L.A. sucks, but there is a happy ending ...

[poindexter]

L.A. sucks for many more reasons than "my suitcase got stolen."
- Your roads are in terrible shape
- Traffic sucks
- The airport is among the worst I've ever been in
- The city feels Philly-esque in its generally level of "this city is dirty."

... and I am a defender of California. I was born in Monteray, and San Diego is one of my favorite places to visit, for sure.

Not going to argue any of those points, but you were in downtown LA. Not Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Palos Verdes or any number of other places. And you could have easily taken the metro from where you were, to the airport.

 

[Justin_Rice]

Not going to argue any of those points, but you were in downtown LA. Not Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Palos Verdes or any number of other places. And you could have easily taken the metro from where you were, to the airport.

We visited Santa Monica and walked the beach south.

And I've been to L.A. before … it's been a few years, and this was my first time downtown.

 

[ChrisLong]

There is no benefit to beautiful weather if you're spending half the darn time in traffic.
I also say that as a onetime Californian.

Yeah, L.A. is a terrible place to be. That's why the traffic is so bad. (Yogi Berra-ism: Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded.)

 

[Vombatus]

Glad you didn't stay at the Cecil Hotel.

 

[Vombatus]

https://streetcar.la/project-info/304-2/

During the early and mid-1900′s the historic streetcar served as a popular mode of transportation along Broadway and throughout the Los Angeles region. The streetcar system was primarily operated by Pacific Electric (1901-1961) and developed into the largest trolley system in the world by the 1920′s.

Wasn't there some kind of conspiracy to get rid of streetcars?

 

[Octave]

Yeah, L.A. is a terrible place to be. That's why the traffic is so bad. (Yogi Berra-ism: Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded.)

I never said nor implied that, numbnuts.

 

[Vombatus]

Justin, any plot twist at the end of the movie?

Like maybe you find some extra things in the bag?

Drugs?

Maybe a midget?

That could set up a sequel.

 

[TigerVols]

L.A. sucks for many more reasons than "my suitcase got stolen."
- Your roads are in terrible shape
- Traffic sucks
- The airport is among the worst I've ever been in
- The city feels Philly-esque in its generally level of "this city is dirty."

... and I am a defender of California. I was born in Monteray, and San Diego is one of my favorite places to visit, for sure.

Monteray or Monterey?

 

[ChrisLong]

I never said nor implied that, numbnuts.

You brought over a post ripping L.A. and ripped L.A.'s traffic. Excuse me for misinterpreting a poorly written post, Fart Breath.

 

[Octave]

fork off and learn to read.

 

[FileNotFound]

Australians have a different, shortened word for almost everything. Some examples:

Brekkie = breakfast
Brolly = umbrella
Rego = license plate (registration). Pronounced "REH-jo"
Footy = could be rugby, Aussie Rules football or soccer
Woolies = Woolworths (major grocery store chain, no relation to the Woolworths that we knew and loved in small-town USA back in the day)
Servo = gas station (service station)
Ute = pickup truck (utility)
Esky = cooler

A tradesperson is generically a "tradie," except for electricians, who are "sparkies."

and so on.

The name of any suburb that has more than two syllables gets the o-on-the-end treatment: Paddo (Paddington), Darlo (Darlinghurst), etc.

It's a delightful language of its own, but definitely takes some time to adjust.

 

[Azrael]

Australians have a different, shortened word for almost everything. Some examples:

Brekkie = breakfast
Brolly = umbrella
Rego = license plate (registration). Pronounced "REH-jo"
Footy = could be rugby, Aussie Rules football or soccer
Woolies = Woolworths (major grocery store chain, no relation to the Woolworths that we knew and loved in small-town USA back in the day)
Servo = gas station (service station)
Ute = pickup truck (utility)
Esky = cooler

A tradesperson is generically a "tradie," except for electricians, who are "sparkies."

and so on.

The name of any suburb that has more than two syllables gets the o-on-the-end treatment: Paddo (Paddington), Darlo (Darlinghurst), etc.

It's a delightful language of its own, but definitely takes some time to adjust.

Someone somewhere needs to write the definitive etymology of the phrase "no worries" - which seems to have moved at light speed from a single table of superloud Australians in a hotel bar twenty years ago to become the now-universal phrase for "no problem."