Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
My ex husband dated a nurse in LA who helped get the gerbil out of oh, what's his names butt.. Richard Gere! Cray cray stuff. Yes he is older than me. We divorced now. Lol
Yeah, growing up in Southern California was bizarre. I haven’t lived there in probably 25 years. Well, except for the time I lived at my dad’s house in kern county. That was about 3 to 5 years to taking care of him, and then after he passed away, liquidating his assets.
I'm not from the valley myself. But there was a big fish store in town of Reseda. Don't know the name. Later after the bad earthquake became a pottery store.
I lived in Reseda during that earthquake! Going through that prepared me for what we are going through now as far as being prepped with food, water, medical, gas up all vehicles before they hit half a tank and most important, keeping small denominations of cash - right after the earthquake, when you tried to purchase food or water they NEVER had change to give back! You had to have the exact amount! Crazy times
I can't even imagine! When Iived there. First day I woke up to helicopter flying all over Sepulveda Blvd someone had escape the hospital! We hadn't even unpacked our 26 ft hauler. I'm from the south was 21 yrs old then. Said nope nope nope. Everything was on lock down. Unfortunately we stayed for 2 yrs.
That’s interesting because that’s where my dad lived before he moved up to Kern county Bear Valley Springs area. I had to help him put his house back together after that Northridge earthquake. I just remember driving up and down the road and everybody’s brick walls were in the streets.
Wow! We didn't live there then. We moved to Cali on '99-'01. Or back for him lol. He worked at the pottery store.
Oh man, by that time we were married and lived in SC. But, when he lived in Cali he worked at that shop which was an aquarium, then after the Nothridge earthquake became a Pottery shop.
Oh, my. Sorry for that. My ex husband is from the San Fernando Valley. He moved to SC in the '90's. Reseda.
Rofht across from the post.office.