he met my Mom who worked there and spoke English. He told his friend
see that girl over there......I am going to marry here. He did, and here I am.

Yes, I was born in Monterry and my Mom stayed for 2 weeks before she came back with my Dad to Texas.

My Dad is from Pawtucket, RI and my MOM from Monterrey, Mexico........who would have ever thunk it. A Yankee and a real southerner
meeting and getting married.

When I turned 18, it took me all of 30 minutes to become a citizen of the US even though it was taking 10 years for people from Mexico to become citizens back then.

During the oath I took, I promised to uphold the laws of this land and the Consitution and fight for my country (USA) if I was ever called upon and I never
hesitated and I meant it when I said I do. Yes, I would fight and die for this country but was never called to as the Vietnam draft was cancelled.

For what it is worth, my personal opinion is this country's national lanuguage needs to be English. FYI-I also speak Spanish but English is my native language.

My home and all I have ever known is Houston, TX. but I moved away in 1995.

RLSH700...... I hope I didn't bore you

 

The 3800 is a pretty powerful engine even with tougher emissions, but the fuel mileage might be hit harder with the emission standards. Do you mean a 1.8L for the Jetta? 2.8L sounds very large for an I4, though I know GM has one.

Yeah when the sewer system doesn't work correctly, that can be a problem. The street right in front of my house used to get flooded all the time until they fixed the sewer system.

 

Nope I find family history to be rather interesting. I'm glad we agree on the national language. I do think it is a valuable skill to be able to speak another language. I speak a little German, I'm not fluent but I can say "The Lord's Prayer" in German. I don't think I can spell it out though. I can also sing "Silent Night" in German as well. My H.S. had German as our foreign language.

I'm glad to hear your patriotic. I have some friends and family in the armed forces. I love my country and I'm thankful to live here. I'd like to chat more but I've got some errands to run. Talk to you tomorrow.

 

I have to cut the grass myself before it rains. Talk tomorrow.

 

I agree with you on the matter that you national language must be english, is part of your culture and pride... as I agree that I my national language must be spanish forever (not that any other language is threathing to take over) this is just an opinnion.

I speak english and spanish and I'm starting my french classes....and I'm a proud Mexican citizen too... I ain't trying to create rivarly with you guys, just to express we have the same patriotic feeling for our respectives countries.

Jeremiah 29:11 that's a nice history.....I move around Texas a lot for the last year... Dallas, Tyler, Houston, San Antonio.......

 

Don't worry, your not creating a rivarly, your wanting to maintain your countries national language just like we in the U.S. are wanting to maintain our national language. I my bias opinion, if a person wants to change the language system in the U.S. to attempt to force us to use a different language, they are being very arrogant and does not fully appreciate the country they live in. I also believe that if a person from the U.S. decides to move to a different country, they need to learn that country's national language and they shouldn't expect the country to change just because a person is arrogant and lazy.

Knowing a second language is a good thing to have. It helps with dealing with international affairs and it is nice to maintain your ancestor's heritage. Even though I don't like what Germany has did during the 1930s and 1940s (nor do I like their lack of appreciation for what we have done for them in recent years), I like being able to speak German. It is unique. My family has been in the U.S. since 1849, so we have no ties to those terrible things they did.

I'm glad to hear you feel patriotic about your home country. It is healthy to have a feeling of patriotism. There are some people in the U.S. who believe that patriotism is a bad thing. These people have a serious national loathing issue. They set unrealistic, impossible standards to where if the country has been anything less than perfect in any point in history, then the country must be completely evil. These people need to be sent to a nut house, or better yet, they need to be sent to countries such as China and see how nice it is in the U.S. They don't appreciate how good we have things.