tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post1301020087291024025..comments2024-02-25T02:00:04.601-03:00Comments on Qualidade de Vida: Down but not outJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14003236423048071844noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-77262357695448396962011-12-06T10:56:25.528-02:002011-12-06T10:56:25.528-02:00How aweful!! I am glad both of you are ok!How aweful!! I am glad both of you are ok!Corinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16339448999264153338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-63081334374128369242011-12-06T08:29:20.034-02:002011-12-06T08:29:20.034-02:00Thanks again, all. Getting my computer back up to ...Thanks again, all. Getting my computer back up to what I had is still an ordeal - but at least it is faster. Plus this is the perfect excuse to get my non-functioning 21 inch monitor fixed (the laptop is just 14 diagonally and less than 10 inches high...<br /><br />Rachel - more than one person has suggested your idea. But I smell racism when people automatically blame the housekeeper... But it is how brains work in Brazil. <br /><br />Since this thief is in the news as making his rounds, I disbelieve the inside job theory all the more.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14003236423048071844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-31079914372044715572011-12-06T07:35:43.033-02:002011-12-06T07:35:43.033-02:00Jim, is it possible that I smell a conspiracy and ...Jim, is it possible that I smell a conspiracy and maybe an inside job? OR have I just lived in Brazil too long and have gotten all paranoid? ;)<br /><br />Glad to hear you guys are taking steps to better safety. Sorry you had to go through this though! Scary, creepy, and so not funRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209527132116902328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-52508628319500817722011-12-05T23:20:18.148-02:002011-12-05T23:20:18.148-02:00That's so terrible. I can't believe the o...That's so terrible. I can't believe the odds with your story. Sometimes, it feels like you cross all your "t's" and dot all the "i's" so how could it happen?<br /><br />It's so scary that the guy did it with you being there. I hope you guys will get back to daily life. I am sure both of you are on shaky grounds. <br /><br />In New Orleans I was super scared of being robbed while at work. Too many drug addicts for one city. Thankfully it never happened. <br /><br />It's sucks about the loss of products. Brazil is already so costly. <br /><br />Take care.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346687833675750566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-34211434474421852302011-12-05T04:44:02.736-02:002011-12-05T04:44:02.736-02:00Dear Jim,
Don't feel bad. You are not ...Dear Jim,<br /><br /> Don't feel bad. You are not being negative at all.<br /> Crime is not a "Brazil" thing. It's a sad fact of life.<br /> We have couple of friends who were robbed in their apartment in Dallas just a couple of months ago, they adopted a bulldog to protect themselves.<br /> Gil and I have been robbed twice, once in Dallas and once in New England.<br /> I didn't feel really safe at all in Toronto last year while on vacation and we kept seeing Taxis with big "Red Light" on the back of their cars with a "Bumper sticker" that said: "If the red light is on the driver is being attacked or robbed, call the police", that freaked me out, really? Does it happen that often you need a red light to rescue taxi drivers from criminals?<br /> I see people getting robbed on the subway and at Penn Station in New York ALL.THE.TIME!<br /> I have to agree with Ginger, unfortunately, it's universal.<br /> Glad to hear you and Luiz are safe and will be safer from now on and like other folks have said here, you can replace the material things.<br /><br />Forte abraco<br /><br />RayAmerican Heart Brazilian Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049937328816904295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-23794165253330096932011-12-04T21:05:57.192-02:002011-12-04T21:05:57.192-02:00I'm glad that you and Luiz are safe. Sorry to ...I'm glad that you and Luiz are safe. Sorry to hear that you lost your possessions and hope that you guys are OK.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406213044166973862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-79447047546383367302011-12-04T19:44:49.160-02:002011-12-04T19:44:49.160-02:00This is not a Brasilian problem - entirely - I had...This is not a Brasilian problem - entirely - I had someone come into my home in Houston once. I woke and they were shining a pin light on my face to see if I was awake - luckly when they saw I was awake they left in a hurry, went out the front door - we would leave the key in the dead bolt. not a smart thing to do. My purse was on the table in the kitchen - not disturbed they had come into the bedroom to find my purse - so except for having the beejeebees scared out of me nothing was stolen nor injured. The came back two days later and tried to get in the back windows and set off the new burgler alarm....GingerVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501023251788210094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-16320121382829839042011-12-04T17:12:13.557-02:002011-12-04T17:12:13.557-02:00Aw Jim, I'm so sorry to hear about this =(.
...Aw Jim, I'm so sorry to hear about this =(. <br /><br />Like you said, thank god there was no violence! I'm glad you guys are safe! <br />I know what it's like to be robbed and it's not a fun/good experience at all. <br /><br />It's important to remember that material things can be replaced!! <br /><br />Abracos, <br />AlexAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601198151541361948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-57472549076873006902011-12-04T15:44:36.109-02:002011-12-04T15:44:36.109-02:00Yikes, Jim, so sorry to hear of this. Glad you'...Yikes, Jim, so sorry to hear of this. Glad you're both well, even if feeling a little emotionally beat up.bee and jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672833743830229469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-9119391499976174332011-12-04T15:44:09.480-02:002011-12-04T15:44:09.480-02:00thank you all - it was a wakeup call. We hate to l...thank you all - it was a wakeup call. We hate to live in fear... but we will build up our defenses. I insist on a free life!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14003236423048071844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-21775005465346966002011-12-04T14:51:40.110-02:002011-12-04T14:51:40.110-02:00So sorry.
Years ago TV news hosts Fatima Bernarde...So sorry. <br />Years ago TV news hosts Fatima Bernardes and William Bonner woke up in the middle of the night with a huge man in their bedroom. He entered in the apartment (in a condominium of high security in Barra) via a small rear window in the laundrette area. So you never can take care enough !Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03565051295371049516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-68720624951420255542011-12-04T14:03:15.482-02:002011-12-04T14:03:15.482-02:00Jim!! I cannot believe that this happened. I am so...Jim!! I cannot believe that this happened. I am so thankful that you both are safe. I was wondering where you have been.<br /><br />Oh- I have started a non-private blog about Brazil!<br />http://lifeinbarrabrazil.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Hope to catch up soon!<br /><br />SaraSNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17460572927503679630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-33658456395328600562011-12-04T13:26:16.015-02:002011-12-04T13:26:16.015-02:00how invasive and creepy, having that go on especia...how invasive and creepy, having that go on especially while you're in the next room...I hope you and Luis can re-own your sanctuary soon. You do still sound about as positive as someone could, writing about such an incident.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03971798802079783209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-87119194609902323372011-12-04T13:14:10.510-02:002011-12-04T13:14:10.510-02:00How awful :-( It's definitely a blessing tha...How awful :-( It's definitely a blessing that there was no violence. One of my English students recently had the same thing happen - and his apartment is on the fifth floor!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043287896001157919.post-45786296942455112002011-12-04T11:47:42.792-02:002011-12-04T11:47:42.792-02:00Oh, so sorry! Glad you are safe. We were robbed ...Oh, so sorry! Glad you are safe. We were robbed in AZ, and even though we weren't there it was such a pain to replace things and so violating. Take care!shellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09510233639065517643noreply@blogger.com