[John Neeley]

Scattershot.....
"the land of fruits and nuts"..that is because the majority of the fruits and nuts of the world are grown here, not because of crazies and loons. I remember in Basic Training, the D.I. would ask a recruit, "where you from, boy"...and they would answer...every remark back from the D.I. was, "only steers and qu**rs are born in ......." so, the term is pretty generic dealing with CA. BTW, I worked in Denver/Aurora area back in the late '90's contracted to US West, and traffic was nothing to sneeze at either, so I would say, in general.....some drivers stink no matter what state they are in. Like you said in the last paragraph, that is the way to go, no matter what state your in.