Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:43:31 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <38b4c4eb-2ab5-df94-0baa-c2d7fcdda60d@example.net> <7c5edef0-d4ec-a8fc-3f70-8ffa2a2b1df0@example.net> <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <40116983.752766304.889214.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <75e1dbfd-fecf-2ca4-56c9-23a4fd298471@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-1460175288-1731357813=:7362" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2017581"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228861 comp.os.linux.misc:60916 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-1460175288-1731357813=:7362 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:25:28 +0100, D wrote: > > >> It was many years ago since I last visited, but I much preferred Boston >> over New York. But I also prefer Chicago over Boston, so I think the >> list of preference runs Chicago, Boston, New York. If all the druggies >> were removed, and disregarding the democrats, I think San Francisco >> would be among the top three as well. > > My experience of both NYC and Chicago was day trips or overnight stays so > I don't know them as well as the Boston area. > > I was first in SF in the '80s before it had deteriorated, but again not > for a long stay. I lived in coastal New Hampshire and was used to the > weather patterns of the north Atlantic, cold morning fog that burned off > around noon. What impressed me was SF managed to spin that as 'delightful > sweater weather'. That con is frequently used in sweden. Sometimes I can get very close to killing people in sweden when I hear the tired old saying "det finns inga dåliga väder, bara dåliga kläder". My translation is, the person in question cannot afford to travel to the sun, so must firm up their psyche with nonsense. ;) > I made it to Haight Ashbury about 20 years late. In the '60s California > culture was given national representation on TV and in the magazines. It > was an enigma where I grew up. We didn't even know what a taco was, let > alone understand the humor. The US has gotten more uniform over the last > 60 years but in the '50s and '60s traveling outside your area was not > unlike visiting a foreign country except that the natives spoke English. > Sort of. Those were the days when countries and states still had a unique flavour to them! --8323328-1460175288-1731357813=:7362--