From: Dick (rertman@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Wed May 11 2005 - 17:26:23 PDT
And just what makes you think Kalifornia is staying solvent?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "MV" <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: 11 May, 2005 12:52
Subject: Re: [MV] {[MV] your papers, please - Kalifornia dreamin
> California - I've been there and done business there and it is tough.
>
> I think that a lot of California businesses think that "being open and in
> business" means that their answering service (recorder) is working and
> answers the phone.
>
> I was trying to buy some heavy duty trailer parts from a business in
> California, Uh we will have them in next week.... Uh, they didn't
> arrive... Uh, now what were we doing for you... Uh, oh yeah they aren't
> here yet... This has been going on for a month.
>
> Then I get a phone call, "I just found a note that I was suppose to call
> you but I have no idea as to why". (I've had a standing order for some
> equipment there for 4 weeks and they don't remember who I am!!)
>
> I talked to a neighood spring shop to see if they could get the parts. I
> tell them about my California parts experiences. (This is not the first
> time.) Their reply: We really try to avoid doing business with companies
> in California since they may or may not deliver depending on how sunny it
> is that day, week, or month.
>
> The weather in the Midwest may suck most of the time, but at least
> business gets done. How California stays solvent, I will never
> understand.
>
> At least they can keep a good tan.!?!?!? (8-O)
>
> End of rant...
>
>
> Mil-Veh Co. wrote:
>> You think you got troubles, I live in a socialist's
>> dream state, Kalifornia, man it's tough here, unlike
>> some nearby states like Texas and Arizona. When I
>> travel to Texas I feel like I have just left Devil's
>> Island and landed at Ellis Island. Speaking of travelling, we migrated
>> to the Peoples
>> Republik of Kaliforni by accident. My Dad mis-read
>> the road sign, he thought it said Texas, but it really
>> said... Taxes. California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than
>> Your Honda! We've got crazy laws too...like in Belvedere a City
>> Ordinance says, "No dog shall be in a public place
>> without its master on a leash." In my town, Chico, detonating a nuclear
>> device within
>> the city limits results in a $500 fine. Pacific Grove...Molesting
>> butterflies can result in a
>> $500 fine. (Wonder what happens if you get one
>> pregnant?)
>>
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