Recent content by NorCalBoro

Its about $1 per egg here in San Francisco/Oakland ($10-11/dozen). But plenty available - maybe because we are closer to the chickens?

I have lived in California for the past 30 years and travel a lot for work all over the country. I think goal scrounger. TLJ and mercury_redstone7 have made some good points. I will add the following observations. First, there is a huge “distraction machine” in all levels of media where there is...

MS Windows 1.0 released Back to the future Live Aid Titanic found Bradford City and Heysel Disasters ... and a pretty dire year for MFC..

If you like art/culture/LACMA and the surrounding tar pits are interesting to visit and are a strange juxtaposition you won't see in many other cities (in the same "block" are the Peterson Automobile Museum and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Also, weirdly, things like restaurants close...

94501 (California) for the past 29 years.... but grew up in TS11

If you are going to fail to overthrow evil - at least do it in style....

Merry Christmas from San Francisco. UTB

Having used a driverless taxi in San Francisco, my experience was that it felt much safer than a human driver and drove much better - smoother, faster, etc. To answer some of the questions raised here: there is a STOP button you can push to end the ride and get out. Security is high - they...

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As a long time California resident (>25 years), while it makes sense for California to think about breaking off from the rest of the USA I think there is a huge inertia to overcome. People are (quite reasonably) wary of big changes that might have other risks and things people are worried about...

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There is definitely something strange going on with international post these days. I have had letters and packages arrive in reasonable time and others delayed by weeks to and from the US, UK and Canada. Sometimes the delay is here in the US, sometimes in the UK but probably the biggest delays...

I've seen them a few times on their trips to California. They are a great live band. T_L_J - I have worn my boro top to their shows in SF and I think you and I may have briefly chatted in the street after the show at the independent a couple of years ago? My old band used to do a cover of...