Gilberto García

You can quote me on that.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

I needed to move a sofa.

I mentioned this to an American. He said, "You know anybody with a truck?"

I did not know anybody with a truck.

He looked at me with real concern. Not pity. Concern. The way you look at a man who has told you he does not have a name.

"You gotta know somebody with a truck."

I asked how one acquires such a person.

He said, "You just do."

This is the third time I have received that answer in this country. It is the answer to everything here. You just do. There is no process. There is only the eventual fact of having.

He said, "Ask Kevin."

I do not know a Kevin. He said Kevin like I should. He said it the way you say a shared uncle.

I met Kevin four days later. Kevin owns a truck. Kevin does not own a truck for himself. Nobody owns a truck for themselves. Kevin owns a truck for a fifteen mile radius.

Inside I said: THIS MAN HAS TAKEN A VOW. HE DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT. HE SIMPLY PURCHASED A BED AND ACCEPTED THE CONSEQUENCES.

Kevin arrived on Saturday. He brought the truck. He also brought a second man.

I had not asked for a second man.

The second man's name is Tony. Tony came because Kevin came. Tony did not know me. Tony did not ask what we were moving. Tony brought gloves.

They moved the sofa in eleven minutes.

I offered them money. Both of them laughed at the same time, which felt rehearsed and was not.

I asked what I owed them.

Kevin said, "Buy the pizza."

That is the price. That is the entire economy. The truck costs one pizza and the pizza is not negotiable and the pizza is also not expensive and everyone knows what size.

Inside I said: THE FEE IS FIXED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND WAS SET BY NO ONE.

We ate on the floor because the sofa was against the wall and none of us wanted to be the first to sit on it.

Tony told me his daughter plays soccer. I asked if she is good. He said, "She's aggressive."

I still think about that.

Three weeks later, Kevin texted me.

"You free Sunday? Helping Tony move a fridge."

He did not ask if I wanted to. He informed me of a fridge.

Inside I said: I HAVE BEEN CALLED UP. I DID NOT ENLIST. THE PAPERS WERE FILED ON MY BEHALF.

I went. I moved the fridge. I have no truck. I contributed only arms.

Afterward, a man I had never met asked me if I knew anybody with a truck.

I said, "Yeah, I got a guy."

I have a guy.

I am somebody's guy now, too. Tony has told two people about me.

He describes me as "the guy who's strong for his size."

I have never been prouder of a sentence in my life.

[El Marqués de las Zorreras @EZorreras]

Cuando tengas un mal año, acuérdate de Paco.

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

The Apollo program ran from 1961 to 1972.
Its engineering lessons are still the foundation of how we build complex, high-stakes systems today. [1/8]

[shaurya @shauseth]

do you think genghis khan had a dashboard to give him operational insights

[Rhevolver @Rhevolver]

Todos nos llegamos a preguntar por qué Cucurella se deja el cabello suelto en los partidos en lugar de amarrárselo como la mayoría de los jugadores que lo tienen largo. Y resulta que lo hace para que su hijo con autismo pueda reconocerlo y no olvidarlo. No hay palabras.

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

¿Por qué nadie le dice nada a los autos sin placas? Pasa una Suburban frente al Estadio Azul, con estrobos, vidrios polarizados, sin placas, y los tránsitos ni se inmutan, muy ocupados extorsionando camiones @UCS_GCDMX

[patagucci perf papi @kenwheeler]

if you’ve ever worked in open floorplan, this is basically the fuckin four seasons

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

“It ain’t about how hard you hit… it’s about how hard you can get hit… how much you can take and keep moving forward… that’s how winning is done!”

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

@tercer_estadio @Homibwoy1 Jules Rimet era el nombre del trofeo, no de la competencia.

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

@german_mtz @martinolimx ¿Qué no te gusta o qué?

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

@MikeIsaac Where’s the strategy Mike

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

@ZenTraderMx In all fairness, lo mismo han de decir los holandeses de nosotros.

[✒️ @Literariium]

I hear that

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

@phoggotallen @shortsqueeznews Imaging being a boutique banker in, like, Memphis, and you wake up to this news, simply tragic.

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

@Rogelio Inexplicable, otra vez.

[D @Durden]

Yo viendo al Vasco sacar a Ramoncito Morales / Yo viendo al Vasco sacar a Quiñones

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

Ahora que todos en México están sintiendo en carne propia lo que es irle al Cruz Azul, les dejo este pequeño fragmento de La Tregua de Mario Benedetti:

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

@marcooviedo Cabo Verde fue muestra de que, echándole corazón y huevos, le puedes competir al mejor.

Argentina fue muestra de que, por más que seas el mejor del mundo, si te confías y te apendejas, un equipo en el límite de lo amateur y lo profesional te puede dejar fuera.

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

@MikeIsaac

[Gilberto García @gilgm]

@DisgraceK https://t.co/otP5fb8zBn