tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post6356031606399792008..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: San Francisco Diary--Journal Of An ExileAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-42084048337878159052010-02-25T19:10:08.422-05:002010-02-25T19:10:08.422-05:00Tennessee: Obviously, the gentle breezes and long...Tennessee: Obviously, the gentle breezes and long white beaches haven't changed your sense of humor. Our secret: I originally learned how to say "trigger fish" in Hawaiian the same way you did, but I had no idea what the hell it meant. It took my friends at Maui Divers to inform me it was a fish, not a native girl swimming by.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-13239185893220117292010-02-25T18:06:35.245-05:002010-02-25T18:06:35.245-05:00Andrew - thanks! It was a great time, and hard to ...Andrew - thanks! It was a great time, and hard to come back to snow flurries.<br /><br />Hawk - I did get to use it by singing with uke accompaniment"I want to get back to my little grass shack in Kealakua" (where it is part of the lyrics) to a Pirate I came accross in Lahaina. Then I noticed, he had taken a large ship's wheel and shoved it way down into the waistband of his pants. I asked "Are you crazy?" He looked at me for a second and replied "Aarggh, it's driving me nuts!" ;-)Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-49642133682375276962010-02-25T17:31:34.104-05:002010-02-25T17:31:34.104-05:00Tennessee: BTW, did you ever get a chance to work...Tennessee: BTW, did you ever get a chance to work humuhumunukunukuapua'a into a conversation? LOLLawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-15090201935221367302010-02-25T17:30:16.654-05:002010-02-25T17:30:16.654-05:00Aloha, Tennessee! Welcome back. We've missed...Aloha, Tennessee! Welcome back. We've missed your input.<br /><br />Boy, do I remember that stinker of a movie. "Wind." They should have put it together with "Breaking Away" (which was a good movie), and called it "Breaking Wind."<br /><br />Glad you had fun in Hawaii. Maui is absolutely beautiful, but of course I never got that free trip I was supposed to get, so I had to get that from photos. I'll have to live it vicariously through you.<br /><br />I posted the picture of the "Crosley" Federal Building the week you left town, but it's there for you to check out.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-70936657311951723072010-02-25T17:07:37.485-05:002010-02-25T17:07:37.485-05:00Welcome back Jed! Sounds like you had a good time...Welcome back Jed! Sounds like you had a good time.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-19599548921708521532010-02-25T16:52:03.346-05:002010-02-25T16:52:03.346-05:00Mahelo, Hawk. Always nice to start back in with an...Mahelo, Hawk. Always nice to start back in with an S.F.Diary as my first article since returning. Sea lions moved to Boxer's area looking for a hand out and to escape waterless urinals, I'd bet.<br /><br /> America's Cup, eh? (cue "Danger Zone" music) I think the real issue, although not directly stated by Nolte, was: "is San Francisco effete enough for America's Cup?" Which reminds me: Do you remember that dreadful America's Cup movie with Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey? One must be careful what one wishes for?<br /><br />Maui was great, Hawk, although it is easier to expand one's deficit over there than with a Democratic pork/largesse piece of legislation. Caught up with your jewelry folks in Lahaina. Fairmont in Wailea was great, whale watching particular good this year and I almost birdied the famed 18th at Kapalua Plantation (albeit only playing to 550 yards from the tees I played.) Pretty much managed to lose all contact with politics and media for over two weeks. <br /><br />Aloha to all Commentarians. Nice to see things cruising along as usual at this site. It was particularly hard to have to watch the "summit" today. The Obamites still seem to fail to make the distinction between price control and cost control I see.<br /><br />Personally, it may take a couple days to get back on track.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-54194090789856033032010-02-25T14:03:10.808-05:002010-02-25T14:03:10.808-05:00It’s amazing to think that cholera outbreak could ...It’s amazing to think that cholera outbreak could happen in America a mere hundred years ago. My grandmother who passed two years ago at 97 would always splendor at the changes that she witnessed from Horse & Buggy, to the Moon Landing.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-29412415964231255912010-02-25T13:25:35.192-05:002010-02-25T13:25:35.192-05:00StanH: I did that from memory. It had to do with...StanH: I did that from memory. It had to do with the ground water becoming contaminated, and it may have been earlier. But it was definitely in the 20th century. So it may have been in 1917. I just figured if anybody would know, you would. I took the course on the modern American city in 1969, so I'm afraid my memory is not as good as it might be. LOLLawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-43395201211436271992010-02-25T13:00:24.840-05:002010-02-25T13:00:24.840-05:00I tried to look up a Cholera outbreak in Atlanta i...I tried to look up a Cholera outbreak in Atlanta in the ‘20s and all I could find is that after the Great Fire of 1917 there was a Cholera outbreak afterwards? Sorry Mike and Hawk I can’t help you.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-7078497018776142272010-02-25T12:11:06.543-05:002010-02-25T12:11:06.543-05:00CalFed: We may be on to something here. First, f...CalFed: We may be on to something here. First, fatten the sea lions up on the Delta Smelt. Then fatten up the Bay sharks on the Board of Supervisors. All in the name of good ecology.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-82355540614893413252010-02-25T12:09:10.445-05:002010-02-25T12:09:10.445-05:00Lawhawk. That should work. You need to get the s...Lawhawk. That should work. You need to get the sea lions to listen to you. You could get rid of the delta smelt and preserve an endangered species of sea lions that people actually give a damn about at the same time. Can a delta smelt balance a ball on its nose? No.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284025222779154243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-58674063224244740002010-02-25T11:58:55.930-05:002010-02-25T11:58:55.930-05:00HamiltonsGhost: That sounds like a plan. It woul...HamiltonsGhost: That sounds like a plan. It wouldn't be the first time they had to rid City Hall of its corrupt and doctrinaire politicians. Not that I would encourage insurrection, of course.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-74233133721629951392010-02-25T11:56:22.119-05:002010-02-25T11:56:22.119-05:00Lawhawk--It sounds like you need to bring back the...Lawhawk--It sounds like you need to bring back the Committee of Vigilance (the "Vigilantes") that early San Francisco was famous for. Build the scaffolds right in front of city hall, just like they did then, and hang the Board of Supervisors for being complicit in protecting murderers.HamiltonsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777000856977635480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-76457535179342556472010-02-25T11:48:02.486-05:002010-02-25T11:48:02.486-05:00Andrew: They really wanted to join WriterX in Ari...Andrew: They really wanted to join WriterX in Arizona, but the trek was just too tough. I was going to suggest that they just swim down the inland rivers and fatten up along the way by eating the Delta Smelt, but they couldn't hear me over the barking and belly-slapping. Maybe even the seal lions know how useless the Delta Smelt are.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-8776349040436410822010-02-25T11:41:47.480-05:002010-02-25T11:41:47.480-05:00WriterX: I ain't wearin' no loincloth of ...WriterX: I ain't wearin' no loincloth of no kind, nohow, nowhere. LOLLawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-75552977660074846952010-02-25T11:40:27.471-05:002010-02-25T11:40:27.471-05:00StanH: The sea lions have a fine sense of irony. ...StanH: The sea lions have a fine sense of irony. They'll probably come back after they've had their fun barking at Boxer in the North Bay.<br /><br />They could keep the waterless urinals and paint them with pictures of Obama, Schwarzenegger and Newsom. Sound familiar?<br /><br />The domestic partnership/visitation case doesn't kill the anti-Prop 8 case, but it certainly does some damage to its basic premise that being refused gay "marriage," they have fewer rights. The visitation case helps put the lie to that argument.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-42275797485328019612010-02-25T11:34:02.798-05:002010-02-25T11:34:02.798-05:00Mike: I'm a little surprised that StanH (belo...Mike: I'm a little surprised that StanH (below) didn't mention that. The City of Atlanta had a major cholera epidemic in the late 20s. It wiped out a substantial portion of a modern city. San Francisco has a seriously crumbling infrastructure, and homeless people relieving themselves in alleys, etc. If that gets into the water table, we're in big trouble in the 21st century. But the Supes are more worried about second-hand smoke.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-3137094799189792552010-02-25T11:03:10.484-05:002010-02-25T11:03:10.484-05:00Funny article Lawhawk. I'd read that the sea ...Funny article Lawhawk. I'd read that the sea lions turned up in the Pacific Northwest, like many other Californians. I guess they didn't like the taxes either?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-28525151538747668172010-02-25T10:34:33.174-05:002010-02-25T10:34:33.174-05:00Even the sea lions are abandoning Boxer? Smart ani...Even the sea lions are abandoning Boxer? Smart animals!<br /><br />If the waterless urinals don't kill everybody, the ammonia will. I have a feeling the City of San Francisco won't stop until everyone has returned to their caveman/woman ways. When do you start wearing organic loin cloths?<br /><br />Thanks for the laughs, LawHawk!Writer Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-49224485612656028542010-02-25T10:08:04.805-05:002010-02-25T10:08:04.805-05:00You touched on it, the Sea Lions weren’t evicted b...You touched on it, the Sea Lions weren’t evicted because they were Republicans, they self evacuated because they are Republicans, and needed to escape the lunacy that is SF.<br /><br />They should be forced to keep the waterless urinals, as a constant reminder of liberal policy.<br /><br />It looks like the Gay and Lesbian protagonist, protest too much, and perhaps the anti Pop 8 folks have been upended? <br /><br />The “bipartisan”…barf…deathcare summit is beginning and who is there representing Conservatives, McCain, Grassley (RINOs), to name a couple no worries right?StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-76488121216179923572010-02-25T10:03:31.546-05:002010-02-25T10:03:31.546-05:00Regarding the waterless urinals:
It sometimes see...Regarding the waterless urinals:<br /><br />It sometimes seems that the greens think that diseases like cholera, dysentery, and typhoid fever can only occur in third world countries.<br /><br />They seem remarkably lax about proper sanitation. Remember Sheryl Crow crowing about using only one sheet of toilet paper? There's also a weird obsession with cloth diapers, as if we're running out of landfill space.<br /><br />Civilized people limit their contact with excrement.<br /><br />How silly to have to say that.Mike K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17216987126441598720noreply@blogger.com