The closest to any thing like that for me was harmless but a royal pain in the butt.
Headed South about half way between San Quintin and El Rosario there was a woman empty handed and hitchhiking. Scooped her up in my old class B. With
some difficulty due to my grubby Spanish I found out that she was headed for La Paz. I said that I could get her as far as El Rosario at least.
While stopped for gas I conferred with my partner (we were caravanning) and decided we could take her as far as G.N. where we stop for the night.
Unfortunately I neglected to show her the head and she was so busy scratching her arms from her meth habit that she didn't ask and she peed on my
passenger seat.
I am still getting whiffs now seven months later after extreme measures including submerging the whole seat in noxious chemicals.
I am slightly more selective now about whom I pick up and I certainly show them where the head is and how to use it!
Anyone have any good RV seats they want to part with (grin)?
Me too, it's simply by chance what country/situation one is
born into. Not everyone has the luxury of going thru life
in a place like the US, and after much self congratulation,
have a fat pension waiting for them
Me too, it's simply by chance what country/situation one is
born into. Not everyone has the luxury of going thru life
in a place like the US, and after much self congratulation,
have a fat pension waiting for them
We ARE lucky, aren't we. My Federal "fat pension" amounts to $1,670 a month (down $60 bucks a month from last year) take-home, and I get no Social
Security. Relatively speaking, that may seem a lot, but I fail to see what that really has to do with the prudence and safety of stopping to help
suspicious folks waving me down along the highway which I thought was the topic here?!?!?!?!
but I fail to see what that really has to do with the prudence and safety of stopping to help suspicious folks waving me down along the highway which
I thought was the topic here?!?!?!?!
"suspicious folks"
I don't think any of us would stop if we felt the people were "suspicious".
Me too, it's simply by chance what country/situation one is
born into. Not everyone has the luxury of going thru life
in a place like the US, and after much self congratulation,
have a fat pension waiting for them
Spoken like a true American apologist. Your president would be proud. There are PLENTY of good honest people in Mexico who would not sacrifice their
integrity to cheat someone from a few bucks. It's not the money, it's the deceit. Integrity should transcend social status, wealth or lack there of.
I'm surprised some folks are trying to rationalize why it's OK for them to scam folks just because they may not be privileged.
It's just creative panhandling. Not a mortal sin. A very minor sin, if a sin at all.
Try being poor. Never judge a man or woman 'til you've walked a mile in their shoes.
Me too, it's simply by chance what country/situation one is
born into. Not everyone has the luxury of going thru life
in a place like the US, and after much self congratulation,
have a fat pension waiting for them
Spoken like a true American apologist. Your president would be proud. There are PLENTY of good honest people in Mexico who would not sacrifice their
integrity to cheat someone from a few bucks. It's not the money, it's the deceit. Integrity should transcend social status, wealth or lack there of.
I'm surprised some folks are trying to rationalize why it's OK for them to scam folks just because they may not be privileged.
We were had by them on Saturday. Who drives past a lady and a 7 year old. We gave them about 2 gallons of spare fuel I was bringing back for my
generator and a Couple of pesos. They said they'd been there 3 hours and no one had stopped. When we left them my son said he thought he remembered
seeing them there on the drive south a week earlier.... At that point I said it would be awesome if when he was pouring in the gas it would have
overflowed the tank!
The federal cops had a roadblock going at the south end of the ER bridge as well. They had two cars stopped in the dirt and waved us thru.
Woody, I hope they truly needed the fuel, and pesos, and it didn't cost that much to help them if they were in need.
It would have been an interesting experiment to whip out the camera, or phone and snap a few pictures of the grateful recipients, then of their car,
and license plate, and see if the smile disappears.
Posting a picture here might help others to decide how much help to offer these stranded travelers.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
Who drives past a lady and a 7 year old. We gave them about 2 gallons of spare fuel I was bringing back for my generator and a Couple of pesos. They
said they'd been there 3 hours and no one had stopped.
Who? Me. No problem. Someone will stop, it doesn't need to be me. I don't believe they were there 3 hours, either. Don't believe a
MX wouldn't stop. If a family with babies, dogs and chickens were waving bottles, I'd keep going. Sorry.
The above only applies on the road, in the middle of no where, S. end of ER. In GN, Ciudad, if it didn't look like a scam, I'd stop. If I have
any doubt about the legitimacy of what I'm seeing, I pass.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
We've stopped to siphon gas for people 4-5 times now over the years. It's unfortunate that this lady is teaching her kid to be a hustler. It isn't
unique to Mexico, I have a family member who did the same thing with their kid who dropped out of CalPoly to concentrate on the new found skill set.
It just sucks for the next people who may need assistance.
Given that we saw them 3 times in our round trip through town, I have to believe some other nomads have spotted them. I wanted to post mostly as a
warning to others but also to see if anyone else has seen this?
It's an old scam to get either some cash or gasoline, I've never seen them by El Rosario but have near La Paz and they go very inofensive looking,
like a family or a mother-daughter pair. They are parked by the side of the road and always have a plastic gallon container to make you think they
overheated, specialy on a hot day. Once you stop to help them with water they say that it's gas that they need, enough to get to wherever. So it's gas
or cash.
Right on the money here. I suspect it's the same folks that have been noted with this previously. We've given them gas and food before ourselves -
on the same trip we both took south last year. They made it seem they were overheated... as noted.
Pretty sure it was the same two noted in this article online as well:
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The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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