For Those Planning A Trip to San Francisco, You'll Need A Map
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Might as well give me a map of N'Djamena too.
zincwarrior
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I want to be this guy!
zincwarrior
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The Y2K bug. Admit, it was you who wasn't it!*
* I was in Palo Alto during 1996. Coming from Houston I froze my ass.
Hah!
We (wife and daughters) flew out of DFW in June of 1997 to SF.
Grabbed a rental and headed straight to the golden gate bridge.
Parked at the observation area and stepped out of the car.
That took all of 30 seconds. COLD!
We drove down the coast to Monterrey.
Spent 4 more days buying warm clothes.
Only time we warmed up was the trip over the mountains to Napa valley. I spit a lot of wine into the cuspidors and soaked up some dry heat.
Cannery row was fun though.
Real nice aquarium.
"The coldest winter I ever spent, was summer in San Francisco" is a Mark Twain quote. And it's true.
I worked in San Francisco a couple of years in the late 1980's. That was before the tech boom and the homeless problem. We lived in the east bay near Berkeley. I kinda enjoyed it.
But in the long run it was no place for a barefoot Texas farm boy. It didn't take long to get tired of the over the top liberal attitude around San Francisco. I think the final straw that made me leave was people hating me because I hunted deer.
One of the days I tell the funny story of the gay guy and the new guy from Arkansas who worked for me and worked together.
I worked in San Francisco a couple of years in the late 1980's. That was before the tech boom and the homeless problem. We lived in the east bay near Berkeley. I kinda enjoyed it.
But in the long run it was no place for a barefoot Texas farm boy. It didn't take long to get tired of the over the top liberal attitude around San Francisco. I think the final straw that made me leave was people hating me because I hunted deer.
One of the days I tell the funny story of the gay guy and the new guy from Arkansas who worked for me and worked together.
I just visited my sister there for Christmas. Pretty sure I may have stepped on a ghost turd, because I found shit on my shoe two weeks after coming home. Or it could have been here in Houston while walking in a shopping center at Hillcroft...
But yes, there is poo on the streets.
But yes, there is poo on the streets.
I managed a department for a large financial firm in San Francisco. I had a couple of gay guys on the staff. Actually nice guys. One day I hired a guy who just moved from Arkansas. Him and one of the gay guys worked together on evening shift. They went to eat together and they saw a group flaming full tilt transvestites.I've had a really crappy week, make it better!
The next day the gay guy said he didn't want to with Arkansas because he had made a scene at the restaurant and embarrassed him. I then talked to Arkansas and he said it was outrageous. He went on and on about it. He was really upset. Finally saying he was was moving back to Arkansas. He did so about a month later.
C_Hallbert
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This anecdote is about a friend of mine who took his family to visit his sister in L.A. (sorry, but I don’t see it as any different than Frisco).
Mike, an Oklahoma Plumbing Contractor with two boys and a great wife, drove his family to L.A. where his sister worked in something like the Interior Design Field. They were all somewhere in Hollywood and his sister took Mike’s wife into a high dollar clothing place. While sitting and waiting for the women, a man came by in a dress and high heels. Mike’s (12 y.o.) younger son pointed and loudly said, “Hey! Look at that! That man is dressed like a WOMAN!” The Guys were all laughing loudly and pointing at this strange sight.
Well, Mikes sister came around the corner and saw this going on. She was outraged! “How can you be so insensitive?” she asked. This made them laugh even louder!
The conclusion was that they all had to leave the premises, immediately; but the result was that none of Mike’s family ( including his wife) ever wanted to go back to California.
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Mike, an Oklahoma Plumbing Contractor with two boys and a great wife, drove his family to L.A. where his sister worked in something like the Interior Design Field. They were all somewhere in Hollywood and his sister took Mike’s wife into a high dollar clothing place. While sitting and waiting for the women, a man came by in a dress and high heels. Mike’s (12 y.o.) younger son pointed and loudly said, “Hey! Look at that! That man is dressed like a WOMAN!” The Guys were all laughing loudly and pointing at this strange sight.
Well, Mikes sister came around the corner and saw this going on. She was outraged! “How can you be so insensitive?” she asked. This made them laugh even louder!
The conclusion was that they all had to leave the premises, immediately; but the result was that none of Mike’s family ( including his wife) ever wanted to go back to California.
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Yep. I've no hankering for another trip there.
They likely ain't gonna welcome me anyhow.
The SF cops used to keep the bums out of the tourist areas. I guess they dont...err.. I mean cant anymore. Liberalism at its best!
The SF cops used to keep the bums out of the tourist areas. I guess they dont...err.. I mean cant anymore. Liberalism at its best!
Now, tourists need maps to stay out if the bums' areas.
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Flew into San Francisco via Ft Lewis/SeaTac in late 1960's, on the way back from RVN to meet my wife to celebrate my return. My impression of SF back then apparently remains the same:
An open air mental asylum ...
An open air mental asylum ...
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