Donald J Trump Enemy of the People

espola said:
I was there Friday, watching part of the Round of 72. It seems to me to be a contradiction to the surfer lifestyle to have an organized competition with closed beaches, judges scoring and announcers announcing the numbers after each wave, colored jerseys to tell the surfers apart, and "priorities" on each wave (I didn't look for the rules yet to figure out what that means or how it is determined).

A few years back I read a book about Miki Dora (All for a Few Good Waves), who was a top "pro" surfer in the 50's and 60's (he appeared in beach movies of the time as the great surfer in the background and as a stunt double for the featured star of the movie who was not allowed to get his hair wet). He participated in a few of the early organized surfing contests and mocked the whole scene, refusing to take part anymore.

On the other hand, it features dozens of fit young ladies in swimsuits.
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Miki Dora, demonstrating the surfer life --

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Why basements are scarce in Southern California

For transplants from the Midwest and East, it is downright puzzling why California homes generally do not have basements, a staple in other parts of the country. While houses built here in the early part of the 20th century often included so-called California basements, tiny rooms tucked below grade to house the boiler, water heater, ductwork and electrical panel, the basement as living area was virtually unknown.

Part of that is due to the fast-paced nature of development after World War II. Santa Monica architect Dan Jansenson, who has written an online basement-building primer, cites post-WWII tract-building methods designed to put up houses as quickly as possible. “It’s easier to build without a basement if you were doing assembly-line construction.”

In addition, fear of earthquakes was often cited as a reason for the dearth of basements in the Golden State. But that, architects and contractors say, is something of a myth. In fact, says Jonathan Weinstein of basement-retrofitting specialist Weinstein Construction Corp., “Now we know the opposite is true. Building a basement to code upgrades your home to the safest level of protection for earthquakes, because you have a much stronger foundation for the whole house. A basement will have poured concrete walls and strong foundations set very deep.”

Moreover, today’s technology and new construction techniques have overcome many other issues, such as waterproofing, drainage, ventilation and even protection against naturally occurring radon. Contractor Kim Komick of KKC Fine Homes was able to set a coastal basement 2 feet below sea level, pouring a special foundation and pumping out water “to keep the house from floating away.”

There may be an even simpler reason for the absence of basements: custom. “For some reason, it was not done in the beginning,” says architect Douglas Teiger of Abramson Teiger Architects. “And it stayed that way.”

https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-basement-side-20150509-story.html
 
Lion Eyes said:
Why basements are scarce in Southern California

For transplants from the Midwest and East, it is downright puzzling why California homes generally do not have basements, a staple in other parts of the country. While houses built here in the early part of the 20th century often included so-called California basements, tiny rooms tucked below grade to house the boiler, water heater, ductwork and electrical panel, the basement as living area was virtually unknown.

Part of that is due to the fast-paced nature of development after World War II. Santa Monica architect Dan Jansenson, who has written an online basement-building primer, cites post-WWII tract-building methods designed to put up houses as quickly as possible. “It’s easier to build without a basement if you were doing assembly-line construction.”

In addition, fear of earthquakes was often cited as a reason for the dearth of basements in the Golden State. But that, architects and contractors say, is something of a myth. In fact, says Jonathan Weinstein of basement-retrofitting specialist Weinstein Construction Corp., “Now we know the opposite is true. Building a basement to code upgrades your home to the safest level of protection for earthquakes, because you have a much stronger foundation for the whole house. A basement will have poured concrete walls and strong foundations set very deep.”

Moreover, today’s technology and new construction techniques have overcome many other issues, such as waterproofing, drainage, ventilation and even protection against naturally occurring radon. Contractor Kim Komick of KKC Fine Homes was able to set a coastal basement 2 feet below sea level, pouring a special foundation and pumping out water “to keep the house from floating away.”

There may be an even simpler reason for the absence of basements: custom. “For some reason, it was not done in the beginning,” says architect Douglas Teiger of Abramson Teiger Architects. “And it stayed that way.”

https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-basement-side-20150509-story.html
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What you sometimes see these days in expensive neighborhoods where there is a height limit to new construction in order to protect sight lines of existing homes is that they will start by digging a hole to get more room in the house without breaking the limit as measured from the pre-existing ground surface.
 
Lion Eyes said:
Why basements are scarce in Southern California

For transplants from the Midwest and East, it is downright puzzling why California homes generally do not have basements, a staple in other parts of the country. While houses built here in the early part of the 20th century often included so-called California basements, tiny rooms tucked below grade to house the boiler, water heater, ductwork and electrical panel, the basement as living area was virtually unknown.

Part of that is due to the fast-paced nature of development after World War II. Santa Monica architect Dan Jansenson, who has written an online basement-building primer, cites post-WWII tract-building methods designed to put up houses as quickly as possible. “It’s easier to build without a basement if you were doing assembly-line construction.”

In addition, fear of earthquakes was often cited as a reason for the dearth of basements in the Golden State. But that, architects and contractors say, is something of a myth. In fact, says Jonathan Weinstein of basement-retrofitting specialist Weinstein Construction Corp., “Now we know the opposite is true. Building a basement to code upgrades your home to the safest level of protection for earthquakes, because you have a much stronger foundation for the whole house. A basement will have poured concrete walls and strong foundations set very deep.”

Moreover, today’s technology and new construction techniques have overcome many other issues, such as waterproofing, drainage, ventilation and even protection against naturally occurring radon. Contractor Kim Komick of KKC Fine Homes was able to set a coastal basement 2 feet below sea level, pouring a special foundation and pumping out water “to keep the house from floating away.”

There may be an even simpler reason for the absence of basements: custom. “For some reason, it was not done in the beginning,” says architect Douglas Teiger of Abramson Teiger Architects. “And it stayed that way.”

https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-basement-side-20150509-story.html
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Surfer boy spola has it all figured out.
The fact that we have built and or remodeled too many houses to count has no effect on his pugnacious piggery when it comes to being contrarian.
 
espola said:
What you sometimes see these days in expensive neighborhoods where there is a height limit to new construction in order to protect sight lines of existing homes is that they will start by digging a hole to get more room in the house without breaking the limit as measured from the pre-existing ground surface.
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Very expensive, and done almost exclusively in neighborhoods you cant afford.
How's the boogie boarding these days, sponge boy?

Are you a boogie boarder .. one of those guys with the Gilligan hat, zinc oxide and speedos kicking around in the impact zone?
 
espola said:
What you sometimes see these days in expensive neighborhoods where there is a height limit to new construction in order to protect sight lines of existing homes is that they will start by digging a hole to get more room in the house without breaking the limit as measured from the pre-existing ground surface.
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In one of my houses I have a below-ground third story but it’s not a basement.
 
espola said:
What you sometimes see these days in expensive neighborhoods where there is a height limit to new construction in order to protect sight lines of existing homes is that they will start by digging a hole to get more room in the house without breaking the limit as measured from the pre-existing ground surface.
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My home was built in the sixties...there were no home above mine to block the few to the pacific.
My tri level home was designed as a "Gold Medallion Home".
The west wall of 'ground floor' family room laundry room and garage is approximately 4.5 feet below the surface of the back yard.
The south wall of the ground level is not below ground.
The entry and bedroom wing is approximately 4 feet above the back yard.
Finally the living room dining room and kitchen are approximately 3.5 feet above this level...
I don't have a basement...I do have a great view of the Conejo Grade, the Santa Monica Mountains and Pacific Ocean.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
How's the boogie boarding these days, sponge boy?

Are you a boogie boarder .. one of those guys with the Gilligan hat, zinc oxide and speedos kicking around in the impact zone?
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I use 30-50 strength Banana Boat sunscreen if I am going to be out in the sun for more than a few minutes - we blondies have to be careful - and the doctor found no lesions to worry aobut at my last physical. I have never worn a Speedo, but sometimes I have gone without anything at Black's Beach. I have used a boogie board when I was taking the kids to the beach on days when the waves were too small to get any traction otherwise. I prefer floating in water where I can only touch the bottom in the wave trough and then feel the water flowing out to fill the cresting wave, when the waves are big enough to be worth the effort but not so big that they might kill me. I have had a couple of memorable moments - once I got squirted completely out of the water when I came down the front of one breaker at Black's only to meet another breaking at almost a right angle, another when I was floating waiting for the ninth wave off Torrey Pines Beach when I saw a lot of people on the beach waving, shouting and pointing out south of me - soon I was enveloped by a pod of pilot whales, about half of them inshore of me.

What is "sponge boy"?
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Very expensive, and done almost exclusively in neighborhoods you cant afford.
How's the boogie boarding these days, sponge boy?
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"Expensive" is a word I probably should have included to help the clueless follow along, but I thought the context made that obvious. I worked with a higher-paid-than-me guy who was sued by a neighbor in Del Mar because the railing of his new second-story balcony interfered with the neighbor's view of the ocean about a half mile away.
 
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