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06-29-2009, 02:17 AM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes...
Do you know what happened 159 years ago this fall....back in 1850?
California became a state. The people had no electricity. The state had no money. Almost everyone spoke Spanish. There were gunfights in the streets. So basically nothing has changed..except the women had real tits and the men didn't hold hands.
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06-29-2009, 02:27 AM
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Living in a Warmer Insanity
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Location: Yucatan, Mexico
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Ha! So true it's funny... unless you live in California.
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06-29-2009, 05:29 PM
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Minion of Joss
Location: The Windy City
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Nope. Still funny in California.
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06-29-2009, 09:17 PM
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drawn and redrawn
Location: Some where in Southern California
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I remember one really bad year.
The Metro bus drivers union was on strike. The Supermarket union was on strike. We had rolling black outs. The forests in Orange Country were on fire, and ashes were falling in Los Angeles.
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