Comments on: Berkeley Eclogue http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:45:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Marshame http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6743 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:16:43 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6743 Hilarious post! I loved the pictures and I will remember the reference to coffee enemas. And torturing squirels. And your unashamed audacity in posting a picture of your backyard after the lush beauty of northern Cali. You are a brave girl! But - (I am new to your blog) did you squeeze in a visit to any yarn shops during your whirlwind trip? Hilarious post! I loved the pictures and I will remember the reference to coffee enemas. And torturing squirels. And your unashamed audacity in posting a picture of your backyard after the lush beauty of northern Cali. You are a brave girl! But - (I am new to your blog) did you squeeze in a visit to any yarn shops during your whirlwind trip?

]]> by: Joanna http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6453 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:32:46 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6453 Ellen, I feel like I could write almost exactly the same post in a few days. Except it wouldn't be as funny or well-written. :P But I am sitting in Pasadena right now waiting to meet up with a friend for lunch in the middle of a 47 hour trip (seriously, I'm not making the time up) and I feel the same way - there are a lot of problems with LA, but being here for 2 days and getting to see palm trees and flowers and my old college friends is just fabulous. I'm glad you had a good trip! Ellen, I feel like I could write almost exactly the same post in a few days. Except it wouldn’t be as funny or well-written. :P But I am sitting in Pasadena right now waiting to meet up with a friend for lunch in the middle of a 47 hour trip (seriously, I’m not making the time up) and I feel the same way - there are a lot of problems with LA, but being here for 2 days and getting to see palm trees and flowers and my old college friends is just fabulous. I’m glad you had a good trip!

]]> by: Diane http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6400 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:08:21 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6400 There's a small town near me that has a good-sized monument planted square in the middle of the village's main intersection, creating a quasi-roundabout. For years, there were stop signs at two (adjacent) of the corners and no signs on the other two adjacent corners. Wonky, yes, but people just coped with it and waved others on. Recently, some highway planner has painted stripes, lane markings and such like all over the place, all that yellow paint looks terrible. Honestly, it was much less confusing when there were no marks at all! There’s a small town near me that has a good-sized monument planted square in the middle of the village’s main intersection, creating a quasi-roundabout. For years, there were stop signs at two (adjacent) of the corners and no signs on the other two adjacent corners. Wonky, yes, but people just coped with it and waved others on. Recently, some highway planner has painted stripes, lane markings and such like all over the place, all that yellow paint looks terrible. Honestly, it was much less confusing when there were no marks at all!

]]> by: Lacey http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6394 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:41:59 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6394 You have to "love" short sighted city planning. It gets you all sorts of cool things years after the bastard who came up with it is dead and thus you can't kill him. Like the roads that go around a park in my town, you can't see traffic at any intersection, none. Not the cars coming from the left, right, side, nothing. And wow, Trip Out Travel. Hehe. I guess the pot smoke got a little thick when they were "brainstorming" names for the new business. :D You have to “love” short sighted city planning. It gets you all sorts of cool things years after the bastard who came up with it is dead and thus you can’t kill him. Like the roads that go around a park in my town, you can’t see traffic at any intersection, none. Not the cars coming from the left, right, side, nothing.

And wow, Trip Out Travel. Hehe. I guess the pot smoke got a little thick when they were “brainstorming” names for the new business. :D

]]> by: Jennifer http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6393 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:01:38 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6393 My inner Beavis and Butthead needs to comment about speed mounds. Here in Seattle, and up in Vancouver, they call them "speed humps". Hehehehe - they said "humps" - hehehehehehe. My inner Beavis and Butthead needs to comment about speed mounds. Here in Seattle, and up in Vancouver, they call them “speed humps”. Hehehehe - they said “humps” - hehehehehehe.

]]> by: MonicaPDX http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6392 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:53:05 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6392 For some reason, after reading this I have the overwhelming impulse to yell, "Fnord!" Then giggle quite a lot. And I'm not even a Discordian. Hee. As to roundabouts, NW Portland did that one better back in the late 70's. They got all het up about the neighborhood getting yuppified and so many people moving in and more cars...so what did they do to try and slow drivers down? They put in big honkin' speed *mounds* (you couldn't call 'em bumps) at intervals along the quiet streets - naturally they didn't do it on the *busy* streets - and big concrete rectangles smack in the middle of intersections along the center line. Said rectangles being wide enough to barely let a car pass on either side. We ended up with diamondabouts! If I remember right, it only took them about 5 years to dig the rectangles the hell back out. Dunno about the mounds, though. ;) Glad you had fun and got to see some flowers and sunshine as well as weird street gymnastics! For some reason, after reading this I have the overwhelming impulse to yell, “Fnord!” Then giggle quite a lot. And I’m not even a Discordian. Hee.

As to roundabouts, NW Portland did that one better back in the late 70’s. They got all het up about the neighborhood getting yuppified and so many people moving in and more cars…so what did they do to try and slow drivers down? They put in big honkin’ speed *mounds* (you couldn’t call ‘em bumps) at intervals along the quiet streets - naturally they didn’t do it on the *busy* streets - and big concrete rectangles smack in the middle of intersections along the center line. Said rectangles being wide enough to barely let a car pass on either side. We ended up with diamondabouts! If I remember right, it only took them about 5 years to dig the rectangles the hell back out. Dunno about the mounds, though. ;)

Glad you had fun and got to see some flowers and sunshine as well as weird street gymnastics!

]]> by: debsnm http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6390 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:06:51 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/04/19/berkeley_eclogue/#comment-6390 Round abouts seem to be the new "in" thing for city planners. They've added quite a few in Santa Fe, but without the trees, thankfully. Why would you need to see oncoming traffic? Just drive like they do in Italy - enter the round about blowing your horn, and drive for all you're worth!! Round abouts seem to be the new “in” thing for city planners. They’ve added quite a few in Santa Fe, but without the trees, thankfully. Why would you need to see oncoming traffic? Just drive like they do in Italy - enter the round about blowing your horn, and drive for all you’re worth!!

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