Re: Show Me The Way To San Jose

[Hactar]

In article <08ba24a1-91e6-4351...@fq2g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>,
Beaver Fever <Beaver...@live.com> wrote:
> On May 13, 9:32 am, spam...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote:
> > Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fe...@live.com> wrote:
> > > On May 12, 12:01?pm, Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fe...@live.com> wrote:
> >
> > >> Come on people, San Francisco, one of the greatest cities in America!
> > >> Where is the love?
> >
> > > Am I the only here who loves the bay area?
> >
> > I dropped a friend off in Oakland in 1990. We didn't stay because we
> > had just driven a U-shaped path from Connecticut and we were on very
> > bad terms. I regret that I wasn't a good enough person to patch it up.
> > So that was my only chance to see the place and I blew it. I get the
> > feeling I'd like the climate but I'd dislike the cost of living and
> > some of the people.
>
> You gave a person you didn't like a ride across the country but didn't
> make it any further than Oakland? The mind boggles.

Depends where he started from.

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[S. Checker]

In alt.fan.cecil-adams Hactar <ebenZ...@verizon.net> wrote:
> In article <08ba24a1-91e6-4351...@fq2g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>,
> Beaver Fever <Beaver...@live.com> wrote:
>> On May 13, 9:32 am, spam...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote:
>> > Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fe...@live.com> wrote:
>> > > On May 12, 12:01?pm, Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fe...@live.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >> Come on people, San Francisco, one of the greatest cities in America!
>> > >> Where is the love?
>> >
>> > > Am I the only here who loves the bay area?
>> >
>> > I dropped a friend off in Oakland in 1990. We didn't stay because we
>> > had just driven a U-shaped path from Connecticut and we were on very
>> > bad terms. I regret that I wasn't a good enough person to patch it up.
>> > So that was my only chance to see the place and I blew it. I get the
>> > feeling I'd like the climate but I'd dislike the cost of living and
>> > some of the people.
>>
>> You gave a person you didn't like a ride across the country but didn't
>> make it any further than Oakland? The mind boggles.
>
> Depends where he started from.

Connecticut. Via Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
the top of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Las Vegas, San Diego, and LA.
Somewhere in the heat and humidity we started to drift apart and when
we got to her home in Oakland I don't know if we even stopped for
lunch. And we didn't even run out of Lucky Lager.
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[Nick Spalding]

S. Checker wrote, in <kdo96a-...@porter.pffcu.org>
on Tue, 14 May 2013 08:48:20 -0400:

The end of a beautiful friendship.
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[Howard Hail]

spa...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote in

By any chance did this all start out when you were busted flat in Baton
Rouge, waitin' on a train? Were you feeling nearly faded as your jeans?

[S. Checker]

I'm thinking we need some remedial geography in this newsgroup.
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[Beaver Fever]

On May 14, 10:36 am, spam...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote:
> In alt.fan.cecil-adams Howard Hail <howardt...@notmail.com> wrote:
>
> > spam...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote in

>
> >> In alt.fan.cecil-adams Hactar <ebenZERO...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >>> Depends where he started from.
>
> >> Connecticut. Via Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
> >> the top of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Las Vegas, San Diego, and LA.
> >> Somewhere in the heat and humidity we started to drift apart and when
> >> we got to her home in Oakland I don't know if we even stopped for
> >> lunch. And we didn't even run out of Lucky Lager.
>
> > By any chance did this all start out when you were busted flat in Baton
> > Rouge, waitin' on a train?  Were you feeling nearly faded as your jeans?
>
> I'm thinking we need some remedial geography in this newsgroup.
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I want to try the garlic ice cream I saw a sign for in Gilroy.

[Greg Goss]

spa...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote:

>In alt.fan.cecil-adams Howard Hail <howar...@notmail.com> wrote:
>> spa...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote in
>>
>>> In alt.fan.cecil-adams Hactar <ebenZ...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> Depends where he started from.
>>>
>>> Connecticut. Via Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
>>> the top of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Las Vegas, San Diego, and LA.
>>> Somewhere in the heat and humidity we started to drift apart and when
>>> we got to her home in Oakland I don't know if we even stopped for
>>> lunch. And we didn't even run out of Lucky Lager.
>>
>> By any chance did this all start out when you were busted flat in Baton
>> Rouge, waitin' on a train? Were you feeling nearly faded as your jeans?
>
>I'm thinking we need some remedial geography in this newsgroup.

I've been remediated about as far as I can absorb. You went via
Louisiana, and all those eastern states are so tiny. If you're
crossing Louisiana, how far do you stay from Baton Rouge?

According to Google Maps, Monroe is less than 200 miles from Baton
Rouge.

(I never finished watching the Revolution TV show. Was the Monroe
"Republic" based in Monroe Louisiana, or was it named after a leader?)
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[Howard Hail]

spa...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote in news:599a6a-20g.ln1
@porter.pffcu.org:

> In alt.fan.cecil-adams Howard Hail <howar...@notmail.com> wrote:
>> spa...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote in
>>
>>> In alt.fan.cecil-adams Hactar <ebenZ...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> Depends where he started from.
>>>
>>> Connecticut. Via Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
>>> the top of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Las Vegas, San Diego, and LA.
>>> Somewhere in the heat and humidity we started to drift apart and when
>>> we got to her home in Oakland I don't know if we even stopped for
>>> lunch. And we didn't even run out of Lucky Lager.
>>
>> By any chance did this all start out when you were busted flat in Baton
>> Rouge, waitin' on a train? Were you feeling nearly faded as your jeans?
>
> I'm thinking we need some remedial geography in this newsgroup.

Only if it's free. But then, Freedom's just another word for nothing left
to lose. And nothing ain't worth nothing if it ain't free.

I suppose you'll tell me there wasn't any thumbing down a diesel and riding
it all the way to New Orleans, either.

[Greg Goss]

Howard Hail <howart...@notmail.com> wrote:

>Only if it's free. But then, Freedom's just another word for nothing left
>to lose. And nothing ain't worth nothing if it ain't free.

"if it ain't"?

The version I knew (before Janis) had "but it's free".

[Veronique]

On May 14, 11:50 am, Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fe...@live.com> wrote:


> I want to try the garlic ice cream I saw a sign for in Gilroy.

Garlic ice cream is surprisingly good.


V.
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[S. Checker]

In alt.fan.cecil-adams Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> spa...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote:
>
>>In alt.fan.cecil-adams Howard Hail <howar...@notmail.com> wrote:
>>> spa...@gmail.com (S. Checker) wrote in
>>>
>>>> In alt.fan.cecil-adams Hactar <ebenZ...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Depends where he started from.
>>>>
>>>> Connecticut. Via Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
>>>> the top of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Las Vegas, San Diego, and LA.
>>>> Somewhere in the heat and humidity we started to drift apart and when
>>>> we got to her home in Oakland I don't know if we even stopped for
>>>> lunch. And we didn't even run out of Lucky Lager.
>>>
>>> By any chance did this all start out when you were busted flat in Baton
>>> Rouge, waitin' on a train? Were you feeling nearly faded as your jeans?
>>
>>I'm thinking we need some remedial geography in this newsgroup.
>
> I've been remediated about as far as I can absorb. You went via
> Louisiana, and all those eastern states are so tiny. If you're
> crossing Louisiana, how far do you stay from Baton Rouge?

Sure, but given that I said it started in Connecticut already, I just
assumed that Howard figured that Baton Rouge was near Hartford.
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it, and inside it, for it was all they had
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[S. Checker]

I once drove a catering truck, if that helps.
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[John Mc.]

I'm mildly allergic to garlic. If I overdo it I end up with hives. So I
think I'll pass.

John Mc.

[paulydak]

On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:04:28 -0400, "John Mc." <jo...@tdcogre.com>
wrote:

I'll take yours, please.

I'm hopin' to make it over to the Garlic Festival this year. We'll
see.

Gilroy's a part of the Bay Area now?

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[Beaver Fever]

On May 20, 10:42 am, paulydak <I...@home.sleepin> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:04:28 -0400, "John Mc." <j...@tdcogre.com>

I saw it from the bus. We were in San Jose pretty quick after that.

[paulydak]

Yeah, pretty quick, I reckon, prolly maybe 15-25 minutes, not too
long. It's weird, that stretch of highway. A couple of times, maybe
a few times, I drove the cube truck for the farm from Palo Alto and
man, that's a bit of a road trip right there, freakin' PA to Aromas
down 101 with a couple of pickups along the way. This is not in a
semi, that's a different life, but done that too,..........

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