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thebajarunner
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CA lic. plate "BCS MEX"
Headed for the NBA game in Oakland last night and saw this plate on a tiny white sedan....on I-580 near Pleasanton.
Anyone cop to that one?
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Mexitron
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Don't know about that one but I saw an Oregon lic. plate "BAJABL" in Bandon, OR over the holidays...
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David K
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Wasn't me! LOL
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DENNIS
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Nope ----
But, the best plate I ever saw at the border was, "US NADA", which is what one would say in the early morning work traffic and be waved on through.
It was such a nice,easy time then. I dont know if it still works.
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Sharksbaja
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THE BAJA
Translation correction:
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DENNIS
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Sharky ---
Translation, please
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Sharksbaja
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Ok.
In the U.S. we say "I'm going to Baja"
In Canucklia they say "I'm going to The Baja"
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David K
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Never heard Canada called that!
By the way, that term ('The Baja') was something I picked for a personal plate in 1980 when the CA plates increased the number of digits to 7... To me
it was short for 'The Baja Peninsula'. At that time I never heard Canadians refer to Baja as The Baja... I also have heard many Mexicans speaking
English call it 'The Baja'... as in "How do you like The Baja?". Antonio even calls it that, in Spanish too as La Baja.
Don't bother translating it as 'The Lower'... Baja means much more than 'lower' now.
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bajadave1
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David, did Jimmy Smith ever see that plate?
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capt. mike
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my tag says "FLY BAJA"
and was spotted by Tom and Paula D., AKA "El Jefe"
one day this fall as i was driving on the 101 (AZ) from my condo dev proj to my SDL office. I was trying to open a post work afternoon drive time beer
while steering when they pulled alongside in their white truck w/ camper and honked/yelling, "Are you capt. mike?"
well i just about caca'd! and spilled tecate, (via circle K!) on my crotch!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajadave1
David, did Jimmy Smith ever see that plate?
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Yes, Jimmy and I had a good laugh... It bothered him more because he lived on the East Cape and got a hear all the newer Baja visitors (including
Canadians) call it 'The Baja' because they visited that area a whole lot more than the area south of San Felipe where most of my trips to Baja had
been.
Dave Deal did a fun map in Jimmy's book about using 'The' in front of place names... If we really wanted Canadians to stop saying 'The Baja', maybe we
should always say 'The Canada'... like "Are you hosers going back to The Canada, eh?"
Jimmy's Book
[Edited on 1-12-2007 by David K]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajadave1
David, did Jimmy Smith ever see that plate?
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Yes, Jimmy and I had a good laugh... It bothered him more because he lived on the East Cape and got a hear all the newer Baja visitors (including
Canadians) call it 'The Baja' because they visited that area a whole lot more than the area south of San Felipe where most of my trips to Baja had
been.
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I hear Mexicans on the mainland call it La Baja all the time. So, I disagree with you again Sun Boy.
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David K
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How is that a disagreement..? It's exactly what I said  :
"To me it was short for 'The Baja Peninsula'. At that time I never heard Canadians refer to Baja as The Baja... I also have heard many Mexicans
speaking English call it 'The Baja'... as in "How do you like The Baja?". Antonio even calls it that, in Spanish too as La Baja."
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David K
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Viva La Baja! 
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The Baja!
“THE ...(fill in your place here)...”
Using 'the' in front of a nameplace is commonplace and fun. It's an affectionate term used by a lot of newbies and old-timers alike for unique places
around the world.
That usage is not limited to Canadians. We have had many western US friends visiting us in Baja California Sur that refer to the peninsula as ..'the
Baja'...in a reverant way. I like it...I think it denotes a 'mystic' land in a admiring way.
We also enjoy the misspellings of nameplaces....sometimes we can associate that person's particular 'feel' of Baja by the way they spell those
nameplaces..it's fun stuff! Hey, life is much too serious to be taken seriously.
We agree, David K...Viva La Baja!
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David K
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Yes, I agree... all in good fun!
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I like my California plates
"Mi Baja.........................It has started numerous conversations with many Mexicans who have become my friends when we end up agreeing that it
is really.................OUR BAJA.
Don Jimmy really got ticked when some reporter used the "THE" word in covering some of the original Baja off road events way back when it was just
'BAJA.'
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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David K
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If a product (tires, shocks, aftershave) could 'beat the Baja', it was deemed superior... So ads came out in the early 70's about (whatever) that beat
the Baja... Won the Baja 1000 or 500... 'The Baja' for short.
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thebajarunner
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correction David
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
If a product (tires, shocks, aftershave) could 'beat the Baja', it was deemed superior... So ads came out in the early 70's about (whatever) that beat
the Baja... Won the Baja 1000 or 500... 'The Baja' for short.
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I very seldom correct you, David....
But, "early 70's.... Baja 1000"
NOT!
Early 70's it was the Mexican 1000, compliments of NORRA.
You remember that.
Only when the infamous Baja Sports Committee came along did the Baja 1000 name come about, then adopted by Mickey and SCORE.
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David K
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Yes, I know... I was at the FIRST Baja 1000 (1973), previous 1000s were officially the Mexican 1000...
Wasn't 1973 'early 70's'?
Speaking of official names... The first SCORE Baja '500' races were not called that officially, as Pearlman held the rights to the name Baja 500. So,
Mickey Thompson called Score's first race in Baja (and for several years after, until the 500 name was available again) the Score Baja Internacional.
Am I off the hook Dick?
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