Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[NoHaveMSG]

@ How close are you to Nampa? I’ll be there next week.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

@ How close are you to Nampa? I’ll be there next week.

Right next door! Just a couple miles.

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I call bs. If it were conservative Californians like us, it is a blessed city. But I don't think that's it. I think it's home grown crazy Texans, and there is nothing wrong with that, they are nice, but they drive like crazy, every part of Texas I've driven.

In California it is the 500 million people who moved there in my lifetime from all 50 states, and every country in the world. Hard to find a native Californian in San Jose now. All Indian, illegal mexican, Korean, Vietnamese, and chinese.

Sapphireho, 500 million, really? That’s quite an over exaggeration even for you.
What group of people do you consider to be “Native Californian”?
Just for the record the current population of the United States is approximately 346.8 million.
While the total population of California for 2025 is estimated at 39.4 million.
The distribution of California population is:
43.95% white
17.38% other races
16.33% are multiracial
15.28% Asian
5.54% Black
1.13% American Indian or Alaska Native
0.38% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Right next door! Just a couple miles.

I’ll shoot you a PM.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I’ll shoot you a PM.

Sent you a text.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

Sapphireho, 500 million, really?

I think I'm accurate. At least it felt like 500 million. I demand a recount!

When I grew up there were acres of cherry, peach, fig, prune, every type of flower farms in San Jose and the bay area. Now there isn't a farm left.

If you look at bay area population % it is way different than your post. California is a huge state. You get out of the fringes, that control the state, you find out that hard working red state ranchers and farmers are out there.

It was on the news all the time when I lived in San Jose as the top % of race population would bounce between Asian and Hispanic. White was always 3rd. And you also had to account for the huge population of illegals that would refuse to be counted. Sanctuary city and State.

I lived there for 55 years, and I don't know anyone who sold their house, or a grandparents or parents house to USA born citizens. Only cash holding Indians and chinese. The mexicans, with their "anti education" culture will ways be a social burden. Enough politics. Ichi will ban me.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I think I'm accurate. At least it felt like 500 million. I demand a recount!

When I grew up there were acres of cherry, peach, fig, prune, every type of flower farms in San Jose and the bay area. Now there isn't a farm left.

If you look at bay area population % it is way different than your post. California is a huge state. You get out of the fringes, that control the state, you find out that hard working red state ranchers and farmers are out there.

It was on the news all the time when I lived in San Jose as the top % of race population would bounce between Asian and Hispanic. White was always 3rd. And you also had to account for the huge population of illegals that would refuse to be counted. Sanctuary city and State.

I lived there for 55 years, and I don't know anyone who sold their house, or a grandparents or parents house to USA born citizens. Only cash holding Indians and chinese. The mexicans, with their "anti education" culture will ways be a social burden. Enough politics. Ichi will ban me.

My cousin has a farm growing peaches, walnuts etc.. and it's in Cali..

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I think I'm accurate. At least it felt like 500 million. I demand a recount!

When I grew up there were acres of cherry, peach, fig, prune, every type of flower farms in San Jose and the bay area. Now there isn't a farm left.

If you look at bay area population % it is way different than your post. California is a huge state. You get out of the fringes, that control the state, you find out that hard working red state ranchers and farmers are out there.

It was on the news all the time when I lived in San Jose as the top % of race population would bounce between Asian and Hispanic. White was always 3rd. And you also had to account for the huge population of illegals that would refuse to be counted. Sanctuary city and State.

I lived there for 55 years, and I don't know anyone who sold their house, or a grandparents or parents house to USA born citizens. Only cash holding Indians and chinese. The mexicans, with their "anti education" culture will ways be a social burden. Enough politics. Ichi will ban me.

I’ve mentioned this before but here goes again. In the summer of 1958 my family drove from Courtice Ontario to Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, California. That’s about 25 miles south of San Jose I think. We went to visit my father’s youngest brother and his family. We stayed about 10-12 days and did all the big attractions like, Knott’s Berry Farm, Disneyland, Fisherman’s Wharf and of course attend their church, twice!
What I remember about the area were the large citrus farms and other fruits and nuts not common in southern Ontario. Then there was the smog that hung over the major centers like Los Angeles. I’d never seen brown sky before. But most of all the diverse cultures and my relatives blatant intolerance for anyone not WASP. I knew my parents and other Canadian relatives who were very tolerant of all races and religions. It was most upsetting to know my aunt, uncle and oldest cousins were born and bred Canadians but didn’t act like Canadians. My uncle was a preacher and my little brain couldn’t understand how these God fearing Christians were so openly hostile towards other immigrants. I mean, they were immigrants themselves.
I grew up in a farming community that was settled by United Empire Loyalists. However, by the time I was born there was a large influx of X military men with their war brides and not just Canadian but British and others too. As well as displaced families from Holland, Finland, Sweden, Italy and Germany. My public school class was a United Nations of kids.
Now that I’m older I see almost everyone working in the local Wal-Mart stores have brown skin and with my hearing loss and their accents it sometimes is hard to understand each other. But, they are the people on the move in these times.
Who knows, if things keep going to heck in a hand basket in the states we here in Canada might see American emigrants of all colours coming to the Great White North.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

I’ve mentioned this before but here goes again. In the summer of 1958 my family drove from Courtice Ontario to Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, California. That’s about 25 miles south of San Jose I think.

27 miles South of San Jose is about right, and Fisherman's wharf is about 70 miles north of Scott's valley, and Disneyland is 370 miles south of Scott's valley.
Big state.

Last I heard, Canada still makes you prove you can support yourself before you can migrate there, no matter what race.

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I call bs. If it were conservative Californians like us, it is a blessed city. But I don't think that's it. I think it's home grown crazy Texans, and there is nothing wrong with that, they are nice, but they drive like crazy, every part of Texas I've driven.

In California it is the 500 million people who moved there in my lifetime from all 50 states, and every country in the world. Hard to find a native Californian in San Jose now. All Indian, illegal mexican, Korean, Vietnamese, and chinese.

You can call BS all you want, but I can absolutely tell you it's Californians. I know because they have a distinct method of holding the horn down for an obnoxious amount of time. Also the license plates generally give it away.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by weederr33

You can call BS all you want, but I can absolutely tell you it's Californians. I know because they have a distinct method of holding the horn down for an obnoxious amount of time. Also the license plates generally give it away.

That may also indicate that they are from New York -

[Sapphireho]

Had a great time visiting with @NoHaveMSG this week. We had a nice dinner last night.

[Sapphireho]

Hey @spike021, how did the issue with your new car turn out?

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Had a great time visiting with @NoHaveMSG this week. We had a nice dinner last night.

Thanks again for dinner last night. Was nice to visit with you. Will have to do it again.