Baker Ranch in Lake Forest / Foothill Ranch

[socal78]

Me laugh at SoCal's question.

It's not a bromance... it's an IHOmance.

Whatever an IHOmance is. I don't follow. I'll take it as a "yes".

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Great seeing you again Bones and thanks for the lift in the Orange bike... only if it was a tandem I wouldn't have to sit on the handle bars! 

You're just putting salt on the wound.

(that should answer SoCal's question... I think)

 

[homer_simpson]

Great seeing you again Bones and thanks for the lift in the Orange bike... only if it was a tandem I wouldn't have to sit on the handle bars! 

You're just putting salt on the wound.

(that should answer SoCal's question... I think)

You never respond to my text dude!!!

 

[socal78]

Amazing the trade offs folks make to get "new."

Socal -- after your Chino experience, I'm surprised you're a BR booster.

LOL. Baker Ranch has very little in common with Chino. What makes you say that?

I'm an Orange County native. I've lived in N. OC, S. OC, including Yorba Linda, Tustin, Tustin Ranch, Irvine, Foothill Ranch, and the I.E. I don't really identify as a "booster" of B.R. (just yet?) as I haven't had the opportunity to see it yet. I am waiting for a weekend when the crowds die down. However, I can compare the areas, having the experience that I do have, and recognize some of the benefits of B.R. Also, in many ways, I am completely opposite of other posters here. Most of the things they see as drawbacks, I see as pluses, and vice versa. That is probably because my cultural values are a lot different. I don't think Baker Ranch is for somebody who wants to find the winner of a "Keynesian Beauty Contest"... I'll wait while everybody Googles that one... I'm interested in evaluating what truly is before us. That goes for everything, not just B.R. I may be part Dutch but I don't play Tulip Mania. 

 

[Irvinecommuter]

Amazing the trade offs folks make to get "new."

Socal -- after your Chino experience, I'm surprised you're a BR booster.

LOL. Baker Ranch has very little in common with Chino. What makes you say that?

I'm an Orange County native. I've lived in N. OC, S. OC, including Yorba Linda, Tustin, Tustin Ranch, Irvine, Foothill Ranch, and the I.E. I don't really identify as a "booster" of B.R. (just yet?) as I haven't had the opportunity to see it yet. I am waiting for a weekend when the crowds die down. However, I can compare the areas, having the experience that I do have, and recognize some of the benefits of B.R. Also, in many ways, I am completely opposite of other posters here. Most of the things they see as drawbacks, I see as pluses, and vice versa. That is probably because my cultural values are a lot different. I don't think Baker Ranch is for somebody who wants to find the winner of a "Keynesian Beauty Contest"... I'll wait while everybody Googles that one... I'm interested in evaluating what truly is before us. That goes for everything, not just B.R. I may be part Dutch but I don't play Tulip Mania. 

Actually...BR felt very similar to Chino Hills to me, right down to the jail! 

 

[NASCAR24]

Actually...BR felt very similar to Chino Hills to me, right down to the jail!

Chino Hills is very different from Chino

 

[socal78]

Amazing the trade offs folks make to get "new."

Socal -- after your Chino experience, I'm surprised you're a BR booster.

LOL. Baker Ranch has very little in common with Chino. What makes you say that?

I'm an Orange County native. I've lived in N. OC, S. OC, including Yorba Linda, Tustin, Tustin Ranch, Irvine, Foothill Ranch, and the I.E. I don't really identify as a "booster" of B.R. (just yet?) as I haven't had the opportunity to see it yet. I am waiting for a weekend when the crowds die down. However, I can compare the areas, having the experience that I do have, and recognize some of the benefits of B.R. Also, in many ways, I am completely opposite of other posters here. Most of the things they see as drawbacks, I see as pluses, and vice versa. That is probably because my cultural values are a lot different. I don't think Baker Ranch is for somebody who wants to find the winner of a "Keynesian Beauty Contest"... I'll wait while everybody Googles that one... I'm interested in evaluating what truly is before us. That goes for everything, not just B.R. I may be part Dutch but I don't play Tulip Mania. 

Actually...BR felt very similar to Chino Hills to me, right down to the jail! 

Chino Hills doesn't have a jail.

The City of Chino has a prison, though.

They are two very different areas & are two separate cities.

I don't think anybody here is confused about your feelings, IrvineCommuter as you've repeated it to us again and again. If you're unhappy and have nothing new to add, why participate in this thread? Let me explain: I've been trying to avoid you as best I can by not visiting the Irvine threads as much anymore. How about I help you and you help me in return? Sounds like a deal.

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Great seeing you again Bones and thanks for the lift in the Orange bike... only if it was a tandem I wouldn't have to sit on the handle bars! 

You're just putting salt on the wound.

(that should answer SoCal's question... I think)

You never respond to my text dude!!!

You know I only like it when you Facetime.

(where is qwerter?)

 

[Irvinecommuter]

Amazing the trade offs folks make to get "new."

Socal -- after your Chino experience, I'm surprised you're a BR booster.

LOL. Baker Ranch has very little in common with Chino. What makes you say that?

I'm an Orange County native. I've lived in N. OC, S. OC, including Yorba Linda, Tustin, Tustin Ranch, Irvine, Foothill Ranch, and the I.E. I don't really identify as a "booster" of B.R. (just yet?) as I haven't had the opportunity to see it yet. I am waiting for a weekend when the crowds die down. However, I can compare the areas, having the experience that I do have, and recognize some of the benefits of B.R. Also, in many ways, I am completely opposite of other posters here. Most of the things they see as drawbacks, I see as pluses, and vice versa. That is probably because my cultural values are a lot different. I don't think Baker Ranch is for somebody who wants to find the winner of a "Keynesian Beauty Contest"... I'll wait while everybody Googles that one... I'm interested in evaluating what truly is before us. That goes for everything, not just B.R. I may be part Dutch but I don't play Tulip Mania. 

Actually...BR felt very similar to Chino Hills to me, right down to the jail! 

Chino Hills doesn't have a jail.

The City of Chino has a prison, though.

They are two very different areas & are two separate cities.

I don't think anybody here is confused about your feelings, IrvineCommuter as you've repeated it to us again and again. If you're unhappy and have nothing new to add, why participate in this thread? Let me explain: I've been trying to avoid you as best I can by not visiting the Irvine threads as much anymore. How about I help you and you help me in return? Sounds like a deal.

Socal...I don't know why you feel so threatened.  I have said nothing to you personally or attacked your choices/view.  I am simply expressly my views and opinions...isn't that what everyone else does here? 

I participate in this thread because I went to visit BR and have some opinions and feedback.  I would imagine that people who visits this thread (like all other threads) want as much feedback as possible, good, bad, neutral.  I looked back at a lot of the threads and there were a lot negative comments made about Stonegate, Lambert Ranch, and PP.  Why should BR be immuned?

Also...there are two prisons next to the Preserves in Chino Hills/Chino. 

There is a Youth Facility and a Women's Institution within a 2 mile radius.  The men's prison is 5 miles away.  I actually found this out when we thought about buy there a few years back.

I do have to retract my statement regarding Chino Hills and replace it with Chino.  My confusion came because the Preserves identifies itself as in Chino Hills when in reality , it's probably in Chino.

 

[socal78]

Great seeing you again Bones and thanks for the lift in the Orange bike... only if it was a tandem I wouldn't have to sit on the handle bars! 

You're just putting salt on the wound.

(that should answer SoCal's question... I think)

WAIT.

You're jealous Homie was hanging out with her instead of you?
OR
You wish YOU were riding on Bones' handlebars?!

This could go either way. 

 

[homer_simpson]

Great seeing you again Bones and thanks for the lift in the Orange bike... only if it was a tandem I wouldn't have to sit on the handle bars! 

You're just putting salt on the wound.

(that should answer SoCal's question... I think)

WAIT.

You're jealous Homie was hanging out with her instead of you?
OR
You wish YOU were riding on Bones' handlebars?!

This could go either way. 

he's jealous he cant fit on the handlebars!!




























jk IHO, please don't beat me up!

 

[irvinehomeowner]

@SoCal:

My Facetime comment should answer your questions.

 

[socal78]

I don't want to argue with you, IrvineCommuter. I have my reasons. I don't need to justify my feelings to you. 

Sure, you can post anything you want, as can I. However, my goal is to reach a mutual agreement where we both voluntarily "keep our hands to ourselves", not just in this thread but in any thread, on any topic - more of a "think before you speak" type of approach between just us. For right now, I think that is the best route for keeping the peace. Fair enough.

 

[irvinehomeowner]

he's jealous he cant fit on the handlebars!!

jk IHO, please don't beat me up!

Why? It's true.

@SoCal:

Maybe Tyler took over your account? (<-- jk SC, please don't beat me up!)

 

[Irvinecommuter]

I don't want to argue with you, IrvineCommuter. I have my reasons. I don't need to justify my feelings to you. 

Sure, you can post anything you want, as can I. However, my goal is to reach a mutual agreement where we both voluntarily "keep our hands to ourselves", not just in this thread but in any thread, on any topic - more of a "think before you speak" type of approach between just us. For right now, I think that is the best route for keeping the peace. Fair enough.

That's the thing...outside of this discussion, I don't recall ever really discussing much with you.  We may have our differences of opinion on things but people disagree all the time.  I was asking more as a way to find out what, if any, I did to offend you but it is up to you whether you want to share. 

 

[socal78]

That's the thing...outside of this discussion, I don't recall ever really discussing much with you.  We may have our differences of opinion on things but people disagree all the time.  I was asking more as a way to find out what, if any, I did to offend you but it is up to you whether you want to share. 

We have tangled in the past. If you genuinely do not remember it, then you can PM me with specific questions and I'll try to answer them. My goal is to avoid a similar situation happening when I saw the makings of a new one here.

 

[qwerty]

YOU were riding on Bones

Socal keep it PG!!! i refuse to be held to a higher standard

 

[irvinehomeowner]

YOU were riding on Bones

Socal keep it PG!!! i refuse to be held to a higher standard

Actually... the original statement is even qwerterier:

You wish YOU were riding on Bones' handlebars?!

 

[OpenSky]

 

[socal78]

Chino Hills... Where this happened?http://articles.latimes.com/1985-02-19/news/mn-349_1_ryen-home[/quote]

Yeah, that was so terribly sad. What a tragedy. Yeah, I know about that & posted a similar link to the Kevin Cooper murders a while back, too.

Apparently escaped convicts don't respect city limits...

You're right, apparently not. So, if this is being steered in the direction I think it's being steered... what would make any other surrounding area like Irvine insulted from the risks (since everybody like to compare to Irvine)? If that's not where you're headed, then what is the question exactly? I'm not sure I follow.

The word "convict" like Kevin Cooper is, typically describes a prison inmate with a felony conviction. One is a prison and one is a jail. Jail is where less serious, usually non-violent offenders with shorter sentences are housed and where inmates await trial & sentencing. But I agree there will be little difference soon as state prison inmates are xfered back to their local jails due to overcrowding. No argument there from me. As I said a while ago, I attended an orientation given by the sheriff at the jail HQ's last year where this was all discussed with me first-hand. Like I said earlier, I definitely have my concerns about BR being next to the jail. I also don't like the fact that our city council refuses to put up signs near the jail saying "Do not pick up hitch hikers". Yikes!

anyhow, I thought you expressed concern about proximity to sirens and jails - I think you even posted a YouTube video with the obnoxious sound....

Close but no cigar. I said that was the prison test siren in the video. Musick Jail is a jail. Jails do not have test sirens to my knowledge. But maybe now they should!