Friday, 03 July, 2009

1. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @01:25pm:

   It took me a while to get to work this morning. The bus company decided that since the 4th is on Saturday, they should for some reason put their buses on a Saturday schedule today, Friday the 3rd.
2. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @01:25pm:

   Happy Weekend!
   
   (can this be a Michael Jackson-free zone?)
3. By rosie. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @01:26pm:

   so, was i dreaming, or did they really say palin is quitting? she gonna open an alaska guide service? or field trips to russia?
4. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @01:35pm:

   (can this be a Michael Jackson-free zone?)

   
   It was, until comment #2.
5. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @01:51pm:

   First Michael, then Billy, now Sarah...
6. By Chris J.. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @02:10pm:

   Santa Cruz Ca. Boarwalk. 1982
   One day after a storm dropped 19" of rain in a 24 hour period
   
7. By Snag. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @02:19pm:

   Happy holiday weekend (Ithought you guys used "vacation") !
8. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @02:22pm:

   That'll be Senator Sarah, pretty soon.
9. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @02:34pm:

   Whattevvva
10. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @02:41pm:

    We are in Chicago. Went to see "the Bean" today, among other sights.
11. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @02:41pm:

    Chrisj.... can't tell if there is water on the promenade?
12. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @02:49pm:

    Anyone following tennis at Wembly? Roddick and Williams sisters in finals.
13. By bundukundu. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @02:53pm:

    I from Russia. When I look over my backyard this morning, I see lot of people gather near Sarah Palin house. Now I hear she resign her office. In Russia office resign you.
14. By RickHap. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @02:54pm:

    Beef ribs are on the BBQ
15. By Chris J.. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @03:19pm:

    meg mac
    No, that's high and dry.
    Most of the damage from that storm came from the area where Bisbonian lives. The San Lorenzo Valley. Many land slides. The river swelled with water and debris... it caused damage to the bridges in Santa Cruz. It was really strange to have such a huge storm one day and a beautiful sunny day the next.
16. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @03:28pm:

    Chrisj..... Ahhhh! I see. My thought exactly. It looked beautiful.
17. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @04:06pm:

    I see not one pig on that "boarwalk". Or boar.
18. By Curtis. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @04:38pm:

    Happy Fourth of July, fellow babies!
    
    
    
    That's my bottle tree made by Dinsdale Piranha.
19. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @04:53pm:

    Please send me some of those bottle seeds. I think they might grow in Tucson.
20. By Fast Eddie. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @05:14pm:

    Planning a camping/hiking trip for a few weeks from now. Thinking about Cloudcrop, NM. Anyone ever been in the area? Know of good spots?
21. By Fast Eddie. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @05:15pm:

    Excuse me, that would be Cloudcroft, NM
22. By Curtis. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @05:27pm:

    I think they might grow in Tucson.
    

    
    
    The way I heard it was empty bottles grow very well in a certain part of Tucson.
    
    Spokane Mary -- I heard this report about a gizmo-recycling business started by an older woman in Mexico and was reminded of the point you were making in our discussion of the Alaskan gold mine dump.
    
    I salute your insight.
23. By Pamn. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @05:38pm:

    Curtis ~ I really like your patriotic bottle tree. Nice job, Dinsdale Piranha!
24. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @05:38pm:

    "That's my bottle tree made by Dinsdale Piranha."
    
    You omitted the 'legendary' Dinsdale Piranha. That's just asking to get your head nailed to a coffee table.
25. By Pamn. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @05:43pm:

    Today's blog header photo (July 3rd) is a perfect representation of today's sky. Hoping for a nice thunder/lightning/rain storm. Well... I am. J-Walk isn't so enthusiastic about the muggy, cooler weather.
26. By Dinsdale Piranha. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @05:48pm:

    Heh thanks for the compliments... Legendary that will work
    
    I've got plenty of bottle tree seeds if anyone wants any
    
    
    
    Heres the Curtiste bottle tree in its formative stages
27. By Dinsdale Piranha. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @05:49pm:

    
28. By wormpicker. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @05:52pm:

    My 8-year-old her just got her first taste of the Pacific Ocean, and first of any ocean in her memory. She liked it! Me too. I wish Tucson could get an ocean. Legoland tomorrow.
29. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @05:59pm:

    I wish Tucson could get an ocean.

    
    No you don't. Then there would be 3 million people living here. That's why we moved from San Diego. Oceans attract people like solar birdhouses attract insects.
30. By Uhclem. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @06:08pm:

    Hey...a Palin decided to pull out early. That must be a first!
31. By Chris J.. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @06:24pm:

    J-Walk, Curtis, Rance:
    I just sent some Senduit links to to your e-mails for the CD behind this:
    Pretty interesting stuff. Including a song called Banjul Girl... coincidence?? I think not!
    Juldeh Camara & Justin Adams
32. By . Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @08:38pm:

    HUMIDITY
    
    Tucson - 57%
    
    Spokane - 15 %
33. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @09:16pm:

    I'm a bit bored today so I have been making food things. I currently have an Orange/Lemon gelato chilling down and a flourless orange cake in the oven. Dinner is going to be chicken slow cooked with anchovies, olive, tomatoes, red wine and a few other bits accompanied by a potato/sorrel pave and brussels sprouts braised in onion,garlic and white wine.
    
    Should be good.
34. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 03-Jul-2009 @09:18pm:

    When Camille and I were on our way back home recently we stopped at Rainbow Lake under Rainbow Mountain near Rotorua, New Zealand. There were literally hundreds of swallows flying just above the water.
    
    Rainbow lake is a hotwater lake in a very active geothermal area. Maybe they were doing it to keep warm as I couldn't see any insects. The swallows didn't seem at all bothered by us.
    
    I got a couple of videos of them, not great quality, which I have posted on my blog, http://blog.thrashcardiom.com
35. By Uhclem. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @03:17am:

    Chris J
    
    I love that Justin and Juldeh album you mention in #31... you can read my review of it here
36. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @05:13am:

    uhclem...LMAO! sorry, but i laughed over my sushi for breakfast at that one.
37. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @07:23am:

    Happy Fourth Everyone!! Hot Potots in Martposa 100+
    Humidity 15 percent. My nose is on the fire alert. Ribs and corn (the white sweet crappy stuff) Mom's potato salad for
    dinner. Made an apple pie and Tom is going to do handmade ice cream.
38. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @08:46am:

    Hey meg, Boulder Creek at 56 degrees right now, 99% humidity. Forecast high of 86. Of course the relative humidity will drop considerably by then.
39. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @08:47am:

    (it should hit a low 0f 36% by 2PM, then creep back up.)
40. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:00am:

    Bisbonian.... Gotta love that marine layer! My sis lives in Aromas and she calls me all the time to say she has her coat on and I am sweltering at 95. Oh those micro-climates!
41. By Chris J.. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:07am:

    Uhclem
    Great review and background on Adams. I figured I should have at least heard if him by now.
42. By Chris J.. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:13am:

    meg-mac / Bisbonian
    Re. Micro-climates in Monterey Bay area. Years ago we took a day motorcycle ride from Santa Cruz, over Mt Hamilton, through Livermore to Half Moon Bay and back to SC.
    We had a temperature swing of 60 degrees that day. It's hard to dress for those conditions.
43. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:24am:

    Absolutely, Chris. Last week, we came back from the Woodys on the Wharf car show..75 down on the wharf, 85 at Felton, 91 in Ben Lomond, 93 pulling into Boulder Creek, and about 80 in our shady yard.
    
    Yesterday I rode the bike up through Bonny Doon and down to Davenport, and saw similar swings. Pretty cool at Stevens Creek.
    
    We lived in La Selva Beach for a while, Meg, in a fog bank that almost never went away. I fly over into San Jose and Oakland a few times a week, and it is real common for that fog bank to extend over Aromas, all the way to Pacheco Pass.
    
    We don't get much marine layer here, though...mostly it comes up to Felton or a bit farther. If we do get it, it is burning off much earlier here than a few miles down the valley.
44. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:43am:

    The first week of July in the annual succession of bloom. Actually, the lupines (Lupinus arcticus, to be specific) have been blooming for a month now.
    
    
45. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @10:01am:

    #20 Fast Eddie: White Sands National Monument is worth a look-see. Three Rivers Petroglyph. Excellent scenery any direction out of Ruidoso.
    The White Mountains Wilderness
46. By Chris J.. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @10:04am:

    Bisbonian... That area is so fantastic for motorcycle riding. Miles and miles and never need to hit a freeway. Have you been up to Skyline to see the guys on the crotch rockets riding those road? They're in a different league than me.
47. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @10:13am:

    Beautiful lupines Don Coyote. Mine are already spent.
48. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @10:17am:

    Chrisj.... the Glenwood Highway is a gorgeous cycle ride also.
49. By Eenie Meenie. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @10:33am:

    Is Sarah Palin trying to steal MJ's thunder? That (insert word here)!
50. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @10:43am:

    Here's an it's Saturday and heading for the garden song for you, meg. Bruce Cockburn singing One Day I Walk.
    
    One day I walk in flowers
    One day I walk on stones
    Today I walk in hours
    One day I shall be home
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QAO1DerP0k&feature=PlayList&p=3A7840C43D14D891&index=1
51. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @10:48am:

    Thanks Don Coyote. Enjoyed that!
52. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @10:58am:

    Meenie - MJ has not had any thunder for 15+ years.
53. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @11:17am:

    MJ has not had any thunder for 15+ years.
    
    That's what his ex-wife and mother of his children says. Ba-da-bing!
54. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @11:37am:

    Yes Chris, we've ridden skyline a few times...dodging the race drivers. At the intersection of Skyline with several raods up from Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Gregorio, Half Moon Bay, etc. there is a restaurant called Alice's Restaurant (you can get anything you want), and there are usually more than a hundred bikes there any weekend day.
55. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @11:39am:

    MJ has not had any thunder for 15+ years.
    
    That's what his ex-wife and mother of his children says.

    
    Have you heard what the mother of the children says about it? Definitely no thunder.
56. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @11:43am:

    Fixings for the Fourth:
    Blue cheese and bacon burger with chipotle mayo
57. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @11:55am:

    Uhclem, Chris-J
    
    Thanks for the "Tell No Lies" tip and review. Downloading it now.
58. By Daniel FR. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @12:02pm:

    Sorry, I am no American, hence:
    Was does that mean, "he has not had any thunder"?
59. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @12:04pm:

    Arrgghh! E-music have decided that they are going to put me on to their "emusic basic" plan - 24 tracks for $11.99, way down on my current 50 tracks for $15.00. They say the plan will convert on July 30th
    
    What is really getting my goat is that I have downloaded 24 tracks and suddenly I have 0 tracks left which would sort of indicate that they have already changed it.
    
    I think I will cancel my account.
60. By ...pat.. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @12:06pm:

    Elton John "Laughing like children, living like lovers, rolling like thunder under the covers"
61. By Chris J.. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @01:39pm:

    Thrash
    Did you get the Tell No Lies downloaded?
    If not I can send you the links if I have your e-mail.
    Rather than post it here, let me know and send me a note to my spam account.
    
62. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @01:56pm:

    Chris J. Yes, I got it. Thanks for the offer though.
63. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @01:57pm:

    Thanks, Curtis, for the story in #22 about the amazing women in Mexico who have established themselves in business tearing down old electronics; they're very courageous to go against such odds and I have enormous admiration for them.
    
    As to the e-waste problem, however, my concern is more with the scale of the problem and the fact that it's being virtually neglected at the moment; it will come back to bite us, no doubt.
    
    Here's a good rundown of the problem if you're interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXzsqTFwV3Q
64. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @02:07pm:

    DanielFR..... no thunder = sexually impotent or...
    I think JSSEC meant his musical career was not what it had been and he was desolving into the bizarre.
65. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @02:16pm:

    Mary... the extra value comes in the form of the womans' co-op taking charge of their lives and empowering other women to do the same. These co-ops are hugely important for third world women and their families by providing them the means to survive even thrive. Thanks Curtis.
66. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @02:20pm:

    94% humidty
    7.9 C
    18.7mm of rain
    No wind
    9:20am
    
    I really enjoy having a weather station.
67. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @02:22pm:

    desolving

    
    
    Was that dissolving or devolving? Either way it's pretty apt.
68. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @03:13pm:

    Thrash.... I'm clever and I don't even know it. *smile*
69. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @03:39pm:

    strange day here.....sunny one moment, pouring the next. had some lobster in newcastle, maine, today. this is my last weekend in maine, i am quite sad. anyone here live in florida? i shall miss the june blooming of the lupines.
70. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @03:41pm:

    oh my goodness.....i am seriously going to miss the lilacs and apple picking, too. time for a martini.
71. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @04:03pm:

    We finally have some sun without wind. My poor daughter from Phoenix thinks it's still too cold to go to the beach. She grew up here (Palos Verdes/Torrance/ Beach cities), but has grown accustomed to the Arizona heat. We probably had a high of 78 today. That's just another reason why I love it here.
72. By wally the duck. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @04:39pm:

    It was a bit thick and sultry here (Minneapolis), though not too hot. About 3:00 a line of rain showers went through followed by cool northern air and now it is a beautiful 72 degrees with a light breeze and puffy white clouds. Had a nice day rollerblading and 'found' two nice office chairs in a dumpster.
    Too each his own.
73. By wally the duck. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @04:40pm:

    Ooops, tooo many 'o's.
74. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @05:36pm:

    Wally... the image of you rollerblading with an office chair on each arm gave me a giggle.
75. By wally the duck. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @06:26pm:

    They've got wheels, meg mac. I could have ridden them home.
    Ever see this guy:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVrlA3-f29g
76. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @06:41pm:

    Just got home from the Prairie Home Companion show in Avon, Mn. What a HUGE crowd (expected it to be) and what excellent crowd control by the local and county police.
    It was hot but fun, if for nothing else than people watching. We sat behind a pine tree obstructing the stage, but right by a speaker, so it evened out :^)
    (We got up to take pics).
    A cool thing--a thousand umbrellas folded when Garrison hit the stage.
77. By Uhclem. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @06:45pm:

    Thrash
    
    Let us know what you think of Tell No Lies. Thanks for the kind words, too.
78. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @07:16pm:

    I was wheelbarrowing sand in the garden today--33C/85F--with sweat running down my face despite a couple of bandannas. On a CBC TV science show, just learned the following science trivia. If you reduced all the stars in the Milky Way to the size of grains of sand, the number of stars would be equivalent to one dumptruck load of sand. Your basic dumptruck will hold 10 cubic yards or 270 cubic feet of sand. 270 cubic feet of sand is equal to 90 full-sized wheelbarrow loads, if you don't skimp with your shovel. I only did 12 wheelbarrow loads. That's still a lot of stars.
79. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @07:22pm:

    I'm into it. I enjoy the sound fusion. Camille can't stand it. She really dislikes what she refers to as "that high pitched whiney, eastern / asian sound".
80. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @07:45pm:

    Wow! I've just gotten back from our local county fireworks display. The 'wow' is not that the fireworks were great (although they were), but my husband was the one who suggested we go! He knows I like fireworks, but he really really really hates crowds and traffic. So I didn't mention it at all. I feel kinda special.
81. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @07:53pm:

    Heard this on my iPod dock as a random 4th of July shuffle today and it's definitely a stirring rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner. Like to think the Dixie Chicks did their part to end the years of Republican bungling and evil. Happy July 4th, America. You're the world's second greatest nation--right after Canada--but that's why you try harder. That's admirable. Being north of the 49th is a bit like living near a hillbilly trailer park but you're not bad neighbors in a crunch and that's what matters.
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU5AYcAhvyo
82. By Eenie Meenie. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @08:12pm:

    I was just trying to be funny. It never works.
83. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @08:13pm:

    Don, you really missed out today. The highlight of our 4th of July Parade was the Boulder Creek Lumberjacks Precision Drill Team, stepping to a John Phillips Souza march, and twirling and tossing broadaxes back and forth to each other. I got video. Look for it on a YouTube video, coming soon. Small town fun.
84. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @08:42pm:

    Don Coyote.... gotta say that was a pretty beautiful rendition by the Chicks. But I love anything they do.
    
    Re: The New Yorker... did you read the article about the Kill Company? Chilling to me. It's in the Jul6&13;issue.
85. By Snag. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @08:46pm:

    That has to be the world's most stirring anthem Don. Happy "4th" America !
86. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:12pm:

    Can hardly wait to see that video, Bisbonian. Did you say tossing broadaxes back and forth? We've got our forestry company summer party coming up at our house in a couple of weeks. We normally live a pretty quiet life. Twenty-five people including spouses and kids is going to be a riot. (I can think of two kids who make me wonder if I should put electric fence around the flower garden. At some point, they're going to be up on the roof.) Maybe we could try broadaxe tossing for pre-dinner entertainment. We usually juggle running chainsaws but that gets old.
87. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:21pm:

    How to juggle with chainsaws.
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbMvxLRdpm0
88. By Curtis. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:23pm:

    While pedaling through this bosky dell today...
    
    
89. By Curtis. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:25pm:

    In the wetlands next to the Mississippi...
    
    
90. By Curtis. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:28pm:

    We happened upon many tiny toadlings and had to carefully walk our machines for awhile:
    
    
91. By Shel-tone. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:28pm:

    Happy New Year everyone!
    
    only 30 more minutes Texas time for Cheney to be wrong...
    I'm holding my breath!
92. By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @09:30pm:

    How apropos using a picture of Sarah Palin for a long weekend thread...
    
    C U Next Tuesday!
93. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @10:06pm:

    Can hardly wait to see that video, Bisbonian.

    
    I guess tongue-in-cheek didn't come through in the post. I'll get the video up in the next few days. Don't expect "precision drill team", exactly. Think light humor.
94. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @11:37pm:

    Well, a broadaxe tossing precision drill doesn't sound that far fetched--having personally practiced many hours with both hatchet and single-bit axe--but Scientology is still a bit of a stretch. We only toss chainsaws for distance. No juggling involved.
95. By Cathleen. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @11:41pm:

    Don Coyote... I think the flowers in your
    yard are blue delphinium, or hybrid delphinium.
    just thought you should know.
96. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @01:03am:

    Sorry, Cathleen, but you're mistaken. Those are lupines--wild ones--and look only vaguely like delphinium in being a bluish spire. As mentioned, they are Lupinus arcticus. We have Pacific Giant delphiniums--and Russell lupines--in our garden and I'm pretty sure I can tell the two apart. And the difference between delphinium and monkshood. Mention monkshood because its individual flower shape is somewhat similar to lupine. Maybe you were thinking of monkshood (Aconitum). This photo may help you see the foliage and flower shape more clearly and recognize the plants as lupines.
    
    
    
    This is a delphinium. One of those annoying 'Master Gardener' types probably misinformed you.
    
    
97. By Snag. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @04:11am:

    A few Greek Island pics ... these from Patmos, a less 'touristy' island near the Turkish coast.
    
    Most Greek islands cannot dock cruise ships, so you get ferried ashore in a fleet of local tenders like this one. The crews are highly experienced, docking with millimetre precision while throwing ropes, walking on handrails, berating other boats and assisting passengers ashore. Very entertaining !
    
    
    Numerous cats (and dogs) roam free in every town and city of Greece .. they belong to the municipality and receive food and vetrinary care from them. Locals and tourists also feed and pet them.
    
98. By Snag. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @04:17am:

    Once ashore, you have the choice of souvenir shops selling hats, tee shirts and jewellery ....
    
    
    ...or you can walk the alleyways and find plentiful jewels of another kind
    
99. By Snag. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @04:22am:

    Being an island, the beaches are always popular. This early in the season they are mainly used for alfresco dining and watching the passing parade.
    
    
    Every house on the island has a view to die for
    
100. By Snag. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @04:31am:

     Most Greek islands have an expat Aussie contingent. This is unsurprising against the fact that Australia has the largest 'Greek' population outside of Greece itself
     ... The US is not far behind.
     
     We found this entrance with signs saying "Sydney Australia" (to the left of the door), and were tempted to knock.
     
     
     My favourite, though, was this weatherbeaten portico
     
101. By . Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @05:18am:

     good sunday morning! awesome pics, curtis and snag!
102. By Guy. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @07:31am:

     Santa Cruz Ca. Boarwalk. 1982

     
     I made a short visit there in 1978 when I was 19 years old, it was quite memorable for 2 reasons besides the fact it was beautiful place:
     
     1. I'm walking into a convenience store to buy cigarettes, two younger teenagers try to get me to buy them beer. They must think I'm 21. I politely tell them no with letting them know my true age. I buy the cigarettes, and as I'm leaving the clerk thanks for trying to buy the teens beer.
     He thought I was 21!
     
     2. I'm walking in the downtown area, smoking. Two homeless-looking guys ask me for a smoke. I give each them one and a light. We're walking along together, when 2 cops suddenly point at us and start coming towards us. I'm thinking which of these two is wanted?
     The cops grab me - and make me pick up the butt I had just dropped on the ground.
     
     Sudden Impact was filmed there. It was the first movie where I had a "hey I've been there" moment, I mean, been at that location.
103. By . Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @07:33am:

     Sarah Palin threatens to sue people who say bad things about her
104. By Guy. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @07:33am:

     ...without letting them know...
     
     I would say doh!, but my mistake kept it under the 1000 character limit.
105. By . Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @07:34am:

     #97 Snag - did you have any revelations while you were on Patmos?
106. By Guy. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @07:36am:

     Doh! #1, corrected correctly:
     
     I'm walking into a convenience store to buy cigarettes, two younger teenagers try to get me to buy them beer. They must think I'm 21. I politely tell them no without letting them know my true age. I buy the cigarettes, and as I'm leaving the clerk thanks for not trying to buy the teens beer.
     He thought I was 21!
107. By . Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @07:53am:

     Guy... Santa Cruz is still pretty laid back. Live and let live. Lots of tourists,hippies,yuppies,Latino's,Lesbians,surfers,artists,you name it. All coexisting.
108. By . Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @07:55am:

     If you wear garlic around your neck. No problem. Hey what's up? I love that little town.
109. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @08:45am:

     Sudden Impact was filmed there.

     
     The spot where Sandra Locke is looking out at the water is Mitchell's Cove. Nice little barrel wave there sometimes. I haven't tried it yet, though.
110. By Chris J.. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @09:06am:

     
111. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @09:08am:

     Thanks Chris...I've been looking for a picture, but that one is better.
112. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @09:10am:

     
113. By . Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @09:29am:

     Chris.... I can just smell the kelp! But believe me your picture is exquisite torture as I am now going to close up the house till evening because I think it's heading toward 90.
114. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @09:38am:

     Μεγάλες φωτογραφίες, εμπλοκή. Γίνονταυ μου την επιθυμία ήμουν εκεί. Όταν ήμουν παιδί, η ανάγνωση σε Zorba του Έλληνα είχε μια μεγάλη επίδραση σε με.
115. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @09:41am:

     Your tag doesn't quite translate, Snag. Well, in a sense it does but not the sausage sense.
116. By Chris J.. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @09:42am:

     
     
117. By Chris J.. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @09:43am:

     
118. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @09:54am:

     Nice shots, Chris. Been a couple of years for me since we last visited California. My wife goes every year. Maybe this fall. Like to see my wife's dad in La Jolla at least once more.
119. By Eenie Meenie. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @10:19am:

     Awesome pictures. Oh, to be a traveler.
120. By . Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @10:49am:

     Chris.... We will be camping at the beach in a week. I hope the marine layer is there in the morning for breakfast and burned off by noon for the beach. Love the pics.
121. By Eenie Meenie. Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @11:05am:

     Snag, are any of the dogs and cats mean?
122. By . Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @04:36pm:

     Does sarah understand the concept of "free speach" I wonder?
123. By . Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @10:16pm:

     The weekend's about over, but I must say a big THANK YOU for all the photos. You guys are fantastic!
124. By Snag. Comment posted 06-Jul-2009 @02:33am:

     Y Nought .. you are obviously familiar with the area. We did not sign up for the religious side tour to the "cave" where the Book of Revelations was allegedly written, although many did.
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Apocalypse
     Modern scholars disagree on the detail .. this link for those interested.
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation.
     
     Don C .. my audio-book Greek could not cope with that onslaught (grin) .. neither could Babelfish .. although I got your drift !
     ευχαριστώ πολύ λουκάνικο
     
     Eenie M .. the animals are calm, even listless, to the point of being a nuiscance to traffic, etc. The Greeks are incredibly caring and charitable people, and most seem to feed or care for these animals, and even the numerous (illegal) immigrant beggars .. although the latter are clearly testing their resources and patience (it's time for the EU to get off its butt and help).

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