And oddly enough I am a California native, though I've spent most of my
life, cumulatively, living elsewhere. :)
Though if I do ever find myself living in CA again, I'll be doing so sans
bumper sticker. :)
Seriously, though, Austin is very cool. Congrats to you and yours!
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:03 PM James Morle <james@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I consider myself a little over 10% Californian :)
On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 12:13 PM Melanie Caffrey <
melanie.caffrey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I guess every state has its share of inconvenient persons.
Oh, most definitely. And though I don't condone what those passengers
did, I know it comes from a long storied history of feeling disrespected in
their own state.
I also generally don't like bumper stickers as they are mostly a form of
passive aggression.
Fun fact. The guy who made and distributed (or who is purported to have
done so) that "Native" bumper sticker that many Coloradans are proud to
sport on their vehicles, was born and raised in Utah.
On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 5:51 AM Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
OK. True story. My first time visiting Colorado was for “Keystone I” the
first OAUG meeting managed by Meeting Expectations. (1991, late winter,
only the A basin was still open, thankfully not far uphill from Keystone.)
A car with flashing highbeams pulls even in the passing lane and we’re
getting the bird from all the passengers and they are screaming “Go back to
Texas!” We’re confused. I roll down the window. We’re from New Hampshire.
Why did you think we were from Texas? And why don’t you like Texans?
So they stop gesticulating and one says your license plate says Texas.
Oh – it’s a rental. He goes on Texans clog up our ski areas and buy drinks
for all the prettiest girls. Then they went faster.
Bumper sticker: “Don’t Californicate Colorado.” I met a lot of nice
people in Colorado. I guess every state has its share of inconvenient
persons.
mwf
*From:* oaktable-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
oaktable-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *John Beresniewicz
*Sent:* Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:07 PM
*To:* oaktable@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Cc:* douglas rady
*Subject:* [oaktable] Re: James started a trend ...
Back in the early 80’s I was in Seattle at the UW and already the phrase
“Don’t Californicate Washington” was circulating.
JB
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 8:37 AM Tim Gorman <tim.evdbt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Years ago, there was a saying in Colorado that "happiness was a Texan
heading south with a Californian under each arm".
Who would have thought that California would become the new New Jersey?
-Joisey boy
On 12/11/2020 6:42 PM, douglas rady wrote:
Yes, Oregon and Washington have suffered for years from fleeing
Californians who then (intentionally or not) attempt to replicate the same
circumstances that drove them out of CA to begin with.
On Friday, December 11, 2020, Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
And his property value just jumped significantly. Congratulations, James.
Now the real challenge will be the very real threat of tax refugees from
California paradoxically wanting an income tax.
I have failed in many of my efforts to keep New Hampshire New Hampshire,
but so far our tax refugees from Massachusetts and New Jersey have not been
able to get past our constitution on that one. (We don’t have many New York
tax refugees; they tend to move to Burlington, VT. Probably they are
thinking: “That worked out nicely for Bernie.”)
Anyway Texas, en garde and good luck!
mwf
*From:* oaktable-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
oaktable-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *douglas rady
*Sent:* Friday, December 11, 2020 4:47 PM
*To:* oaktable@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [oaktable] James started a trend ...
ORCL moving HQ to AUS
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/11/oracle-is-moving-its-headquarters-from-silicon-valley-to-austin-texas.html
