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FRINGE posted:Reminder to people moving to LA: the LAPD is (in)famous for a reason. Your every interaction with them could be your last and its something you need to fully understand before you interact (carefully) with them. Don't you think your being a tad hyperbolic when cautioning someone that living in LA will cause them to get shot by the police?
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FCKGW posted:will cause They should be treating as local dangers though. *Use as needed. *Use at own risk.
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Apr 13, 2014 01:57
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Everyone I've ever met who has lived in LA was not murdered by the police, explain that one seor safety.
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Apr 13, 2014 02:13
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I tried to cross a street once and a cop yelled at me. Also today I got cut off on my bike today by a cop ripping down the street weaving in and out of the bike lane. And then later on had to ride around a cop stopped in the bike lane. In a sense my time was murdered because it took me a few extra minutes to get some coffee.
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Apr 13, 2014 02:18
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FRINGE posted:Since I didnt say that, its not really a relevant question. Ok well it's such an exceedingly improbable event that I think it should be given as much pause as say the chance of getting killed by a palm tree. So yeah, to anyone moving to LA, be on the lookout for cops and palm trees. EDIT: or earthquakes since that's another one people like to freak out about. So yeah, please consider the minute possibility you will get murdered by the police or squished by a freeway onramp. FCKGW fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Apr 13, 2014 |
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Apr 13, 2014 02:27
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Doc Hawkins posted:Everyone I've ever met who has lived in LA was not murdered by the police, explain that one seor safety. 
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Apr 13, 2014 03:21
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Cops generally suck but at least I am white and drive a newer model clean BMW so it could be alot worse.
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Apr 13, 2014 05:42
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FCKGW posted:Don't you think your being a tad hyperbolic when cautioning someone that living in LA will cause them to get shot by the police? Only cop I ever saw shoot an unarmed, unresisting man was LAPD. Don't know what he was doing in Gardena; they have their own department. Anecdotes are not statistics but that made a very strong impression on ol' me. I mean, he was a French-speaking black guy, so if you're white or at least not black or latino or Tongan you're probably pretty safe.
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Apr 13, 2014 06:47
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I've been involved with a number of police shooting cases across the US and what you're describing is a nationwide issue, not a specifically Los Angeles problem.
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Apr 13, 2014 23:50
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I knew a guy from Lebanon who also wasn't killed growing up in Lebanon. I'd still caution anyone going to Beirut to be careful because it's not as safe as here. Still, having said that: LA traffic is orders of magnitude more dangerous for your health and safety. Don't move to LA if you have serious asthma. Also if you've never lived somewhere with ridiculously bad traffic before, hoo boy are you in for a treat.
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Apr 14, 2014 05:38
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Beirut seems cool from that one anthony bourdain episode.
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I am brown, so I guess thanks for the hot tip. Thank you for the responses guys. I really appreciate the word.
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Leperflesh posted:Also if you've never lived somewhere with ridiculously bad traffic before, hoo boy are you in for a treat. "The map says if we just run down Pico its a pretty short trip!"
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Apr 14, 2014 09:07
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quote:Ive given up trying to explain this. People have to experience it.
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"We'll be staying in San Francisco for a couple days but we thought we would head down to Disneyland for a day trip, it doesn't look too far. "
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FCKGW posted:"We'll be staying in San Francisco for a couple days but we thought we would head down to Disneyland for a day trip, it doesn't look too far. " On the other hand, Californians have no concept of time, and you get places like Los Angeles where anything built before 1950 is described as "historic".
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Leperflesh posted:Also if you've never lived somewhere with ridiculously bad traffic before, hoo boy are you in for a treat. Definitely. Bay Area traffic really sucks during commute hours (7-9; 3-6) but given that it's such a tiny place with lots of people constricted by a couple bridges, it's expected. It's actually pretty drat impressive that traffic isn't too bad most of the time. But LA is almost marvelous in how bad traffic is. It can be like 11 PM at night and you'll get into traffic in an 8 lane freeway for no apparent reason.
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I remember last time my dad and I were driving down to Irvine around 5, it took until like 7:30 to actually make it to Orange County. It was just a really slow crawl down I-5 
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Apr 14, 2014 18:30
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Xaris posted:But LA is almost marvelous in how bad traffic is. It can be like 11 PM at night and you'll get into traffic in an 8 lane freeway for no apparent reason.
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Apr 15, 2014 02:29
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That happened to me in the Bay Area, but it was because of "police action" in oakland at 4am.
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Apr 15, 2014 04:36
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Xaris posted:But LA is almost marvelous in how bad traffic is. It can be like 11 PM at night and you'll get into traffic in an 8 lane freeway for no apparent reason. Thankfully you can use Waze, Sigalert, and public radio to find out about how bad the jam is and if you'll need to take an hour long detour around the 101 to cover the last 20 miles to your house. Granted that was Ventura County but the principle still applies.
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FMguru posted:On the other hand, Californians have no concept of time, and you get places like Los Angeles where anything built before 1950 is described as "historic". In the words of Steve Martin in LA Story: "Some of these house are over twenty years old!"
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RandomPauI posted:Thankfully you can use Waze, Sigalert, and public radio to find out about how bad the jam is and if you'll need to take an hour long detour around the 101 to cover the last 20 miles to your house. Granted that was Ventura County but the principle still applies. Been using Waze for the past few months here in SoCal and I love it. Must. Get. Points.  FMguru posted:On the other hand, Californians have no concept of time, and you get places like Los Angeles where anything built before 1950 is described as "historic". Art Deco architecture!!!
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Any advice for a couple of non-drinking non-partying non-golfing mid-30s  tourists going to Palm Springs in mid May? We've never been but we managed to have fun in Vegas despite being such bland fuddy duddies so surely there's something to do. We're staying in town at a major hotel and will be flying directly to PSP (local airport).My wife is eyeing El Paseo for shopping. Is it gonna be scorching hot/too hot to go outside by mid-late May? FCKGW posted:"We'll be staying in San Francisco for a couple days but we thought we would head down to Disneyland for a day trip, it doesn't look too far. " I tried a spontaneous trip to the grand canyon from Vegas at like 4pm once. Oops. Although for me everything in the southwestern US seems close since in Vancouver there's Seattle 3 hours away and jack poo poo for thousands of miles otherwise. UnfortunateSexFart fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Apr 15, 2014 |
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Palm Springs can be well over 100 in May, it's why the rates drop so much. http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Palm+Springs+CA+USCA0828 Since you aren't golfing you wont' have to get blasted by it for hours on end though. You might want to stay in downtown Palm Springs and just go visit Palm Desert, lots of dining and close to the mountain tram if you want to get some cool air and a hike in.
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Apr 15, 2014 21:59
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Basically do stuff outdoors until 11am and then shop and relax for the rest of the day. Then you go out to eat after the sun goes down.
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leidend posted:Any advice for a couple of non-drinking non-partying non-golfing mid-30s The palm springs tram is also pretty cool, plus it is a good 20-30F cooler up there. Joshua tree NP is also actually pretty scenic, but it may be too hot to do anything but car tour. If not, there are some nice hikes -- bring water!
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Palm Desert has a cool zoo called Living Desert too. I went there a few weeks ago and was pretty impressed for what I thought was a lesser known zoo.
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Near the airport there's a WWII military aviation museum that I found pretty interesting. You might too, depending on how interested you are in old warbirds. Edit: definitely go to the tram though
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FCKGW posted:"We'll be staying in San Francisco for a couple days but we thought we would head down to Disneyland for a day trip, it doesn't look too far. "
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That air museum in Palm Springs is kick rear end. Do it. It's amazing how HUGE planes like the P-47 Thunderbolt are in person.
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Speaking of huge, go see the Endeavor (among other cool space and avionic poo poo) at the Children's Science Center. Admission to the center itself is free and Endeavor is like seven bucks and you get to stand under the shuttle. Just a bit too high to reach out and touch. If you think poo poo that's been to space is cool, there you go.
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Oracle posted:If you think poo poo that's been to space is cool, there you go. This is not a matter of opinion FYI.
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Oracle posted:Speaking of huge, go see the Endeavor (among other cool space and avionic poo poo) at the Children's Science Center. Admission to the center itself is free and Endeavor is like seven bucks and you get to stand under the shuttle. Just a bit too high to reach out and touch. If you think poo poo that's been to space is cool, there you go. Endeavor is free if it's not a day where you have to reserve a ticket, otherwise the ticket is "free" with a 2 dollar service fee.
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Is there anywhere I can find Dulce de Leche around Irvine or the Bay Area? I found some at Wholesome Choice in Irvine, but it's chocolate and $8.49 a jar.
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Apr 20, 2014 03:31
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A can of sweetened condensed milk and a few hours on the stove*? *or one of the many other ways to make it.
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Apr 20, 2014 07:14
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Pretty much any Mexican grocery should have a heap of it.
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BeeSeeBee posted:A can of sweetened condensed milk and a few hours on the stove*? http://www.chow.com/recipes/28374-dulce-de-leche Here's what seems like a real easy-street recipe so long as you've got an hour and a half to kill.
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Ah, thanks. My Argentine buddy told me that it's tough to get it "juuuuuuuuuust right," and that his family usually just buys theirs from the store. Guess I'll try that recipe out. ...this really is a lovely place to not have a car. Jerry Manderbilt fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Apr 20, 2014 |
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Thanks for all the Palm Springs help. The living desert zoo looks awesome. We don't have a good zoo in town. Only concern is my wife is deathly afraid of snakes, can we avoid them pretty easily? The tram looks interesting but a little less exotic considering we live next to these   Still will check it out if we have time though probably.
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