OCU, we probably have run into each other. Hah. I like Centro Storico Spaghetteria. Costco in Tustin all the time. Irvine does have the spectrum going for it.

#40 | Posted by dibblda at 2025-03-12 02:34 PM

We tend to avoid the Spectrum and do more shopping at the Marketplace. Our favorite restaurants in Tustin, for breakfast on Sunday after church, is Spires on Newport Ave. Our favorite Chinese restaurant is just across the street, China Garden. And when we're out for something special or to celebrate, it's Barolo Cafe, a little farther down Newport. We've known the owners for years as well as some of their staff.

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I'll admit that when we eat out, it's almost always in Tustin. We also go to a gym in Tustin. The drug store that we use is in Tustin as well as that's where the Trader Joe's that we shop at is located. The Costco that we shop at and buy gas at is in Tustin as well. Now we do go to church in Irvine and many of our parishioners are from Tustin.

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You can go from Hell to Paradise in less than a day in Michigan:

Now if this is nothing more than a photo-opt, fine. But if any of this shows-up in a Tesla advert on TV or the Internet, then this might prove to be problematic.

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How do you manage that? I'm worried this will happen to us. Kids spread out all over the place.

#4 | Posted by eberly at 2025-03-11 01:24 PM

Our youngest son and his wife comes and stays with us during the Winter months. This past winter, they arrived in late October and just left a few weeks ago. They both work for an IT company that helps corporations and organizations recover from malware and ransomware attacks. They can work from wherever there's a high-speed internet connection. Back in Michigan, they live out in the middle of the woods on 22 acres of woodland (they utilize a Starlink connection). They also have a cabin on a lake about 70-miles south of their home where they spend a week or so a month during the better weather times of the year, where they have a normal cable internet connection.

As for our other two sons, the oldest travels a lot for his company as he's the brand executive for a chain of high-end steak and seafood restaurants, several of which are located on the West coast (one only 10-miles from our house) so we see him several times a year. And up until about six-months ago, our middle son lived in LA, about 40-miles away, and he still comes down on a regular basis because his ex-wife has their 10-year old daughter.

And we make it a point to travel to either Michigan or Texas every other year or so. This year, we'll be visiting both states, later this spring for a family visit to Michigan (both my wife and I are from Michigan and still have family back there) and in November, it's off to Texas for granddaughter #2's wedding.

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The only problem with San Jose, is that the 101 passes through it.

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Krasnov Fats says he's buying a Tesla to show support for the space nazi as his company faces sagging sales

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-03-11 02:04 PM

Except for a golf cart, when was the last time that Trump ever drove a vehicle anywhere?

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Then why is the byline listed as Miami?

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The top three 'happiest' cities in America are located in California, and we live in one of them, Irvine. And except for a 17-month period where we had been transferred to one of the three 'unhappiest' cities in America, we've lived in Irvine, California since 1980. All three of our sons went to school here and graduated from high school here, however, none of them currently live here. The oldest son lives in Katy, Texas (about 25-miles West of Houston). Our middle son lives near Portland, Oregon. And our youngest son lives in Lake, Michigan, a very small town, about 150-miles North of Detroit.

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Representative Hudson really needs to share what he's smoking with the rest of us...

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Trump is now claiming that the boycott of Tesla vehicles is illegal. Exactly what would someone be charged with if they decided to not purchase a Tesla but rather bought a Nissan Leaf or a Honda Prelude instead? What would the penalty be?

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The odds of making money was probably better with one of those Nigerian princes and their email offers of getting rich than it was buying Trump's meme coin.

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If you can't stand the heat, get the hell out of the kitchen...

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Why is it that Trump's campaign PAC is STILL collecting contributions? Exactly where will this money be spent? Is Trump going to try and run again in 2028, or will he somehow pocket this money, or at least 'arrange' for it to be spent at Trump properties?

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I see that Trump is spending his time dealing with the most pressing issues which are impacting the average American family.

If Trump thinks that Pete will appreciate this gesture, he should have pardoned him four years ago, when Pete was still alive.

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And when they start talking about how the CHIPS act never worked as it was supposed to, Trump will be blaming Biden and Harris.

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And exactly how will this impact the average person? I mean, will there eventually to 'language police' watching for 'violations' occurring in public? For example, will they be checking whether only English is being spoken in the kitchens at Chinese and Mexican restaurants? Heck, our two oldest son's have worked their entire careers in restaurants, none of which were Mexican restaurants, and yet they've learned to speak what's referred to as 'Kitchen Spanish'.

I know what it says in the article that this applies only to official government activities, but once the camel's nose is in the door...

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Keep in mind that there are reports that Donald Trump was recruited as a Soviet agent during his first visit to Moscow in 1987. His behavior ever since would seem to imply that something happened to him there which resulted in his seemingly pro-Russian attitude ever since:

Does this mean that The Wall Street Journal will soon be locked out of the White House, along with the AP and Reuters?

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Yes, apparently if you're NOT a White male, you're automatically a DEI hire and you must go.

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Just when RFK Jr has continued to question the legitimacy of mRNA vaccine research.

And for the record, my father died of pancreatic cancer. After he was diagnosed he was able to the get the best care available at the time at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, yet he still only survived nine-months. And my best friend from college, he only lasted eight-days after he was diagnosed, but by then it had spread to several other organs, while in my father's case, it was when it attacked his liver that it took its final toll.

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Just more 'Art of the Deal'...

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Now this is just a bridge too far...

People really need to read what the philosopher George Santayana had to say about those who refuse to acknowledge history.

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Relax, it's just going to be short-term reeducation camps for all the crazy liberals who spread misinformation on social media.

#21 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-02-12 08:50 AM

You may be more right than you think:

ICE Wants to Know If You're Posting Negative Things About It Online

Arizona Plans Executions with Gas Used by Nazis at Auschwitz

eji.org

Wonder if Herr Musk has started his own Zyklon B production facility yet?

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-10 01:47 PM

That story is four-years old (check the date stamp on the articles header). This was when the Republican Doug Ducey was still Governor.

The last executions in Arizona were in 2022, while Doug Ducey was Governor, three of them, all by lethal injection. These were the first executions since 2014.

Now that Democrat Katie Hobbs is Governor, there may now be a moratorium on executions.

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