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Post by stardust on Jan 10, 2012 21:56:59 GMT -5
Totally OT, but I wanted to post a pic of hubby's lights before the season completely ends! To keep this small, here is an overview shot. WOw! Great pictures. What a lot of work!!! |
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Post by yippie on Jan 10, 2012 22:01:45 GMT -5
Can't think of any connection to Adam other than FUCKING SEXY AS HELL and clever and good music. Does that count???? :  |
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Post by rihannsu on Jan 10, 2012 22:02:47 GMT -5
Funny that we are talking about Sauli's blog and he just made a new post. t.co/LltLQ0lUHe certainly plates food beautifully. Would love to know how delicious it tastes. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2012 22:09:13 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. Well, I think he is using appts. in a general sense. Obviously if you are 2 hours late for a Dr's appt., then you have lost your appt. However, for things like sporting events, say Lakers' games, "Yes" I would say at least half of the crowd shows up really late. I have been to games that are :"sold out" and wondered where everyone is, as the game progresses. The seats are not full until almost halftime. Same for concerts. Many people skip the opening acts. People like to blame the freeway traffic but that is a lame excuse. If you expect traffic, you just leave earlier, right?! I think Adam likes to be fashionably late though! |
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Post by glitztripper on Jan 10, 2012 22:10:30 GMT -5
Funny that we are talking about Sauli's blog and he just made a new post. t.co/LltLQ0lUHe certainly plates food beautifully. Would love to know how delicious it tastes. I'd love to see the men on the other side of this picture! Love how we saw the spinach coming home from the grocery store and now here it is, served! Hope I didn't sound critical of Sauli's blogs. I love them and him as well. Just some things sound far-fetched to me, which only bothers me because I don't always think it's a true representation of America. But then again, I am American, so what do I know?! Can't take any one person's experience and say it is the same as the next's. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2012 22:13:59 GMT -5
Funny that we are talking about Sauli's blog and he just made a new post. t.co/LltLQ0lUHe certainly plates food beautifully. Would love to know how delicious it tastes. Awwww, there's the spinach we saw in the shopping cart! Can't wait to read the translation to see what he made! Love Adam's white plates too! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2012 22:15:10 GMT -5
pjd, amazing house lights!! Very impressed!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2012 22:16:31 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? I have lived in LA for 20 years and reading Sauli's comments and some of the other comments here I am beginning to wonder whether I am living in a different dimension. LOL. Yes, traffic here is terrible but everyone is still expected to show up on time for work. Also, being late for meetings is not tolerated (except for an occasional emergency, of course). And I have never been to a wedding that started an hour late. LOL. In terms of social events, people are a bit more lax if it is a cocktail party; arrivals/departures are somewhat free-flowing. However, when a dinner is served, people tend to show up on time, especially if the dinner is in a private home. Restaurants are a different beast. If you have a reservation at a popular restaurant, they might give away your table if you are more than 15 minutes late. On the other hand, the really popular places might make you wait for a table even if you have a reservation. I'm thinking that Sauli was being tongue-in-cheek, maybe? Also, he doesn't have a traditional job, so maybe his observations on the importance of being on time are based on very limited experience. |
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Post by glitztripper on Jan 10, 2012 22:20:33 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? I have lived in LA for 20 years and reading Sauli's comments and some of the other comments here I am beginning to wonder whether I am living in a different dimension. LOL. Yes, traffic here is terrible but everyone is still expected to show up on time for work. Also, being late for meetings is not tolerated (except for an occasional emergency, of course). And I have never been to a wedding that started an hour late. LOL. In terms of social events, people are a bit more lax if it is a cocktail party; arrivals/departures are somewhat free-flowing. However, when a dinner is served, people tend to show up on time, especially if the dinner is in a private home. Restaurants are a different beast. If you have a reservation at a popular restaurant, they might give away your table if you are more than 15 minutes late. However, the really popular places might make you wait for a table even if you have a reservation. I'm thinking that Sauli was being tongue-in-cheek, maybe? Also, he doesn't have a traditional job, so maybe his observations on the importance of being on time are a bit limited. Thank you. I thought I was on that other dimension all by myself. |
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Post by irish1139 on Jan 10, 2012 22:21:30 GMT -5
Love those Christmas lights.
Every city, community, and state is different. I am from a college town in NYS. It was pretty cosmopolitan because the people who lived there came from all over the world. When I moved to Florida, I thought I had left the country. It took me years to become a Floridian. Now I act just like all the Floridians. I bet if I lived out west or Arkansas, I would have the same experience.
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