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This ain't Mexico. Mexicans arrested for motorcycle marriage proposal stunt on California freeway

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Leroy N. Soetoro

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Mar 20, 2013, 9:47:29 PM3/20/13
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WEST COVINA, Calif. � Four men -- including the would-be groom -- have
been arrested for a marriage proposal stunt in which hundreds of
motorcycles blocked a Southern California freeway, authorities said.

The prospective groom and three of his friends were all booked for
investigation of misdemeanor public nuisance and participating in an
unlawful assembly. The 24-year-old groom, Hector Martinez of Covina, also
was booked for investigation of exhibition of speed, authorities said
Tuesday.

As many as 250 motorcycles stopped on the eastbound Interstate 10 in West
Covina on Jan. 27 so that Martinez could propose to his girlfriend. At one
point, a bike sent up a cloud of pink smoke.

The stunt, which lasted about two minutes, was captured on video and went
viral on the Internet.

"They made a spectacle of it," said Sgt. Kurt Stormes of the California
Highway Patrol. "It's a slap in the face of law enforcement, in general."

Martinez's bride-to-be accepted the proposal. She is not facing any
charges.

Stormes said investigators were able to find the men through social media.

"They bragged about it a lot," Stormes said of the bikers.

Three members of a rock band were each sentenced to probation last year
and 35 days of community service for blocking a freeway to promote their
music.


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Larry Sheldon

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Mar 20, 2013, 9:58:53 PM3/20/13
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On 3/20/2013 8:47 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/13/marriage-proposal-stunt-on-calif-
> freeway-lands-4-in-jail/?intcmp=obnetwork
>
> WEST COVINA, Calif. � Four men -- including the would-be groom -- have
> been arrested for a marriage proposal stunt in which hundreds of
> motorcycles blocked a Southern California freeway, authorities said.

How can you tell if a southern California freeway has been blocked?

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Vito

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Mar 21, 2013, 7:11:29 PM3/21/13
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"Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroys...@usurper.org> wrote
| WEST COVINA, Calif. � Four men -- including the would-be groom -- have
| been arrested for a marriage proposal stunt in which hundreds of
| motorcycles blocked a Southern California freeway, authorities said.

Calif.? Lucky the cops didn't shoot anybody.


The Real Bev

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Mar 28, 2013, 11:47:19 AM3/28/13
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On 03/20/2013 06:58 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote:

> On 3/20/2013 8:47 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
>> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/13/marriage-proposal-stunt-on-calif-
>> freeway-lands-4-in-jail/?intcmp=obnetwork
>>
>> WEST COVINA, Calif. � Four men -- including the would-be groom -- have
>> been arrested for a marriage proposal stunt in which hundreds of
>> motorcycles blocked a Southern California freeway, authorities said.

That's not as bad as shutting down the freeway because a
nominally-suicidal jumper is hanging out on an overpass. It's
apparently his hobby. He did actually jump once, and the powers that be
awarded him prosthetic feet. He threatened to jump again afterward.
There was one cop who had developed the skill to talk him down each
time. Personally, I would have shut down the freeway and encouraged the
guy to JUMP NOW but take the feet off first so someone else could use them.

You're allowed to be crazy if you want, but do it on your own time, not
mine. I canceled the paper a couple of years ago, so don't know if he's
still around. I hope not.

> How can you tell if a southern California freeway has been blocked?

This is a base calumny! Our freeways are rarely totally blocked, it
just looks that way sometimes. In general they're faster than surface
streets. What's annoying is that even if we doubled the freeway length
we'd only get rid of half the traffic :-(

When the loon was barricaded in Big Bear a couple of months ago they
shut down the exit roads for hours, even after the guy had been killed.
I've never seen a freeway blockage that bad.

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The Real Bev

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Mar 28, 2013, 11:48:47 AM3/28/13
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On 03/21/2013 04:11 PM, Vito wrote:

> "Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroys...@usurper.org> wrote
> | WEST COVINA, Calif. � Four men -- including the would-be groom -- have
> | been arrested for a marriage proposal stunt in which hundreds of
> | motorcycles blocked a Southern California freeway, authorities said.
>
> Calif.? Lucky the cops didn't shoot anybody.

Those were motorcyclists, possibly outlaws with guns. The cops only
shoot little old homeless ladies brandishing screwdrivers.

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jgar the jorrible

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Mar 28, 2013, 12:44:19 PM3/28/13
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On Mar 28, 8:47 am, The Real Bev <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/20/2013 06:58 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote:
>
> > On 3/20/2013 8:47 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
> >>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/13/marriage-proposal-stunt-on-calif-
> >> freeway-lands-4-in-jail/?intcmp=obnetwork
>
> >> WEST COVINA, Calif.  Four men -- including the would-be groom -- have
> >> been arrested for a marriage proposal stunt in which hundreds of
> >> motorcycles blocked a Southern California freeway, authorities said.
>
> That's not as bad as shutting down the freeway because a
> nominally-suicidal jumper is hanging out on an overpass.  It's
> apparently his hobby.  He did actually jump once, and the powers that be
> awarded him prosthetic feet.  He threatened to jump again afterward.
> There was one cop who had developed the skill to talk him down each
> time.  Personally, I would have shut down the freeway and encouraged the
> guy to JUMP NOW but take the feet off first so someone else could use them.
>
> You're allowed to be crazy if you want, but do it on your own time, not
> mine. I canceled the paper a couple of years ago, so don't know if he's
> still around.  I hope not.

I took my kid to Balboa park on that day there were 3. Sheesh.

>
> > How can you tell if a southern California freeway has been blocked?
>
> This is a base calumny!  Our freeways are rarely totally blocked, it
> just looks that way sometimes.  In general they're faster than surface
> streets. What's annoying is that even if we doubled the freeway length
> we'd only get rid of half the traffic :-(
>

On one commute, I actually repeatedly tested that over time. For that
particular one, the dividing line was around 25MPH. Once the freeway
got under that, it normally made sense to take the surface streets.

A couple of days ago, there was an 8 car accident with a fire, on my
route to the train. I was lucky enough to hear a traffic report just
as I got on the freeway, saying it was backed up to the next exit (a
curve in the freeway blocks site of such things until too late to
exit). So I knew all the other people who had gotten off would take a
particular route requiring a left turn, so I went right towards
another obscure route I knew. Unfortunately, there were multiple fire
engines blocking that because of another car fire, so I wound up
taking another route, almost back to my house. In the end, I missed
the train by 15 minutes, able to take the next one 35 minutes after my
usual one.

Comparing notes the next day with a train buddy who had stayed on the
freeway through the seven mile backup, she missed the next train and
had to drive.

There's a real problem going north from San Diego county, alternate
routes are far, far apart, and they may all get blocked.

> When the loon was barricaded in Big Bear a couple of months ago they
> shut down the exit roads for hours, even after the guy had been killed.
>   I've never seen a freeway blockage that bad.

I have. 15N coming out of Baker (snow), 15S from Vegas (Sunday
traffic), 5N numerous times (tanker rolled, brush fires, inspection
point open, plain ol' traffic), various times on various LA freeways
for various reasons, but usually an accident to make it hours. Oh
year, stuck on a transition road for several hours trying to get to
big Navy celebration at North Island. My kids were laughing when I
got out and watered a bush. Didn't make it there, gave up and went to
a park in a barrio instead.

>
> --
> Cheers, Bev
> ===================================================================
> "If your mechanic claims that he stands behind his brake jobs, keep
>   looking.  You want to find one willing to stand in front of them."
>
>                                                           -- B. Ward

I was helping my friend do his brakes, and he said "time for the brake
check" and took me down this: http://goo.gl/maps/UVuCQ The picture
doesn't do it justice, it's really steep on the bottom.

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T0m $herman

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Mar 28, 2013, 9:32:11 PM3/28/13
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On 3/28/2013 11:44 AM, jgar the jorrible wrote:
>
> There's a real problem going north from San Diego county, alternate
> routes are far, far apart, and they may all get blocked.

On a dual-sport, rarely are all the possible routes blocked.

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Thomas

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Mar 29, 2013, 3:23:25 AM3/29/13
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On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:44:19 -0700, jgar the jorrible
<joel-...@home.com> wrote:

>
> I was helping my friend do his brakes, and he said "time for the brake
> check" and took me down this: http://goo.gl/maps/UVuCQ The picture
> doesn't do it justice, it's really steep on the bottom.

FWIW, the nursury at the end of Osborne is one of the best around, but if
you know that neighborhood, you already know that.

jgar the jorrible

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Mar 29, 2013, 1:28:05 PM3/29/13
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On Mar 28, 6:32 pm, "T0m $herman"
Yeah, but the jarines might over-react as you approach the radioactive
parts. Not to mention random live unexploded ordinance laying around.

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jgar the jorrible

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Mar 29, 2013, 1:39:11 PM3/29/13
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On Mar 29, 12:23 am, Thomas <xs...@xmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:44:19 -0700, jgar the jorrible
>
> <joel-ga...@home.com> wrote:
>
> > I was helping my friend do his brakes, and he said "time for the brake
> > check" and took me down this:http://goo.gl/maps/UVuCQThe picture
> > doesn't do it justice, it's really steep on the bottom.
>
> FWIW, the nursury at the end of Osborne is one of the best around, but if
> you know that neighborhood, you already know that.

You mean Exotica? There are so many. If you know the former
Cunningham Christmas trees (just off Santa Fe), Ken is my pool guy.
One of the folk I used to go riding in the dez with.

My kid recently did a community service project at the Anstine-Audubon
Nature Preserve on Hutchinson. Had to get rid of a whole field of
invasive stinging nettles, among other things.

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T0m $herman

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Mar 29, 2013, 8:12:01 PM3/29/13
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On 3/29/2013 12:28 PM, jgar the jorrible wrote:
> On Mar 28, 6:32 pm, "T0m $herman"
> <twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net> wrote:
>> On 3/28/2013 11:44 AM, jgar the jorrible wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> There's a real problem going north from San Diego county, alternate
>>> routes are far, far apart, and they may all get blocked.
>>
>> On a dual-sport, rarely are all the possible routes blocked.
>>
>> --
>> T0m $herm@n
>
> Yeah, but the jarines might over-react as you approach the radioactive
> parts. Not to mention random live unexploded ordinance laying around.

"Jarine" - portmanteau of "Jarhead" and "Marine"?

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Thomas

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Mar 29, 2013, 9:16:11 PM3/29/13
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On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:39:11 -0700, jgar the jorrible
<joel-...@home.com> wrote:

> On Mar 29, 12:23 am, Thomas <xs...@xmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> FWIW, the nursury at the end of Osborne is one of the best around, but
>> if
>> you know that neighborhood, you already know that.
>
> You mean Exotica? There are so many.

Yeah, there a lot, but very few do what Exotica does. (Unless more
entrepreneurs have decided to compete with them in the last couple of
years.) My cherimoyas, grapes, passion fruit, figs, berries, and guavas
all came from Exotica.

tomorrow

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Mar 29, 2013, 9:37:44 PM3/29/13
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"T0m $herman" <twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net> wrote:
> On 3/29/2013 12:28 PM, jgar the jorrible wrote:
>> On Mar 28, 6:32 pm, "T0m $herman"
>> <twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net> wrote:
>>> On 3/28/2013 11:44 AM, jgar the jorrible wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> There's a real problem going north from San Diego county, alternate
>>>> routes are far, far apart, and they may all get blocked.
>>>
>>> On a dual-sport, rarely are all the possible routes blocked.
>>>
>>> --
>>> T0m $herm@n
>>
>> Yeah, but the jarines might over-react as you approach the radioactive
>> parts. Not to mention random live unexploded ordinance laying around.
>
> "Jarine" - portmanteau of "Jarhead" and "Marine"?

What a fuckin' genius!

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jgar the jorrible

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Apr 1, 2013, 11:42:18 AM4/1/13
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On Mar 29, 6:16 pm, Thomas <xs...@xmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:39:11 -0700, jgar the jorrible
>
> <joel-ga...@home.com> wrote:
> > On Mar 29, 12:23 am, Thomas <xs...@xmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> FWIW, the nursury at the end of Osborne is one of the best around, but
> >> if
> >> you know that neighborhood, you already know that.
>
> > You mean Exotica?  There are so many.
>
> Yeah, there a lot, but very few do what Exotica does. (Unless more
> entrepreneurs have decided to compete with them in the last couple of
> years.) My cherimoyas, grapes, passion fruit, figs, berries, and guavas
> all came from Exotica.

Yeah, I've bought many things from there, glad they didn't turn into
self-storage (as I recall the landowners wanted to do). It was fun
driving home with the gigantor banana plant I bought there, 20' plant
in 8' trailer. I also have a cherimoya and guava from there. And now
no vehicles with a trailer hitch :-(

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Twibil

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On Apr 1, 8:42 am, jgar the jorrible <joel-ga...@home.com> wrote:
>
>
> Yeah, I've bought many things from there, glad they didn't turn into
> self-storage (as I recall the landowners wanted to do).  It was fun
> driving home with the gigantor banana plant I bought there, 20' plant
> in 8' trailer.  I also have a cherimoya and guava from there.  And now
> no vehicles with a trailer hitch :-(

Have you thought of putting one on your bike?

I did, and it solved my problem with tailgaters.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/5135056430/in/photostream/lightbox/

The Real Bev

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On 04/01/2013 12:07 PM, Twibil wrote:

> On Apr 1, 8:42 am, jgar the jorrible <joel-ga...@home.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Yeah, I've bought many things from there, glad they didn't turn into
>> self-storage (as I recall the landowners wanted to do). It was fun
>> driving home with the gigantor banana plant I bought there, 20' plant
>> in 8' trailer. I also have a cherimoya and guava from there. And now
>> no vehicles with a trailer hitch :-(

I've got a pineapple guava which is really temperamental. Last year it
had lots of flowers but no fruit. Previous year it gave humongous
amounts of fruit. Maybe this will be a good year.

Lemon guavas aren't worth eating.

> Have you thought of putting one on your bike?
>
> I did, and it solved my problem with tailgaters.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/5135056430/in/photostream/lightbox/

Nice, along with what I assume are your other photos. When 330/18 to
Big Bear was closed a couple of years ago I used CA-38 (Onyx Summit) and
hated it. No idea why, other than the fact that it was a lot longer,
but I did :-(

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jgar the jorrible

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On Apr 1, 12:07 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 1, 8:42 am, jgar the jorrible <joel-ga...@home.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Yeah, I've bought many things from there, glad they didn't turn into
> > self-storage (as I recall the landowners wanted to do).  It was fun
> > driving home with the gigantor banana plant I bought there, 20' plant
> > in 8' trailer.  I also have a cherimoya and guava from there.  And now
> > no vehicles with a trailer hitch :-(
>
> Have you thought of putting one on your bike?

I miss my bikes :-(

>
> I did, and it solved my problem with tailgaters.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/5135056430/in/photostream/l...

LOL!

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