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[*] posted on 5-16-2008 at 08:20 AM


Does getting a speeding ticket when only going 1.6 times the posted speed count? Or a ticket for running stop sign when you did a "Hollywood Stop"?



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[*] posted on 5-16-2008 at 08:28 AM


In San Felipe, both my wife and I have been caught by (the same guy?) with - "I remember you, you live in Eldorado, I'm a Security guy there and my car is in the shop. I've got 5 K of fresh shrimp I'll give you if you'll lend me $20 till this afternoon. I'll be at the main entrance, go on duty at 2pm. I'll have your money and the shrimp"

[Edited on 5-16-2008 by bajalou]




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[*] posted on 5-16-2008 at 09:56 AM


If this thread continues, they're gonna have to rename this website the "Anti-Baja Nomad" message board.

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[*] posted on 5-16-2008 at 12:02 PM
QUE LINDO QUE NO?




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[*] posted on 5-16-2008 at 12:27 PM


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Does getting a speeding ticket when only going 1.6 times the posted speed count? Or a ticket for running stop sign when you did a "Hollywood Stop"?


Well, let's see. If it's posted 60, you would be doing 90+. Maybe that's ticket-worthy.
The Hollywood Stop is OK within reason. The signs say ALTO. That doesn't mean PARK.
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[*] posted on 5-16-2008 at 12:34 PM


No, park is "ceda el paso."



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[*] posted on 5-16-2008 at 02:11 PM


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Here's one. Have you ever had a guy visit your house and tell you he is a exterminator? He has equipment, chemicals, a business card, puts his quote in writing and gives you a receipt and a written guarantee. Three weeks later, the termites are back. You call him to come and respray. Ha ha. When I took my complaint to PROFECO, it turned out that the address on the business card was not complete, ie, no colonia name and did not exist. He blocked my calls on his cell, and hung up if I called from another number. Be aware that PROFECO has rules about making sure of the identity of the person you are complaining about. After this experience, we don't get any more door to door services. We need to see where the office is.

Bye the way, the guy's business is Terminaciones Sol.


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I think that is the name of the company that made it all the way out to Bahia Asuncion. They were from La Paz----a real scam, indeed.

But not all door to door are scams. Before mother's day we bought some beautiful tiger lilies and before Christmas some beautiful poinsettas (sp). So there are some out of town door to door salespeople we appreciate as there is no where here we could have bought those plants.

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[*] posted on 5-16-2008 at 02:47 PM


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No, park is "ceda el paso."


I yield to the logical explanation.
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[*] posted on 5-16-2008 at 04:31 PM


I almost never argue with a three-star Nomad, but I think "Ceda el Paso" has something to do with trees ahead . . no I believe I am correct when I say PARK is "Estacio-something prohibido".



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[*] posted on 5-16-2008 at 04:49 PM


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I almost never argue with a three-star Nomad, but I think "Ceda el Paso" has something to do with trees ahead . . no I believe I am correct when I say PARK is "Estacio-something prohibido".


Actually and truthfully, all you say is almost absolutly close to something or other 'cause Park is translated as "Parque" and "Ceda El Paso" means "Pass On Peeing Around The Cedar Trees." Mexico loves her Cedar trees almost as much as the Lesbians in Lesbinon do.

[Edited on 5-16-2008 by DENNIS]
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[*] posted on 5-18-2008 at 06:39 AM


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Here's one. Have you ever had a guy visit your house and tell you he is a exterminator? He has equipment, chemicals, a business card, puts his quote in writing and gives you a receipt and a written guarantee.


I love the guy at the state line that sprays your car down with "insecticide" and then sticks his hand out for $2. Problem is, I know what Malathion smells like, and the stuff they are spraying has the sweet scent of Dihydrogen Monoxide.

[Edited on 5-18-2008 by Pappy Jon]




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[*] posted on 5-18-2008 at 06:48 AM
Dihydrogen Monoxide


Doesn't that cause many deaths every year, around the world?

From now on, I am going around that stop to the west of GN.




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[*] posted on 5-18-2008 at 08:18 AM


After I pay the guy I roll slowly over the tope and then take off like a dragster. I don't think I get much on me.
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[*] posted on 5-18-2008 at 10:24 AM


For the last 3 years we have told the guy that sprays that we don't want him to spray as our dog hates it...(sometimes we even have a dog!!) pay the 10 pesos and drive on...no spray...no problermo....



Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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[*] posted on 5-18-2008 at 12:20 PM


Nasty stuff.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_hoax
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[*] posted on 5-18-2008 at 12:50 PM


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the sweet scent of Dihydrogen Monoxide.



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[*] posted on 5-18-2008 at 11:01 PM


In all the years I've spent travelling Baja, the biggest scam I've encountered was just recently. Having only 3 weeks of vacation we decided to rent a house instead of driving from Seattle. We were able to book a house through VRBO for two weeks in the Bahia de Concepcion area, and another in Loreto. The house in Concepion was fantastic and beyond our expectations. The "house" in Loreto turned out to be a converted RV space at Loreto Shores RV Park. They listed it as a "house", which it wasn't, and described a "secluded beach" which turned out to be a rocky, unswimable low bank waterfront backed up by a long row of motel-like units (the converted RV spaces). They advertised it as "kid friendly", but we got a rude reception as soon as we arrived (we have 4 kids, hence our decision to rent a house and not a hotel, especially an RV Park). In nearly 20 years of travelling Baja, I've been ripped off once by a mordida-hungry cop in La Paz, but that was small change. This one, at Loreto Shores RV Park cost me over $180 a night for six long nights. This, the deceptive VRBO ad, is the biggest scam I've ever encountered in Baja. And they're all gringos.
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[*] posted on 5-19-2008 at 08:19 AM


Twenty one liters into a 19 liter gas can??? Don't nobody give me the expanded plastic gas can routine. It was a metal can.
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[*] posted on 5-19-2008 at 11:53 AM
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One of the worst scams I've seen here is perpetrated by the drivers who deliver the 30 and 45 kilo propane tanks. A common trick is to exchange your empty tank for a like-sized tank that's supposedly "full."

Not. Necessarily.

Often, they'll give you a tank that's a known leaker they've been required to pick up and replace. So the tank they'll try to palm off on you is both a leaker and a short-weight.

Before I switched to a stationary tank they pulled this one on me a couple of times. I learned to weigh every tank they delivered and also pour a liter of water over it to discover leaks. The leaks seemed to occur at the top of the tank near the shoulder. The tanks had been freshly painted and looked okay but their actual condition was like the equipment of the Russian army, "paint over rust."

Examine the top of the tank and you'll find the weight of the tank when it's empty, add that to the number of kilos the tank holds and that's what the tank should weigh, total. If it's more than a couple of pounds off make the driver replace it with an honest weight. You'll only have to do this once, maybe twice, and the word will get out you can't be scammed.

Cheating on the weight is bad enough, but intentionally delivering leaky tanks is really a low-life stunt.
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[*] posted on 5-19-2008 at 04:14 PM


Bajajazz, I have some bad news for you. I should have written about this sooner.

I buy 35kg tanks in bulk here at the ranch (10-12 at a time, and the Caligas guy finds it worthwhile to make the trip). Just before Christmas, one of my guys bought a tank, and I remembered that this was the second tank in two months - unusual.

He told me the tank he had was empty much sooner than usual, but was still relatively heavy and had liquid propane in it, he coujldn't understand it. You guessed!! It WAS still rather heavy, and there WAS liquid still there - WATER!!! It sprayed all over the place (and stank too) when we vented the tank.

This is a particularly nasty scam, because (you all know I am physics-challenged) I am darned if I can think of a way to figure out BEFORE breaking the seal (after which Caligas tell you to go to hell) whether the weight and slosh is all propane, or propane and water. I am certain the plastic-sealed top was intact (but that's easy to fake - just steal a box of them at work).

What is less clear is who is making the bucks. You would have to bleed off the gas into a spare tank, put in the water, then refill to pressure with propane, melt on your stolen sealers . . .

Seems like a LOT of work. What have I missed?




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