In a message dated 4/2/2003 6:52:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,
damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM writes:

<< Is this general
 junkyard practice? >>

Yes. In my experience photos in a junkyard are usually frowned upon and good
for getting tossed out. My guess is it has to do with two things which are
basically the same thing. They don't want to be in the press and they don't
want to be cited by environmental or city or state agencies. So the one thing
is; they "don't want problems from you or any or you granola eaters and your
#$%@ cameras so you can take the photos to the environmental protection
agency."

At a great old Junk Yard that used to have american cars from the 40s and 50s
on the eastern end of Long Island, NY I walked in with my camera and got the
lecture. I explained my car didn't lock and I didn't want to leave the camera
in the car, which was more or less true. The junk yard guy let me in with the
camera.

Truth is the guy's instincts were good right up until he agreed to let me in.
What he never suspected was I was a newspaper reporter at the time. But we
weren't working on a story involving the junk yard. Although I'm sure that
junk yard, and most for that matter do a pretty good job of polluting the
underground water where applicable. And I'll bet one photo of a gas tank that
has not been properly drained or coolant leaking into the aquifer is good to
shut the place down or at least hit them with heavy fines in most states.

Best
Jeff
83.5 Westy
LA,CA