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Bakersfield vs. Beijing
1. Air quality Even on our worse day, our miserable air quality is 10 to 50 times better than Beijing's. Advantage: Bakersfield. 2. Traffic Beijing's gridlocked streets are nothing compared to Rosedale Highway. Advantage: Beijing. 3. Location Beijing stretches about 100 miles from east to west. If Bakersfield stretched 100 miles north we'd be in Fresno. Advantage: Beijing. 4. Food Beijing has scorpion kebabs. Bakersfield has pickled tongue. Advantage: Tie. 5. Famous landmarks You can't actually see the Great Wall from the moon (despite the popular claim), but you can see the Stiers RV flag. Advantage Bakersfield. 9 comments from 6 users
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posted by
GrizzlyCoach
on Aug 8, 2008 at 10:09 AM
6. Famous People China has Jackie Chan we have Ed Jagels. Advantage: China posted by
antiextremism
on Aug 8, 2008 at 11:45 AM
I wonder what the air quality would be like here if we had 17 million people. Yikes! posted by
johnburnssucks
on Aug 8, 2008 at 02:54 PM
The other day the air quality rating in Beijing was 118, which is not uncommon at all around here. China has Huang Xinhua, the hot dog vendor. Bako has Chad Vegas. Easy choice. posted by
iceq22
on Aug 8, 2008 at 09:02 PM
Beijing has a controlled media, Bakersfield rabid radio, with the liberal www.markmartinezshow.blogspot.com and the conservative best female talker in the nation www.kernradio.com/showdj.asp?DJID=6896 Advantage: White-truck town.
posted by
sagefever
on Aug 9, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Best opening of the Olympics? Beijing hands down. posted by
NancyII
on Aug 9, 2008 at 10:27 AM
I haven't watched a second of the Olympics. I've never been a big fan of the Summer games but LOVE the Winter games. I used to watch a little track but only because grandson ran track all through school and I'd follow it a little with him. posted by
sagefever
on Aug 9, 2008 at 12:18 PM
The opening is all I ever watch....you missed some marvels of engineering,and quite the stage production.A LCD screen that was 70 feet high and unrolled to 500 feet long. The cauldron(the deal that holds the flame) appeared in less than 2 minutes,from outta no where~ some beautiful imagery. Oh and some fireworks... posted by
NancyII
on Aug 9, 2008 at 01:29 PM
I didn't even know when the opening ceremony was. I guess my lack of interest was the reason for that. Not so spectacular but heart swelling with pride were the Junior Olympics the year my grandson placed 4th in the nation in his age group for the 400 meter. He rode back with us from Spokane WA in his track clothes on and every time we'd stop for gas or food he'd grab that medal and put it back on. The following year he quallified and ran but didn't place. What a time that was. posted by
sagefever
on Aug 9, 2008 at 02:16 PM
My favorite was the "Olympics" that Coach used to put on for the sp.ed. classes. His firefighter buddies would bring the big firetruck,and kids from the local high schools would pair up with a kid. One boy always sang the national anthem...the part about "home of the brave",hearing those words,looking at those kids,always gave me the shivers. Watching the blind kids race was a blast. Yeah they all did get ribbons...why not?
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