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Idaho replaces mile marker 420 with 419.9 to thwart stoners
Fox/Associated Press ^
| 08/18/2015
Posted on 08/18/2015 2:28:22 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
BOISE, Idaho If you're looking for milepost 420, you won't find it in Idaho.
Idaho transportation officials say the mile marker has been replaced with 419.9 signs to curb thieves eager to own a number associated with marijuana enthusiasts.
Turns out, Idaho isn't alone in this problem. States like Washington and Colorado have also replaced 420 signs with 419.9 after consistently having to replace them after thefts by supposed sticky-fingered stoners.
Adam Rush of the Idaho Transportation Department says officials have replaced the old sign along U.S. Highway 95 with "MILE 419.9," just south of Coeur d'Alene.
~snip~
The number "420" has long been associated with marijuana, though its origins as a shorthand for pot are murky.
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To: dware
For your stoner ping list.
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:29:01 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
To: Responsibility2nd
Drug addicts being vandals?
No way.
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:33:09 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Responsibility2nd
What about Mile marker 69? ;-)
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:33:11 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Responsibility2nd
419..
419.9
To: Responsibility2nd
To: Responsibility2nd
RFID chips that the various state patrols could detect. Fine income, confiscation. C’mon! This is the 21st Century.
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:36:58 PM PDT
by
x1stcav
(Oh! No! I just learned Freddy Mecury was a queer.)
To: BenLurkin
Drug addicts being vandals? You equate users with addicts?
That's pretty ignorant.
Are you a gasoline addict?
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:37:06 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
To: 11th Commandment
To: Responsibility2nd
Back in the 60s, New Jersey had to rename its route 69 to route 31 because the signs were constantly being stolen.
The official story was that members of the class of 69 were stealing them, but there was more to it than that.
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:38:13 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Falcon 105)
To: Responsibility2nd
What does the number 420 have to do with pot?
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:38:17 PM PDT
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Got my weed and set to go
Down the road to do some blow.
Someone stole 420’s sign
So I did 419.9.
Burma Shave
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:38:30 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Voting is acting white.)
To: BenLurkin
Are you a grocery story user.. or an addict?
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:38:44 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
To: BenLurkin
Are you a road user.. or an addict?
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:39:09 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
To: Responsibility2nd
It used to be that the
Chicken Dinner Road sign was the most stolen in the state. The road was west of Caldwell.
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:39:28 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(The other day I... No, that wasn't me.)
To: BenLurkin
Are you a toilet paper user.. or an addict?
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:39:41 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:40:04 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: sparklite2
Burma Shave? You are revealing you age.
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:40:18 PM PDT
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: TruthWillWin
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:41:34 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(The other day I... No, that wasn't me.)
To: TruthWillWin
One story I heard is that class got out @ Cal Berkely @ 4pm. It took about 20 minutes to walk to the dorms to light up. Don’t know whether that’s true or not.
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:41:51 PM PDT
by
Tailback
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