# For the Love of God, do all of you people live in California? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 30, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230 "2002-08-30T03:31:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/1 "2002-08-30T03:31:32Z")
I swear, it’s now 11:15pm and I _finally_ managed to get back on. The way I figure it, all our Euorpean dopers have gone to bed, and the Aussies and the Kiwis are either still asleep or stumbling around looking for their morning coffee (or tea, you know how those people are). This board has been totally jammed for the past hour. I blame **you** , California! It’s not quite 8:30pm there, so I’m sure you’re all browsing and posting willy-nilly. Knock it off!! I’ve got a crapload of great thoughts I want to share, but the board keeps timing out on me because you beach-loving sun-bunnies are hogging the server. Take a hike. [sub]Preceding post proudly presented by my evil twin. I will accept no blame.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/2 "2002-08-30T03:33:09Z")
Well, there are a few of us in Oregon, too. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/3 "2002-08-30T03:41:07Z")
Must be them damned Hawaiians. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/4 "2002-08-30T03:42:39Z")
You’re just jealous because we’re on the better coast. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/5 "2002-08-30T04:41:12Z")
Actually, it’s about lunchtime on the east coast of Australia, mid-afternoon in NZ and mid morning on the west coast of Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/6 "2002-08-30T04:54:49Z")
Hey, screw YOU! I’m sick to death of things being broadcast “Live!” to the EAST COAST. I’m tired of the east coast being the default for everything, jsut because they get there first! Not to mention the fact that things like fat counters list weird ass East coast fast food and market products I’ve never friggin’ head of. “Sealtest”?? What kind of fucked up name is that? “Arther Treacher” Huh? So FEH on you! ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/7 "2002-08-30T05:14:07Z")
why yes, we ARE the center of the universe. I thought you knew… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/8 "2002-08-30T05:50:42Z")
Arthur Treacher is still around? I remember going by a few of those places around Albany years ago; I didn’t know they still existed. Oh, how I dislike being at the toll-road of the universe… ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/9 "2002-08-30T06:31:54Z")
Yeah? Well who the hell is clogging up the board between 1-2 am, California-time? I’m a night-owl, and I swear that’s the worst time to try to get on. It can’t be all you friggin New Yorkers, unless you stay up ALL NIGHT, or get up really damn early. Who’s responsible? ---
**Author:** ![Wildcatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@Wildcatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildcatz)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/10 "2002-08-30T07:30:50Z")
It could also be that there’s a Cecil Article up over at FARK. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/11 "2002-08-30T07:36:56Z")
Late breaking news! Monty agrees with Stoid yet again! California is the Best Part of the Best Coast. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/12 "2002-08-30T10:30:20Z")
I’m from Hawaii, and I live in the same time zone as the Californians. Can I claim twice the responsibility? ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/13 "2002-08-30T11:21:08Z")
**blowero** , the server goes down every night at 1:30 a.m. California time until 2:10 a.m. for backups. I know because I work nights (in Colorado) and must plan around the down time. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/14 "2002-08-30T11:34:42Z")
The East Coast always gets the news first, well, because we just do. And I have to get on first thing in the morning because that’s the only time I can get on the board, when all the West Coast guys are asleep. It sucks, but hey, we already got the latest and greatest while you still sleep. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/15 "2002-08-30T11:40:14Z")
You should all do like China: one time zone, no matter where you are in the country. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/16 "2002-08-30T11:41:42Z")
Come ON, coast-folks, arguing over which coast is better is just silly. You’re arguing over whether the left or right piece of wood on a picture-frame is better. They’re both equally boring. The important part is the picture inside. Fenris, in Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/17 "2002-08-30T12:15:29Z")
A huge amount of us live in the metro DC area. 🙂 And we get the news first because we’re in the future. You see, if it’s 9 pm in California, it’s already midnight here. And you should see the rocket packs we all have! And the moving sidewalks in the malls, and the flying cars, and the cities in the sky. Mmm. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/18 "2002-08-30T12:17:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*Hey, screw YOU! I’m sick to death of things being broadcast “Live!” to the EAST COAST. I’m tired of the east coast being the default for everything, jsut because they get there first! > > Not to mention the fact that things like fat counters list weird ass East coast fast food and market products I’ve never friggin’ head of. “Sealtest”?? What kind of fucked up name is that? “Arther Treacher” Huh? > > So FEH on you! \*\* Ah yes, typical California attitude…only worried about television and fat grams! ::d&r::🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/19 "2002-08-30T12:20:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by robinc308 \* > \*\*Actually, it’s about lunchtime on the east coast of Australia, mid-afternoon in NZ and mid morning on the west coast of Australia. \*\* Ya know, I had a perfectly good mindless rant going here. There was absolutely no good reason for you to go and inject actual facts into it. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230/20 "2002-08-30T15:32:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Stoid > > Not to mention the fact that things like fat counters list weird ass East coast fast food and market products I’ve never friggin’ head of. “Sealtest”?? What kind of fucked up name is that? “Arther Treacher” Huh? > > So FEH on you! As opposed to cultural references to such weird things as “Jack in the Box”, and “Carl Jr.”?? I say Feh to you, sir! Feh, indeed! 😉 I think I saw a Treacher’s here in the DC area. Next time I drive by there I’ll pay attention. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-do-all-of-you-people-live-in-california/126230.md?page=2)