FAQ for California State Fair, 18th July 2004

[Alfred Lord Tennisball]

FAQ and travel advisory for California State Fair

Updated on 18th July 2004





GENERAL INFO





This year's California State Fair will be taking place from 20th August

through 6th September at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California.





Fair Hours:



Fri-Sunday and Labour Day: 9AM-1AM(*)

Monday-Thursday 1PM-Midnight



(*) - Fair will close at 6PM on September 4



General Admission $10.00, Children and Seniors $8

Parking: $7 ($6 extra for preferred parking)





Carnival Rides:



75 cents per coupons (all rides take more than one coupon)



Wristbands:



$10 for 10 rides Tues-Thurs

$25 unlimited all other days





Horse Racing:



Free with general admission. Racing from August 24-September 6 (dark August

31st). Post time 1:15 PM (2:45 on Fridays).









GENERAL TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR SACRAMENTO





Air travel:





International connections from Hawaii are now available. Aloha Airlines

now runs service from Maui, in the Hawaiian Republic to Saramento via

Burbank (you will go through Customs in Burbank before going on to Sacramento).

Hawaiian air has daily nonstop service from Honolulu to Sacramento.

Interntational connections are available from Mexico City and Guadalajara

to Sacramento. For Hawaii, citizens of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, EU

Countries, the U.S., and the U.K. can transit the country without having to

otain transit visas. Citizens of these countries can stay in Hawaii for up

to 30 days without a visa provided they have an onward ticket and proof of

sufficient funds for their stay. Citizens of other countries should be sure

to have the approppriate transit visas, or they may be refused passage,

even with a valid U.S. entry visa.

For travellers transiting Hawaii, security has been tightened since late

last year when a plot was uncovered to execute a 9-11 style attack in the

republic on the U.S. military bases that exist in Hawaiian territory.

Travellers through Hawaii should allow, if possible, check in at least three

hours prior to any flight, regardless of the final destination.

Passengers boarding flights in Hawaii may not carry knives, scissors,

box cutters, razors, or virtually any sharp object. Currentl regulations

in Hawaii regquire that all passengers over 18 present some kind of valid

ID before Sharp items like those mentioned above must be carried in checked

baggage and will be confiscated by security personell if discovered during

security checks.

International service is also available from Guadalajara, Mexico to

Sacramento. It cannot be said too much that travelers coming through third

countries, especially Hawaii and Mexico, should have appropriate transit visas

or they can be denied onward passage, even with a valid U.S. entry visa.

ALL International travelers are advised that check ins up to 6 HOURS

for flights inbound to the USA could become the norm, when a new entry

regime, requiring certain traveler information be entered in a new database

from 1st July. Even if you have a valid US visa, this information has to

be transmitted ahead, and many in the airline industry predict necessary

check-in time up to 6 hours for any flights inbound to the USA. This

also includes fights from Canada, Mexico, and Hawaii, if you are changing

planes anywhere, do allow for this when making travel plans. European airports

are telling travelers to be at the airport 6 hours ahead of flight time

from 1st July, but no official word from anywhere else in the world.





By Road:





Sacramento is about 2 hours, via Interstate 80 from San Francisco and 9

hours from Los Angeles via Interstate 5. The speed limits run between 55 and

70 MPH. Radar detectors are ILLEGAL in California under a 2001 law which makes

them illegal. If you are caught with a radar detector you can be ticketed and

fined in California.





CITY INFORMATION Climate The weather can be very hot this time of year. In my nearly 30 years ofcoming to the fair, since I was a young lad. I have seen it as hot as 42degrees celsius during fair time, though the average temperature duringthat time of year usually runs around 32 Celsius. Nighttime lows usuallyare around 15 Celsius. TV and radio. The major television stations in Sacramento are 3 (NBC) 10 (ABC) 13(CBS)and 40 (FOX). With the permission of the ChuckieMonster(tm), a portion ofhis radio list, covering stations that can be received from Sacramentois included here. (note I have made a few changed from the original list of theChuckieMonster(TM) AM 560 KSFO San Francisco Conservative Talk 5580 KMJ Fresno Talk 50610 KFRC San Francisco Oldies 5/5650 KSTE Ranch Cordova Talk 25680 KNBR San Francisco "Sports 68" 5710 KFIA Fair Oaks Religious 5740 KCBS San Francisco "News 74" 200/30770 KCBC Riverbank Religious 500 (daytime)810 KGO San Francisco "Newstalk 810" 250/50830 KNCO Grass Valley Talk 5860 KTRB Tracy News 5910 KNEW Oakland C/Net Radio 5960 KABL San Francisco Standards 5990 KATD Concord Radio Unica";Spanish 10/51010 KIQI San Francsico "Radio Unica" 50/11050 KTCT San Mateo "The Ticket";Sports 501080 KSCO Santa Cruz Talk 101110 KLIB Roseville Asian Programming 51140 KHTK Carmichael "Sports 1140" 501210 KEBR-AM Sacramento Religious 51240 KSQR Sacramento Air America 51310 KCTC Sacramento "Sunny 1320";Standards 51380 KTQZ Sacramento "Talk 1380" 51410 KMYC Marysville Talk 51470 KDSN Sacramento Radio Disney 11530 KFBK Sacramento "Newstalk 1530" 150/501570 KCVR Lodi La Concentida 5 (daytimer) FM 88.1 KEDR Sacramento Family Radio 8.488.9 KXJX Sacrmaento Jazz'NPR 5089.3 KQEZ Sacramento NPR'owned by KQED 1590.3 KDVS Davis UC Davis 591.5 KYDS Carmichael El Camino High School .41492.5 KGBY Sacramento "Y92.5";Hot AC 5093.1 KOBO Patterson "B-93.1";Alternative 1093.7 KHWD North Highlands "Howard 93-7";AAA 2594.7 KSSJ Fair Oaks "Smooth Jazz 94-7" 2595.3 KUIC Vacaville Hot AC 595.7 KFGI San Francisco "Froggy 95.7";Country96.1 KYMX Sacramento Lite Rock;"Mix 96" 5096.9 KSEG Sacramento Class Rock "The Eagle" 597.3 KALC San Francisco Alternative "Alice 97" 8297.9 KTTA Esparto Spanish;"K-Buena" 698.5 KRXQ Sacramento "98 Rock" 5098.9 KSOL San Francisco Radio Romantica 3099.9 KXXX Marysville "Radio Tricolor" 14100.5 KZZO Sacramento "The Zone";Alternative115101.1 KHYL Auburn "V-101.1";Urban Oldies 36101.9 KOOL Shingle Springs "Kool 101.9";Oldies 47102.1 KDFC San Francisco "Oldies 102";Oldies 33102.5 KSFM Woodland "FM 102";Urban 50103.1 KKCY Marysville Country 5103.3 KATM Modesto "Kat Kountry 103" 50103.5 KBMB Sacramento Urban 3103.9 KFLS Marysville "Flash 103.9";80s 2104.1 KHWK Modesto "The Hawk";Rock 50104.7 KHTN Merced "Hot 105";CHR 50105.1 KNCI Sacramento "Country 105" 50105.5 KKFS Dunnigan/Woodland "The Fish"'Religious 2.55105.7 KSSL Santa Clara "Estereo Sol" 55105.9 KLVE-LP Natomas "K-Love";Religious .015106.1 KAFC Arnold Regional Mexican 5106.5 KWOD Sacramento Modern Rock 50107.9 KDND North Highlands "The End";CHR 50 TV KCRA 3 Walnut Grove NBC 100KVIE 6 Sacramento PBS 100KNCI-TV 10 Sacramento ABC 316KOVR 13 West Sacramento CBS 400KUVS 19 Sacramento Univision 5000KSPX 29 Rancho Cordova PAXNet 4570KMAX 31 Sacramento UPN 5000KFFX 40 Fuitridge/Sacramento FOX 5000KQCA 58 Ranch Cordova WB 1000 Other notes: Rush Limbaugh is heard on 1410 and 1530Dr Laura Schlessinger is heard on 1410Art Bell is heard on 1410"Savage Nation" is currently not heard in Sacramento Newspapers The only daily newspaper in Sacramento is the Sacramento Bee, althoughsome libraries will have same-day editions of the San Francisco Chronicle,Los Angeles Times, and New York Times available. The gift shop at CaliforniaState University Sacramento sells same-day editions of the San Jose MercuryNews and the Wall Street Journal, as well as the San Francisco Chronicle
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[Bob Vaughan]

You know Chuckie, the more of this drivel that you post, the more pathetic
you appear.. When are you going to start taking your medication on a regular
basis?

[John Higdon]

Post by Bob Vaughan
You know Chuckie, the more of this drivel that you post, the more pathetic
you appear.. When are you going to start taking your medication on a regular
basis?

While "Chuckie" operates possibly the longest-running, most elaborate
troll in Usenet history, the franchise is starting to crack a bit. When
Alfred Lord Tennisball took credit for the radio list (calling it "my
list"), it became apparent that maintaining the separate identities of
the I AM NOT CHUCKIE!!!!!!!! group might require more horsepower than
the current franchise operator has available.

[SoCal Tom]

"John Higdon" wrote >
When

Post by John Higdon
Alfred Lord Tennisball took credit for the radio list (calling it "my
list"), it became apparent that maintaining the separate identities of
the I AM NOT CHUCKIE!!!!!!!! group might require more horsepower than
the current franchise operator has available.

I'm not entirely positive it was Chuckie that posted the original message.
Check out the spelling of "labor" in Labour Day, unless Chuckie is getting
his motel guides printed in Canada. Us Yanks don't use the "U" so prevalent
in the European spelling of certain words.

--
SoCal Tom

[Alfred Lord Tennisball]

Post by SoCal Tom
"John Higdon" wrote >
When

Post by John Higdon
Alfred Lord Tennisball took credit for the radio list (calling it "my
list"), it became apparent that maintaining the separate identities of
the I AM NOT CHUCKIE!!!!!!!! group might require more horsepower than
the current franchise operator has available.

I'm not entirely positive it was Chuckie that posted the original message.
Check out the spelling of "labor" in Labour Day, unless Chuckie is getting
his motel guides printed in Canada. Us Yanks don't use the "U" so prevalent
in the European spelling of certain words.

One thing you notice is the original post in HTML format. We will be
shifting most of our postings to the Web, as far as things like the State
Fair FAQ goes. Chuckie is even going to allow us to post his ENTIRE radio
list (which most new servers barf on, becuase of its large size) to our
Web site.
I will still be posting here from time to time, but but of the focus
at Anonymous Demonic Media will be shifting to an anonymous Web page. We
have figured out how to post anonymously to the remaining free Web sites
that are still in existence. The Web page is slowly being built now.
We are doing this, becuase nym.alias.net has been having SOOOO many
outages this year. Thus, we are beginning to make the switch to Web publishing

[Thomas Groom]

Post by Alfred Lord Tennisball
I will still be posting here from time to time

Please don't

[Mike Ward]

Post by SoCal Tom
I'm not entirely positive it was Chuckie that posted the original message.
Check out the spelling of "labor" in Labour Day, unless Chuckie is getting
his motel guides printed in Canada. Us Yanks don't use the "U" so prevalent
in the European spelling of certain words.

As one of the veteran ChuckieWatchers in the group, I can tell you...
Chuckie's various non-U.S. characters have indeed - at least at times
- adopted the British/Canadian spelling of words like "labour".

And besides, "Alfred" is one of the known ChuckieEntities...

[Freddy Smith]

Post by Alfred Lord Tennisball
FAQ and travel advisory for California State Fair
Updated on 18th July 2004
GENERAL INFO
This year's California State Fair will be taking place from 20th August
through 6th September at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California.
Fri-Sunday and Labour Day: 9AM-1AM(*)
Monday-Thursday 1PM-Midnight
(*) - Fair will close at 6PM on September 4
General Admission $10.00, Children and Seniors $8
Parking: $7 ($6 extra for preferred parking)
75 cents per coupons (all rides take more than one coupon)
$10 for 10 rides Tues-Thurs
$25 unlimited all other days
Free with general admission. Racing from August 24-September 6 (dark August
31st). Post time 1:15 PM (2:45 on Fridays).
GENERAL TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR SACRAMENTO
International connections from Hawaii are now available. Aloha Airlines
now runs service from Maui, in the Hawaiian Republic to Saramento via
Burbank (you will go through Customs in Burbank before going on to Sacramento).

What a dum-dum. Hawaii is a frikin state, not a country. I've been
to the state fair and some of the info is wrong. Check the facts.

...Freddy

[Thomas Groom]

in article ***@posting.google.com, Freddy Smith at
***@accountant.com wrote on 7/27/04 9:18 AM:

<snip useless drivel>

Post by Freddy Smith
What a dum-dum. Hawaii is a frikin state, not a country. I've been
to the state fair and some of the info is wrong. Check the facts.
...Freddy

Welcome to the wonderful world of ChuckieMonster , because his dentists
second cousin TOLD him so.

[Charles Newman]

"Alfred Lord Tennisball" <***@nym.alias.net> wrote in message news:***@nym.alias.net...
FAQ and travel advisory for California State Fair

Updated on 18th July 2004





GENERAL INFO





This year's California State Fair will be taking place from 20th August

through 6th September at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California.



One note you better put in your FAQ in the fuuture is that just about

every food concession on the grounds has to charge and pay sales

tax now. This is part of new taxes to close the huge state budget

deficit.

One tip, the one place that does NOT have sales tax, becuase it

is owned and operated by the state, is in the satellite wagering center.

There is no sales tax on food/drink purchases there, but at any other

concession on the grounds, you do have to pay sales tax now.

[Charles Newman]

Here is another tip for saving money on soda. There are four vending
machines where
you can buy a 20oz bottle of coke for $1. One is located in the Livestock
exposition,
another one is located outside where the Baseball-America's Game exhibit, at
the entrance
which faces out towards the main carnival area. There is also one outside
the Main Gate,
and one outside the entrance at the Expo Sports and Wagering. Believe, the
way I drink
sodas out there on a hot day, its has saved me a lot of money on sodas.