In a message dated 12/24/99 2:39:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, pariah1980@yahoo.com writes: << Santa Barbara County, and you? :) >> I'm living in Madison, NJ now but I grew up in LA county, in Cerritos, right on the border of Orange County -- next to Anaheim and Disneyland :) If you come over here any time soon buy: 1. Large warm coat 2 Thermal underwear 3. Warm gloves 4. snowboots or overshoes. I have a nice pair of overshoes that my wife says make me look like "I'm going trekking on the moon or something." 5. Scarf. 6. Something to cover your head and/or ears, but especially ears. Good luck :) The roads where I am were designed with a Spirograph. It was much easier to find your way around So. CA, where the same One Road goes for mile after mile. If you get lost you just look for a name you know and head west :) Out here, forget it :) Jim