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Re: California Stop?

To: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>, "Atwell Haines" <carbuff@nac.net>
Subject: Re: California Stop?
From: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:30:19 -0700

> Now how can anyone ever be jealous, of "Earthquakes", "Forest Fires" that
destroy
> miles upon miles, constant floods, and the biggest fault of them all "San
> Andreas", I think there was a song a few years back = "Slip Sliding Away"
=
> jealous I don't think so.

I'll keep this and remind you of it when I'm driving around topless and
you're digging out from 10 feet of snow! <VBG>

Laura G. and Nigel-the California SuperSpit!!!

>
> Atwell Haines wrote:
>
> > At 12:01 PM 6/1/99 -0700, Simmons, Reid W wrote:
> > >
> > >Gee, and here I thought I had coined the phrase "California Stop".
Here in
> > >Oregon I use the term to refer to those drivers who accelerate upon
seeing a
> > >yellow light, and REALLY FLOOR IT if the light is "orange" (turning
from
> > >yellow to red).  This phenomenon seems to have been imported along with
the
> > >influx of immigrants from that state directly "south of our border". :)
> >
> > Here on the 'right coast' (as opposed to the 'left coast') we use the
> > phrase California Stop to indicate a mellow, laid-back kinda
> > coasting-thru-the-intersection kind of manuever.  Sort of seems that us
> > stuffy-always-in-a-hurry Easterners are jealous of the California
> > lifestyle.   {Well not all of us...}
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Atwell Haines
> > '79 Spitfire (with 57 HP, mellow and laid back is Normal) (Manual brakes
> > help too!)
>
>


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