Contrasts and Life (warning very small pictures)

[Kyocera]

I took these two pictures Friday morning both from the same parking spot, James you probably recognize market square downtown Fayettnam.






Now I have to say the Red "bike" is what caught my eye first (I've watched Pee Wee's Big Adventure about 30 times) as I grabbed my laptop bag and went up to the customer's office I felt very humbled and greatful, yet very sad all at once. After I left the customers office he had turned over on his back and was just lying there asleep still, I threw a ten spot near his head, probably buy a bunch of Thunderbird or Heroin who knows.

[ronbo613]

One of the places we used to ride our mountain bikes near San Diego you could stand on a small hill and see $800K homes as far as the eye could see, when you looked down the hill in a little valley, there were farm workers living in cardboard shacks with no plumbing or electricity.

[Purcy]

I felt very humbled and greatful, yet very sad all at once.

Thank you for the reminder Mike, that "there but for the Grace of God go I"

I want to say also that you have a heart of gold.

[Kyocera]

One of the places we used to ride our mountain bikes near San Diego you could stand on a small hill and see $800K homes as far as the eye could see, when you looked down the hill in a little valley, there were farm workers living in cardboard shacks with no plumbing or electricity.

I went to Mexico City a few times many yrs ago and saw the same thing down there only there were no 800K houses, just the cardboard, courrogated tin huts, etc.

Pattye I'm not worthy!!!

[ryengineer]

Mike, I am enlightened by your experience.

I want to say also that you have a heart of gold.

I second that.

[GomJabbar]

This thread reminds me of a time I was driving through El Paso, TX back in 1988. The contrast of El Paso with Ciudad Juárez across the Rio Grande was stiking. You could see both simultaneously - El Paso in the foreground and Ciudad Juárez in the background. Of course that was nearly 20 years ago. Might look different now. I recently made a trip to Central America, and there were a lot of changes since my last trip 5-years ago.