marla
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Thanks for the tips on mordida
Hi, I would like to say thanks for the tips over the years from former Amigos de Baja and now Baja Nomads about how to deal with solicitations for
bribes. Thanks to you, I knew what to do! Here is my travel story if you want to read it:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/pool-people-rosarito-2308...
[Edited on 2-16-2009 by marla]
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a
speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David
Thoreau
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David K
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Thanks Marla... I read your article yesterday (as someone posted a link to it here)... Very impressed with how you handled 'La Policia'!!
Wow, Sandy is 10 already... I remember her from the Pyramid Resort and Camp Gecko trips of 2002/2003!
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Woooosh
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Thanks for checking in- It was a good piece.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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oxxo
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Marla, you did us all a favor by refusing to pay. Thanks.
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BajaGringo
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That article reminded me of why it is a good reason for Gringos living here to drive with Baja plates and license. The cops have to issue you a ticket
at that point and most don't want to spend the time.
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BajaGringo
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I posted this in another thread but it goes right to the point of why you should never pay the mordida...
http://www.discoverbajacalifornia.com/safety/traffic_tickets...
Will save you lots of cash and probably avoid the ticket all together. Print it out and carry it with you when traveling down here...
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westy
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........good reading, Marla.
Long time, no see. Hope all is well.
.......danger is my MIDDLE name, baby.
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Bajahowodd
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I still would love to know what business an 80-ish woman has down there. just call me a voyeir, if it will please you
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I still would love to know what business an 80-ish woman has down there. just call me a voyeir, if it will please you |
So Baja is only for the young? Do they take everyone over 75 to some other part of Mexico?
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Bajahowodd
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Seniors welcome everywhere, David. My query was directly related to the use of the term "quick business trip".
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Seniors welcome everywhere, David. My query was directly related to the use of the term "quick business trip". |
So, seniors should only go to Baja if it isn't a quick trip... ? I think Marla said they stayed at a hotel... so it wasn't just a day trip.
Just didn't understand your reasoning or logic Bajahowodd... Thanks.
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TonyC
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Holy cow Batman....no talking on cell phone while driving either. Did not know that BajaGringo.
When I had HID headlamps put in my Tundra, I was stopped on three occasions....two for running a stop sign, and one for speeding. I got a warning
everytime, only after alot of talking . Took my HID lamps out and put Sylvania bulbs in.....have not been stopped since. I don't think it was a
cowinkadink.
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Bajahowodd
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Leave out quick and trip and all that's left is the word business.
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