Well they all welcome to come here for the summer and when the -40' comes in
winter, they can all pass back thru their respective places and join us all
from here , on the El CID in Mazatlan for the winter months, Golf fees are
only 3600 bucks......(;>].........d
----- Original Message -----
From: Lewis Osborn <losborn@teleport.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Re:
> The main reason Orgonians (and Washingtonians, for that matter) grouse
> about Californians is that they come up here and pay what is to us
> _ridiculous_ amounts of money - and what is to them _peanuts_ - for
> houses, driving our property prices out of (our) sight. Then, they want
> to build row upon row of cracker-box stuccoed tract houses, broken
> only by strip malls, so they aren't homesick for what they claim they
> wanted to leave when they left California.
>
> Sunday, August 06, 2000, 7:12:01 PM, G. wrote:
>
> > From: Barry Heigher <bheigher@yahoo.com>
>
> >>The last time I read any statistics on Ca, there were
> >>more people moving into the state than were moving
> >>out. Maybe it is they who should be doing the
> >>complaining. I lived there for about fifteen years and
> >>it was rare to meet a "native" Californian.
>
> > I'm a native Californian. I live in my great grandmother's house, which
was
> > the only one for miles when it was built in the 1920s, but is now in the
> > middle of Los Angeles (well, San Fernando Valley, for those familiar
with
> > LA). It would be ridiculous for people here to be resentful of
newcomers,
> > since nobody has roots more than 100 years back, and besides, it would
be
> > like ordering the tide to retreat. So we go happily along speaking
Spanish
> > and eating Thai food.
>
> I lived in the East Bay (San Francisco) from 73-78. Not only do I not
> recognize anything much when I go back to visit, I can't wait to
> leave. I'm a native of Colorado, and I enjoy visiting there, but home
> is where I'm at. I'd like to be in a smaller, slower paced area (yes,
> even smaller and slower paced than Medford :-)) but being in a high
> tech industry isn't the way to go to do that.
>
> > In fact, one of these days, after I finish a couple of my trucks, I'm
going
> > to move away for a few years just so I can say I lived in more than one
> > place my whole life. I guess I won't be settling in Bend, Oregon,
though.
> > Maybe someplace where it rains....
>
> Portland?-?-? <G>
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Grant S.
> > 54 3100 (mostly all there)
> > 54 3100 (mostly not there)
> > 55 1st 3100 (mostly rust)
> > Los Angeles, CA
>
> --
> Lewis - K7LVO - Medford - Valley of the Rogue - OR
> The Forty - 1940 Chevy Pickup - One Owner
> http://www.teleport.com/~losborn/1940.html
>
>
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