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Home and Garden => Home => Topic started by: liquidsilver on July 30, 2018, 12:07:02 PM
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Are you a handyman or looking for home repair tips?
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Here is the house where I lived in Malibu... It is a nice house, and I loved living there.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/6315-Gayton-Pl_Malibu_CA_90265_M15737-07387
There are some good photos of the house on that page.
You had to go through two security gates to get to our house, it was very safe, and I used to sit in our rose garden overlooking the ocean and I would watch the Bald Eagles fly.
And we had a huge dance room, and the whole neighborhood came to our house to do Yoga.
I loved living there. It was a blessing to be able to live there.
I rented a room from the ex-wife of Sammy Hagar's family doctor, he had a lot of famous patients.
They remodeled it, when I lived there it was six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, with a large dance room.
We had a nice fully stocked wine cellar too. It was great.
It was such a blessing to be able to live there.
If I was wealthy I would buy the house.
Salute,
Tony V.
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Here is a page with info about a condominium building where I lived in Cape Canaveral, Florida, when I was a kid, in between sixth and seventh grade, the Wind Jammer condos...
http://cocoabeachcondogallery.com/cocoa-beach-condo/windjammer/
I had a step father who was a supervisor on the Space Shuttle, and so when the Space Shuttle program went from the Antelope Valley to Florida we went with the Shuttle program.
We lived right on the beach in Cape Canaveral, it was awesome. The whole experience was like being on vacation the whole time we lived there.
Salute,
Tony V.
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A new 162 unit apartment complex is being built down the street from where I live here in Anaheim, they said that we can share our comments on it, and I think that they should do like the condominium high rise where I worked as a valet/doorman for Suzanne Pleshette, Empire West, in West Hollywood, they can build a high rise with about twenty stories, and put a swimming pool on the roof with a clubhouse and stuff for parties on the roof, and also they can have a tennis court, etc, and with underground parking. Then, over by Angel Stadium they need to do towers like the Trump tower, along with other development (they want to make it like Rome, where everything you need is right in your neighborhood so that you do not even need to drive, and have it tied in with transportation hubs).
There is a housing shortage here, so they need to build like crazy, but people need to plan wisely, and we need piazzas with fountains and stuff like in Rome, Italy, we can learn a lot from Rome as we develop Anaheim. We can also learn from Crystal City, Virginia, where they have transportation and stuff underground, they have a bunch of stuff underground there, we can learn from a lot of places.
Anaheim needs to plan wisely as the city grows, and it all needs to be done really nice.
Salute,
Tony V.
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In my youth I lived in Anaheim for a couple years in a place called the club continental apartments. Low priced and beautiful alas those days are gone looking for retirement nothing there. Florida seems a retirement heaven. 55+ communities all over the place. I am looking at the Tampa St Pete area. Large metro area and for me VA facilities all over, at amazingly affordable prices for the fixed income retiree.
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In my youth I lived in Anaheim for a couple years in a place called the club continental apartments. Low priced and beautiful alas those days are gone looking for retirement nothing there. Florida seems a retirement heaven. 55+ communities all over the place. I am looking at the Tampa St Pete area. Large metro area and for me VA facilities all over, at amazingly affordable prices for the fixed income retiree.
Yes, Anaheim is great, but it is getting expensive, and there is a housing shortage, new housing is being built but it is still expensive.
Florida is beautiful, I love Florida, but there are hurricanes and tornadoes, and bugs.
Have you considered Nevada? Do you like Las Vegas? Or Reno? Or Elko? Or maybe Carson City? Just a thought. Nevada is cheap, and Nevada does not have bad storms or anything, and there are no bugs, etc.
Salute,
Tony V.
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For the people who love the Antelope Valley in California, you need to fight to save the Antelope Valley. Get rid of the prison, demolish the prison, and build a high speed train between Lancaster and Los Angeles. And create preserves to preserve the ancient Joshua Tree forests. Etc, etc, etc. And force the builders to build nicer homes, on larger lots, with horse property, etc, etc, etc.
People need to be smart when they build. Everything needs to be planned out. It cannot just be a bunch of greedy people wanting to make money, you have to actually have people who care and who want to make the area nice. Also, people need jobs, and so you cannot build a bunch of houses with no jobs, you need to create jobs for the people, so you need to zone areas for industrial, etc. Areas can also be cleaned up by turning the areas into retirement areas, for people over 55, etc. And people need to save land for parks and for preserves. Etc.
Quartz Hill needs to have nicer homes, with larger lots, and horse property, etc. Some of the apartment complexes can be turned into retirement housing for people 55 and over. Way back, the people of Quartz Hill were for zero growth, we did not want to allow any building at all, but if they were going to build then it had to be nice houses like Los Hermanos, etc, and even nicer, with ranch property, etc. Way out on the westside can be ranches. And someone needs to build a night club on top of Quartz Hill Mountain, Eddie Fisher was going to build a club there, but it never happened. Those are some thoughts on that area.
People can build factories in Mojave, to manufacture things such as batteries, and airplane windows, and equipment for green energy, etc, etc, etc, many things can be manufactured in Mojave. I told them all of my ideas and they read my email at a town hall meeting there. Great jobs can be created in Mojave. Mojave needs to be zoned for manufacturing.
California City can have affordable housing for retired people, the retired people can play golf, and there can be air conditioned movie theatres for them, and good restaurants, and bowling, and all of the clubs such as Kiwanis, and there can be other things that retired people like to do.
Also, the high speed train between Lancaster and Los Angeles needs to be built right now. Why wait? We should build the train now, it is in the master plan, we need to hurry and get it built so that people can ride the trains instead of being stuck in a traffic jam. The Metro trains are great, but we need the high speed trains. I bet some old aerospace and defense people could build a great high speed train, the Antelope Valley has some brilliant people.
The people who love the Antelope Valley need to take ownership, like they do in Malibu. People need to value and respect and want to protect and improve the areas where they live.
Oh, and build a movie studio, and have movie equipment rentals, and demolish the prison.
If you love the Antelope Valley then you need to show up at the city hall meetings and stuff, and you need to be involved in having a say pertaining to what happens in your home where you live and where you are raising children and grandchildren, etc, and for future generations.
Salute,
Tony V.
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On the issue of our high speed trains...
Richard Branson and Virgin has entered the game here in the USA now, and Virgin is working together with Brightline in Florida, and they are wanting to build a high speed train between Anaheim and Las Vegas. It can happen if Branson comes on to help. Also, Warren Buffett is into freight trains, and maybe Buffett can join together with Branson to help our high speed trains to happen, maybe Buffett would want high speed freight.
And the high speed train between Bakersfield and Merced is great, at least we built something. I want to go ride it. I want to check out the new technology and engineering. If people like the California high speed rail that we built, then maybe we will finish the whole route.
Salute,
Tony V.
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Edwards Air Force Base
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Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan announced Sept. 16 that the B-21 Raider is being produced in Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, California, facility - the same location as the B-2 Spirit. In addition, the 420th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California, will be reactivated to support testing of the B-21 Raider, as it did for the B-2.
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Very cool! The Antelope Valley needs the jobs, and these are great jobs.
Salute,
Tony V.
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There needs to be a giant aerospace museum built in Lancaster, California, celebrating the rich history of aerospace in the Antelope Valley. And the museum needs to be so great that people will travel from Los Angeles to Lancaster to visit the museum, and the museum needs to be so great that it will attract people from around the world.
And history is still being made in the Antelope Valley.
Salute,
Tony V.
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The children need heroes, and they need to realize that they can achieve great things. Guys like Chuck Yeager were real-life heroes. And a great museum in Lancaster can help to spark the childrens' imaginations, and can help to educate them about real heroes.
Salute,
Tony V.
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Chuck Yeager is still alive, he is 96, maybe he can be at the opening of the aerospace museum in Lancaster, California, if it gets built.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager
Salute,
Tony V.
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I sent some emails to some of our local politicians about building an aerospace museum in Lancaster, and here is a response that I just received...
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Thank you for your message to Supervisor Barger.
A new aerospace museum for the Antelope Valley is under construction now.
The Flight Test Historical Foundation at Edwards AFB is building a new museum for which it has been raising funds for a number of years.
The new museum will be outside Edwards’ west gate on Rosamond Boulevard, so members of the public will be able to visit it. The new museum is going up near the display of 1950s-era jet fighters and the historic Edwards control tower that were installed several years ago.
Edwards has had a museum with historic aircraft and displays on base for years, but since the 9/11 attacks sometimes it has meant members of the public had to sign up several months in advance to get permission to enter the base.
Charles Bostwick
Assistant Field Deputy
Office: (661) 726-3600
Fax: (661) 942-5069
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I helped to build a visitor's center at NASA out at Edwards many years ago, so there is that too.
But the Antelope Valley needs a huge museum to display and reflect on all that the Antelope Valley has done in the field of aerospace.
I hope that the new museum that they are building at Edwards is great. And I hope that they include all of the space aspects along with the flight testing, etc. The Antelope Valley built the Space Shuttles, along with building the record breaking aircraft and along with the flight testing that has been done at Edwards. I hope the museum includes all that the Antelope Valley has done in the field of aerospace.
People are calling the Antelope Valley a ghetto, and people need to wake up to all that that the Antelope Valley has done in the field of aerospace. The A.V. is a great place which has done great things. And today, right now, you can go to college at Antelope Valley College to train to help to build top secret aircraft, etc. And the desert is beautiful. People need to take pride in the A.V., it is not a ghetto.
Salute,
Tony V.
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The winter sometimes is hard when you do not have a car. And if you have a bicycle you are lucky, but you will get rained on, and you have to ride in the cold and in the wind.
One time I got caught in the rain as I made an appointment at City Hall, my bicycle was broken and I had to walk, and I was kind of feeling sorry for myself, and then I saw all of these other people out in the rain getting wet too, women and children, and other men, there were a whole bunch of us who got wet that day. I was not the only one who had to walk in the rain. And the neighbors all love me because I get out there and walk in the rain with them.
We have gentrification happening now, but this was a very humble, cool, down to earth spot for a long time. And right next to Disneyland, which made this place all the more magical.
And in the old days we could have parties here, with live music, and free mahi mahi tacos for everyone, and the secret to throwing parties is that if you invite everyone then they will not complain, they do not complain if they are all invited.
Here is a video of my friend Jon's band at a mahi mahi taco party that we held here...
http://youtu.be/x4K7dnixw5I
I have been here for 13 years, since 2006. I planned on going back to Rome, Italy, but I have not went back yet, I want to make "Echo, A Rock and Roll Tragedy" here in Hollywood, with Ariana Grande.
We will see what happens.
Meanwhile, I count my blessings.
Salute,
Tony V.
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I want to start going to Disneyland, I went once when I was a kid, and I went to Disney World in Florida, I live right by Disneyland and it is silly not to go.
And Anaheim has a great public bus system.
I need to get an annual multi- park pass.
The cheapest one is $399.00
https://disneyland.disney.go.com/passes/
It would be like living in Malibu and not going to the beach. I live right by Disneyland, so I need to start going there.
In 2020 I plan to get a pass for Disney, that would be cool.
( I guess my Grandfather's Brother drove a stage coach at Disneyland, he gave people rides around Disneyland, that was his job there. I worked at Universal Studios, and I applied at Disneyland when I first moved to Anaheim, but I did not get hired.)
Salute,
Tony V.
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The setup of my apartment here in Anaheim is like Tony's house on the television show "I Dream of Jeannie" and the French doors are the same and everything. His house on the show is in Cape Canaveral, Florida, where the Kennedy Space Center is, and of course he is an astronaut on the show. Barbara Eden played Jeannie on the show, she was very hot and sexy, she was every man's dream. It was a great show.
Salute,
Tony V.
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When this crisis is over, it would be nice if we could have more people working from home, and it would be nice if we could keep the freeways open and if we could keep the air clean, etc. Right now the air is so nice and clean, and there are hardly any cars on the roads, it is great. I hope we do not go back to crowded freeways and traffic jams.
We need to plan better, and build communities better. Every neighborhood should have a store and a pharmacy, so people can shop local, and people can work from home, also there can be factories and stuff close to the housing. We should make things better than how it was before, we need to be smarter. And more people can ride bicycles like I do, etc, with good planning then people do not even need cars.
Some great manufacturing can happen in Mojave. They can build electric Corvettes, and electric Jeeps. They can build many great things. And they can manufacture solar panels and all of the stuff for clean energy. When we build our high speed train between Los Angeles and Lancaster, and between Vegas and Anaheim, they can manufacture the trains in Mojave. They can also build fast new planes like the Concorde only better and faster, to bring air travel into the future. Lots of great jobs can be created in Mojave, and that will mean that all of those people will not be stuck in traffic. They can live in Quartz Hill and Lancaster and they can work in Mojave, etc. Instead of spending 5 hours a day stuck in traffic, they can simply work in Mojave. And the people can be trained for the jobs at AVC.
Salute,
Tony V.
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A couple of good safety tips for those of you who are moving to California on your own for the first time...
Do not open the door of your apartment when someone knocks if you are not expecting company. That was the first thing that our former manager Esperanza told me when I moved into this apartment, she said to lock the door and do not open it unless I am expecting company. You can avoid a lot of drama by not opening the door, and it might even save your life.
Do not let strangers into your apartment for any reason. When I first moved in it was a hot summer night, and I was listening to music out on my balcony, drinking beer, and I was loving my new apartment, and a beautiful woman walked by under my balcony, and so we talked, and she wanted to come up to my apartment, and I had to tell her "No." She was beautiful, but I do not allow strangers into my apartment. She could have been mentally ill. She could have said that I tried to rape her. You just never know. Plus people steal, I let a guy use my bathroom once and he stole my expensive cologne. Do not let strangers into your apartment.
Also, your home is your castle. You need to feel safe and comfortable in your home. Your home is your sanctuary. Do not let anyone be abusive to you in any way in your own home, make them leave and do not allow them into your home. It is your home, you need to feel safe in your home. No one should be allowed to abuse you in your own home, make them leave and do not invite them into your home. And in Florida you can shoot someone with a gun if they threaten your safety in your own home, and it should be that way everywhere.
You need to be safe at home, and you need to be able to enjoy your home. I have lived in a lot of bad neighborhoods, and I have survived from being smart and by not opening the door when strangers come unannounced, and by not allowing strangers into my apartment.
Also, if a woman is married, you should not be alone with her in your apartment, or if she has a boyfriend. You do not want people to get the wrong idea. You have to avoid inappropriate situations.
It is great to have your own apartment in Southern California, but for those of you who are on your own for the first time then you need to be careful and you need to take precautions.
Salute,
Tony V.
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Marie Kondo on Colbert... worth googling. I love when he empties his desk and holds each object in his hands. Marie is adorable.
And, if you're familiar with her whole aesthetic philosophy (it's not really minimalism, it's just common sense), you may have realized you will enjoy your stuff a lot more if you weed it, sort it, and have it where you actually derive life and happiness from it.
I have probably 1/5 of the possessions i had when i was forty, and our house is so much more beautiful and welcoming as a result. The world doesn't need so many factories cranking out ephemeral crap.
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Word.
And some good news for many homes in America....
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/01/908581048/sweeping-new-eviction-ban-from-trump-administration
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I'll say one thing for Marie...she nails it, so far as books are concerned. 80% of the books on your shelves that you think you might reread someday, you just won't. Keep the other 20% and get rid of the intellectual window-dressing and dust traps.
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When I worked at Empire West as a valet/doorman after college and acting school, back on 1998-99, the building was full of stars and Suzanne Pleshette was my boss. It was a fun job because of all of the great people who I was able to meet. Zsa Zsa Gabor used to come hang out with Suzanne Pleshette, and Hal Needham lived there, and Jerry Vale lived there, and many other great people lived there. And if you work in the entertainment industry then it would be great to live in the Empire West building because you could make movies with your neighbors. The building has always been full of people who work in the entertainment industry.
Salute,
Tony V.
https://www.facebook.com/EmpireWest
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For two point five million dollars you can get a Penthouse at Empire West...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/empire-west-penthouse-on-_n_783037
The whole building was full of stars when I worked there.
Salute,
Tony V.
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A lot of people go out to the desert and live in their RVs and there is a swap meet where they sell stuff to make money while they are there. The town is Quartzsite, Arizona. People live in their RVs and they make and sell jewelry and whatever else they can sell.
https://blog.goodsam.com/quartzsite-shows/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartzsite,_Arizona
There is a television show about Quartzsite on PBS. It is like a big commune in the desert. If you are out there homeless in your RV, then you can go check out Quartzsite. And for people who want to live the flower child lifestyle.
Salute,
Tony V.
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There is a great Mid Century Modern home down the street, it would be a perfect home to raise a family, and the area has great schools.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-century_modern
https://visitpalmsprings.com/discover-palm-springs-mid-century-modern-architecture/
Mid Century Modern is fun architecture, and we love it here in Anaheim.
Salute,
Tony V.
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Suzanne Pleshette lived in a cool building where all of her neighbors were in the Entertainment Industry, she could make movies with her neighbors. I would love to be able to live someplace where I could make movies with my neighbors.
When I lived in Malibu we had a lot of people from the Entertainment Industry, I would love to live in Malibu again. I would love to have my same house.
Here in Anaheim we have the Dodge film school at Chapman which is close by. Tons of new student housing is being built for the students, including for the film students. I hope they make a lot of films here in the OC and I would love to act in some student films.
You would think that we would have more filmmakers in the OC, maybe it will help if someone builds a new modern film and television studio here, maybe Disney will build a studio here.
Salute,
Tony V.
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Want a retirement home in the rural West? Think carefully...
https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-idaho-sandpoint-ade4fb13d865eb9f9b4dce6c4d944309
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Rebuilding affordable homes, after the Dixie Fire...with burned trees. Might be worth retooling a sawmill for. And returning to Native methods to keep future wildfires from doing so much destruction.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-05-30/greenville-was-destroyed-by-a-wildfire-can-it-be-rebuilt
Where I live, we were breathing some of Greenville last summer. Over a thousand miles away.
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For the Pepperdine students who are living in the villas at Latigo Beach, those students have it made. The only thing, is when you start at the top then there is no where to work your way up to. Some people take pride in working their way up from the bad neighborhoods. The USC students who live in Los Angeles have a whole different life than the students living on the beach in Malibu.
And that is one thing to remember as an actor is that each neighborhood has its own vibe, Los Angeles and Malibu have a totally different vibe. And living in an apartment on Hoover or Occidental by Lafayette Park is totally different than living on the beach at Latigo.
I lived in a Malibu beach house for one year, and it was fantastic, we had a maid, and gardeners, and you had to go through two security gates to get to our house. I experienced a level of relaxation in our rose garden overlooking the ocean that was fantastic. I like the beach vibe.
And I also spent time in Los Angeles by USC, and the school is fantastic, but you have to be careful in the neighborhoods. The neighborhoods by USC are not so safe, for sure not like Malibu.
Salute,
Tony V.
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I have a cousin who lives in a travel trailer in the rain forest of Oregon, she is retired with her husband. She pointed out that the average income in Anaheim is $80,000 per year. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am to live here. I live in a great neighborhood about 5 miles from Disneyland. I am poor so I can never afford to go to Disneyland, but I live in a great neighborhood.
There is a lot here that I want to explore, after I get some money rolling in and get a girlfriend to explore with me. I have not been to Disneyland since I was a child. I want to explore Disneyland, and there are a few restaurants here that I want to try. Then, I want to explore the rest of California, I want to explore the Wine Country, and I want to go see the Hearst Castle, and I want to go see the Francis Ford Coppola Winery and eat there at the restaurant. There is a lot that I want to explore here in Anaheim, and here in the state of California.
We have problems here with gang violence, which is silly, and people can get caught up in the down side of living here and they can forget how lucky we are to live here. Orange County is rich, there is no reason for crime here. People need to be wise enough to avoid the drugs and gangs, and California has a lot of good positive aspects.
I wanted to live in Rome, Italy, but I am grateful to live in Anaheim. And I might end up living back in Malibu. We will see what happens.
Salute,
Tony V.
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I lived in Topanga for 2 weeks, and I loved Topanga, the neighbors were all hippies, and the people were all really nice and friendly people, and there was zero crime. But, you need to own a car in Topanga, you cannot get around on the Public Transportation System there. They have buses on PCH, and on some of the other streets, but if you live in Topanga you need to own a car right now. An Electric VW Bus would be cool. They can invest in Transporters like the FRAN service in Anaheim to connect the residents with the Public Buses on PCH, etc, and then they can have more buses on PCH. A lot needs to be done to improve the public transportation in Topanga, California.
Salute,
Tony V.
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