"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
> >"kilikini" writes:
> >
> >"Larry Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> kilikini wrote:
> >>
> >> > Well, that's all fine and dandy, but I don't live in California.
> >>
> >> Yes, I know, you live in Maui. However, the rest of the thread
> >> was largely people on the Wrong Coast, I just picked "you"
> >> generically to reply to without bothering to check on "you,"
> >> specifically.
> >>
> >> Mea culpa. Typically I never generalize. =)
> >>
> >> > My car leaks so much oil that I have to put in at least 3 quarts a
week
> >> > because it's over 20 years old and I can't afford a new one because
my
> >rent
> >> > is too dang high. Gas prices are over $3 a gallon - so I don't have
> >> > insurance.
> >>
> >> Ah - a classic example of the unexpected consequence. The
> >> tree-hugging lobby has managed to get so much pollution
> >> equipment mandated that customers can't afford the clean
> >> new cars, so they continue to use junkers - and then the
> >> tree-huggers use the lack of progress in reducing air
> >> pollution as an excuse to add yet more pollution control
> >> equipment into newer cars. I just love positive feedback
> >> loops. I love the loud BANG they make when the system
> >> overloads...
> >>
> >> > Why do I live here? Because I can't afford to leave. Plain and
simple.
> >>
> >> You have my sympathy - but as much as I disrespect
> >> Californias for living in a desert and complaining
> >> about the lack of water, or living in an earthquake
> >> zone and telling me how wonderful the weather is,
> >> I have to say that living on top of a live volcano
> >> is not a big improvement. One-way tickets are not
> >> THAT expensive.
> >>
> >> --
> >
> >Yes, that's true, but relocating IS. Plane ticket, apartment, rent,
> >deposits, shipping items, etc. All my money goes into surviving here.
It's
> >just simply not that easy.
>
> In other words if someone offered to pay for your plane ticket, paid to
ship
> your personal effects, and paid your initial apt fees you'd leave.
>
>

Well, yes! You offering? I've got two cats and a dog. Can I come stay
with you?

kili