On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:43:02 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 7/18/2016 9:38 AM, The Greatest! wrote:
>> On Sunday, 17 July 2016 14:28:39 UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
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>>> Those are quite contrasting experiences there. I like the sound of
>>> those sandwiches. I *especially* like the idea of no generic fast food
>>> places contaminating the place, and much of contemporary western
>>> culture, for that matter.
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>> Ya gotta love a snotty statement like this, declaring that a place should remain dirt poor, just so rich foreigners like himself can keep the place to themselves. Some think that Cuba should remain some sort of closed "socialist Disneyland", unsullied by modernity. Pretty shameful...
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>I imagine it will have the same facade for decades but they sure deserve
>every modern convenience that we have. Just as many cities in Europe
>maintain historic districts, behind the walls are electric lights!
>
>I have to wonder though, in a year or so of open tourism and cruise ship
>invasions will they say "Yankee, go home"

I dunno, but I wish them well and a little more prosperity in their
lives. I asked one of them what Fidel does these days and he said he
lives on an island (not far from where we were) thinks he is still
wonderful and has some women around him, not that he is wonderful
there either