Now how can anyone ever be jealous, of "Earthquakes", "Forest Fires" that
destroy
miles upon miles, constant floods, and the biggest fault of them all "San
Andreas", I think there was a song a few years back = "Slip Sliding Away" =
jealous I don't think so.
Atwell Haines wrote:
> At 12:01 PM 6/1/99 -0700, Simmons, Reid W wrote:
> >
> >Gee, and here I thought I had coined the phrase "California Stop". Here in
> >Oregon I use the term to refer to those drivers who accelerate upon seeing a
> >yellow light, and REALLY FLOOR IT if the light is "orange" (turning from
> >yellow to red). This phenomenon seems to have been imported along with the
> >influx of immigrants from that state directly "south of our border". :)
>
> Here on the 'right coast' (as opposed to the 'left coast') we use the
> phrase California Stop to indicate a mellow, laid-back kinda
> coasting-thru-the-intersection kind of manuever. Sort of seems that us
> stuffy-always-in-a-hurry Easterners are jealous of the California
> lifestyle. {Well not all of us...}
>
> Cheers,
>
> Atwell Haines
> '79 Spitfire (with 57 HP, mellow and laid back is Normal) (Manual brakes
> help too!)
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