Recent content by owdumlad

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    Now that's embarrassing

    A salesman checked into a hotel on a business trip in the D.R.and was a bit lonely. He was single so he got to thinking about some female company. So, he thought he'd get one of those girls you see advertised in phone books from one of the "escort" services. He picked a number and dialed it. A...
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    On our way to Bahia Principe San Juan

    <b> Hello all </b> We are on our way to the Bahia Principe San Juan this Saturday for a week , This visit we are bringing the family .... The six kids and the Father in Law ... oh yeah and a friend of the kids .... So Peter and Alex and any of the other folk that we met two years ago ....if...
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    Fitness and health

    Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true? A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it...don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life...
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    Assistance please

    A couple of months ago , I remember seeing a posted picture of a resort worker. Standing on some aluminum stepladders , in a pool , using a corded drill plugged into a socket behind a swim up bar. If anyone still has a copy of that could they please forward it to me. I was telling a friend of...
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    It's a dead duck !!!!

    A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgery. As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm so sorry, Cuddles has passed away." The distressed owner wailed...
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    Jack who ???

    WHO IS JACK SCHITT??? The lineage is finally revealed. Many people are at a loss for a response when someone says "You don't know Jack Schitt!" Read on and you'll be able to handle the situation intelligently. Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt and O. Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer...
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    Sent to Hell

    One day a GUY dies and finds himself in hell. As he is wallowing in despair, he has his first meeting with the DEVIL... DEVIL: Why are you so glum? GUY: Why do you think? I'm in hell! DEVIL: Hell's not so bad. We actually have a lot of fun down here. You a drinking man? GUY: Sure, I love to...
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    All these get togethers !!!

    All these get togethers sound great, we wished that we'd been able to make the recent one in Sosua on the U.S. Thanksgiving day but couldn't pull that one off, as we had been down there vacationing twice already this year. Anyway the reason I'm posting is that I was just wondering if there's...
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    Wife & Husband Diary

    <u><b>HER DIARY</b> </u> Sunday night - I thought he was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a bar to have a drink. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment. Conversation wasn't flowing so I...
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    Everything you wanted to know about Canada

    <b> Sorry if this isn't D.R. related , so the moderator can delete it if needed, but I just received it in an email and thought some would have a laugh. Tony .</b> Questions about Canada..... that you always wanted to know but was afraid to ask............ These questions about Canada are...
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    Have a go at this one .........

    Lets see who's the first to answer the six questions (correctly of course). 1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3...
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    Curry Night

    Just a quick thanks to Robin and Graham for the fantastic evening we had at your home. We haven't had Curry that good since we were in the U.K. two years ago. Thanks for your hospitality. Tony and Janis
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    Coming to Sosua

    Janis and myself are coming to Sosua on the 10th August for two weeks. We would really like to get together with some of the regular posters during that time, if that's at all possible. Whether it's for a drink or a meal or whatever. We don't post that much on here but we do read most of the...
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    Trip report March 12th - 19th 2003

    This report really isn't anything compared to some that we've been reading but I thought we'd contribute summat. Although we didn't get off the resort much this time ( this is probably because of the sheer numbers of us, it was like mobilizing an army "12" of us in total) we did however manage...
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    Hello, Just a few questions .... first post.

    Hello everyone, My wife and I just registered here after spending about a week reading lots of the posts, most of which we found very interesting. We just returned after a week in Puerto Plata at one of the all inclusive resorts, this was our fourth time in the D.R. in the last two years and we...