Recent content by waiting2buylater_IHB

CK, it was such a beautiful afternoon. I remembered mentioning to my wife how wonderful it was to have this pleasant and sunny weather and seeing people walking around enjoying themselves. Having lived in other parts of the country, I do greatly appreciate what we have here in terms of weather...

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: 3 sets...

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 in...

The Eagles and Santana.... Guess I am showing my age :-).

I lived in the Dallas Ft. Worth Area for about 12 years in the 80's and early 90's. The weather was a negative for me. My roof got damaged 3 times due to the hail storms during the spring rain seasons. Summers were hot and it can stay around 90 degrees at night. Winter can be pretty bad with...

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.

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...

That's the El Dorado Tract that IPO mentioned previously. I owned a home in there up until a few years ago and really liked the neighborhood. A few things I didn't like were the small family room in most plans, the increase in HOA from $119 to about $180, and the traffic in the morning around...

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...

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...

The $10,000 healthcare cost per prisoner is before the proposed increase. After the increase we probably would be looking at $20,000 or more per prisoner. The question should be why does it cost 2.5 times more than average at this time and still have inadequate healthcare for prisoners. It's...

Oops, we are third in the country at $0.537 per gallon for State and Federal. New York at $0.597 is #1 and Washington at $.559 is #2 (note that WA has no State income Tax). Federal gas tax is the same for all at $0.184 per gallon. See the following link for a complete list: GasTaxMap

Yes I read the link but nowhere does it explain why does it cost nearly $10,000 a year in healthcare cost per inmate. Healthcare cost per person in the US is about $4,000, 60% less. That is a great example of how wasteful and inefficent the state government system is across the board, in every...

Yes, "overpaid prison guards". Here is an excerp from from the a 2007 Sacramento Bee's article: The average annual cost of housing an inmate in the California prison system has more than doubled over the past decade to $43,287 a year, according to figures by the Legislative Analyst's Office...

the voters of California have demanded far too many services and paid too little in taxes for too long. No_vas, these were some of your comments. I was looking for the sarcasm off in your emails but didn't find it. "85% of the budget is used in prisons, schools and medical". Yes, that's...