To all our California members from Idaho... [Archive]

Shami-Amourae

5th April 2015, 09:57 PM

I was walking by and along a local canal yesterday. They cover the entire Magic Valley, turning the desert green. They were completely full of water, higher than I've ever seen, and there were wildflowers everywhere around the banks. A sea of green, purple, and yellow. Really beautiful stuff.

Most of the water that services the Magic Valley and the Treasure Valley (Boise) comes from Yellowstone, which is the Snake River. The Snake River is the lifeblood of Southern Idaho. We also have a crap load of Hydroelectric Dams which generate a ton of cheap, and renewable electricity. My electric bill here is 25% that of Southern California.

Hitch

5th April 2015, 10:12 PM

I live in California. What's water?

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pioneer

5th April 2015, 10:24 PM

4th gif up above IS in cali. Epic fail jewboo

Jewboo

5th April 2015, 10:32 PM

Most of the water that services the Magic Valley and the Treasure Valley (Boise) comes from...

https://www.kelp4less.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/green-lawn1.jpg

Yeah...nothing but green between Twin Falls and Boise this time of year. Rained a little today. Can see fresh snow on the mountains from my window.

http://archive.ktvb.com/weather/images/core/Seven_Day_wxpage.JPG

http://www.4smileys.com/smileys/seasons-smileys/umbrella.gifIdaho next week forecast

Shami-Amourae

5th April 2015, 10:33 PM

I live in California. What's water?

It's funny, I lived next to the beach and literally worked on the waterfront a long time but only ever had sand in between my toes like 6 times in my life. Just never liked the Ocean.

Jewboo

5th April 2015, 10:37 PM

4th gif up above IS in cali.

http://www.india.youth-leader.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/A-dried-up-stream-1.jpg
WAS in cali...lol.

:rolleyes:

Hitch

5th April 2015, 10:39 PM

It's funny, I lived next to the beach and literally worked on the waterfront a long time but only ever had sand in between my toes like 6 times in my life. Just never liked the Ocean.

If I didn't love the water, and the ocean, I would not live in CA. I think your move to Idaho was a good one, for you.

Me, the ocean and being on the water is who I am. I'm on the water more than I'm on land. I'm surrounded by it. I lived in Colorado for several years and really enjoyed it, but being near the ocean is where home is for me, personally. I do think you've got some great fly fishing rivers up there. I encourage you to check that out. :)

Jewboo

5th April 2015, 10:42 PM

I live in California. What's water?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01538f874164970b-pi

The number of beach closures and advisories nationwide due to polluted water jumped last year to its second-highest level in two decades, up 29% from the year before, a new report says.In California, closures and advisories nearly doubled in 2010, and the number of beach water tests that exceeded state health standards rose to 11% from 9% the year before, according to an annual report (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/06/www.nrdc.org/beaches) released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The study indicates “the problems that we have in this country with beach water contamination in general are not getting better,” said Noah Garrison, an attorney for the environmental group...

:rolleyes:

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/Images/trashpollution.jpg

Hitch

5th April 2015, 10:48 PM

Book, when's the last time you've seen a CA beach?

You are not posting truth here. The beaches do not look like what you've posted. You are spreading misinformation.

Shami-Amourae

5th April 2015, 10:55 PM

If I didn't love the water, and the ocean, I would not live in CA. I think your move to Idaho was a good one, for you.

Me, the ocean and being on the water is who I am. I'm on the water more than I'm on land. I'm surrounded by it. I lived in Colorado for several years and really enjoyed it, but being near the ocean is where home is for me, personally. I do think you've got some great fly fishing rivers up there. I encourage you to check that out. :)

I'm actually preparing to go hunting later this year my first time with a friend who is going to take me. I got my hunting certification not long ago. Hopefully that actually happens and I can break being a city boy. I went fishing a lot in Mammoth, California a lot when I was little, but never fully enjoyed it. I may take it up eventually though. I'd rather hunt waterfowl with a shotgun, that sounds extremely awesome.

One step at a time for me, but I'm doing more than anyone else in my family would dream of.

Jewboo

5th April 2015, 10:58 PM

Shami-Amourae

5th April 2015, 11:01 PM

Book, when's the last time you've seen a CA beach?

You are not posting truth here. The beaches do not look like what you've posted. You are spreading misinformation.

I've seen both pristine and filthy beaches like in the pictures Jewboo posted.

I remember when I was a kid I was swimming in the Ocean on a beach on Catalina island. The water looked fine, and so I got in, and 20 minutes later I suddenly found trash all around me. It totally grossed me out and probably was one of the things that made me not like the Ocean. I don't know how tides work but I think the tides brought in a lot of filth, or something.

The beaches along the resorts I worked at were all seemingly pristine though. Those were much more wealthy areas too.

Hitch

5th April 2015, 11:03 PM

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef016767e572f9970b-640wi

"California, which accounted for 25% of the nation’s beach closures and advisories, ranked 21st out of the 30 states in the number of beach water tests that flunked federal health standards. Two Southern California beaches made the report's list of 15 “Repeat Offenders” because of their persistent pollution problems: Avalon Beach on Catalina Island and Doheny State Beach in Dana Point."

:rolleyes:

Book has a point. We are over populated here in CA, maybe if people saw what our beaches looked like, they would not want to move here. The real estate prices are insane in CA, and it's because of demand.

Everyone should move to Idaho.

Don't move to where I'm at, you'll see this...

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Shami-Amourae

5th April 2015, 11:04 PM

Two Southern California beaches made the report's list of 15 “Repeat Offenders” because of their persistent pollution problems: Avalon Beach on Catalina Island and Doheny State Beach in Dana Point."

:rolleyes:

I sailed around Catalina one time too and noticed that the water was Darker and murkier on the Los Angeles side, and it was pristine like a swimming pool on the West side, facing Asia.

Shami-Amourae

5th April 2015, 11:07 PM

Book has a point. We are over populated here in CA, maybe if people saw what our beaches looked like, they would not want to move here. The real estate prices are insane in CA, and it's because of demand.

Everyone should move to Idaho.

Don't move to where I'm at, you'll see this...

I think he (and myself) want the intelligent, hardworking people who pretty much all post on this forum out of California and out in the Pacific Northwest Region.

Frankly I do see a ton of ex-Californians here, but thankfully most of them are very Conservative and gun friendly.

It's a shame there are no real Conservative areas with good beachfront.

Hitch

5th April 2015, 11:11 PM

I think he (and myself) want the intelligent, hardworking people who pretty much all post on this forum out of California and out in the Pacific Northwest Region.

Frankly I do see a ton of ex-Californians here, but thankfully most of them are very Conservative and gun friendly.

If they are intelligent, wouldn't you want them to see the truth? This thread is not about the truth of CA, it's about painting a false picture and hoping people believe it. Are those the people you want up there? Believers who don't care about the truth?

You can have them. It will lighten the load on us in CA, for sure, we have enough dumb asshats here as it. Spread it around...

Shami-Amourae

5th April 2015, 11:16 PM

If they are intelligent, wouldn't you want them to see the truth? This thread is not about the truth of CA, it's about painting a false picture and hoping people believe it. Are those the people you want up there? Believers who don't care about the truth?

You can have them. It will lighten the load on us in CA, for sure, we have enough dumb asshats here as it. Spread it around...

The message was that Idaho doesn't have a water problem like California does. I know you get triggered by Jewboo. I genuinely think he's a got a good message, but has a mean way of communicating (trolling.) The main reason we don't have a problem is since our population is so low. Our state is broken into two halves, the South, where most people live, which is high desert, and the North, which is mountains/forest which has a ton of rain/snowfall. The population there is much lower, if you exclude Coeur D'alene.

Trolling is a different way to convince people of things. It works on some people, and some people it angers. It's not meant for you (which it just angers you.) I used to troll very heavily myself so I -get- it. I can see Jewboo's intentions are good. Basically don't take things so seriously. :)

Hitch

5th April 2015, 11:24 PM

The message was that Idaho doesn't have a water problem like California does. I know you get triggered by Jewboo. I genuinely think he's a got a good message, but has a mean way of communicating (trolling.) The main reason we don't have a problem is since our population is so low.

Trolling is a different way to convince people of things. It works on some people, and some people it angers. It's not meant for you (which it just angers you,) it actually works on me. I can see Jewboo's intentions are good. Basically don't take things so seriously. :)

I'm not angered at all. Actually Book is doing me personally a favor. I'm living in a place that's unknown mostly, in CA, a slice of Heaven undiscovered by the masses. It helps me when folks send the message that CA sucks, we don't need a bunch of liberals here screwing things up and people should just stay out.

I've realized, the more people that bash CA, the better off we are here. We don't get the good hardworking conservatives here anyway, that's our problem. If everyone thinks CA is great, we get the communists coming in for a free ride.

For some reason, CA seems to get better and better. The more bad stuff posted about our state seems to distract the easily swayed free loaders and hopefully they will see Idaho as the next best thing. :) Don't get pissed at me when you have the same problems as CA does, up there.

Jewboo

5th April 2015, 11:26 PM

Book has a point.

I was born in San Francisco and was in the Sea Scouts at Coyote Point (https://parks.smcgov.org/coyote-point-marina). I can remember overnight camping ON the clean white sand at Sunset Beach as a small boy around 1957-1960. My brothers used to catch crabs off Fisherman's Wharf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman%27s_Wharf,_San_Francisco) using a gizmo they made out of wire clothes hangers. I remember being at the Grunion (http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/Education/Public_Programs/Outdoor_Adventures/Grunion_Runs/grunion.jpg) runs in moonlight. Back then California was heaven.

http://r11.imgfast.net/users/1114/11/18/36/smiles/47717.gif

Shami-Amourae

5th April 2015, 11:31 PM

I'm not angered at all. Actually Book is doing me personally a favor. I'm living in a place that's unknown mostly, in CA, a slice of Heaven undiscovered by the masses. It helps me when folks send the message that CA sucks, we don't need a bunch of liberals here screwing things up and people should just stay out.

I've realized, the more people that bash CA, the better off we are here. We don't get the good hardworking conservatives here anyway, that's our problem. If everyone thinks CA is great, we get the communists coming in for a free ride.

For some reason, CA seems to get better and better. The more bad stuff posted about our state seems to distract the easily swayed free loaders and hopefully they will see Idaho as the next best thing. :) Don't get pissed at me when you have the same problems as CA does, up there.

Most of the Freeloaders are going to Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and Texas. A lot went to Nevada, but the immigration there has basically halted since Las Vegas is turning bust. I have Leftist family members who talk about leaving California, and go to the states I just mentioned. and I make sure to steer them clear of Idaho. My family thinks Idaho is a bunch of Nazis and Potatoes. (https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Idaho) Ship them to Oregon so they can wallow in the shit they create with their Dildonomics.

muh Idaho:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EocFjwaJNw0
;)

You make a good point though about making things look bad. Parts of California should actually be freer, and are getting freer since of the breakdown of government. Some of the most corrupt nations in the world turn out to be some of the freest since the system is so broken people to learn to rely own themselves and don't deal with any crap.

Hitch

5th April 2015, 11:35 PM

I was born in San Francisco and was in the Sea Scouts at Coyote Point (https://parks.smcgov.org/coyote-point-marina). I can remember overnight camping ON the clean white sand at Sunset Beach as a small boy around 1957-1960. My brothers used to catch crabs off Fisherman's Wharf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman%27s_Wharf,_San_Francisco) using a gizmo they made out of wire clothes hangers. I remember being at the Grunion (http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/Education/Public_Programs/Outdoor_Adventures/Grunion_Runs/grunion.jpg) runs in moonlight. Back then California was heaven.

http://r11.imgfast.net/users/1114/11/18/36/smiles/47717.gif

Well, I'll be. You know, we might actually know some of the same folks. I wasn't a sea scout, but I know some long time members. Did you ever sail on the Makai?

Small world, indeed.

Jewboo

6th April 2015, 12:03 AM

Well, I'll be. You know, we might actually know some of the same folks. I wasn't a sea scout, but I know some long time members. Did you ever sail on the Makai?

Small world, indeed.

https://wrseascouts.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/535084_10150847876824820_1609939802_n.jpg

Navy gave us a surplus 40 footer that wasn't anywhere near as nice as the above photo. SSS Makai is over on the East Bay. Our skipper was a perpetual (usually passed out) drunk and his son supplied us with the beer. First time I ever got drunk was on board during an overnight-er under the Carquinez Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carquinez_Bridge).

:D

Neuro

6th April 2015, 01:45 AM

You make a good point though about making things look bad. Parts of California should actually be freer, and are getting freer since of the breakdown of government. Some of the most corrupt nations in the world turn out to be some of the freest since the system is so broken people to learn to rely own themselves and don't deal with any crap.
Exactly I was in Viet Nam in 1992 and Laos in 1997, both nominally hard core communist one party states. I would say though these are the places I have experienced true free market economy. In Laos I was told by fellow travelers that you could go to the local market and buy a shopping bag full of marijuana for a dollar or so. Similar experiences as I travelled through Eastern Europe in the early 90's. I think you only experience freedom for a short while during the collapse of dictatorship in general...

Hitch

6th April 2015, 01:58 AM

Yup, lol. "First time I ever got drunk" and "sea scouts" do tend to be in the same sentence. : ) I have heard some good stories about the summer cruise.

Neuro

6th April 2015, 02:41 AM

Shami-Amourae

6th April 2015, 04:11 AM

I think you probably is the person who have been most changed by this forum. Fantastic!

Dunno which way? I went from Socialist Democrat to Libertarian to Anarcho-Capitalist to Nationalist.

Jewboo

6th April 2015, 07:37 AM

Yup, lol. "First time I ever got drunk" and "sea scouts" do tend to be in the same sentence.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/28/article-2019983-0D01A97200000578-649_634x410.jpg

Depends on the local scouting skipper...lol.

:)

palani

6th April 2015, 07:42 AM

I have seen no evidence that there is water in California.

How can water exist in a political society?

Whiskey I could understand. Or beer. Even passing a toke. After all, political societies are composed of parties and people who like to party.

Jewboo

6th April 2015, 07:51 AM

Our state is broken into two halves, the South, where most people live, which is high desert, and the North, which is mountains/forest which has a ton of rain/snowfall.

BACK ON TOPIC:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Shoshone_falls.jpg

Shoshone Falls (/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English)ʃ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)oʊ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ˈ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ʃ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)oʊ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)n (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English)) is a waterfall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall) on the Snake River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_River) in southern Idaho, located approximately five miles (8 km) east of the city of Twin Falls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Falls,_Idaho). Sometimes called the "Niagara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls) of the West," Shoshone Falls is 212 feet (65 m) high—45 feet (14 m) higher than Niagara Falls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls)—and flows over a rim 1,000 feet (300 m) wide.

A park overlooking the waterfall is owned and operated by the City of Twin Falls. Shoshone Falls is best viewed in the spring, as diversion of the Snake River for irrigation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation) and hydroelectricity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity) generation often significantly diminishes water levels in the late summer and fall.

:D where Shami-Amourae lives

Shami-Amourae

6th April 2015, 07:54 AM

Yeah I've stood exactly where that photo was taken. It's much higher up than it looks in the picture.

It looks more like this now in Spring:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN77QwYglBc

This was shot later in the year when the water levels are lower:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlN_RRfOGPs

People come from around the world to base jump off of the Perrine Bridge (first half of video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7XyB9RxT0g

Hitch

6th April 2015, 08:05 AM

Yeah I've stood exactly where that photo was taken. It's much higher up than it looks in the picture.

This was shot later in the year when the water levels are lower:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlN_RRfOGPs

Beautiful. The solution to CA's water problem is obvious now....trade. Shami, we'll trade with you guys, a bunch of our Mexicans to tap into that water. We will also give you the city of Oakland to sweeten the deal.

Shami-Amourae

6th April 2015, 08:09 AM

Beautiful. The solution to CA's water problem is obvious now....trade. Shami, we'll trade with you guys, a bunch of our Mexicans to tap into that water. We will also give you the city of Oakland to sweeten the deal.

Each Illegal is about 60% water. Just juice them and you're all set.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/PleFw1gZ8GM/hqdefault.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/44/152244306_b205cce6b1_m.jpg

Jewboo

6th April 2015, 08:11 AM

Yeah I've stood exactly where that photo was taken.

http://bnbwebsites.s3.amazonaws.com/3758/blue_lakes_inn_hotel_twin_falls_03.jpg

Twin Fall, Idaho is centrally located to a host of stunning natural formations. While staying at the Blue Lakes Inn, we invite you to explore some of what the Magic Valley (and beyond!) has to offer. With many outdoor activities like kayaking, hiking, rafting and more high adventure activities like SCUBA diving and BASE jumping, our corner of Idaho is sure to make many lasting memories.

:) I've golfed at Shami-Amourae's local course at Blue Lakes. Look at all the water around there!

Jewboo

6th April 2015, 08:26 AM

It looks more like this now in Spring:

https://sandswhitewater.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/sands18.jpg

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:rolleyes: Twin Falls Transit System

Horn

6th April 2015, 08:41 AM

http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7486&stc=1

BrewTech

6th April 2015, 08:56 AM

http://bnbwebsites.s3.amazonaws.com/3758/blue_lakes_inn_hotel_twin_falls_03.jpg

Twin Fall, Idaho is centrally located to a host of stunning natural formations. While staying at the Blue Lakes Inn, we invite you to explore some of what the Magic Valley (and beyond!) has to offer. With many outdoor activities like kayaking, hiking, rafting and more high adventure activities like SCUBA diving and BASE jumping, our corner of Idaho is sure to make many lasting memories.

:) I've golfed at Shami-Amourae's local course at Blue Lakes. Look at all the water around there!

You've got me convinced, Book. Gonna start the planning it takes for us to relocate...looks like my kind of place!

You're a great salesman, buddy!

Jewboo

6th April 2015, 09:18 AM

You've got me convinced, Book. Gonna start the planning it takes for us to relocate...looks like my kind of place!

http://www.boiseweekly.com/binary/6276/beer.jpg

http://s3-media2.fl.yelpassets.com/bphoto/H1mqUE4OPT5AYyur7DY4eg/348s.jpg

http://blog.visitidaho.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mccall-brewery-2.jpg

In celebration of American Craft Beer Week, brewers from across Idaho gathered in Boise at Payette Brewing to collaborate on Idaho Sage Pale Ale, a special brew to be released May 14th. As in many states, Idaho brewers are separated by great distances and don’t have the many opportunities to get together beyond festivals and regular business. The collaboration was more than just a reason to get together and brew a great beer – a portion of the proceeds will be used to help establish the Idaho Brewers Guild. The guild, in its planning stages, wants to unify all brewers in the state, increase the awareness of craft beer and act as an advocate for the brewing community.

http://mariah95.com/BEER/ (http://mariah95.com/BEER/)

:) be sure to join the Idaho Brewers Guild

madfranks

6th April 2015, 10:19 AM

It's a shame there are no real Conservative areas with good beachfront.

South Texas has some really nice beachfront.

South Padre Island:

http://www.austindomicile.com/images/south-padre-island-beach.jpg

North Beach, in Corpus Christi:

http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/texas/images/s/north-beach.jpg

Rockport, Texas:

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/e5/09/64/rockport-beach-view-from.jpg

Heisenberg

6th April 2015, 10:41 AM

https://www.kelp4less.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/green-lawn1.jpg

Yeah...nothing but green between Twin Falls and Boise this time of year. Rained a little today. Can see fresh snow on the mountains from my window.

http://archive.ktvb.com/weather/images/core/Seven_Day_wxpage.JPG

http://www.4smileys.com/smileys/seasons-smileys/umbrella.gifIdaho next week forecast

California is nice if you can live far enough away from the third world, which creeps everywhere except the very near coast. Everyone knows CA has a south of the border immigration problem, but a second wave of Asians has been coming for 30 years and a new influx of middle easterners is coming.

Horn

6th April 2015, 03:31 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvp97GWeLoc

Horn

9th April 2015, 08:39 AM

Yeah...nothing but green between Twin Falls and Boise this time of year. Rained a little today. Can see fresh snow on the mountains from my window.
http://www.4smileys.com/smileys/seasons-smileys/umbrella.gifIdaho next week forecast

Apparently its always 53/44 with 40% chance of showers next Tuesday in Idaho.

http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7494&stc=1