Foo - What does California have to offer the "fly over" states"

I had a salad with dinner tonight. On my salad, I sprinkled some California Almonds. They were good. Other than Almonds, what does California have to offer the rest of us that make us willing to put up with it? Jerry Garcia is out of the picture now, and I can't honestly come up with much that we couldn't get a better deal on somewhere else....

Rivendell Bicycle Works?

Digital Gee?

Hollywood movies?

The world's eighth largest economy?

Sourdough bread and big trees.

And they accept a lot of the undesirables from other states, like from Ohio.

Berkeley is a nuclear free zone.

Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon libraries?

Yosemite

The Beach Boys?

Easy Racers bicycles

Joe Breeze

Marin County

Tomales Bay

Wine (but Texas has wines just as good)

Blondes (Is Clorex home office in Ca.???)

But, in all humbleness, California is not Texas.


And the tax structure ain't that bad in Texas compared to Californa.

Our cows produce better cheese because they're happier than the cows in that other state in the frigid midwest.

We're the home of Trader Joe's stores

If you're a Democrat, we'll give you a whopping 55 blue-state electoral votes

We're one of the first states to ban smoking inside restaurants

California navel oranges!

We're willing to let you put us down because we have more year-round sunshine than you. :p


Just to name a few............. :D

Hills named after Beverly?

10 years between replacing windshield wipers??

Fresno?

Fresno?

Uh, he asked what we have to offer. :)

10 years between replacing windshield wipers??

QUIET!!!!!

The population here already is out of control, dontcha think???

Its a good place to refuel on your way to somewhere interesting?? :)

The California Redwoods should be the symbol of this forum. They're the oldest living things on earth.

Most, if not all, the rest of your salad likely came from California as well.

Most, if not all, the rest of your salad likely came from California as well.

Nah, it came from my back yard.:D

The anticipation of not knowing where the high tide line will be after the next ground tremor.

I had a salad with dinner tonight. On my salad, I sprinkled some California Almonds. They were good. Other than Almonds, what does California have to offer the rest of us that make us willing to put up with it? Jerry Garcia is out of the picture now, and I can't honestly come up with much that we couldn't get a better deal on somewhere else....

Nancy Pelosi?

An Oregonian was riding his MTB through the Ochoco National Forest when he came upon a Texan and a Californian sitting at a campfire, having a drink and shooting the breeze. Introductions were made and the Oregonian was invited to join the others. The Texan pulled a half gallon bottle of Tequila (every thing's bigger in Texas) out of his backpack, took a drink, tossed the bottle high in the air, drew his .45 Colt Peacemaker from his El Paso Saddlery holster and shot the tequila bottle before it hit the ground. "Jeez!" cried the Californian, "that was a full bottle". "Don't worry, son" drawled the Texan "we've got a lot of that where I come from".

Not to be outdone, the Californian went to his pack and got a bottle of Robert Mondavi Pinot Grigio (1987). He opened the wine with one of those fancy, chrome plated, two pronged corkscrews and set the bottle aside to "breathe" for a bit. He then got out two hard plastic boxes with padlocks on them and unlocked them both. From the larger box, he pulled out a Glock 17 and unlocked and removed the state mandated trigger-lock. From the smaller box, he retrieved a box of 9mm ammunition (115gr, semi-jacketed hollow point, +p), loaded 10 rounds into a post-ban, politically correct magazine, inserted the mag and racked the slide. He picked up the wine, brushed his sun-bleached blond hair out of his eyes, took a drink, tossed the bottle high into the air, picked up his Glock and emptied the gun in the direction of the bottle. He hit it twice. "Yee Haw" cried the Texan. "That's pretty good shootin' for a beach boy but why waste all that wine"? "No biggie", said the Californian. "We've got millions of gallons of that where I come from".

"Hmmm" said the Oregonian as he pulled a cold bottle of Cinder Cone Red Ale from his Camelback. The webfoot opened the bottle with his Surly Tugnut chain tensioner, tipped it back and drained the whole 12 oz. in one gulp. He then stood, threw the bottle high in the air, unzipped the pocket of his REI Epic MTB shorts. drew his legally carried Smith & Wesson model 38 (Airweight Bodyguard), shot the Californian twice in the chest and once in the head and caught the bottle before it hit the ground. "Don't you think that's a little excessive?" asked the Texan. To which the Oregonian replied; "we've got a lot of those around here but I can get a nickel back on the bottle".

Raisins (http://www.calraisins.org/raisins_home/)

no one has mentioned the Pacific Ocean, and no the Gulf of Mexico just doesn't compare. ;)

And a correction, I believe the Bristlecone Pine in Arizona is older than the Redwoods, we just grow them big to make Texans jealous.

What does Ca. have to offer, Not much....

Humility served with a dose of reality.

Twas out in a California desert on Labor Day weekend where the oldest daughter
learned that pain is way more painful when experienced than when just warned about
it. It seems the rented Motorcycle went one way and she went the other. No broken
bones but she ain't walkin' on her own yet...bad ankle sprain.

Thank you California for teaching a 22 year old that she most likely is not immortal.

I had a salad with dinner tonight. On my salad, I sprinkled some California Almonds. They were good. Other than Almonds, what does California have to offer the rest of us that make us willing to put up with it? Jerry Garcia is out of the picture now, and I can't honestly come up with much that we couldn't get a better deal on somewhere else....

Where do I start...

I don't have enough time in the day. You gotta be here to know.

For starters -- no humidity, walnuts, pistachios, wine, peaches, cherries, oranges, tangerines, lemons, limes, broccoli, wine, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, sprouts, lettuce, wine, organic baby lettuce, spinach, dates, figs, tomatoes (where does your tomato soup come from? Yep, CA tomatoes), hills, wild fennel, California poppies, clear skies and no rain from May to Oct., cheese, grapes, raisins, wine, Specialized HQ, Apple HQ, Google HQ, Levi Leipheimer, Berkeley, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Digital Gee -- I mean, San Diego, wine...you get my drift...

Heck, just come out and see for yourself!

Uh, he asked what we have to offer. :)

We're offering Fresno. He can have it. :)

The ocean and snow skiing (on the same day in spring if you like) Tahoe. Great weather (NorCal only) SF, the world's great city, DiFi, Barbra Boxer, Barbara Lee, the only rep who had the guts to vote against the giving away the store to Bush after 9/11. California wine, best in the world. Apple Computer, UC Berkeley, Stanford. Mt. Shasta.

I'd get tired of typing before the list was finished.

We rock. There's a reason we call 'em fly over states.

I had a salad with dinner tonight. On my salad, I sprinkled some California Almonds. They were good. Other than Almonds, what does California have to offer the rest of us that make us willing to put up with it? Jerry Garcia is out of the picture now, and I can't honestly come up with much that we couldn't get a better deal on somewhere else....

So Tman, what brought this on? :rolleyes: Never thought you to be the one to toss out the bait like that. Looks to me like you caught a few. Did someone or something from California twist your knickers today?

I started life in Texas and after living all over the world wound up in California. One thing I have learned is that home is the best place in the world. I found where I wanted to raise my kids and life my life. No other explanation needed. Obviously you are happy where you live and more power to you.

You still don't have DG out there so :p:p:p

It's my home, I don't need any reasons to be here

Where do I start...

I don't have enough time in the day. You gotta be here to know.

For starters -- no humidity, walnuts, pistachios, wine, peaches, cherries, oranges, tangerines, lemons, limes, broccoli, wine, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, sprouts, lettuce, wine, organic baby lettuce, spinach, dates, figs, tomatoes (where does your tomato soup come from? Yep, CA tomatoes), hills, wild fennel, California poppies, clear skies and no rain from May to Oct., cheese, grapes, raisins, wine, Specialized HQ, Apple HQ, Google HQ, Levi Leipheimer, Berkeley, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Digital Gee -- I mean, San Diego, wine...you get my drift...

Heck, just come out and see for yourself!

Oh no, those things don't really exist here (with the possible exception of DG)--we just fabricated them to make the rest of you jealous, because it's so boring here we have nothing better to do. In reality, this is a monotonous, mundane place, and there's really nowhere interesting to ride. You're much better off where you are now. In fact, it's so awful here that I really must strongly advise that you NEVER EVER come and check it out for yourself because you're sure to hate it a great deal. We'd all move except if we did the continent might become unbalanced and the Eastern Seaboard might tip into the ocean. Just lookin' out for the rest of you--you can thank us later.;)

City Lights Books in San Francisco...

We're offering Fresno. He can have it. :)
And if you act tonight, we'll throw in Turlock and Modesto--all you pay is a small handling fee.

City Lights Books in San Francisco.

http://www.citylights.com/

Can't believe no one has mentioned it.:cry::D

City Lights Books in San Francisco.

http://www.citylights.com/

Can't believe no one has mentioned it.:cry::D

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Venice, Venice Beach, and all the crazy people who hang out there.

They give us a place to ship the weaklings who can't stand midwest weather shifts. It works out really well because it also raises the average IQ's in both areas.

Sourdough bread and big trees.

And they accept a lot of the undesirables from other states, like from Ohio.

There are no undesirables in Ohio.....we shipped all of them out to other states:p:p:p

So Tman, what brought this on? :rolleyes: Never thought you to be the one to toss out the bait like that. Looks to me like you caught a few. Did someone or something from California twist your knickers today?


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These kinds of threads eventually offend someone, often times deeply. Where one lives or from whence one hails can be a source of great pride. Many of us have a connection to geography that is profound and manifest with great loyalty.

City Lights Books in San Francisco.

http://www.citylights.com/

Can't believe no one has mentioned it.:cry::D

I actually bumped into Lawrence Ferlenghetti on the stairs of City Lights books. He was very friendly.

So Tman, what brought this on? :rolleyes: Never thought you to be the one to toss out the bait like that. Looks to me like you caught a few. Did someone or something from California twist your knickers today?

I started life in Texas and after living all over the world wound up in California. One thing I have learned is that home is the best place in the world. I found where I wanted to raise my kids and life my life. No other explanation needed. Obviously you are happy where you live and more power to you.

You still don't have DG out there so :p:p:p

Oh all right, I'll give you credit for Mel Torme, Anchor Steam and North Beach Pizza.

And no, nobody twisted my knickers, take a joke ok? I spent a couple of very nice years in California back in the early 70's and have had some greatgreat vacations there too, most recently in SF, been to Yosemite, Big Sur, Napa Country, the Russian River Country, and all over Orange County and points south. If you want to be serious, of course you have a great state.

Oh all right, I'll give you credit for Mel Torme, Anchor Steam and North Beach Pizza.

And no, nobody twisted my knickers, take a joke ok?

Sorry Terrierman. I thought I was taking a joke and tossing it back atcha. Always enjoy your posts and I did not take any offense at all.:) Heck, I'm not even a native here:eek:. I'm a cheap import.

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I actually bumped into Lawrence Ferlenghetti on the stairs of City Lights books. He was very friendly.

That would be a thrill and an honor. I doubt that I'll ever get out that way.:cry:

The answer, everything. I lived in California in the early 70's. If I had my "druthers" I'd never left but family called. It was some of the best times of my life.

The sea, mountains and desert all within a few hours of each other, heaven.

I've also heard it called the "Granola State", full of flakes and nuts. :D

Berkeley is a nuclear free zone.

OMG! (wipes coffee from monitor) Thats classic!

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Let's see how about a climate you can pretty much ride in all year around. Very little humidity, you can ski in the morning and be at the beach in the afternoon and then of course there is the scenery. I grew up in the Midwest, live in S.F. for 10 year and now in S. Fl. I have traveled quite a bit of the world and if I had unlimited funds I would be living in Santa Barbara right now. Try it you'll like it.

The Monterey coastline
The Amgen Tour of California
The largest agricultural economy in the US
Santa Barbara
Death Valley
The High Sierra
JPL
The New Year's Day Mount Wilson ride where you can watch the Rose Bowl (from 5700' above).
A short bike ride up the hill to see the sunset over Malibu.

Enough?