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    What do you do on the weekend?

    This was my past weekend: Friday PM: Dinner and dancing at an early-holiday party at a French/Vietnamese Restaurant in Little Saigon Saturday: Errands and house cleaning and laundry. Saturday night: Dinner at a friend's place in Quail Hill & poker until mid-night Sunday early AM...
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    The Golden State isn?t worth it - LA Times

    Having lived in both states, I can see a lot of truth in this article. The excerpt below laid the blame on the public sector and the spend-spend-spend legislature: In what respects, then, does California "excel"? California's state and local government employees were the best compensated...
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    Who was your favorite Rock N Roll Band in your teens?

    The Eagles and Santana.... Guess I am showing my age :-).
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    What Was Your High School Personality?

    FOB my freshman year :-) . One high school classmate asked me during my first year in this country if I eat p---y. I didn't know what it was so I just smiled and nodded my head. It was more than 30 years ago and I still can laugh about it.
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    Behind the Orange Curtains

    My favorite freeway sign coming back to Orange County is "Beach Cities" at the I-15 South - 91 West Ramp. I used to have to drive to work into LA once a week and each time it felt like going into a war zone. I love going up to LA from time to time though to visit the Getty, Malibu and...
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    Considering new purchase in VOC (Ciara) - Looking for advice

    bbyikes, those are really nice homes. I don't think VOC is a bad neighborhood unless you are next to the main road or power lines. I just didn't like the Mello Roos. You're probably looking at close to $20k a year with taxes and HOA. My guess is that you're probably looking at another 15% to...
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    2007-08 data on Orange County's teachers, including salaries

    13.3 years average teaching experience, $74,700 average salary, plenty of holidays, Christmas Break, Spring Break, Summer Break, nice pension and good medical package. I am all for paying our teachers well to attract quality personnel. These numbers seems to dispel the myth that we are...
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