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[AMF]

Your hate thread at the Chank Forum has now grown to three pages!   

Oh wow....I gotta read it. 

But I think I encrypted my password so I couldn't log in again, so I'd have to get a reset......

[AMF]

I know. 

Hey, Chank forum is trying to find out who I am now, so they can come and beat me up!   

Fucking Herman, is all.  Fuck his drunk ass.  I offered to meet him and duke it out, a couple of years ago, but even though he's hopelessly pwnt by my nic alone he never took me up on it.  Just gets shitfaced every weekend and talks about beating up other posters.

[AMF]

OH, and Mel's trophy thread is up to four pages now.

[AMF]

This thread will be a repository for some material posted on Intro threads that strays too far from the topic.

[AMF]

Lots of memories growing up. Winterland, Filmore Aud, Rolling Stones at Altamont. Clubs in Marin.  Finished a cool book a few months ago. The Season of the Witch. Modern history of SF. From Beatnics to Dan White to Jim Jones. Actually read it twice. So many things I had forgotten about, or took for granted.

Cool.  I only ever knew 2 San Franciscans, one a transplant from Illinois whom I've known sixty years but who's been in Pac Hts for several of those decades, and the other a Pacific Coast Princess originally from Seattle who came to SFO in 62 and made herself quite a local legend.  She's passed now, and he's under teh Reaper's shadow as well.  I've only visited a few times, but loved the place even though it's been going downhill for a long time, like every other place has.

ETA:  are you actually in CR or did you just like that flag?

[AMF]

Lived here for for 16 or so years. Became a resident in 2013. I do like the flag too. When you say SF is going down hill. Do you mean prices for housing, and cost of living in general?

Cost of living, urban homelessness, real estate speculation, gentrification, "techification"

I spent a couple of weeks in CR about 35 years ago and loved it.  I was mostly on a coffee finca outside of SJ, but did a lot of day trips as well.  I recall thinking if I had a lot more money I'd consider living there.  Did adopt 2 orphans, who are now in their forties.