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Pompano
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Baja is cleaning up.
As many threads have shown here on Nomads and other sites, scrap metal recycling has begun to change the countryside in Baja and junkyards throughout
the peninsula.
Aluminum cans last just a day or so when tossed out some slob's window. (Oh, if only it was the slob being tossed!)
Recently back from a couple round trips to the border, I saw at least 2 dozen or more semi-flatbeds loaded with many tons of cubed car
wrecks...heading north to the recycling plants. Also many highsiders loaded with scrap metal of all types. The junk yards are being cleaned up...car
wrecks that have laid along certain local stretches have disappeared overnight.
It's an ideal time to get rid of any metal junk in your yard, garage, or wherever. Getting into the spirit of cleanup and recycling, I found some
enterprising Mulege youngsters who could put an old aluminum boat and a metal C-band dish post to good use and make some dinero. Umberto and his
buddy came a'running when Umberto's father, Manuel, told them I wanted it gone. You gotta love the exuberance of youth. Should be some good change
in that old boat and the pole. Buene suerte, amigos.
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Reminds me of my first Kool-Aid and comic book stand...ahh..now those were the days. My sidekick and I made filled many a Mason jar
with pennies.
Hmm..wonder what else is out back..?
[Edited on 10-17-2008 by Pompano]
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thebajarunner
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Prices have finally stabilized in the US
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=32429#pid3336...
but still way up there, no sign of them coming down,
and thus the metal "cleanup" will continue on both sides of the border...
not a bad thing, actually.
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BajaBruno
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As B-Runner points out, commodity prices are still somewhat elevated, but they have recently dropped rather sharply as global economic conditions have
slowed. In the last three months, aluminum has dropped to 2005 levels and scrap steel has seen a similar erosion as Chinese mills are reducing output.
Hopefully, Baja will be cleaned up before anyone notices.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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akshadow
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not everything they are recycling is scrap. In the san felipe area there are problems with the ground wire connection for the overhead power lines
disapearing
Ron San Felipe Oct, Nov. Feb. Mar. April. remainder in Juneau Ak
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by akshadow
not everything they are recycling is scrap. In the san felipe area there are problems with the ground wire connection for the overhead power lines
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... not to mention catalytic converters!
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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MrBillM
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Disappearing Copper Wire
Not a problem confined to South of the Border.
Last month, in YV, we had a power outage that lasted an hour +. The next day I read in the local paper that thieves had ripped wiring from a "Live"
SCE junction box causing the outage. The second time in our area. Down in the Coachella Valley, farmers are losing field irrigation piping at an
alarming rate.
Where there's an opportunity, someone will attempt to take it.
Until now, the big news in "recycling" has been when someone blows themselves up scavenging ordinance on the Bombing range.
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DanO
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Plumbing too. I'll be heading down in a couple of weeks to replace my stolen outside copper pipe with pvc.
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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BMG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DanO
Plumbing too. I'll be heading down in a couple of weeks to replace my stolen outside copper pipe with pvc.
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We know of 2 houses that were stripped of all exterior copper pipes. One was a friend's house and the other was Linguine's father's house.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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Timo1
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We've had thieves die here for the copper in live electrical boxes....they're also targeting
tombstones with the metal or bronze plates on them
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Heather
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My husband's catalytic convertor was taken from his truck while it was parked at the NASCCO ship yard in San Diego. I don't know if he replaced it
or just used his "Baja Mechanic" skills, but he did get it to pass the smog test last month!! H.
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Baja-Brit
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Around these parts it's road signs and drainage covers that are being swiped.
As you were.
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tjBill
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I leave my empty bottles and cans on the street at night; someone always picks them up for recycling. 
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tjBill
I leave my empty bottles and cans on the street at night; someone always picks them up for recycling. |
Ah...at last ...a positive note. Thanks, tjBill.
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bajadave1
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Pompano
Have you noticed that all of the roadside basura barrels from La Paz to San Lucas have also disappeared?
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Pompano
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HMMM....
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajadave1
Have you noticed that all of the roadside basura barrels from La Paz to San Lucas have also disappeared?
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ARGGH...DEJA VU?
I have an idea on where those trash cans may have gone.
They could be destined to be used by certain politicals as shown here by James Carvill on CNN's Crossfire during Election Night 2002? "This election
is in the trash."
..or is that Rush Limbaugh under there? We will know all too soon.
Whether by donkey or elephant, Please return the emptied cans.
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Baja&Back
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2 years ago, CFE put in power & telephone along the highway to Villa Jesus Maria.
Months later, some bozos had pulled down the phone wire and cut it exactly the height of a man standing in the bed of a pickup. Done between every
pole for 30 Kms. Must have taken a long time! No phone service again.
Too bad the bozos didn't try grappling the high tension wires!! Now I notice CFE puts the phone wire on the top position on the pole. Even they learn.
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Oso
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Here in San Luis a couple months ago we had a problem with thieves stealing manhole covers. Not only expensive to replace but a definite danger to
the public. Can you imagine dropping a wheel into a manhole at night? Since we are right on the border, it's speculated that they ended up in a
Mexican scrapyard with a "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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CortezBlue
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Funny your shuould discuss this. I was noticing the other day while driving to San Felipe that all of the abandon autos that littered the road are
gone. Also, I noticed a large pile of Plastic on hwy 5 just south of Mexicali that was being picked up for recycling.
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Paula
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Good news on the metal!
Now if they can find a market for the used tp and disposable diapers....
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paula
Now if they can find a market for the used tp ...
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Send them to Prince Charles?
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