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Girl grows up, joins Air Force, gets to know her dad
I'm not quite sure what the focus of this story is supposed to be. Is it that the lady found out about her Dad's Catholicism so late, or the fact that he never really 'knew' her. I fully empathise with the not knowing someone close to you is Catholic. I spent my one tour in the military (Army, Germany, immediately after Vietnam), with two best friends I met in basic training. We did everything together (travel, work, nights on the town). I even visited them after the Army, and still keep in contact. I had another best friend through SDSU engineering, doing much the same things together. But it wasn't until I met and married my Catholic wife, in the USD student chapel, that I found out that all 3 of them are/were Catholic. And I'm, well, a non-believer too. It just doesn't come up. But what is the eye-opener here? Good writing, OK story, but what is the main focus? Is she picking on her Dad, or men in general, or the military, or all of the above?— June 21, 2013 3:12 a.m.
A Team makes high school drug busts
So many questions, so little real info. What gender were the 'deputies'? Female? That was the standard 20 years ago. "if you want to BUY illegal drugs?" Were the deputy plants offering to SELL drugs?— May 2, 2013 7:42 p.m.
Housing values in Western metro areas soaring
Absolutely. For first time buyers, without family help, the prices are probably out of reach. But I've lived here since 1975. There are many ways to buy that first house. First, I've found family help with the down payment is prevalent among Californians. When I graduated from San Diego State with my engineering degree, I was suprised when a co-student was able to buy a house in an area that I wanted to buy, but couldn't afford. How? Mommy and Daddy paid the 20% down, that's how. Second, many Americans move here after selling their out-of-state houses (divorces are one source of local tech employees, at lower wages to boot). Hey, divorce the ball and chain, sell the house, and get out of Dodge. Move to the sunshine. They even settle for less of a house than they had back there. Anything to write back home and brag about the beach sunsets. Third, immigrants have a tendency to put 5 or more people on the mortgage. That's how my wife and her seven sisters bought their first house in Tierrasanta for Mom so many years ago. Now everyone has a big house. Family first. How do they buy them? Any way they can. After almost 40 years experience, I see no end in sight. Just the same old cycle. They'll buy them any way they can.— April 25, 2013 8:12 p.m.
Hot time in the old vice district this Wednesday
I really don't think a vibrator would service me all that well. I have to wonder; are they handing these things out in the afternoon because they're solar powered? Pleasure revolution? Did I miss out on that, too? Darn. Don Bauder, why are you covering this? I thought you mostly covered business and government issues. Or is the byline a mistake.— March 25, 2013 3:30 p.m.
Debate over fluoride in water resurfaces in San Diego
P e a c e Purity Of Essence n E a r t h— March 20, 2013 8:06 p.m.
St. Patrick's weekend DUI checkpoints net two drunk drivers
This info is in stark contrast to the story I read on the News 8 website. If you go by that story, there were scads of arrests made throughout the county for drunk driving. I usually don't question what I read in the Reader blogs, but how can both these stories be right? Both stories would seem to indicate the DUI tally throughout the country for the weekend. http://www.cbs8.com/story/21670730/saint-patricks…— March 18, 2013 4:25 p.m.
San Diegans in their 20s don't make enough for rent
The statistics are nothing surprising. If they're supposed to elicit sympathy, they don't work on me. Living in San Diego is not a right, it is a privilege, either earned, or bequeathed. Over the years I have seen many a newcomer decide what they could sacrifice (high wage, new car, big house, living alone, ect.) to reside here. I can claim all of them. I almost always had a roommate in San Diego (it's now my wife). I own two motorcycles, but both are over 30 years old. My regular vehicle is a company truck. I'm nearing retirement age, and I still have a long term mortgage. I absolutely guarantee if I lived elsewhere I'd own a larger house (paid off), drive a newer car, have a larger 401K, and maybe even a have few toys. It's a mobile worldwide economy. Jobs are available, just not always here. I had to move out of San Diego twice now, to earn the privilege, and develop the skills, to move back here as a viable employee in this economy. Unless Mommy and Daddy can buy you that beachside condo, (or bankroll a startup business, or get you into the ground floor at that company) you'd best be mobile to move up. Life is not fair. Get moving.— March 1, 2013 3:51 p.m.
San Diego ranked 2nd safest large city in U.S.
From a personal perspective, having lived here since 1975, and prior to that Detroit, I can say with some experience that Detroit is a good place to be from. In fact, that 500,000 mark is a figure I used to cite, because it was the number of residents Detroit seemed to have lost in my first 30 years here, while also the number San Diego gained. And having visited El Paso frequently over the years, I am surprised at that ranking. But you know, a lot of crime statistics are based on police reports. And from my experience, some departments actually make it hard, or essentially useless, for residents to make reports of crimes. So it looks like there's a low crime rate, when in reality, it's just a low rate of recorded crimes. I still prefer San Diego, 2nd rate or not.— February 13, 2013 5:34 a.m.
Doug Manchester's Texas lobbying team bankrolls Rick Perry
That's why I also subscribe to the Sacramento Bee online. I'd love to see a statistic of how many Californians try the move to Texas, then come back, and vice versa. Anyhow, I may read the UT, I just try to tune out its editorial bent. Dan Walters and the Sacramento Bee are a great balance to the UT. And the San Diego Reader, too. But you need that balance.— February 11, 2013 11:51 p.m.
New San Diego girl tries OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, Christian Mingle, Match.com, eharmony
Agree with a lot of what you say here. Love the Man Diego part. I've been out of the singles scene for a couple of decades now, but it's been like that since I moved here in 1975. I'll admit I'm a boomer, born right in the middle of my generation. Boomer men have always had a tough time meeting marriageable women. Statistics are against them (I could detail why, but it might be too long). I was getting discouraged dating US born ladies from my generation, especially in San Diego. I looked up census tables (before the internet) and found that in every age group, except over 70, men outnumbered women in San Diego. Between 20 and 40 the ratios were way lopsided. In fact, at that time, there was no urban area of the US which was the opposite of San Diego, with a high women/men ratio. I assume that hasn't changed. So I started to look elsewhere. I almost moved. But I found there's a whole large world of women out there without the major attitudes the ladies of my generation had/have. The internet has to make it easier to contact them now. But I have a few caveats. If you marry a foreign born lady, and her family isn't already here, you'd better plan on spending all of your vacation time taking her back home on a regular basis. You may find a good portion of your income goes toward bringing her family here. Or, as I've seen more than once (hilariously), she's going to deplete your savings account one day to go visit Mommy back in the old country, when you're out of town on business. I'm serious there, I've seen that exact situation more than once. But I consider myself lucky. My Colombian (spelled Colombia, unless you're talking about someplace in Oregon) born esposa has seven sisters and two female cousins just like sisters. All married, most living locally. That's 10 marriages, if you count, and not ONE divorce between them. So far, anyway. You should see our family parties; it's like the United Nations, with sometimes five different languages going at once. But the whole thing is, if you're a guy in San Diego, you have to broaden your search pattern out of the country. Never a boring moment. And ladies, if this pisses you off, you can marry a foreigner, too. Lots of foreign guys out there looking for a green card. But don't be surprised when their 'other' wife shows up after few years. Seen that more than once, too— January 3, 2013 4:18 a.m.