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The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
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Californian Elitist
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I will happily pay more money to live in California than save money to live in any other state, Florida included.
Once I retire, I plan to settle in a different country.
Californian Elitist
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Happy New Year, fellow Disneylanders.
Was anyone there last night? I'd love a report.Happy New Year, fellow Disneylanders.
Californian Elitist
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Absolutely not lol. I went out once for New Year’s Eve and didn’t enjoy it at all. I always stay home with family.
Disney Analyst
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I wasn’t, but from what I saw it was an insanely rainy day and night, and no fireworks happened.
PiratesMansion
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I was watching the app periodically throughout the day, and it looked the weather made waits shockingly reasonable by nightfall in both parks for such a big night. Like, waits I would have been VERY happy with if they happened in the middle of a summer day.
Daytime was considerably busier. I pity the unfortunate people who ended up in that 175 minute line for TSMM I saw posted earlier in the day.
Daytime was considerably busier. I pity the unfortunate people who ended up in that 175 minute line for TSMM I saw posted earlier in the day.
Rich T
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I hope none of them calculated the time and money it wound up costing them to play a brief video game. Maaaagical memories!
truecoat
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Wow. I had no idea.
... "This situation could get out of hand fast. Florida’s property insurance premiums are already about three times higher than the national average, and analysts expect them to rise another 20 or 30 percent next year. Companies that can’t raise more money through loans or price hikes will collapse, forcing more people to join Citizens. As that public insurance program keeps growing, it will get more vulnerable to a big storm, potentially putting the state on the hook for billions of dollars that it will have to raise from taxes." ...
Republicans Are Coughing Up Billions to Save Florida’s Home Insurance Market
The state's insurance companies are struggling to survive an onslaught of hurricanes and litigation.gizmodo.com
Taking tax money to subsidize the insurance industry sounds like a handout. Can't they insurance companies pull themselves up by their bootstraps?
Florida has no other side to this tunnel. Rising ocean levels will only add to the insurance problem.
MoonRakerSCM
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Angling toward not renewing my magic key this year. Already a lot of travel planned... a lot of rockhounding, camping, hiking, and some half marathons around the country.
With the way things are going with the mouse... why bother anymore?
With the way things are going with the mouse... why bother anymore?
TP2000
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Replaying the weather radar, it looks like it was pouring moderately heavy rain and windy at Disneyland from about 9pm through Midnight on New Year's Eve. At the party I was at in Del Mar, it was cold and showery all night and then after Midnight it started to rain heavily and didn't let up for several hours.
Miserable.
Speaking of that, it's raining again. It's now 52 and raining in La Jolla. The forecast for the next five days has more rain falling in San Diego than the rain forecast to fall in Seattle this week. So what the heck is the point of even being here?!? It ain't Shamu!
I have calibrated the forecasts and the roads, and I'm going to drive back up I-15 to home tomorrow. I'll break that 7 hour drive up with dinner in Las Vegas at a favorite steakhouse that had an opening, but will Shoot The Gap inbetween storms on Tuesday before the next big rainstorm sweeps through California on Wednesday/Thursday. I'm smarter than I look!
Rainy Weather Driving Tips From Your Pal TP2000: Make sure all four tires are inflated to the manufacturers designed level as found on the doorframe sticker. Even just one under-inflated tire does horrible things to your car on slick roadways. If you didn't replace your wiper blades in November like you should have, replace them now! And top off your washer reservoir with good Rainx washer fluid! Always drive with your lights on in the rain and use your signals for everything; almost all cars now have an "Auto" setting for lights that automatically turns on the headlights and taillights in dusk or whenever the wipers are activated. Slow down and put at least two extra car lengths between you and the car ahead of you, who likely isn't following my Rainy Weather Driving Tips.
Signal! Slow! Tires! Headlights! Safety! Arrive Alive and Ready To Party!
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SuddenStorm
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Replaying the weather radar, it looks like it was pouring moderately heavy rain and windy at Disneyland from about 9pm through Midnight on New Year's Eve. At the party I was at in Del Mar, it was cold and showery all night and then after Midnight it started to rain heavily and didn't let up for several hours.
Miserable.
Speaking of that, it's raining again. It's now 52 and raining in La Jolla. The forecast for the next five days has more rain falling in San Diego than the rain forecast to fall in Seattle this week. So what the heck is the point of even being here?!? It ain't Shamu!
I have calibrated the forecasts and the roads, and I'm going to drive back up I-15 to home tomorrow. I'll break that 7 hour drive up with dinner in Las Vegas at a favorite steakhouse that had an opening, but will Shoot The Gap inbetween storms on Tuesday before the next big rainstorm sweeps through California on Wednesday/Thursday. I'm smarter than I look!
Rainy Weather Driving Tips From Your Pal TP2000: Make sure all four tires are inflated to the manufacturers designed level as found on the doorframe sticker. Even just one under-inflated tire does horrible things to your car on slick roadways. If you didn't replace your wiper blades in November like you should have, replace them now! And top off your washer reservoir with good Rainx washer fluid! Always drive with your lights on in the rain and use your signals for everything; almost all cars now have an "Auto" setting for lights that automatically turns on the headlights and taillights in dusk or whenever the wipers are activated. Slow down and put at least two extra car lengths between you and the car ahead of you, who likely isn't following my Rainy Weather Driving Tips.
Signal! Slow! Tires! Headlights! Safety! Arrive Alive and Ready To Party!
You picked the perfect week to leave Utah- it snowed for about two days straight in Salt Lake County. The most I've seen since moving here a few years ago. It's still snowing sporadically.
Up Cottonwood Canyon the Ski Resorts got dumped on- and the canyon road was closed all day yesterday.
Practical Pig
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Excellent advice! Up here in the wetter Northern part of this huge state there is a long-lived reputation of South-Landers reacting in a "panic" to rainy wet roads. I'm sure the "panic" thing is just people less accustomed to wet road conditions going through a reasonable learning curve. But your advice is spot-on.Rainy Weather Driving Tips From Your Pal TP2000: Make sure all four tires are inflated to the manufacturers designed level as found on the doorframe sticker. Even just one under-inflated tire does horrible things to your car on slick roadways. If you didn't replace your wiper blades in November like you should have, replace them now! And top off your washer reservoir with good Rainx washer fluid! Always drive with your lights on in the rain and use your signals for everything; almost all cars now have an "Auto" setting for lights that automatically turns on the headlights and taillights in dusk or whenever the wipers are activated. Slow down and put at least two extra car lengths between you and the car ahead of you, who likely isn't following my Rainy Weather Driving Tips.
Signal! Slow! Tires! Headlights! Safety! Arrive Alive and Ready To Party!
That sounds fair. I only started using mine on November 30th so I'm still in the honeymoon period. I have no idea how I'll feel when my time is up.
TP2000
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I know we don't actually know each other, but I thought of you the past few days on a few separate occasions while watching the news.
You've had record rainfall and two decent earthquakes since Christmas! I hope you and yours are doing okay up there! A truly beautiful corner of the world.
Also, I should add for the ladies or those who aren't good with cars... pull in to your local Firestone Auto Care place or Goodyear Tire or Pep Boys service center ASAP. Bat your eyes at the counterman and ask him to check your tires and wiper blades. He may even find a burned out taillight or turn signal that can be replaced with a 98 cent bulb. You could also do this at the dealership you bought your car from. You may be buying a new set of wiper blades or a gallon of Blinker Fluid for that service at a slight markup, but the peace of mind you get knowing your car is ready for crummy winter roads is priceless. Your health and safety is worth it. Happy Motoring!
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Practical Pig
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Wellll .. the first earthquake did a number on the contents of my house, without causing any structural or utility damage. But a cabinet of unimportant glassware in my dining room was tossed five feet across the room leaving the room carpeted in shattered glass (clean-up started with a rake and goggles). But six feet away against the same wall was an eighteenth century writing desk with a nineteenth century clock on top that slightly budged maybe an inch without damage. I'll take it.
Otherwise I lost two TVs, including a two month-old 75" flat screen that is now curved. And I still haven't cleaned up all the quarters off the floor of a quest room where some change jars launched.
Family and friends are all safe, and that's what matters, with sympathy to the families of the two people who died of related medical emergencies.
TP2000
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Oh, dear. I was afraid of that.
Earthquakes are horrible things. They strike without warning and can cause ridiculous damage to our most fragile belongings. The mild ones are always kind of fun, but there's those first two seconds where you have to decide if it's just a mild one or if it's going to build into something bigger.
When I lived in OC I was always able to sleep soundly knowing I had some food supplies, a couple of firearms and ammo, and a backup generator and at least one car with a full tank of gas ready to go. That last one is the key. People in SoCal should never let their gas tanks go below 3/4th's of a tank on at least one of their cars. It allows you to escape with your loved ones south to San Diego to safer territory after the second or third day of banks and supermarkets being closed and no electricity. I'm not sure what the equivalent is for Eureka/Crescent City, but I'm sure there is one. Medford, maybe?
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Practical Pig
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I've ridden out much larger ones here Richter scale-wise, but this one was different. The bigger ones rolled. This one punched. It was the hardest shake I've been through, and I've watched power poles waving around like a used-car dealership's inflatable wavy arm man.
TP2000
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The closer ones always do. Like I said, they can be so brutal because they are so sudden and unexpected.
I lived in hurricane country in several states. I don't want to minimize the damage they cause, but can you imagine if you had a solid 48 hours notice that the latest earthquake was going to happen like people in the South get for hurricane warnings in the four months of the year when they always happen?
You'd be ready to go, have the house secured, and have the Trader Joe's champagne ready to pop to celebrate!
I'm glad you are still here to talk about it. And now, you've got all that rain! At least... the Redwoods and Sequoias will be healthy and the spring blooms will be gorgeous in a few months!
