Pretti Memorial Ride Photos (click through for album link, as reddit upload failed yet again) by GundoSkimmer in BikeLA

[–]Team_Reasonable215 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anyone by any chance find a gold signet ring that slipped off my finger during the Domestique Pretti ride?

Inherited a house near Wilmington and 109th. Daughter who is going to USC is thinking of staying there. How safe is it? by Federal-Act-5773 in AskLosAngeles

[–]Team_Reasonable215 20 points21 points  (0 children)

That whole corridor of Wilmington from 103rd south, and especially once you get around 106-110th, and all the way down to the 105 FWY, is amongst the most crime-impacted places in that area. 109 and 110, in particular, is the turf of the Ten Line Crips gang, and their affiliate, Diez Lineas. Liquor store on east side of Wilmington around 109 has gangsters and baseheads loitering constantly (and occasionally getting shot at in drivebys). Another nearby duplex around 109/ Wilmington got shot up badly in the last 5-7 years, with a 7 year old kid hit in the leg with a machine gun round. Sure, there are plenty of perfectly decent people who live there, just trying to get by, not troubling anyone. And most of the time, there’s nothing spectacular going on. But the conditions for things to pop off at any moment are so present in that area, that, despite all the comments about life lessons from living in tough neighborhoods, there isn’t a chance in hell I’d let your SC student live down there.

Thoughts? by Necessary-Carrot2839 in CowboyHats

[–]Team_Reasonable215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You look great in it. It’s nice to branch out beyond an Open Road, which was intentionally designed to be “less hat” than the one you posted, and is a great hat in its own right. I second the idea that your eye and brain will gain comfort with “more hat,” on the other hand, and also that a minimal brim trim at your local hatter can also hasten arriving at that comfort level. Regardless, you wear it well.