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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 08:10 AM
ummmm....


Well, you have to drive over two hundred miles south before you see boojum trees!!! That sucks!!!:lol::lol::lol:



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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 08:12 AM
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COMPARED TO WHAT????
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No Malls?? No 5 lane crash into each other highways? No 22,000,000 people everywhere you go?:?:

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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 08:18 AM
Having to renew FM3 every year






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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 08:36 AM


The border at T.J.......
Drivers going 12 MPH down the highway...
Too many Gringos....:lol:
Police....
Salesmen....
washboard roads...
Touristas:P
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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 08:39 AM


The biggest problem with Baja is that I'm not there right now
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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 08:41 AM


OH, Surfer Jim... give me a washboard road any day! :bounce:



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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 09:38 AM


I'm with Bob. Washboards are G-O-O-D. They're like filters.
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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 09:44 AM


No booze on election day. :moon:



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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 09:53 AM
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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 10:00 AM


In what way Gull? No free enterprise competition, crooked operators, not enough stations... ???



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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 10:03 AM


The worst thing is when you are walking down the street and a group of Norteamericanos are drinking too many beers in a street side bar, dressing with way too much flash, talking way too loud, being way too obnoxious, showing off their spanish by adding an " El " in front of the English word and an "O" on the end, flirting with everything in skirts, and smoking cheap cigars they just bought from the corner mini-market: and somebody asks you in Spanish if you are with that group?
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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 10:16 AM
Washboard Roads


I love washboard roads. My Cd player that hadn't worked in almost 4 years magically played music after bumping down a road somewhere far south of the border. The next day my drivers side window that had been stuck in the down position moved up and has worked flawlessly since. Washboard or cash to fix? Gimmee the washboard any day.
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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 10:34 AM


The worst thing is the long drive down I-5 to get there. I sometimes say that I-5 is the hell I have to pay to get to Baja, and Los Angeles is where I meet the devil himself (traffic).
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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 11:00 AM
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Yes to all and add one more, adding naptha to the mix in all stations around TJ and Rosarito to "bulk up" the volume.



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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 11:16 AM


Okay, I gotta ask, what is naptha? I will be glad when BajaCactus can give us some insight!



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lol.gif posted on 7-25-2004 at 11:24 AM
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:lol::lol: Your vehicles sound like my vehicles. And that's hysterical. Many many times things have magically started working after having some sense rattled into them. Gotta love it !!
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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 11:41 AM


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...adding naptha to the mix in all stations around TJ and Rosarito to "bulk up" the volume.
Not sure what you're getting at, or if there's a different meaning you intended for "naptha"... as most gasoline components are from the broad area of distillates called naphthas/napthas. Pretty much all modern reformulated gasolines are a blend of several refinery streams, including naphtha/naptha components.

I would be curious to know what you've witnessed, or what you're aware of in this regard to the gasoline near the border region -- if not elsewhere.

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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 12:46 PM
no DEET .....


The one thing that I hate about BAJA is ..... being up at PUERTO REFUGIO on GUARDIAN ANGEL island after a DIVE and sgueezing out my last ounce of insect repellant from the bottle ... and knowing the JEJENES (no-seeums)..... are going to EAT ME for lunch when this stuff wears off .......

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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 02:04 PM


That Baja isn't more difficult to get into/out of AND the the always well over blown rumors related to the dangers of travelling in Baja are fading. Ah, I to long for the day that when you told your neighbor you were driving from LA to La Paz they looked at you with horror in their faces and the locked their doors behind as you left....



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[*] posted on 7-25-2004 at 02:09 PM


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