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.
That's a long walk out to the end of those docks. It would stink to get to the end and realize you were off by one row. Or maybe it's the new knee talking.
In the late 80s, I worked in Sunnyvale and lived in Fremont. Many times I took my family to Pier 39 or The Exploratorium, or to a ball game at the Stick or the Colosseum. My boss had a live-aboard sailboat in a slip in Redwood Creek. One time I went up to visit and we took his Zodiac into the creek out toward the bay. We zipped past the Azorian recovery barge (I was told) that was moored in Redwood Creek.
We moved to the East Coast in 1990 and I came back to the city in 1992 for a conference and made the mistake of running early in the day down Market Street. The crazy tweakers were out in force and yelling at everyone. We moved to SoCal in the late 90s and was supervising a subcontractor in the Bay Area with travel every week. I spent time in Sunnyvale and rarely went up to The City, but every time I did, the crazies were out in full force.
I changed jobs in 2001 and from then until about 2007, I went to SF on business every month or two. Again, I saw lots of crazies every time we went out to dinner, but no piles of poop at that time. I haven’t been there since 2007, except connecting flights in SFO. I have had my fill of the place, and especially when it was a much better destination.
That's a long walk out to the end of those docks. It would stink to get to the end and realize you were off by one row.
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that's when you jump in and go for a lil swim.
DeleteSouth Beach Harbor in the foreground. Bought a Christmas tree last year with the SF daughter at Pier 30 in the distance.
ReplyDeleteJust guessing, but I bet slip fees cost more per month than my rent and car payment.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a beautiful city that once was. And Portland. And Seattle. Etc.
ReplyDeleteYes. A city where your dog might make a mistake and step in human poop.
Deleteif you remember Burn Notice - every foot of Miami waterfront was lined with boats. a stupendous amount of wealth everywhere you looked
ReplyDeleteI hate pulling a single screw sailboat into a slip. Yikes my blood pressure would go up 30 point every time.
ReplyDeleteIn the late 80s, I worked in Sunnyvale and lived in Fremont. Many times I took my family to Pier 39 or The Exploratorium, or to a ball game at the Stick or the Colosseum. My boss had a live-aboard sailboat in a slip in Redwood Creek. One time I went up to visit and we took his Zodiac into the creek out toward the bay. We zipped past the Azorian recovery barge (I was told) that was moored in Redwood Creek.
ReplyDeleteWe moved to the East Coast in 1990 and I came back to the city in 1992 for a conference and made the mistake of running early in the day down Market Street. The crazy tweakers were out in force and yelling at everyone. We moved to SoCal in the late 90s and was supervising a subcontractor in the Bay Area with travel every week. I spent time in Sunnyvale and rarely went up to The City, but every time I did, the crazies were out in full force.
I changed jobs in 2001 and from then until about 2007, I went to SF on business every month or two. Again, I saw lots of crazies every time we went out to dinner, but no piles of poop at that time. I haven’t been there since 2007, except connecting flights in SFO. I have had my fill of the place, and especially when it was a much better destination.
That is one hell of a lot of "holes in the water" where you pour your money into.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the Newport Beach, CA area ('50s-70s). Wonder what it looks like now?
Deletelot of holes in the water peoples pour money into
ReplyDeleteThat photo perfectly summarizes why I would never go there...
ReplyDeletePaul Revere today "The Chinese are coming, the Chinese are ...here!"
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