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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,884
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Originally Posted by Seahawk
It is very difficult for me to reconcile the Bay Area/City I knew as a child/college student/adult with the miasma emanating from my favorite part of the world today.
My parents were the only members of either families to ever leave Northern California, 75% lived withing 40 miles of San Francisco, most in the City. I spent a great deal of time, especially in college, running around and amok in the Bay Area.
I am headed back out for a family gathering after Memorial Day. I may drive and take my kayak and revisit rivers and surf spots from the 70's and 80's. I need a break.
I'll be staying with my cousin in Petaluma. I don't plan on going into SF proper...I have lived the dream.
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If you happen to drive by a Jesse lane there in Petaluma, give a tip of your hat. It's named after my maternal Grandmother, Jesse O'Rourke. Grandpa James owned a small acreage there. Both very conservative. It's good they didn't live to see what's going on now.
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent."
-Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.)
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