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Post by cayman on Jan 10, 2012 21:20:05 GMT -5
Okay, call me a cynical, but isn't it odd that just at the moment Adam is at number one - we all get locked out (kicked off) the voting page. Still think Maxwell has his playlist lined up and this is just for clicks. I'm done. :DChin up........we were kicked off when Adam was #1.........that has to show them Adam has FANS that LOVE HIM!!!!!! Call me an optimist ;D, I truly believe this time around the block Adam will have more GREEN lights than RED  (Mika.....I found the otters  , loved it!) |
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Post by glitztripper on Jan 10, 2012 21:31:17 GMT -5
Don't you think this was just a comparison to the pace in Helsinki, maybe? I actually find the service in CA very fast, to the point of getting annoyed when I go on vacation to other places and get slower service. I dunno? :-/ I think the juice cleanse is a "youth" thing, not a thing for any particular part of the country. I can remember doing all kinds of crazy fasts in my 20s!! IDK. I guess we'd have to ask non-American's how they interpret these kind of things. On July 17th he wrote, "We Finns are not used to waiting for/being late from our appointments. Here it's just normal; if you make an appointment, you can add a couple of hours to it. Everyone is always late and no-one seems to care about the times the way we do." California is laid-back but I think if you take his statement literally then it is definitely misleading. Not intentionally so, but I think it is just Sauli's particular view of the place-- not always a "typical" view. |
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Post by Craazyforadam on Jan 10, 2012 21:32:19 GMT -5
Less than 100 to go on twitter.
My counter says 1,299,915.
Blech...Q102...but I agree that they in general were supportive. We'll see how it plays out the next few days.
And whether Toby's station 995.FM in DC is coming on board with that interview opportunity, that they seem to have lined up.
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Post by rihannsu on Jan 10, 2012 21:38:27 GMT -5
Neil's girlfriend just put up her new blog the first thing on their is about getting a cleanse drink at wholefoods. Must be all the rage in LA. I am surprised how much she talks about Neil, she says very nice things about him. thefrenchtoast.netHere's the thing. Although I haven't lived in Southern California for a while now, I think I can say that there are all kinds of people and lifestyles there. Yes, it's got more "health-freaks" than most places but it also has more of every kind of person than most places. I'd guess it's safe to say that cleanses are not on most of the Californians' to do list. The problem with following one person, or a group of related people is that you start to think their lifestyle is everyone's lifestyle. It always makes me cringe a bit when Sauli blogs that time is not an issue in California, or restaurants serve you within 10-15 minutes. These may be true if you are living in Adam's world, but not necessarily indicative of the "average" Californian/American. Call me crazy but I've always taken those comments of Sauli's as toungue in cheek since he started off in the early roadshow days joking about how you don't have to take a camera with you when you go to America because everyone is always taking your picture. I always interpreted those little comments as sarcastic poking at the whole celeb culture craziness things. |
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Post by maria1 on Jan 10, 2012 21:41:10 GMT -5
Don't you think this was just a comparison to the pace in Helsinki, maybe? I actually find the service in CA very fast, to the point of getting annoyed when I go on vacation to other places and get slower service. I dunno? :-/ I believe mys*&@^#r is right. Of course I don't know what Sauli was thinking. But when I and my boyfriend moved to the US, and in CA specifically, the speed of service felt crazy fast at restaurants compared to what we were used to in Finland. Every single of our Finnish friends living here and friends and family who visit us notice the same thing. And now going to back to Finland the restaurant service feels super slow. It's more expensive to employ people in Finland, so there is less personnel at restaurants. And there is no tipping; service costs are all built into pricing. So no incentive for good service the same way as here. Also other services are often (not always and not at all places) faster here than in Finland, such as tailoring and dry cleaning. To me it's fun to read these observations from Sauli, so many of them are similar to my own when I moved here. |
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Post by pjd on Jan 10, 2012 21:46:36 GMT -5
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Post by maria1 on Jan 10, 2012 21:49:02 GMT -5
On July 17th he wrote, "We Finns are not used to waiting for/being late from our appointments. Here it's just normal; if you make an appointment, you can add a couple of hours to it. Everyone is always late and no-one seems to care about the times the way we do." California is laid-back but I think if you take his statement literally then it is definitely misleading. Not intentionally so, but I think it is just Sauli's particular view of the place-- not always a "typical" view. Also this time question is aligned with my own experiences, and the experiences of other Finns I know who have moved to the US. An example: We have been to a few weddings in California. If the invite says that the start time is 4pm, basically no-one will be there then, except maybe some family members. People will come in 30-90 mins later. In Finland it would mean that the ceremony starts at 4pm sharp. If you are not there by then, you will miss it. As I say about these differences, it's not good or bad, it's just different. Sauli's experiences in LA have probably been impacted by the traffic as well. It can be notoriously bad and the time it takes to get from one place to another one varies a lot. I used to travel there in business, scheduling was a nightmare. And this particular question may have been impacted also by his specific surroundings. |
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Post by glitztripper on Jan 10, 2012 21:49:04 GMT -5
Ok. Makes sense about the service. But how about saying that you can be an hour late to appointments?
ETA: maybe I am crazy but when I lived a decade ago, there was traffic but you couldn't really use it as an excuse for appointments or such , since you'd be stupid not to plan for it. Also, I can not imagine people showing up more than 5-10 minutes late for a wedding. Am I out of touch?
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Post by ljsmack on Jan 10, 2012 21:49:37 GMT -5
Wow, just, wow. And it looks tastefully done too. |
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Post by reihmer on Jan 10, 2012 21:51:20 GMT -5
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, loved it!)
