And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, February 13, 2021
A worker paints the Golden Gate Bridge with a fresh coat of its iconic orange colour, chosen to help the bridge stay visible in San Francisco’s famous fog, 1956.
The story I heard was that the structural steel came in a zinc chromate primer and this color was retained because the bridge designer wanted a bright color for aesthetic reasons and the shipping industry wanted the bridge to be conspicuous in foggy conditions.
Story I heard was that a new breed of seagull with an orange "cap" was appearing in the SF Bay.....turns out one of the bridge painters was bored so he was trapping seagulls in a noose, painting the tops of their heads, and letting them go....after some time, the "new breed" started showing up....
My Dad's ashes were scattered off of the stern of the Fireboat Phoenix into the water near the left edge of this picture.
ReplyDeleteLove ya, Dad.
That made the starfish pucker...
ReplyDelete"Orange Paint Good". Democrats in San Francisco LOVE it.
ReplyDeleteA little before my time, but that is what I do.
ReplyDeleteAlthough we do it a bit different these days!
The story I heard was that the structural steel came in a zinc chromate primer and this color was retained because the bridge designer wanted a bright color for aesthetic reasons and the shipping industry wanted the bridge to be conspicuous in foggy conditions.
ReplyDeleteBack when San Francisco was a neat place to visit. I just hope that Old Timer did not live to see it go down the toilet. Literally speaking.
ReplyDeleteSan Francisco's big issue is that its problems aren't going down the toilet, they're going onto the sidewalk instead.
DeleteStory I heard was that a new breed of seagull with an orange "cap" was appearing in the SF Bay.....turns out one of the bridge painters was bored so he was trapping seagulls in a noose, painting the tops of their heads, and letting them go....after some time, the "new breed" started showing up....
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