On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:48:37 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> On 2014-01-16 05:25:17 +0000, sf said:
>
> > On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:00:38 -0800, gtr > wrote:
> >
> >> Wow. I'm not sure if you like
> >> your pasta a lot more firm than I, or if it's other considerations
> >> producing roughly the firmness.
> >
> > I don't think I like my pasta "firm", I just don't like it mushy.
>
> Precisely my viewpoint.
>
> >> If memory serves you're not far from
> >> the sea, or actually from the bay. Right? I'm 10 miles as the crow
> >> files from the ocean.
> >
> > I'm 2.5 miles from "The Beach" (according to Google maps) - my area is
> > on such a slight incline at the base of Mt. Davidson that nobody
> > thinks about it as being connected to the mountain until they see
> > pictures taken around the turn of the 20th century when it was still
> > in the original state... before it was developed with roads and
> > houses.
>
> Is "the beach" on the bay or on the ocean?

AKA: Ocean Beach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Beach,_San_Francisco

Gorgeous day yesterday and very warm for that side of SF - I drove
home via the Great Highway and felt compelled to pull over just to
take a picture because the sun was so bright (there's usually a heavy
layer of fog and it's bitter cold due to the wind - our water comes
from the Arctic, not the equator).
http://oi43.tinypic.com/33bpwe0.jpg Click once on the picture to
enlarge.


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