Not at all. As a former "weekend warrior" I can tell you. There are an abundance of felons arriving daily. However, this being a high profile case, it will be interesting to see.
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Not at all. As a former "weekend warrior" I can tell you. There are an abundance of felons arriving daily. However, this being a high profile case, it will be interesting to see.
Having met marco and deeply miss his postings, i wish him peace in the afterlife.
Never met Rick that I recall but my advice is...any publicity is good publicity.
Play it up. Change the menu to have a few specials..
Million dollar ribs...only 800 pesos (will repay you if not satisfied)
Maybe a weekly social event. Call it Saints and Sinners. "Drinks prices are a steal."
Play the same movie every
week.....
I am telling you. Make lemonade!
If you are truly changed and remorseful i wish you will.
Of course i meant... I wish you "well".... But if you make a (another) million with the new saints and sinners theme... Leave me in your "will."
We visit soon to see the place.
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I commented earlier on this thread...IMO Rick (Whom I have never met) was found guilty, did his time and has paid/is paying his debt. What else is there? That is what the law/courts are for. Don't like it then don't go to Rocky's, plain and simple. Do I agree with what he did, NO. But he did his time per the law, end of story. To Rick: Live your life, stay in the positive. Don't bother explaining anything. What is important is that you move on, let the past go.
just a word of advice, fishguy..
giving out a rash of dislikes to people who are not exactly impressed by your show of contrition is not a good look.
giving out a rash of dislikes to people who are not exactly impressed by your show of contrition is not a good look.
I had another cup of strong coffee and Bailey's and have read another 3-pages of this thread. Someone has brought up another very interesting, difficult, ethical dilemma that needs addressed. Although somewhat metaphorically, it's a dilemma that neither society, nor the media seldom addresses for the simple reason that it's too taboo.
1.) What are you willing to sacrifice for 1-million dollars.
2.) How long are you willing to spend in jail for 1-million dollars.
Before i answer that, some philosophical questions needs answered:
1.) Are some thefts more justified than others?
2.) Are some thefts worth the price of getting caught?
3.) Is it better to steal from, say...a known thief?
4.) Is stealing from a company better then stealing from an individual?
5.) Is turning the tables on, and stealing from someone who is trying to steal from you justified, since, in essence, you are robbing the robber?
I'll get back to those after another coffee, but first...an important question: is there anything worse then a stupid thief?
I'm surrounded by stupid thieves. Always have been. That's the nature of poverty and poor education. They sit across from me and surround me. On some days, they drive me absolutely mad. Mad! My wife is one of them. And so is my mother and mother-in-law. Basically, I come from a long line of stupid, not well thought out, thievery. Fortunately, it always involves stealing from my secret stash of dark peanut butter chocolates that i keep hidden throughout the house and my office. They find them, and they eat them without thinking through the negative repercussions or consequences.
More on that later.
What i really want to talk about is this: Is there anything worse than someone stupid enough to jeopardize their entire family, savings, marriage, house & mortgage, riding lawn mower, porn collection--and everything they have worked for their entire life--just to steal something as meager as $5000, $25,000, or even $200,000 dollars?
People do this everyday. They jeopardize everything they have for something insignificant and minuscule. Thief's are often--but not always--very poor, poorly educated, and seldom have thought the crime out thoroughly or clearly.
Anyone willing to jeopardize their family, job, mortgage, and children for $5,000, $50,000, or even $400,000 dollars should get life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Why? Because the money won't last 1-year on the run. Hotels are expensive. Eating out is expensive. Flying is expensive. Boats are even more expensive. And quite frankly, the women they bring along with them for company are an even bigger drain on their resources then everything else combined.
Jeopardizing everything you have worked for in order to steal a little bit of play money is akin to robbing a bank and than falling asleep at the wheel. And yet, you can read about it every single day.
That's why if you are going to steal, you have to make it an amount on such a colossal level that either
A.) you can live off the interest without touching the principal (very smart)
B.) even with 1 or 2 women by your side, you have enough cash to afford their expensive tastes in shoes and handbags.
Someone jeopardizing everything they have to steal a colossal amount of money...I can get behind that! I get it! I understand it!
It's the petty thieves i don't get. It's the thieves willing to risk everything they have over tiny amounts of money which they are too stupid to recognize is not enough for a life on the run for even 6-days, let alone 6-years. I don't get these stupid thieves. And I don't want to get them, either. And i don't want to ever be around people with this amount of lack of ambition, vision, and understanding of inflation.
Sky, a member on here, is mentioned in a couple of international best selling books (one of made into a very famous movie that everyone here has seen). One of the stories has to do with hundreds of millions of dollars in sports betting. I get that. I understand it.
Big Mike (can't remember his handle/name on DR1; drove around Sosua on a scooter and rented an apartment from Brent behind Banco Popular in Sosua, and hung out at Oshay's every weekend--I wrote a book about his scam) made almost exactly 1.2 million dollars in less than 13-months doing something illegal in Florida for which he did 3.5 years for in a beautiful, laid back, air-conditioned, white-collar, Florida prison, before coming out 150lbs lighter (Seems to be a theme going on here), short-lived in shape, and smart enough to have buried the money around like a squirrel.
When we're talking about these levels of cash, it's time to rent a back-hoe and start burying PVC pipes stuffed with cash all around fields and yards throughout the countryside like a squirrel. You got to be prepared so that when the FBI comes knocking--and they will come knocking--you are ready to face the music. You're ready. You're ready to go to what amounts to a paid luxury holiday in "White Collar" prison where you eat completely different food than normal prisoners, you have a access to state of the art gyms, great libraries, and you take online cooking classes or whatever suits your fancy, so that when you come out, you know how to slice garlic extra thin and you can make al dente pasta like a true Cordon Blue chef. Oh yeah, and your also buff, and you've lost your belly fat, and you've stopped smoking, and you can finally see your genitals for the first time in decades.
If you're going to steal, it has to be an amount worth going to prison for. It's got to be an amount worth sacrificing your wife, house, mortgage, and family for. Basically, you need to sit down and do the math.
I've done the math.
I'm ready and willing to sacrifice everyone for a box of really good dark chocolates (preferably Godiva) and some really strong coffee (dark roast). Fortunately, I don't want any women, simply because, I cannot afford any woman that has expensive tastes in shoes or handbags.
1.) What are you willing to sacrifice for 1-million dollars.
2.) How long are you willing to spend in jail for 1-million dollars.
Before i answer that, some philosophical questions needs answered:
1.) Are some thefts more justified than others?
2.) Are some thefts worth the price of getting caught?
3.) Is it better to steal from, say...a known thief?
4.) Is stealing from a company better then stealing from an individual?
5.) Is turning the tables on, and stealing from someone who is trying to steal from you justified, since, in essence, you are robbing the robber?
I'll get back to those after another coffee, but first...an important question: is there anything worse then a stupid thief?
I'm surrounded by stupid thieves. Always have been. That's the nature of poverty and poor education. They sit across from me and surround me. On some days, they drive me absolutely mad. Mad! My wife is one of them. And so is my mother and mother-in-law. Basically, I come from a long line of stupid, not well thought out, thievery. Fortunately, it always involves stealing from my secret stash of dark peanut butter chocolates that i keep hidden throughout the house and my office. They find them, and they eat them without thinking through the negative repercussions or consequences.
More on that later.
What i really want to talk about is this: Is there anything worse than someone stupid enough to jeopardize their entire family, savings, marriage, house & mortgage, riding lawn mower, porn collection--and everything they have worked for their entire life--just to steal something as meager as $5000, $25,000, or even $200,000 dollars?
People do this everyday. They jeopardize everything they have for something insignificant and minuscule. Thief's are often--but not always--very poor, poorly educated, and seldom have thought the crime out thoroughly or clearly.
Anyone willing to jeopardize their family, job, mortgage, and children for $5,000, $50,000, or even $400,000 dollars should get life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Why? Because the money won't last 1-year on the run. Hotels are expensive. Eating out is expensive. Flying is expensive. Boats are even more expensive. And quite frankly, the women they bring along with them for company are an even bigger drain on their resources then everything else combined.
Jeopardizing everything you have worked for in order to steal a little bit of play money is akin to robbing a bank and than falling asleep at the wheel. And yet, you can read about it every single day.
That's why if you are going to steal, you have to make it an amount on such a colossal level that either
A.) you can live off the interest without touching the principal (very smart)
B.) even with 1 or 2 women by your side, you have enough cash to afford their expensive tastes in shoes and handbags.
Someone jeopardizing everything they have to steal a colossal amount of money...I can get behind that! I get it! I understand it!
It's the petty thieves i don't get. It's the thieves willing to risk everything they have over tiny amounts of money which they are too stupid to recognize is not enough for a life on the run for even 6-days, let alone 6-years. I don't get these stupid thieves. And I don't want to get them, either. And i don't want to ever be around people with this amount of lack of ambition, vision, and understanding of inflation.
Sky, a member on here, is mentioned in a couple of international best selling books (one of made into a very famous movie that everyone here has seen). One of the stories has to do with hundreds of millions of dollars in sports betting. I get that. I understand it.
Big Mike (can't remember his handle/name on DR1; drove around Sosua on a scooter and rented an apartment from Brent behind Banco Popular in Sosua, and hung out at Oshay's every weekend--I wrote a book about his scam) made almost exactly 1.2 million dollars in less than 13-months doing something illegal in Florida for which he did 3.5 years for in a beautiful, laid back, air-conditioned, white-collar, Florida prison, before coming out 150lbs lighter (Seems to be a theme going on here), short-lived in shape, and smart enough to have buried the money around like a squirrel.
When we're talking about these levels of cash, it's time to rent a back-hoe and start burying PVC pipes stuffed with cash all around fields and yards throughout the countryside like a squirrel. You got to be prepared so that when the FBI comes knocking--and they will come knocking--you are ready to face the music. You're ready. You're ready to go to what amounts to a paid luxury holiday in "White Collar" prison where you eat completely different food than normal prisoners, you have a access to state of the art gyms, great libraries, and you take online cooking classes or whatever suits your fancy, so that when you come out, you know how to slice garlic extra thin and you can make al dente pasta like a true Cordon Blue chef. Oh yeah, and your also buff, and you've lost your belly fat, and you've stopped smoking, and you can finally see your genitals for the first time in decades.
If you're going to steal, it has to be an amount worth going to prison for. It's got to be an amount worth sacrificing your wife, house, mortgage, and family for. Basically, you need to sit down and do the math.
I've done the math.
I'm ready and willing to sacrifice everyone for a box of really good dark chocolates (preferably Godiva) and some really strong coffee (dark roast). Fortunately, I don't want any women, simply because, I cannot afford any woman that has expensive tastes in shoes or handbags.
@frank12, writing like a true writer 
those stories you mentioned must be an interesting read ... any ebooks?
those stories you mentioned must be an interesting read ... any ebooks?There are plenty of beautiful, young, intelligent women out there who are not into expensive tastes. Maybe the ones you know are like that.
At home, you should leave plenty of fine European dark chocolates and other goodies available for all to eat. I live in a seven person household and they are always available.
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@frank12, writing like a true writer
I'm here to say I've bought every one of frank's books. Hell, he needs the money for Red!
Really Harleysrock? You can talk down to me? Marco told me much of your story before his death and I understand you really didn't like him very much. But I am willing to share exactly what he told me about you unless you would prefer to come clean on your own and then of course, I wouldn't need to say anything at all, which I would prefer. He who casts the first stone and all. Well you cast it. I am man enough to not cast the second unless you want me too.
Walk a mile in his shoes. Maybe you should try it you hypocrite. I paid for my crimes.... have you? I doubt you have. Don't judge me least ye be judged. Hypocrite. And don't worry Harley, I'll be pleased to tell all if you want to take this to the next level.
Take care,
Rick
I really hope you enjoyed it as that was Milka's and mine intention.
Come by Rocky's anytime. Everyone is most welcomed and the business is greatly appreciated by Milka and me and the Dominican staff. Thank you very much for your support. I can't tell you how much it means to all of us. We'll always be there for everyone. Yes even you Harley.
Take care,
Rick
I'm back where I belong
Gentleman, and ladies. I am back..... Back in Sosua to do what I do best. To look after all your needs while you are here which made me famous for the best customer service on the island. I returned to the island March 15th. Exactely 4 years after I was taken away. How's that for karma?!?!?!.
Anyway, not going to say much now other then I am incredible happy to be back. I'm sure you all can understand that.
In any case, I would love to see many of you again. I really don't give a damn if you stay with me or not but just seeing you all again would be fantastic.
Take care,
Always a friend,
Rick
Gentleman, and ladies. I am back..... Back in Sosua to do what I do best. To look after all your needs while you are here which made me famous for the best customer service on the island. I returned to the island March 15th. Exactely 4 years after I was taken away. How's that for karma?!?!?!.
Anyway, not going to say much now other then I am incredible happy to be back. I'm sure you all can understand that.
In any case, I would love to see many of you again. I really don't give a damn if you stay with me or not but just seeing you all again would be fantastic.
Take care,
Always a friend,
Rick
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