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  • Surfah
    Where's Wallace?
    • Nov 2008
    • 33726

    #121
    Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
    I grew up in the Bay Area, but I am now firmly entrenched in the Eastern Sierra. Howard 'Buck' McKeon has been my representative since I moved here, but with the recent redistricting, we are lumped in with Apple Valley/ Victorville and the congressional seat has about 20 people running. Buck will no longer be my Representative, but thanks for the Mule Museum.
    Buck and all the other McKeons were in my stake growing up. Anyone buy cowboy boots from Howard and Phil's back in the day?
    "Nobody listens to Turtle."
    -Turtle
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    • LA Ute
      Receiver of Memory
      • Nov 2008
      • 19512

      #122
      Originally posted by Katy Lied View Post
      I will never go back to SoCal due to the overcrowding and the traffic. (Well, I might move to Crescent City or someplace not so crowded.) So yeah, while Big Bear is beautiful, it takes 6 hours to get there. When people would fly into Cali to visit, I'd beg them to take a redeye so I could pick them up at 2am, because my airport commute was only 25 minutes, as opposed to 3 hours during the day. It took 2.5 hours to get across the San Fernando valley during traffic hours, which are from 6am to 7pm. I've lived in La Jolla and Montecito, so I can appreciate California beauty, but it comes at a cost I am unwilling to pay. (I also miss the pay scale there, but then everything is bumped up so that factor kind of washes out).
      I've lived in the SF Valley for 30 years and I think you just had some really bad days. I've never experienced traffic delays anything close to those, except during the L.A. riots in 1992.
      “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
      ― W.H. Auden


      "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
      -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


      "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
      --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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      • TripletDaddy
        sweet triple
        • Nov 2008
        • 58186

        #123
        Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
        I've lived in the SF Valley for 30 years and I think you just had some really bad days. I've never experienced traffic delays anything close to those, except during the L.A. riots in 1992.
        ruining my fun.
        Fitter. Happier. More Productive.

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        • Surfah
          Where's Wallace?
          • Nov 2008
          • 33726

          #124
          Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
          I'm interested in hearing more about a commute that takes 2.5 hours to get across the san fernando valley. Where were the starting and stopping points?

          6 hours to Big Bear? Where did you live?
          As someone who had to cross San Fernando to go anywhere outside Santa Clarita, I think 2.5 hours is an exaggeration.

          In fact, I'd take Los Angeles' traffic over NoVA/DC/MD's traffic any day of the week.
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          -Turtle
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          • Color Me Badd Fan
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2009
            • 12523

            #125
            Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
            I've lived in the SF Valley for 30 years and I think you just had some really bad days. I've never experienced traffic delays anything close to those, except during the L.A. riots in 1992.
            LA Ute's neighbor?

            Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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            • LA Ute
              Receiver of Memory
              • Nov 2008
              • 19512

              #126
              Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
              ruining my fun.
              “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
              ― W.H. Auden


              "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
              -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


              "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
              --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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              • LA Ute
                Receiver of Memory
                • Nov 2008
                • 19512

                #127
                Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
                LA Ute's neighbor?

                Oh, yeah, that guy. Always yelling at kids to get off his lawn.
                “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                ― W.H. Auden


                "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


                "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                • Blueintheface
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2009
                  • 15382

                  #128
                  Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                  Oh, yeah, that guy. Always yelling at kids to get off his lawn.
                  He's the porn finacier from Boogie Nights.
                  "Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault

                  "Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors

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                  • byu71
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 22070

                    #129
                    Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                    I've lived in the SF Valley for 30 years and I think you just had some really bad days. I've never experienced traffic delays anything close to those, except during the L.A. riots in 1992.
                    Really. Clear back in the 70's I drove from Palo Alto to Campbell (near San Jose) every day for my commute. The traffic jam there was one of the reasons I decided to move back to Utah.

                    Also when we went camping in the hille between us and the ocean, the tents were on top of each other. Well, I exaggerate. There was at least 10 feet between the tents.

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                    • LA Ute
                      Receiver of Memory
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 19512

                      #130
                      Originally posted by Blueintheface View Post
                      He's the porn finacier from Boogie Nights.
                      I'm so disappointed that you actually know that.
                      “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                      ― W.H. Auden


                      "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                      -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


                      "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                      --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                      • Color Me Badd Fan
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2009
                        • 12523

                        #131
                        Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                        I'm so disappointed that you actually know that.
                        Boogie Nights was easily one of the top 10 movies of the 1990s. And had a top 3 full frontal scene.
                        Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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                        • Blueintheface
                          Senior Member
                          • Sep 2009
                          • 15382

                          #132
                          Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                          I'm so disappointed that you actually know that.




                          "Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault

                          "Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors

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                          • Indy Coug
                            Heartless Bastard
                            • Dec 2008
                            • 18747

                            #133
                            Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
                            Boogie Nights was easily one of the top 10 movies of the 1990s. And had a top 3 full frontal scene.
                            Top 3? What's the formula for that ranking?
                            Everything in life is an approximation.

                            http://twitter.com/CougarStats

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                            • LA Ute
                              Receiver of Memory
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 19512

                              #134
                              Originally posted by Blueintheface View Post




                              Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
                              Boogie Nights was easily one of the top 10 movies of the 1990s. And had a top 3 full frontal scene.
                              I'm probably the worst at trolling of the entire CUF nation, and I got you both.
                              “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                              ― W.H. Auden


                              "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                              -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


                              "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                              --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                              • Color Me Badd Fan
                                Senior Member
                                • Jan 2009
                                • 12523

                                #135
                                Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
                                Top 3? What's the formula for that ranking?
                                No formula, merely a subjective opinion from an expert.
                                Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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