Marty Chinn
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Oh damn that's tempting. Wish I had seen this before I gave up on the notion and committed myself to a first showing.
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Auron_Kale
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Was at my Aunt and Uncle's house over the weekend to help my cousin pick out wedding invitations. Felt one of them on Sunday afternoon and though I'm used to feeling them, I can't say I won't miss them once they totally stop.
That said, my cousin's dog didn't even react once during the earthquakes while I could hear dogs barking outside.
I heard about that, but haven't felt any if them roll down south. Crazy how many you guys are getting! Think these small ones will actually loosen the pressure and prevent bigger ones?
Red_taiyaki
Member
Went to San Ramon on Monday to pick something up for work and felt that 3.4ish quake in the car while playing P4D. Looked around to check how safe I was, then resumed playing some more. Can't imagine what it would be like living through it 24/7 though -.-......I'm not really feeling much in the way of any quakes and I'm in Dublin.
BeardyChan
Member
Anyone familiar with the Filmore and what I should expect? I am thinking of picking up a ticket to see Grimes this weekend.
Cornballer
Member
I'm surprised to see the San Ramon quake cluster is still producing some little tremblors.
Great venue. It's a little beat up now, but it's one of my favorite places to see a show. There's good public transportation access, but the surrounding area can be a little dodgy at night, so don't wander too much from Fillmore and Geary. Fat Angel is a local bar that's worth a look. I haven't been there in years, but they have good drinks and beer, though it can be a little pricey.
Great venue. It's a little beat up now, but it's one of my favorite places to see a show. There's good public transportation access, but the surrounding area can be a little dodgy at night, so don't wander too much from Fillmore and Geary. Fat Angel is a local bar that's worth a look. I haven't been there in years, but they have good drinks and beer, though it can be a little pricey.
thezerofire
Banned
It's a good venue, saw Death Grips there
MiniBossBattle
Member
The sky was crying in the North Bay because I stubbed my toe really bad. I got over it.
I really want a place that sells Pliney The Elder. Know of any?
I really want a place that sells Pliney The Elder. Know of any?
Cornballer
Member
Depends where you are. I know a few places in the city, though a lot of the time I just stock up from the source when I'm in Santa Rosa. It's cheaper and you can get more at the Russian River Brew Pub.
thezerofire
Banned
Dalva in the mission seems to always have it
MiniBossBattle
Member
Santa Rosa is an hour away and my neighbor said his wife got some from the Whole Foods in San Rafael but their supply is always limited. I found another lunch food joint but they wanted to charge me about 8 bucks for a bottle. I can't drink that during my work hours (its like 7-8% too!). Alls I want is a couple for the weekend to share with my friends.
Oh for bottles it is always annoying outside of the brewery.
The popularity of that beer has gotten nuts in the past five years.
MiniBossBattle
Member
Wait they have cans?! I heard about it from my bro-in-law who lives in LA last year. When he visited, he wanted to go the brewery specifically over Lagunitas or Anchor Steam or 21st Amendment.
Edit; Should have mentioned that I am a family man so all my drinking happens when my kids are asleep and I am gaming at home in the evening or on the weekends at a BBQ in the backyard. Usually have either one beer or protein/vege drink depending on how I want to abuse my body.
Giant Robot
Member
Most Whole Foods in the South Bay gets their Russian River deliveries on Thursdays. There's another small place in Campbell that gets bottles.
BeardyChan
Member
I went to sleep and it was raining, only to wake up and it was still raining. Is this a preview of the wet weather to come? I hope so!
Oh and Grimes was awesome to see on Halloween. The Fillmore is an awesome place. But the floor moved a bit much for my taste. I literally thought it was gonna give due to all of the flexing it was doing.
Oh and Grimes was awesome to see on Halloween. The Fillmore is an awesome place. But the floor moved a bit much for my taste. I literally thought it was gonna give due to all of the flexing it was doing.
Red_taiyaki
Member
Too bad it's only supposed to last through the afternoon today. We need more continuous rain dammit! :V
PseudoKirby
Banned
what are the chances I would be able to find a 3 bedroom for under 3000 a month in the peninsula? (Minus San Francisco)
i3allistic
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cpp_is_king
Member
Is Sunnyvale still considered Peninsula? You *might* be able to find something there. You will probably need to go to $3500 to get a decent set of options.
PseudoKirby
Banned
yea been browsing craigslist looking
my girlfriend and I just got jobs out in burlingame and redwood city respectively and we live in concord
we will see how the commute goes.
I've got a coworker that does the concord to redwood city commute. 2 and a half hours. Daily.
Fuuck that damn. Then again I've met someone who commutes from Concord to San Jose. Now that sounded absolutely soul crushing.
Marty Chinn
Member
It generally isn't. It's considered South Bay Area.
My coworker does the Central Valley to Santa Clara every day. He listens to a lot of books on tape.
I have no idea how your coworker can handle that lol. I wouldn't be able to handle even a 1 hr commute. And only way I'd even consider commuting for nearly that long is if I could just bart and at least be able to read during the commute.
cpp_is_king
Member
My old coworker commuted Modesto to Redwood City every day. Pretty ridiculous
My wife does SJ to SF every day.
My wife does SJ to SF every day.
You can do that in the east bay. 3br is under that in Hayward/San Leandro
Ohh shit didn't know you were in the bay too! That's awesome.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
For my very first job 14 years ago, I had to commute from Davis to Alameda because our college apartment lease wasn't up yet for another few months. And I was on night shift too, lol. At least the drive back was pretty traffic free.
Marty Chinn
Member
Lots of books on tape I guess =) I could never handle that. To make things worse, he used to, not sure if he still does, drive all the way up to SF to drop his son off at school since he had a scholarship to a good school from when they lived in the city. He moved out there because housing prices were like 1/8th the price they were here.
BomberMouse
Member
For a while, I used to commute from the Sacramento area to downtown SF every day using amtrak/bart. Was around 2.5 hours each way.
I met a guy from Sacramento that used to commute to South Bay every day using a mix of amtrak/bart/caltrain. Absolutely brutal.
Surely the amount of time and money spent doing that commute isn't worth not moving closer at that point? Unless his job gave a great incentive.
BomberMouse
Member
Depends on each person situation, sometimes you just can't afford it.
PseudoKirby
Banned
used to commute from turlock to san francisco at least 3 hours each, moved out here to be closer
but is it really 2 and a half hours each time? has traffic gotten THAT bad? its only an hour and 10 minutes without traffic.
i3allistic
Member
Hell Yeah!! Traffic been bad the last few years!! People moving out east because SF/Bay Area getting to damn expensive
This is both people moving from other parts of the country, and other countries as well to come work in tech.
Marty Chinn
Member
I dunno, 1/3rd to 1/4th the mortgage rate? That's a lot of money when you factor that's a couple thousand a month. Plus the nice thing about taking a train is you get to do stuff during that time. You can watch TV, read a book, sleep, work, etc. I remember when I was taking a train from the South Bay to SF for work; I watched the entire Stargate SG-1 series during that time. It was relaxing.
It is one hour from Hayward to San Mateo, 30 mins from San Mateo to Redwood City. Add in Concord to Hayward and thats about right.
It certainly depends on the situation, and I definitely understand the benefits to having a commute to read or get whatever done. I was more speaking to that situation where that person is spending upwards of 6 hours commuting a day. That's just crazy to me.
Marty Chinn
Member
Ya, I could never do it. But, I could certainly understand if someone is saving $2000 to $3000 a month how it might make sense to do that type of commute. There's a world of a difference between a long commute where you're driving and a long commute where you're sitting on a train. If you could work while on the train and that counts for your hours for the day, it might not be so bad one way and then on the way back you get to kick back and read, something I miss with a lack of time and something I could do if I wasn't actively driving. So while I couldn't do it, I could understand someone wanting to save that much money while still having the time to do other things since they're just sitting on a train.