I guess I failed to mention in my earlier post, the old man appears to have had a stroke.. he is weak on one side of his body... he has lived down here 15 years... with his wife... he called me by name and grabbed my hand with his good arm and hand as I strode in the establishment .. with a lot of strength....
Maybe characters live everywhere and I just have the natural ability to find and befriend them... my gift.....
He took a shot later in the evening at the waiter...a jab that almost connected with the right corner of the waiters chin.... the waiter made a quick withdrawal or jump back .... of course it was all in drunk fun... but, the old man would have gotten the much younger robust Tico waiter pretty good had he not snapped back in the nick of time...
They all had a good laugh..... I guess it was like a Hemingway with Shine Forbes sparring re-enactment moment.... I got to meet Shine... once... he had a shrine in his living room in Key West of sorts... Shine offered me and my buddy Ray Geist a 12 pack of hot beer ... that was in the back of his station wagon we pilfered some of them.
So anyway.................
The Waiter came over to the table where we were sitting and explained how the week earlier the Old Man was pretty drunk ... last time he was there .. and had actually managed to connect a jab with the waiter.. with his good paw.... thus his present awareness.... of the infirm.
So now Jos - hua the waiter knows to keep distance clear of the old man...or stand close at his own risk.
Now the waiter appears to do a bit of taunting .... provoked firstly by the old mans bellowing mouth..." come on show me, is that all you have got you ninny"
We have had a lovely 6 month stay here at this house.... the only really big draw back was the home invasion robbery.... and sleeping since with one eye open, I do not sleep well anyway.
Thus: we have decided to move into a compound with three armed security guards.. at the pearly gates..
Invitation only.... I guess.
I went to the upper guard shack to make an inquiry about setting the Remote gate opener... the guard was on the floor sleeping sleeping like a dog on its back with all 4 paws up on a mat... listening to the radio,,,, suffice it to say my confidence is instilled and shall remain.
I awoke him ...... I was thinking perhaps I should start bringing him beer.... and maybe snacks.
The only Analogy I can come to in the moment is this...... living in Costa Rica is either 10 times better or 10 times worse then living in Key West and the Florida Keys.... sort of like the glass being half empty or half full thing.... Sort Of.
Where else can you find such amusement ? Oh and the Views......... Simply put Fantastic!
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