The Davey Fund

Vargha

God bless this donor (who I shall allow to remain anonymous) who has put me 0.4% of the way towards my round trip tickets to New Jersey! Apparently he has started a separate fund for the Nationals for me. I only need 249 more generous souls like this so my wife won't be pissed at taking two days off to fly to Jersey (or Ohio) to hang out with card collectors. This is his note he included:

Payment Details

Amount: $1.96 USD

Subject: The Davey Fund

Note: Dear Mr. Vargha-
I hope this helps poor Davey go to camp in Cleveland this summer. Summers in Simi Valley can be brutal, with all the gangs of xbox dueling white kids. I'm sure young Davey will delight in the warmth of the lake on fire, and learn pugilism and customer service from Mikey Wentz.

murcerfan

I think you need to send the $$ back.
your poor donor thinks they are sending you to the national, not some homeboy's barbeque.

Vargha

He already wrote me that he was confused about my destination and in the spirit of forgiveness, I have let him know that it was okay.

Griffins

Murcer- once you get east of Sepulveda its all the same anyway.

Vargha

True, that.

murcerfan

OK.......I'll bite.

what the flock is a Sepulveda ??, is'nt that something used by a gyncologist?

BugOnTheRug

I was going to send the 1984T Berra psa 6 to you today, but realized the $0.60 postage was worth far more than the card. I thought about cutting the slab in half and using a 37 cent stamp, but my bandsaw blade is broke.

Would a 37 cent stamp be a fair counter-offer? I know it's not $1.96, but it's the thought that counts.

BOTR

Tipem

I thought that Vargha was looking for funds to start a PSA graded Davey Crockett set.


Vic

wolfbear

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee,
Greenest state in the land of the free.
Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree,
Killed him a bear when he was only three.

Davy, Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier

Vargha

Sepulveda is a major street in west Los Angeles.

NickM

For those unfamiliar with the layout of Los Angeles, Sepulveda is actually 2 major streets that are not connected with each other.

The first Sepulveda Boulevard is an east-west street that starts in Redondo Beach and heads east to Long Beach, where it changes its name to Willow and keeps going. At the Orange County border, it changes its name to Katella and goes east through most of the county. This is the same Katella as borders Disneyland, the Anaheim Convention center, the Arrowhead Pond, and Angels Stadium/Edison International Field/Anaheim Stadium/insert your name here.

The second Sepulveda, which is the one Griffins and Vargha were referring to, is the major north-south street in most of the west part of Los Angeles. Pacific Coast Highway, in the southern part of Manhattan Beach, changes its name to Sepulveda for points northward. That Sepulveda Boulevard heads north past LAX Airport (being the major north-south access route to LAX) through West Los Angeles and through the Mulholland Pass, where it is essentially the only surface street alternative to the I-405 freeway between the San Fernando Valley and the Los Angeles basin. Sepulveda continues north through almost the entire San Fernando Valley, ending in Granada Hills.

If you're neither too confused nor toally bored yet, Pacific Coast Highway picks up again in a separate location at the west end of the I-10 freeway in Santa Monica and heads north to northern California.

And what makes all of this truly bizarre is that Griffins is east of Sepulveda.

BTW, Vargha, why didn't you solicit for the Davey Fund from all of the motorists waiting for hours on the 118 freeway to get to the Reagan Library?

Nick

magellan

I've been a Davey from birth. Where's the love?

pandrews

<< <i>For those unfamiliar with the layout of Los Angeles, Sepulveda is actually 2 major streets that are not connected with each other.

The first Sepulveda Boulevard is an east-west street that starts in Redondo Beach and heads east to Long Beach, where it changes its name to Willow and keeps going. At the Orange County border, it changes its name to Katella and goes east through most of the county. This is the same Katella as borders Disneyland, the Anaheim Convention center, the Arrowhead Pond, and Angels Stadium/Edison International Field/Anaheim Stadium/insert your name here.

The second Sepulveda, which is the one Griffins and Vargha were referring to, is the major north-south street in most of the west part of Los Angeles. Pacific Coast Highway, in the southern part of Manhattan Beach, changes its name to Sepulveda for points northward. That Sepulveda Boulevard heads north past LAX Airport (being the major north-south access route to LAX) through West Los Angeles and through the Mulholland Pass, where it is essentially the only surface street alternative to the I-405 freeway between the San Fernando Valley and the Los Angeles basin. Sepulveda continues north through almost the entire San Fernando Valley, ending in Granada Hills.

If you're neither too confused nor toally bored yet, Pacific Coast Highway picks up again in a separate location at the west end of the I-10 freeway in Santa Monica and heads north to northern California.

And what makes all of this truly bizarre is that Griffins is east of Sepulveda.

BTW, Vargha, why didn't you solicit for the Davey Fund from all of the motorists waiting for hours on the 118 freeway to get to the Reagan Library?

Nick >>



i dont know anything about Sepulveda.. but i saw a few rank lookin' hookers in Torrance? Dont remember much of that trip.. except that I ate at a place called Norms (24 hours) which I think was on PCH in Torrance..

edited to say - i remember so little of the trip, i dont even know if PCH runs through Torrance.. i left SF airport and drove down to Huntington Beach for a wedding, left HB and headed to Vegas, stayed overnight, headed back to San Fran.. stayed a few days, headed back to Florida..

Vargha

PCH does go through Torrance.

Norm's is the best bang for your low-budget buck.

pandrews

<< <i>PCH does go through Torrance.

Norm's is the best bang for your low-budget buck. >>



coincidentally, the skank hookers i referred to, are also the best bang for your low-budget buck..

Norms was awesome because it was OPEN and it was 3:30am or so.. I inquired about a place to get a room for a couple hours before I hit the road again, and they said

"anywhere but across the street - it has a reputation for drugs & hookers"..

GREAT! we found a room!
edited to say "we" above, does not mean me & a skank hooker, but rather my travel companion for the wedding..

hojodojonono

Does this mean Vargha will need a companion ticket?

koby

"companion"

pandrews

uh oh.. i shouldve never used the word "companion"... its too eerily similar to "partner"..

koby

To each his own, buddy.

Fuzz

p_A,
Let's see now.
Flew to SF.
Drive to LA.
Attend wedding.
Greasy late night food.
Skanky hookers/ drug ridden hotel.
Drive to Vegas.
Drive back to SF.
Fly to Fla.

Had I been you, the first thing when I got home, I would have gone down and kicked the ever lovin' crap out of a travel agent.
Fuzz

pandrews

<< <i>p_A,
Let's see now.
Flew to SF.
Drive to LA.
Attend wedding.
Greasy late night food.
Skanky hookers/ drug ridden hotel.
Drive to Vegas.
Drive back to SF.
Fly to Fla.

Had I been you, the first thing when I got home, I would have gone down and kicked the ever lovin' crap out of a travel agent.
Fuzz >>



lol.. it was all unplanned and unrehearsed.. it all started with Vanna White.. ?

DISCLAIMER - This story is PROBABLY fiction, I dont remember..

I was a contestant on wheel of fortune?
I won $6980+7 day trip to SF @ Fairmont Hotel
Flew to SF - rented a car
Checked into the Fairmont while my buddy waited in the car at the curb, I didnt visit my room.
Another buddy of ours was getting married in Huntington Beach the next day, sooooo...
Drive 7 hours to LA, party w/ a few friends at HB that night.. then we left to go find a room (its 2:30am)..
Munchies kick in, so we stop at Norm's diner or whatever the hell it is..
Wake up - attend wedding - weddings over.
I was ready to get back to SF and check out the Bay Area, but my buddy Kurt says

"Dude.. we should head to Vegas, we can be there by 1:30am.. come on, i'll drive.."

we ended up on the strip in Vegas at 1:29am - got a cheap room - walked across the street & gambled 'til the sun came up.. went back to our room (which wasnt slept in).. got our bags and headed out for San Fran again..

On the way to San Fran, we stopped at a ghost town (Calico?) and I got kicked out by some old park ranger guy because I was going in the old mineshafts and other areas marked "KEEP OUT".. but not before we smoked a joint in the old ghost town cemetary (one of many spliffs along the way)..

on an interesting side note, this trip took place almost 1 year after 9/11, and we were contemplating on the best method of taking my "tobacco" along for the trip.. i sure wasnt going to take it on the plane.. sooo.. I rolled one small one for the long drive from San Fran to LA, stuffed it in my luggage, and checked my baggage.. worked fine.. but just ONE isnt enough is it? so i let my buddy know (the one getting married) to be expecting a package via UPS.. I didnt put his name on it, so he could have plausible deniability should the need arise... I shipped it out 3 days prior to my departure.. he received it, half was gone by the time I got to it... sheesh.. leads me to another part of the trip.. we were running low on our last couple of days in San Fran.. we were rationing it very carefully, but we decided to visit Haight Ashbury (my first visit there, not knowing what to expect).. WOW!

We werent there 2 minutes before some dude walked past and mumbled something.. I asked my buddy "what did that dude say?" and Kurt said..

"uhh.. i think he said something about herb.."

in the next 20 minutes, we were propositioned 15-20x by different individuals wanting to sell us some herb.. NICE herb too.. finally I took up this little Spanish dudes offer.. he ran around the corner and was back in 10 minutes..

NOTE: Re-Read DISCLAIMER.

NickM

pandrews - you were in Lomita at that point (a couple blocks east of the Torrance border). Torrance is patrolled by its own police force. Lomita relies on the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Guess where all the hookers go.

On a baseball card-related note, if you continued east on PCH about 2 miles from where you were, South Bay Baseball Cards would be on the left side of the street. If you had doubled back a block or so and headed north on Pennsylvania Avenue to the other Sepulveda, you would have been right by Time Out Collectibles (first turn pocket west of Pennsylvania on Sepulveda).

Oh, and as for San Francisco, there's a reason they call that area Hashbury.

Nick

pandrews

<< <i>pandrews - you were in Lomita at that point (a couple blocks east of the Torrance border). Torrance is patrolled by its own police force. Lomita relies on the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Guess where all the hookers go.

On a baseball card-related note, if you continued east on PCH about 2 miles from where you were, South Bay Baseball Cards would be on the left side of the street. If you had doubled back a block or so and headed north on Pennsylvania Avenue to the other Sepulveda, you would have been right by Time Out Collectibles (first turn pocket west of Pennsylvania on Sepulveda).

Oh, and as for San Francisco, there's a reason they call that area Hashbury.

Nick >>



it was a great vacation.. i compare the whole thing to "fear & loathing"..

Vargha

I'm still stuck on $1.96

koby

Davey,

Maybe if you sold some of the E95 cards that you recently purchased from Sportscards Plus, you would be able to attend. I don't want you to miss the big bash, so if you send me the Cobb, I will buy you the Greyhound ticket.

Your friend,
koby