Sick fucks. Who the hell is going to see a butthole tattoo other than a proctologist? Are butthole tattoos some new prison thing, bunch of cons in the can showing off their "prison purses" to each other?

Yep, really stupid. The area that is burning there in the Foothills of San Bernardino County is already very dry from drought. The state and county has numerous "red flag" warnings in California telling people the obvious stuff like no campfires, open flames, fireworks of any kind. So, this family group of mental defectives goes to a county park to have their "gender reveal party". For one thing the temperatures were already well over 100 degrees that day, and gong to be like a110-112 by noon. But these retards go early to beat the heat to have their party, and like most retards they don't give a damn about all of the posted warning about the fire dangers and blast off their "gender reveal" cannon/pyrotechnics right near a bunch of dry grass and it immediately starts a raging fire. MILLIONS of dollars in fire crew response efforts. Thousands of acres burned (and still burning). Thousands of people having to evacuate their homes, their animals (lots of horses in this rural area) .... and all because some asshole just had to go ahead with their pre planned party. Who GIVES A FUCK what someone's damn kid's gender is going to be anyway? When did this shit become a thing to have a gender reveal? Sounds just like another excuse to pander for gifts. Like all the fucking baby showers and other shit isn't already enough? Assholes! We have too many of them in California.

Strider, Have you ever watched "Bachelor in Paradise" with Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Paula Prentiss, and Tim Hutton? I watched it last night on TCM (had it on my DVR). Greatest thing about this film are the location shots in the San Fernando Valley back in 1961. Woodland Hills, Panorama City, and other brand spanking new suburbs back in the day. A real throwback in time.

We have lots of names for the subculture here. In my father's day they were called "Pachukos" they wore Zoot suits but mostly stayed on the East side of the L.A. river in a area of Los Angeles called "Boyle Heights"--- (classic East L.A.). When I was in high school they were just called "cholos". They wore khaki slacks with perfect creases, Hush puppy loafers, Pendelton shirts with collars buttoned to the top, but the lower buttons open revealing their "wife beater" style white t-shirts underneath. None of them wore baseball caps like today, they wore either bandannas or hairnets, and all drove low riders (usually Chevy Impalas but Buick Rivieras if they had more money)--- all with those tiny "chain link" steering wheels and the 'organ pipe' speakers on the rear window deck. Everything looked right out of Cheech and Chong movie. And they all had gang names like Popeye, Casper, Joker, Rascal, Chato, Nacho. And with the girls there was always at least one named "Sad Girl" sporting a "mi vida loca' tattoo on her hand (three dots). But to be a "veterano" (what someone today would call O.G./ original gangster) you had to be pretty mild mannered and in control. They didn't tolerate some of the antics you see today--- brought too much police attention. Most of the older Veteranos were actually pretty cool having been around the block enough times to not need to prove a damn thing. When I was in high school there were different areas where the surfers hung out, were the "socs" / cheerleader types hung out; the stoners (we called them "heshers" with their grungy long hair and always high). But the part of the school where the Cholos hung out was called "hard look hallway"; they all stood in a row in that classic Cholo stance throwing shade on everyone that walked by.

with a green eyed lady..

You are joking, right? I can't eat at any of those corporate restaurant chains, they all taste like high school cafeteria food, and the workers all seem like parolees from a mental ward.

So today the temperature dropped down to 70 degrees, a full 45 degree drop in temperature here in the Los Angeles area in 24 hours. Weird.

This is the place where magic happened here in SoCal

Very Cool1 My cousin had a chopper clone of "Captain America" back in the '70s, but eventually he traded it for a softail. He said the chopper was so uncomfortable on a long ride that his arms went numb and his kidneys weren't working right for a week. My father had a '66 Triumph Bonneville T-120 like this one in the '70s. I never thought it was as cool as the choppers and bobbers which were so numerous here in Los Angeles back then, but now I realize it really was a great motorcycle if you could get past having the "English" reversed brake and shifter LOL.

Don't know why I find this so funny?

A few more SoCal Retro photos

Thanks, very "retro" stuff those photos. Most of those were taken by a guy who grew up on a street right next to Van Nuys Blvd in the San Fernando Valley. He was a pretty good photographer. Not sure which photo I linked which said "stop stealing bandwith"? People don't want their photos linked to on the internet shouldn't put them up.

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Glad to hear it when people can finally get back to their jobs. I thought it odd that some businesses were closed, but liquor stores and "peaceful protests" with hoards of people were okay. I finally went out for the first time last weekend to eat at restaurant with an outdoor patio. It was nice to eat something other than home cooked. Mexican food place, not too expensive, but the bar tab was about $100 bucks. Had a good time.

I know a guy who is roofing contractor and according to him you don't want some fly by night company coming out and installing solar panels on your roof. They'll damage your roof, create leaks, and if you need to maintain your roof you have the damn solar panels in the way. He recommends only putting solar panels on outbuildings, patio covers, or garages that aren't attached to your house. If new construction then that is different. He says they engineer the area where the solar panels will go so as to not be a problem with future roof maintenance. What is the point of saving a few bucks on electricity and spend thousands on water or ice damage due to shoddy solar panel installation. Out here in California those solar panel companies all offer "lifetime guarantees" on their work.... then they go out of business in 6 months faster than a mattress store in a strip mall. Mountain lions are beautiful and NASTY creatures. We have plenty around here, they love to eat people's dogs, but have attacked several hikers and mountain bikers too. I have no problem with drilling for oil. Here in SoCal 100 years ago the entire landscape was covered in oil wells. California was a major oil producer long before Texas or the middle east. We had a gold rush here in 1849 that put us on the map and made us a state, but it was the oil boom that really made southern California and especially Los Angeles a boom town. There are still some wells here in areas, and still some refineries that the state hasn't shut down. Lots of good jobs in that industry, a great part of our tax base. And where there used to be old wells along the beach area, there are now 10 million dollar homes. Seem the planet isn't offended by oil production. The planet made oil--- it is one it's children. Too me oil wells are beautiful. It is the windmills I hate. Those things kill more birds than oil wells kill other wildlife. take care

I don't feel the seasonal flu shot is a "roll of the dice" but it really does no harm. If you are diabetic I worry that if you got a bad case of the flu, ended up in the hospital, and then exposed to covid----that would be none too good. Glad to hear your daughter pulled through okay. I know 4 people who have had the mild version (they were in good health going in), two people who passed away. But the two that died were older and fragile. You weren't at that restaurant in Rochester attacked by BLM were you? Horrible thing it looked like. So called "peaceful" whatever my ass. Be safe.

All you fuckers need to be jealous of Southern California. This here was the center of the universe in the 1970s. Especially cruise night in the San Fernando Valley on Van Nuys Blvd.

Too young to have seen them live, but not too young to have had this stupid song on a 45 when I was 8 years old.

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Get a flu shot. This fall no matter what you do not want to end up in the hospital with the covid thing. We aren't out of the woods on covid, and a good chance that as the weather cools off it will come back like an angry bitch. Like I said, what does your doctor recommend? I'm sure for a guy your age he is telling you to get a flu shot.

Lot of Cholos here in SoCal. I think they were invented here in the Los Angeles area. Lot of everything here in SoCal.

It was 113 F today, and supposed to be 115 tomorrow. FUCKING HOT here in SoCal---- crazy hot! Currently many areas without power as the demand for electricity in this stupid state had outpaces ability to deliver power when conditions are hot, windy, or other situations create over demand. Now they are considering "rolling black outs" where they shut off power in one area for an hour and then rotate to another area like they have to do in 3rd countries. And all of this because this stupid state thinks that solar and wind power is more reliable than fossil fuel powered or nuclear plants. Hell, we are sunny most of the time here, and solar still can't cover our peak demand needs, we need MORE POWER... or less people and less development. Today in other parts of the state: Palm Springs 121 San Bernardino 117 Woodland Hills 116 BTW, last month in Death Valley (between California and Nevada) it was 130 degrees

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Random Woodstock thoughts: I always wondered why they cut out one of the best Woodstock performances in the original film? Canned Heat's performance was not included in the Home Video version until the mid 90s. Canned Heat's Woodstock Boogie' along with Richie Havens' 'Motherless Child' and Santana's 'Soul Sacrafice' were my top 3 favorites.

California cops used to write tickets to drivers wearing sunglasses with extra wide arms that block peripheral vision. Cholos especially liked that style, and cops and CHP would pull them over all the time. Wayfarers never actually fit that category. I own 3 pairs of Ray Ban Wayfarers that are vintage from the '70s (back when they were still made by Bausch & Lomb). I never loved the way Wayfarers angle downward on my face and make contact with my cheeks. I prefer the RayBan Balorama (kind Dirty Harry wore). or my vintage Bausch & Lomb amber Outdoorsman like the ones in The Big Lewbowski--- which are now very sought after on ebay. Somewhere at my mothers house I have a box of sunglasses including a pair of Ray Ban Olympians like Peter Fonda wore in Easy Rider. I never wore them much so they are like new. They have the same light (20% tint) as Fonda's were. Most from the era had the dark 85% tint aka G-15 lenses). Today tinted glasses are the rage again. Not dark, not mirrors. What I really wish I owned were a pair of vintage Persol 714s like Steve McQueen wore in The Thomas Crown Affair