Wireless Router Questions

[meredith]

Yeah, there is that oil refinery...

[dazie]

One blew up in Torrance when we lived in Long Beach.  It felt like an earthquake, except it came through the air, not the ground.

[meredith]

How long ago did you live in Long Beach?  I've got an ex-coworker/now-roommate who I've talked to a bit about moving West, and he mentioned looking around Long Beach.  (It is completely coincidental that I met the friend referenced earlier who lives there too.)   He was under the impression that area would be affordable.  But he doesn't seem reliable for stuff this big, so if I move I'll probably be doing it alone.

[dazie]

August 1991 through May 1993 in Long Beach itself, preceded by a few months in Huntington Beach and followed by a few months in San Clemente.

It was expensive to my mind, because I'd never lived in a city and was stunned.  It is definitely cheaper in Long Beach than pretty much anywhere decent in Orange County. 

We had a two bedroom apartment in downtown LB (I could look out my kitchen window and see the Queen Mary) and I think we paid $695?  I don't remember.  But then I got laid off and we had to move. 

The neighborhood was ok, but it really got worked over during the riots, our grocery store was looted, a guy was killed riding his motorcycle up our street and the DMV waaaay up the street was destroyed.  Most of the time it was quiet, even though both the Crips and the Bloods called our block "theirs."  They left us alone.

[meredith]

sounds like a pleasant little spot!

[dazie]

It actually wasn't awful as far as urban living goes.  It was much worse when we lived in the Bay Area.

[meredith]

Not only is your family everywhere, but you've been everywhere!   Can you draw lines with arrows on a map for me?

[dazie]

Since April 1991:

Sparks, NV
Huntington Beach, CA
Long Beach, CA
San Clemente, CA
Sparks, NV
Flagstaff, AZ (moved once in town)
Hayward, CA (6 weeks in a Motel 6)
Alameda, CA
Sparks, NV (moved once in town)
Lawrence, KS (moved once in town)

[meredith]

jeez.  i already quit unpacking stuff after i move.  what's your secret?

[dazie]

I lose a lot of stuff in transit.

[dots]

Ew.  Hayward.

[Infobahn]

Since April 1991:

Sparks, NV
Huntington Beach, CA
Long Beach, CA
San Clemente, CA
Sparks, NV
Flagstaff, AZ (moved once in town)
Hayward, CA (6 weeks in a Motel 6)
Alameda, CA
Sparks, NV (moved once in town)
Lawrence, KS (moved once in town)

Wimp

[dazie]

Ew.  Hayward.

2nd.  You know that Motel 6 by the 880?  Yeah.  Home sweet home.

[Dry then Catch]

Ew.  Hayward.

2nd.  You know that Motel 6 by the 880?  Yeah.  Home sweet home.

were you turning tricks

[dazie]

Ew.  Hayward.

2nd.  You know that Motel 6 by the 880?  Yeah.  Home sweet home.

were you turning tricks

I should have.  It gets expensive living in a motel!

[Dry then Catch]

Ew.  Hayward.

2nd.  You know that Motel 6 by the 880?  Yeah.  Home sweet home.

were you turning tricks

I should have.  It gets expensive living in a motel!

no seriously why were you in a motel?

[dazie]

Ew.  Hayward.

2nd.  You know that Motel 6 by the 880?  Yeah.  Home sweet home.

were you turning tricks

I should have.  It gets expensive living in a motel!

no seriously why were you in a motel?

I'd taken a job in Palo Alto and moved up from Flagstaff to the Bay Area to start work and to find a home.  The Motel 6 was to be my base until I found an apartment for all of us.  Ursus and the kids were coming up a week or so after I got there.

Well, it took quite a bit longer than we'd planned to find an affordable apartment, so we lived in the motel. 

[Dry then Catch]

Ew.  Hayward.

2nd.  You know that Motel 6 by the 880?  Yeah.  Home sweet home.

were you turning tricks

I should have.  It gets expensive living in a motel!

no seriously why were you in a motel?

I'd taken a job in Palo Alto and moved up from Flagstaff to the Bay Area to start work and to find a home.  The Motel 6 was to be my base until I found an apartment for all of us.  Ursus and the kids were coming up a week or so after I got there.

Well, it took quite a bit longer than we'd planned to find an affordable apartment, so we lived in the motel. 

ah ok that clears it up.  i guess extended stay motel 6 studios didnt exist then