OT Moving To California

"fudge" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Is It Really This Bad????

Jack was sitting in an airplane when another guy took the seat beside him.
The new guy was an absolute wreck, pale, hands shaking, biting his nails and
moaning in fear.

"Hey, pal, what's the matter?" Jack asked.

"Oh man... I've been transferred to California," the other guy answered.
"There are crazy people in California and they have shootings, gangs, race
riots, drugs, the highest crime rate..."

"Hold on," Jack interrupted, "I've lived in California all my life, and it
is not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind your own
business, enroll your kids in a good school and it's as safe as anywhere in
the world."

The other passenger relaxed and stopped shaking for a moment and said, "Oh,
thank you. I've been worried to death, but if you live there and say it's
OK, I'll take your word for it. What do you do for a living?"

"Me?" said Jack, "I'm a tail gunner on a Budweiser truck in Oakland."

LOL..... Esse....

Dimitri

fudge said:

Is It Really This Bad????

Jack was sitting in an airplane when another guy took the seat beside
him.
The new guy was an absolute wreck, pale, hands shaking, biting his
nails and
moaning in fear.

"Hey, pal, what's the matter?" Jack asked.

"Oh man... I've been transferred to California," the other guy
answered.
"There are crazy people in California and they have shootings, gangs,
race
riots, drugs, the highest crime rate..."

"Hold on," Jack interrupted, "I've lived in California all my life,
and it
is not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind
your own
business, enroll your kids in a good school and it's as safe as
anywhere in
the world."

The other passenger relaxed and stopped shaking for a moment and said,
"Oh,
thank you. I've been worried to death, but if you live there and say
it's
OK, I'll take your word for it. What do you do for a living?"

"Me?" said Jack, "I'm a tail gunner on a Budweiser truck in Oakland."

During the Rodney King Riots and various other riots that have happened
over the last 20 years in other california city's, Oakland remained
calm, i work in Berkeley and live in oakland, we had to shut down in
BErkeley during the Rodney King riots where young white punks were
puling people from their cars and beating them and smashing store
windows and basically running amok and when i got home to oakland things
were very calm, no rioting.

Oakland has an undeserved reputation for violence, not that it does not
have its own share of problems like any other urban centre, but its
reputation far exceeds its reality. Now richmond, if your joke had said
'im a gunner on a richmond mobile library van' i would probly have
agreed with the sentiment, just the other day, a little old lady was
watering her flowers and got shot in the head in a drive by. As far as
the police are concerned it was random and meaningless, possibly a gang
initiation, you have to have murdered somebody to be a part of certain
gangs.
---
JL

On Mon 12 Sep 2005 01:09:15p, Joseph Littleshoes wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

Now richmond, if your joke had said
'im a gunner on a richmond mobile library van' i would probly have
agreed with the sentiment, just the other day, a little old lady was
watering her flowers and got shot in the head in a drive by. As far as
the police are concerned it was random and meaningless, possibly a gang
initiation, you have to have murdered somebody to be a part of certain
gangs.

Sounds like my office! :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Joseph Littleshoes said:

fudge said:

Is It Really This Bad????

Jack was sitting in an airplane when another guy took the seat beside
him.
The new guy was an absolute wreck, pale, hands shaking, biting his
nails and
moaning in fear.

"Hey, pal, what's the matter?" Jack asked.

"Oh man... I've been transferred to California," the other guy
answered.
"There are crazy people in California and they have shootings, gangs,
race
riots, drugs, the highest crime rate..."

"Hold on," Jack interrupted, "I've lived in California all my life,
and it
is not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind
your own
business, enroll your kids in a good school and it's as safe as
anywhere in
the world."

The other passenger relaxed and stopped shaking for a moment and said,
"Oh,
thank you. I've been worried to death, but if you live there and say
it's
OK, I'll take your word for it. What do you do for a living?"

"Me?" said Jack, "I'm a tail gunner on a Budweiser truck in Oakland."

During the Rodney King Riots and various other riots that have happened
over the last 20 years in other california city's, Oakland remained
calm, i work in Berkeley and live in oakland, we had to shut down in
BErkeley during the Rodney King riots where young white punks were
puling people from their cars and beating them and smashing store
windows and basically running amok and when i got home to oakland things
were very calm, no rioting.

Oakland has an undeserved reputation for violence, not that it does not
have its own share of problems like any other urban centre, but its
reputation far exceeds its reality. Now richmond, if your joke had said
'im a gunner on a richmond mobile library van' i would probly have
agreed with the sentiment, just the other day, a little old lady was
watering her flowers and got shot in the head in a drive by. As far as
the police are concerned it was random and meaningless, possibly a gang
initiation, you have to have murdered somebody to be a part of certain
gangs.
---
JL

Well, I appreciate your sentiment but having lived 'across the Bay' for
over 30 years I gotta take issue. I still remember quite vividly the
riots and upheaval in the Oakland area in the 60's and later. That's
not to say there weren't a lot on my side of the Bay too, but our whole
area has been a hotbed for many years.

Jim Davis said:

Well, I appreciate your sentiment but having lived 'across the Bay' for
over 30 years I gotta take issue. I still remember quite vividly the
riots and upheaval in the Oakland area in the 60's and later. That's
not to say there weren't a lot on my side of the Bay too, but our whole
area has been a hotbed for many years.

Hotbed of what? Gay rights? Free speech movement? Antiwar movement?
Free love? Hippies? Beat lit? Organically grown produce? Yeah, the BA
has it rough.

-bwg

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Quoted message said:

Jim Davis said:

Well, I appreciate your sentiment but having lived 'across the Bay' for
over 30 years I gotta take issue. I still remember quite vividly the
riots and upheaval in the Oakland area in the 60's and later. That's
not to say there weren't a lot on my side of the Bay too, but our whole
area has been a hotbed for many years.

Hotbed of what? Gay rights? Free speech movement? Antiwar movement?
Free love? Hippies? Beat lit? Organically grown produce? Yeah, the BA
has it rough.

-bwg

Ever been to a Raiders game in Oakland?
Try one and you'll know.
Its a hotbed of intellectuals like Jerry Brown the Mayor.

;-)

Dimitri

Jim Davis said:

Joseph Littleshoes said:

fudge said:

Is It Really This Bad????

Jack was sitting in an airplane when another guy took the seat

beside

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

him.
The new guy was an absolute wreck, pale, hands shaking, biting his
nails and
moaning in fear.

"Hey, pal, what's the matter?" Jack asked.

"Oh man... I've been transferred to California," the other guy
answered.
"There are crazy people in California and they have shootings,

gangs,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

race
riots, drugs, the highest crime rate..."

"Hold on," Jack interrupted, "I've lived in California all my life,
and it
is not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind
your own
business, enroll your kids in a good school and it's as safe as
anywhere in
the world."

The other passenger relaxed and stopped shaking for a moment and

said,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

"Oh,
thank you. I've been worried to death, but if you live there and say

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

it's
OK, I'll take your word for it. What do you do for a living?"

"Me?" said Jack, "I'm a tail gunner on a Budweiser truck in

Oakland."

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

During the Rodney King Riots and various other riots that have

happened

Quoted message said:

over the last 20 years in other california city's, Oakland remained
calm, i work in Berkeley and live in oakland, we had to shut down in
BErkeley during the Rodney King riots where young white punks were
puling people from their cars and beating them and smashing store
windows and basically running amok and when i got home to oakland

things

Quoted message said:

were very calm, no rioting.

Oakland has an undeserved reputation for violence, not that it does

not

Quoted message said:

have its own share of problems like any other urban centre, but its
reputation far exceeds its reality. Now richmond, if your joke had

said

Quoted message said:

'im a gunner on a richmond mobile library van' i would probly have
agreed with the sentiment, just the other day, a little old lady was
watering her flowers and got shot in the head in a drive by. As far

as

Quoted message said:

the police are concerned it was random and meaningless, possibly a

gang

Quoted message said:

initiation, you have to have murdered somebody to be a part of

certain

Quoted message said:

gangs.
---
JL

Well, I appreciate your sentiment but having lived 'across the Bay'
for
over 30 years I gotta take issue. I still remember quite vividly the
riots and upheaval in the Oakland area in the 60's and later. That's
not to say there weren't a lot on my side of the Bay too, but our
whole
area has been a hotbed for many years.

Don't forget the National Guard in the streets of Berkeley. I have
pictures!!! But recently Oakland has been quiescent while surrounding
areas were rioting. S.F. got a lot more action in this respect over
Afghanistan and Iraq than Oakland did, though i think a lot of hard core
protesters may leave Oakland to protest or Riot else where.
---
JL

fudge said:

"Me?" said Jack, "I'm a tail gunner on a Budweiser truck in Oakland."

LOLOL! Yes, the rest of the country really does think this and we
hope it keeps them away.