Originally Posted By TP2000 >>"Dude you just love giving this woman a really hard time, dont you? "<< Anyone who can publicly refer to Barry Braverman as a "visionary" with a straight face deserves a bit of ribbing. Cynthia put on such a great show however, and I do miss that element. >>"TP2000 you totally nailed it. Poor Cynthia. It's clear that she meant well, but she was so out of her element as President of DLR."<< I'm sure she did mean well. And she is probably a very nice person to chat with, and she probably doesn't kick her dog, and she probably votes and pays her taxes and is otherwise a good person. But what I loved most about her though is the element of showmanship she brought to the role, where the smarter folks among us could tell she really didn't care about the place like she said she did, but she knew that it was important to pretend like she cared in order to snow the diehard fans. Instead of being the Disneyland President, she should have run for the Senate. She would have had more success in Washington DC I think. She's a natural politician, in every sense of that unflattering word. At least we still have the archives here at LP! Miss ya Cyn!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "She would have had more success in Washington DC I think. She's a natural politician, in every sense of that unflattering word. Once again you've nailed it. I can absolutely see her campaigning for some sort of political office.
Originally Posted By socalkdg <<<<I'll take your word for it, but I've seen 40 story high rises go up and be completed in recent years in the same amount of time that it's taking to build The Little Mermaid attraction.>>>> The new Kaiser and parking structure off the 91 FWY near the 55 is a 4 year project which started in 2009 and will run to 2013. Mermaid will be under 2 years if you just count construction and not demolition.
Originally Posted By TP2000 That Kaiser parking structure and collection of buildings is amazing! I've been watching it go up for the past two years, as I stop by that Fry's next door every month or so. It seemed to take forever just to get the parking structure finished, and when I was there last month there still weren't any cars in it. Building anything in California takes a lot of time and effort to get through all the seismic codes and such. You can't just throw up a structure in 10 months like you could fifty years ago.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Are building codes different in San Francisco? I don't think so.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes Building codes are the same all across California. What is contained in the building codes are rules that say 'if you are in this seismic zone or that seismic zone, you must do this or that'. So, the design of a building in San Francisco would be different than the for the 'same' building in Bakersfield - and construction would almost certainly take longer in SF.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Hi, curiousconstance, duckling!! Just wanted to answer your question about whether or not we have a guest room at our cottage in Morva. We've never had anybody who wanted to stay with us overnight--well, except that one time when Mad Madame Mim dropped in to see Orgoch--but normally we don't have anybody over because it's too embarrassing when you have to share a place with a certain nasty old biddy who doesn't hesitate from biting off her toenails right in front of everybody. ORGOCH: Oh yeah? What 'bout a big fat sister who spends all her wakin' hours messin' things up with greasy food! Cain't even tell ya how many time's I've come close ta bein' buried alive under a mountain a donut crumbs!! ORDDU: So you see, curiousconstance, dear, you almost have to take out an Insurance policy when daring to drop in to see us at our cottage. Still, I'd love it if Dr. Hans Reinhardt would start making house calls whenever one of us is under the weather...
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Building codes are the same all across California." OK then. Those high rises I mentioned were in San Francisco. "Still, I'd love it if Dr. Hans Reinhardt would start making house calls whenever one of us is under the weather..." Unfortunately ladies, I'm not that sort of doctor. I'm more of the mad scientist type.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance LOL Hey Hans, remember when I asked you if you use the lockers at Disneyland to store your doctor bag?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Actually, Dr. Hans Reinhardt, duckling, if you're a mad scientist you're more likely to fit in with us than if you were merely a regular MD. So, you just think about that the next time you're in Morva. We actually have just a one room cottage with a dirt floor. There is a fireplace along one wall, a large table with only 3 chairs. We sleep up above in a small attic that's barely large enough for the 3 of us. But if you're willing to live dangerously, you're totally welcome. I'll be sure to save you some room on my cot of straw with the feather pillows.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Dabob, lol Morva, you should send Hans a one way ticket to Morva!
