There Are No Intelegent Life Forms Born North Or East Of California........Yeah I Said It!!!

I am from some place where we know how to spell "intelligent".

Just kidding with you. Had to do it

MEA CULPA, FOR YOU MID-WESTERNERS, THAT MEANS "MY BAD, BUBBA"

OH MY GOD, I CAN NOT BELIEVE I DID THAT.

I DOUBLE CHECK AND TRIPLE CHECK SPELLING AND GRAMMAR IN THE BODY OF EVERY POST.

I WILL FROM NOW ON DOUBLE CHECK THE TITLES AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR THE KIND, CONSTRUCTIVE, CRITICISM.

tHOUGH WE COME FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, WE DO MAKE COMMON "MISTEAKS".....

Sorry my pretentious Californian alarm just started going off and it won't turn off. Probably one too many Prius drivers running around hotboxing on their own farts on the way to Ikea. lol

East coast here, Columbia, SC to be exact, but I was born and raised in Dallas, TX. I do not, however, own a cowboy hat.

I'm not sure if you are aware or not, but you just described one of my favorite "South Park" episodes.

If this is true, just the apparent respect for "South Park", will allow me to grant you a fellowship in the Great Nation, That Is California.

Welcome in, my brother trucker.

Born in God's hand print(Michigan), now in West Columbia, SC I have a friend who lived in Escondido.

It appears, my good fellow, that the supreme being has smiled down upon you. For to have bestowed unto you, a friend from the

very city I am currently typing from, is no doubt Providence. You, Sir, are destined for greatness, merely by the fact that an person

from Escondido touched tour life.

Rock ON, Brother Trucker, Rock ON

I'm from La La Land. : D

I've so much to say, but so little space. Now if you read my post in its entirety, you no doubt realize that if your posted photo is truly you, then I must take this opportunity to say to you, "you are gorgeous".

If only you had been born with "Hair As Black As Coal", you would be perfect in my book. But i digress,

Now, I went on

Google Maps

, (little shout out to my faves). I looked up Southwick, MA. I checked the satellite image and I have one burning question,

WHY?

Why did Massachusetts feel the need to scoop out that small section of Connecticut? I mean come on, your border with Connecticut could have been a continuous straight line. You could have share that pond. We here in,

The Nation Of California

were kind and shared Lake Tahoe with Nevada. We are not a greedy country. We Californians play well with other countries.

So what was in that small pouch that MA just had to have????

I won't be able to sleep tonight until I know.....

There are no intelegent life forms born North or East of California

That's because too many of you have escaped and are now residing in those areas you have described...

Born and raised in Western Washington. Alaska, Texas and Tennessee before finding my home in the wide open spaces filled with mountains, plains, snow and sunshine, the headwaters of the mighty MO and the only state in the country that has rivers eventually end up in 3 different seas. Atlantic, Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico.

SAY WHAT???

I have a close friend that migrated to Montana from San Diego. He sends me pictures of beautiful deer crossing the grass lands, big beautiful shots of open blue skies, and small, homely, little towns where everybody knows one another. I tells me how peaceful it is up there. How the government don't bug them and no stupid EPA laws like in The Nation of California.

Every time I look at all those pictures, and there are hundreds, all I see is an;

EMPTY, LONELY, NONSOCIAL, SNOW COVERED, WIND BLOWN, COLD A$% STATE.

I LIKE PEOPLE, IN FACT, I LOVE THE CALIFORNIA POPULATION, AS A WHOLE. WE GOT SOME KNUCKLEHEADS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF CALIFORNIANS ARE OPEN MINDED, PROGRESSIVE, INTELLIGENT, CARING PEOPLE, IF YOU DON'T COUNT L.A..

Its OK though, we are just ahead of our third word neighbors, New Mexico, Washington, Wyoming, Montana, etc., etc.

Keep on keeping On, My Brother Trucker

There are no intelegent life forms born North or East of California

That's because too many of you have escaped and are now residing in those areas you have described...

Born and raised in Western Washington. Alaska, Texas and Tennessee before finding my home in the wide open spaces filled with mountains, plains, snow and sunshine, the headwaters of the mighty MO and the only state in the country that has rivers eventually end up in 3 different seas. Atlantic, Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico.

SAY WHAT???

I have a close friend that migrated to Montana from San Diego. He sends me pictures of beautiful deer crossing the grass lands, big beautiful shots of open blue skies, and small, homely, little towns where everybody knows one another. I tells me how peaceful it is up there. How the government don't bug them and no stupid EPA laws like in The Nation of California.

Every time I look at all those pictures, and there are hundreds, all I see is an;

EMPTY, LONELY, NONSOCIAL, SNOW COVERED, WIND BLOWN, COLD A$% STATE.

I LIKE PEOPLE, IN FACT, I LOVE THE CALIFORNIA POPULATION, AS A WHOLE. WE GOT SOME KNUCKLEHEADS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF CALIFORNIANS ARE OPEN MINDED, PROGRESSIVE, INTELLIGENT, CARING PEOPLE, IF YOU DON'T COUNT L.A..

Its OK though, we are just ahead of our third word neighbors, New Mexico, Washington, Wyoming, Montana, etc., etc.

Keep on keeping On, My Brother Trucker

SORRY AGAIN, I MEANT, "WORLD", NOT "WORD" IN THAT NEXT TO LAST LINE....

Jerry, I lived in Encinitas for fifteen years. How on earth could you think Escondido is the best part of California? Beaches Jerry, Escondido has none.

First of all, welcome my fellow countryman. Now with that said, the reasons I prefer Escondido over any other placed to be, in caparison to a place such as Encinitas, are too long and too many for this shot forum. I'll leave it at this, MARINE LAYER. Encinitas, is often, if not always, overcast with that marine layer. In Escondido, by City Charter, we are only allowed 8 overcast days per calendar year. When I first wake up in the morning to the gentle songs of the Morning Doves that awaken all Escondido residents, I check my little thermometer, and it always reads, great weather today, sunny and warm. Yeah, that's it. My thermometer has no numbers, it only speaks the truth.

So now, I extend to you, My Olive Branch of Peace. Remember, we both live in the

Greatest Nation On This Planet, THE NATION OF CALIFORNIA

PEACE AND GOOD FORTUNE, My Brother Trucker

Jerry, I lived in Encinitas for fifteen years. How on earth could you think Escondido is the best part of California? Beaches Jerry, Escondido has none.

First of all, welcome my fellow countryman. Now with that said, the reasons I prefer Escondido over any other placed to be, in caparison to a place such as Encinitas, are too long and too many for this shot forum. I'll leave it at this, MARINE LAYER. Encinitas, is often, if not always, overcast with that marine layer. In Escondido, by City Charter, we are only allowed 8 overcast days per calendar year. When I first wake up in the morning to the gentle songs of the Morning Doves that awaken all Escondido residents, I check my little thermometer, and it always reads, great weather today, sunny and warm. Yeah, that's it. My thermometer has no numbers, it only speaks the truth.

So now, I extend to you, My Olive Branch of Peace. Remember, we both live in the

Greatest Nation On This Planet, THE NATION OF CALIFORNIA

PEACE AND GOOD FORTUNE, My Brother Trucker

AGAIN, UUUUGH, "COMPARISON", NOT "CAPARISON" MEA CULPA

In 1770, Southwick, Massachusetts was granted independence from Westfield, Massachusetts. In May 1774, residents in southern Southwick also petitioned Connecticut for entry and secession from northern Southwick, on the grounds they were south of the royally approved border of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (three miles south of the Charles River). The part west of Congamond Lake joined Simsbury, and the part east of the lake joined Suffield.[98]

In 1791 and 1793, commissioners were sent from both states to survey the boundary line yet again, but were unable to agree until a compromise was reached in 1803–04. Massachusetts accepted the nullification of the 1713 compromise and the loss of the border towns, but regained the portion of southern Southwick west of the lake. This resulted in the modern boundary with Connecticut, which is a relatively straight east-west line, except for the "Southwick jog", a small, mostly rectangular piece of Massachusetts surrounded by Connecticut on three sides.

Google Maps

, (little shout out to my faves). I looked up Southwick, MA. I checked the satellite image and I have one burning question,

WHY?

Why did Massachusetts feel the need to scoop out that small section of Connecticut? I mean come on, your border with Connecticut could have been a continuous straight line. You could have share that pond. We here in,

So what was in that small pouch that MA just had to have????

I won't be able to sleep tonight until I know.....

Jerry I know you mean well, but some of your posts can come off as awfully pretentious and condescending...

That being said, I was born and raised in Burlingame, a small town I'm sure you're familiar with, having lived in San Mateo. After I joined the navy I moved around a lot. I've lived in South Carolina, New York, Missouri, Texas, Washington, and now finally Idaho where I believe I will spend the rest of my life.

I have to strongly disagree with your perception of Montana as a lonely, barren place, and with your portrayal of the majority of Californians as intelligent and caring people. In my experience you've got it backwards.

I felt lonelier in California than I ever felt living up here in the Idaho/Montana area. The quality of life is so much better, the people are much kinder and generous and knowledgeable about what this country and the federal government were intended to be, the freedoms are plentiful and tangible, and the land itself has a beauty that is unrivaled anywhere else. I'm sorry you can't recognize it from the photos your friend has sent you.

Having lived in California for 2 decades, I feel I have some authority to say this: it is not the greatest place on earth. It might have nice weather, but it is way too overpopulated, expensive and "progressive" for my tastes.

Give me all 4 seasons, reasonably priced homes, good old fashioned hospitality and my God-given freedom to shoot stuff and use my natural resources as I see fit!