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Old 02-17-2021, 10:40am   #41
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Yup, no difference between a once a century storm knocking out power in Texas and the yearly occurrences in California.
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Yup, no difference between a once a century storm knocking out power in Texas and the yearly occurrences in California.
It's a whole lot more than just yearly.
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It's a whole lot more than just yearly.
I was being generous.
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You're too kind.
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It's a whole lot more than just yearly.
Not for Houston. We are tropical people. Most of us don't even own long pants here. This is extraordinary.
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Not for Houston. We are tropical people. Most of us don't even own long pants here. This is extraordinary.
I was referring to the California bi-weekly burning and mudslide competition.
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I'm glad FL got wise after the huge fires that shut down I-95 one year. We know "5th row" all of the forest lands and heavily wooded areas to prevent exactly what Kommiefornia is going through.
What is that exactly? 5th row?
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Nobody “deserves” it. When a state keeps electing people who treat homeless and illegals better than residents, and their government thinks the environment is more important than people’s lives, you get California.
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I disagree.
The ones that vote those people in office, and the ones that allow votes for those programs do deserve it.
They get what they voted for.
The normal ones that oppose ridiculous things like shoplifting up to $900., allow pooping in streets don't deserve it.
I've lived in California for 26 years, and I love it here. But the bullshit is getting deeper and deeper every year - it's to the point where I'm seriously considering GTFO. Today I have my third interview with a company that is based in Sunnyvale but allows their employees to live and work from anywhere.
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What is that exactly? 5th row?
Fifth row thinning is where they remove every fifth row of trees, thinning the forest by 20%.
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Fifth row thinning is where they remove every fifth row of trees, thinning the forest by 20%.
What he said and it's done on a rotating basis every few years for each section.

A lot of hunters stalk deer and wild pig on the edges of the rows to catch them crossing open spaces, too.
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I've lived in California for 26 years, and I love it here. But the bullshit is getting deeper and deeper every year - it's to the point where I'm seriously considering GTFO. Today I have my third interview with a company that is based in Sunnyvale but allows their employees to live and work from anywhere.
I was supposed to have my last 5 year assignment in the beach cities of LA. I stuck it out for three and then punched out in January.

I spent so much time in the 80's in Sunnyvale doing space stuff. Is the real estate there reacting to the new normal?
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I spent so much time in the 80's in Sunnyvale doing space stuff. Is the real estate there reacting to the new normal?
I'm in The OC, so I don't really know about RE in the Bay Area. Maybe @Knooger can answer that question?
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I'm in The OC, so I don't really know about RE in the Bay Area. Maybe @Knooger can answer that question?
Pricing is soft in SOMA which is near the ballpark in San Francisco.
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Attempting to compare California's problems with Texas' problems?

This should be good.

Oh...and while Cruz ain't the brightest bulb all the time, he was still right. California has the market cornered on politicians that make idiotic remarks.
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For a minute I thought cyber cowboy was back.
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