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The Gull
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Attention Travelers - Staying home is a bad idea
Remember even with the recent fall of the dollar relative to the peso and the rise in gas prices in the states, today, gas is still $2.50 per gallon
or less in Baja Norte.
Regular gas purchased at PEMEX in Primo Tapia this morning.
Last night, gasoline was the same price as the Margaritas at the Palms Grill next to the gas station, except the liquid volume was less at the Palms.
The Palms had six TV screens with different sports on each and a Latin Fusion band, the PEMEX did not have entertainment.
You can get your car washed for under $5 across the street from the both of them.
One block south you can get the world's largest (and best) fish tacos from Flor at Mariscos Alegria for $2.
Why stay home?
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Iflyfish
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You have a number of excellent points there! Sounds great to me. Mas tacos de pescada por favor e uno Pacifico nada mas!
Iflyfishwhennotlustingafterfishtacosandpacificos!
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The Gull
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Cheap gas, good cheap drinks and free entertainment, good cheap food, good cheap car wash - not a combination I can readily identify with any other
place nearby the USA.
Recently experienced the same in Costa Rica, again, but it took over 7 hours of flight time and $260 RT to get there.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Barry A.
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Mr. Bird-------------a car wash in Redding, CA costs $1.00, but of course you have to do all the work. 
barry
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The Gull
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Of course, in fact I think I stopped at one there when returning from Oregon last year. Couldn't see out of the windshield after a week of snow and
rain.
I overlooked the best part of the cheap car wash. When they are done with your car, they drive it over to the Palm Grill where you could have
finished 3-4 $2.50 drinks while watching an array of sports activity for the last hour and they hand you your keys. Your fuel tank is full, your
tequila intake is at max and you are ready for the road.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
took over 7 hours of flight time and $260 RT to get there. |
Why didn't you just flap your wings and save the money?
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vgabndo
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Three or four ounces of hard liquor and you're "ready for the road". If the carwash was really a good deal for everyone, they'd HIDE your keys. The
roads around there are dangerous enough WITHOUT the DUI drivers.
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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conquestkm
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I have been using that young mans car wash for years . There is none better . No body cleans a car better . Only thing you have got to be very
patient .
Conquestkm
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DENNIS
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WOW Gull..... You're kinda cranky this morning. What happened? Did they pump all the cess out of your pool leaving no place for you to swim and
preen?
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The Gull
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Mennis the stalker
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Terry28
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Gull, Your right on in your descriptions...those are some of our favorite places!! We also like the taco stand next to the palm grill..Taco's
Cantamar" no beer sold there but they let our 13yr old daughter work in the kitchen and are helping her with her spanish...we leave for Las Gaviotas
wed. for a 5 day stay.....yea!
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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vgabndo
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Communication...clear, concise, direct and authentic.
If you want to glorify drunk driving slide back over to off-topic. Driving under the enfluence of drugs or alcohol is illegal, immoral, and
anti-social. If you do it, or if as in this case, you glorify it; get used to being called out for being part of the problem rather
than part of the solution.
The businesses you recommend may be wonderful places, but THIS is not the place to suggest that drinking three or four ounces of hard liquor makes
ANYONE "ready for the road". I invite you to save that sort of comment for your stuff on the off-topic forum where the majority of your posts on
BajaNomad can be found.
Since I am holding you accountable for being out of integrity, let me remind you that I found fault with your content, you chose to personally insult
me.
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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The Gull
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Nice clear, concise proselytizing. Amen.
Tell me you have never read another post on this board about drinking? Where was your moral outrage then, sister?
Your (and Mennis') continued stalking of my posts has no place on this board. Say Amen, brother.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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vgabndo
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I am on record here as having no patience at all for those who abuse alcohol especially while driving.
If you have some defense of driving under the influence of alcohol, I'll read it. It will have to be a unique viewpoint.
I am not your sister, Gull, nor your brother.
If you regularly participated on the on-topic side of these forums you'd know that from reading the "mugshots" thread.
I invite you to join the civil side of the board and post your picture on the thread.
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=30072#pid3013...
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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Gypsy Jan
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OK, I Like Tacos, Carwashes and Margaritas
Maybe not all on the same day.
I have had my car washed at Cantamar/Primo Tapia and and had "Ladies' Day" appetizers at the Palm while waiting.
I have had very good margaritias at the Palm, also.
No car washes, appetizers or margaritas were taken in excess.
That is all.
[Edited on 4-21-2008 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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vgabndo
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Driving under the influence of a carwash is WAY under my radar!
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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The Gull
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
Driving under the influence of a carwash is WAY under my radar!
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Must be a chunky in the armor-all.
I am going on the record here and now that drinking and munching on Ladies' Day appetizers while waiting for your carwash is done, amounts to a
perfectly good way to enjoy an afternoon in Baja. If I was stuck in a bunghole in NorCal, I might have a sour and bitter attitude toward those who
have the luxury to enjoy Baja any day of the week. Damn car won't cooperate and get dirty, often enough. Take THAT for an official position!!!!!!!
I am The Gull and I approve of this message.
Here's my mugshot -
To match your schoolyard tactics from above - naaa naa naa naaa na
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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oxxo
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I hate to prove my ignorance to the whole world, but where is Primo Tapia, please?
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The Gull
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Ignorance has always been a "curable" condition. Primo Tapia is the correct name for the area one mile south of Puerto Nuevo. Lots of US folks know
it as Cantamar, since there is a small group of beach houses near there with that name. From the toll road it is one more exit south from the Puerto
Nuevo exit and it is also well known for the big sand dunes that are on the south end of Primo Tapia.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Hook
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Recent fall of the dollar in relation to the peso? That's news to me. Seems like it's been hovering in the 10.8-11.2 range for a couple years now.
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