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Mike O'Brien
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I go to LA every year for my birthday - driving there is no problem except that the freeways can be mistaken for parking lots a lot of the time. Hopefully you'll be there on vacation and won't have any appointments to get to.
Here's my tip about LA in general - it's like a huge (wonderful!) kingdom full of different lands. Under the umbrella of "LA" you have dozens and dozens of very different places - all types! Up here in Nor Cal LA is poo-pooed as being, you know, superficial or vapid, but I just don't find that to be true - or if I do? I drive 10 minutes in any direction and I end up in another part of LA that isn't that way.
Does that make sense?
Warm it up for me, Jodi - I'll be down there in December.
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Geoff Gibson
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| Posted: 30 October 2008 at 7:28am | IP Logged | 2
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I switched to Macs about three years ago. I'll never buy a PC again. The Mac just suits me better.
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Bruce Buchanan
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| Posted: 30 October 2008 at 7:41am | IP Logged | 3
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Geoff, that's a cute lil' Wonder Woman you've got there!
Oh, and here's my info:
- Favorite movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Favorite all time Comic Book Character: Spider-Man!
- Favorite vacation spot: N.C. mountains
- Place you would like to one day visit: Mexico City
- Favorite book: Today, I'll say H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights. I'll have a different answer tomorrow.
- Favorite song: "Pictures of You" - The Cure
- Favorite musical group: Pearl Jam
- Favorite kind of food: Ice cream
- Favorite Animal/Pet: My yorkie poo, McCoy - 15 pounds of fury!
- Hobbie: Reading, watching sports, chasing my two-year-old son
- Favorite TV show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Big city or Country: Country, most definitely
- Favorite season: Autumn
- From a big family or a small family: Small immediate family, big extended family
- Best kid memory: Going with my dad to the local newsstand on Saturday morning. He would buy my a big stack of comic books and maybe a candy bar or some gum.
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Moyer Hall
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Has anyone drove in LA? I would love some tips.
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I did this past summer when I went to San Diego for my nieces graduation. I
took a day trip with my partner to LA (see the pics on my facebook) and it
was HORRENDOUS. Of course that's my one rare time actually having to go
through the legendary traffic you always year about. It was about 20 miles
of gridlock... no other tips than what Michael said... be aggressive. If you see
an opening to get over, just do it, damn the blinker. Or do what I do: get
into the lane you want to get over to AND put your blinker on as an
afterthought.
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Victor Manuel Fernandez Patiño
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Jodi:
You will LOVE Mac... Trust us!
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Moyer Hall
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Yeah... big Mac head here too Jodi. Just make the jump... what is it
specifically about the PC you keep jumping back to? A certain program? A
certain interface? There is usually a good substitute, or equally good.
Give yourself a month to get used to it... after that you're good.
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Al Cook
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Professionally I have worked with virtually every computer brand and
operating system out there - Commodore, DOS, Windows, Solaris, Novell,
Unix, Linux, NT, XP, Vista, Mac OS 6, 7, 8, 9 and now X, and Macs are the
only computer system I will ever spend my own money on.
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Joakim Jahlmar
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Jodi wrote:
"Joakim I am with you, I think I am just a PC person."
Though I think it's safe to say neither of us is entirely PC... ;)
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Joakim Jahlmar
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So very nice to see Al's avatar doing his thing. Back to normal.
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Joakim Jahlmar
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Oh, and really surprised that you haven't commented on my current status update on FB (from Monday), Al. Thought that would gain a small reaction at least...
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Juan Jose Colin Arciniega
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| Posted: 30 October 2008 at 11:32am | IP Logged | 11
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Macs do thing beautifully, but they are not designed for my kind of work...but i gotta use both!
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Juan Jose Colin Arciniega
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Yesterday, i met Mexico's top baroque flautist. His name is Horacio Franco, and he gave a concert organized by my partner. It was a nice evening. And when he found out that my partner and i were a couple, he relaxed a lot, because he's gay too. So, if you have the chance, in the future, to hear him, do it!. You won't regret it!
And...the poster is mine!
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