trinacriabob

Well, is he both a geek and an architect, reg, that could explain a thing or two about his marital status?

P-C-S, you wear your hairiness like a "badge of honor" :AH-HA_wink: Seriously, I can laugh at the acne era because I wound up with a really clean complexion since my mid-20s...so it's cool.

Golden Gate Bridge Joseph Strauss, vous le connais, n'est-ce pas?

You mean you had a clear complexion at 17 !?

Wow, great thread idea. Most are fairly unpretentious. Kucinich: yep, I could see that Hunter: hate the car (gas guzzler), love the "getting his money's worth" part

When I lived in OR-WA, I went to Calgary and Banff. Beautiful city and beautiful resort. A lot of nice people, too, up in Alberta. What's that slice of freeway that runs from near Univ. of Calgary to just SW of downtown? Is that it? If so, I've been on it. Yeah, it was some narrow road...but it was in August, so I'm sure it would be bad when the weather is iffy.

Never had one! Just a LOT of pepperoni on my face at the time!

fat

Oh, brother, can you think of ANYTHING else...sheez! My mother lives 580 miles north of me +/- and I have a final exam tomorrow night. I called her up this morning and wished her Happy Mother's Day.

...at least you went to it! I couldn't line up a date!

trauma

Nice building...nice proportions...looks eclectic....I see some neo-classical, some Romanesque...what style is it supposed to be? Sorry to digress...S.H. ...your trip looks like a good time. If I read correctly, you are taking the Cadillac. I like the 1977-1979 CdV s.

"stoner"

riptide

river

o-n-e t-r-a-c-k m-i-n-dMy response to thread - Delta: faucet

foreplay

drugs

Yup, most of the eastern OH, WV and western PA Italians I know of have roots in the mining industry whereas most of the Central Valley of Calif. Italians have roots in farming (as do the Portuguese and the high concentration of Armenians around Fresno) for the most part. Sadly, these traditions will erode when immigrants and first-generation types are no more.

slalom

You should still attend an Italian festival or two in your life, though.

cornering lamps

rectangular headlamps

I only like the first part of your story....the 747 part....

Culture...it'll do you some good! P-C-S, are you going to be stomping some grapes to the rhythm of "La Tarantella" in the background? You notice when anybody spoofs Italians, they play "La Tarantella" in the background. I tend to like Italian and Greek Festivals. I have worked, as a volunteer, at Festa Italiana in Sacramento. The Italian Festival in SF, generally near Columbus Day, is huge and too commercial...it's at one of the piers. The one in Reno is lame in that it is put on by the Eldorado Hotel and NOT the Italian community itself. Greek Festivals are always put on by their churches. With everything a la carte, you wind up spending too much for the quality...but, whatever, you can hang out with "Nick and Christina" for an afternoon.