Peter, Actually LA had more smog in the 1950's. Jerry "Peter K." wrote: > Ahhh, life was so much simpler then. Rollei TLRs were in vogue, gas > was cheap, LA had less smog, etc. > > On 6/1/05, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When we first came here in 1962, we took a trip to Disneyland > > crossing the cow pastures and orchards of Orange county. Lakewood > > and northern Long Beach still had dairies into the mid 70's. > > A friend of mine once told his father and hid friends used to plink > > rabbits on Wilshire Blvd. One time, he recounted, a cop stopped by to > > see what they were doing and joined in with his service revolver. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > http://sdimitrovphoto.com > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > On Jun 1, 2005, at 7:06 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > >=20 > > > Slobo, > > > > > > I didn't think that you were a newcomer to the LA area. There > > > really were dairy farms, vegetable farms, etc. within the city limits > > > of Los Angeles. Before the war, (WW2) the Japanese owned > > > farms were beautiful examples of agriculture. > > > > > > jerry > > > > > > Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > > > > > > > > >> Actually, it was meant as a joke. But, you know what, why not. > > >> > > >> Slobodan Dimitrov > > >> http://sdimitrovphoto.com > > >> > > >> On Jun 1, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> Slobo, > > >>> > > >>> I remember when some of LA was bucolic. Hard to believe > > >>> that any of it is left. (Remember Dairy Valley?) > > >>> > > >>> Jerry > > >>> > > >>> Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> Congratulations! > > >>>> I'll let you know when mine comes on bucolic Los Angeles;-) > > >>>> > > >>>> Slobodan Dimitrov > > >>>> http://sdimitrovphoto.com > > >>>> > > >>>> On Jun 1, 2005, at 9:54 AM, Dave Wyman wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>> My new book, Backroads of Southern California (yes, we have > > >>>>> backroads), > > >>>>> is on the shelves at bookstores and online at amazon.com. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> -- > > >>>>> http://www.davewyman.com > > >>>>> http://www.idrivebackroads.com (Guidebooks to Northern and > > >>>>> Southern > > >>>>> California) > > >>>>> > > >>>>> This mail is a natural product. 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