The California Thread

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by Knave, Nov 9, 2018.

  1. raza_rebel

    raza_rebel Member+

    Dec 11, 2000
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  2. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You left out the one furthest north. The 51th state.
     
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  3. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
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    United States
    This just says now little people actually care about the unhoused. It's not a Republican or Democrat issue. It is people actually not giving a ******** about the unhoused.
     
  4. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
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    United States
    Once you fall off into the Pacific, you won't need to worry about those fires.
     
  5. chaski

    chaski Moderator
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    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
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    Lisburn Distillery FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Guam
    At least you aren’t in a tsunami hazard area.
    https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/tsunami/maps
     
  6. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
  7. luftmensch

    luftmensch Member+

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    United States
    May 4, 2006
    Petaluma
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I camped up on the Humboldt coast a couple weeks ago and this cheery sign was in the campground.

    IMG_5681.jpeg

    And also this one not too far away.

    IMG_5682.jpeg
     
  8. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    You should have looked for a campground with friendly elk.
     
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  9. luftmensch

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    May 4, 2006
    Petaluma
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    Los Angeles Galaxy
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    United States
    We didn’t see a single elk. Had some elk shit scattered around our campsite, but that was it.
     
  10. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
    SoCal burbs
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    Los Angeles
    Fantastic.

     
  11. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
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    United States
    I have a small pasture behind the house, and we get elk wandering though every now and then, usually in the spring.
     
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  12. luftmensch

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    May 4, 2006
    Petaluma
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    Los Angeles Galaxy
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    United States
    I’ve seen them every other time I’ve visited the area, but none this time. One other time I went we were warned by a cyclist that a bull elk had chased him, and later we met up with that same big bull on the trail and decided that was a good spot to turn around.

    But that was later in the summer during mating season when they get more aggro.
     
  13. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
    SoCal burbs
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    Los Angeles
  14. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
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    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #2114 Kryptonite, May 26, 2025
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  15. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
    SoCal burbs
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    Los Angeles
  16. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
    SoCal burbs
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    Los Angeles
    why not?

     
  17. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
    SoCal burbs
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    Los Angeles
    CA Dems are not happy about oil refineries closing in this state

     
  18. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
    SoCal burbs
    Club:
    Los Angeles
    It’s happening. California Democrats are eating each other.

    In the wake of expected gasoline price hikes due to overregulation (which will primarily harm low income residents), Democratic Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains urges California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph to resign. “CARB needs a leader who understands that Californians are struggling to make ends meet,” she said in statement.
     
  19. cliche_guevara

    cliche_guevara Member+

    Jun 1, 2004
    San Francisco, CA
    I will always be from the Orange Curtain, but I've lived in the Bay longer than anywhere else in my life. But it's really only now that I have East Bay pride! I've been told by some folks that grew up in San Mateo that we're basically the Inland Empire of Northern California. But you know what? ******** 'em.
     
  20. cliche_guevara

    cliche_guevara Member+

    Jun 1, 2004
    San Francisco, CA
    I mean, the 909 is awful.
     
  21. chaski

    chaski Moderator
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    Mar 20, 2000
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    Guam
    [​IMG]
     
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  22. cachundo

    cachundo Marketa Davidova. Unicorn. World Champion

    GO STANFORD!
    Feb 8, 2002
    Genesis 16:12...He shall be a wild ass among men
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    from the NYTimes: This California Highway Is Now a Park.

    The transformation of a two-mile stretch of San Francisco’s Great Highway into a pedestrian promenade has set off a clash over the city’s anti-car culture.

    My late grandmother used to live in the Outer Sunset. It would be no exaggeration that there are times that you don't see the sun for three days. While the rest of the city may be nice and sunny, the fog in this part of the city lifts late, and rolls in early. One 4th of July, we got to the beach before noon to reserve a bonfire spot. Just before 3 pm, the thick fog layer offshore suddenly rolled in on us, just like in a movie. What started out as a nice sunny day turned into the coldest 4th of July ever.

    Pro tip: the best beach weather in the Outer Sunset happens during the 1st week of October, or thereabouts. Nice ,warm, and sunny weather. Unfortunately, it also means the start of the Santa Ana winds.
     
  23. Smurfquake

    Smurfquake Moderator

    Aug 8, 2000
    San Carlos, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Speaking as a Peninsulite, there's this weird mental hurdle about crossing the bay. Oakland Airport is closer to my house than San Jose Airport, by driving distance, but for some reason we never consider flying out of Oakland when taking a short hop to LA or Sandy Eggo.

    But I would never compare the East Bay to the Inland Empire. Tracy - yes. Livermore - maybe. Oakland, Fremont, etc? Hell no.
     
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  24. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
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    Chicago Red Stars
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    He/she should just say it's a religion, Republicans would be ok with that.
     
  25. TyffaneeSue

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    Earthquakes and Bay FC
    United States
    Nov 15, 2003
    Upstairs
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    I'm mid-peninsula, equidistant to SFO and SJC, OAK is about ten minutes farther and I've used it. It's a laidback airport -- what SJC used to be ten years ago.

    Culture: it's kinda cool how every city has its own vibe -- we'll go over the bridge -- it is a huge mental hurdle -- just to hang out in Berkeley. Oakland also has gritty charm. Pleasanton and beyond -- feels like a different country. Driving up from LA two days ago, I marveled again at how rural everything seems just a few miles out of San Jose. One of the many benefits of living in this part of the world.

    Inland Empire is Riverside/San Bernardino? Very different as well.
     
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