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Festus
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Gringo Panhandler At TJ Border
When we came back from Baja last Friday there was a gringo pandhandler at the point where the TJ Rio border crossing traffic first comes to a halt on
the 1D from Ensenada. He was working cars with US license plates and saying that he had just gotten out of a TJ jail and needed $$'s to get home to
the US. He became very aggressive when we ignored him and scared the kids pretty bad. He threatened to get a rock and throw it through our window if
we didn't roll it down and give him money. Maybe he was Mexican but he looked and sounded (accent) like a Gringo. I swear I saw the same guy about
3 years ago when I visited TJ for the evening with some friends. He used the same line then..just got out of a TJ jail and needed cash to get back to
the US.
Anyone else seen this guy at the border or in the tourist areas of TJ?
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bajaguy
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A short burst of pepper spray usually discourages that type of behavior.
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elgatoloco
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Yes. First time about 5-6 years ago. Real pro.
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
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DENNIS
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He needs serious attention. A jack handle comes to mind.
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Diver
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Sounds like the same guy that tried us a few years ago.
He was a nice looking young man with flawless english who said he had been robbed and was trying to get money to get back to the US.
I asked why he didn't just walk across and he said they had taken his ID.
I said that he couldn't get across without it so he needed to go to the embassy in TJ.
He got really peeed and started cursing in spanish !!! 
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Bajaboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Diver
Sounds like the same guy that tried us a few years ago.
He was a nice looking young man with flawless english who said he had been robbed and was trying to get money to get back to the US.
I asked why he didn't just walk across and he said they had taken his ID.
I said that he couldn't get across without it so he needed to go to the embassy in TJ.
He got really peeed and started cursing in spanish !!!
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Same thing here...he said he needed money to take the bus across the border. I asked why he didn't just walk across. If I recall correctly, he was
kind of tall.
Zac
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vgabndo
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There is now a permanent gringo panhandler in Catavina. He always asks for TWO pesos. He's been there on four passings in the last two years. This
one is peaceful.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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lingililingili
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I think we had the same guy! Our guy said he was crew on a boat and had been left behind without ID. Said he needed bus fare to get across the
border where he would meet up with his wife who had his ID. We wondered how he expected to get across the border without any ID but he was good! We
figured we got $6.00 worth of entertainment out of his story! Mexican looking guy with perfect English. Think he saw the Lattitude 38 bumper sticker
on our car and figured we would be sympathetic to his cause.
•Life is just one damned thing after another
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
This one is peaceful. |
Peaceful might be worth two Ps as long as he doesn't call it a tip.
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RockhouseTom
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Had the same story used on us in November about just getting out of Jail. This guy said he had been attacked by a police dog and lifted his pant leg
and showed a very ugly wound. It was clear that something or someone had been chewing on his leg.
\"FREEDOM\" William Wallace
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islandhop
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I remember that guy, about 6 or 7 years ago he tried the same thing on us at the left turn before the underpass in TJ going north. Does anybody
remember seeing the old begger guy in San Jose that insisted on showing you his narly leg when passing him by in old town. God that leg was nasty
looking ......
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DENNIS
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There's this old guy who props himself up on crutches on the toll road in Rosarito Beach, hitchhiking. People will feel safe with the old fraud and
give him a ride up the road as he begs the driver to death, paying him to get out at his chosen spot. He then crosses the road and thumbs his way
back to where he started. Back and forth, back and forth for what has amounted to a career. I don't know when he started this but, he's been there
for a long time.
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castaway$
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If you people would just give me money we wouldn't have this problem or need for this post!
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Bob and Susan
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that guy has been there a long time...
crack or herion addict...
he was eating tree bark one time i drove by
i had to tell him once to remember the cars he solicits because he just asked me 6 months before
he got peeed and kicked the plastic fender on the dually
watch out for him he could be dangerous.
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vgabndo
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I'm reminded of a time when I stopped on the way from Loreto to La Paz. A little granny was out of gas with several kids, one of whom was flagging
traffic with a gallon milk jug. I gave them some gas, and when we returned hours later, they were still there. I'm guessing the tank wasn't yet
full. Pretty good trick.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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DanO
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With the price of gas the way it is these days, that doesn't seem like such a bad idea.
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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Mango
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Sounds like the guy could use a trip back to jail due to his aggressive style.
My favorite all time panhandler was this guy in Eugene, Oregon. He would give you a coupon equal to the value of the change you gave him and would
always say, "You have been redeemed." as he handed over the coupon.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
Pretty good trick. |
It's nice to be nice. Too bad we have look for all the variables.
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vgabndo
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My favorite panhandler: The wifey was arriving at LAX and I stopped at a florist's shop on the way to pick her up. In the parking lot I got
button-holed, but the guys says I don't want a handout, but for a buck I'll tell you a joke. I paid, he did, I laughed my butt off. I still tell that
joke now and then.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
My favorite panhandler: The wifey was arriving at LAX and I stopped at a florist's shop on the way to pick her up. In the parking lot I got
button-holed, but the guys says I don't want a handout, but for a buck I'll tell you a joke. I paid, he did, I laughed my butt off. I still tell that
joke now and then. |
And.....Do we get to hear the joke or do we have to pay a buck?
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