San Francisco and what to do in it

what they really need to do (and are currently fielding plans for) is drill a second tunnel under the bay. and who's gonna pay for that.

BART loses money every year, and has been overburdened for years as well. this is what happens when people don't want to accept rate increases.

― Οὖτις, Thursday, March 17, 2016 10:42 AM (7 minutes ago)

Hello, welcome to the planet Earth where *extremely* few public transportation systems run at a fare-based profit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farebox_recovery_ratio#Farebox_ratios_around_the_world

BART actually rates pretty well in the USA.

Scratch that, BART rates #1 in fare-based profit across all American municipal transit agencies and a close second to Amtrak.

not arguing with any of that! that they're the least under-funded doesn't obviate the fact that they need more money. every system could use more investment, including BART.

in case anyone missed this

https://www.quora.com/What-kind-of-conversations-only-happen-in-San-Francisco/answer/Lisa-Aufox-1

his house is half a block from my apartment; since he's moved in, there are two guys, presumably armed, sitting in an SUV parked outside 24 hours a day staring down every single person who walks down 21st street. I remember being impressed when he moved to mission central that he wanted to live among the plebs, but as it is turning out, he doesn't

there's a surprise

idg why he moved here at all tbh, seems like he should have a compound up in Nicasio next to George Lucas

MAGMAAAAAAAAA

now that we're all here, when are we gonna do our FAP w Ned

thats up to ned! im at benders most sunday afternoons lol.

BART loses money every year, and has been overburdened for years as well. this is what happens when people don't want to accept rate increases.

― Οὖτις, Thursday, March 17, 2016 10:42 AM (Yesterday)

the main problems with BART are:
1. it's too expensive -- it's cheaper to drive from the East Bay to SF than to take BART, except for maybe the 9 to 5 ppl that work downtown (granted there are a lot of them). I don't think I've taken BART in over 2 yrs?
2. it stops running well before bars close.

xpost Oh yeah, right...huh. I think we'll have to wait for late April or May! Pretty much all these weekends coming up I'm either booked for other things or out of town visiting my folks or going to Seattle for EMP.

How do we convince vegemitegirl to come to this

^^ needs to happen! just1n3 otm

I'm in if and only if Veg is in!

(Sorry Ned.)

WELL JEEZ

That said IT SHOULD BE NOTED...

That VG is in fact coming to town with her guy for the Holy Holy show at the Fillmore at the end of April, Friday April 29th:

http://concerts.livenation.com/tony-visconti-woody-woodmanseys-holy-san-francisco-california-04-29-2016/event/1C00504BD1726CDB

Now I'm not saying you should all go to the show. (But you should all go to the show.) There had been talk of doing some sort of meetup for dinner or whatever beforehand in the vicinity. Given it'll be a Friday night and etc.etc. we should be careful with our planning but...?

dosa a block away has a gin and tonic i dream about! also festa in japantown mall is the weirdest bar.

Dosa is awesome

Well maybe we can do that!

I am tentatively into this plan altho it does present certain logistical issues for me

omg yes!!!

Yeah sorry Ned, <3 u, but going into the city at night is usually a pain in the ass for me so I'm only going if VG is there

P.s Ned was it you who posted julien baker's tiny desk concert? Bc I bought the album after that and holy shit it might be some of the most heart wrenching music I've ever heard.

Well sounds like VG is going to be there so hey. :-D Antipodean greatness! I don't know if I posted that one in particular...

fwiw my wife has tentatively agreed to this dinner-at-Dosa thing on the 29th (dunno if we can afford the Bowie tribute show, altho it sounds great)

i wana go to the bowie thinggggg

maybe

so is this Dosa/Bowie plan on or what

btw when my gf and i visited last summer we stayed in pac heights and ate at dosa one night, good stuff

i'm in if you guys are! you will get to meet mr veg too if that sweetens the deal

You are sweetness enough, my dear.

lol ok but he's still gonna be there

Yup, plan still on AFAIC.

what time should we meet up? bowie tribute starts at 8pm

damn, that's earlY!

well it says 8 on the website so idk maybe that's just doors

uh oh

https://twitter.com/MLNow/status/718141508663160832

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Officer-involved-shooting-in-S-F-s-Mission-7234550.php

sounds like another banner day for the SFPD

https://twitter.com/xek/status/718137178048569346

that is some awful facial hair

Isn't this what tasers are supposed to be for? Ffs the dude had a knife, not a gun.

SFPD is so shitty, it's mindboggling

Is the DOSA location the one on Fillmore? And what time was the plan?

idk but if ppl wanna get to the Bowie thing at 8pm better make reservations for at least 6pm

which I doubt I'll be able to make but not really sure at this point

Yeah I was going to leave it to everyone else to suggest the best time, depending. 6 pm works for me, but no problem with later if that's more convenient -- the doors are 7 pm, the show starts at 8, but there is an opening act, Jessica Morgan. So there's room to fudge a bit.

6pm should work for us

and yes, Dosa on Fillmore