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“Bellavista” means “beautiful view.” I can’t argue with that.
Recruit Me… PLEASE!
One of today’s headline stories concerns Rick Pitino, basketball coach and high priest of the Louisville Cardinals. The headline said that he was ‘effectively’ fired. I don’t follow the sport very closely but I do know he has been very successful over the years. The fact that I even recognized his name is testimony.
So I was curious as to why a highly successful college basketball coach would be fired, ‘effectively’ or otherwise. When we see a high profile firing like this, two things come to mind, two things that come to mind in ANY scandal: Money or sex. In this particular case, we hit the daily double.
College sports are big bu$ine$$. BIG. Having a winning team requires recruiting the best young athletes possible. Rick Pitino and his crew did a very good job of that. Sadly, it seems to have involved breaking the rules and even the law.
The story I read alleges that high school prospects were given illegal payments. This followed Pitino and his crew being sanctioned by the N.C.A.A for providing PROSTITUTES to potential recruits. DAMN! I sure wish I was younger, taller, and had some athletic ability. Oh well! Luckily I can afford my own prostitutes… there’s that.
Were all these high school recruits over 18? I have no idea but I have my doubts. I am not an investigative reporter and don’t really care except that if an ordinary person were convicted of that type of ‘human trafficking,’ I doubt it would only merit a wrist slap.
But I guess I am just resentful because nobody values my rebounding ability enough to comp me a call girl.
But who said life was fair?
Miss Summer in Santiago, Chile
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On the old show “I Love Lucy,” Desi Arnaz sang a song “In Santiago, Chile, it ain’t chilly at all. NOW I understand.
Monger Advice
Here’s some advice from a fellow monger: Beware the advice of your fellow mongers. Including me.
Sometimes you get lucky and get a good tip. A couple of times I have been given info about specific chicas that turned out to be totally ‘on the money.’ One was an older spinner who wore her hair in a mullet, which made me think ‘lesbian.’ Definitely not, though, and an absolute doll overall. Another regarded a statuesque beauty who hung out at the Key Largo in San Jose. A fellow monger told me she was both good and would happily accompany mi for a modest amount.
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Other, more general advice misses the mark often enough to be useless in some cases, or counter productive in the worst cases. To give one example, many mongers will tell you NEVER pay in advance. If I had followed that advice to the letter, I would have missed some very nice experiences. Not all chicas are worried about not getting paid, but plenty have been ‘stiffed’ by customers and their distrust is as reasonable as yours is. It’s your call. And theirs.
A rule of the thumb you can go by is that the more general the advice, the less likely it will be universally true. When I was in San Jose, I was told to avoid Colombians. It was somewhat true that they often had a higher asking price. But I have had great times with Colombians. Somebody else told me that Dominicans were always hot. Well, I will say that I have had some great sessions with Dominicanas, no question. But nationality is not a slam dunk any more than the color of her underwear.
Bottom line: The more general the advice, the less reliable. The more specific, the more dependable.
I wish that advice didn’t sound so general…
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