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Put on your "Hercule Poirot" hat and solve this mystery... The Originario Express

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Knowing that he could not swim, he would be extra careful approaching the reservoir. If he put down his phone prior to drowning, he probably was preparing to get into the water, at least it might look like that way. But that's the way of thinking for someone who could survive in water. Wouldn't he, by instinct, fear what he was about to do? Yet, he went ahead? Keeping his phone safe, while risking his own life? The whole thing seems rather suspicious.

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Sounds like Alicia has more common ancestry with Patrisse Cullors than she does with the "Originarios".

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I liked the remark,I guess,goes something like, what you do matters, not what you are.A feeling of peace descends on one,at the very thought.Much one can learn from Bill,it seems.

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so much for repatriations

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I'm pretty sure this tenant from hell is going to make your life miserable...so buckle up Bill this is not going to be an easy ride.....I would also suggest a private investigator for delving into the wife's history....Good luck my friend.

Thomas Baydala

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Mar 17, 2022·edited Mar 17, 2022

As someone who has worked around the water all my life, I’ll offer what is probably an obvious observation. If I had time to think about the situation and determine that there was a risk of falling in the water, I’d take my phone out of my pocket and put it in a safe place. It sounds to me like Carlos figured there was a risk of him going in the water, whatever he was doing. Also, having just built a pond with plastic liner last fall, I can attest to how slippery the plastic can be. With the right kind of slimy algae, it might be very difficult to get out. But your liner, like mine, appears to have numerous wrinkles in it that someone in the water could at least hang on to. Were there any marks in the water line that indicate he might have tried to get out? I would think even a panicked non-swimmer would have left some signs before drowning. A mystery indeed. Other than the tragedy, nice reservoir.

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Sounds like mucho drama in originario land. When you have very little, just take from others. Perhaps reparations are in order, from who though, is usually the dilemma.

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Oy Vey!!! Sounds like the farm may become more of an ‘Originario Bolt hole’ than Bonner Valley Eden. Deem yourself an Originario poste haste! Rename the farm Rancho Bonner Bipocity.

Offer to teach Carlos’ kids how to swim in addition to the Widows Pensione’

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Yes Bill, every country on this planet has them. Those who do, and those who do not. Her lover had him killed, and you should pay, as America pays for our unjust useful idiots for the rest of their useless lives.

Damn, how quick these useless idiots learn from America!

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I enjoy reading about Bill's Ranch. But, where is it? I have looked at maps of Argentina and even looked up the larger town where he wrights from on occasion. Cn "you" show us on the map where Bill's Ranch is located? Perhaps even the winery.

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Yes. Please show us. I may want to become an Originario in my old age when I retire, Just kidding! Florida Jimmy.

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Hah! My Dear Watson, the game is afoot!

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