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I moved into my "permanent" apartment this weekend. It went smoothly with three people even with the new place being on the 3rd floor (2nd floor for America haters).

I have six boxes of books and it's time to cull again - 50% at least. I'm looking forward to the next gen of ebook readers because I think I'm going to buy in.

I think I'm going to get a scooter before a motorcycle, although cripes, they aren't much cheaper than motorcycles.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 01:15:07 PM EST
Oh and crazy horse I'm at 23rd and Carolina st if you're curious.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 01:29:49 PM EST
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Which house is yours? (1931)

or did you mean one of these? (2007)

At least you won't need a health club, and it's only 9 minutes by foot to greater downtown top of the hill Potrero Hill.

OK, 11.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 01:45:42 PM EST
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Woops.   Pot Hill History Here.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 01:47:40 PM EST
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Millman was living here on the right below the bridge, and i lived a decade in the warehouse with the writing on the left.  Though i was younger when i took this photo.

This is nearly the other side of where millman is now.  if you pan just a bit to the right (in your mind, you'll see the shipyards where the How You Get Oil story took place.)

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 01:55:18 PM EST
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Huh, interesting. Looks like they did some serious digging to put in interstate 280 through there.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 02:30:22 PM EST
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Drydock #2 looks so much sweeter when it doesn't have an oil tanker berthed.  You can't believe the view of Baghdad-by-the-Bay (San Francisco) from the top of the walls.

The ship is backed into the drydock, then precision sited to fit the hull shape built by the crew onto the dock floor, to hold the ship.  When we built the rails for the oil tanker, it was windy and pissing rain so the cold ran right through you.  So sweet and rusted in the sun.

Seems as if the SF Drydocks have added military ship repair lately, no comment.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 03:25:03 PM EST
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Pardon me while i continue down memory lane tonight.

Here's the historic ferry boat Eureka, where i worked most of my time at the drydock, berthed at the National Maritime Museum in Frisco.

Here's what she looked like around 1922, when but a baby.

There will be no stories about hiding from everyone at the top of the paddlewheels.  (Just visualize me hanging over the side in a sling, using a half-meter drill bit on a near-meter drill, securing the cap rail to the superstructure.  Wheee.)  So much sweeter than an oil tanker.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 04:02:44 PM EST
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Yeah, I can see the living room windows in the 2nd picture.

I tried to bike up 23rd with a full load of groceries yesterday (the steep hill running from the center of the photo to the left). Hilarity ensued.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 02:23:32 PM EST
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