Californians

fingercuffs said:
Feb 2020thankfully the waiting period started from when we filed for our green cards rather than when we got them. I thought till recently that you had to hand in your citizenship from your previous nationality but it isn't the case. If I wasn't born in a Brit military hospital in Germany I'd go for that too, lol.

It is funny. I admit since all the down time I have at work sometimes I have ventured a bit into the war room, it's funny seeing how rattled people get in there.

You have pretty much summed me up completely in this post. Hazy on the medical stuff though. I think it's pretty terrible here as well as the UK even though I'm not paying $1600 a month for us in the UK. It took 2 months from my first test to be operated on through a series of fuck ups, but when I put my foot down and told them to stop fannying around, things got moving.
The NHS with my mother was similar, my step dad's quite a gentle nice soul so I had to kind of take charge there a little bit with various hospitals but I do feel for the most part that people in the medical field are doing the best that they can. Do wish I wasn't still getting medical bills for something that happened a year ago. Why doesn't anyone send me happy letters?! The biopsies and screening cost more than the actual surgery. Insurance covered $60,000ish at least.

I think me voting conservative all the time had a lot to do with the British army and my mother being a staunch conservative.I guess you've made my mind up which way I'll be swinging in 2022.
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Ha; yeah, in Canada, the healthcare isn’t perfect, but you will never go homeless over it.

Cheers cuffs
 
Aegon Spengler said:
Ha; yeah, in Canada, the healthcare isn’t perfect, but you will never go homeless over it.

Cheers cuffs
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One bill slipped through which I forgot to pay and they sent me a red letter demanding payment and they'd added and extra $70 to it. I had so many of them coming through from so many places a couple I just put to one side fed up with it and forgot.

As I'm being warned off of Texas by a bunch of gun toting confederate flag toting republicans maybe I'll consider your neck of the woods instead. I'm polite enough for Canada ;)

Cheers, you too.
 
Well this sounds like a fun Saturday night for firefighters.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...TRAPPED-wildfire-Sierra-National-Forrest.html
Rescue mission is launched to save 150 people TRAPPED by raging Creek wildfire near Mammoth Pool Reservoir in California - who have been told to get into the WATER if they can't shelter in place
  • Some 150 people were trapped by a wildfire in Sierra National Forrest on Saturday, officials said
  • Officials said escape routes from Mammoth Pool Reservoir were blocked and they may have to jump in water
  • At least 10 injuries were reported among parkgoers trapped by raging flames of the Creek Fire
  • National Guard helicopters were called in to evacuate terrified families from the reservoir
  • Brutal heat wave has led to multiple wildfires tearing through the national forest
 
fingercuffs said:
Well this sounds like a fun Saturday night for firefighters.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...TRAPPED-wildfire-Sierra-National-Forrest.html
Rescue mission is launched to save 150 people TRAPPED by raging Creek wildfire near Mammoth Pool Reservoir in California - who have been told to get into the WATER if they can't shelter in place
  • Some 150 people were trapped by a wildfire in Sierra National Forrest on Saturday, officials said
  • Officials said escape routes from Mammoth Pool Reservoir were blocked and they may have to jump in water
  • At least 10 injuries were reported among parkgoers trapped by raging flames of the Creek Fire
  • National Guard helicopters were called in to evacuate terrified families from the reservoir
  • Brutal heat wave has led to multiple wildfires tearing through the national forest
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Damn. That's crazy.

How hot has it been in San Jose?
 
fingercuffs said:
Nicely hot! I'm soaking it up at the moment, California weather and I are the best of friends now the humidity has calmed down.
What's about you two?
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Oh, it's been fairly toasty here. Other than a cool down that took place the early part of this past week when it was only in the lower to mid-90s, it's been a steady 100 - 103 degrees. It was 106 when we went into nearby Cottonwood yesterday. But it's in the Verde Valley which is always a few degrees warmer than Sedona.
 
Archie Goodwin said:
Hey, hey, reminder: I’m in Houston
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Well that will be a great beer catch up with you and @Cool Hand Luke!
sweetviolenturg said:
Oh, it's been fairly toasty here. Other than a cool down that took place the early part of this past week when it was only in the lower to mid-90s, it's been a steady 100 - 103 degrees. It was 106 when we went into nearby Cottonwood yesterday. But it's in the Verde Valley which is always a few degrees warmer than Sedona.
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I live a 17 minute drive from where I work in Sunnyvale and the climate difference is mad. The wind in the afternoon is always crazy but while it does get hot in the afternoons, not quite as hot as here. Humidity wise though till last week and a bit ago complete bliss.
 
California huh? The heat is probably just from all the fires your antifa mates have been starting.
 
fingercuffs said:
Well that will be a great beer catch up with you and @Cool Hand Luke!

I live a 17 minute drive from where I work in Sunnyvale and the climate difference is mad. The wind in the afternoon is always crazy but while it does get hot in the afternoons, not quite as hot as here. Humidity wise though till last week and a bit ago complete bliss.
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sheeit @Archie Goodwin road trip for beer to austin?
 
saw the thread title and expected pages of posts about shitty people...
 
fingercuffs said:
What is it with people being nasty about where other people live? Comedic or legit or having a stab at Californians?
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It's coming from a lot of pro-Trump, ultra-right-wing haters who despise California because they know that it'll never "go red". Same with New York. Although, for some reason, they have extra hate for California. Especially SoCal & the Bay area.
I think it's comical how pissed off they get at the state & pretty much anyone from there.

I was on a Facebook group devoted to the Sedona area last night & there was an idiot who wrote the vilest things to me when I mentioned that I'm originally from New York & that Jana's from California. He was apoplectic about the fact that we moved to "his" state & that we're going to "flip" it blue. It was hysterical how upset he was. I'm surprised he didn't have a bloody aneurism as he was typing. Of course, I deliberately said things to further anger him but not until he got rude first. After that, I gave it to him both barrels. :D
 
sweetviolenturg said:
It's coming from a lot of pro-Trump, ultra-right-wing haters who despise California because they know that it'll never "go red". Same with New York. Although, for some reason, they have extra hate for California. Especially SoCal & the Bay area.
I think it's comical how pissed off they get at the state & pretty much anyone from there.

I was on a Facebook group devoted to the Sedona area last night & there was an idiot who wrote the vilest things to me when I mentioned that I'm originally from New York & that Jana's from California. He was apoplectic about the fact that we moved to "his" state & that we're going to "flip" it blue. It was hysterical how upset he was. I'm surprised he didn't have a bloody aneurism as he was typing. Of course, I deliberately said things to further anger him but not until he got rude first. After that, I gave it to him both barrels. :D
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We have interstate rivalry in Australia but it's not like America i don't think, legit feels like the US is 50 different countries.
 
fingercuffs said:
What is it with people being nasty about where other people live? Comedic or legit or having a stab at Californians?
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People from other states don’t like that California is considered the benchmark by which all other states are measured. But lately, it has been politically advantageous for republicans to fuel the hatred for California, and anti-California propaganda, so they can say “See? California is liberal and X is happening there because of their liberal leadership.” Forget the fact that many local governments in California are conservative. Or that some problems just occur regardless of which party is in power. And we have had plenty of Republican governors. They know their constituency won’t bother to delve into the details.

So naturally, sherdoggers have eaten it up. And it makes them feel better about the inferiority complex they have due to being from Sister Fucker, Alabama or whatever town they’re from.
 
How we all doing? 2 million acres burned already. This is bad, glad now that I live in the city and will likely be okay, selfishly.
We have a massive heat wave and winds so I can only see it getting worse before it gets better.
 
Jack Reacheround said:
People from other states don’t like that California is considered the benchmark by which all other states are measured. But lately, it has been politically advantageous for republicans to fuel the hatred for California, and anti-California propaganda, so they can say “See? California is liberal and X is happening there because of their liberal leadership.” Forget the fact that many local governments in California are conservative. Or that some problems just occur regardless of which party is in power. And we have had plenty of Republican governors. They know their constituency won’t bother to delve into the details.

So naturally, sherdoggers have eaten it up. And it makes them feel better about the inferiority complex they have due to being from Sister Fucker, Alabama or whatever town they’re from.
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That makes sense.
I always thought the benchmark would be New York State, I have much to learn apparently.
 
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