23 Feb 09 10:51, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> My 72 had a total of 54 gallon capacity fuel tanks. I could drive
 RW>> from San Diego to San Jose under 8 hours (525miles) non-stop, before
 RW>> they opened I-5. On old 99, I'd usually stop half-way (Bakersfield)
 RW>> for a stretch and a cup of coffee anyway.

 RN> My wife (at that time), my two boys and I drove from Covington to
 RN> Miami to visit my sister.  I had a brand new 1965 Chevelle 6-cylinder
 RN> station wagon at the time, so the boys got plenty of rest.

A coincidence...I owned a brand new 1965 Malibu Super Sport at that time.

 RN> The distance from Covington to Miami at the time was 917 miles.  No
 RN> Interstate, but Florida had the Sunshime State Parkway (a toll road)
 RN> which I refused to use.  Instead, I drove to Hwy 1 and proceeded
 RN> south.  That got old real fast because every town we hit had a
 RN> working signal light on every corner.  I decided to spend the money
 RN> to get on the Parkway and was immediately pulled over by a
"Smokey."
 RN> One of the two license plate bulbs on the wagon wasn't working and he
 RN> advised me in the strongest terms possible to get it replaced as soon
 RN> as I hit the next off ramp.

Hmmmm. When I first moved to San Diego, two friends from work and I were
bar hopping; I was driving. I got pulled over for no apparent reason. I
hadn't been drinking very much, so he had to have some excuse to pull me
over. So he told me he pulled me over because I didn't have a taillight
burning. I fixed the light on the spot, as that taillight had a habit of
loosening the bulb holder and dropping out of the light. The cop was
impressed by that and let me go.

 RN> I got off, went into a convenience store and got a bulb.  The price
 RN> on the bulb package read .35 cents, but I was charged .50 cents for
 RN> it.  When I questioned the clerk about this, he said they can charge
 RN> any price they want.  'Welcome to Florida,' I thought.

'Next off ramp' sounds like the cop was in cahoots with the store
operator.

 RN> This is but one of the reasons I don't like Florida.

There are probably a lot more than the one.

                R\%/itt


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