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(NBC San Diego)   Don't look for your towel, because it's gone   (nbcsandiego.com) divider line
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4668 clicks; posted to Main » on 21 Jan 2023 at 8:05 PM (8 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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girlwiththedraggintutu
2023-01-21 5:55:40 PM  
I narrowly escaped a chunk of that cliff falling on my head when I was in college up the way at UCSD. It has been slowly crumbling for a long time.
 
Snapper Carr
2023-01-21 8:06:33 PM  
That's what you think.  I always know where my towel is.

/Hoopy frood.
 
fatassbastard [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 8:07:31 PM  
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Cheron
2023-01-21 8:07:39 PM  
A hoopy frood always knows where their towel is
 
PhoenixFarker [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 8:11:57 PM  

Snapper Carr: That's what you think.  I always know where my towel is.

/Hoopy frood.


Don't panic. (Imagine large, friendly letters.)
 
Excelsior
2023-01-21 8:13:38 PM  
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wildlifer
2023-01-21 8:21:32 PM  
Still nothing on our Guinness towels?
 
SBinRR [OhFark]
2023-01-21 8:25:50 PM  
Huge Section of Cliff Crashes Onto Black's Beach in La Jolla.

Y'all still segregating out west?  That's not cool.
 
Eat The Placenta
2023-01-21 8:30:28 PM  
I love that beach, but now it appears our relationship is on the rocks.
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NathanAllen
2023-01-21 8:39:43 PM  
There's a reason why most of the West Coastline looks like a pounded to fark pile of rocks.
 
ProfessorTerguson [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 8:40:56 PM  
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Kalyco Jack
2023-01-21 8:46:12 PM  
Blacks beach?! Oh no! Save the wrinkly old testicles!
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 8:49:23 PM  
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It's blurry because I had to snap a picture from the video, but why would anyone in their right mind hang out on a beach under THAT? Does any of that look safe to you? Doesn't it look like something that wants to fall "sooner rather than later?"
 
The Bunyip
2023-01-21 8:55:29 PM  
But I need to borrow your towel for sec - my car just hit a water buffalo.
 
fatassbastard [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 8:55:50 PM  

Lsherm: sooner rather than later


Jebus cripes, thank you for saying that correctly.
 
zez
2023-01-21 8:57:23 PM  
The interview with the surfer dude was basically this

Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Jeff Spicoli surf dream
Youtube s5u_fSGuOBQ
 
fatassbastard [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 8:58:02 PM  

The Bunyip: But I need to borrow your towel for sec - my car just hit a water buffalo.


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Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 8:58:23 PM  

fatassbastard: Lsherm: sooner rather than later

Jebus cripes, thank you for saying that correctly.


I will take the compliment! I don't know why I'm getting it.
 
fatassbastard [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 8:59:36 PM  

Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: sooner rather than later

Jebus cripes, thank you for saying that correctly.

I will take the compliment! I don't know why I'm getting it.


People say "sooner than later" all the time.
 
bughunter [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-01-21 9:01:12 PM  

SBinRR: Huge Section of Cliff Crashes Onto Black's Beach in La Jolla.

Y'all still segregating out west?  That's not cool.


Yes.

That's where we send the nudists.
 
Kitty2.0 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-21 9:03:18 PM  
I walked out of this movie in the theater, I was higher than a farking kite and it was still too absurd to suspend disbelief.
 
fatassbastard [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 9:04:21 PM  

zez: The interview with the surfer dude was basically this

[YouTube video: Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Jeff Spicoli surf dream]


Then they interviewed his friend:
Surfer Interview
Youtube hJdF8DJ70Dc
 
Dead for Tax Reasons
2023-01-21 9:04:28 PM  
were they building a bypass?  you've got to build bypasses
 
BigChad
2023-01-21 9:07:31 PM  

The Bunyip: But I need to borrow your towel for sec - my car just hit a water buffalo.


You ordered lunch to my room?

Well, I knew that's where my mouth would be.
 
bughunter [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-01-21 9:11:02 PM  
It's a beautiful spot, with beautiful views of San Clemente Island and excellent sunsets.  It's one of the spots from which I've seen the "green flash."  (It's more of a transient mirage than a flash...)  Good spot for warship and military aircraft spotting, too.

I got some nice photos of the full moon rising over Scripps here (somewhere).

We used to regularly do radio testing between aircraft and ground stations set up on the parking lot north of the paraglider port... which is also the lot where Black's Beach nudists like to park.

One morning we were setting up the EZ-ups, generator, and work tables when a convertible races up, skids to a stop, and a guy hops out wearing only speedos and flip-flops.  By the time he got to the top of the trail heading down the bluff, he was wearing nothing but flip-flops.

Not much to see on the beach from 300 feet up... you'd need binoculars.  Not that the kind of nudity you really wanna see actually happens down there.
 
cyberspacedout
2023-01-21 9:11:11 PM  
And this is why owning developed property on seaside cliffs or bluffs in California isn't exactly a good long-term investment.

It's also not a good place to put infrastructure like a railroad, but there's a track running along bluffs way too close to the beach north of San Diego. I doubt it'll last a few more decades.
 
Kalyco Jack
2023-01-21 9:12:41 PM  

bughunter: SBinRR: Huge Section of Cliff Crashes Onto Black's Beach in La Jolla.

Y'all still segregating out west?  That's not cool.

Yes.

That's where we send the nudists.


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hlehmann
2023-01-21 9:16:28 PM  

NathanAllen: There's a reason why most of the West Coastline looks like a pounded to fark pile of rocks.


Plate tectonics, how does it work?
 
hlehmann
2023-01-21 9:18:26 PM  

cyberspacedout: And this is why owning developed property on seaside cliffs or bluffs in California isn't exactly a good long-term investment.

It's also not a good place to put infrastructure like a railroad, but there's a track running along bluffs way too close to the beach north of San Diego. I doubt it'll last a few more decades.


Hasn't that rail line been out of service for something like four months now?  Probably for this sort of reason.
 
Kalyco Jack
2023-01-21 9:25:49 PM  

hlehmann: cyberspacedout: And this is why owning developed property on seaside cliffs or bluffs in California isn't exactly a good long-term investment.

It's also not a good place to put infrastructure like a railroad, but there's a track running along bluffs way too close to the beach north of San Diego. I doubt it'll last a few more decades.

Hasn't that rail line been out of service for something like four months now?  Probably for this sort of reason.


The rail line through the Torrey Pines area, where this happened, is further inland. The line that runs along the beach is in Del Mar, a bit north of there where the cliffs are way lower. It was out of commission awhile back when the tracks shifted after a small earthquake but it is currently operational.
 
saturn badger [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-21 9:26:05 PM  
Now this was a time to turn the camera to catch it all at once.
 
Madman drummers bummers [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-21 9:31:33 PM  

Lsherm: [Fark user image 755x1012]

It's blurry because I had to snap a picture from the video, but why would anyone in their right mind hang out on a beach under THAT? Does any of that look safe to you? Doesn't it look like something that wants to fall "sooner rather than later?"


Seriously, it's not bluffing.
 
Habeas Porpoise [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 9:33:28 PM  

Lsherm: [Fark user image image 755x1012]

It's blurry because I had to snap a picture from the video, but why would anyone in their right mind hang out on a beach under THAT? Does any of that look safe to you? Doesn't it look like something that wants to fall "sooner rather than later?"


Damn right.  They had to fence off this rock in Sydney because people kept having picnics on it despite the warnings.
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Hasn't fallen yet, but it's gonna
 
Billy Liar
2023-01-21 10:02:07 PM  
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VogonPoet
2023-01-21 10:06:19 PM  

Dead for Tax Reasons: were they building a bypass?  you've got to build bypasses


I know, right?
/Bloody apathetic planet, I've no sympathy at all
 
cryinoutloud [BareFark]
2023-01-21 10:07:19 PM  

Habeas Porpoise: Damn right.  They had to fence off this rock in Sydney because people kept having picnics on it despite the warnings.
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Hasn't fallen yet, but it's gonna


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BeadHack
2023-01-21 10:20:27 PM  

Lsherm: [Fark user image image 755x1012]

It's blurry because I had to snap a picture from the video, but why would anyone in their right mind hang out on a beach under THAT? Does any of that look safe to you? Doesn't it look like something that wants to fall "sooner rather than later?"


Especially after all the recent rain.
That was one of my old stomping grounds. Watching the seniors play volleyball in the buff was an education all in itself. The coach at least had on a big floppy hat.
 
BeadHack
2023-01-21 10:24:40 PM  

cyberspacedout: And this is why owning developed property on seaside cliffs or bluffs in California isn't exactly a good long-term investment.

It's also not a good place to put infrastructure like a railroad, but there's a track running along bluffs way too close to the beach north of San Diego. I doubt it'll last a few more decades.


But it sure is a spectacular ride. Did wonder about long term maintenance tho.
 
indy_kid
2023-01-21 10:26:46 PM  
Wait until the Big One hits. Half the hills in southern California will be having landslides.

I was at Camp Pendleton for ROTC, and we're at this area that's a few miles from the beach. They had cut into a small hillside to make room for some bleachers. I took a look at the "dirt" halfway up the cut, and it's just compressed sand held together by old organic matter that had decomposed. You have to figure that the organic material only goes so far into the sand, and everything below that is just sand held in place by gravity.

When the Big One hits, half of California will experience ground liquefaction. It will need a reconstruction effort on the scale of Ukraine, if not more.
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 10:34:14 PM  

fatassbastard: Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: sooner rather than later

Jebus cripes, thank you for saying that correctly.

I will take the compliment! I don't know why I'm getting it.

People say "sooner than later" all the time.


I guess they do, and they shouldn't.

*FIst Bump*

Here's to old guys connecting on Fark.
 
fatassbastard [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 10:47:40 PM  

Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: sooner rather than later

Jebus cripes, thank you for saying that correctly.

I will take the compliment! I don't know why I'm getting it.

People say "sooner than later" all the time.

I guess they do, and they shouldn't.

*FIst Bump*

Here's to old guys connecting on Fark.


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2023-01-21 10:48:23 PM  
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Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 10:55:31 PM  

fatassbastard: Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: sooner rather than later

Jebus cripes, thank you for saying that correctly.

I will take the compliment! I don't know why I'm getting it.

People say "sooner than later" all the time.

I guess they do, and they shouldn't.

*FIst Bump*

Here's to old guys connecting on Fark.

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Hah!

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MaudlinMutantMollusk [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-21 11:12:45 PM  
If you're ever talking to a resident of La Jolla and you really want to piss them off, pronounce it like it's spelled

/Dios mío
 
fatassbastard [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 11:19:42 PM  

Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: sooner rather than later

Jebus cripes, thank you for saying that correctly.

I will take the compliment! I don't know why I'm getting it.

People say "sooner than later" all the time.

I guess they do, and they shouldn't.

*FIst Bump*

Here's to old guys connecting on Fark.

[media.tenor.com image 288x206] [View Full Size image _x_]

Hah!

[Fark user image image 498x223]


Also, sorry about your kitty. 😥 Bo's had a couple of scares over the last few months, I am NOT looking forward to that day... 😑
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-01-21 11:25:45 PM  

fatassbastard: Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: fatassbastard: Lsherm: sooner rather than later

Jebus cripes, thank you for saying that correctly.

I will take the compliment! I don't know why I'm getting it.

People say "sooner than later" all the time.

I guess they do, and they shouldn't.

*FIst Bump*

Here's to old guys connecting on Fark.

[media.tenor.com image 288x206] [View Full Size image _x_]

Hah!

[Fark user image image 498x223]

Also, sorry about your kitty. 😥 Bo's had a couple of scares over the last few months, I am NOT looking forward to that day... 😑


It will happen. We've all been through it.

Accept my knowns when it it does.
 
caffeine_addict
2023-01-22 12:21:22 AM  

wildlifer: Still nothing on our Guinness towels?


Not yet. I have moved three times and have forwarded my address still holding onto hope
 
LouisZepher
2023-01-22 12:54:02 AM  

PhoenixFarker: Snapper Carr: That's what you think.  I always know where my towel is.

/Hoopy frood.

Don't panic. (Imagine large, friendly letters.)


My device screen for several devices.
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Tater1337
2023-01-22 2:16:56 AM  

wildlifer: Still nothing on our Guinness towels?


still got mine
 
PhoenixFarker [TotalFark]
2023-01-22 2:53:46 AM  

Dead for Tax Reasons: were they building a bypass?  you've got to build bypasses


Farking Vogons. Not to mention their poetry.
 
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