costambar monthly september 2011
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What To Do This MonthUseful Telephone Numbers
Classified AdsCostambar Cable Channel Listing
The Rainy Day PageAnd Lots Of Other Fun Stuff!!
September 2011
Page 4 - CM teaches you a foreign language! - Luperon gets jumpy!
Page 12 - What inflation?!Page 13 - Ready for takeoff!Page 14 - The dog days of August - literally!
Yennys MarketLoase Resort
The Catamaran BarPascual Fast Food
Happy HippoCrazy Crocodile
Supermercado TropicalSam’s Bar & Grill
Los Tres Cocos
HAPPY 9THANNIVERSARY
TO US!!AND A BIGTHANKS TO
EVERYONE WHOSUPPORTS US!
COSTAMBAR TAKES IT TO THE STREETS!See page 10 for more pictures and details!
Los Tres Cocos in Las Rocas invites you to trysomething different. Fine dining at it’s best! Call809-993-4503 for details.
Loase Resort is available for weddings,birthdays, spiritual or self improvement groups.Look for classes in meditation and yoga orworkout with racquetball, handball or wallyball.Wireless internet, big screen movies andconcerts.
Sam’s Bar & Grill still serves a great valuebreakfast and quite possibly the best Fish ‘N’Chips in the world! Check the chalkboard fordaily specials! Friday & Saturday nights it’sLadies Night - enjoy an adult evening with drinkspecials! The place for good food, good friendsand good fun!
At The Catamaran on Costambar Beach you’llfind great food at great prices enjoyed with amillion dollar view! They are now open untilmidnight with romantic meals and cocktails.Every day they have Power Hour with 3X1 cubalibres from 6-7pm. They also hold a monthly FleaMarket on the last Saturday of every monthbeginning at 10am. No cost to vendors! Like theysay - your trash could be someone else’streasure!
Pascual’s Fast Food on Costambar Beachspecializes in seafood from their live lobstertank. Also available for parties and events!
The Happy Hippo has specials on buckets ofbeer! A bucket of 6 Bohemia is RD$300,Presidente RD$350 or Corona RD$550.
Here’s something different to do this month - trynot to sweat! You won’t be able to do it! Reallyyou won’t. It’s September. The humidity is crazyand blinking is going to cause you to sweatprofusely! But if you’re up for a challenge oryou’re just a bit bored give it a go - we dareyou! Us, we’ll be buying shares in deordorant!
Power Hour at Catamaran 6-7pmBuckets of Beer Specials at HappyHippo all day
Ladies Night (Adult Evening) at
Sam’s Bar & Grill starting 9pm-late
General Meeting of Amigos de 4
Patas 7pm calle Enriquillo #12Costambar
AMIGOS DE 4 PATAS are planning anotherspay/neuter clinic in the fall. In order to makethis one as successful as the last they are lookingfor more volunteers and donations. They willalso be holding more flea markets and fundrais-ers - watch this space for dates, etc. For moreinfo contact Carolina at 829-520-7265 (Spanish &English) or Stephanie at 809-899-7800 (English).
IGLESIA FILIPOS PRESBITERIANA invites you toservices every Sunday at 10 A.M. Worships are inSpanish. Children activities. Before CostambarGate Security, turn on the right side toward thepower plant, 100 meters on the right side.
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CLASSIFIEDSLIKE CHECKING OUT THE CLASSIFIEDS FOR GREAT DEALS? ORUSING THEM TO GET RID OF YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS? THENWHY NOT CHECK OUT COSTAMBAR’S NEW FLEA MARKET ATTHE CATAMARAN BAR ON THE BEACH. EVERY LAST SATURDAYOF THE MONTH STARTING AT 10AM! FREE TO VENDORS!!!
FOR SALE33foot sailboat, Glander Tava-na class yawl, good condition/minor work needed, less than1500 hours on new 20 horseKuboto engine and trans. AMUST SEE!Located in Luperon bay.Call Sean @ (809) 782-2534.
Costambar Monthly classified ads are free but can only beplaced by emailing [email protected] calling 809-970-7507 or 809-449-1820PLEASE NOTE - free classified ads are only for personal items.Commercial properties orenterprises (including realestate sales or rentals) mustpurchase an ad. Classifieds will usually be run for one monthonly unless we are otherwise notified.
FOR SALEPool/Jacuzzi Heater. StaRite400K BTU Maxi-Therm propaneheater. Recently rebuilt andoverhauled including a newheat exchanger that cost$RD40,000. Cost new was$RD130,000. Asking $RD75,000OBO. This is a real bargain!Please call 809-970-3268Costambar
FOR SALEBBQ, custom made, heavy duty.Call 829-962-9690
FOR SALEMiller Thunderbolt 225 AC/DCwelding machine for 20,000pesos. Hardly used and in per-fect condition. Contact Jan on829-962-9690
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FOR SALEEZ-GO golf cart for sale. Goodworking order. New clutch justfitted & recentstarter/generator, excellenttyres. Fantastic gas mileage.Viewable in Costambar.US$2,500Call Mark 829-712-8189
FOR SALEused fishtanks, 5,10 & 20 gal.300.- to 800.- pesos (someplants, rocks, deco free withtank)cash register for PC, incl. print-er, some cables missing 700,-stroller & carseat for Baby(blue with purple dots) 2000.-large playpen (octagon shape)with sun roof 2000.-email [email protected] orcall 829-619-8281
WANTEDDoes any one have a lathe forsale either for metal or forwood, and also a Bandsaw.Tel: 809 970 3287 or 809 6490345, email:[email protected]
FOR SALEKIITCHEN small electricalappliances.Expreso coffe mak-er-Magic bullet and -Pots and panetc etcHP FAX –printer-phothocopies5 months oldRADIO Sony CD 2 speakersetc…POOL all equipted 16 feetround –Pump-Filtre-Stairsetc….5 months old.Christiane 829-844-5745
FOR SALE15HP Johnson outboard motor.Short shaft,good runner,US$800 Call 809-449-1819
FOR SALE2 handmade armoires in ma-hogany1 27 inch LG TV - best offer3 smaller TV’s - need repairs -best offer2 small fridgesCall 809-261-4543 or 829-540-2818
FOR SALECar: Mitsubishi L200, diesel,year 2005, 76,000 km, incl. fullinsurance till April 2012, verygood conditions, German main-tained, new rear brakes, trailercoupling, and much moreMotorcycle YAMAHA SEROW225ccm,TRIAL, German main-tained, looks like new! incl. in-surance till October 2011Open fishing motorboat, 22feet, year 2010, Tohatsu 40horsepower and Tohatsu 9.8horsepower, specialize for biggame fishing!Furnitures, new beds and mat-tress, refrigerator, freezerchest and more.Everything only 10 monthsold!!!!!!!!Call for prices: 849 886 1266Located in Luperon
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(1)Fine: This is the word women use to end anargument when they are right and you need to shut up.(2)Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means ahalf an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if youhave just been given five more minutes to watch thegame before helping around the house.(3)Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. Thismeans something, and you should be on your toes. Ar-guments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.(4)Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't DoIt!(5)Loud Sigh: This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loudsigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonderswhy she is wasting her time standing here and arguingwith you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for themeaning of nothing.)(6)That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerousstatements a woman can make to a man. That's okaymeans she wants to think long and hard before decid-ing how and when you will pay for your mistake.(7)Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question,or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in aclause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot'
- that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you atall. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' . that will bring on a'whatever').(8)Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying F--YOU!(9)Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerousstatement, meaning this is something that a womanhas told a man to do several times, but is now doing itherself. This will later result in a man asking 'What'swrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.
Billy died. His will provided $30,000 for an elaboratefuneral. As the last guests departed the affair, his wife,Joyce, turned to her oldest and dearest friend,Jonelle.
"Well, I'm sure Billy would be pleased," she said."I'm sure you're right," replied Jonelle, who lowered hervoice and leaned in close. "How much did this reallycost?"
"All of it," said Joyce, "Thirty thousand dollars.""No!" Jonelle exclaimed. "I mean, it was very nice, but$30,000?"Joyce answered, "The funeral was $6,500. I donated$500 to the church. The whiskey, wine, food and snackswere another $500. The rest went for the MemorialStone."Jonelle quickly computed the total of $7,500 and said
"$22,500 for a Memorial Stone? And how big is it?"Joyce answered, "Two and a half carats."
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He said to me . ... . I don't know why you wear abra; you've got nothing to put in it.I said to him .... . . You wear pants don't you?
He said to me ... . ......... Shall we try swapping posi-tions tonight?I said .. That's a good idea - you stand by the stove& sink while I sit on the sofa and fart
He said to me. ... What have you been doing withall the grocery money I gave you?I said to him . ..... Turn sideways and look in the mir-ror!
He said to me. ..... Why don't women blink duringforeplay?I said to him ... . They don't have time.
He said to me. . How many men does it take tochange a roll of toilet paper?I said to him .. .. I don't know; it has never hap-pened.
He said to me. . Why is it difficult to find men whoare sensitive, caring and good- looking?I said to him . . . They already have boyfriends.
He said..What do you call a woman who knowswhere her husband is every night?I said. . .. A widow.
He said to me.... Why are married women heavierthan single women?I said to him .. . .. Single women come home, seewhat's in the fridge and go to bed.Married women come home, see what's in bed andgo to the fridge.
THIS MONTH’S IDIOTS!Some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal alife raft from one of the 747’s. They were successful ingetting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after theytook it for a float on the river, they noticed a CoastGuard helicopter coming toward them. It turned outthat the chopper was homing in on the emergency loca-tor beacon that activated when the raft was inflated.They are no longer employed at Boeing.
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Baby's First Doctor VisitA woman and a baby were in the doctor's examin-ing room, waiting for the doctor to come in for thebaby's first exam.The doctor arrived, and examined the baby,checked his weight, and being a little concerned,asked if the baby was breast-fed or bottle-fed.'Breast-fed, ' she replied..'Well, strip down to your waist, ' the doctor ordered.She did. He pinched her nipples, pressed, kneaded,and rubbed both breasts for a while in a very pro-fessional and detailed examination.Motioning to her to get dressed, the doctor said, 'No wonder this baby is underweight. You don'thave any milk.'I know,' she said, 'I'm his Grandma, but I'm glad Icame.’
A SHORT LOVE STORYA man and a woman who had never met before,but who were both married to other people, foundthemselves assigned to the same sleeping room ona trans-continental train. Though initially embar-rassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they wereboth very tired and fell asleep quickly, he in theupper berth and she in the lower. At 1:00 AM, theman leaned down and gently woke the woman say-ing, 'Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you, but would yoube willing to reach into the closet to get me a sec-ond blanket? I'm awfully cold.''I have a better idea,' she replied 'Just for tonight,......let's pretend that we're married.''Wow!...................... That's a great idea!', he exclaimed.'Good,' she replied., 'Get your own f***ing blanket.'After a moment of silence, ......................he farted.The End www.costambarmonthly.com
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A farmer named Seamus had a car accident.In court, the lorry company's hot-shot solicitorwas questioning Seamus.'Didn't you say to the Police at the scene of theaccident, 'I'm fine?' asked the solicitor.Seamus responded: 'Well, I'll tell you what hap-pened. I had just loaded my favourite cow, Bessie,into the...''I didn't ask for any details', the solicitor interrupt-ed. 'Just answer the question. Did you not say, atthe scene of the accident, 'I'm fine!'?'Seamus said, 'Well, I had just got Bessie into thetrailer and I was driving down the road....'The solicitor interrupted again and said, 'Your Hon-our, I am trying to establish the fact that, at thescene of the accident, this man told the police onthe scene that he was fine. Now several weeks af-ter the accident, he is trying to sue my client. I be-lieve he is a fraud. Please tell him to simply answerthe question.'By this time, the Judge was fairly interested inSeamus's answer and said to the solicitor: 'I'd liketo hear what he has to say about his favouritecow, Bessie'.Seamus thanked the Judge and proceeded. 'Well asI was saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favouritecow, into the trailer and was driving her down theroad when this huge lorry and trailer camethrough a stop sign and hit my trailer right in theside. I was thrown into one ditch and Bessie wasthrown into the other. I was hurt, very bad like,and didn't want to move. However, I could hear oldBessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was interrible shape just by her groans. Shortly after theaccident, a policeman on a motorbike turned up. Hecould hear Bessie moaning and groaning so hewent over to her. After he looked at her, and sawher condition, he took out his gun and shot herbetween the eyes. Then the policeman came acrossthe road, gun still in hand, looked at me, and said,'How are you feeling?''Now what the HELL would you say?'
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Ingrid, from Crazy Crocodile passed on thistip for a cheap, easy way to clean smallpieces of silver... line a bowl with aluminumfoil and add salt and water! Insert piece tobe cleaned and in about 30 minutes it isbright and shiny. Then just rinse and wear!
THANK HEAVEN FOR THE HANDRAIL -THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A REAL SAFETY ISSUE!
Never wrestle a pig.You both get dirty -but the pig likes it.
Business owners and residents, both Dominicansand gringos, of the North Coast community ofCostambar took to the streets on August 25th totry and bring attention to the increasingly deteri-orating power and water situation.Setting up a blockade at the entrance of Costam-bar that prevented anyone from entering or exit-ing they spoke with local media about theseriousness of the problems and the adverse ef-fects on the community.Business owners in particular were extremelyvocal about the difficulty in running a businesswith lengthy daily power outages and very limit-ed water supplies. The cost of running backuppower systems and buying trucks of water tokeep a business running really adds up and cutsinto any possible profit. And often businessescan’t provide what they promise to customersdue to these issues.The community is not making unreasonable de-mands. Ultimately what they would like is forEdenorte to provide power to the people payingfor power and cut off those stealing or not pay-ing for it. And really, what is the incentive tocontinue to pay high power bills when you aremade to suffer the same lack of power as some-one who doesn’t pay a peso! Or see communitieswhere very few pay for power hardly experienceany outages! You can see where the temptationto steal comes from. But most don’t!At a minimum wouldn’t it even be nice to haveour scheduled outages be what are scheduledand not have a 4 hour outage turn into 8 hoursor not be sure that the outage will occur whenit’s scheduled to occur. It’s hard to plan whenyou can do the things that require street powerwhen you don’t know when you are going tohave it!Here in Costambar most people end up backingup their backup systems. Inverters, generators,solar panels. Sisternas and tenacos and raincatchment systems. It’s costly and it hurts thegrowth of this community!Whether by chance or because of the protest,the next 24 hours saw the water turned on andthe power left on for several hours! But it was ashort lived reprieve and in fact, if possible, itseems the power problems have even gottenworse.Will the protests have to continue?
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
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JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH?!?!No, actually it was just Cade Johnson showing off his prow-ess on his 7 League Jumping Stilts on the streets of Luperon.He gave lessons to all takers and while we’re not sure Cirquedu Soleil will be beating a path to their doors any day soon,these could come in very handy for plucking those tantaliz-ingly out of reach mangoes and avocados from the tree!
SUPERMARKET COMPARISON CHECKLISTWell it’s been 6 months since CM’s intrepid cub reporter Colin did a supermarket comparison. This time we not only pres-ent a comparison of the current prices but to the prices in March 2011 as well. The most interesting thing this monthwas security at La Sirena telling our reporter that he couldn’t write down prices without permission. Hmmmm, some-thing to hide??? We can only suggest you take the list with you and check it out yourself. Overall prices have risen in therange of 11-13%!CM readers are invited to use the list to put together a representative sample of their own buying habits and use the re-sults to decide where it is more beneficial for them to shop. All current prices were gathered on September 25th.
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Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6miles!"Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digitalwatches!"
Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right45 Degrees."TWA 2341: "Center, we are at 35,000 feet.. Howmuch noise can we make up here?"Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747makes when it hits a 727?"
From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very longtakeoff queue: "I'm f...ing bored!"Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting,identify yourself immediately!"Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f....ing bored, notf...ing stupid!"
O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, threemiles, eastbound."
United 329: "Approach, I've always wanted to saythis...I've got the little Fokker in sight."
A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had anexceedingly long roll out after touching down.San Jose Tower Noted: "American 751, make ahard right turn at the end of the runway, if you areable.. If you are not able, take the Guadalupe exitoff Highway 101, make a right at the lights and re-turn to the airport."
Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contactDeparture on frequency 124.7"Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching toDeparture. By the way, after we lifted off we sawsome kind of dead animal on the far end of the run-way."Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behindEastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7.Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?"Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared fortakeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern. We'vealready notified our caterers."
While taxiing at London 's Airport, the crew of aUS Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made awrong turn and came nose to nose with a United727.. An irate female ground controller lashed outat the US Air crew, screaming: "US Air 2771, wherethe hell are you going? I told you to turnright onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right onDelta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for youto tell the difference between C and D, but get itright!" Continuing her rage to the embarrassedcrew, she was now shouting hysterically: "God!Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forev-er to sort this out! You stay right there and don'tmove till I tell you to! You can expect progressivetaxi instructions in about half an hour, and I wantyou to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you,and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"
"Yes, ma'am," the humbled crew responded.Naturally, the ground control communications fre-quency fell terribly silent after the verbal bashingof US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engagingthe irate ground controller in her current state ofmind. Tension in every cockpit out around Gatwickwas definitely running high. Just then an unknownpilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone,asking: "Wasn't I married to you once?"
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Amigos de 4 Patas (Friends of 4 Paws) held their firstever spay/neuter clinic in August and it was a resound-ing success! Founder and President of the organization,Carolina Beltran, informed Costambar Monthly that in2 days 10 veterinarians and 16 volunteers fixed 53dogs - 36 females & 17 males. Those are some impres-sive numbers. They thank everyone who in any waysupported their initiative. Good work Amigos!!!
The organization is currently planning another clinicfor the fall and are asking the community to volunteeror make a donation or both. Fundraisers and flea mar-kets will be held. You can follow them on Facebook orwatch Costambar Monthly for details of events. Let’shelp make the next clinic even bigger and better!
For those interested in helping out in any way contactCarolina at 829-520-7265 (Spanish & English) orStephanie at 809-899-7800 (English).
Thanks Amigos for all your hard work with the ani-mals of Costambar!
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HOW WASTEFUL WAS OUR OLDER GENERATION?In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman thatshe should bring her own grocery bag because plastic bagsweren't good for the environment.The woman apologized to him and explained, "We didn'thave the green thing back in my day."The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. The formergeneration did not care enough to save our environment."He was right, that generation didn't have the green thing inits day. Back then, they returned their milk bottles, soda bot-tles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them backto the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so itcould use the same bottles over and over. So they reallywere recycled. But they didn't have the green thing back inthat customer's day. In her day, they walked up stairs, be-cause they didn't have an escalator in every store and officebuilding. They walked to the grocery store and didn't climbinto a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to gotwo blocks. But she was right. They didn't have the greenthing in her day. Back then, they washed the baby's nappiesbecause they didn't have the throw-away kind. They driedclothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burningup 240 volts - wind and solar power really did dry the clothes.Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters,not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right, theydidn't have the green thing back in her day. Back then, theyhad one TV, or radio, in the house - not a TV in every room.And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief,not a screen the size of the state of Queensland. In the kitch-en, they blended and stirred by hand because they didn'thave electric machines to do everything for you.
When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, theyused a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styro-foam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, they didn't fire up anengine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. They used apush mower that ran on human power. They exercised byworking so they didn't need to go to a health club to runon treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right, theydidn't have the green thing back then. They drank from abubbler when they were thirsty instead of using a plastic bot-tle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled theirwriting pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, andthey replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwingaway the whole razor just because the blade got dull. Butthey didn't have the green thing back then. Back then, peo-ple took the tram or a bus and kids rode their bikesto school or rode the school bus instead of turning theirmoms into a 24-hour taxi service. They had one electricaloutlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power adozen appliances. And they didn't need a computerized gad-get to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 milesout in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wastefulthe old folks were just because they didn't have the greenthing back then?
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