New And Improved PICTURE THREAD!

[Amaris]

Thanks. Right here:
http://dark-spider.deviantart.com/art/The-Storyteller-63828942

Not sure why, but I find it to be a captivating picture.

J.

 

[BigFoot]

^ Awesome, thanks.

 

[Amaris]

You're welcome.


J.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

My mom has it written into her rental agreement that she isn't responsible for shoveling so here's her downstairs neighbor doing all the work!

I woke up to snow yesterday! It hasn't snowed like this for ages

My car yesterday:

My car today:

Yeah, yeah, I'll get to the rest tomorrow.

*RACKS BRAIN*

Why oh why do I still live in horrible evil LA?


WHY?

Oh yeah, I forgot.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Oooh a rainbow.

 

[Finn]

*RACKS BRAIN*

Why oh why do I still live in horrible evil LA?


WHY?

Oh yeah, I forgot.

We got Palm trees at Pentagon City Fashion Centre just across the mighty Potomac from DC, and we do get rainbows around here. And I don't live across the street from a supermarket.

 

[Geckothan]

I woke up to snow yesterday! It hasn't snowed like this for ages

*some photos*

At least you don't live in a tiny little village where the only roads in are tiny little country ones on steep hills. We got completely cut off last night because they forgot to grit them.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

*RACKS BRAIN*

Why oh why do I still live in horrible evil LA?


WHY?

Oh yeah, I forgot.

We got Palm trees at Pentagon City Fashion Centre just across the mighty Potomac from DC, and we do get rainbows around here. And I don't live across the street from a supermarket.

I don't live across the street from a supermarket either, but I can don a t-shirt and walk to one in midwinter without wading through several feet of snow. So back at ya.

 

[Amaris]

Look at all the pretty, pretty palm trees.



J.

 

[John Picard]

*RACKS BRAIN*

Why oh why do I still live in horrible evil LA?


WHY?

Oh yeah, I forgot.

We got Palm trees at Pentagon City Fashion Centre just across the mighty Potomac from DC, and we do get rainbows around here. And I don't live across the street from a supermarket.

I don't live across the street from a supermarket either, but I can don a t-shirt and walk to one in midwinter without wading through several feet of snow. So back at ya.

You couldn't pay me enough to live in LA. Enjoy.

 

[RandyS]

*RACKS BRAIN*

Why oh why do I still live in horrible evil LA?


WHY?

Oh yeah, I forgot.

How old is this picture? All the Ralph's up here crashed and burned nine years ago. I was told that the company went bankrupt.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

You couldn't pay me enough to live in LA. Enjoy.

And you couldn't pay me enough to live anywhere east of Colorado.

There are reasons why I call the place Hell-A and want to leave the immediate metropolitan area, so point taken there, but the weather forgives a multitude of sins. The same weather can be had outside the City Limits, where everything else improves greatly.

How old is this picture? All the Ralph's up here crashed and burned nine years ago. I was told that the company went bankrupt.

That was taken December 7th, immediately after our most recent storm.

Kroger in the Midwest and East Coast is re-badged Ralphs. Ralphs is doing robust business on the West Coast and is (I think) the largest grocery chain here. In every place I've lived in CA, there's never been a Ralph's farther than a mile from my home. There's another Ralph's 2 blocks down the street from this one and one less than 1/4 mile from my current home. Whoever told you they are long bankrupt gave you erroneous information.

 

[Amaris]

So Ralph's is Kroger? Interesting.
It sounds silly but I like learning little facts like that.


J.

 

[An Officer]

Weather like that in December? It ought to be a sin. *Very jealous*

 

[nevermore]

*RACKS BRAIN*

Why oh why do I still live in horrible evil LA?


WHY?

Oh yeah, I forgot.

We got Palm trees at Pentagon City Fashion Centre just across the mighty Potomac from DC, and we do get rainbows around here. And I don't live across the street from a supermarket.

Also, I think I would kill myself rather quickly if I had to live somewhere without proper seasons. By September each year, I'm completely sick of wearing short sleeves and such, and I start to get really cranky if it's not genuinely cold by Thanksgiving. Yeah, big snows can be a pain in the ass, but there's an equal amount about them that is fun and novel, and they only really come around every 4 or 5 years. Also, snow days.

Pretty picture though.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

*RACKS BRAIN*

Why oh why do I still live in horrible evil LA?


WHY?

Oh yeah, I forgot.

We got Palm trees at Pentagon City Fashion Centre just across the mighty Potomac from DC, and we do get rainbows around here. And I don't live across the street from a supermarket.

Also, I think I would kill myself rather quickly if I had to live somewhere without proper seasons. By September each year, I'm completely sick of wearing short sleeves and such, and I start to get really cranky if it's not genuinely cold by Thanksgiving. Yeah, big snows can be a pain in the ass, but there's an equal amount about them that is fun and novel, and they only really come around every 4 or 5 years. Also, snow days.

Pretty picture though.

We do too have proper seasons in SoCal! Hot Season, Rainy Season, Schizophenic Season and Fire Season are all proper seasons. What the cold hell is all this talk about snow being a prereq for "proper" lol.

Really though, drive an hour or so from LA and there's lots of cold, snow and (unlike the east coast which is shit for this) decent skiing in your choice of local mountains. Drive north far enough and there's Shasta, Crater Lake, the Sierra Nevadas, Tahoe, Mammoth and freakin' Donner Pass that gets so snowed under that people once resorted to cannibalism to survive rather than dig out of it.

California is unique in that you can start your day sunning in the desert, spend the afternoon skiing on a mountain, and end it with a bonfire on the beach. Living in a longitudal state gives you a little of everything. It almost justifies the cost of living here.

I'm acutely affected by lack of sunlight, gray skies, cold and claustrophobic canyons of high rises. I would be a suicidal wreck if I were to live on the East Coast.

 

[nevermore]

We got Palm trees at Pentagon City Fashion Centre just across the mighty Potomac from DC, and we do get rainbows around here. And I don't live across the street from a supermarket.

Also, I think I would kill myself rather quickly if I had to live somewhere without proper seasons. By September each year, I'm completely sick of wearing short sleeves and such, and I start to get really cranky if it's not genuinely cold by Thanksgiving. Yeah, big snows can be a pain in the ass, but there's an equal amount about them that is fun and novel, and they only really come around every 4 or 5 years. Also, snow days.

Pretty picture though.

We do too have proper seasons in SoCal! Hot Season, Rainy Season, Schizophenic Season and Fire Season are all proper seasons. What the cold hell is all this talk about snow being a prereq for "proper" lol.

It's called "Winter". There's also "Fall" and "Spring" with which you might be accustomed from TV and/or books. None of which involve fires.

Really though, drive an hour or so from LA and there's lots of cold, snow and (unlike the east coast which is shit for this) decent skiing in your choice of local mountains. Drive north far enough and there's Shasta, Crater Lake, the Sierra Nevadas, Tahoe, Mammoth and freakin' Donner Pass that gets so snowed under that people once resorted to cannibalism to survive rather than dig out of it.

See, there's another thing about LA. I don't consider driving an hour to be a reasonable option; I want my weather to come to me, otherwise it's not weather, it's a vacation.

California is unique in that you can start your day sunning in the desert, spend the afternoon skiing on a mountain, and end it with a bonfire on the beach. Living in a longitudal state gives you a little of everything. It almost justifies the cost of living here.

Aside from the desert, we have all those things here too, actually. The mountains aren't quite as big, but good enough for a day trip, and my 80%-humidity-accustomed skin ain't interested in the desert. I'd probably shrivel up and turn to dust within minutes in an actual desert.

I'm acutely affected by lack of sunlight, gray skies, cold and claustrophobic canyons of high rises. I would be a suicidal wreck if I were to live on the East Coast.

Yeah, well, there are some people suited to the west coast and some people suited to the east coast. And really, never the twain shall meet. I can't stand California, and yes, I have been tons of times. It's a personality thing more than anything; I like the bitter, short, hurried pace and fuck-you attitude here on the old coast; some people like that laid-back pace and culture out there, and that's probably for the best, as otherwise, things would get really crowded on one side of the continent.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

Also, I think I would kill myself rather quickly if I had to live somewhere without proper seasons. By September each year, I'm completely sick of wearing short sleeves and such, and I start to get really cranky if it's not genuinely cold by Thanksgiving. Yeah, big snows can be a pain in the ass, but there's an equal amount about them that is fun and novel, and they only really come around every 4 or 5 years. Also, snow days.

Pretty picture though.

It's called "Winter". There's also "Fall" and "Spring" with which you might be accustomed from TV and/or books. None of which involve fires.



See, there's another thing about LA. I don't consider driving an hour to be a reasonable option; I want my weather to come to me, otherwise it's not weather, it's a vacation.

California is unique in that you can start your day sunning in the desert, spend the afternoon skiing on a mountain, and end it with a bonfire on the beach. Living in a longitudal state gives you a little of everything. It almost justifies the cost of living here.

Aside from the desert, we have all those things here too, actually. The mountains aren't quite as big, but good enough for a day trip, and my 80%-humidity-accustomed skin ain't interested in the desert. I'd probably shrivel up and turn to dust within minutes in an actual desert.

I'm acutely affected by lack of sunlight, gray skies, cold and claustrophobic canyons of high rises. I would be a suicidal wreck if I were to live on the East Coast.

Yeah, well, there are some people suited to the west coast and some people suited to the east coast. And really, never the twain shall meet. I can't stand California, and yes, I have been tons of times. It's a personality thing more than anything; I like the bitter, short, hurried pace and fuck-you attitude here on the old coast; some people like that laid-back pace and culture out there, and that's probably for the best, as otherwise, things would get really crowded on one side of the continent.

I do hope you know I'm not actually having a serious argument with anyone in this thread over which region is superior, and I believe fully in IDIC and different strokes.

That said, back to the coast vs. coast size contest!

California does not have a homogenized "laid back culture". That's largely a media invention. The hurryhurryfuckoff!culture is de riguer once you leave the beach, and particularly acute in LA and Orange Counties. LA is largely made of transplants from the East Coast who abandon their weather but not their attitudes.

Speaking of, weather does come to me -- the good weather. It's the shit weather you have to drive to . I also prefer not to drink my summer air before breathing it, thankyoumuch -- filtering the particulate pollution before breathing it is far superior.

Really, humidity is killer to me. I hate hate hate it and physiologically do not function well in it. I thrive best, not even in LA (which is not a desert, another common misconception from non-californians) but in our actual deserts, where the air is clear and dry.

Speaking of deserts:

Me in front of Courthouse Butte, outside of Sedona AZ back in the beginning of November. I'm much happier than I look; I was squinting into the sun.

 

[RandyS]

How old is this picture? All the Ralph's up here crashed and burned nine years ago. I was told that the company went bankrupt.

That was taken December 7th, immediately after our most recent storm.

Kroger in the Midwest and East Coast is re-badged Ralphs. Ralphs is doing robust business on the West Coast and is (I think) the largest grocery chain here. In every place I've lived in CA, there's never been a Ralph's farther than a mile from my home. There's another Ralph's 2 blocks down the street from this one and one less than 1/4 mile from my current home. Whoever told you they are long bankrupt gave you erroneous information.

It was a friend of mine who worked as a checker at my local Ralph's that told me that. I believed him because not only his store, but the other three in town closed at the same time, and six months later, all re-opened as Food For Less. This same friend (and several other employees) were retained by the new owners to work their old jobs at the new store, so I just assumed that the whole deal was a transfer of ownership from one company to the other.

 

[Arrqh]

A few shots I took yesterday in the general vicinity of Rockefeller Center (which I usually avoid on my end-of-year NYC trips, but I was in the neighborhood):