Reminds me of an incident before I escaped California. One sunny day Mrs. Handog and I decided to take the urchins for a short drive to the beach. Upon arrival there was a parking lot with an unmanned toll booth. There were no signs (so I thought) so I assumed it was OK to park. Well, after an afternoon of serious sand castle building we returned to the car. Yep, there was a ticket on each and every car windshield there. There was a State park Ranger making his rounds. When questioned he pointed to a small sign up high directing visitors to place their parking fee in the covert wooden box. What a racket.
To rent a 26-foot truck one-way from San Francisco to Austin costs $3236, and yet the one-way charge for that same truck from Austin to San Francisco is just $399. Even so, U-Haul has to pay its employees to drive the empty trucks back from Texas. Hmmm
