A Texan, a Californian and an Oregonian were sitting around drinking.The Texan finished his tequila, through the bottle in the air and shot it. "Why'd you do that?" asked the Californian? "Aw, there's lots more tequila bottles where that came from," was the reply. The Californian finished his white wine, through the bottle in the air and shot it. "Why'd you do that?" asked the Oregonian. "California is awash in wine bottles," he answered. The Oregonian finished his Blitz-Weinhard and shot the Californian."Why'd you do that?" asked the Texan. "Oregon's full of Californians,but that bottle's worth a nickel."
Makes *me* wonder if *you* have ever been outside SoCal...
To any Midwesterner, the Bay Area is indeed "wall-to-wall cities". It may not be as bad as parts of the East Coast, but it's still waaaaay more congested than anywhere in the Midwest (with the possible exception of Chicago).
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It wasn't meant as a zinger, just an observation. You're being a bit defensive about the whole thing and attacking Charlie seemed over the top. Dave in Fairfax
My last trip to San Jose was like a weird, irrational dream. Rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom apartment ran over $2K/month. The City of San Jose was having trouble hiring police, firemen, and teachers because the salary scales didn't permit these people to actually reside in San Jose. The Mercury printed a full-page picture of a tiny bungalow with the caption: "You always wanted a million dollar estate - you just figured it would have more than
700 square feet." I still have that page somewhere.
Even the eco-freaks drive gas guzzling SUV's. San Jose's example-setting mayor had to buy a brand new Blazer to drive the couple of blocks from his home to his office. I'm guessing that he thought he'd wake up some morning and need 4WD to get over all the boulders he'd find littering the street.
From my location I had to travel on an eight-lane expressway to get to the local barber shop. My neighbors thought that was pretty much normal!
Ditto the grocery stores; and when I got there I found produce that no Iowa farmer would feed to pigs. I found myself buying frozen vegetables (imported from Mexico). Not sure why, but I did expect high-quality produce in (from) California.
And the thing that has always amazed me (and most of the midwesterners I know) is how Californians seem unable to distinguish between celebrity and intelligence, wisdom, or technical competance. I know for a fact that California has no shortage of really bright people - so why?
It's the only place I've ever been where a public utility (and politicians) could get away with ripping off their customers/constituants for billions (thousands of millions) of dollars just by shutting down portions of the power grid at intervals. [And although my account was paid in full, PG&E never did return my several hunderd dollar deposit.]
the Fremont store is busy, busy, busy. I hate Fry's anyway! :) But I go to the Hamilton Ave. store when I can't what I want elsewhere.
I got right in at 5 PM tonight at Cheesecake factory at the new Oakridge Mall. How's that for luck. We usually walk in and walk out because the wait is so long.
dave
RK> You forgot one .... Standing in Line... I was at Fryes in Fremont last
'S' funny, I got exactly the same pics from a friend in OZ, claiming they were about an oil pipeline being built from Mozambique to Sasolburg, alongside the National Road to Komatipoort.
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