a new landmark OR yet another poorly thought out idea
I have visitors from sunny southern California. They were aghast at the cold cloudy weather here. I don’t understand why we can’t fix that. I mean, they can move water to areas that have no water. Why can’t we move hot weather to places that have cold weather? Let’s just pump in the heat from those sweltering suburban inland areas.
Or maybe we should build giant fans on top of Twin Peaks. The fans will face the ocean and blow back the fog. We’ll get nicer weather AND we’ll have a new landmark that people will come from all over to see. Have you seen the giant fans of San Francisco? They’re amazing! Bring earplugs, though.
August 19th, 2005 at 3:46 am
I wish you could box the cold cloudy weather of San Fran and export it overseas. Consider it as a possible extension of your giant fan idea.
The heat and humidity of where I’m at doesn’t suit me (though… it’s better than the terrible smog we had I’ll admit). Can I get a discount if the idea takes flight? That and a postcard featuring the new landmarks would be nice.
August 22nd, 2005 at 8:35 am
I tell you what, we’ll trade you your beaches, sunshine and rainforests for our fog and wind, straight up. The fog is charming sometimes, but it’s also nice to be able to wear t-shirts, shorts and sandals. It does, however, sound like the smoke and smog has been getting pretty bad out there.
August 25th, 2005 at 12:31 am
Fog, Wind, and Baseball (SF Giants… ehr… okay yeah) for– oh wait… I think that comes with the humidity and the rain, should make sure you’re okay with that first; and would you take the mosquito population too?
If we’re exporting climates I think you can be spared the smog season because that seems to be supplied by Sumatra.
The smoke and smog was quite b… it was terrible but I think mostly passed. The APIs soared to as high as over 300 in some spots but all under 100 now and you can actually see the clouds and sky.
T-shirt, shorts, and sandals… for me: T-shirts, yes; shorts mostly at home — I’ve unsightly legs, but maybe you’ve a nice (and probably long) pair; and sandals? You mean show mah ugly toes to the world?
August 26th, 2005 at 2:49 pm
My legs are hideous, but compared to my feet they are gorgeous. The best description I’ve heard of my feet is “evolution toe”. Think ET and his long, crooked finger, and then put it on a human foot. It’s so awful now that I’m obliged to show them off by wearing sandals. It makes children cry.
September 1st, 2005 at 2:36 am
Okay, so maybe there are people who walk around showing off their legs here. Mostly girls wearing skirts and foreigners with luggage (the other day on the LRT) and/or backpackers (on the streets of KL). Oh, and I was standing next to a young man on the train who had business or had his travel plans to San Francisco arranged/checked on by someone else, he should be there now… provided that he wasn’t riding on Top of the airplane on the way there (seems there was a bit of miscommunication, the person on the other end of the line thought the ticket to SF was for a seat on the upper deck of the plane when the plane didn’t… have one…).
“Evolution toe”… having… a little trouble imagining that, heh. I wonder… were you born with it, it developed like that… or courtesy from one of your biking escapades or other accidents?
…okay… I feel stupid… I was about to ask you where Berkeley was because I couldn’t find it on the California state map… when I decided “well, it’s probably near SF” and it took me… quite a while to figure out I was looking in the Wrong Place… I was looking closer to LA (I suspect I was wrongly thinking about San Diego at the time).
And having rambled on at length (it looks like I’m trying to conquer Eli’s comment area for this entry or something… heh… Sorry Eli!) and highlighted my… ignorance… I will now shut up.