Anybody here live near Edwards AFB?

luvtolean · 11-28-2006, 1:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SomeStrangeGuy

Why do people in Cali and Az refer to everything as "the" when speaking of highways, when the rest of the country refers to it by number?

ie: "the I-5 south"
vs: "5 south"

Just somethin funny I noticed

It's a SOCal thing.

NorCal doesn't do the "the".

Ravensgate · 11-28-2006, 10:44 PM

When I was a youngster I used to go prospecting out there. We made a stop on the way in and the way out at Crazy Otto's to pig out on some of the biggest plates of food you could imagine. ( one omlette is like...... a 1/2 dozen eggs ) . There's a few locations but the best one is definitely the one located on 20th and Avenue K (west). It has been voted the best breakfast in town for 13 straight years!!

navydevildoc · 11-28-2006, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SomeStrangeGuy

Why do people in Cali and Az refer to everything as "the" when speaking of highways, when the rest of the country refers to it by number?

ie: "the I-5 south"
vs: "5 south"

Just somethin funny I noticed

You have it slightly wrong... we don't add the I in front, and that is for all Californians. We just call it "5" (norcal) or "the 5" (socal). Even the state highways, we were smart enough that they are all unique numbers... there is no "Route 138" or "Highway 138". Just "138" or "the 138". We don't have to differentiate since there are no state roads with the same numbers as the bazillion interstates (x80, x10, xx5, xx8, x15, x40).

I grew up in NorCal laughing at the Southland. Now I live here, and I was assimilated very quickly. "The" has become part of the vernacular. AZ doesn't even do it like we do.

colryn · 11-29-2006, 8:12 AM

I am fascinated by the north verses south of California. Where is the line drawn? Is there a central California?

Mojave954 · 11-29-2006, 8:23 AM

Just South of SAN FRANCISCO. You can see on the map where the topography changes. Yeah, that's it, the topography changes.

Baketech · 11-29-2006, 8:45 AM

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Originally Posted by navydevildoc

You have it slightly wrong... we don't add the I in front, and that is for all Californians. We just call it "5" (norcal) or "the 5" (socal). Even the state highways, we were smart enough that they are all unique numbers... there is no "Route 138" or "Highway 138". Just "138" or "the 138". We don't have to differentiate since there are no state roads with the same numbers as the bazillion interstates (x80, x10, xx5, xx8, x15, x40).

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Yeah now I'm rolling down California Five
With your laughter in my head
I'm gonna have to block it out somehow to survive
'cause those dreams are dead
And I'm alive

coderedcbr · 11-30-2006, 7:20 AM

In & Out is a must that you will enjoy. I eat a Zuma's when I'm at Willowsprings for the weekend.
Zumas Italian Restaurant in Rosamond California

Mojave954 · 11-30-2006, 7:29 AM

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Originally Posted by coderedcbr

In & Out is a must that you will enjoy. I eat a Zuma's when I'm at Willowsprings for the weekend.
Zumas Italian Restaurant in Rosamond California

Have to check that place out. Next time your in town let me know.

colryn · 11-30-2006, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by coderedcbr

Zumas Italian Restaurant in Rosamond California

Thanks coderedcbr, that looks like a winner. Damn, I think I and going to get fat on this trip.

RRWANTR · 11-30-2006, 10:45 AM

Dang!!! Bring a jacket if it's anytime soon you're coming! A cold front's hit Socal. Down to around 40 down in LA. It was 19!?!?!?!?!?!?!? on my way to work today!! WTF?!?!?!?

BDA116 · 11-30-2006, 10:46 AM

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Dang!!! Bring a jacket if it's anytime soon you're coming! A cold front's hit Socal. Down to around 40 down in LA. It was 19!?!?!?!?!?!?!? on my way to work today!! WTF?!?!?!?

It's that global warming.

RRWANTR · 11-30-2006, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BDA116

It's that global warming.

Must be.

My parents are driving a Budget truck out here from MN as they're moving out for a few years. They're currently stuck in a hotel due to the freeway being closed because of snow.....IN TEXAS!!!! Stinking global warming..

colryn · 11-30-2006, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by RRWANTR

Dang!!! Bring a jacket if it's anytime soon you're coming! A cold front's hit Socal. Down to around 40 down in LA. It was 19!?!?!?!?!?!?!? on my way to work today!! WTF?!?!?!?

19!!! I thought this place was a hot desert. I was planning on brining shorts.

navydevildoc · 11-30-2006, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by colryn

I am fascinated by the north verses south of California. Where is the line drawn? Is there a central California?

I think most people would separate the state into 3 chunks... NorCal, Central California, and SoCal. The lines are generally anything from the Bay Area and North is NorCal, Monterey down to San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara would be Central California, and then everything south would be SoCal.

There was even an effort about a decade or more ago to put an initiative on the ballot to split the state into 3. Mainly due to farmers in the central valley being pissed that SoCal was getting all the water. I failed miserably.

I grew up in NorCal, going progressively farther north as I got older. I am a 5th generation Californian, which is pretty old as far as things go out here. I never thought that I would be living in SoCal, but the Navy moved me here, and San Diego is not anything like LA, which is what most people think of when they hear 'SoCal'. I don't think I will be leaving anytime soon.

speedextreme16 · 11-30-2006, 1:21 PM

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Originally Posted by RRWANTR

Dang!!! Bring a jacket if it's anytime soon you're coming! A cold front's hit Socal. Down to around 40 down in LA. It was 19!?!?!?!?!?!?!? on my way to work today!! WTF?!?!?!?

Yea, WTF? I had to start the truck and let it warm up a few mins before I went to work at 6am today. You know it's cold when the temp gauge in the truck reads "ICE" and not an actual temp.

speedextreme16 · 11-30-2006, 1:23 PM

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Originally Posted by colryn

19!!! I thought this place was a hot desert. I was planning on brining shorts.

Not this week, we have a damn cold front that moved in on Sunday. Damn El Nino.

colryn · 12-04-2006, 10:33 PM

Well, I made it to Cali. Someone turned on the A/C. Damn it is cold here. I met Majave and his daughter for a bite to eat at In-n-Out Burger. It was great to meet someone from the org. Heck of a nice guy. Also thanks for suggesting the burger joint. I will be going there again before I leave.

Thanks again Majave....

Mojave954 · 12-05-2006, 7:41 AM

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Originally Posted by colryn

Well, I made it to Cali. Someone turned on the A/C. Damn it is cold here. I met Majave and his daughter for a bite to eat at In-n-Out Burger. It was great to meet someone from the org. Heck of a nice guy. Also thanks for suggesting the burger joint. I will be going there again before I leave.

Thanks again Majave....

No problem man.

Nice to meet a fellow org. member. Too bad you don't have the time to rent a bike and enjoy SOCAL. Maybe next time.

speedextreme16 · 12-05-2006, 6:05 PM

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Originally Posted by colryn

I met Majave. Heck of a nice guy.

Are you sure you met up with the right person?

Mojave is, well ok, he is a nice guy, just a bit odd when it comes to the part when he wants to cuddle.

Nuttin but

for ya man!

Mojave954 · 12-05-2006, 7:51 PM

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Originally Posted by speedextreme16

Are you sure you met up with the right person?

Mojave is, well ok, he is a nice guy, just a bit odd when it comes to the part when he wants to cuddle.

Nuttin but

for ya man!

Only with my Jarhead buddies and a certain squid with a hoarse throat.

speedextreme16 · 12-08-2006, 4:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mojave954

Only with my Jarhead buddies and a certain squid with a hoarse throat.

Oh John...