# Exprix's California Countdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2000, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548 "2000-12-07T21:42:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MissDiagnosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@MissDiagnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissDiagnosis)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/41 "2000-12-16T02:05:18Z")
Yes, “sister” too bad we’re not in the pit!☹ Although I am sure that if you really wanted to, you’d be in there trashing my name! Yes, I read the thread, and yes, I read the other one…but, it’s nice to know you care so much… BTW, since you obviously have MUCH more experience at flying while fucking in a rolling doughnut, perhaps you could tell me which ones work best. Do you prefer Chocholate filled, or Jelley Filled! See you in the BBQ Pit, ‘honey’🙂 Sassy P.S. Happy Holidays!! Lighten up!!! ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/42 "2000-12-16T08:32:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Exprix’s California Countdown Why don’t you spell my name right? –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/43 "2000-12-18T04:45:01Z")
First, the most obvious comment is required: :rolleyes: **Homer** , I know how to spell your name - D-O-N-U-T, right? (“Mmmm, donut…”) 12 days, soon to be 11. Argh! Had a great weekend - went out two-stepping and clubbing Friday and Saturday night for my last big weekend in my hometown (since next weekend’s Christmas, and I leave the following Friday). Pity - two really good friends are having really big parties - _right after I leave!_☹ Ah, well - I’ll just force them to come visit me, of course. 😃 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/44 "2000-12-18T14:39:40Z")
11 days to go, and now the Philly Dopers are planning a Dopefest. Bastards! Well, at least me and **hedra** did it first. 😉 So, does that mean the San Diego Dopers are planning one for my arrival? Huh? Does it? Huh? {hee hee} Actually, I am planning my own welcome party, but it probably won’t be until March or April. I’ll let y’all know if you want to come. It’ll be an “east coast meets west coast” thing, and y’all can sample some cheesesteaks, scrapple, vanilla cokes and water ice! Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/45 "2000-12-19T14:46:25Z")
{gulp!} 10 days. :eek: Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/46 "2000-12-21T21:36:43Z")
Yoinks! How could I have forgotten yesterday? (Well, that’s easy - work is hellish.) Interviewed and hired someone to replace me today, and they’ll be in tomorrow to do a little get-familiar before Christmas, but tomorrow is, indeed, my last day. Woo hoo! Big Christmas party Saturday night, Christmas Monday, packing like a wild man next week, and then I leave, in… _ **8 days!** _ 😃 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/47 "2000-12-22T17:39:00Z")
OK, evidently I’m boring everyone to death, but ask me if I care. (Note: I don’t.) My last day at work, and **one week** to go - talk about stress! But in a good way. Now I just have to get through Christmas… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/48 "2000-12-22T17:43:24Z")
SO, will you be filming your cross country move? Will we be able to dwonload it? New Movie out!: Esprix crosses the u.s.a.!" ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/49 "2000-12-22T17:46:22Z")
Yay Espirix! Good luck! Keep us posted. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/50 "2000-12-22T20:12:49Z")
**vanilla** , unless you want to see six hours of clouds, it’d be a pretty boring moving video. Only a couple hours left at work. This is weird. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/51 "2000-12-26T16:19:17Z")
“six hours of clouds”…so it’ll be a brain scan of GWBush? Sorry, such a good straight line I couldn’t resist! 3 more days! ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/52 "2000-12-28T04:11:14Z")
Lawdy, lawdy - less than 2 days to go and here I am on the Straight Dope with half a room left to pack (needless to say, I’m leaving a lot of stuff to get later, but my mom says that’s ok, 'cause then she’s assured I’ll actually be back soon to get it all). Oy. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/53 "2000-12-28T05:20:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*Lawdy, lawdy - less than 2 days to go and here I am on the Straight Dope with half a room left to pack (needless to say, I’m leaving a lot of stuff to get later, but my mom says that’s ok, 'cause then she’s assured I’ll actually be back soon to get it all). > > Oy. > > Esprix \*\* Well, arent you glad you dont have to move an entire house full of belongings? :). Have a safe trip out here to the west! ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/54 "2000-12-28T05:58:52Z")
And when you get there, don’t start thinking you’re too good for the rest of us. At least not until I get there too, and can be included. Only seven or eight months left for me. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/55 "2000-12-28T07:15:35Z")
Is it the 28th already? Good luck with the last-minute packing, and have a safe trip. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/56 "2000-12-28T21:10:18Z")
I drop my stuff off with Amtrak at 30th Street Station in 4 hours, and then I have 24 hours to move the rest of my stuff (and I’m leaving quite a bit behind) into the attic out of harm’s way. I _really_ wish I could take more than 3 bags on the plane! 😃 Anybody know the way to San… Diego? 😉 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/57 "2000-12-28T21:26:54Z")
Have a safe trip, Esprix! _hugs_ ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/58 "2000-12-29T17:28:36Z")
Well, dropped off 33 boxes of 977 pounds of stuff last night at 30th Street Station (and it only cost $377 to ship it across the country in 3 days - nice!). Now I’m packing my bags for the plane, and trying to get as much stuff out from underfoot of my parents before I go (or my dad is threatening to heave it all in the trash). 7 hours to go, providing the weather holds and Chicago isn’t as bad as I fear… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/59 "2000-12-29T22:03:53Z")
Well, hell. Flight got cancelled because of Chicago’s weather. The next earliest flight isn’t until 7:55 am _tomorrow_, and then _that’s_ dicey because _we’re_ getting snow. ☹ :mad: ☹ It seems, though, that the snow won’t really start coming down until noontime, so I think I might just make it out. The bright sides? More time to put stuff away, and it’s a direct flight - no layovers. 🙂 So, the countdown clock has been reset, and we now stand at 27 hours. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548/60 "2000-12-30T04:42:52Z")
Well, double hell. Tomorrow morning’s flight got cancelled, and the snow hasn’t even _started_ yet - a pre-emptive strike that’s pissing me off. :mad: So now I’m re-re-scheduled for 3:23 pm (as if that’s going to happen - it’s supposed to snow all day, so I’m waiting for another phone call to re-schedule yet again). On the plus side, more time to put stuff away; don’t have to get up at 5:30 am; some folks might see me off at the airport (if we can even _get_ to the airport, that is, through 8"-16" of snow, depending on which weather forecast you believe); I still arrive in San Diego by my deadline of December 31 (8:33 pm, to be exact); and I get to go first class (the only seat available). So, hey, it’s not a direct flight (routes through Dallas, which seems to be finally eased from its earlier ice storm woes), but hopefully this is the last time (well, ok, I’ll accept maybe _one_ more bump, but dammit, I haven’t broken a new year’s resolution to myself yet, and I don’t want the first to be on the cusp of my new life out west). You shall all be kept, of course, informed. 😉 Esprix [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exprixs-california-countdown/44548.md?page=4)