Re: Phoenix metro area design/installation recommendation

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"Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Fast forward to Brazil in 2001.  I was driving just under the speed limit
> from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio with my namorada when a pair of Policia
> Militares pulled me over.  Asked in my broken Portuguese why they pulled
> me over they said they needed to search my vehicle.  No problem, I don't
> carry anything illegal so I figured this would only take a minute.  Wrong!
>
> Inside the trunk was my small backpack carrying several changes of clothes
> and bathroom kit.  The cop ordered me into the little building next to the
> highway which they used as an office and searched the pack.  Finding
> nothing illegal, he ordered me to open my hygiene bag.  Inside were
> toothbrush and paste, floss, soap and shaving gear, etc., plus a month's
> supply of er... protection.  :^)
>
> Spotting the rubbers, the cop shouted, Ooooh, camasinha Americana --
> TROJAN -- muito bom!!!  (Oh, American rubbers -- TROJAN -- very good).  I
> said, "Gosta?" (Do you like)?  He said "Sim!" (Yes).  I tore off six,
> pressed them into his hand and said "Feliz Natal" (Merry Christmas) with a
> big grin.  It was November but he got the idea.  He smiled and said,
> "Obrigado.  Bom voyagem" (Thanks. Have a good trip) and we were on our
> way.
>
> Told of these events my Brazilian friends said this was all too typical.
> The police in Brazil, like those in Mexico are grossly underpaid.  Some
> choose to supplement their income with theft, bribes, graft.  Others are
> just honest cops trying to get by on their meager wages.  Because all it
> cost me was some lost time and a couple of dollars I didn't mind very
> much. It would have been a lot less amusing if they had found my money
> belt and unburdened me of a few thousand dollars.


Mike Said:
Translation:
They packed his fudge and found him a Brazilian Bitch who had hers packed
for years. AKA Angela.