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[Keith R. Williams]

In article <1g4tpvsk6a1rnnjb5mdblfhljoqh3biubg@4ax.com>,
jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com says...

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:02:04 -0500, Keith R. Williams
krw@attglobal.net> wrote:

In article <pan.2003.10.25.18.13.27.134329@cerebrumconfus.it>,
excretatauris@cerebrumconfus.it says...
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:50:15 +0000, Ross Mac wrote:

I did a mistype....Silicon Valley in Northern California...

Funny how many people think there's no CA north of Sacramento :-(

Silicon Valley ain't Northern California, it's about two thirds of the way
up.

2/3 > 1/2, so S.F. is indeed in Northern California.

Some of the best bits of the state are further north.

Like Oregon? ;-)

Redding is Northern California,
Not to mention Yreka


One thing I've noticed about the coast is that personalities seem to
change fairly linearly from south to north. In the south, people tend
to be materialistic, superficial, and glamorous; as you go north,
people get earthier, plainer, and nicer. The trend holds up pretty
well from San Diego to Juneau. I picked San Francisco as a nice
compromise between glitz and boredom.

Dunno. I've found the SD area quite nice, though grossly over-
populated. LA simply sucks bilge-water. The mid-state (San
Lois) absolutely beautiful with friendly people to match.
SillyValley is cute, but I wouldn't want to live there. SF, you
*must* be kidding! I'd rather live in NYC (and there is a zero
chance of that!).

NO, I don't believe your monotonic rule from south to north.
....though what do I know. I live on the far corner of the US.
;-)

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <vHwnb.57$xK2.42@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:02:04 -0500, Keith R. Williams
krw@attglobal.net> wrote:


One thing I've noticed about the coast is that personalities seem to
change fairly linearly from south to north. In the south, people tend
to be materialistic, superficial, and glamorous; as you go north,
people get earthier, plainer, and nicer. The trend holds up pretty
well from San Diego to Juneau. I picked San Francisco as a nice
compromise between glitz and boredom.

John

That's a gross generalization, I try to be polite to most everyone ....
and how would you explain New Yorkers and their famous "minute"?

Perhaps because he was talking about the *LEFT* coast?

What I have noticed it the food gets more bland the further north
one travels.

Less hot, perhaps. "Bland" is in the tongue of the beholder.

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <WFBnb.18667$Ec1.1668615@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, macroeng@example.invalid says...

Yummm....pickled spotted owl...
There is a funny story about that creature in California...
They were trying to save an old growth forest and claimed it was "the only
habitat" of the spotted owl....Well they save the forest and sometime later,
a nest was found...Yup, in a Kmart sign....another in a scoop left behind
from a backhoe!....

It's not a funny story at all. Million$ were lost by this ruse
by ELF & co. Face it many forests could be saved by proper
logging. Yes, even (and especially) the old-growth forests.

Turn the forests over to the foresters, not the self-proclaimed
eco-nuts.

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <gvotpv8qq9g9g7dl2c2c6kesep4voddqai@4ax.com>,
jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com says...

49 square miles, over 4000 restaurants.

If you don't believe me, show up and I'll demonstrate.

John, you buying? ;-)

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <pan.2003.10.28.19.29.46.622935@cerebrumconfus.it>,
excretatauris@cerebrumconfus.it says...

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:02:04 -0500, Keith R. Williams wrote:

Like Oregon? ;-)

i quite like Oregon.

You mean "No. California"! Last I was there they didn't think
much of furriners, particularly those from the south of the (CA)
border.

Apart from the goddamn speed limits

At least you get your gas pumped for you (and even your windshield washed
sometimes).

Hell, you can have that done every block in NYC! They believe in
*service* there! You gotta buy gas to have your widas cleaned?
Ok, here no one cleans their windows (PC stuff or not).

--
Keith

 

[Ross Mac]

OK...it sure seems to be a bone of contention with some folks....but
Ok....will do....Ross
"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:10:11 GMT, "Ross Mac"
macroeng@example.invalid> wrote:

Now I'm hungry...think I'll go thaw out some of that good Pacific
Salmon!.......


Uh, the top-posting is annoying. I wish you wouldn't do that.

John

 

[Lord Garth]

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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In article <vHwnb.57$xK2.42@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:02:04 -0500, Keith R. Williams
krw@attglobal.net> wrote:


One thing I've noticed about the coast is that personalities seem to
change fairly linearly from south to north. In the south, people tend
to be materialistic, superficial, and glamorous; as you go north,
people get earthier, plainer, and nicer. The trend holds up pretty
well from San Diego to Juneau. I picked San Francisco as a nice
compromise between glitz and boredom.

John

That's a gross generalization, I try to be polite to most everyone ....
and how would you explain New Yorkers and their famous "minute"?

Perhaps because he was talking about the *LEFT* coast?

What I have noticed it the food gets more bland the further north
one travels.

Less hot, perhaps. "Bland" is in the tongue of the beholder.

--
Keith

I had trouble finding a jar of jalapenos when I was in the north east...
love those Maine lobsters though!

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 21:59:16 -0500, Keith R. Williams
<krw@attglobal.net> wrote:

One thing I've noticed about the coast is that personalities seem to
change fairly linearly from south to north. In the south, people tend
to be materialistic, superficial, and glamorous; as you go north,
people get earthier, plainer, and nicer. The trend holds up pretty
well from San Diego to Juneau. I picked San Francisco as a nice
compromise between glitz and boredom.

Dunno. I've found the SD area quite nice, though grossly over-
populated. LA simply sucks bilge-water. The mid-state (San
Lois) absolutely beautiful with friendly people to match.
SillyValley is cute, but I wouldn't want to live there. SF, you
*must* be kidding! I'd rather live in NYC (and there is a zero
chance of that!).

I've spent some months in NYC, and have no burning desire to go back.
The thing I like about SF is the spectacular terrain; I live one block
from a genuine canyon with a stream running down the middle, and about
a mile from a 950-foot mountain that's a joy to hike. And the weather
is wonderful... no mosquitoes, no ragweed, cool most of the year. For
that, one can overlook a few (OK, a few hundred thousand) freaks and
lunatics. SF is green and gold, NYC is the color of concrete.

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=O_EKM.p_0ToPzW1Wh3lYf4U-&csz=San+Francisco%2C+CA+94131-2921&country=us&resize=s

NO, I don't believe your monotonic rule from south to north.
...though what do I know. I live on the far corner of the US.
;-)

No, not monotonic, but the trend is real. It shows up nicely in women.
In SoCal, there are gorgeous, dressed-to-kill, surgically perfected,
materialistic ***ches galore (like Dallas), and as you move up the
coast, they get plainer, brainier, less 'beautiful' (in the
made-for-TV sense) but a lot more interesting.

John

 

[Ross Mac]

I agree Keith...that the loss of jobs was not funny...I was just joking
about the owl habitat.....did mean to offend....

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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In article <WFBnb.18667$Ec1.1668615@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, macroeng@example.invalid says...
Yummm....pickled spotted owl...
There is a funny story about that creature in California...
They were trying to save an old growth forest and claimed it was "the
only
habitat" of the spotted owl....Well they save the forest and sometime
later,
a nest was found...Yup, in a Kmart sign....another in a scoop left
behind
from a backhoe!....

It's not a funny story at all. Million$ were lost by this ruse
by ELF & co. Face it many forests could be saved by proper
logging. Yes, even (and especially) the old-growth forests.

Turn the forests over to the foresters, not the self-proclaimed
eco-nuts.

--
Keith

 

[Lord Garth]

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"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:02:04 -0500, Keith R. Williams
krw@attglobal.net> wrote:


One thing I've noticed about the coast is that personalities seem to
change fairly linearly from south to north. In the south, people tend
to be materialistic, superficial, and glamorous; as you go north,
people get earthier, plainer, and nicer. The trend holds up pretty
well from San Diego to Juneau. I picked San Francisco as a nice
compromise between glitz and boredom.

John

That's a gross generalization, I try to be polite to most everyone ....
and how would you explain New Yorkers and their famous "minute"?

What I have noticed it the food gets more bland the further north
one travels.

And just what's wrong with whale blubber?

Mmm, muck tuck!

 

[Lord Garth]

"Ross Mac" <macroeng@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:lzxnb.18282$Ec1.1648070@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

A generalization it is...but not that far off....
I have lived in California for 50 years and it seems "in general" that
when
people get fed up with the "big city" life they head north....many to
Oregon
and Washington, much to those states chagrin.....
Beautiful areas but some of them don't get enough sun for me!.......have a
great one Lord Garth!......Ross

I grewup on the South coast....

I"m having a great time, I'm house sitting / cat care taking and I'm
on my buds broadband connection. I just watch Nova and had a
sandwich for dinner. I need a monitor to repair a computer here
so it seems I will have to go home and get a 15" as I don't fancy
moving my buds 21" hernia kit.

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:06:29 -0500, Keith R. Williams
<krw@attglobal.net> wrote:

In article <gvotpv8qq9g9g7dl2c2c6kesep4voddqai@4ax.com>,
jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com says...

49 square miles, over 4000 restaurants.

If you don't believe me, show up and I'll demonstrate.

John, you buying? ;-)

Sure. Bottom-posters only, of course.

John

 

[John Larkin]

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 03:43:20 GMT, "Lord Garth" <LGarth@Tantalus.net>
wrote:

I had trouble finding a jar of jalapenos when I was in the north east...
love those Maine lobsters though!

And clam rolls. You can't get a clam roll out here. You can rarely
even find a decent fried oyster sandwich. And grits is out of the
question on the left coast, unless you cook it yourself.

John

 

[Lord Garth]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 03:43:20 GMT, "Lord Garth" <LGarth@Tantalus.net
wrote:


I had trouble finding a jar of jalapenos when I was in the north east...
love those Maine lobsters though!



And clam rolls. You can't get a clam roll out here. You can rarely
even find a decent fried oyster sandwich. And grits is out of the
question on the left coast, unless you cook it yourself.

Back on my birthplace sandbar along the South coast, grits were never very
popular.
I don't eat them but it is my impression that, like tofu, it has no taste of
its own.

You can get a good shrimp poboy there though, no grits!

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <sHGnb.207$aZ7.11@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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In article <vHwnb.57$xK2.42@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:02:04 -0500, Keith R. Williams
krw@attglobal.net> wrote:


One thing I've noticed about the coast is that personalities seem to
change fairly linearly from south to north. In the south, people tend
to be materialistic, superficial, and glamorous; as you go north,
people get earthier, plainer, and nicer. The trend holds up pretty
well from San Diego to Juneau. I picked San Francisco as a nice
compromise between glitz and boredom.

John

That's a gross generalization, I try to be polite to most everyone ....
and how would you explain New Yorkers and their famous "minute"?

Perhaps because he was talking about the *LEFT* coast?

What I have noticed it the food gets more bland the further north
one travels.

Less hot, perhaps. "Bland" is in the tongue of the beholder.

--
Keith

I had trouble finding a jar of jalapenos when I was in the north east...

Jalapenos? No problems finding them in a grocery store here (Vermont).

love those Maine lobsters though!

Yech! You can have mine. Now, Alaskan King Crab... Yum!

--
Keith

 

[Lord Garth]

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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In article <sHGnb.207$aZ7.11@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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In article <vHwnb.57$xK2.42@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote
in
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:02:04 -0500, Keith R. Williams
krw@attglobal.net> wrote:


One thing I've noticed about the coast is that personalities seem
to
change fairly linearly from south to north. In the south, people
tend
to be materialistic, superficial, and glamorous; as you go north,
people get earthier, plainer, and nicer. The trend holds up pretty
well from San Diego to Juneau. I picked San Francisco as a nice
compromise between glitz and boredom.

John

That's a gross generalization, I try to be polite to most everyone
.....
and how would you explain New Yorkers and their famous "minute"?

Perhaps because he was talking about the *LEFT* coast?

What I have noticed it the food gets more bland the further north
one travels.

Less hot, perhaps. "Bland" is in the tongue of the beholder.

--
Keith

I had trouble finding a jar of jalapenos when I was in the north east...

Jalapenos? No problems finding them in a grocery store here (Vermont).

love those Maine lobsters though!

Yech! You can have mine. Now, Alaskan King Crab... Yum!

Those are great too! I was in Maine and the lobsters were very fresh.
Far better and bigger than here in Dallas.

I found out real quick that -15 degree air is not to be breathed without
a muffler. Man, *that* hurt!

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <yOVnb.518$m57.123@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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In article <sHGnb.207$aZ7.11@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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In article <vHwnb.57$xK2.42@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote
in
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:02:04 -0500, Keith R. Williams
krw@attglobal.net> wrote:


One thing I've noticed about the coast is that personalities seem
to
change fairly linearly from south to north. In the south, people
tend
to be materialistic, superficial, and glamorous; as you go north,
people get earthier, plainer, and nicer. The trend holds up pretty
well from San Diego to Juneau. I picked San Francisco as a nice
compromise between glitz and boredom.

John

That's a gross generalization, I try to be polite to most everyone
....
and how would you explain New Yorkers and their famous "minute"?

Perhaps because he was talking about the *LEFT* coast?

What I have noticed it the food gets more bland the further north
one travels.

Less hot, perhaps. "Bland" is in the tongue of the beholder.

--
Keith

I had trouble finding a jar of jalapenos when I was in the north east...

Jalapenos? No problems finding them in a grocery store here (Vermont).

love those Maine lobsters though!

Yech! You can have mine. Now, Alaskan King Crab... Yum!

Those are great too! I was in Maine and the lobsters were very fresh.
Far better and bigger than here in Dallas.

I found out real quick that -15 degree air is not to be breathed without
a muffler. Man, *that* hurt!

-15 degrees! That's *warm*. Sheesh I don't think it got much above
that here in January/February this year. A couple of hours shoveling
snow at -15 degrees is quite invigorating. ;-)

--
Keith

 

[Fred Abse]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:48:48 -0800, John Larkin wrote:

No, not monotonic, but the trend is real. It shows up nicely in women.
In SoCal, there are gorgeous, dressed-to-kill, surgically perfected,
materialistic ***ches galore (like Dallas), and as you move up the
coast, they get plainer, brainier, less 'beautiful' (in the
made-for-TV sense) but a lot more interesting.

That holds for the Eastern Sierra, too.

--
Then there's duct tape ...
(Garrison Keillor)
nofr@sbhevre.pbzchyvax.pb.hx

 

[Fred Abse]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:11:50 -0500, Keith R. Williams wrote:

Last I was there they didn't think
much of furriners, particularly those from the south of the (CA)
border.

Every time I've been there, I've found folks most friendly. Even *after*
they've seen the CA plates

--
Then there's duct tape ...
(Garrison Keillor)
nofr@sbhevre.pbzchyvax.pb.hx

 

[Lord Garth]

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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In article <yOVnb.518$m57.123@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

I found out real quick that -15 degree air is not to be breathed without
a muffler. Man, *that* hurt!

-15 degrees! That's *warm*. Sheesh I don't think it got much above
that here in January/February this year. A couple of hours shoveling
snow at -15 degrees is quite invigorating. ;-)

I did that for my sister there in Maine but only after putting a
muffler around my face. Then the plow came by any filled it
up again!