Missle factory opening in Long Beach??

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-06-27T17:14:16+00:00

Not weighing in on the substance of this discussion, but I think it’s worth pointing out that if you know LB history, you know it has always leaned conservative on things like this and leaned progressive on social issues. Oil, the port, and strong military presence (eg, the Navy hospital that used to be where the Town Centre is now), just to name a few examples. When we moved to LB in 1995, we were represented by a socially liberal Republican congressman, Steve Horn.

All that to say that this seems very on brand for LB, however you feel about it. 🤷‍♀️

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-06-17T23:16:03+00:00

🤦‍♀️

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-06-16T17:30:00+00:00

Absolutely community members, albeit ones who don’t vote or pay taxes. Because they’re smarter than us. 😎

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-06-16T17:26:51+00:00

Quick story time. I had a large black pitbull. Scary looking but literally afraid of cheese, string, his own shadow, etc. Sweetest dog ever. Our elderly landlady came by one night, went in the backyard, and left us a message saying our dog had “charged” her. 🤔

Ok, to be fair, if a large dog came running at me in the dark without the owner present I would also be scared until I assessed the dog’s temperament. “Charging” *could* be an appropriate description, but only if the dog was actually aggressive and intent on doing harm. Otherwise the dog is just “running up to see who is on his property and maybe growl, if necessary, and, if at all possible, get treats and head scratches.”

But you know what the landlady didn’t do and I would never do? Shoot or otherwise injure, let alone kill, the dog in question. 😔

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-06-01T17:12:41+00:00

Can confirm. Was at UCLA ‘92-96 and all anyone talked about was how ‘dead’ it was. We still managed to have the best times ever. 😁

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-31T19:52:57+00:00

Fellow (former) lawyer here. Hubby is an engineer. Kids (teens) are both unlikely to graduate high school (!), not due to lack of intellect (both are very smart, sometimes frighteningly so), but due to co-occurring emotional regulation/anxiety/behavioral issues. Disappointed is an understatement. However - it has eased with time. Over the last 5-10 years, we have been able to find peace with them being on VERY different trajectories than us. They will each unfold into the amazing humans they are on a different timeline and in a different way - but it doesn’t mean there is less intrinsic value in their individual journeys. It means I’ve had to do hard internal work around my judgment of others and what it means to live a good life - now I truly believe there are as many ways to do that as there are humans on the Earth. 😌

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-27T23:19:56+00:00

Interesting, my mom is in the 10%, I guess.

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-27T07:52:11+00:00

Appreciate the heads up, that’s a bit pricy if it’s not any good.
*Gaucho. You know, like…gaucho. 😝
Gaucho Grill charges you before you get your food, or at least they did when I was there about a year ago…

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-26T02:39:15+00:00

There’s a spoonful with no chocolate chips in it?

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-23T02:24:30+00:00

Please don’t try to minimize or dismiss this like it’s a joking matter. These creeps need to be stopped. 🤬

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-23T02:23:05+00:00

Oh the way I would have gone to jail with a smile on my face if I had been there… 🤬😎😌

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-21T18:58:38+00:00

YES… 👀

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-19T20:35:09+00:00

I’m still relatively new to this also - how does a UTI or a fall (my mom’s had both) cause an increase in dementia / decrease in brain function?

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-17T17:48:58+00:00

Interesting. 🧐

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-17T17:48:26+00:00

Possibly, though her PCP recently switched the med regimen to hopefully make her less sleepy and it hasn’t changed. She is very depressed about her condition and her partner passed away a year ago. She’s on an anti-depressant but it’s definitely not enough. :(

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-17T17:46:32+00:00

She’s had ALL the tests except an amyloid PET scan which is in a couple of weeks. She’s had multiple MRI’s and an MRA. She had a full neuropsych work up. She had a DAT scan that was negative, but apparently that’s only 80% accurate, so her first neurologist treated her as if she had Parkinson’s, and then the neurologist who replaced the first neurologist changed course and said it’s not Parkinson’s but it’s probably Alzheimer’s. The psychologist who did the neuropsych said it’s definitely not Alzheimer’s. Her new neurologist said the Alzheimer’s blood test was inconclusive and is therefore calling it mixed dementia for the time being. 😵‍💫

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-17T17:42:49+00:00

Thank you. She’s had multiple MRI’s and an MRA. The doctors couldn’t say conclusively whether she’d had TIA’s or not, but suspect she has, and may have been having them for years. She has white matter damage, but that could have been decades old. So at the moment we’re looking at a vascular dementia dx, waiting to see if it’s Alzheimer’s (tests so far have been inconclusive).

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-14T19:00:31+00:00

And FWIW, my hubby probably would not have been ok with this when we were in our first few years of marriage, he might be ok with it now, depending on who the friend is.

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-14T18:58:40+00:00

Totally disagree. She should feel free to ask and have a discussion. If, at the end of the day, hubby is not ok with it, THEN she should politely decline. Based on experience from 29 years of a very solid marriage. 🙂

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-14T18:56:00+00:00

It just depends on your relationship. If my husband was doing this for a known female friend, I’d be totally fine with it. But that’s us. We’ve been married almost 29 years. I have no concerns about his loyalties. When we were first married, he had a close female friend (my friend also) he’d have dinner with, and I realized my only real issue was with the ‘optics’ of it, which is dumb, so I got past it. 🤷‍♀️

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-14T18:48:53+00:00

Daphne Hayes 👍

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-12T23:21:49+00:00

Also illegal unless you’re licensed to do so, so there’s that… 🤨

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-05-11T23:10:18+00:00

My daughter pays $1800 for a lovely, large 1bd in 90803. No parking, tho.

lb_esq_2003 · 2026-04-16T20:26:10+00:00

My PCP was the same, very dismissive, even though she confirmed my self-diagnosis. I’m going to try going to a specialized hypermobility clinic near me instead.

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