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Re: IF it's 34 here.....(Florida)...............
#72118 12/16/04 10:41 PM
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You don't know PAIN until you've driven in Southern California in the rain. Any rain. People haven't a clue how to deal with it.


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Re: IF it's 34 here.....(Florida)...............
#72119 12/16/04 10:45 PM
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I lived in Seal Beach (suburb of L.A.) for awhile, and you're absolutely corect. In their defense, they go a long time between serious rains, and there is a buildup of oil and other goodies on the roads. Add a little water and it really does get slippery. We who are used to driving on slippery roads know how to handle it. But, the natives, who don't, just go slippin' 'n' slidin' 'n' crashin'.


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Re: IF it's 34 here.....(Florida)...............
#72120 12/16/04 10:46 PM
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Try driving in Dallas ANY TIME. I swear there are WAAAYYY too many Californians living here.


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Re: IF it's 34 here.....(Florida)...............
#72121 12/16/04 10:47 PM
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That was actually quite unfair of me. In the Bay Area, people can't drive in the rain, either, for some bizarre reason. Hmm...Scratch that. In the Bay Area, people can't drive.


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Re: IF it's 34 here.....(Florida)...............
#72122 12/16/04 11:18 PM
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I lived most of my life in Maine and New Hampshire, so I know cruddy weather. (and don't miss it one bit!)

It is true that since there pretty much isn't any weather in SoCal, the locals here don't know what to do when the rare raindrop hits the ground. I've been on the 405 freeway in a downpour so bad you could hardly see, while most of the traffic flew past me going full 70mph+ freeway speeds. Idiots. Roger was driving, and until I told him to slow down, or let me out of the car, he was one of those idiots. Born and raised in West LA...what are you gonna do?



Re: IF it's 34 here.....(Florida)...............
#72123 12/16/04 11:25 PM
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Oh, right, I should add the disclaimer that I was born and raised in SoCal, and now live in the Bay Area. And I drive all the freakin' time, so I'm sure I'm a crappy driver.


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Re: IF it's 34 here.....(Florida)...............
#72124 12/16/04 11:49 PM
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32 now in PA. I'm just getting excited looking ahead at the forecast for Monday though. Weather.com says snow! First one of the year.

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#72125 12/17/04 12:29 AM
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It actually got up to 38 on 12/15 in Minnesota. I saw my neighbor out planting some orange trees, NOT. Today it has actually cooled off, quite nicely. So much for the beach babes.

Re: IF it's 34 here.....(Florida)...............
#72126 12/17/04 12:32 AM
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I read a statistic once that said every year during the Rose Parade, 20,000 people decide to move to California.

Re: IF it's 34 here.....(Florida)...............
#72127 12/17/04 12:45 AM
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That's because Channel 5 has a deal with the devil so that it doesn't rain.


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