Our trip to Silicon Valley
The wife and I had to go to Stanford Medical Center on friday for an appointment with a specialist. (She's okay, just an allergy thing) 375 mile round trip.
Two things stand out from the trip. 1. To kill some time, we walked around the Stanford Shopping Mall. I paid $4.50 for a single (small) scoop of ice cream in a cup. 2. I saw an Uber car that was a Jaguar SUV. |
I work in Santa Clara, and I know what you are talking about. You don't see any cheap cars. You also see a lot of Tesla's driving around with other electric cars. Most places that you work at have charging stations.
It really is a crazy place to work. If you got laid off, it would be very easy to find another job. I've never seen so many companies in one location and the general area. https://advanton.com/silicon-valley/ |
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How did you manage to drive through SanFran without puncturing your tires on used needles or spinning out on human feces? The mind boggles.
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When I wanted a raise sometimes I would secure another job at the pay rate I wanted to be raised to and tell my boss "On Monday I will be making $x per hour. It's up to you whether I will be doing it here or somewhere else." Those were the days. |
Another observation I always make when checking out a new place to live, new job, etc is what I call the smile ratio. That is, how many people are smiling there?
I walked around a mall for two hours in one of the richest areas of the country. People were very well dressed, lots of pricey cars in the parking lot, etc. People were courteous and friendly, but no one was smiling. I mean no one. This seems to be common in affluent areas, at least according to what I've observed. I live in a blue collar retirement community and there is laughter and smiles everywhere I go here. |
my staff informs me that a 1/2 gallon of quality ice cream costs about $5 locally. :slap: quite the markup if you can get $5 a scoop. :faint:
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The locals know what's good and would share. He ate a lot of very good places he would have never stopped at. |
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What is really crazy is I only go in 1 day a week, Mondays, and the rest of the week I work from home. I take the Amtrak train in from Davis to Santa Clara Great America. It's a 2.5 hour drive in the train due to all the stops.
What is really interesting are all the people that get off at Richmond, Berkeley, Emeryville, and finally Oakland Jack London. The majority of people get off at these sites (excluding Richmond), and take the Bart to SF. Then you have the folks that take the ACE train from central CA to Silicone Valley. There are hundreds of them that get off there in Santa Clara Great America. The good news is I'm counting down the months left before I retire. I told my boss that February 24, 2020 will be my last day. I have to burn off most of my 6 weeks of vacation, so I won't be in much come mid December. |
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:issues: so I gotta ask him if he used his shit shovel yet..... :issues: |
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