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Post by albion on Jun 27, 2017 2:59:54 GMT
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Post by Mr Hood on Jun 27, 2017 7:49:27 GMT
They usually like to lose the remains or bury them and forget where they put them. Some live in cardboard boxes on dusty shelves without paperwork, it's a joke.
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Post by almagata on Jun 28, 2017 6:48:18 GMT
Actually, OC and Sacramento are both very nice places. It makes me sad that you would base your opinion on these cases.
Indigent people have been treated poorly by law enforcement and public agencies as long as I can remember. I wish we could return to some level of involuntary commitment with housing, medical care and supervision for the mentally ill. I would also include drug addicts in that group.
The way we handle the mentally ill and drug addiction in California can be done so much better and with kindness. The ironic part to a caring solution is that it likely would be less expensive and better for society in general.
As for your mis-identification case, mistakes do happen but if there is a systemic problem, as Mr. Hood implies, then that is due to poor management and they need to clean house and get some staff in place that will do the work properly.
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Post by albion on Jun 28, 2017 15:02:27 GMT
OC and Sacramento are beautiful places. I agree. I loved living in both areas. But my California is gone. I could talk for days about why, but it seems that every major decision CA made took it farther away from what I wanted for my state. I am still a Californian. If you saw my place here in OK you would see that I am still a child of the Californian dream of the 60's and 70's. But CA moved on. I guess the pendulum has swung so far in another direction, for me and for CA, that it doesnt represent what CA used to mean for me. Where I live now, I have some land and ponds and trees and animals. I have some big fences and my friends and I can relax. When I lived in CA I was going to school and had two jobs, and I still had little hope of ever buying the same home that my parents had been able to afford. And where I lived in Irvine, there were so many different agencies that could come and tell me how to live. That was the opposite of how I wanted to live. The local neighborhood group could come and fine me if my garage was open for too long. If my grass was not cut properly. If I planted to much shrubs and not enough grass. If my paint didnt match approved colors. Now I have deer that live on my place, and goats and peacocks that roam fairly free. I have some holstein cows that are pretty much pets. I have fig, peach, plum, pecan, wild persimmon, and so many other types of trees. I think my love for this type of life came from living in CA back in the day, from going to the parks and gardens, but through the micromanagement of the various laws CA enacts, the cost of living there now, and the general randomness of the day to day living, I couldnt enjoy it any more. If I told you how low my property taxes are, you would probably flip your lid. Most of my ancestors moved to CA during the 30's and 40's. And now most of my family has left CA. And with the internet, satellite tv, and cell phones, I am still just as connected to family and current events as when I lived there. But I have more time to sit on the back porch, drink coffee, and watch the baby goats play in the yard. Attachments:
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Post by almagata on Jun 28, 2017 20:44:24 GMT
Ah, I guess I'm not girly enough for a pink gun. If I'm planning on shooting someone, I'm not going to worry about style.
Part of the reason I don't live in So Cal is the cost but the other is the population density. I like the wild lands and it is quickly getting developed in Sacramento to my great sadness. But I still love this place. I want to find a way to stop the developers from gobbling up land and develop differently. Most people don't do well with taking care of yards but love to have access to parks, trails and facilities like swimming pools and climbing structures. I just think we can develop better if we try and plan.
Where my mom lives has the HOA with all the rules. I don't live in a place like that because I don't care for the restrictions but I do have neighbors that don't always keep their properties maintained as I would hope and that is the trade off I guess.
I love goats. One of my favorite things to do at the State Fair is to go to the petting zoo. I'm not sure about the peacocks. They are so loud but they are beautiful. I've never cared for livestock. How do you go on vacation? It's not like you can call a cow sitter can you?
I do have a plum tree, a peach tree and a number of citrus trees, although I don't have a huge lot. With the wet winter this year, my peach tree was pummeled by the late storms so many of my emerging peaches got knocked to the ground. Oh but there is nothing better than picking one of them off the tree that is perfectly ripe and eating it on the deck with sweet warm juice running down your chin. The smell of a ripe peach is the smell of summer to me.
I don't know if I will stay here forever but it is my little Eden for now as it seems yours is for you.
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