[LandscapeAritst]

So did you guys enjoy the rain we got today?

[EA]

Originally Posted by LandscapeAritst

So did you guys enjoy the rain we got today?

No I hate rain.

[Code Stemi]

Originally Posted by LandscapeAritst

So did you guys enjoy the rain we got today?

I am loving it. Spring storm rolling through... the best.

[LandscapeAritst]

Originally Posted by EA

No I hate rain.

Last time I complained when we had lots of rain for days, the locals acted like I said something horrible. "We need the water, the lake is too drained." I tried to explain to them that only snow from the mountains will help with the drought and rain doesn't help that much.

[Tek_Freek]

Love it when it rains, but it smells terrible.

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by EA

I filled up at 3.99 in Torrance last night.

I'm waiting, waiting, waiting for photo uploads of what you saw riding the light rail trains in the L.A. area. A TAP card only run $8, good for all day, and also good for any bus ride. Give your car a rest some time when you're down there and kick back riding the trains all day. See something interesting en route, hop off, and another train comes by 10-15 minutes later. There's a big parking lot at the Norwalk station, hop on the Green Line there, head west to the Blue Line and then it's your choice: south to Long Beach, north to downtown L.A. Hungry? Get off at the Pershing Square station, walk one block to the Central Market which has been there for a hundred years.

[JonathanLB]

Originally Posted by EA

Man, being in LA makes me really appreciate vegas.
I got woken up to the most annoying birds I've ever heard and a dude mowing his lawn at 7am.
None of that happens in Vegas. I'll keep my calm quiet heat.

Hahaha I love this comment. Every Thursday where I live now before moving, it’s landscape time and that means annoying edge clippers because god forbid the grass slightly touch the sidewalk and mowing and leaf blowing and I don’t even know what else. That’s why I chose a neighborhood with desertscape and a house nowhere near any grass. I get old people think 7 am is a fantastic time to mow the lawn and I also get once it hits the legal time, nothing I can do or say about it, but as a night owl who wakes up at noon or later many days, I don’t want to put myself in that position. It’s one reason I don’t at all mind tiny lot sizes because almost no matter the climate, it prevents outdoor space from being a thing. We have the HOA manage the front lawns and nobody is allowed to touch their own, and nobody here has a backyard at all, so at least it IS just once a week (Thursday) we get woken up early but that’s still 52 days a year of annoyance.

I for one love deserts and xeriscape. Nothing better than a zero maintenance cactus or some cement and gravel

[EA]

Originally Posted by tijlover

I'm waiting, waiting, waiting for photo uploads of what you saw riding the light rail trains in the L.A. area. A TAP card only run $8, good for all day, and also good for any bus ride. Give your car a rest some time when you're down there and kick back riding the trains all day. See something interesting en route, hop off, and another train comes by 10-15 minutes later. There's a big parking lot at the Norwalk station, hop on the Green Line there, head west to the Blue Line and then it's your choice: south to Long Beach, north to downtown L.A. Hungry? Get off at the Pershing Square station, walk one block to the Central Market which has been there for a hundred years.

I'm not a peasant so I won't ride the stupid train.
I don't live in the 1800s so I have no need to ride a train.
I don't want to go by someone else' schedule so I won't use public transportation at all.

I don't know why you're obsessed with trains so badly.

Trains are good for exactly 1 thing. Transporting large amounts of cargo at once.


I spent 4 days there including 2 week days. I drove from i15 to Torrance. I drove to Redondo and Hermoso beaches twice. I drove All around Palos Verdes twice. I drove out through Long beach. I drove all around Torrance to get parts and food and such.
I didn't even hit traffic til I was leaving. There was a slight hold up where 405 hits the 605 and then there was a wreck on the 210 that slowed things down a bit but I was still moving.
I will say that it does take a little longer to cover a distance there than it does here.
Harbor freight is 3.8 miles from where I was staying.
Harbor freight is 3.8 miles from my house here.
It took 15 minutes to get there in LA and 5 minutes here. Not because of traffic but because everything is a side street and there's a bajillion red lights.
However, I never once sat through multiple light cycles like I do here.

Last time I drove around Hollywood, Burbank, down to long Beach and then just through random areas. I hit a smidge of traffic but nothing worse than here. Not now anyway.
Granted I didn't drive through downtown at rush hour so that might be really bad. But my point is there's absolutely no reason to ride a stupid train.
Why on earth would I go park my car somewhere, walk to a train, figure out which trains I need to switch to, wait around for trains to show up, just to be dropped off NOT at my destination so that I have to walk to where I actually want to be AND pay for it to happen? I can't even explain to you how stupid this is. Occam's razor...

[tijlover]

You never seem happier than when you have your hands on a steering wheel.

I'm planning a trip to L.A., taking the overnight Amtrak from Tucson to downtown L.A., then switch to the light rail, subway lines. You can call me very, very, very lazy!

[EA]

I like to be in control. If I see something I want to photo I stop and photo it. If I see something I want to check out I pull over and do it. Can't do that with someone else driving.