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Wingnut
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Registered: 5-5-2007
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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HMMMM....Let's see, my guess is Miss Scarlet, in the ballroom with the lead pipe. No, no wait, maybe it was Col. Mustard in the conservatory with the
rope....no, no....what the heck, his tale has so many holes in it I can't decide what "clues" are real. But it does make good reading and certainly
started some conversations. Maybe that was his intent?
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805gregg
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Registered: 5-21-2006
Location: Ojai, Ca
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It would be funny to drive by the scene of the attempt and see a roadside shrine in the shape of a coke bottle.
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rob
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Registered: 10-19-2004
Location: Pacific Coast, BCS
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Yesterday afternoon, having nothing better to do, I attempted to break the windshield of an abandoned truck. I used a rock weighing (according to my
fish scales) 1.9Kg.
Standing 10 feet in front of said truck, and throwing with my left arm (overhead, in an arc sideways etc), I was unable to put even a chip into the
windshield.
Others have pointed out that this story all happened at 85mph (the driver of the old beat-up pickup must have been quite a chofer!) - but surely if
both vehicles were travelling at that speed, it would cancel out? Or would the bottle pick up extra speed due to wind force?
I was always useless at physics . . . . anyway, while this does not bust the myth, I am still having trouble with the story. Do three guys hanging
out a truck window waving machetes incline you to speed up or stop to find out what their problem is?
Hmmm..
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shari
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Posts: 13050
Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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Gee Rob...sounds like you need a hobby...not enough to do? The thing that sucks about this probable fabrication is that someone will believe it and
think that quiet San Ignacio is like TJ. We have discussed emergency plans in the event of a road robbery attempt and DO have some ideas....it nearly
happened to us one late one dark night on the road from Vizcaino...3 guys in a pick up were stopped and waved us to stop and help...supposedly they
had a tire problem and they asked for a screwdriver ...both Juan & I sensed danger and said we had no tools and took off...they did a U turn and
took off after us..boy was I scared...we drove as fast as possible and turned off onto the dirt road to Asuncion where the bad guys gave up the
chase...whew..guess they didn't like washboard! It was a wake up call though...we only travel at night if absolutely necessary and Juan wont let me
drive at all alone anymore. I still get nervous on the solitary parts of the road. But I highly doubt that someone wanting to do you harm would wave
machetes around to get you to stop! NOT!
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Registered: 11-20-2007
Location: Southern California
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I believe it.
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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thanks so much for the best belly laugh of the week Elvin...feels soooo good.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Your Welcome 
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mulegemichael
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It's wonderful how folks can take this obviously "bs" story and work the daylights out of it....I think it has been dissected enough now that we can
let it lie...another thought?
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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Hook
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Registered: 3-13-2004
Location: Sonora
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Well, if it was that "obvious" to all of us, then it would have died after three replys.
But thanks for taking on the role of arbitor on when we can stop talking about a subject on the boards. 
Here's a thought..................decide which posts you dont want to READ and let the rest of us make our own decisions.
[Edited on 5-1-2008 by Hook]
[Edited on 5-1-2008 by Hook]
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Sharksbaja
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Location: Newport, Mulege B.C.S.
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Clever, very clever!
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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bajamigo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rob
Others have pointed out that this story all happened at 85mph (the driver of the old beat-up pickup must have been quite a chofer!) - but surely if
both vehicles were travelling at that speed, it would cancel out? Or would the bottle pick up extra speed due to wind force?
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Your thought process is analogous to the falling elevator theory, i.e., if you're in an elevator that is freefalling because the cable broke, you'll
be OK if you leap up just before it hits rock bottom. The elevator will come to a crashing halt, but you will feel only the effects of a short leap.
I'm no Einstein, but it seems to me that the Coke bottle won't be travelling at a speed where the pickup catches up to it gradually, because it's not
flying in the same geometric plane. In other words, there will be a massive collision.
I will now surrender my keyboard.
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pacificobob
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20 OZ glass coke bottles...........i dont think the tiendas in this area have those.....mostly plastic eh?
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bajagrouper
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Location: Rincon de Guayabitos, Nayarit, Mexico
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I looked at his original post on the trip advisor forum to see what was reaction by its board members. There were 24 comments and not one questioned
the story, some even said that they will never drive Baja again, I guess that leaves more room for us...paz
I hear the whales song
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Sharksbaja
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Location: Newport, Mulege B.C.S.
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Now that's exactly why we are here. To add the other element(s) to someones tale. Afterall, we're all ******* geniuses, right?
Did I spell ******* right?
[Edited on 5-1-2008 by Hose A]
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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Sharksbaja
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In fact that's the main reason I'm here. Too bee amongsts other geniusus. 
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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Lee
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Registered: 10-2-2006
Location: High in the Colorado Rockies
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Worst case Gringo Nightmare
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajagrouper
I looked at his original post on the trip advisor forum to see what was reaction by its board members. There were 24 comments and not one questioned
the story, some even said that they will never drive Baja again, I guess that leaves more room for us...paz |
AND my reaction to a Nomad posting a story like this would be different -- I probably wouldn't respond to the post and would BELIEVE the story. It
wouldn't change my travel plans except to make me more ''cautious'' or ''paranoid'' about suspicious looking vehicles behind me.
Here's my final answer and theory: Longjohn sez: ''I saw that there were 3 men in the cab of the truck and 5 others in the back of it. the
passenger had a large machete and was swing it out the window at me. The guy in the middle looked familar, it was the guy on the walkie talkie. he was
waving a large knife at me.''
Doesn't this sound like the Ultimate Gringo Nightmare? A truck load of Mexicans waving knifes and machetes trying to rob and kill you? And
the story might have succeeded in detouring those on the ''other'' forum from venturing South.
Still, I'm planning on maybe a flare gun in my passenger seat (it would trump machetes and knifes) and some golf ball size cobble.
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bajaguy
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Posts: 9247
Registered: 9-16-2003
Location: Carson City, NV/Ensenada - Baja Country Club
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don't forget marbles and 1 1/2" roofing nails.........
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Von
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Registered: 10-1-2006
Location: Poway-Rosarito
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oops...
[Edited on 5-1-2008 by Von]
READY SET.....................
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Capt. George
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I ran into a similar situation, that i handled in my own special way. I had my partner steer while I proceeded with this fail proof method:
I hung my ass out the window and chit all over the highway (not a problem with such great fear involved). Their Lincoln Stretch Limo slipped in the
doo-doo and they drove into a gulley. Keep lots of Ex-Lax on hand for your next trip down Baja and you will be perfectly safe.
I reported all to the police, but they said, ca-ca de vaca and sent us on our way.
Mee theeenks bot tales are full of doo-doo
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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pargo
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Registered: 9-14-2006
Location: Burbank Ca.
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A long time ago my Mom and Dad and went through San Ignacio and were followed by suspicious looking men who, after staring at them hard from the side
of the road, suddenly appeared behind them for miles. They backed off finally when my dad pulled off somewhere safe. I was a kid when they told me
this. Years later after i got the Baja bug we were going through San Ignacio when the same thing happened to us. Something is up in San Ignacio as is
the case elsewhere i'm sure. So even though this original post sounds a bit embellished, there's still some truth there. IMHO
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