docoflove1974

Sheesh...the world does not revolve around the East Coast...WEST SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE! :punk:

Ah Salinas...and its neighbors Carmel, Monterey, Pac(ific) Grove, and everyone else down there...I love that area! By car, it's about 2 hours; mileage, I think it's like 70 or so miles to the south, down the coast. My brother does much of his scuba diving down in that area; we all used to go there as kids at least once a summer, if not more. At the north of Monterey Bay is Santa Cruz, which has a very famous boardwalk there--another frequent stop of our youth. The wine's fine...my dad knows how to spot and create a cellar. He may not have any Italian blood in him (that we know of), but he sure as hell thinks like one! Ingenuity at its finest! The wine comes first!

New Yawkers are like Texans...they think the world revolves around them Many people care about the weather in Cali...about 35 million, for starters Besides, we don't need AC...I keep telling you this, yet no one believes me! As for the wine...oh no, a comfortable 72 in the cellar right now.

Yesterday and today are supposed to be some of the hottest days on record. San Mateo is 20 miles south/southeast of San Francisco, and, as the crow flies, it's approximately 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean. But there's a range of 'high hills' (in other parts of the country, they'd be mountains...but they're too short for that, really) in between, so the fog and ocean breezes are affluent. It's what makes this area so amazing...the heat doesn't really come, and the fog cools us off every night. Except now hehe Yesterday, "officially," it was 105'F...our thermometer read 107...in the shade. At least it's dry, not sticky, so it's quite palatable. Our downstairs is up against the hill, so it's much cooler than the upstairs; so I split my time in my office (which is downstairs) and the wine cellar. My dad brought up some big fans--he uses them for when he paints, but they came in handy last night, as there was no wind and no fog. After the sun went down, every window in the house was open to the max, and the fans were blasting. The downstairs cooled off very nicely, which made sleeping comfortable. But, whew! It felt like the Central Valley all over again! Today Dad's power-washing the house, so it'll be much cooler in here today. But outside it'll be plenty warm; it's 9:48am, and already it's 85'F outside. It'll be another scorcher today! (By the by...this weather makes for bad editing climes hehe)

That is a stroke of genius marketing...the wives are happy that they're going to a museum, and the husbands are happy that it's a pub! Everyone wins!

This is really great, and is what I tell my students to do, too. Oftentimes I get more info from the bibliography of a respected source or from the books in the stacks around the one I'm looking for than just about anything else. It seems that no matter how familiar I get with an online catalog, I never quite find what I want. But I can figure out how the library is set up, and once I get into the section I want, then I'm halfway there.

Actually, Lake Titicaca is on the border between Bolivia and Peru..you're both right. What cracks me up is 'reused' city names. Just in the SF Bay Area, we have: Piedmont Inverness Pittsburg Antioch Saratoga Belmont Newark As for odd (just in the Bay Area): Cotati Pajaro (this is where my grandmother was born, although it's on the 'wrong side of the tracks' from Watsonville, so she always said she was from Watsonville.)

I don't need to get A/C...the fog rolls in at night

First...what about those of us from the Left Coast? We need representation, too, dammit. We're not Yankees, nor Rebels...we're golden, dude Second...because of the heat (it's actually going to be about 90'F here, just south of San Francisco!), I feel a pitcher of sangria coming on. Beer would be great, but seeing as I'm the only one to drink it...eh, I'm in a giving mood.

That's because beer and sports are a natural combination...it makes the world go 'round! (ok, we can just pretend for a minute, right?)

I can't do that one, either...my middle name has always been in the top 20...and usually also in the top 10. In fact, I would imagine that the combo for my first and middle names is one of the most popular for girls--I know of several, besides myself.

As I guessed, mine's in the top 20 or top 10 most of the time...and, for the 1990s, it was #5.

Jays will tank, just like they do every year around September. Hopefully you take the Jankees with you.

LOL that's ok...I can't comment on rugby or cricket...so I guess we're even

I could use some libations...between editing and the Giants crap-tastic baseball skills, I'm a wee bit cranky.

I'll echo those sentiments. I'm glad there's such a place as this with true 'cognoscenti'--be they scholars, hobbiest, or enthusiasts--in this field. It's helping me tremendously in my field, and in my hobby-fields as well.

The fact that I love R&S, and I'm only remembering Space Madness...aw crap, I gotta go find these things and view/rent them.

Can't wait for AD to pop in on this one What brought salt to mind was actually 2 items: 1) English salary < ME salarie < Latin salarium 'money for salt (as part of Roman soldier's pay) [all of this according to Webster's, and the OED wasn't loading up for me tonight, so I'll come back to that later.] 2) As a corollary, salt has always been highly valued, or so I'm told, as a spice, because of its preservative properties...hence the phrase 'to be worth its [weight in] salt'...or so the folk etymology goes. Dammit...now I'm hungry...popcorn is calling me...

This makes sense, particularly with grains. Question: what about salt? I know it was prized, but how much was truly available, and how much was it used as a tradable commodity? I'm guessing that sea-side areas had desalination 'plants' (or whatever process they had) early on, or did they?

Hallelujah! :notworthy:

Ain't it the truth...you don't need to go to university to go to the library

If it ain't dark chocolate, it ain't worth it Agreed with all of the above...although I never much cared for venison. Scallops are out for other reasons, as are all other shellfish. And as for "anything your Granny says is good"...well, mine was a crap-tastic cook, and loved avocados *blech* But, she did like her martinis...