On 2014-01-16 13:56:25 +0000, sf said:

> 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.

Perhaps this issue relates more mean humidity. The humidity here the
past week has gotten as low as 5% this week. That's dry. I doubt you
have anything akin to Santa Ana winds there.