Snapshot of an ad depicting a young kid playing with a rustic plane. The caption on the ad reads: “Europe or South America. Millions of wishes, only one S&L.”" Caja” is the Spanish word for a Savings and Loans institution. La Caja de Ahorros is the largest S&L in Panama. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Snapshot of an ad showing a fashion shoe with blue toes. Notice the URLs of Facebook, Twitter and the official Web page of the commercial entity at the bottom of the street sign. BBB is a well-known shoe store in Panama City. (Bueno, Bonito y Barato.) The social networks have taken Panama City by storm. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
The signs reads: “You, yourself, with 8 centimeters more of attitude.” Good Day.
I love that ad with the little boy and his airplane – how clever! As for the shoes – well, I don’t think I have enough health insurance to cover all the injuries that surely would result if I tried to wear those things!
Good Evening Linda:
The toy airplane was very clever. I didn’t recognize it was a plane until I got back home and took a closer look at it. The imagination of children is limitless.
As for the shoes, those are definitely dangerous footwear to use. Never could understand why some women prefer to use those “stilts”. Is it because they want to be taller than the rest of their peers?
Regards,
Omar.-
Psst, dedos de pie are toes.
Morning Omar!
Curious that Spanish as the same word for both body parts?
I love the caja airplane and the caja de ahorros connection. Languages are such fun.
I agree about the rascacielos shoes! The ladies must not have a fear of heights to use those. Why does fashion always look painful?
Morning Jim and Nena:
Sorry about the fingers mistake. I should have known better. Already made the correction. Thanks a lot.
Yep, never understood how women can balance themselves on top of those elevated heels.
Take Care,
Omar.-
Hi Omar,
I think Nena and I have been following your blog since the old Livejournal days (2007?), and this is the FIRST time we ever noticed an error! Not a bad record at all for blogging particularly when English is a second language. My hat is off to you.
Thank you for always making our morning coffees so enjoyable. Nena and I couldn’t start our day without sharing it with you.
jim and nena
fort worth
Morning Jim and Nena:
That’s okay. Thank you. I’ll keep my eyes open to catch other pesky mistakes.
One of the bloggers that I admire and follow from Texas once wrote:
“Enter this room with an open mind
Discipline yourself to listen carefully.
Structure your work
to show you’re thinking clearly
Remember it requires effort to learn
and make progress.”
Linda Lienen
Promise to be more careful in the future. I appreciate your words of encouragement and for being loyal readers.
Take Care,
Omar.-.
Actually, Omar – you were right with your “fingers”. The new shoes are called “Five Finger Shoes”. You can see another variety here . That’s why I didn’t say anything about the original reference to fingers – that’s exactly what the photo was showing, that new “five finger” style of shoe!
ps – you have to get down to the last paragraph in the blog entry to find the reference to the Five Finger Shoes. Here’s another link. They’re becoming quite the thing!
Morning Linda:
What happened, is that I made a direct translation from Spanish to English. In Spanish you say “dedos de las manos” and “dedos de los piés”. Translated to English it’s “fingers of the hands” and “fingers of the feet”. For us, both are just “fingers”. But not in English, you have “fingers” and “toes”. It was an honest translation mistake.
However according to your links, the barefoot revolution is based on five fingers minimalist shoes. That is the case of the Vibram Five Fingers Shoes.
As you can see, English is a difficult language for us to fully understand. Fingers or toes? Who knows?
Thank you for clearing up the matter.
Omar.-
I love it, Linda!
I am the first to admit to having no fashion sense and if I am anywhere near “la moda” it is purely by mistake. LOL
I don’t think my old music teacher would approve of the five finger shoes, he always taught us to only tap our big toe in our shoes and never tap our foot as it was distracting to the audience. Couldn’t possibly get away with that in those shoes.
jim and nena
fort worth