From the Peoples Socialist Republic of Kalifornia

They will be crying if that pot of gold moves out.
 
The studios should just all pick up and go to Nevada. Less regulation, and no corporate income tax. I'm surprised they haven't started to move there anyway.

I did get a laugh over this comment somebody made on that article link:

They'll look like the minions from Dispicable Me
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LoneAspen said:
The studios should just all pick up and go to Nevada. Less regulation, and no corporate income tax. I'm surprised they haven't started to move there anyway.

I did get a laugh over this comment somebody made on that article link:
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Studios? For porn?:rofl:
 
Considering what you can find by accident on google, I can't believe anyone actually pays for porn anymore.
 
cowman said:
Considering what you can find by accident on google, I can't believe anyone actually pays for porn anymore.
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Yeah, and if your really want to explain to your kids how tough we had it when we were young, tell them how hard we had to work to find porn! :)

Finding good porn was far tougher then walking two miles through three feet of snow, uphill, both ways, to get to school.
 
Can't be too safe out of an abundance of caution.
 
On the face of it, it seems absurd. But look at the other side. I have a California business. I pay lots of money into the state worker's comp insurance fund. Porn is an industry. Presumably porn actors also pay into the same fund and are compensated from it for injury. As long as the porn industry employees are receiving the same benefits as any other industry, shouldn't they be required to take the same precautions?
 
RotorAndWing said:
Unbelievable. :nonod: :rolleyes2:

:rofl::rofl::rofl:
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First, you title this "From the Peoples Socialist Republic of Kalifornia," then you say "Unbelievable."

Which is it? It can't be both. :dunno:

To quote:

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Another quote, offered during a hearing at the Nevada Legislature:

"I live in Nevada because it's as far as you can drive from DC without having to be in California."
 
SoloEqs said:
First, you title this "From the Peoples Socialist Republic of Kalifornia," then you say "Unbelievable."

Which is it? It can't be both. :dunno:

To quote:

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Another quote, offered during a hearing at the Nevada Legislature:

"I live in Nevada because it's as far as you can drive from DC without having to be in California."
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I can't understand the attraction. Californians like to use the word "paradise" to refer to their state, but every time I've ever been there, I couldn't wait to leave.

Just in case the perpetual threat of earthquakes, wildfires, tidal waves, tsunamis, mudslides, and floods weren't enough to make the place uninviting, they also have a government that insists on micromanaging every single aspect of human existence. Talk about the worst of both worlds.

Not that New York is all that much better in the politics department, mind you. In fact, I'm trying to round up support for an amendment to the State Constitution that would limit the legislative session to 20 days a year. But at least the ground is pretty motionless most of the time.

-Rich
 
I wish more people would hate California, then it might not be so damned crowded.:mad:
We've got a few negative issues here, but it's my thinking that politicians create and sustain them knowing that people will put up with them rather than move to a place less desirable.
At the risk of bringing even more people into this state, I'll say that there is absolutely no place I'd rather live. Some close seconds though...
 
Aeric said:
I wish more people would hate California, then it might not be so damned crowded.:mad:
We've got a few negative issues here, but it's my thinking that politicians create and sustain them knowing that people will put up with them rather than move to a place less desirable.
At the risk of bringing even more people into this state, I'll say that there is absolutely no place I'd rather live. Some close seconds though...
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Look at the inmigration numbers a lot of people are leaving CA.
 
Aeric said:
I wish more people would hate California, then it might not be so damned crowded.:mad:
We've got a few negative issues here, but it's my thinking that politicians create and sustain them knowing that people will put up with them rather than move to a place less desirable.
At the risk of bringing even more people into this state, I'll say that there is absolutely no place I'd rather live. Some close seconds though...
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Water is too cold...:yikes:
 
RJM62 said:
I can't understand the attraction. Californians like to use the word "paradise" to refer to their state, but every time I've ever been there, I couldn't wait to leave.

Just in case the perpetual threat of earthquakes, wildfires, tidal waves, tsunamis, mudslides, and floods weren't enough to make the place uninviting, they also have a government that insists on micromanaging every single aspect of human existence. Talk about the worst of both worlds.

Not that New York is all that much better in the politics department, mind you. In fact, I'm trying to round up support for an amendment to the State Constitution that would limit the legislative session to 20 days a year. But at least the ground is pretty motionless most of the time.

-Rich
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I've never lived in either New York or California, so I don't know which would be the better place to live. But I visit both a couple times a year, and I'll take California over New York any time. I love going out to California. I try to take each person individually, so I'm not going to say that one is better than the other, but I find more interesting and fun people in California than anywhere else.
 
Aeric said:
You are absolutely correct. The Pacific coast water temps due West of here are in the high 50's. But that's why a "heat wave" where I live is 4 days of 90F.:rolleyes:
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Also why I had to wear a sweater or sweatshirt every evening regardless of season lol. Diving was also a chore getting suited up and still freezing (although I loved playing with the otters and sea lions in the kelp off Monterey). I just got tired of being cold all the time living on the water. I always laughed at the TV and movies when they show people in CA going in the water in swimsuits, in 10 years I never saw it happen.:no::rofl:
 
Aeric said:
:lol:
I wish...
2000 census - 33.8 million.
2010 census - 37.2 million.
July 2012 estimate - just over 38 million.
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Productive people are leaving at least.:lol:
from wsj article
The best gauge of the quality of life between locations A and B is the different price of a U-Haul from A=>B vs B=>A.
Current rental cost of a 10' UHaul truck from LA=>Austin: $1309. Same truck, Austin=>LA: $485.
 
ClimbnSink said:
Productive people are leaving at least.:lol:
from wsj article
The best gauge of the quality of life between locations A and B is the different price of a U-Haul from A=>B vs B=>A.
Current rental cost of a 10' UHaul truck from LA=>Austin: $1309. Same truck, Austin=>LA: $485.
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:confused: Productive people don't rent a U-Haul....:rofl:
 
Henning said:
Also why I had to wear a sweater or sweatshirt every evening regardless of season lol. Diving was also a chore getting suited up and still freezing (although I loved playing with the otters and sea lions in the kelp off Monterey). I just got tired of being cold all the time living on the water. I always laughed at the TV and movies when they show people in CA going in the water in swimsuits, in 10 years I never saw it happen.:no::rofl:
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San Diego is the only place I've ever went swimming in the California Pacific where I was comfortable. But I'll take the temperature-moderating influence over the occasional desire to go swimming anytime.
 
ClimbnSink said:
Productive people are leaving at least.:lol:
from wsj article
The best gauge of the quality of life between locations A and B is the different price of a U-Haul from A=>B vs B=>A.
Current rental cost of a 10' UHaul truck from LA=>Austin: $1309. Same truck, Austin=>LA: $485.
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Just a guess, but I think a large part of the population coming to California do not use U-Haul, they just bring whatever they can carry across the border.
 
Maxmosbey said:
I've never lived in either New York or California, so I don't know which would be the better place to live. But I visit both a couple times a year, and I'll take California over New York any time. I love going out to California. I try to take each person individually, so I'm not going to say that one is better than the other, but I find more interesting and fun people in California than anywhere else.
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Have you seen more than Manhattan?

-Rich
 
Threefingeredjack said:
Just a guess, but I think a large part of the population coming to California do not use U-Haul, they just bring whatever they can carry across the border.
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Or professional movers, cause their employer pays for that. You can read such a bogus statistic as saying Austin jobs suck compared to LA jobs.

Frankly, if you don't like California, don't come. We won't miss you. If you don't like California politics and don't live here, STFU. It's not your business. That's why we have STATE governments. Or does that "states rights" thing only go one way?

If your own state has an industry where the workers request protection from workplace hazards, you can argue to deny it to them in your own state.
 
ClimbnSink said:
Productive people are leaving at least.:lol:
from wsj article
The best gauge of the quality of life between locations A and B is the different price of a U-Haul from A=>B vs B=>A.
Current rental cost of a 10' UHaul truck from LA=>Austin: $1309. Same truck, Austin=>LA: $485.
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I worked in the intermodal shipping industry for a while. You can send boat loads (literally) of whatever you want to China for next to nothing.
 
MAKG1 said:
Or professional movers, cause their employer pays for that. You can read such a bogus statistic as saying Austin jobs suck compared to LA jobs.

Frankly, if you don't like California, don't come. We won't miss you. If you don't like California politics and don't live here, STFU. It's not your business. That's why we have STATE governments. Or does that "states rights" thing only go one way?

If your own state has an industry where the workers request protection from workplace hazards, you can argue to deny it to them in your own state.
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Deal. If you'll keep Nancy Pelosi at home, and have her drop Harry off at his house on her way back home.
 
MAKG1 said:
Frankly, if you don't like California, don't come. We won't miss you. If you don't like California politics and don't live here, STFU. It's not your business. That's why we have STATE governments. Or does that "states rights" thing only go one way?

If your own state has an industry where the workers request protection from workplace hazards, you can argue to deny it to them in your own state.
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I'm a firm believer in states rights. So when California finally defaults and goes bankrupt the rest of the states shouldn't have to pay to bail them out. ;)

Have a nice day!
 
MAKG1 said:
Or professional movers, cause their employer pays for that. You can read such a bogus statistic as saying Austin jobs suck compared to LA jobs.

Frankly, if you don't like California, don't come. We won't miss you. If you don't like California politics and don't live here, STFU. It's not your business. That's why we have STATE governments. Or does that "states rights" thing only go one way?

If your own state has an industry where the workers request protection from workplace hazards, you can argue to deny it to them in your own state.
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I haven't seen porn queens protesting for safety goggles...:rofl:
 
bartmc said:
I worked in the intermodal shipping industry for a while. You can send boat loads (literally) of whatever you want to China for next to nothing.
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Then the freight companies are making a hell of a profit off it.
 
Henning said:
Then the freight companies are making a hell of a profit off it.
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Not sure what things are like now. But, 10 years ago we had SOOOO much **** coming in from China, there were piles and piles of boxes sitting everywhere. The "good" ones could be bought for around scrap value so they didn't have to send them back to China empty (Obviously the routing is more complex that from China to here and back) but suffice to say there were enormous amounts of empty containers needing to get back to China some way and not enough **** to put back in them. I think from China->USA was about 1000% more than going the other way.
 
bartmc said:
Not sure what things are like now. But, 10 years ago we had SOOOO much **** coming in from China, there were piles and piles of boxes sitting everywhere. The "good" ones could be bought for around scrap value so they didn't have to send them back to China empty (Obviously the routing is more complex that from China to here and back) but suffice to say there were enormous amounts of empty containers needing to get back to China some way and not enough **** to put back in them. I think from China->USA was about 1000% more than going the other way.
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We shoulda filled em up with opium.:lol:
 
RotorAndWing said:
I'm a firm believer in states rights. So when California finally defaults and goes bankrupt the rest of the states shouldn't have to pay to bail them out. ;)

Have a nice day!
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The funny one was the city that billed itself a sanctuary city then wanted Federal money to help with the cost associated with a high crime rate.

States rights should come with state responsibility; if you spend it you pay for it.
 
Henning said:
There's more than Manhattan? You mean Brooklyn?:rofl:
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Actually, now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure Max has family in Brooklyn, so he's probably been there.

I was actually talking about farther north. But Brooklyn's okay, except for where the latest wave of yuppies have taken over, mainly down by da bridges to da city. Some other parts, like Park Slope, have been yuppified for decades. It's actually getting hard to find pockets of Olde Brooklyn.

I grew up in Olde Brooklyn, back when it was still gritty and dirty. I also lived in Queens for many years. I've never lived in Manhattan, though. Nor did I want to. Back in the day, those of us who lived in the "outer boroughs" held Manhattan in contempt and disdain. The boroughs had very strong independent identities, although one thing we all agreed on was that we all hated Manhattan.

The reasons for that had a lot to do with city funding priorities that sunk every possible dollar into Manhattan, while ignoring the rest of the city. The "Lindsay Snowstorm" of 1969 kind of changed that, when City Hall came to the realization that the voters in the "outer boroughs" collectively outnumbered the ones in Manhattan.

As for California... meh. Most people I met in California were very nice, but most people I've met anywhere were very nice. People are pretty much people. I do chuckle at Californians' defensiveness of their state, however, and how angry they get when other people don't care for California. It's kind of funny to watch.

If you say to a New Yorker, "I don't like New York," we may suggest some other parts to look at, but more likely we'll just shrug. Saus-eech his own, as we used to say in Brooklyn.

For my part, I prefer the country and always have. The second my psychotic ex and I split up I no longer had anything tying me to the city, I started looking North. I go downstate about two or three times a year now, on average, and that's often enough for me.

-Rich
 
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