Well ... kinda true for Florida ... if you are driving a cargo van, you are REQUIRED to stop. I have a warning ticket to prove it! Chased me down, lights flashing! ... and the officer had a photograph of the sign that states such about cargo vans. Told him that I gone in and out of the state a LOT of times and had never stopped nor been stopped (in a VERY nice way!) ... his response? "It's a slow day for us!" At least he was honest and had a sense of humor ... thus a warning ticket!
John -----Original Message----- >From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list ><[email protected]> >Sent: Dec 8, 2014 7:39 PM >To: Michael Farmer <[email protected]> >Cc: Meteorite List <[email protected]>, Raremeteorites ><[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Not met. Related - Friend On Meteorite List > >There are agricultural inspection stations on I-10 and I-75 entering >Florida, but there are no such stations on the many alternate routes. >The inspection stations along the interstate are for commercial >traffic and private drivers are not required to stop. You can drive >unchecked across the border with unicorn horns and moonshine in the >trunk and nobody will notice or look twice. > >Never been to Arizona or California. Haven't made it that far west yet. > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------- >Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com >Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone >------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >On 12/8/14, Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list ><[email protected]> wrote: >> My only problem with California drivers is that they all stay in left lane >> no matter how slow they are going. I passed a thousand or more cars in the >> right lane because it is always clear. California has every right to try to >> protect it's agriculture. >> By the way, Australia is same, checkpoints at Western Australia border and >> all produce destroyed. >> >> Michael Farmer >> >>> On Dec 9, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Michael Mulgrew via Meteorite-list >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Average gasoline prices in Arizona ($2.57/gal) are about 13% lower >>> than California ($2.97). How does that 13% difference turn into an >>> almost 100% (claimed) increase in your fill-up? >>> >>> California has more than 3 times the lane-miles of Arizona and it's >>> drivers account for 11% of ALL of the miles driven in the entire >>> country (more than 5 times Arizona drivers, and we have a lower >>> fatality rate because no one from Arizona can drive worth a damn), so >>> yes, our roads do get used and abused and could use some love. >>> Believe it or not, road maintenance is what the fuel tax is used for, >>> we just have a lot more roads that need maintaining. >>> >>> And "most" produce comes from California. And by most we're talking a >>> huge majority. Some comes from Mexico, some from other places, too, >>> but California is our nation's produce isle. >>> >>> Michael is so. Cal. >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I do stay out of California unless managing one of my over-taxed >>>> investment >>>> properties.. It cost nearly twice as much to fill up my gas tank there >>>> as >>>> it does in Arizona. They were the first state to have a major city go >>>> bankrupt demonstrating their ability to manage taxpayer funds. I do not >>>> know what they do with the nations highest fuel tax. It sure isn't put >>>> into >>>> the roads. I will not drive at night in parts of California since they >>>> can't even afford to paint the lanes or put up reflectors. I once went >>>> airborne at night while pulling my enclosed car hauler trailer since >>>> California was too cheap to mark a raised railroad crossing. >>>> >>>> I have seen better roads in third-world countries. As far as produce >>>> goes, >>>> most of it now comes from Mexico. >>>> >>>> Again, no thanks, >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>>> >>>> Drive at your own risk >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Mulgrew" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> To: "Raremeteorites" <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 10:01 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Not met. Related - Friend On Meteorite >>>> List >>>> >>>> >>>>> No other state even comes close to California when it comes to produce >>>>> production, so it follows that no other states would have to enact >>>>> protections as tough as California. Don't like it, then stay out of >>>>> my state (and stop eating fruits, nuts, and vegetables altogether, >>>>> chances are they were grown here). >>>>> >>>>> Michael in so. Cal. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> That's California for you. Too much governmental control and wasted >>>>>> tax >>>>>> payer money. They tax (fleece) everything and the roads are crap! I >>>>>> can >>>>>> tell when I am entering California from Arizona or Nevada just by the >>>>>> condition of the roads and the agricultural check points. First you >>>>>> go >>>>>> from >>>>>> a smooth freeway into a patched together, multi-colored, quilted road >>>>>> surface with no shoulders and than go through the indignity of an >>>>>> inspection >>>>>> station just have any American grown produce thrown in the trash. >>>>>> >>>>>> No thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> Adam >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Wooddell via Meteorite-list" >>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 6:30 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Not met. Related - Friend On Meteorite >>>>>> List >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Keeping this meteorite related, the California bug stations even look >>>>>>> for >>>>>>> firewood coming in from other states. So for example you are planning >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> meteorite >>>>>>> hunting trip into or through California and figure you would like to >>>>>>> haul >>>>>>> some firewood with you, you might want to know that they may or will >>>>>>> seize >>>>>>> it at the border inspection stations. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jim Wooddell >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 12/8/2014 6:51 AM, Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That is a crime, you really want someone to receive and ship goods >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> you >>>>>>>> in violation of California law? They could be prosecuted for that. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Michael Blood via Meteorite-list >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> NOTE: THIS IS NOT METEORITE INFORMATION >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>>>> Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. >>>>>>>>> As some of you know, I grow exotic plants, have a >>>>>>>>> Greenhouse, etc. >>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, CA is THE worst state when it comes >>>>>>>>> To importing plants. >>>>>>>>> <SNIPOLA> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
