Miata Mailing List: February 2000, Message #93

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Apologies to you left coasters who are sensitive.  I'm a native of LA so cut me some
slack.

Ron and RedFox
Bowling Green, KY


>
> > > You know you're in California when ......
> > >
> > > 1.  Your co-worker has 8 body piercing and none are visible.
> > >
> > > 2.  You make over $250,000 and still can't afford a house.
> > >
> > > 3.  You take a bus and find it worthy of note that 2 people are carrying on a
> > > conversation in English. (That ain't just in California, child!)
> > >
> > > 4.  Your child's 3rd grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, & is
> > > named Breeze.
> > >
> > > 5.  You can't remember...is pot illegal?
> > >
> > > 6.  You've been to more than one baby shower that has two mothers and a
> > > sperm donor.
> > >
> > > 7.  You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are
> > > grown and can taste the difference between Sumatra and Ethiopian.
> > >
> > > 8.  You also know which Brentwood restaurant serves the freshest
> > > arugula.
> > >
> > > 9.  A really great parking space can move you to tears.
> > >
> > > 10. A low speed pursuit will interrupt ANY TV broadcast.
> > >
> > > 11. Gas costs 75 cents per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.
> > >
> > > 12. A man gets on the bus in full leather regalia and crotch less chaps.
> > > You don't even notice.
> > >
> > > 13. A woman gets on the bus with live poultry. You don't even notice.
> > >
> > > 14. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbuck's wearing the
> > > baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney IS George
> > > Clooney.
> > >
> > > 15. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
> > >
> > > 16. The gym is packed at 3 PM ... on a work day.
> > >
> > > 17.  Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay, the woman who
> > > delivers your mail is into BDSM, and your Mary Kay rep is a guy in drag.
> > >
> > > 18. It's sprinkling and there's a report on every news station about
> > > "STORM WATCH 99."
> > >
> > > 20. Your paperboy has a two-picture deal.
> > >
> > > 21. The three hour traffic jam you just sat through wasn't caused by a
> > > horrific nine-car Freeway pileup,  but by everyone slowing to rubberneck
> > > at a lost shoe laying on the shoulder.
> > >
> > > 22. The weatherman talks about the weather in other parts of thecountry, as
> > > if we really care.
> > >
> > > 23. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all
> > > busy with their cell phones or pagers.
> > >
> > > 24. It's sprinkling outside, so you leave for work an hour or two early
> > > to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
> > >
> > > 25. You AND your dog have therapists.
> > >
> > > You know you're NOT in California if you don't know who George Clooney is -
> > > and don't care.
>
> --
> Ronald A. Veenker
> Philosophy & Religion
> Western Kentucky University
> Bowling Green, KY 42101
> off:  270-745-5755
> fax:  270-745-5261
>
> "One day we will look back on this.... and plow into a parked car"   Mazda Miata
> MX5  '99 Red LP

--

Ron & RedFox ‘99L
MCA#53297

Ronald A. Veenker
Vette City Miata Club
Bowling Green, KY


As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again,
I sat there thinking about life.  Was it nothing more than a bunch of
honking and yelling?  Sometimes it seemed that way.


Got red?