Date:         Tue, 13 Jan 2004 07:21:39 EST
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: TiiCo - CA emissions + Questions
Comments: To: tornadored@EARTHLINK.NET
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In a message dated 1/13/04 2:09:05 AM, tornadored@EARTHLINK.NET writes:

<< I've recently read here and on the TiiCo site that the conversion has been
California certified and an "executive order" (?) has been issued.  But I
spoke w/ Peter at TiiCo today and he said that he was still waiting on the
EO...  It didn't phase me too much during our conversation, but after going
back and reading to the contrary in the archives (and on the tiico site!),
I'm now confused.  Is it CA legal? >>

This is puzzling.  The puzzle is not the legality of a TiiCo conversion in
CA, but, how a reader of this list, other than Peter, can answer the question
with any authority.  This subject has come up several times over the past few
years.  Although the elusive Peter has been hailed as an extremely affable
fellow, which I am sure he is, to my knowledge he has never posted a definitive
reply.  Perhaps Peter has no knowledge of this list.  Possible, but dubious.
Perhaps the "executive order" is still in a state of flux.  I know the ponderous
mass of a bureaucracy is difficult to get rolling, but eventually it does move.

If you did speak to Peter, who is TiiCo incarnate, and he did tell you that
the conversion is not approved in CA, and if the TiiCo's (i.e., Peter's) site
does say that the conversion is approved, then Peter lacks veracity.  I am told
there is a principle used by the arbiters of truth: if a fruit of a tree is
poison, then all the fruit of that tree must be considered to be poison.  So,
do you want a bite of this apple?

Geprge