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Re: California Stop?

To: Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com>
Subject: Re: California Stop?
From: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 18:55:45 -0400
With all the hot air in D.C., it very seldom snows, but when it does, it's
usually B.S. and not snow.

Laura Gharazeddine wrote:

> > 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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