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A simpler time....
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:00 pm
by The Rizen shloemoe
When I was a kid Orange County still had a thriving agriculture
base...Mom's worked for a company(one of the oldest in OC)
that let employee families pick the leftovers from the fields
after the bulk of the crop was harvested. I spent some time
around the packing houses and saw lots of the heritage of what
was California represented in the art of packing crates...you know
south of tustin was all farmland back then...it's a shame that that's
all gone now....here's a peek...
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:09 pm
by gidgetgoestohell
Or....where OCIR (Orange County International Raceway) was...all orange groves...now...houses and buildings.....~sigh~
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:40 pm
by The Rizen shloemoe
yes...that's what im talkin bout
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:56 am
by chriswasanon
So where did all the orange groves go?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:50 am
by The Rizen shloemoe
chriswasanon wrote:So where did all the orange groves go?
Bulldozer....Some of the BEST farmland in the world...turned into mission
or ranch stlye homes made of 2x4's,stucco n drywall 10 feet apart as far
as the eye can see.... swimming pools...movies stars .....were all movie
stars out west here...progress I suppose...nevermind the apocolypse...
pass the coppertone
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:50 am
by gidgetgoestohell
I have lots of memories of OCIR...my dad was a huge top fuel/dragster fan and he raced VWs....I was actually Miss VW in 1980.....
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:31 am
by chriswasanon
The Rizen shloemoe wrote:chriswasanon wrote:So where did all the orange groves go?
Bulldozer....Some of the BEST farmland in the world...turned into mission
or ranch stlye homes made of 2x4's,stucco n drywall 10 feet apart as far
as the eye can see.... swimming pools...movies stars .....were all movie
stars out west here...progress I suppose...nevermind the apocolypse...
pass the coppertone
That's just terrible - what a waste.
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:02 am
by The Rizen shloemoe
gidgetgoestohell wrote:I have lots of memories of OCIR...my dad was a huge top fuel/dragster fan and he raced VWs....I was actually Miss VW in 1980.....
Yep I remember OCIR... went a couple times, I had a couple friends
who were staff there....I remember those names Don Purdome....
Shirley muldowney...Big Daddy Don Garlits....insane stuff!
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:38 am
by rotter
gidgetgoestohell wrote:I have lots of memories of OCIR...my dad was a huge top fuel/dragster fan and he raced VWs....I was actually Miss VW in 1980.....
Miss VW,eh?Did you "ride" Herbie?
