Jumat, 30 November 2012
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"Sally" with uncrumpled port wing (with life preserver)
The funniest event, in the way that seeing somebody slip on a banana peel is funny, aboard the Salinan was something that happened when we were chasing a barge that had gotten loose in a hurricane and was drifting around in the Gulf of Mexico. We were assigned to go out, find it, capture it and tow it back to port. The only problem was the hurricane wasn't entirely over yet and the sea was still pretty rough with very large swells. Large waves tend to bounce and throw the ship around, whereas swells cause it to roll queasily back and forth.
We proceeded out of Key West, heading into the Gulf looking for this wayward barge. Eventually, with the help of radar and sharp-eyed lookouts up in the crow's nest (not really in the crow's nest, only figuratively—crow's nests went out with tall sailing ships), we found the old rust bucket helplessly bobbing around and rolling in the swells of the hurricane's aftermath. Needless to say, we, too, were rock and rolling enough to make American Bandstand dancers look completely arrhythmic. (American Bandstand was a popular rock 'n roll TV dance program in the 1950s.)
ooops!
I was on the wheel, as usual in tight circumstances, as we approached this rusty behemoth barge that was at least twice as big as the Sally. Our dipstick ROTC Ensign “had the con” (he was in charge of the operation) as we pulled in alongside the barge. The idea was to get a tow cable over and secure the barge so that it could be towed back to port. I looked out the wheelhouse portholes (windows to landlubbers) and could see this humongous derelict rolling dangerously close when I heard some shouting from the deck below that we were getting to close and should pull back before we collided. The Ensign, confused, didn't know what to do so, too late, the captain took over the con. By then, precious seconds had been wasted and the gap between us and the barge had narrowed too much. We were bobbing up and down and rolling left and right and so was the barge. Then the bobs and rolls lined up just right. Up came the barge and down we rolled onto it with our port (left) side bridge wing which caught and was pried up like the lid on a freshly opened tin can. Fortunately, everyone on the bridge wing scrambled quickly enough and no one was injured—except the Sally with her broken wing.
Our Ensign, red faced, quietly slunk away. Being an officer, he would not be reprimanded publicly by the captain in front of enlisted men like me. But I would have loved to be a fly on the wall in the officers' quarters later on. The captain was not happy.
After the collision the deck crew managed to get a line over to the barge and board it. The towing cable was attached and we headed back to port with what must have looked like a very funny profile from behind with one crumpled bridge wing sticking up in the air. And I could only imagine one very unhappy and humiliated Ensign confined in the wardroom to his bunk with an ice pack on his head.
Rabu, 28 November 2012
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NUEVAS CAMADAS
1- UNA HEMBRA HIJA DE *JIMMY VON DER ZENTEICHE Y DE PANGGY GRAFENBRUNN (HIJA DE TYSON KOTTERSBUCH)
2. PADRE: *OLIVER DE CASA BUSTAMANTE - MADRE: *TANELLI VOM HÜNEGRAB (HIJA DE LENNOX REGINA PACIS)DISPONIBLE UN MACHO (PELO DURO NORMAL)
Extraordinaria actuación del ovejerismo ecuatoriano y nicaragüense en el CAMPEONATO PANAMERICANO
COAPA-WUSV 2012 EN CHILE (english version below)
"Criar no es simplemente multiplicar, es el arte de mejorar"
Ing. Roberto Caputi
CHILCOA se vistió de gala para organizar el cuadragésimo sexto Campeonato Panamericano de Pastores Alemanes, en esta ocasión y por primera vez en la historia denominado COAPA-WUSV, al cual asistieron delegados, participantes e invitados especiales de 15 países.
VIDEO DE PRIMERA CATEGORÍA MACHOS
Este magno evento fue juzgado por dos de los más reconocidos jueces a nivel mundial, estos son: Margit Van Dorssen y Christoph Ludwig de Alemania, quienes cumplieron una jornada exitosa que fue elogiada por los asistentes.
La delegación ecuatoriana estuvo compuesta por su presidente el Ing. Roberto Caputi, el Vicepresidente Juan Carlos Ruales, así como también las Srta. Lorena Pazmiño, Roberto Caputi Jr., Dr. Juan Carlos Farfán, Edison Zurita, Darwin Echeverria - Africano, Wilson Castillo y Patricio Díaz. Nicaragua estuvo representado por el Ing. Aníbal Cruz en su calidad de presidente de APAN-Nicaragua.
VA1 COAPA-WUSV *OLIVER DE CASA BUSTMANTE PROP. R, CAPUTI - B. MARCOS
El criadero DI CASA CAPUTI, participó en esta justa internacional con algunos de sus ejemplares, destacando el extraordinario triunfo de su joven reproductor *OLIVER DE CASA BUSTAMANTE de apenas dos años y cuatro meses, hijo del consagrado *Athos New Van Horn. OLIVER, en una vibrante competencia obtuvo el máximo galardón al que puede acceder un pastor alemán nacido en América, proclamándose como el PRIMER CAMPEÓN PANAMERICANO VA1 COAPA-WUSV 2012, para deleite de la delegación ecuatoriana y del público multinacional presente en Santiago de Chile.
En esta ocasión también obtuvimos un extraordinario VA2 con Uris Godalu (J.G. Hernández), el Vicecampeonato Panamericano Joven con Renate Di Casa Caputi (A. Guerra- R.Caputi), SG3 con Rolan Di Casa Caputi (Sr. Zurita) y el SG9 con Ronda DCC (L. Pamiño - R.Caputi). Aprovechamos este párrafo para felicitar a JUAN CARLOS FARFÁN por el esfuerzo que dio sus frutos al obtener el Campeonato Panamericano en Tercera Categoría Machos con su joven Furbo de La Casa de Apolo, presentado magistralmente por Roberto Caputi Jr.
En esta epopeya todo inició el miércoles 21 de noviembre cuando partimos desde Quito, con la tranquilidad que nos daba el haber escogido a nuestro mejor representante, Oliver, y de haber hecho el trabajo previo de entrenamiento a conciencia, sin embargo, sabíamos que la competencia iba a ser extremadamente difícil, porque llegarían participantes de los principales paises del cono sur. Estuvieron presentes en este Coapa-WUSV varios VA´s de Argentina, el Sieger de Perú, el Sieger de Brasil, el Sieger de Uruguay y dos VA´s, el Sieger y varios VA´s de Chile, entre otros importados de Alemania.
Llegamos a Santiago el jueves, y, por las características de ciudad cosmopolita, no fue posible que Oliver y nuestros otros ejemplares pudieran dormir en un lugar adecuado, por lo que permanecieron todos esos días durmiendo en sus jaulas de viaje, con la incomodidad para ellos que esto significa. Finalmente, llegó el día esperado, aquel sábado 24 de noviembre en el cual se realizaron las pruebas de defensa. Darwin Echeverría - AFRICANO, estaba preparado física y mentalmente junto a su fiel compañero de batalla OLIVER. Fue así que se presentó seguro de haber hecho toda la previa, pero sin aspavientos.
Ingresó el binomio a la pista de pruebas de defensa, a la señal de la jueza Van Dorssen, el guia dio la orden a Oliver de sentarse, le quitó la trailla y caminó en FUSS SUELTO hasta que salió el figurante, quien lo encaró como corresponde. Oliver de inmediato lo sujetó de la manga y al cese de la lucha recibió la orden de Africano e inmediatamente soltó, manteniéndose en una perfecta vigilancia. Luego vino la prueba a distancia, Oliver estaba muy motivado, se lanzó con todo, y a la nueva orden de su guía volvió a soltar para el deleite del público presente. El veredicto de la jueza Van Dorssen fue: El guía mantiene control sobre el ejemplar, Coraje y espíritu de lucha destacados, suelta a la orden. MEJOR PRUEBA DE DEFENSA DEL COAPA-WUSV 2012.
Llegó el momento de la individual, Oliver realizó una muy dinámica y vigorosa presentación, la cual nos dejó satisfechos por el corazón que le puso, sin embargo era una competencia con verdaderos pastores alemanes cracks de la más alta calidad continental y nada estaba dicho hasta el día siguiente.
Ese sábado de noche fue eterno, esperando la gran jornada dominical, con un pronóstico de calor seco para el día decisivo. Si acaso dormimos tres horas, fue demasiado, pues las ansias podían más que nuestro cansancio.
Y llegó el gran día!
Oliver, el más joven de la categoría, fue llamado TERCERO entre casi 30 ejemplares, justo detrás del argentino Tayson McLodi y del alemán nacionalizado argentino Hulk Carrara y así transcurrieron unas cuatro vueltas, hasta que Hulk fue promovido justamente al primer puesto y Oliver al SEGUNDO. Estaba muy emocionante, la barra numerosa de argentinos alentaba a Hulk y Tayson, mientras que los amigos de Chile lo hacían por sus dos representantes y VA´s Ayak de Hausan Lit y Gandi Stuttgart. Más vueltas y más vueltas y Oliver se afianzaba en la pista, pues su firmeza de corvejones y de ligamentos en general demostraban el por qué cada vez se exige una mayor corrección en los aplomos posteriores.
Fue así que llegó el momento decisivo, el de la vuelta de trote con trailla y luego sin trailla. Africano estaba fresco, venía de obtener el tercer puesto en la difícil carrera de 10Km en Quito, Oliver ni se acordaba que había dormido tres días en una incómoda jaula de transporte. Hulk a la cabeza, Oliver detrás y la jueza dijo: "en la esquina troten una vuelta completa", Oliver inició su movimiento con mucho ímpetu, presionando en todo momento, pero con elegancia, sin caer en la provocación, sólo demostrando que tenía máquina Fórmula 1 y que merecía la gloria. Y así fue, al finalizar la vuelta con trailla, la jueza hizo la señal esperada y alzando la mano derecha indicó que suba al PRIMER lugar, lo cual fue festejado a rabiar por los ecuatorianos y público presente.
Al momento de la vuelta sin traílla, la suerte ya estaba casi echada, Africano junto a Oliver, literalmente dejaron el polvo, a tal punto que ya en la recta final se dio el lujo de levantar sus manos y bailar mientras trotaba y disfrutaba de las decenas de metros que sacó de ventaja de sus excelentísimos competidores, que en esta ocasión escoltaron a Oliver.
VIDEO DEL JUNTO SIN TRAILLA
Luego del paralelismo, Africano y Oliver imprimieron dos vueltas de un medio paso aplastante. Anduvo, anduvo, anduvo, hasta que la jueza dijo BASTA!, y, tal como Rubén Darío dijo, Oliver irguió la alta frente cual el gran Caupolicán.
VIDEO DE LA ÚLTIMA VUELTA
VIDEO DE LA SÚMULA DE LA JUEZA MARGIT VAN DORSSEN
Hasta la próxima! RC NOTA. VIDEOS Y FOTOS POR JUAN CARLOS RUALES Y OVEJERISMO.
"Breeding is not simply multiply, is the art of improving"
Ing. Roberto Caputi
CHILCOA dressed up to host the 46th GSD Pan American Championship, on this occasion, for the first time ever called WUSV COAPA, attended by delegates, participants and guests from 15 countries.This great event was judged by two of the most recognized worldwide, these are: Margit Van Dorssen and Christoph Ludwig from Germany, who met a successful day that was praised by attendees.
Our kennel DI CASA CAPUTI participated in this COAPA-WUSV SHOW with some of its best dogs, highlighting the extraordinary triumph of his young german shepherd * OLIVER DE CASA BUSTAMANTE, just two years and four months and son of the famous Latin American Athos New van Horn *. OLIVER, in a vibrant competition received the highest award that can be accessed by a German shepherd borned in America, claiming to be the first champion VA1 COAPA-WUSV 2012, to the delight of the Ecuadorian delegation and multinational public present in Santiago de Chile.
This time we also obtained the VA2 with Uris Godalu(JG Hernández), the Vicechampionship with Renate Di Casa Caputi (A. Guerra-R.Caputi), SG3 with Rolan Di Casa Caputi (Mr. Zurita) and Ronda Di Casa Caputi SG9 with (L. PAZMINO - R.Caputi). We take this paragraph to congratulate Juan Carlos Farfán for the effort paid off to get the Young Pan American Championship with his young Furbo de La Casa de Apolo, handled by Roberto Jr.
In this epic all started on Wednesday November 21st when we set off from Quito, with the reassurance that we had chosen the best of our representative, Oliver, and had done the job training prior to consciousness, however, we knew that the competition would be extremely difficult because the participants came from the main countries of the Southern Cone. In this Coapa-WUSV were present several VA's from Argentina, Peru Sieger, Brazil Sieger, Uruguay Sieger and two VA's, and several VA Siegers from Chile, among others imported from Germany.
We arrived in Santiago on Thursday, and due to the characteristics of a cosmopolitan city, it was not possible that Oliver and our other dogs could sleep in a proper place, so that all those days remained sleeping in their travel cages, with the discomfort that this means. Finally, the awaited day came, that Saturday November 24th in which they were schutzdienst. Darwin Echeverría - AFRICANO, was prepared physically and mentally with his faithful OLIVER.
With the signal of the Judge Van Dorssen, the handler gave the order to sit to Oliver, took the leash and walked out fuss without the leash, until the helper faced him properly . Oliver immediately grabbed him by the schutzarm and when finished the fighting, was ordered immediately to release by Africano, maintaining a perfect surveillance. Then came the second part at long distance, Oliver was very motivated, launched yet, and did a succesfull work to the delight of the audience. The verdict of the Judge Van Dorssen was: The handler maintains control over the dog, Courage and outstanding fighting spirit, release to the order. BEST BITE WORK of COAPA-WUSV 2012.
Then came the individual stand, Oliver made a very dynamic and energetic presentation that left us satisfied because he put the heart, however was a real competition with Top German Shepherds of the highest quality in all America´s and nothing was said till the next day.
That Saturday night was eternal, waiting for the big day Sunday, with a forecast of dry heat to the decisive day. We could not sleep for more than three hour, we were really anxious.
Then came the big day!
Oliver, the youngest one in the working class, was called third among nearly 30 competitors, just behind the argentine Tayson McLodi and the german nationalized argentine Hulk Carrara , and so, spent about four laps until Hulk was just promoted to first place and Oliver to the SECOND . It was very exciting, all the argentinian people were clapping to Tayson and Hulk, while Chile's friends did for his two representatives and VA's Ayak Hausan Lit and Gandi Stuttgart. More and more rounds ... and Oliver was really doing his best job, as his firmness of hocks and ligaments in general showed why wordlwide all GSD specialsits look for better rear angulations as well as firmness.
Then came the time of trotting around with leash and then without leash. Africano was cool, came to get the third place in the 10km race in Quito, Oliver did not even remember that he had slept three days in an uncomfortable transport cage. Hulk to the head, then Oliver, and the judge said: " trot a full round in the corner ", Oliver started his movement with a lot of power, pushing at all times, but elegantly, without falling into the provocation, just proving he had a Formula 1 machine and he deserved the glory. And so, at the end of the round with leash, the judge made the expected signal and said raising his right hand to move to first place, which was celebrated wildly by Ecuadorians and audience.
Upon return without leash, all was almost done, alongside Africano, Oliver literally left the dust, so much that in the final he had the luxury of raising their hands and dancing while jogging and enjoying because of the tens of meters ahead of their excellent competitors , that this time escorted Oliver.
After the parallelism, Africano and Oliver printed two laps of a half pass overwhelmingly. They walked, walked, walked, until the judge said STOP, and all was done!
See you next! RC
RESULTADOS COMPLETOS DE PRIMERA CATEGORÍA MACHOS:
S E L E C C I O N A D O S M A C H O S ( 2 4 m e s e s e n a d e la n t e c o n e x a m e n ) 1 . V A O L I V E R D E C A S A B U S T A M A N T E L E R / A C O A . 1 4 0 6 7 N A C . 2 4 . 0 5 . 2 0 1 0 C H I P . 9 8 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 5 8 5 3 7 D C F ” a ” P O R : A T H O S N E W V A N H O R N – K O R A D E C A S A B U S T A M A N T E C . R A F A E L B U S T A M A N T E – P R O P . R O B E R T O C APUTI / B O S C O M A R C O S ( E C U A D O R )
2 . V A . A Y A K D E H A U S A N L I T R G C H . 3 5 6 5 8 N A C . 1 3 0 2 . 2 0 1 0 T A T . ( B C - 3 2 6 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d i t a d a P O R : B E B E T O V O N H A U S M A U A N D R Y – R O M M A V O N H A U S F I G ’S C . Y P R O P . A N D R E S D R O G U E T T ( C H I L E )
3 V A . H U L K V O N C A R R A R A S Z . 2 2 3 6 6 2 9 N A C . 2 5 . 0 4 . 2 0 0 9 T A T ( P - B 6 3 5 1 ) D C F ” a ” c r i a a c r e d it a d a P O R : F L O R O D E G L I A C H E I – L A R A V O M H A U S W A L L R A P P C . Y P R O P . L U I S A L B E R T O H A E D O ( A L E M A N I A )
4 . V A G A N D I V O N S T U T T G A R T R G C H . 3 5 5 0 7 N A C . 0 3 . 0 6 . 2 0 0 9 T A T . ( 3 5 5 0 8 1 ) D C F “ a ” c r i a a c r e d it a d a P O R : F I L O U V O M B A R U T H E R L A N D – P I A V O N S T U T T G A R T C . M A R I A G A J A R D O – P R O P . G O N Z A L O D E L A B A R R A ( C H I L E )
5 . V A E R O S A I L I N N E Y E N P O A . 2 8 5 9 2 1 N A C . 0 7 . 0 2 . 2 0 1 0 T A T . ( B B 3 1 1 5 ) D C F ” a ” P O R . F L A M E N C O V O N O A S I S – L U I S A N A D E A I L I N N E Y E N C . S E B A S T I A N P E R A S T O – P R O P . C A R L O S P O R R E T T I ( A R G E N T I N A )
6 V A T A Y S O N V O N D E R M C . L O D I P O A . 2 8 6 3 7 0 N A C . 1 5 . 0 3 . 2 0 1 0 T A T . ( X B 7 5 3 9 D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d it a d a P O R : A I R F O R C E V O N H A U S F E R – B R I N A V O N D E R M C . L O D I
C . D A R I O L O P E Z – P R O P . R U B E N R E I N A ( A R G E N T I N A ) 7 . V A C A L L E V O M U C K E R L A N D S Z . 2 2 1 2 5 3 5 N A C . 1 4 . 1 2 . 2 0 0 7 T A T . ( Z - E 1 4 8 0 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d i t a d a P O R D U X D E C U A T R O F L O R E S – A N G I E V O M U C K E R L A N D C a t a l o g o C O A P A 2 0 1 2 P á g i n a 2 8 C . V O L K E R T A M M S – P R O P . J O R G E V I A N O ( A L E M A N I A )
8 E X . D A R D O V O N D I E N E U N T E R P O A . 2 6 5 5 4 8 N A C . 2 9 . 1 1 . 2 0 0 7 T A T . ( M A 4 8 6 5 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d it a d a A M A D E U S D E L Z A F I R O A Z U L – G U I L E R M I N A V O N D E R C L O U D C . J O S E A R R I O L A – P R O P . D A N T E O M A R G A L F O ( A R G E N T I N A )
9 E X . A P O L O V O N R O B E R T C O P P O A . 2 7 4 2 1 7 N A C . 1 7 . 1 0 . 2 0 0 8 T A T . ( B Y 0 4 0 7 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d it a d a P O R : H I P O L I T O D E L A G U A A Z U L – P E L U S A V O N D E L C A N N E C . R O B E R T O M O U R L A A S – P R O P . O S V A L D O B E R T O I A ( A R G E N T I N A )
1 0 E X . G I B O R V O N H A U S G R A F A N T P O A . 2 6 2 0 9 5 N A C . 0 8 . 0 6 . 2 0 0 7 ( S A 6 1 8 3 ) D C F ” a ” c r í a a c r e d it a d a P O R : G R A N D O V O N D E L D I D O – O R N E L L A V O N H A U S G R A F A N T C . C A R L O S M O R A L – P R O P . V I C E N T E C A M I N O S ( A R G E N T I N A )
1 1 . E X V A L O F V O N D E R U R B E C K E S Z . 2 1 9 0 3 5 2 N A C . 2 . 1 0 . 2 0 0 6 T A T . ( F - K 5 6 3 6 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d it a d a P O R : B A Z I V O N D E R U R V E C K E – H E N N Y V O N D E R U R B E C K E C . F R I E D R I C H S T E N N E R – P R O P . V A L E R I A N O G A R C I A ( A L E M A N I A )
1 2 E X M E R L I N V O N K A R A J A N R G C H . 3 5 1 5 5 N A C . 0 2 . 1 0 . 2 0 0 9 T A T . ( B C - 2 1 9 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d it a d a P O R . D O N V O N R U T A L – P A T A V O N K A R A J A N C . M A R C E L O B R A V O – P R O P . M A R C E L O B R A V O Y A L E J A N D R O H U E T T ( C H I L E )
1 3 E X . E L O Y V O N E D E L W E I S S R G C H . 3 0 7 7 9 N A C . 1 0 . 4 0 . 2 0 0 7 T A T . ( W - 7 6 8 ) D C F ” a ” c r i a a c r e d it a d a P O R . J A N U S V O M H O L T K A M P E R S E E – G I S E L L E V O N E D E L W E I S S C . O S V A L D O C A M U S – P R O P . D A V I D G U I T A R D ( C H I L E )
1 4 E X M A T U T E D E L A D U L C E L A I K A P O A . 2 7 4 7 7 6 N A C . 0 2 . 1 1 . 2 0 0 8 T A T . ( Q H 0 0 1 3 ) D C F ” a ” c r i a a c r e d it a d a P O R C O C U V O N H A U S G Ö B R A – A G N E T T A D E L A D U L C E L A I K A C . M A R C E L A Q U I R O G A – P R O P . A L E X I S K O L B ( A R G E N T I N A )
1 5 . E X D A R U S V O N H A U S I N G A R D T R G C H . 3 2 9 3 1 N A C . 0 5 . 0 4 . 2 0 0 8 ( T E - 0 0 7 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d it a d a P O R : G H A N D I V O N H A U S W A R – B E R N Y V O N D E R V A T E R H A U S C . S E R G I O M O N S A L V E – P R O P . J A V I E R L E O N
1 6 E X . E T O O V O N H O W A R D R G C H . 3 4 0 4 3 N A C . 0 7 . 0 3 . 2 0 0 9 T A T . ( A B - 2 4 4 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d i t a d a P O R : F I L O U V O M B A R U T H E R L A N D – J A S E L V O N H O W A R D C . Y P R O P . K A T H E R I N E M A C M I L A N ( C H I L E )
1 7 E X . G R A N D O A U S V I L L A L A N D R G C H . 3 4 1 9 0 N A C . 0 9 . 1 2 . 2 0 0 7 T A T . ( 3 2 8 4 2 0 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d it a d a P O R : M O R T I Z V O M K U C K U C K S L A N D – J O G A V O N G I S E L L E C . H E C T O R V I L L A G R A – P R O P . J U A N C A R L O S M E R I Ñ O ( C H I L E )
1 8 E X . G U R I B Y Q U E I R O Z R G C H . 3 8 7 8 8 N A C . 2 4 . 0 8 . 2 0 1 0 T A T . ( C A 1 5 2 2 3 ) D C F ” a ” P O R . C E L I O V O N D E R T R I V I – A L F A D E L A N I A L C . M A R I A N O Q U E I R O Z – P R O P . C A R L O S C A S T E L ( A R G E N T I N A )
1 9 E X . F A C U N D O V O N H A U S A R A N D A R G C H . 3 3 9 5 0 N A C . 2 0 . 0 2 . 2 0 0 9 T A T . ( X L - 0 5 3 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d . P O R : B O S S V O M O X S A L I S – B I R K E A R I A S S T R A S S E L C . Y P R O P . J U L I O A R A N D A ( C H I L E )
2 0 . E X D A K A R V O N C A S T E L S T R A S S E R G C H . 3 6 7 2 3 N A C . 0 7 . 0 4 . 2 0 1 0 T A T . ( T E - 2 0 4 ) D C F ” a ” P O R : F E D O R V O M A L T - C H I C U R E O – J A D E V O N F L U K E C . C A R L O S C A S T E L – P R O P . C H A R I F R A S S E ( C H I L E )
2 1 . E X E R G O D E L A P U E N T E A L T A R G C H . 3 3 5 9 5 N A C . 2 0 . 1 2 . 2 0 0 8 ( A B - 0 5 5 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d i t a d a F I L O U V O M B A R U T H E R L A N D – A L C I N A D E S A N T A C L E M E N T I N A C . P A T R I C I O L E T E L I E R – P R O P . F E L I P E E S C O B A R ( C H I L E )
2 2 E X . A L K V O N S T U A R T R G C H . 3 5 3 6 1 N A C . 0 8 . 0 7 . 2 0 0 9 T A T . ( C H - 8 8 3 ) D C F ” a ” c r i a a c r e d it a d a P O R : S I R K V O M H O L T K Ä M P E R S E E – M A L E N A V O N R U T A L C . Y P R O P . O S C A R S T U A R D O ( C H I L E )
2 3 M B . A Z O R H U N D E N V O N N O R D E N S R G C H . 3 2 3 9 5 N A C . 1 1 . 0 4 . 2 0 0 8 . ( U - 1 1 1 ) D C F ” a ” c r ia a c r e d . P O R : D A R E K V O N H A U S V I G N A – E C H U N D E R A Y E N M A P U C . M A R I O F A U N D E Z – P R O P . S E B A S T I A N C A S T R O ( C H I L E )
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Cibola
In 1513, Ponce de Leon, a Spanish Conquistador probably looking for gold and slaves, named it La Florida—the flowery land. And it really seemed like the fabled land of Cibola, the mythical golden land that attracted the Conquistadors in the 16th Century, after the sailor-phobic Norfolk, Virginia area.
Biscayne Blvd., Miami
We rolled into Miami on US Rte. 1 in brilliant blue sky and sunshine; Biscayne Boulevard lined with coconut palms on both sides as far as the eye could see, behind the palms glass-covered buildings glittering in the sun seemingly made of gold—the mythical golden land of Eldorado just like in the travel posters. We rolled down Biscayne in a kind of delirium of ecstasy unable to absorb the beauty of the scene quickly enough to satisfy our appetite for...what?...rain after a long drought.
Fountainbeau Hotel, Miami Beach
Miami and Miami Beach in those days were already, of course, well-known tourist resort towns, but they were still not overly spoiled by too much emphasis on tourism (or, at least, didn't seem that way to us), and the alligators weren't romping in your swimming pool yet, either. At any rate we didn't have the kind of money or time to truly sample the delights of Miami; we were due to report to our new assignments in Key West and were compelled to continue south on US Rte. 1 all the way to the tip of Florida and across the Overseas Highway to Key West, the southern end of US Rte. 1.
Key West, Florida
Gatch and I said good-bye when we arrived in Key West and went on to our new assignments, I to the USS Salinan.
Did you ever meet someone you took an instant dislike to without ever having exchanged two words? That turned out to be the case with my division officer—a snotty ROTC wonder Ensign (lowest ranking officer) who gave himself credit for a lot more than he actually had on the ball. And, I suppose, the feeling was mutual—as far as the dislike not the on-the-ball part was concerned. I had, by now, more time and experience in the Navy and at sea than he did, but he was an officer and I was just a dumb swabbie as far as he was concerned (even though I was QM3 [3rdClass Petty Officer] by then). Our denouement came later although our mutual antagonism occurred instantaneously.
drive in restaurant
Life aboard the “Sally” was relatively leisurely paced so we had a lot of liberty time to enjoy the exotic locale of the Florida Keys, especially having a car on base. A couple of shipmate buddies and I used to jump in my old '55 Ford and drive along US 1, go to one beach or another often stopping at roadside restaurants for lunch or dinner before coming back to Key West and the Sally. Back in 1961, a more innocent time, some of these restaurants had catchy signs to attract the attention of passing cars like, for example, the interesting sculpture on the right. They may still have them to this day for all I know.
Road buddy (a.k.a. my wife), who works freelance as a translator, got a call from an agency she does work for last week wanting to know if I'd be interested in doing a one off gig. I said it depends, what do they want me to do? The idea was that I would go to (松江) Matsue (a city about 2 ½ hours from here on the Japan Sea coast by train) and meet with a couple of consultants who wanted to get a foreigner's take on what would make tourism more appealing for foreigners in Matsue [pronounced mat-sue-ay as in way].
The notion of a day trip sounded appealing but I wanted to know what they were looking at in terms of compensation, i.e., money. It turned out that they were offering train fare but only what I considered to be inadequate pay for the time and effort I would have to put into it (it was an all day commitment including time on the train and the gig itself), so I turned it down.
Yakumo - train from Okayama to Matsue
SRO
A few days later we got another call and they said that they would pay the amount that I had quoted. I agreed, and the following day, the start of a three-day weekend, I went to the station to catch the 10:05 a.m. train [called Yakumo] to Matsue. There is a famous shrine called Izumo-taisha associated with a story from Japanese mythology not far west from Matsue that was having a big festival. A lot of people were taking the same train to go to (出雲市) Izumo it turned out. Fortunately I got to the station early, but the queue was already pretty long for the Matsue/Izumo train. I was able to get a seat but the train was crowded with a standing room only crowd filling up the aisle.
I arrived at Matsue (means Pine Cove) Station around 12:40 p.m. and met the consultants. It turned out that neither of them spoke English and I was forced to use my far from fluent Japanese. Another foreigner had also been hired for the gig and she soon arrived, a young woman from Australia. Without going into a lot of detail, they wanted us to walk around a couple of shopping areas and get our impression of how appealing these shops would be to foreign tourists.
Matsue Castle - 松江城
Lafcadio Hearn
There is a very nice feudal castle made of wood in Matsue. It's one of the few authentic wood construction castles left in Japan; many others, including ours in Okayama, are merely replicas made of concrete. The city was also the first home of a Western writer named Lafcadio Hearn who came to Japan in the 19th Century and translated Japanese legends and ghost stories into English. Although these would be the sites of primary interest to foreign tourists, we weren't asked to visit them, but to restrict our attention to the shopping arcades, which we duly and diligently did.
young people doing a traditional dance - outside Matsue Station
tourist bus
The weather was iffy, an on and off light rainy day, but we walked around for a couple hours [I took a few random photos along the way] and then had a debriefing session with the consultants. Basically we told them that the most important things they should do was to have more English speakers in shops and signs/menus in English as well as Japanese (we had seen no English menus, for example, and only one shopkeeper I met spoke any English). We also advised them to catch up to the Internet age by getting their information on online sites such as tripadvisor, booking.com, lonely planet, etc., where people could get advance information to help in making a travel decision.
period boat on old castle moat
perfect for a rainy day
beautiful garden in expensive Japanese restaurant
one of the 7 good luck gods in Shinto
holy of holies in a Shinto shrine - the small building in back with the horned roof
a rather quaint izakaya - bar/restaurant
mobile Starbucks giving away free latte samples
weary travelers on the night train
another weary traveler on the night train
how things look to a bleary-eyed traveler on the night train
We finished earlier than expected and I had almost an hour to kill before catching my train back home. I decided to check the schedule board for the platform number and noticed that I had time to catch an earlier train. A very kind ticket man helped me to change my seat reservation to the earlier train. I finally arrived back in Okayama around 7:45 p.m., road buddy picked me up and we came back home and I had a much appreciated soak in the bathtub and then we both had a Rusty Nail [scotch and Drambuie].
Selasa, 20 November 2012
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Iwas having a beer and a bite at my favorite izakaya after my evening classes recently when Matt walked in the door. I hadn't seen him all summer and I asked where he'd been hiding himself. Said he'd gone back to the States for a few weeks for a going-home-again nostalgia tour of the old hometown and seeing family and old friends. He asked: “Mind if I join you?” “No, of course not, sit down and have a beer or two. Have you eaten? The yakitori is really good tonight,” I said. We called the waitress over and Matt ordered.
“How was your trip to the hometown?” I asked.
“A lot of things've changed, but there's always a certain familiarity about the place. For one thing it's so easy to communicate. You understand everybody and everything and they understand you,” Matt said. “Well, we speak the same language anyway, but might not be coming from the same philosophical or political perspective. You know what I mean?”
“Oh, yeah! None of that 'Sorry, can you say that again more slowly, please. I'm still learning Japanese.' Yeah, after almost 30 years like I'm still learning Japanese, right? Anything interesting happen while you were there?” I asked.
“Well, yeah, I had a bit of culture shock in a way.”
"How do you mean?”
“My father died some 25 years ago and he's buried in a cemetery that's at the end of the street we used to live on when I was a 10-year-old kid. I decided to go and pay my respects and then walked down the street to see the old neighborhood. This bar/cafe that Dad used to hang out in called the Rendezvous Cafe was still there. They used to serve really great fish and chips and my Mom used to order some and send me across the street to pick it up for Friday night dinner. You know, good Catholics, meatless Friday and all that stuff. The place was looking a little the worse for wear. The whole neighborhood looked more dilapidated than I remember it being in those days.”
“Isn't that the way it is with the old hometown, though? Who was it said 'you can't go home again?' I was shocked when I drove through my old neighborhood some years ago. The town had fallen on tough times with the loss of its major industries and looked really like those rust belt cities you hear about with the main street full of empty stores—like a ghost town almost. The few people I saw on the streets looked sort of aimless and as shabby as the buildings—sort of like ghosts themselves,” I added.
“I know what you mean,” he said and continued. “I went into the cafe for auld lang syne's sake, I suppose, and sat at the bar and ordered a beer. There weren't many people at that time of day, but there was this mid-twenties looking guy with a beer at the other end of the bar. He was a pretty good-looking guy in a conventional Hollywood blue collar movie kind of way. He was wearing jeans and a t-shirt, a couple of tats, pierced earring, baseball cap with the brim turned backwards—typical Gen X uniform, I thought. He looked a little down at the mouth, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, hoisting his beer glass and eying me surreptitiously as though he recognized me.”
“Did you recognize him?” I asked.
“Never saw him before in my life. But, he came to a decision and stood up and came over to me and asked: 'Sorry to bother you, but ain't you Matt Lambert?' 'Yes, I am, but how do you know that?' I asked him. 'I haven't lived around here in decades, since probably before you were born.'”
“You still had no idea who he was?”
“Not a clue.”
“Well, what then?”
“He told me that his name was Jason. He had seen a picture of me taken a couple years earlier at his Aunt Nicole's place on one of my previous visits to the area. Nicole is one of my cousin's kids and she was one of my favorites when she was just a little girl.”
“Quite a coincidence.”
“Uh-huh, it's a small world. I laughed and said: 'Oh, I've heard about you from Nicole. You're Sharon's oldest boy, aren't you. I remember your Mom when she was a little girl. I'm not doing anything special right now. Why don't we have another beer and chew the rag a little? There's an empty booth over there, more private. On me.' 'Yeah, cool!' he said.”
Matt continued: “We picked up a couple more beers and moved over to a booth and I asked if he had gone to the same high school I had attended. He said he had but had gotten into some trouble dealing drugs and had dropped out in the 9th Grade.”
“Hm, doesn't sound like the start of an auspicious story,” I commented.
“You got that right. The kid' story made my hair stand on end. I didn't let on, but I had heard some of his story from his aunt—bad environment, bad companions, three kids with different women, done time more than once, etc. Still, I felt compelled to listen to his latest travails. There was something moving at the core of this, I can only say tragic young man's story. There was a kind of semi-literate poetry in it. It reminded me of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska album, describing life on the margins of society. Also Tracy Chapman's grainy black and white takes on the yearning to break out of poverty, want and ignorance. I was frankly mesmerized by his desperate need to express his frustrations with the trap he finds himself in. I'll try to reconstruct the conversation in his own words and odd manner of expression.”
“By all means, please, go on. It sounds intriguing,” I said.
at the Rendezvous Cafe
Matt: I can't help but notice you look like you're carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.
Jason: i am in a messed up situation. everyone always wanted me to be the best i could and do good for myself and the kids. and it getting difficult to do good.
Matt: What do you mean?
Jason:i had a house job vehicle and wat not in nebraska. well i travelled back from nebraska to make a difference. kaylee and my son begged me to come home and help me fix everything.
Matt:Oh, you were living in Nebraska?
Jason: yeah i had a warrent for me here and i ran. so i come back and turned my self in for that warrent i had and wat not. got out in march on parole. got a job what not had a job for 4 month and put it under the table for the extra money so me and kaylee could get up on our feet.
Matt:Sounds like you did the right thing.
Jason:and well about two weeks ago she finally got up and stop being lazy and got a job at wendys here. that was awesome till she got jealous about how i make 12 n hour and she made minumum wage. i figured hey regardless it should not matter that is our money for us to survive and get this house i been trying to get for us and the lil one.
Matt:Sure. Double income ... all in the family.
Jason:well for the past three weeks she been lying, cheating, and took 2600 dollars from me. i left that to the side in my head and still tryed cuz i love her and always have plus those two lil kids are my life and know i am daddy.
Matt: Oh, you have two kids?
Jason:yeah one is mine and hers and one is hers with another dude. i enrolled both kids into skool and what not. so last week she called my job on some crazy stuff. so then no more job. took all my ways to live.
Matt:You got fired?
Jason: yeah now we been having dcf [Department of Children and Families] in our life plus she smash a window a month ago and i got arrested for it. and payed for it and would not prove to the courts i did so they want like 350 bucks. cuz she wont prove it.
Matt: So you still owe $350?
Jason: uh-huh. then last weekend she took off to the bar and got drunk. i culd not get her a ride back so i walked there and got her and drove.
Matt: Why were you walking?
Jason: i aint got a license so she had the car. well as we driving she spazzed said "jump on the highway". well i did and got pulled over. i was honest with officer. he let me and her go with a sitation. well we both got hauled in to court. so another charge for helping her. i said to my self what ever.
Matt: Getting deeper in the hole...
Jason: yeah and well it keeps building cuz in the middle last week i been watching her come home everynight all messed up on drugs. and i am watching the kids over 60 hour a week. no time for me to get a job. over the weekend she string me along and sunday night went psyco on me and tells me to get the fuck out her home and dont think seeing ur kids ever again. she gots some of my stuf and wat not stole all my money couple thousand. then we had to go to court yesterday and she never came so now she has a warrent and by next month i will have over a thousand dollars in fines with no job.
Matt: Shit!
Jason:there is more. this been going on for awhile. and it sux cuz i love her and i am a totally dif person. now i am stuck between a rock and a hard shell. i feel that i was purposly fucked with. i had a house job vehicle and wat not in nebraska dropped everything for them now it was all ripped from me and i am now deep in the whole finantally and there in no need.
Matt: Damn, when it rains it pours. What now?
Jason: i am keeping my cool. but i dont know how long i can. i am sick of the family and the system looking at me as the bad guy when truthfully i want a honest living and comfortable. i got a big heart and get toyed with.... i just do what i am asked by the family and for myself and get trashed on. i need guide and help. i got 5 flonys on my record and it seems like it dont stop even when i try. i been clean for 3 yrs. and love to work. i wish it would stop. i want to be able to smile and i am affraid now that the system is goin to take my kids. i dont got no one to talk too. thank u for listening.
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