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That is an EPA law and applies to cities above a certain criteria. I
don't know if it is simply population or some air quality standard. I
know when I was in the DC area, PG county had emissions inspection
Chuck County didn't.
They have it is Tamps/St Pete, Miami and Orlando but not Ft Myers.

It's ridiculous. In Las Vegas, you have to have your car smogged, but if
you live over the hill in Pahrump, which is in the next county, you don't.
A lot of people commute to Vegas from Pahrump, driving in Clark County the
majority of the way.

Nevada does not have inspection laws. You can drive around with bad
headlights and brakes and tires, but they want you to meet EPA requirements.

Steve

It's much easier to tax emissions than it is to tax headlights and
brakes... It's all about Global Taxing and the transfer of wealth, pure
and simple. Everybody knows it by now, half the country is too
embarrassed to admit it at this point so they would rather just let the
stuff go...

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In article ,
says...

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That is an EPA law and applies to cities above a certain criteria. I
don't know if it is simply population or some air quality standard. I
know when I was in the DC area, PG county had emissions inspection
Chuck County didn't.
They have it is Tamps/St Pete, Miami and Orlando but not Ft Myers.

It's ridiculous. In Las Vegas, you have to have your car smogged, but if
you live over the hill in Pahrump, which is in the next county, you
don't.
A lot of people commute to Vegas from Pahrump, driving in Clark County
the
majority of the way.

Nevada does not have inspection laws. You can drive around with bad
headlights and brakes and tires, but they want you to meet EPA
requirements.

Steve

It's much easier to tax emissions than it is to tax headlights and
brakes... It's all about Global Taxing and the transfer of wealth, pure
and simple. Everybody knows it by now, half the country is too
embarrassed to admit it at this point so they would rather just let the
stuff go...


I guess you don't have to pay sales tax then, since that would be taxing
both of those items.

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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:12:43 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:15 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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This isn't some 3rd World
country.

Have you ever been to the big bend of Florida ;-)

Just kidding Ohara, but it may be a little "rustic" for a California
girl.


Never, but I'm pretty used to rednecks if that's what's around.

The South is a bit different than the west. There is a subtle
difference in the type of innovation, lifestyle and a whole lot of "we
don't care what you think". I am very much at home here but it drives
a lot of people from the rest of the country crazy.

The metaphor would be the difference between tangling with a grizzly
bear and wrasslin an alligator.
In both cases you are talking about an apex predator but the bear is a
sentient mammal you might be able to reason with, the gator is 400
pounds of prehistoric muscle and teeth that just wants to eat you.
Toss in the biggest snakes, bugs and lizards in the country and you
get a tough bunch of people who choose to live here. Don't confuse
this with the east coast that Harry likes or Orlando. That is just
where the transplanted New Yorkers go.
Much like the Seminoles 100 years ago, the real Floridians have been
pushed back into the swamps by northerners but their time is running
out.


Sounds like a youtube selection bear vs. gator, human vs. car.


??? It really sounds like that?

Rob


There are some cool vids that have these contests... check it out.


Damn! A polite response!

Rob

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nom=de=plume wrote:
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nom=de=plume wrote:
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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:12:43 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:15 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

This isn't some 3rd World
country.

Have you ever been to the big bend of Florida ;-)

Just kidding Ohara, but it may be a little "rustic" for a California
girl.


Never, but I'm pretty used to rednecks if that's what's around.

The South is a bit different than the west. There is a subtle
difference in the type of innovation, lifestyle and a whole lot of "we
don't care what you think". I am very much at home here but it drives
a lot of people from the rest of the country crazy.

The metaphor would be the difference between tangling with a grizzly
bear and wrasslin an alligator.
In both cases you are talking about an apex predator but the bear is a
sentient mammal you might be able to reason with, the gator is 400
pounds of prehistoric muscle and teeth that just wants to eat you.
Toss in the biggest snakes, bugs and lizards in the country and you
get a tough bunch of people who choose to live here. Don't confuse
this with the east coast that Harry likes or Orlando. That is just
where the transplanted New Yorkers go.
Much like the Seminoles 100 years ago, the real Floridians have been
pushed back into the swamps by northerners but their time is running
out.


Sounds like a youtube selection bear vs. gator, human vs. car.


??? It really sounds like that?

Rob


There are some cool vids that have these contests... check it out.


Damn! A polite response!

Rob


Damn, I'm almost always polite.

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Nom=de=Plume

Sounds like a youtube selection bear vs. gator, human vs. car.

Would depend on the venue. On asphalt, I'd bet on the car every time.

In the water, I take the gator.

In a woodsy scene, the bear and the gator are a tossup. The car couldn't
move. Maybe a little edge to the gator.

Steve