The Inn was damaged in the January mudflow, and the owners hastily cleaned up, repainted, and reopened to welcome guests.
The owners of the Montecito Inn are trying to pitch a black awning over the door to their newest restaurant, Frankland's Crab Shack.
The city says the Inn is a structure of merit, and black is not one of the colors allowed for awnings.
The city has recommended dark green for the black and white building, but the owners have rejected that suggestion and are appealing that at a special hearing.
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Approved awning colors. Welcome to the nanny state.
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LOL! Do they pic the TP for the bathrooms as well? Some peoples kids have nothing to do.
RD says"If I had worked at the print shop instead of going to college and put the money into Apple stock I'd have owned the print shop for the last 30 years and be a billionaire. "
And where would you be if you put the money into Kodak and polaroid?
Honest to God's truth -IF- I had gone in on Kodak then Kodak would today be player on par with Adobe. My dad helped them out many decades ago. He was the go to guy for "printing" problems no one else could solve. Kodak was "archiving" the great paint artwork of the world and had a camera the size of a house. Think an old bellows camera upsized. Registering was eluding them. Dad used this thing called a l-a-s-e-r. If I had hitched my star to Kodak to move to pure digital that would have been a stick save for the company.
I currently work for Fujifilm Medical Systems. :)
I write in-house software that tests our for-sale software.
I grin at the fact they still have "Film" as part of their name, but the company is definitely NOT stuck in the past.
Toilet rolls printed like money?
Coral Gables regulates paint color on the inside. I think dark green would be better,but it's not my decision.
The truth is, no company is immune from lack of (or wrong) vision.
Sears, a giant for a century, was built on the single premise of CONVENIENT shopping for quality products. The first mail order magazine. The massive single Dept. store (Mall anchor). Their satellite "package" stores. The Christmas "Wish Book". One of the pioneers in the store credit card.
And in the '70s they got leadership with hubris, convinced their size and name made them immune to mistakes and almost systematically destroyed everything convenient about the company. If the company had not completely lost sight of what made them great in the first place, they would have gobbled up Amazon at the first sign of success, and wouldn't be nearing extinction. Heck, they could've bought Fed-Ex early on and dubbed it "Sear-Overnight".
You may not be able to defend adequately against an entire industry (film) dying. But, IMO greed and hubris are the leading causes of death for most previously successful companies.
We still "type". And the qwerty keyboard will never go away. And have silverware.
Books are going the way of parchment which making me very sad. Even tho organizing them is a pain and they tend to take over the house.
After the next fall of civilization, electronic media and its info will be gone.
>The truth is, no company is immune from lack of (or wrong) vision.
Yep, it's always surprising when people in the business can't see where it's headed. DEC and Wang couldn't see the microprocessor taking over, Microsoft couldn't see mobile as the coming thing and Xerox couldn't see the gold mine they had in the GUI interface, laser printing, and ethernet. It's not surprising that people in the outside world can't see what's happening, but these are people inside the business.
I bet someone's company empire was threatened, by these new techs.
In the case of Xerox, they had the new tech, but they couldn't see the value in it, apparently.
Computers ruined the car biz for me. Not much fun or talent in replacing a module, relay or sensor. You don't even have to be well trained with the internet. I bought a Blue Driver data stream and code reader that uses a cell phone for a $100. Real time capabilities way beyond what I paid thousand upon thousands of dollars a couple of decades ago that lead to a lot of guessing to diagnose. New world, change or be eaten.
Got a new car a couple of months ago (a hybrid). It's a computer on wheels.
My next car is likely to be a Toyota Auris or similar. 60mpg and competent.
New cars have become boring and I no longer able to participate in racing as well. A nice used Rolls Royce or Bentley does have some appeal. A classic well maintained one goes for relatively cheap $20-30K especially compared to a muscle car that needs restored but I am to lazy to take properly care of it. The Motor home fits my needs.
I replaced my Silver Prius (53 mpg) with a red Prius (60 mpg) at the end of 2016. I enjoy the 600 mile range per tank, and only needing to fill up about once every 3 weeks.
The true irony is my current red Prius is probably the 'sexiest' car I've ever owned.
1974 - Chevy Vega (became mine in '80)
1984 - Plymouth Colt
1989 - Dodge Daytona
1995 - Saturn SL
2001 - Saturn SL
2011 - Toyota Prius
2016 - Toyota Prius
But, the Prius is big enough to carry my Privia to gigs, so I'm good.
They've all looked the same for years. As to their innards, I haven't the faintest idea.
We had Saturns too. And Tauri.
I don't care about cars, only that they get meFrom here to there.😁
I like junkers, no worry about dents or scratches.
Good Morning!
Hot today 96F.
Electronics have made cars perform in an amazing fashion but I don't want a game toy nightmare or pay for it. ABS brakes, traction control, electric steering suck if you know how to drive. Gas mileage is important but comfort and feel are more important as I get older. :)
We got a MKZ hybrid (regenerative). It's rated at 40 MPG combined, which is pretty good for a car that weighs 3800 lbs.
So far, the average shows a little over 35 MPG with less than 700 miles. It does get 40 in reasonable length trips. However, on very short trips (2 miles or so) it's hard to get 40 MPG.
What is the current gas price in Cali? Last summer it was $4.10 for diesel in Needles. I recently heard gas was $4.50.
According to this: https://www.gasbuddy.com/GasPrices/California/Carlsbad
it's $3.33 to $3.59 for regular in Carlsbad CA, lowest price.
270 more or less here.
Lowest here is $2.68 (E10), going in to town today so I will check. I assume the $4.50 came from the Nevada Cali, Arizona triangle and where referring to Needles. Seemed steep but transport cost and holiday gouge may have been a factor.
I will admit that when gas prices go up, "smug" emissions from Prius owners increase. :P
Houses for sale in your areas?
The mighty mighty Volvo got nearly unbelievable mileage on the trip to Colorado. The difference between CaliLite Gasoline and real gasoline is amazing.
There will be a gas tax recision on the ballot this November.
New post.
Rich people are very controlling of their environment. Montecito is very very very rich.
Try to open a business in Atherton.
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