So I went to dinner with a lawyer and police Lt. last week. Sorry for the delay in updating, caught a little flu bug complete with sore throat and cough. I sucked it up and went regardless. I wanted to make a connection with these guys. Most of the evening was small talk and largely the two of them speaking in Spanish of which I'm able to catch every third word or so. Near the end and after several beverages I brought up the issue of gringos who come down here and rip people off, mostly locals. I ended up bringing Dale's name into the conversation. They both knew of him, no surprise. They never came out and said he's paying off people but did elude to that fact. I told them his front door was fire bombed, someone took a gas filled glass bottle with a cloth sticking out of it and tossed it (no wasn't I.) Dale called the fire dept. but by the time they arrived it was out. They seemed surprised it hear of the fire bomb but basically said he can pay all the people he wants but it won't protect him from stuff like that. It's also possible he'll suffer a physical attack. His paid protection won't stop this and neither should I. According to them I should stay out of any thing that happens to Dale. I walked away from the dinner with the thought that perhaps Dales money isn't being well spent.
All and all it was a good dinner, wish I felt better. Really nice restaurants can be found at very reasonable prices. We ate at Pancho's. I bought dinner for four with many drinks and the tab was under $100. At Pancho's they cook your steak at you table and the steak can be easily cut with a fork. Seafood and veggie dishes are also available. After dinner we all had flaming Moe's, err, I mean flaming Spanish coffees, all prepared at your table;
Overall a very nice evening. The only two downsides were I didn't feel well and A lady I've done some work for invited herself. I installed her A/c and fixed her plumbing, now it obvious she want me to work on her pipes. At one point she started rubbing my leg under the table. I like her but not in that way. Not sure how to best let her down. For the time being I told her my Ex is coming down next week and things might take a 180 turn. I didn't tell her that's only half true. My Ex is coming but mainly to finalize some things and she wants to see the dogs. She won't be staying with me but another friend. I think I now know how several girls I hit on in HS felt. Not sure what I'll say when my ex leaves??? Guess I'm just going to have to man up and tell her, nicely, we're not a good match. That I see her as a friend and would hate to ruin a good friendship.