heh :) Unfortunately, only you and I and probably one or two other people truly appreciated that.
But why you gotta go ruining stuff for me? I wanted everyone to think I was Southern California, baby. Swimming pools. Movie stars. :) On 4/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charlie I hate to tell you this but you're not in Southern California. > > Southern California is LA (south of the Valley), Orange County, San > Diego, areas. You must be within 20 miles of a Beach to be considered > to be in Southern California, please take note of "The O.C.", "Beverly > Hills 90210", "Bay Watch", or listen to anything by the Beach Boys. The > Beach Boys never mentioned Colton, Redlands, Banning, Calexico or > anything in Riverside, Imperial, or San Bernardino county. Nor did they > make mention of White Water, or Desert Hot Springs. > > You are in the Inland Empire. Formerly know as the vast desert wasteland > east of Southern California and West of Phoenix. However, due to the > popularity of Southern California and all it was perceived to offer > (thanks in larger part to iconic references such as those previously > listed) developers saw $$$ in expanding east into the desert and > marketing it as Southern California or near Palm Springs (anything > within 100 miles). The new comers were duped. Rather than a weekend at > Hermosa you get a weekend in Hemet. Have fun! > > However, I do hear there is a movement to rename everything between > Bakersfield and the border as Northern Mexico. Problem is, as is with > much of what happens in that region, most of the marketing is in Spanish > so for the most part we gringos aren't aware of this new naming initiative. > > > Charlie Griefer wrote: > > We had Cox in Jacksonville (Cable and Internet) and I was actually pretty > > happy. > > > > Had great speeds on the internet (there were the occassional downtimes > > tho). Out here in Southern Cali I have Time Warner (formerly > > Adelphia)...which SUCKS. connection speeds are nowhere near what I > > had with Cox. > > > > As far as the cable tv service... loved that too. The On Demand > > library was great. I have DirecTV now (only reason is for the Sunday > > Ticket) and really miss the flexibility of the On Demand library. It > > was especially good for the kids, being able to find something for > > them to watch at any time. > > > > I know I seem to be in the minority, but I was really happy with both > > services that I got from Cox. > > > > On 4/9/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> It is all that is avaialble to me and I ... There isn't a word to > >> indicate how deeply I hate them. I would use broadcast TV before them if > >> I had a choice (the wife needs Hallmark Channel and CMT). > >> > >> I actually plan to choose my next residence based upon COX not being the > >> only provider of cable TV. > >> > >> I can't even have Direct TV in my apartment > >> > >> > >>> i avoid COX at all cost > >>> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232264 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
