When a Mason-Dixon line needs to be established in CA, it'll be called the Safeway-Vons line.
Quiz: for any major north-south freeway or highway, what are the two cities that straddle the Safeway-Vons line? Related question: King City: which store do they have? Related Cliff Claven Trivia: when I was a kid growing up in Los Angeles and San Diego suburbs, Vons and Safeway were two different stores. In 1989 they merged, and all of our Southern California Safeways got renamed Vons. So many of our suburban shopping centers ended up with two Vons's as anchors on either end when it used to be Safeway at one end and Vons at the other. On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 3:06 PM Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > On an entirely unrelated note, I mentioned on Twitter last week that I > finally noticed the name, Safeway..why is it called that?? I'm informed > that back in the olden times before FDA it was a promise of safe food. So > there ya go. > > On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 3:03:35 PM UTC-8 campyo...@me.com wrote: > >> The San Francisco Randonneurs are notorious for using Safeways as >> controls on their brevets. If you know the layout for a typical Safeway, >> you can save a lot of time hunting for your favorite rest stop snacks when >> you’re riding with SFR. >> >> --Eric N >> >> On Dec 20, 2022, at 2:59 PM, Piaw Na <pi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> This is hilarious. I'll pile on with my brother's story. He got rejected >> by UC Berkeley and accepted by UCLA. Not to be deterred, he wrote an appeal >> letter that stated: "Don't let me go to UCLA. After 4 years there I won't >> know what a tree looks like." UC Berkeley reversed its denial and enrolled >> him. >> >> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 2:50 PM 'Eric Norris' via RBW Owners Bunch < >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> Southern California: Distance expressed in time (Anaheim is 45 minutes >>> from here) >>> >>> Northern California: Distance expressed in miles (Folsom is 12 miles >>> away) >>> >>> And yes, up here the cities have actual edges, where you’re out in the >>> country on the way to the next city. >>> >>> --Eric N, Who Moved From SoCal to NorCal 25 years Ago and Has Never >>> Looked Back >>> >>> On Dec 20, 2022, at 2:30 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> The differentiation for me when I moved north in 1988 is there's spaces >>> between towns in Northern California. If you grew up in LA/Orange Counties >>> you understood towns as different signs on the same vast concrete >>> landscape. >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 2:13:42 PM UTC-8 Matthew Williams wrote: >>> >>>> I thought the way you knew Northern from Southern California was if >>>> people named freeways with “The”: >>>> >>>> “This is the 101” = you’re in Southern California >>>> >>>> “This is 101” = you’re in Northern California >>>> >>>> “That was Highway 101” = you’re listening to a classic rock station >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 2:01 PM Philip Williamson < >>>> philip.w...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> If you have a Safeway, you're in Northern California. >>>>> If you've got a Vons, you're in SoCal. >>>>> >>>>> Philip >>>>> Sonoma County, Calif (born in SF) >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 12:17:22 PM UTC-8 freefo...@gmail.com >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The Bay Area isn't Northern California says the guy from Humboldt >>>>>> County. We have way less traffic and better air. 😉 >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 9:54 PM Luke Hendrickson < >>>>>> phendr...@paulpath.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dude living in San Francisco here: it’s pretty great 💅🏻 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 2:26:54 PM UTC-8 George Schick >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> At this time of the year I have to admit that I'm a bit jealous of >>>>>>>> cyclists who live in California, especially in the the NoCal area of >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> "Frisco" bay. Lately I've been leering enviously at YouTube videos >>>>>>>> posted >>>>>>>> by "Henry Wildberry" where he and his riding companion(s) are cycling >>>>>>>> up >>>>>>>> and down some excellent North Bay area hilly/mountainous paths and >>>>>>>> roads >>>>>>>> equipped with little more than "fair weather" garments vs. what we >>>>>>>> have to >>>>>>>> wear in the Midwest Winters. 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