On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 06:05:12 -0800 (PST), Tom Nofinger
wrote:



A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

===

You obviously don't know too many Mexicans. Here in south Florida
they are some of the hardest working people you'd ever want to meet.

On Fri, 03 Feb 2017 10:59:34 -0500,
wrote:

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 06:05:12 -0800 (PST), Tom Nofinger
wrote:



A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

===

You obviously don't know too many Mexicans. Here in south Florida
they are some of the hardest working people you'd ever want to meet.

Absolutely. I will hire a latino in a heartbeat and pay them more than
they ask for. It is still a bargain. I do get accused of having "union
mexicans" tho by the other builders. It is worth it because they will
get over here as soon as I call and get whatever I have to do, done.

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On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 06:05:12 -0800 (PST), Tom Nofinger
wrote:



A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

===

You obviously don't know too many Mexicans. Here in south Florida
they are some of the hardest working people you'd ever want to meet.


Agree. 99% of the day labor you see at Home Depot, etc. is Latino.

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:57:14 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 06:05:12 -0800 (PST), Tom Nofinger
wrote:



A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

===

You obviously don't know too many Mexicans. Here in south Florida
they are some of the hardest working people you'd ever want to meet.


Agree. 99% of the day labor you see at Home Depot, etc. is Latino.

The only Mexicans we see at home depot are there buying materials for
a job they are working on.

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On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:57:14 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 06:05:12 -0800 (PST), Tom Nofinger
wrote:



A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

===

You obviously don't know too many Mexicans. Here in south Florida
they are some of the hardest working people you'd ever want to meet.


Agree. 99% of the day labor you see at Home Depot, etc. is Latino.

The only Mexicans we see at home depot are there buying materials for
a job they are working on.


We see those also. But our city allows the day labor to congregate there.
And no riots have ensued.

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 23:13:10 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:57:14 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Agree. 99% of the day labor you see at Home Depot, etc. is Latino.

The only Mexicans we see at home depot are there buying materials for
a job they are working on.


We see those also. But our city allows the day labor to congregate there.
And no riots have ensued.

It is just something we do not see here. I am not sure where people
get their day labor but it is not from people hanging out at the BORG.
We just know guys we can call but I think for most folks, they grab
the hefe from their landscape crew and he hooks them up. I know that
is how my neighbors do it.
Once you get a phone number or two and a good reputation with those
guys, if they can't help you, they have a cousin or neighbor who can.
That goes from simple grunt labor to masons, roofers and drywall guys.
The plasterer we got to stucco the inside walls of the new room made
it look like skim coated drywall.

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On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 23:13:10 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:57:14 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Agree. 99% of the day labor you see at Home Depot, etc. is Latino.

The only Mexicans we see at home depot are there buying materials for
a job they are working on.


We see those also. But our city allows the day labor to congregate there.
And no riots have ensued.

It is just something we do not see here. I am not sure where people
get their day labor but it is not from people hanging out at the BORG.
We just know guys we can call but I think for most folks, they grab
the hefe from their landscape crew and he hooks them up. I know that
is how my neighbors do it.
Once you get a phone number or two and a good reputation with those
guys, if they can't help you, they have a cousin or neighbor who can.
That goes from simple grunt labor to masons, roofers and drywall guys.
The plasterer we got to stucco the inside walls of the new room made
it look like skim coated drywall.


Difference is we are a city of 74000 with similar population densities
around us. So lots of day labor required.

On Sat, 4 Feb 2017 22:04:10 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 23:13:10 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:57:14 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Agree. 99% of the day labor you see at Home Depot, etc. is Latino.

The only Mexicans we see at home depot are there buying materials for
a job they are working on.


We see those also. But our city allows the day labor to congregate there.
And no riots have ensued.

It is just something we do not see here. I am not sure where people
get their day labor but it is not from people hanging out at the BORG.
We just know guys we can call but I think for most folks, they grab
the hefe from their landscape crew and he hooks them up. I know that
is how my neighbors do it.
Once you get a phone number or two and a good reputation with those
guys, if they can't help you, they have a cousin or neighbor who can.
That goes from simple grunt labor to masons, roofers and drywall guys.
The plasterer we got to stucco the inside walls of the new room made
it look like skim coated drywall.


Difference is we are a city of 74000 with similar population densities
around us. So lots of day labor required.

Actually Ft Myers is 74k too. We do have a lot of other cities around
that are almost as big tho. This is a patchwork of little kingdoms
with rural areas outside city limits.
Construction is a big enough industry here that we run at a very high
labor participation rate among latinos. Add to that 150 gated
communities with country clubs, kitchens and golf courses. Then you
have the fact that about 2/3ds of the people have a landscape company
doing their yard. Most folks have an "in" with the latino community if
they just ask around a little. Just use a little respect.
Just about anyone who actually wants to work, has a day job and all
the work they want off hours.
Nobody in their right mind will hire a renta drunk from a day labor
company when they can get a latino. The people we see with the "will
work for food" signs will give you the finger and run away if you
actually offer them a job.

On 2/3/2017 2:33 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:57:14 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 06:05:12 -0800 (PST), Tom Nofinger
wrote:



A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

===

You obviously don't know too many Mexicans. Here in south Florida
they are some of the hardest working people you'd ever want to meet.


Agree. 99% of the day labor you see at Home Depot, etc. is Latino.

The only Mexicans we see at home depot are there buying materials for
a job they are working on.

May have told this before,
I have a friend that has an ICE plant, bagging, delivery business, he
also does marine construction. He had T shirts made that say ICE down
the front. He stopped at a job site of a one of his contractor friends.
10 people ran out the back and jumped over the fence.
His contractor friend was not very happy and suggested he never come
to his job site wearing that T shirt again.
Mikek

11:46 AMamdx
On 2/3/2017 2:33 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:57:14 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 06:05:12 -0800 (PST), Tom Nofinger
wrote:



A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

===

You obviously don't know too many Mexicans. Here in south Florida
they are some of the hardest working people you'd ever want to meet.


Agree. 99% of the day labor you see at Home Depot, etc. is Latino.

The only Mexicans we see at home depot are there buying materials for
a job they are working on.

May have told this before,
I have a friend that has an ICE plant, bagging, delivery business, he
also does marine construction. He had T shirts made that say ICE down
the front. He stopped at a job site of a one of his contractor friends.
10 people ran out the back and jumped over the fence.
His contractor friend was not very happy and suggested he never come
to his job site wearing that T shirt again.
Mikek
....

Lol!