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Phil Johnson commented about Plans to Make Backpacks in Guatemala, On Monday February 1st, 2010 05:06:29 AM
Finally we have a product designed and produced by someone who uses it every day and not by a madison avenue executive who doesn't even pack his own pen to the board room.
Let me know when you get it in production. I want one. What dimensions do you plan on.
thanks
Phil
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Phil Johnson commented about FTC Guide Governing Endorsements Testimonials, On Sunday January 31st, 2010 03:54:23 AM
Do not compromise. One of the values of Hobo Traveler is that we always get, what has been picturesquely described as " the straight griffin or the dinkum oil. In us navy terms we used to call it the "straight skinny". We trust what you say.
keep up the good work.
Phil
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Phil Johnson commented about Hobo Makes Wrong Turn in Haiti, On Thursday January 7th, 2010 08:18:18 PM
Hi Andy. I have made a few wrong turns in my life. I try not to make that mistake as much as is possible. I totally agree about the time limit. There are places where I go that I have to impose the time limit on. I must admit that the western pacific has a magnetic attraction that I never get too much of. Maybe it has a little to do with the nice people who are permanent friends here. I look forward to reading your blogs on the Dominican Republic.
Phil
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Phil Johnson commented about Haiti a Taste of Africa, On Wednesday January 6th, 2010 06:41:04 AM
So we get them all maytags and then they can sit and watch the maytag do the work. Then they can be alone and then wonder when they can afford an exercise machine so they can lose the pounds they gained while they sat by themselves and watched the maytag. Or we can let them have their social time together and be exercising while they do some work. Do they look especially unhappy. Maybe they haven't been told yet that they are really unhappy.
Or if we could build enough maytags then the whole world could get fat and die of early diabetes. What a happy thought. Misery loves company.
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Phil Johnson commented about Haiti a Taste of Africa, On Tuesday January 5th, 2010 11:13:49 PM
I totally agree with you. We have no right to go about imposing our ways of life on other countries and people. We condemn history for doing it. Why do we spend so much time and money repeating the mistakes we acknowledge.
Why should we tell a woman washing clothes on a river bank she is unhappy because she does not have a car payment, credit card payment and a membership in a tennis club. It is our right to belong to a golf country club, be a stock broker, and get old and die of a stress induced heart attack at age 45. But we should not tell her she has to follow in our footsteps. And we should not put a guilt trip on her by hiring a bunch of NGO types to come and tell her should convert to our religion.
We have NGO missionaries here where I live in the Philippines. They stay at $150 dollar per night hotels, drink a fifth of whiskey or rum every night and use really foul language. There are lots of very nice hotels in Manila for $40 us per night. And you do not have to be chronically drunk to be a good missionary.
Why do we consider an Iraqi woman living in a bombed out apartment with no water, and no electricity fortunate because we are there. But we consider the happy woman on the river bank unhappy and unfortunate because we haven't yet invaded her country and bombed it. I think a lot of unhappy people try to be happy by putting their guilt trips on other happy people
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Phil Johnson commented about Should I Compare Countries, On Sunday January 3rd, 2010 03:16:14 PM
I like it when you compare countries. It gives a standard to measure by. I have thought about your post in which you said that people sometimes see what they want to see. It is so totally human nature and a natural conditioned response. I have noticed that people hear what they are familiar and what they are conditioned to hear. It all has to do with expectations.
Your blog on love hotels let me see things on two levels. It is almost surreal. It is an interesting way to think about any country including the USA. But I am an incurable optimist and tend to inject my optimism and enjoyment of life into my evaluations of places and people and the way I see them. I enjoy reading hobo traveler. Keep up the good work.
Phil
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Phil Johnson commented about 2010 Internships with HoboTraveler.com, On Friday January 1st, 2010 01:48:46 PM
Great idea. It will benefit a lot to people and certainly give them a new perspective on what it takes to do your job. Keep up the good work.
Phil
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Phil Johnson commented about My Aspirations in the World of Haiti, On Saturday December 26th, 2009 09:20:31 PM
Wow. That was philosophy 401. I had to do a copy and past of that blog. You hit the nail square on the head. A 12th century traveler said "when you go to Rome take Rome with you". I have never forgotten that. I have been a traveler, adventurer, and career mariner all my adult life. I live for what is around the next corner and over the next horizon. I am so incredibly blessed to have the health, financial resources, and ability to be truly happy and love life.
I smile and say good morning and am constantly rewarded with a smile and kindness. I live for travel and meeting people. I agree with Andy, people are universal.
thanks Andy.
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Phil Johnson commented about Mating Takes Precedence Over Travel, On Saturday October 24th, 2009 09:58:08 AM
I travel because I love it. I like seeing new places and meeting new people. I take a lot of pictures and my family loves to view them and chat about my travels. But I was sort of forced to travel to work and it became a lifestyle I love.
I spent 20 years in the US Navy and served on 5 different aircraft carriers and had to live overseas in Japan for one tour and one complete tour in Hawaii. Fortunately my family was able to live with me when I was posted to Hawaii and them on to Japan.
I love sailing and it looks like my dream has come true. I will be able to combine travel, and adventure and love as my wonderful first mate says she wants to sail with me.I feel truly blessed.and very fortunate.
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