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ALago1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 03:21 PM Original message |
As of next month I'll be a Californian (LA). What should I expect??? |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. You get nothing but my jealousy! |
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ALago1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Hehe if you don't mind working for free, you're hired!! |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Well, if I secure other employment, I'll let you know. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. LA hmmmmmm |
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ALago1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yeah I've heard about the whacked out driving situation |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. It's beyond whacked out |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. The driving could not possibly be more |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Olives!! They grow olives in California ... |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Come live in San Diego. You'll like it better than LA. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. But bring money... average home price in San Diego currently $602,000. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. I love San Diego |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Depends on where you are |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES, my dear ALago1.......n/t |
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ALago1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Thank you!!!! |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. It all happens on the west side of LA |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Parts of Hollywood are coming back, and I was a WeHo girl... |
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ALago1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Awesome info. Thanks. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. WeHo |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. WeHo is pretty cool |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
64. WeHo here. |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 07:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
57. There is a lot happening all over Los Angeles |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
82. I never go to the west side |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. A very schizoid ball club |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. Expect to burn out within 3 years |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Now just a darned minute here! |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. There are some exceptions, of course... |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
65. Thank you Peggy. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. My dear ronny! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
45. It's true |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. I'm already here. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. Xema! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
84. ROFL!!!! |
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joefree1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
51. Only the unimaginative burn out in the City of Angels |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Count me unimaginative. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
68. You rock Joe!! |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
66. Hmmmmm let's |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Hey, I been south, I been north |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Expect to drive too much |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. You will find your niche in LA |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. I grew up in L.A... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Pacific Ocean is friggin COLD!!! all that beach is pretty but it bums |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. One small correction - it's not US1 (I-95 on the East Coast) It's CA-1 |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. tks! but you agree the water is FRIGID!! and no one tells you that... |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. This native Floridian WILL NOT GO in the Pacific Ocean. BRRRRRRR |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Do you like your car? You'll spend a lot of time in it |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. smog and waaay too much traffic. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. I'm biased towards the northern half too |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. You're right, I should! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:51 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Redding |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. Nice. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. I've lived in the LA area for 44 years, so |
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ALago1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Thanks for the input!! |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I have a bunch of relatives in New Jersey. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Some people are plastic, superficial jerks |
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joefree1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Yeah, like me groovy friends and I |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
58. Trader Joe's and the Apple Pan rock!! Also go for pizza at |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
70. and Pinks Hot Dog on La Brea! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. You might miss seasons. |
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ALago1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. No way I'll miss winter |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. Endless sunshine and the death of hope. |
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ALago1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. "The Death of Hope" lol |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. No problem. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. "Heavy drugs and big jugs." |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. Hell yeah its going to be awesome!!!! |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
42. An advanced Welcome to L.A.! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Winter was last week, no? |
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ALago1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
63. Thanks for the welcome Zomby!! |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. My burger recommendation |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. Prepare to slow down. Also: best burgers: In-N-Out. Don't miss it |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Oh, yes. Good burgers, they are. And he should go to Carl's Jr. |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 07:58 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. In n Out will become one of your favorites -- I guarantee. Redstone, |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. I boycott them |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. I try, but I have to confess, they have darn good burgers. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
76. Naugles is no more. They were folded into Del Taco, whose |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Surprisingly, the Double Del burger at Del Taco is pretty good, too. n/t |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Mmmmmm.In-N-Out! |
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sleipnir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. Public executions. I hope you enjoy them! |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
54. Depends on which part of LA you'll be in |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
62. Leave at least two hours prior to any engagement. |
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Presidentcokedupfratboy (994 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
77. Be prepared to gloat about the weather..... |
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Popol Vuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
79. L.A. life long resident.... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
80. You just can't prepare for it. Coming from NJ to the Southland is |
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Popol Vuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. "Try like hell......" |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
83. the worst governator in Murka |
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