Englishman in LA
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- _salisae_0
Welcome Mr. & Mrs. Yaypaul :)
- JackRyan0
Hah...I got a good/stupid East LA story. I was getting gas outside of downtown and this kid asked me for a ride home, said he just got out of jail. I was in a weird mood and just felt like I should do it. I drove him to his house which is probably the deepest I've ever been in that neighborhood. He wanted me to come and meet his family, and he said his dad would give me gas money. I followed him into his house and his dad stood up and had tears rolling down his eyes, his mom was shouting and jumping up and down, an aunt started hugging me and I had immediately had a little girl wrapped around my leg. Another sister came out of a back room and started to cry and went to hug this guy.
I felt as awkward as possible at this point and was trying to get the little 2 year old off my leg, wave goodbye, and back out of the front door at the same time. His dad yelled, "Stop...come here my friend." And he took out a fat wad of cash, and tried to give me $200. I refused and said I was just glad to help, but he kept on insisting. I told the kid to tell him thank you, but it was my pleasure. The kid told his dad, and they spoke in Spanish for a while. Then the dad grabbed me and gave me a big bear hug.
The kid said his father wanted to repay me for giving him a ride and being so gracious and they invited me to stay for dinner. So I hung out and talked with him and his sister, they were both into metal. I guess he was arrested for a dui and driving without a license. She kept asking me if I thought their family was weird...hahaha. That was probably one of the best meals I've ever had, super random experience too. Sorry about the long post.
- hah...awesome, Jack.akrokdesign
- similar thing hapened to my brother in florida but it turned into a darker tale involving guns and drugs. I like yours much more!_salisae_
- jerk0
- organic_grid0
- dude, there more killing in philly then in l.a in general. east l.a is not that bad. i think south central is worser.akrokdesign
- there is doh, a shh load of different gangs.akrokdesign
- I rather be in the East than South Central for sure.JackRyan
- mikotondria30
Welcome to Taco Bell, Colbert and Sam Adams - surely three of the greatest American contributions to civilization ever.
Goodbye to buses, Eastenders and The Sun.
Welcome, fellow traveller.- Yea, LA is weird in that everyone drives. Whereas on the East Coast it's mostly public transit.flavorful
- 2 totally different set-ups. You have to drive in LAmorilla
- 65% of the new yorkers use public transportation in NYC.akrokdesign
- l.a is trying hard but its build for cars.akrokdesign
- Aye i have to take another damn test >< It'll be a nice change not to have sweaty pits in your face.YAYPaul
- mrdobolina0
Good luck, Paul.
- JackRyan0
Awesome. I strongly suggest In n' Out burger if you already haven't gone there for food. Order a burger "Animal Style," and everyone will think you're cool. There is a great german beer garden/bar called the Red Lion, I used to go there every Friday. It has an awesome selection of German beer and traditional german food. There are a bunch of cool little shops in little tokyo, its a cool place to shop. I'm trying to think of more...
- yeah, in 'n' out burgers are really good. just had some.akrokdesign
- i'm not in the animal style. but you can try it.akrokdesign
- I second the Red LionAffluenza
- this one? http://losangeles.ci…akrokdesign
- Thats the one... great place.TResudek
- flavorful0
Welcome to our left coast.
I'll meet you in a few months at the next Sessions. :D
- Meeklo0
the metric system is mostly used to measure drugs here.
- That one also threw me. :)YAYPaul
- hahahah yea.flavorful
- if someone knows about grams or kilos, you can assume he knows where to find it. hahaMeeklo
- LOLorganic_grid
- Meeklo0
if you are near west hollywood, and you hear the word fag.. they are not talking about cigarettes..
- ukit0
- acee0
Perfect timing to be in L.A.... soon enough you'll get to experience a Laker parade! :)
- philipdrumman0
A total change of environment! Nice one! You're in!
- emukid0
since there are a lot of englishmen in this thread, i though i'd let you all know that dr_rand wants all of you to go back to using helvetica again. okay thanks. good day!
- i'm not english. does the good dr. have any advice for me?7point34
- yes. he says go fuck yourself.emukid
- just kidding!emukid
- or am i?emukid
- i haven't slept in a year.emukid
- i'm appearing in the corner of your eye telling you to do things7point34
- no worries. i am touching myself already.emukid
- then my work here is done
*pulls up pants and heads home7point34
- harlequino0
So...have you ever been to Hogwarts? That's a real place, right?
- Affluenza0
Welcome, from one Englishman in LAlaland to another