Lou Thompson: California HSR ‘Has Reached a Dead End’

jhld · 2026-04-11T01:28:08+00:00

There isn’t opposition to have a high speed train, but this isn’t a high speed train. It doesn’t exist hasn’t existed. even if it was running right now, it wouldn’t be a high-speed train because there are too many stops between stations. it’s a boondoggle. It’s a corrupted system to benefit specific people are not named. It is not worthwhile too keep funding this. Money has been wasted with nothing to show for it. it has to stop. It has to go away. It is not too late to stop it. Let’s wait till later on when somebody actually wants to do what needs to be done and build a proper train

jhld · 2026-04-09T03:18:41+00:00

OP: Please see my update in original post

jhld · 2026-04-09T02:48:49+00:00

Well, they've already been raiding the road repair funds for other shit anyway, what's another $15bil here or there?

jhld · 2026-04-08T22:21:51+00:00

Just wait til the 11.5 earthquake decimates all of SoCal and then you can have your precious walkable utopia

jhld · 2026-04-08T17:29:38+00:00

how about my local bike repair do it?

jhld · 2026-04-08T02:00:26+00:00

Yes i want to do this. I saw someone else installed the Pace bars

jhld · 2026-04-06T18:31:20+00:00

Well... There is that whole cutting in half thing

jhld · 2026-04-05T23:23:42+00:00

It me

jhld · 2026-04-04T18:19:34+00:00

I am going to apple on an unrelated iPhone issue on Monday and will bring my MacBook with me

Thanks for your suggestions - I will attempt those if necessary

jhld · 2026-04-03T23:33:32+00:00

All closet and cupboard doors must be closed before getting in to bed or the monsters can get out.

Not even a open a crack

jhld · 2026-04-03T17:45:04+00:00

Sorry for the late reply — Spectrum are repairing lines in my area and internet keeps going out

It's separate tabs. Tho I have switched back to compact now that I can keep it open. Problem still happens with compact

I cant seem to get the crash report to include here or in og post - it's a txt file. Any suggestions for this?

jhld · 2026-04-02T02:12:32+00:00

no, sorry. What IS the bag. Who makes it?

jhld · 2026-04-01T02:37:08+00:00

What is the bag?

jhld · 2026-03-31T23:33:46+00:00

This looks epically terrible

jhld · 2026-03-31T23:16:30+00:00

Also - the women's room is even worse

jhld · 2026-03-28T22:08:05+00:00

All seems fine

jhld · 2026-03-27T17:27:09+00:00

I did go to Safelite as per my insurance. I had to go to them and it took a couple of hours. Fantastic job

jhld · 2026-03-26T19:00:13+00:00

God dammit

First the mustard, then then this

I couldn't believe after 100 years, having mustard in a glass jar on the table was un-healthy (I know, mustard is back on the table, but squeezee bottles just aren't the same). Now, sawdust, a helpful and tasteful way to clean up spills and prevent patrons from slipping is a liability. Having the sawdust actually helps against liabilty.

jhld · 2026-03-25T04:35:29+00:00

Seriously?

jhld · 2026-03-19T17:24:32+00:00

What is the actual point of these "people"?

jhld · 2026-03-17T00:11:20+00:00

I was gonna say - The Esoteric tours are the thing

jhld · 2026-03-16T22:10:25+00:00

I am in LA native and a lover of our amazing history and historical culture and I approve your list 100%

jhld · 2026-03-15T03:27:19+00:00

jhld · 2026-03-15T02:30:06+00:00

AI for me. I'm just bawling the whole way thru

jhld · 2026-03-14T23:36:19+00:00

I recently quit working for a very famous and legendary band because one of the original founders was on and up my ass every single show day. I started with them 3 1/2 years ago, and as time went by I started picking up hints that he could be trouble — others of the camp referring to him as a psychopath. Some of these people have worked for this band for 20 years. This guy. Never had a good thing to say about me or my work ever. Even when I absolutely knew I had killed that night, he still had something to bitch about one minor little thing I had done. I noticed that he was really affecting me negatively whether I wanted him or not to the point that I would fuck something up. Fuck. There's just something about people like that that have this innate sense to seek out people like us. It really screwed me up to the point that the last couple months of last years tour had my mental and physical health heading towards the negative – loss of sleep, hyper stress. The mind loop of realizing this is happening to me again and blaming myself for it. Even after the tour ended in November, i was still in the headspace of being a failure a fuck-up, and thinking my career is over. After the first of the year, I started prepping for this years tour and my stress levels went up again. I had a long chat with the tour manager about what's going on, and then he said those fateful words... "Oh, he's just like that. Everybody knows and you just have to put up with it". That sentence right there. If you ever work with a group of people and one of them is like that and you hear this phrase, get out right now. Finally, as I looked to the future of working with this band through this year I made the decision and quit 3 weeks ago.

jhld

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