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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 10:26 PM
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Actually, i never check luggage, just bring 2 changes and call it good (no, new undies every day ; no longer do the inside\outside rotation). For some reason there was a long wait for the parking bus, then very slow traffic on ole World Way South drive. Usually I have good luck in the slow lane on the 405, moves faster than the other 4 or 5 lanes.
 
Old Dec 15, 2011 | 11:21 PM
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you know why they call it the 405 right?

because it gonna take you 4 o' 5 hours to get where you're going if you take it
 
Old Dec 15, 2011 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by stRangerXLT
you know why they call it the 405 right?

because it gonna take you 4 o' 5 hours to get where you're going if you take it
LOL that is so true.
 
Old Dec 16, 2011 | 03:08 AM
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Y'all think the 405 has horrible traffic?

Went to a dog rescue place in El Monte yesterday, got stuck in the 60 Freeway closure fiasco.

Every westbound surface street was clogged, took me two hours to get to there, usually takes about 20 minutes.

btw: Who named the 405 the San Diego Freeway? You gotta wonder, since it does not go to San Diego!
 
Old Dec 16, 2011 | 05:20 AM
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Morning SoCal!

Well I'm back in Indiana...not much colder here yesterday when I landed then when I left LAX!...although temps are falling back to "normal" around here...good thing I'm headed to some tropical islands come tomorrow morning about this time!

Have a great Friday!

Talk to everyone later...I'll be back in SoCal first week of 2012.

Joe.
 
Old Dec 16, 2011 | 05:35 AM
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Good Friday Morning FTE SO/CAL Gang
 
Old Dec 16, 2011 | 09:21 AM
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i have a few more hints so maybe today i can make some progress on the van, evidence is starting to point directly at the fuel pump.
 
Old Dec 16, 2011 | 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
Y'all think the 405 has horrible traffic?

Went to a dog rescue place in El Monte yesterday, got stuck in the 60 Freeway closure fiasco.

Every westbound surface street was clogged, took me two hours to get to there, usually takes about 20 minutes.

btw: Who named the 405 the San Diego Freeway? You gotta wonder, since it does not go to San Diego!
i drove to LAX and back in less than an hour and a half including dropping off the passenger, from Pico Rivera
 
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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
btw: Who named the 405 the San Diego Freeway? You gotta wonder, since it does not go to San Diego!
I take it when I go to San Diego.

I also take it to get to Irvine.....

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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
Who named the 405 the San Diego Freeway?

California Highways (www.cahighways.org): Named Highways and Structures (Index)

http://www.cahighways.org/itypes.html
 

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Originally Posted by SpringerPop
I take it when I go to San Diego.
405 breaks off I-5 near where William Mulholland said: "There it is, take it," then rejoins I-5 at the 'Orange Crush.'

So, it doesn't go any further south than that.
 
Old Dec 16, 2011 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
then rejoins I-5 at the 'Orange Crush.'
The "Orange Crush" is where Ca57/Ca22/I-5 meet in the City Of Orange....405 & 5 hook up several miles further South at the "El Toro Y", where Joe Osterman once said "What the hell am I gonna do with all this wheat"
 

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Hmmm, but the 405 still doesn't go to San Diego.
 
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I guess it's because it is a spur of I-5, which does go to San Diego.
 
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There's another 405, it's also a spur of I-5. It doesn't go to San Diego either, cuz it's in Portland...Oregon.
 



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