CYŻ I'll still stick with the dirt as being the stupidest state
CYŻ law. It came from out of nowhere and begs so many questions:
CYŻ How many different soils were considered for this coveted
CYŻ honor?
CYŻ What distinguished San Joaquin Soil so that it could lay claim
CYŻ to the noble designation as the official dirt of the great
CYŻ State of California?
CYŻ What of the soil from other parts of California -- what made
CYŻ them inferior to the San Joaquin Soil?
WT> All VERY good questions!
WT> Hell, I -=LIVE=- in the middle of the San Joaquin valley, and I
WT> have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER what they mean by "San Joaquin Valley
WT> Soil".
(209) I thought that area code looked familiar. Fresno? I lived in
Bakersfield for 12 years. 
Now, I don't know what *THEY* mean by San Joaquin Soil, but I know
that it's "special soil"! It's so special it's the only soil you can
get San Joaquin Valley Fever from. Yippee! Did you ever hear the
legend that the spores are from  dust of the bones from American
Indians that had their burial grounds disturbed? Shades of
Poltergeist! ;)  I don't know how true that is, but every time there
was a dust storm I'd have a bad allergy attack, and almost all the
major outbreaks of Valley Fever follow a dust storm. Weird, huh?
I never had an allergy in my life until I moved there 18 years ago,
and I still have them. The doctors out there later figured I'd caught
a mild touch of Valley Fever when the first signs of allergy came up.
(My brother lived there too, and he tested positive for it, same
symptoms as mine). But I suppose we'll just be thankful for the "mild"
cases, since a bad case can kill you!  
WT> Depending where you go in this valley, the soil can be adobe,
WT> loam, peat, or any of the above combined with sand and/or rocks
WT> from the size of dried peas up to the size of a VW bus...
You got that right. I love the white rocks up by Lake Isabella. You
know, I work security at a plant that actually molds bricks to
*look* like that? They call it Kern Whiteriver Rocks. I guess it
beats hauling the real thing half across the US.
WT> * Ż NRA Life Member, 1972 ® *
So, are you an "extremist" too? 
... I'm too far from California, my super powers are fading...
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