Ray Quinn wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
BTW, How are things up in the (south) bay area?
I'm on the coast, I suppose technically outside of the bay area. Busy, alternating between unseasonably warm+sunny and shockingly cold. I've
been making the commute to Oakland 2x/week, it's fun to go back and see
my old stomping grounds from realitycheckBBS version 1.0 in the '90s.
I lived in an odd building in the 90s. The building took up the corner
and a good fraction of the block, right on the high street. The building
had a parking area in the back with lots of storage areas. Bottom floor
had a small professional office, a real estate office, a hair salon and
a jewelry store. On top of the stores were 3 apartments, with the top
apartment (mine) built on the roof. My living room had weeping views of downtown Oakland, the Bay bridge, San Francisco, the Golden Gate bridge,
and the marin headlands.
Next door to the building was THE PUB. That's all the sign said. It was
a house turned into a bar/coffee shop/discussion salon with individual
rooms, well-worn books, a fireplace, board games, a community bulletin
board (the cork kind) and two smoking porches. A couple of beers on tap,
wine, coffee, cigars, pipe tobacco and all cash. Sales were written down
on a steno pad. Outside food was allowed, if not simply ignored.
We had many, many BBS gettogethers there.
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