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gab13by13

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2. Yup, I was working in Santiago, Chile during the Iraq War

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 10:53 AM

19 hrs ago

There were anti-war signs all over the city.

I was eating my supper at a Ruby Tuesdays one night and my 19 year old waitress told me she knew all about life, I was all ears.

She says, smart people know that they are stupid but stupid people don't know that they're stupid, and Bush is stupid,

That was a bit of a jolt because I found the people of Chile to be almost shy.

One of the first things I did when I arrived in Chile was to let them know I hated Bush and Republicans, they were still very pissed about Pinochet.

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Yup, I was working in Santiago, Chile during the Iraq War gab13by13 19 hrs ago #2

Such a shame about the election of markodochartaigh 19 hrs ago #4

There's a couple threads up right now, asking if we've changed. So I guess we kinda passed the test. Swede 19 hrs ago #5