  Jonnyinlaguna Member Username: Jonnyinlaguna Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2006 |
Hi everyone! I hope this is the right place for this post. I thought the proper way to join the forum was to introduce myself. My name is John Kolwolski from Laguna, California. I have lived here for 12 years but am originally from Detroit. The good news is I just received a great job offer and will be moving back to the D in a few weeks. I will be moving into one of the fancy new lofts in the CBD. I want to be part of the New Detroit. Well I have been lurking on this site for about 3 years but didn’t join because I was so far removed from the D. But now I am back and hoping to keep up with the rest of you. There seems to be very intelligent people on this great website. I know what some of you must be thinking why is my user name jonnyinlaguna instead of jonnyinthed, well it is because I haven’t move yet (LOL). I look forward to having some meaningful debate about the D. Also I would like to thank the host Lowell for letting me sign up. Jonny soon to be in the D again (Message edited by jonnyinlaguna on October 28, 2006) (Message edited by jonnyinlaguna on October 28, 2006) | ||
Motownman Member Username: Motownman Post Number: 38 Registered: 09-2006 |
Welcome  | ||
Mama_jackson Member Username: Mama_jackson Post Number: 109 Registered: 06-2006 |
Jonnyinlaguna-I hope your moved back to town will be a pleasant one, and welcome to the forum! When do you expect to be all moved in? | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 389 Registered: 05-2006 |
Welcome Home! Detroitej72 | ||
Flybydon Member Username: Flybydon Post Number: 34 Registered: 01-2005 |
Welcome Home John. You found work?  | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 3176 Registered: 10-2003 |
Welcome to the forum and welcome home Johnny. You've chosen an exciting and positive time to return to the D. | ||
Jonnyinlaguna Member Username: Jonnyinlaguna Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2006 |
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I am already working here a few days a week but will be back for good the weekend of November 11th. Finding work wasn’t to hard because I hold 2 degrees from U of M. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 5121 Registered: 02-2004 |
Welcome to the forum Jonnyinlaguna, Check out the tour of the virtual ghettohoods of Detroit, by logging on to the tour the ruins like above the forum. | ||
Mind_field Member Username: Mind_field Post Number: 636 Registered: 10-2003 |
What Laguna city are you in? Hills? Beach? Niguel? Woods? And what loft development are you moving into? Why did you choose to move back to Detroit from the seemingly perfect (at least as portrayed on tv) Laguna cities of California? Welcome back, it's a great time to be a CBD resident. | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 1055 Registered: 12-2004 |
Welcome. May your CBD unit be merry and bright. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1661 Registered: 10-2003 |
Welcome to the Forum! And welcome back to Detroit!!! Where did you grow up? Did you get back for visits over the years? Let us know if we can help in any way. | ||
Jonnyinlaguna Member Username: Jonnyinlaguna Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2006 |
I grew up in Warrendale and went to St. Christopher. I come back a few times each year because my family still lives in Michigan. A friend of mine told me about a Warrendale blog a few months ago and it is nice to be able to keep up with the neighborhood. The blog itself isn’t very good but every once in awhile there is some interesting information on it. Here is a link: http://warrendale.blogspot.com / | ||
Hutt Member Username: Hutt Post Number: 16 Registered: 10-2005 |
Why not move back to Warrendale? | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 681 Registered: 12-2005 |
Q: if you walk into a crowded party do you know how to tell who the U of M grads are? A: Wait five minutes, they'll come tell you. Welcome to the forum Johnny, wish you much succes in the D. | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1692 Registered: 04-2005 |
Repeated just for the hell of it. Welcome, I think. | ||
Docmo Member Username: Docmo Post Number: 152 Registered: 10-2005 |
Jonny, Welcome. I, too, am moving into one of the fancy new lofts in the CBD (Eureka Lofts on Broadway). I'm also a former Southern Californian (Hermosa and Playa Del Rey). So Cal is great but, like you, I'm a Detroiter at heart. 56packman, oh, btw, I'm a Michigan grad. Is my five minutes up yet? Docmo | ||
Young_detroiter Member Username: Young_detroiter Post Number: 174 Registered: 08-2004 |
Jonny, Welcome back home! It is pleasing to know that natives and/or new-comers can be lured to the city. Though you have roots and family here, it is quite interesting to observe a resident of "paradise" moving into a less than paradisiacal Detroit. | ||
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher Post Number: 747 Registered: 06-2006 |
Welcome Home!! | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 1129 Registered: 01-2004 |
Yeah welcome. Now duck and cover ! Heh. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 411 Registered: 01-2006 |
Mauser's instruction applies to this forum. The city is not so bad, but WE are absolutely vicious. Tolerance will not be tolerated. YES, I am kidding. | ||
Buddyinrichmond Member Username: Buddyinrichmond Post Number: 74 Registered: 02-2004 |
When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer and the boys will shout The ladies they will all turn out And we'll all feel gay, When Johnny comes marching home. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 6943 Registered: 12-2003 |
Jonny, Where'd you suffer high school?! Welcome, and best wishes for a safe move. Never trust a moving company. You can USE 'em, if you must, but never pay them until you check EVERY single piece of cherished heirlooms. Have a few big friends over when the truck is unpacked, they are very good at intimidating a final payment, and it is always good to not be outnumbered by neanderthals. You will NEVER, ever get anywhere close to a satisfactory settlement from their insurance company...after they make you wait over a year for your meager cashola. So check everything before they leave, no matter how late they finally get to town. This has happened to nearly everyone I know who's moved any significant distance...just trying to avoid you some pain. Cheers! John | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 1060 Registered: 12-2004 |
The city and my sister's recently donated-to-slavation-army couch welcome you to Detroit:  | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3009 Registered: 08-2004 |
Johnny, you've gotten about the best response around here that I've seen for any newbie in a long time.... WELCOME!! Usually some of the regulars like to have Noobs for a meal... but you just said all the right things in all the right ways... good to have you back in the big "D"! |
