Mike A

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/california-brothers-aviation-sensation-sfo-18369412.php

Absolutely, Jazzbo was the denizen of the “Purple Grotto” I loved his opening theme:

Absolutely, Jazzbo was the denizen of the “Purple Grotto”.

Yes, there were tsunami warnings in San Francisco. What happened? Some people drove to Ocean Beach so they could watch it coming in 🤪. It actually hit far north California at Crecent City.

Exactly!

For us “old timers”:

I typed hoses instead of houses. Definitely a Freudian slip. As a native San Franciscan, I can opine that Painted Ladies is not a Freudian slip. You have to consider our history, starting with the 49ers Gold Rush, being at the “end of the world” on the western edge of the continent, there’s a certain rogue spirit and sense of humor.

We have neighborhood watch signs. I just commented on the origin of the unique signs in the OP, how residents felt sorry for the victimized tourists and took matters into their own hands by creating their own sign using humor to point out the inconvenience & anger experienced when your vehicle has been broken into, the message being an ounce of prevention = a pound of cure.

That goes back to 2018, when local residents at Alamo Square in San Francisco created & posted the sign (see article below) to warn tourists visiting the “Painted Ladies” Victorian homes. Thieves like to target tourists who tend to carry valuable items in their own or rental vehicles. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/prevent-car-break-ins-san-francisco-sign-angry-poisonous-bees/196293/

Exactly - a modern day feudal system. There's more, but, again, I am reluctant to expound on it. Since the 1990s I’ve been saying the U.S. is heading back to the Gilded Age, full of robber barons w/monopolies & huge gaps between the haves and have nots. In the last 10 years I changed it to we’re past the Gilded Age and heading towards feudalism. Lack of any anti-trust enforcement. Look at the rise of compensation of CEOs in the last 60 years or so: https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2020/ And in companies buying houses to rent them out which reduces housing stock, which reduces the opportunity for families to be able to afford their own homes & acquire wealth that can be passed down generations: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/21/how-wall-street-bought-single-family-homes-and-put-them-up-for-rent.html Feudalism, here we come.

This is what Boxing Day in the U.S. is:

Nope, not really Bill. Check out the dog videos, ripping all manner of things to bits, including destroying chair legs with those teeth powered by mega jaw muscles. Cats love Christmas trees, and tend to scratch furniture which can be mitigated, but they aren't overly destructive really The real downside to cats is having to deal with their vomiting, mostly from furballs. Or whatever else they swallowed that they shouldn’t have. My wife had a discussion years ago with a neighbor regarding cats vs children. The neighbor won this “debate” when she said that children at least eventually get over vomiting whereas with cats it’s a lifetime problem.

NASA'S Psyche Spacecraft Uses Laser To Beam Cat Video To Earth

I’ll see your It Was A Very Good Year and raise you a Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds:

Reminds me of a Sam Kinison routine years ago:

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Outstanding, very well thought out, cool how the “skeleton” is the IKEA desk and so much equipment is efficiently put together in a relatively compact space. Curious as to how long it took from initial conception to finished state? Very nice!

OK, we’ll agree to disagree.

No jokes about Elon? OK, let's get serious Meanwhile, back on planet earth

The result when a $400 billion boy plays with fireworks 💥

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/10/1899171/-Nostalgia-and-nutrition-The-dark-forces-behind-the-90s-food-pyramid