A simpler time....

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:00 pm

When I was a kid Orange County still had a thriving agriculture
base...Mom's worked for a company(one of the oldest in OC)
that let employee families pick the leftovers from the fields
after the bulk of the crop was harvested. I spent some time
around the packing houses and saw lots of the heritage of what
was California represented in the art of packing crates...you know
south of tustin was all farmland back then...it's a shame that that's
all gone now....here's a peek...

gidgetgoestohell · Post by **gidgetgoestohell** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:09 pm

Or....where OCIR (Orange County International Raceway) was...all orange groves...now...houses and buildings.....~sigh~

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:40 pm

yes...that's what im talkin bout

chriswasanon · Post by **chriswasanon** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:56 am

So where did all the orange groves go?

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:50 am

chriswasanon wrote:So where did all the orange groves go?

Bulldozer....Some of the BEST farmland in the world...turned into mission
or ranch stlye homes made of 2x4's,stucco n drywall 10 feet apart as far
as the eye can see.... swimming pools...movies stars .....were all movie
stars out west here...progress I suppose...nevermind the apocolypse...
pass the coppertone

gidgetgoestohell · Post by **gidgetgoestohell** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:50 am

I have lots of memories of OCIR...my dad was a huge top fuel/dragster fan and he raced VWs....I was actually Miss VW in 1980.....

chriswasanon · Post by **chriswasanon** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:31 am

The Rizen shloemoe wrote:
chriswasanon wrote:So where did all the orange groves go?
Bulldozer....Some of the BEST farmland in the world...turned into mission
or ranch stlye homes made of 2x4's,stucco n drywall 10 feet apart as far
as the eye can see.... swimming pools...movies stars .....were all movie
stars out west here...progress I suppose...nevermind the apocolypse...
pass the coppertone

That's just terrible - what a waste.

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:02 am

gidgetgoestohell wrote:I have lots of memories of OCIR...my dad was a huge top fuel/dragster fan and he raced VWs....I was actually Miss VW in 1980.....

Yep I remember OCIR... went a couple times, I had a couple friends
who were staff there....I remember those names Don Purdome....
Shirley muldowney...Big Daddy Don Garlits....insane stuff!

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:38 am

gidgetgoestohell wrote:I have lots of memories of OCIR...my dad was a huge top fuel/dragster fan and he raced VWs....I was actually Miss VW in 1980.....

Miss VW,eh?Did you "ride" Herbie?