Yup, it's quite windy and rainy here. My neighbors have two tall fir
trees but I doubt if they will blow over. I don't have any trees tall
enough to be a concern. Seems like mother nature is trying to make up
for the drought again.
On 02/06/2015 01:10 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
It's windy over here in SF right now. A few minutes ago I noticed
that my neighbor's tall tree broke one of it's branches and fell on my
backyard. I'm afraid the top of the tree might break too if the wind
keeps up.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote :
I think when I lived in Mill Valley from the fall of 1969 to early
1970 the Golden Gate Bridge toll may have been only 25 cents! BART
was an idea on the design boards. And my new neighbor had wound up
shooting scenes to his movie in an under construction bore of the
Caldecott tunnel (which only got it's much needed 4th bore a little
over a year ago).
On 02/06/2015 10:21 AM, jr_esq@... <mailto:jr_esq@...>
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
That was a bold way to quit a job. Good for you. Also, Mill Valley
is still a nice place to live. However, the housing prices in that
town have increased many fold since you left. Tiburon is a nice town
too. I like to take friends there a this restaurant where you can
dine al fresco in the back overlooking the docks.
When I crossed the Golden Gate Bridge about two years ago, I paid
$5.00 for the weekend toll. It's probably higher now.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <richard@...>
<mailto:richard@...> wrote :
In 1968 we got a job house-sitting in SF on Sacramento St. - two
bedroom flat - and the use of a classic Morgan parked in a space next
door. We were right around the corner from China Town half way up Nob
Hill. Sweet! I used to walk to work at Pacific National Life on
California Street where I was a graphic artist. I used to use a AM
VariTyper word processor for justified typesetting.
Varityper <http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/varityper.html>
image <http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/varityper.html>
Varityper <http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/varityper.html>
Varityper The Varityper (also known as the Vari-Typer or VariTyper)
was a highly ingenious "word processor" of the pre-digital age.
View on site.xavier.edu
<http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/varityper.html>
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Later we moved to Mill Valley and I had to take the bus across the
Golden Gate Bridge. So, one spring day on a Friday I resolved to quit
my job and so on Friday at noon I told my supervisor, the short, fat,
bald-headed guy that smoked cigar, that I was going to lunch, and I
never went back! LoL!
In Marin I worked on the five Marin County Newspapers such as the
Mill Valley News and the Tiburon Pelican. We loved living in The City
at that time but we were glad to get to the country. One guy I knew
lived in San Rafael but worked in Berkely - he had to buy a bus-pass
off the top of his paycheck every month just to get to work. He said
it sucked.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <jr_esq@...>
<mailto:jr_esq@...> wrote :
I try not to cross the Bay Bridge, or any of the bridges or freeways
in the SF Bay Area, during the commute hours. We're glad you made it
back home in one piece.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <noozguru@...>
<mailto:noozguru@...> wrote :
I made a little trip today down to Mountain View to a little company
whose name starts with G. I don't know whether they will make it or not.
Anyway this was kinda last minute and there was fog all the way down
680 until just past Fremont. Such fun. Then I notice they now have
tool HOV lanes although with the fog cleared there was not much
advantage since it was after rush hour. I would hate to make that
commute everyday but people do.
On 02/03/2015 12:55 PM, jr_esq@... <mailto:jr_esq@...>
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
You were in Seattle when I was there. I used to live in the
Magnolia district. When I got to the city, I found an apartment
near the top of a hill and the living room window was overlooking
the Ballard Bridge. I was paying $600 per month for the place which
was a steal compared to the San Francisco rates for the same view.
But I soon realized that it was dangerous living on a steep hill
during the winter. I found that my car would not stop while going
down the hill. Even with the brakes on, the car would slide down
the icy road. So, I had to intermittently put the brakes on to
safely glide down below.
I eventually moved to Federal Way to find an apartment on flatter
ground and with good vastu. It was cheaper too than the one in the
city.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <noozguru@...>
<mailto:noozguru@...> wrote :
My first long term time in Seattle was in the summer of 1962 when
the World's Fair was on and I had a summer job with my brother. It
was really a neat place then and easy to get around on even on a
bus. Then 1965 as UW student through 1969. Then I came back again
in 1972 and lived there through 1982. Moved to Redmond in 1989 and
split for California in 1991. I saw a lot of changes over those
times but downtown was still pretty accessible in 1991. It wasn't
like SF. In fact I've seen SF change over time and wondered why
they didn't go the Portland route.
Most of the change I'm talking about would have happened in the
2000s. Downtown is a cluster of very big buildings. Usually when I
visited friends during the 00s we never went downtown but in 2007
just after Xmas I had some AMC passes so we went downtown to see a
movie. It was a mess! My friends have bought another home on the
Oregon coast and are retiring there this summer.
On 02/03/2015 10:00 AM, jr_esq@... <mailto:jr_esq@...>
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
Seattle couldn't have changed that much since I left in 2004. From
what I've seen on TV, they still have Pike Place Market. That's a
tourist landmark for the city. IMO, they'd leave it the way it is
for tourists and the culture there. I used to eat lunch there, at
least, once a week.
They've gotta have the Pioneer Square, the Downtown Shopping
Center, the ferry boats, and the Space Needle. That's Seattle as I
remember it.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <noozguru@...>
<mailto:noozguru@...> wrote :
A lot of Seattlelites have dibelief in the place and are moving
out. It isn't the city I knew in the 1970s. My last visit in 2007,
the downtown resembled something out of Bladerunner.
On 02/02/2015 12:52 PM, jr_esq@... <mailto:jr_esq@...>
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
I predicted for a friend in Seattle that the Seahawks would win
because the city smokes bhong legally. As such, Shiva would help
them win the game. But, as America saw, that was not so.
And Richard Sherman was heartbroken.
Disbelief at final offensive play call reigned on Seattle sideline
<http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/02/disbelief-at-final-offensive-play-call-reigned-on-seattle-sideline/>
