[meteorite-list] Not met. Related - Friend On Meteorite List

From: John Teague <volgems_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 19:59:17 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Message-ID: <12816314.1418086757999.JavaMail.root_at_elwamui-muscovy.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

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 <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Dec 8, 2014 7:39 PM
>To: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>Cc: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>, Raremeteorites <raremeteorites at centurylink.net>
>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.
>
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>On 12/8/14, Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list
><meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> 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
>>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> 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
>>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> 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"
>>>> <mikestang at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Raremeteorites" <raremeteorites at centurylink.net>
>>>> Cc: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>>> 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
>>>>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> 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"
>>>>>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>>>>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> 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>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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