#1/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : Los Angeles by Night 02/05/97 01:49am There are a lot of problems with L.A. Shitloads, in fact. However, in my opinion, there is one that rises above the rest as paramount. It needs to be solved and by Jove, it shall be. In Los Angeles, there just isn't enough shit to do After Hours. What's to be done about it? I don't know. I'll tell you what, though. you come with me and maybe together we can figure it out. Show those rat bastards on the East coast what -we- can do, s'right? Let's go... #2/50: By: diatribe (#4) : RTD 03/11/97 05:10pm oops, faux paus. MTA, walk, etc. Family Service of los angeles offers need based therapy on a sliding scale. josh/nicodemus has had no car for years and has maintained a job that's moderately far from him for years. he makes enough money to pay the rent and has enough left over to live comfortably. he takes the bus. #3/50: By: gosubrun (#16) : um 03/12/97 12:50am the whole point is lost on me. I have lived here for 13 years, and except for 1 year less 1 month, i have had no car. this has not stopped me from getting to and climbing mts boney and baldy, going to raves and afterhours joints, going to sinematic dressed only in about 1/2 ounce of teddy material, hitting Al's, getting every job i have had, going on road trips with friends to the Early Man site in Calico, taking the bus from LA to San Diego, going to Redondo pier, exploring downtown and east LA, going to the Garment District, getting out to Zuma for some wicked trench curls, hanging out in Venice, going out to Thousand Oaks, following the thrash'n'trash crowds around to the new places, rising out to Leo Carillo do do magick and mushrooms on the moonlit beach, rambling around Pasadena... most of which was done using public transportation, which i still use now. it never stopped Michael Ventura either. Or a lot of people in this town. you are hypnotized by the Californian mindset. oh yeah: now i have a bicycle, which i take to work (22 mi round trip) when it's light enough to not get knocked off the road by car pissants who think a 18lb steel frame is a threat to their enclosed reinforced vehicles. I ride my bike from Hollywood to San Fernando and Eagle Rock, Silverlake and Beverly Hills. I rode to Venice a few times. if you're worried about clubbing in rather daring clothing, budget for a cab. and even if you're dressed in a short miniskirt, lacy blouse and pumps, shoving a can of mace into the face of a late-night bus hassler usually convinces them to pick on someone else. If not, the straight razor usually does it. And if that doesn't work, the little derringer (a girl's best friend!) does. "i don't got a car; i don't get around much; i don't got a car; i don't get around much" -peter laughner #4/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : points 03/12/97 02:38am [I appreciate these more constructive posts, I really do] diatribe: He works at Universal Studios. It's not exactly not on the map. B'sides, I haven't seen Josh in over a hundred years... gosub: 1) Certainly won't doubt it. Show me. Teach me. Mail me schedules. Whatever... 2) Michael who? 3) California mindset? But of course! I'd even go as far to say Southern California mindset [huff, huff ;>]... 4) Had a bike; it got stolen. Other'n that...if I could afford cabs, I'd have saved all that cash! ;> Bloody things cost an arm, a leg, and a nut. And my appearance keeps me from being bugged by anyone short of the LAPD....;> Seriously, though...any and all details are welcome... -Il Diavolo #5/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : Adagio: 03/12/97 07:32pm I got myself put on a "rage" mailing list, through some of the people I met at one I was able to pick up rides to as far away as MOJAVI and as close as ingelwood (from me) I did have to help spring for gas but 5 bux in a honda goes way further then a cab--- I dont know what your financial situation is but you may consider a motercycle, if your tags are up to date, and you dont look like a hells angel, cops tend to not notice you - I rode various bikes for 6 years without a liscence or insurance you can prob. find a mid 1980's "jap-bike" in the paper for about 500 bux - the way i always got mine was to poke around apartment complex parking lots, theres ALWAYS an old bike there whoose owner lost intrest or had to many close calls ect. If you have no experiance with motorcycles look for one in the 350 to 500 cc range, they are cheap, fast enough for freeways, use tiney amounts of gas and dont draw too much attention - 6-7 dollars worth of gas will get you to Laguna *and* back, with gas left over for work on monday morning tires for this cc range run about 25 dollars each (el cheepo variety) and a generic battery cost about 20 (if needed) a hanes shop manuel runs 15-20 and if you have tools you can make repairs yourself, if you are not mechanically enclined (which i doubt) the HANES manuels are written from a "Never held a wrench before" point of view in the days when i had NO money, No job, and no respect for "The system" I always had a motercycle oh yeah, bikes park for free in most lots and if your on the street you find lil niches to park in, its the most hassel free transpo around - except for 1 thing If you go down its gonna hurt "BAD" so ride safe. good luck ZAPHOD #6/50: By: Beledi (#65) : Oh, the horror stories I could tell 03/12/97 10:22pm you about motorcycles. To anyone riding one, please do be careful. Like Zaphod said, if you go down, it will hurt and chances are you will be missing a body part or two. Ouch. Personally, I never touch the things. #7/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : well 03/13/97 11:38am Bel: Desperate measures for desperate times, darlin'. 'Sides, everyone's got 'orror stories...I 'eard 'em all... Zaph: Well, the financial situation is bad. Always has been. I'm basically waitin' for someone to croak, 'ere. Still, I've given the 'cycle idea more'n a bit o' credence as time wears on, though I'm told it's a lot more difficult than it looks. Any truth to that? I may just have to find me a sugar-daddy to pay for the leather chaps, though...;> thanks for the info, mate... -Il Diavolo...off to find the Independent... #8/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : truth to how hard it is to ride a bike: 03/13/97 12:35pm Its not reilly hard, per'se'- If you know how to drive a stick then its real easy, if not you can learn fast- the cluch is engaged w/ your left hand and you shift gears w/ your left foot, sounds confusing, but it becomes reflex after a (short) while If you get a bike and dont know how to use it take it (somehow) out to a BIG empty parkinglot like at a school on the weekend then practice turning, breaking and shifting, theres a lot of "tricks" to staying alive on a motercycle the CAL.HIGHWAY PATROL is the best source of this info there manuels are free (if you dont have a liscence though dont ride your bike over there) mostly though you just have to ride PARANOID with the idea that its open season on YOU, all the other drivers are drunk, blind and want to run you down so always watch EVRYTHING Zaphod #9/50: By: diatribe (#4) : if i had a chance i'd ask the world to dance 03/13/97 05:59pm don't wear panty hose on a motorcycle. tetsuo almost crashed a motorcycle into the silverlake resavouir (fuck, can't spell today) and still says they're safe and easy to drive. tetsuo and i took the MTA all the way from LACMA to his house, without ever trying before and at peak on our ACID trips!!! i think you could handle it... i've been thinking about trying acid one more time, perhaps i might have misses something... #10/50: By: Beledi (#65) : Heard it all huh? 03/13/97 06:31pm I spent 3 months as a patient on a trauma ward, and one poor man came in with not face. He went down on his motorcycle and he was wearing a helmet with a face plate. The darn thing broke off and he skidded on the cement on his face. Thus he lost his face and now has a noseless circle of road burn. Ya heard that one? #11/50: By: HAL 9000 (#73) : Guy with no face is a motorcycle 03/13/97 07:09pm story that gets told frequently. It DOES sometimes happen and it is NOT an urban legend. #12/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : Ahem.... 03/14/97 01:27am I LOST (yes lost, as in CAME OFF) my back tier at 85 mhp, I lived.. I rode the damb bike underneath a Shirocco, I lived... I have had my eye balls freeze at sub zero tempratures on the grapevine at 70 mph...I lived I have ridden from San Jose to L.A. IN THE RAIN, I was wet.... I have dodged, old ladies, dogs, Crips bald tires and bad attitudes but some how, the biker god was looking after me... The times I went down was because I was doing something STUPID theres RULES to riding a bike, make no mistake, its not save by ant strech of the imagination, it is however the cheapest form of transpo next to a bycycle- theres gonna be a trade besides - the chix dig it! :-} If adagio should get a motorcycle I would be happy to answer any of the "how to questions" that they dont tell yo on the owners manuel , like: fewer bike accidents take place in the far left lane of the freeway (fast lane) so thats where you ride ALWAYS Stay to the left or right of the lane your in NEVER in the middle, thats where all the oil from cars is... ya know thoes big arrows cal-trans paints in left turn lanes? well, they are slipery, and they are like ice when they get wet... Ya know when you get off the freeway, at the bottom of the offramp to the far sides (right & left) thats GRAVEL CITY... What is the most important thing to look at when your at a stop sign/signal? You should be concentrating on the rear view mirrors - youll be able to see when some bone head doesnt see till its to late, most motercyclists dont know they are about to rear ended till they hear the schreeching bo brakes behind them if you watch you can juce it out of the way in time ( and I have lotsa times) Bikes are inherantly dangerious, however there are lots of things a responsable rider can do to preserve there life mostely its a matter of having a good healthy respect for what CAN happen - minimize your risk. zaphod #13/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : well 03/14/97 02:21am Bel: Yep. Heard that one. dia: I'd never wear pantyhose; I'm more of a garters and stockings kinda guy. And I would rather not blow the $1.35 on an entire day of grand adventures trying to get somewhere; it's not my idea of a good time and good times are what's important. Hal: Same with a lotta shit, mann. That's life. And if it happens, well, maybe you'll read my obituary after I kill myself... Zap: My thoughts exactly. And FYI, I just filled another saved scrollback bugger. Much obliged, m'man. Still...I don't think the chicks really go for the motorcycle thing as much as they used to. I think now they're all afraid of getting killed...;> oh well...! ;> -Il Diavolo...I knew about the arrows in the left turn lanes, tho...I slipped on one just walking across the street in the rain...;> #14/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : damnit, I love it when I'm actually learningsomething...! 03/14/97 02:29am #15/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : Well theres LOTS more 03/14/97 01:52pm I love motorcycles, I dont ride any more becaues I love my son even more ..... if you have any more questions though Just ask I could talk (type?) about this subject fer days ZAPHOD #16/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : well, I figured 03/15/97 04:54am Makes sense. S'what a lotta people say. I'll let ya know if something comes to me, tho... -Il Diavolo #17/50: By: lucifer (#102) : Such an angry mood people are in today. my my... 03/15/97 03:28pm Good thing St. Patrick's Day festivities and stuff is happening to try to smooth out the rough edges in life. #18/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : Yes I agree /lucifer 03/15/97 05:38pm Just for that day Im Zaophd O'Zphagill, but im gonna screem if sombody puts green stuff in my Gargelblasters did I ever tell ya about the time i was in the Youkon Territory on St, Patties day? stoped in at this combo road house-postoffice-general store-hotel- type if community meeting house that you find evry 100 miles or so on the AL-CAN highway Got complety trashed with some eskimoes who didnt know who saint pattie was but any reason tie one one, especally if the stranger was buyin' - :-} #19/50: By: diatribe (#4) : kool-aid green 03/16/97 12:15am dye yourself green for saint patty's. just take three (or more) BIG packets of green kool-aid and put them in a tub (warning tub will be green for quite a while) with just enough water to succesfully splash around in. make sure to get all visible parts of your body, behind ears and on face or you will look funny (not that you wouldn't being dyed green). happy holidays. to dye your air with kool aid, make a thick paste out of kool-aid and water (very little) and distribute evenly in hair. cover hair with plastic (before applying paste, vasoline all skin around forehead, ears, and back of neck) and heat with hairdryer. leave in longer for more intense color and rinse out without shampoo. enjoy. all of these results will last for a month or so. be careful. :) don't dye yourself orange, you will get beat up. #20/50: By: HAL 9000 (#73) : i don't understand, diatribe, why will 03/16/97 10:04pm you get beat up if you dye yourself orange? By the way, I usually wear black on St. Patricks day. The "snakes" St. Patrick is said to have driven out of Ireland were the pagan clergy who had taught the ways of the God and Goddess before the coming of the sad, new, religion of sin and pain. #21/50: By: Radio Free Willy (#3) : orange 03/17/97 11:50am is the color of the Irish Protestants. Not a good thing to be wearing in an Irish bar on St. Patty's Day. There never were any snakes in Ireland. It is symbolic. Snakes get a bad rap in Christianity. Is it because they reminded the medieval types of penes? Beverly Hills Paint is the slippriest. They either replace it more often, or use thicker stuff. Shit, I've had it put a **car** sideways. #22/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : I always thought 03/17/97 06:46pm the paint in interstate 80 outside winnamucka Nevada was particularly dangerious - Twice (mind you) I almost "looked pritty in the grave" passing cars over obisticle course of double black and yellow lines yhat had BOT DOTS (little ceramic turtle shells that tell you when your drifting into the wrong lane -THUBBA -THUBBA -THUBBA) but as i said it was when i was doing something STUPID see yer not supposed to cross double black lines ARE YA(!) Though I will be very carefull in BH now. #23/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : nice to see that, once again, 03/19/97 04:44am ...the Catholics outdo the Protestants in terms of style and presentation... ...and, umm...double-black? whuzzat? Snakes rule. It's all about Set and Apep, baby... -Il Diavolo #24/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : Um, 03/19/97 01:31pm The lines in middele of 2 lane hwy that tell you its ileagle to pass, in this case they had 2 sets of these with BOT DOTS seperating them kinda like ____________________________________________________ ==================================================== **************************************************** ==================================================== _____________________________________________________ This is hilly terain lots of dips and shit, so they REILLY dont want you to pass, but being the psychotic jap-bike monster from hell - the rules did not apply to ME (woops, slide, recover, change pants) Zaphod #25/50: By: Joseph (#1) (SysOp) : that'd be 03/20/97 07:53pm Botts Dots. I think the fellow's name was Botts. #26/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : Reilly: 03/21/97 05:32pm I never knew what they were called, till one day my friends pack rat dad brought a box of them home, (he worked for CAL-TRANS) was gonna smash them into small pieces and set them in wet cement for his patio he may have said "Bott's dots" I dunno- #27/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : but... 03/22/97 12:24am If Yer at high speed, and you hit one of then (specally when its wet) its slip city! and recovery can be the diffrence can be RIPE OLD AGE or LOKIN PRITTY IN THE GRAVE or worse, just bin paralized with a tube up your nose for the rest of yer daze #28/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : sounds like lookin' pretty in the grave either way 03/24/97 02:15am Oh...you mean the double-yellows? Yeah...don't cross those...unless there's no other way to get out of the bloody car-pool lane...;> -Il Diavolo #29/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : after hours 03/24/97 02:16am ...somehow, it all involves food. Canter's, Jerry's Famous Deli, Nova Express...the search continues... -Il Diavolo #30/50: By: Beledi (#65) : I don't know if this counts as L.A. 03/24/97 11:20pm after hours, but HAL and I found a great spot to go for a moonlight picnic just north of Malibu- Lots of privacy. Fun. #31/50: By: Radio Free Willy (#3) : Botts Dots. 03/25/97 11:44am We had some in our driveway when I was a little kid, held down by spikes, but the new ones are a lot different. I think they glue 'em down. Strong little mothers. Canter's has always been a fave here. Food isn't so terrific, but who cares at 3 AM, and the waitresses call you Honey and run after you in the street with the guitar pick you dropped. #32/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : Yes 03/25/97 01:34pm They glue Botts dots to the ground with (get this) ROAD EPOXIE real extreem stuff, has lots of other uses, dries fast and hard my friends dad used some to seal a cracked engine block you could literally glue someone into there house w/ this stuff, just calk up all the doors and windows with it and 2-3 hours (rain or shine) none will ever move again. #33/50: By: HAL 9000 (#73) : Cool, where can I get some? 03/25/97 02:43pm I've got a couple of people I'd like to glue inside of their houses!! #34/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : heh 03/25/97 04:06pm Beledi: I spent Saturday morning in Malibu...in the back of a Nissan 240...it practically turned me insane. I was rescued by a McDonald's hashbrown thingie and returned to normal... RFW: That's pretty cool. I've never actually eaten at Canter's. I've just walked in, looked at the stuff and wished I had money for bread, and then used the bathroom. Zaphod: Road epoxy, eh? Sounds like the perfect joke gift! Just put it in a tube and tell your friends it's a lubricant! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HAL: Same here! -Il Diavolo #35/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : easy 03/26/97 12:25am ya just gotta "know someone" over at the local CAL-TRANS yard it comes in 5 gallon buckets, the hardner comes in 1 gallon buckets (a 1:5 ratio) they wont miss a few hundred gallons around audit time.....fact is when i was a board little vandal we actually glued the doors shut at ROBINSONS - it was hoot! #36/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTY!!! 03/26/97 04:06pm #37/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : Im shure Adagio 03/26/97 11:25pm you were there if not in body, then for shure in spirit I knew you would understand...... #38/50: By: gosubrun (#16) : 03/27/97 08:57pm whew. road epoxie. i like it. i want some. being half irish myself, and knowing the reason most irish drink is the reason most native americans or indeed any tribal peoples drink: to try to remember the lost world, i tend not to drink to excess for the sainted man, tho he was aid to have had a great debate with Finn. He did, after all, chase out the clergy, and him a man of god... snakes are associated with pagans mainly because of the Pythoness at Delphi and the fact that snakes are revered for their ability to shed skin and rebirth. Besides, they look like penises. Not rat penises. Jimi Hendrix penises. a cheap fix is the $11 weekly pass for MTA, good for buses and metro rail. take a Magickal Mystery Tour; just get on a bunch of buses one day and see where they go. Cheap tour. Go to an MTA center (Vine and Hollywood) and get every schedule you see there. Look at them and put the maps together and figure out a route to and from. Don't call because you'll never get through and their advice sux. DIY. You can plan outings and walkabouts to faraway areas like Malubu, Redondo and more. Use common sense and basic city knowledge and you're fine. Ride out to the rich people's suburbs and check it out. Go camo. Skulk. michael ventura was an interesting writer. he now lives in Austin. i have had 2 bikes stolen. but they're only about $40 at the goodwill; you gotta go constantly to scope them out; some real beauties come through there. Then new tires when you can and a little white grease and so on. Get one of those U-bolt locks; they are dang hard to cut. ALWAYS lock it. Get leather gloves and one of those gel saddlepads, worth GOLD for long rides. #39/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : Y'mean MacCool? 03/28/97 02:43am Might check out the MTA centre. Dunno 'bout the tour, though. The day I disappear from my Circle is the day They all start looking for me; I know it's happened before and it's a HUGE pain the ass... 'Owever, things might be looking up. I think my luck is kicking back in... -Il Diavolo #40/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : Do tell... 03/29/97 03:01am I mean about yer luck, whats going on? #41/50: By: diatribe (#4) : WALKABOUTWALKABOUT!!! :) 03/29/97 03:55am canters is spensive for those with little wallets :) but love latkas so i must go. :) and rodney bingenheimer chases young skirts. THe Reason those painted lines are so slippery is because they put a top layer on TINY glass beads on the top of the paint to make it reflective. I used these glass beads in my experimental painting class last summer. They're smaller than roe (fish eggs), almost dust like. Each bead is perfectly round, glass, and SLIPPERY! If you scatter them on thick gel medium, you get a cool effect. One of the younger girls in the class spilled a teeny amount while scattering and almost broke her neck. wierd! :) They are super reflective . . . I like the subway. Take it to Olvera Street. Find out what they do at 2600 meets. I hear those go pretty late. Go meet some of the unlikelies there. :) THe young, blond guy with the hello kitty business cards deals pure mdma, or so he says. #42/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : hm. 03/29/97 05:08am Zaph: Well, I dunno just yet...things just seem to be coming together, so I can get a better handle on the benefits of completing those Things I Need To Do. [Vague enough for ya?] Basically, I just need to get down to the DMV ASAP to get another permit. After that, I will become the Rampaging Beast That Gets Shit Done When It Really Needs To. It's a very difficult and painful transformation, but The Power received will be The Key to open those doors previously locked. Sometimes it's terribly frustrating being Longshot, but I do enjoy the security... Diat: This is why we just look at the bread while we're inside and maybe, if they have any, buy a honeybun. Otherwise, it's just a handier place to take a leak than Nova. ;> Still, I wasn't impressed with the eyewitness accounts of what they do at 2600 meets and I don't read their fuckin' hack rag anyway, so I think it would be impolite and improper for me to do so. STILL... how much for the MDMA? -Il Diavolo 'Sides, how's a 2600 meet going to compare to a usermeet at Adagio's? It couldn't possibly. #43/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : 2600 MEET or MEAT? 03/29/97 10:47pm whats the place all about, am a missing yet another THING. #44/50: By: Adagio (#25) (SIGOp) : 2600 04/02/97 02:58am it's a phreak mag. they have meets. lotta phones involved. I would -not- say it's a thing you're missing...unlesss your into phone phreaking... er, you're not your...ugh... -Il Diavolo #45/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : Didnt know what "Phreaking was" 04/02/97 04:43pm So I down loaded all the "anarchy" files from the tool box - well as near as i can see its a way to use the phone lines for your computer without paying for it....but all thie info in there was 5-6 years old...(by the way) thinfo was couched in with stuff from highschool kids on how to screw your enemies, and how to stael "blinkies" as well as the various points you get for the various colors sheesh! Phrealing sound like a MAJOR BUST if you get caught. Please enlighten me. #46/50: By: diatribe (#4) : phreaking 04/03/97 01:29am free phone. manipulation of free phone. originated "trashcan/dumpster diving" in bell dumpsters for numbers to important or special dail-ups, still unsure on that one. i hear there are lots of things you can do... though i'm not sure what. :) grey areas of phreaking include building redboxes (make the tone that a quarter makes going into the payphone, free calls.) lotsa stuff to do with cellular phones, playing with people using phones, and a whole lot of "oh yeah, you can do this, I can do THAT." i'm not sure it's all part of the freakout there's a lot more. (if you want info (sorry, joseph, not sure of this was what you wanted us not to do) try www.2600.com) i think they're funny people. funny strange and funny haha. pick up your phone dial 2112345 what happens? :) it works on most phones at least, i think it's that number... there's a lot of 211s that do a lot of things. :) #47/50: By: diatribe (#4) : allen in my head, he's floating in the stars 04/06/97 02:18am he's the farthest from dead that anyone could ever get who is left to love burroughs like that? is he alone now,steadily more and more? for ah pook's sake. #48/50: By: Joseph (#1) (SysOp) : clarificacion 04/06/97 03:54pm discussing the www is not a problem. dwelling on the subject of the internet, taking the internet for granted as associated with our ability to be on mw, talking about cool internet sites and cool internet practices just for the sake of being hip and hooking one another into cool net stuff? those can be outside the style guides. the internet is now officially so hip that mw has to stay one step behind it to remain hipper. #49/50: By: ZAPHOD (#41) : I so intensly agree.... 04/06/97 09:14pm Rember, I have only been posting here for 7-8 months, all I had was a 286 but I could BBS just fine and will continue to do so as long as management will put up with my presence. #50/50: By: thok (#69) : saline generosity. 04/09/97 02:42am you need the internet to watch east german television. 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