A1 WBarfieldsr on 18 Oct 2003 suggested:

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I to remember when I used a slide rule instead of a calculator, and a
computer was the size of a room. Progress has speeded up quicker and
quicker every year since the 1930s. Research is now being conducted
on Bio-Computers to be implanted directly into your brain and
electric motors the size of a molecule. That is happening right NOW,
not in the future. Don't you think it should and would be expected
that the majority of the people had refrigerators in a modern
civilized country like Mexico. I didn't say there weren't tribes in
backward countries existing without electricity. I was referring to
Mexico and It' millions of modern day type of living, you know
Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut, McDonalds and many more not mentioned. I think
you will find most Mexican people have refrigeration and modern
stoves. I would certainly think the chefs of Mexico does. What he is
describing, is what I would expect around the turn of the last
century, where most got around on donkeys or by horse. Where people
didn't think anything about brushing the blow flies away and buying
meat from a butcher doing business in an open air market. I think
there has been some progress since those days, or I hope so, with
meat and vegetable exportation to other countries.
I think it was an interesting post about how Mexican people lived in
the past, but not for modern day Mexico,

Your ignorance and ethnocentricity is very clearly showing in all
its blazing glory. Tell me, A1, how do you define "most"? Then explain
to me how people who have to live on a minimum wage of about USD $5.00
per day are able to afford a refrigerator that may cost USD $500.00,
while simultaneously paying for rent, food, clothing, water,
transportation, and other basic costs of living.

Sure the amenities exist in Mexico, but the vast majority of the
populace in Mexico can not afford them. In fact, most people do in fact
go to the market to get fresh produce, meat, cheese, and milk, when they
need it. Some of these markets are open air, and some are in
established covered buildings, and then there are grocery stores. This
is true even in major Metropolitan cities.

Anytime you want to see the real Mexico, let me know. I'll be
happy to take you on a guided tour of both the metropolitan Mexico, and
the Mexico the vast majority of the populace have to live in. Of
course, you would have to pay all expenses for your education.

--Douglas