San Francisco was busy today!

Downtown: Fleet week festivities & the Blue Angels
West Side: American Express Golf at Harding Park
($1.3 million to the winner)
East Side: 49er game at Candlestick
(they're getting their butts kicked by the Colts in the third quarter)

It was absolutely glorious all day long, so I hope everyone enjoyed
the sun and mild weather (60° this morning - 65° now) at their event
of choice.

sf wrote:

> San Francisco was busy today!
>
> Downtown: Fleet week festivities & the Blue Angels

Love them Blue Angels. Such an SF tradition.

They've been doing their practice runs along the coast
for the last few days. Good thing I don't have any
sleeping children.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:28:05 GMT, Reg wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> > San Francisco was busy today!
> >
> > Downtown: Fleet week festivities & the Blue Angels
>
> Love them Blue Angels. Such an SF tradition.
>
> They've been doing their practice runs along the coast
> for the last few days. Good thing I don't have any
> sleeping children.

Where are you located, Reg? They didn't fly over my house.... god
forbid they disturb a golfer.

In article >,
says...
> San Francisco was busy today!
>
> Downtown: Fleet week festivities & the Blue Angels
> West Side: American Express Golf at Harding Park
> ($1.3 million to the winner)
> East Side: 49er game at Candlestick
> (they're getting their butts kicked by the Colts in the third quarter)
>
> It was absolutely glorious all day long, so I hope everyone enjoyed
> the sun and mild weather (60° this morning - 65° now) at their event
> of choice.
>

And we've got nothing but 50F temps and rain for the next three days
because of some storm remnant. And I so wanted to go on a Ghost Walk
this weekend. Well, there's always next weekend.

sf wrote:

>> Love them Blue Angels. Such an SF tradition.
>>
>> They've been doing their practice runs along the coast
>> for the last few days. Good thing I don't have any
>> sleeping children.
>
> Where are you located, Reg? They didn't fly over my house.... god
> forbid they disturb a golfer.

You near the muni golf course?

I'm two block off great highway, outer sunset district. I think
the angels stick to the coast area for noise abatement. I know
there have been complaints over the years, mostly from people
with sleeping kids, so I think they try and stay over the water
now.

And your previous post about today's activity level was spot
on. I just tried to go a few block for supplies. Gawd, it's
as bad as I've seen it. Great Highway near the parking lots
is a, um, parking lot.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 23:43:54 GMT, Reg wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> >> Love them Blue Angels. Such an SF tradition.
> >>
> >> They've been doing their practice runs along the coast
> >> for the last few days. Good thing I don't have any
> >> sleeping children.
> >
> > Where are you located, Reg? They didn't fly over my house.... god
> > forbid they disturb a golfer.
>
> You near the muni golf course?
>
Yes, it's a 10 - 15 minute walk. I didn't hear a "peep" from them.

> I'm two block off great highway, outer sunset district. I think
> the angels stick to the coast area for noise abatement. I know
> there have been complaints over the years, mostly from people
> with sleeping kids, so I think they try and stay over the water
> now.
>
> And your previous post about today's activity level was spot
> on. I just tried to go a few block for supplies. Gawd, it's
> as bad as I've seen it. Great Highway near the parking lots
> is a, um, parking lot.

I wondered where the golf audience found parking! Now I know.

On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 19:13:42 -0400, Tony P. wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> > San Francisco was busy today!
> >
> > Downtown: Fleet week festivities & the Blue Angels
> > West Side: American Express Golf at Harding Park
> > ($1.3 million to the winner)
> > East Side: 49er game at Candlestick
> > (they're getting their butts kicked by the Colts in the third quarter)
> >
> > It was absolutely glorious all day long, so I hope everyone enjoyed
> > the sun and mild weather (60° this morning - 65° now) at their event
> > of choice.
> >
>
> And we've got nothing but 50F temps and rain for the next three days
> because of some storm remnant. And I so wanted to go on a Ghost Walk
> this weekend. Well, there's always next weekend.

Where are you? 50 degrees is nippy but not too bad. 50° and
rainy.... not fun. :\ I know, SF is that way in the winter....
with additional wind to make sure you're really cold and wet.

In article >,
says...
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 19:13:42 -0400, Tony P. wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > says...
> > > San Francisco was busy today!
> > >
> > > Downtown: Fleet week festivities & the Blue Angels
> > > West Side: American Express Golf at Harding Park
> > > ($1.3 million to the winner)
> > > East Side: 49er game at Candlestick
> > > (they're getting their butts kicked by the Colts in the third quarter)
> > >
> > > It was absolutely glorious all day long, so I hope everyone enjoyed
> > > the sun and mild weather (60° this morning - 65° now) at their event
> > > of choice.
> > >
> >
> > And we've got nothing but 50F temps and rain for the next three days
> > because of some storm remnant. And I so wanted to go on a Ghost Walk
> > this weekend. Well, there's always next weekend.
>
> Where are you? 50 degrees is nippy but not too bad. 50° and
> rainy.... not fun. :\ I know, SF is that way in the winter....
> with additional wind to make sure you're really cold and wet.

Providence, RI. We also get lots of wind. Yet yahoos in MA and RI bitch
about wind farms for electric power generation. Boo-hoo.

I think we're at about the same latitude as SF so we'd have very similar
weather conditions. But this summer was hot and dry. I'm hoping winter
is cool and dry.

"Tony P." > wrote in message

> Providence, RI. We also get lots of wind. Yet yahoos in MA and RI bitch
> about wind farms for electric power generation. Boo-hoo.

The people bitching about the wind farms are also the ones that bitch about
using fossil fuels and global warming.

In article >,
says...
>
> "Tony P." > wrote in message
>
> > Providence, RI. We also get lots of wind. Yet yahoos in MA and RI bitch
> > about wind farms for electric power generation. Boo-hoo.
>
> The people bitching about the wind farms are also the ones that bitch about
> using fossil fuels and global warming.

The prime objections thus far have been:

That beautiful view will be gone

and

You'll kill birds with the turbine blades.

The second one is pure fluff - new designs utilize three blades which
means they run slower and represent less of a hazard to birds.

If turbine blades were such a big issue people would bitch and moan
about an airport too. But instead they bitch about the noise and exhaust
fumes.

Funny how they completely forget about the birds.

Tony P. wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > "Tony P." > wrote in message
> >
> > > Providence, RI. We also get lots of wind. Yet yahoos in MA and RI bitch
> > > about wind farms for electric power generation. Boo-hoo.
> >
> > The people bitching about the wind farms are also the ones that bitch about
> > using fossil fuels and global warming.
>
> The prime objections thus far have been:
>
> That beautiful view will be gone
>
> and
>
> You'll kill birds with the turbine blades.
>
> The second one is pure fluff - new designs utilize three blades which
> means they run slower and represent less of a hazard to birds.
>
> If turbine blades were such a big issue people would bitch and moan
> about an airport too. But instead they bitch about the noise and exhaust
> fumes.
>
> Funny how they completely forget about the birds.

That's absolutely untrue. Wildlife organizations focus more on airpots
than all other man made structures put together... primarily the
guidance lights that mesmerize migrating birds, causing huge flocks to
fly wildly inside the strobe light columns... killing untold thousands
that can fly aimlessly until they drop out of the sky from sheer
exhaustion, not to mention the obvious threat to aircraft sucking them
into their engines. And this is of course an international problem...
US airports have gone to great lengths to alter lighting design but
most of the world's airports do nothing.

Sheldon

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:28:45 GMT, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Tony P." > wrote in message
>
> > Providence, RI. We also get lots of wind. Yet yahoos in MA and RI bitch
> > about wind farms for electric power generation. Boo-hoo.
>
> The people bitching about the wind farms are also the ones that bitch about
> using fossil fuels and global warming.
>
Weird, isn't it? I heard from my mother that Oregon has to hide
theirs from public view, but I like seeing wind turbines in action.
http://www.menzelphoto.com/gallery/big/altenergy7.htm
It gives me hope for the future.

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:36:28 -0400, Tony P.
> connected the dots and
wrote:

~In article >,

~says...
~>
~> "Tony P." > wrote in message
~>
~> > Providence, RI. We also get lots of wind. Yet yahoos in MA and RI
bitch
~> > about wind farms for electric power generation. Boo-hoo.
~>
~> The people bitching about the wind farms are also the ones that
bitch about
~> using fossil fuels and global warming.
~
~The prime objections thus far have been:
~
~That beautiful view will be gone
~
~and
~
~You'll kill birds with the turbine blades.
~
~The second one is pure fluff - new designs utilize three blades which
~means they run slower and represent less of a hazard to birds.
~
~If turbine blades were such a big issue people would bitch and moan
~about an airport too. But instead they bitch about the noise and
exhaust
~fumes.
~
~Funny how they completely forget about the birds.

I gather you've never lived in Warwick, RI Tony. North and south of
Green you pause when a plane goes over, since you can't hear yourself
talk, much less think. East and west aren't so bad, I've lived in
both directions.

As far as rain goes, we were out west of Kingston NY this weekend, and
got 11" of the wet stuff Friday night to Saturday night. The area's
clay and basalt, so there's no soil for the water to soak into.

OB Food: the chef at the site we had our conference is amazing.
Breakfast and lunch are good, but dinners are always something simple
but interesting.

OB Cookbooks: Editions, the used bookstore on Rt 28 west of Kingston,
is going out of business sometime in the next two years. Worth the
trip.

maxine in ri

maxine in ri wrote:

> OB Cookbooks: Editions, the used bookstore on Rt 28 west of Kingston,
> is going out of business sometime in the next two years. Worth the
> trip.

In my area (SF bay area) the small bookstores are dropping like
flies. I'm down to one decent used bookstore (Green Apple
Books, Clement St. Please shop there so they don't disappear
too).

I like Amazon a lot, they provide an important service, but
they're not a substitute for a real bookstore.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:28:45 GMT, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> "Tony P." > wrote in message
>>
>> > Providence, RI. We also get lots of wind. Yet yahoos in MA and RI
>> bitch
>> > about wind farms for electric power generation. Boo-hoo.
>>
>> The people bitching about the wind farms are also the ones that bitch
>> about
>> using fossil fuels and global warming.
>>
> Weird, isn't it? I heard from my mother that Oregon has to hide
> theirs from public view, but I like seeing wind turbines in action.
> http://www.menzelphoto.com/gallery/big/altenergy7.htm
> It gives me hope for the future.

The first time I saw the wind turbines were on the north shore on Oahu. I
thought they were Christo's art. Tee hee. No Kidding!
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/umFiles/umUSA.html
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/umFiles/umJapan.html
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/vc.html
Dee Dee

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> San Francisco was busy today!
>
> Downtown: Fleet week festivities & the Blue Angels
> West Side: American Express Golf at Harding Park
> ($1.3 million to the winner)
> East Side: 49er game at Candlestick
> (they're getting their butts kicked by the Colts in the third quarter)
>
> It was absolutely glorious all day long, so I hope everyone enjoyed
> the sun and mild weather (60° this morning - 65° now) at their event
> of choice.

Here in NJ, the weather was lousy all weekend. Heavy rain fell all day
Saturday, well into Saturday night. On Sunday morning, I awoke to find a
beautiful spectacle in the park outside my apartment thanks to the heavy
rain. I grabbed my camera and I shot a few photos in the park yesterday
morning and I am thoroughly impressed with these photos.

You all are welcome to look at my photos if you want. I put them on my
web server at http://tinyurl.com/ampu7 and I plan to use a few of those
photos to show in the digital photography course I am taking on Tuesday
and Thursday nights. I also saw the movie Serenity on Sunday, which I
enjoyed a lot; it has some of the best special effects I have ever seen
in a movie; its what Star Trek should have been.

"Stan Horwitz" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> San Francisco was busy today!
>>
>> Downtown: Fleet week festivities & the Blue Angels
>> West Side: American Express Golf at Harding Park
>> ($1.3 million to the winner)
>> East Side: 49er game at Candlestick
>> (they're getting their butts kicked by the Colts in the third quarter)
>>
>> It was absolutely glorious all day long, so I hope everyone enjoyed
>> the sun and mild weather (60° this morning - 65° now) at their event
>> of choice.
>
> Here in NJ, the weather was lousy all weekend. Heavy rain fell all day
> Saturday, well into Saturday night. On Sunday morning, I awoke to find a
> beautiful spectacle in the park outside my apartment thanks to the heavy
> rain. I grabbed my camera and I shot a few photos in the park yesterday
> morning and I am thoroughly impressed with these photos.
>
> You all are welcome to look at my photos if you want. I put them on my
> web server at http://tinyurl.com/ampu7 and I plan to use a few of those
> photos to show in the digital photography course I am taking on Tuesday
> and Thursday nights. I also saw the movie Serenity on Sunday, which I
> enjoyed a lot; it has some of the best special effects I have ever seen
> in a movie; its what Star Trek should have been.

Enjoyed your pictures.
Curious as to how you posted so many pictures on one link. Are there any
special hints to give others who want to post more than one picture at a
time and get one link for each pic.
Thanks,
Dee Dee

In article >,
"Dee Randall" > wrote:

> "Stan Horwitz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > sf > wrote:
> >
> >> San Francisco was busy today!
> >>
> >> Downtown: Fleet week festivities & the Blue Angels
> >> West Side: American Express Golf at Harding Park
> >> ($1.3 million to the winner)
> >> East Side: 49er game at Candlestick
> >> (they're getting their butts kicked by the Colts in the third quarter)
> >>
> >> It was absolutely glorious all day long, so I hope everyone enjoyed
> >> the sun and mild weather (60° this morning - 65° now) at their event
> >> of choice.
> >
> > Here in NJ, the weather was lousy all weekend. Heavy rain fell all day
> > Saturday, well into Saturday night. On Sunday morning, I awoke to find a
> > beautiful spectacle in the park outside my apartment thanks to the heavy
> > rain. I grabbed my camera and I shot a few photos in the park yesterday
> > morning and I am thoroughly impressed with these photos.
> >
> > You all are welcome to look at my photos if you want. I put them on my
> > web server at http://tinyurl.com/ampu7 and I plan to use a few of those
> > photos to show in the digital photography course I am taking on Tuesday
> > and Thursday nights. I also saw the movie Serenity on Sunday, which I
> > enjoyed a lot; it has some of the best special effects I have ever seen
> > in a movie; its what Star Trek should have been.
>
> Enjoyed your pictures.
> Curious as to how you posted so many pictures on one link. Are there any
> special hints to give others who want to post more than one picture at a
> time and get one link for each pic.

I just used my Mac with OS X 10.4.2 and iPhoto 5's export to html
feature. Takes all of two minutes to set up. What took longer is
sharpening each image so it looks presentable. The web server is one I
manage. In fact, its the same machine I am using right now to type this
message.