[Nobbc] Speed

Thu Jan 27 23:26:31 MST 2011

Peter,
   I do realize that. The back and forth was too good to not participate.
Personally if I had to chose "The City", it would be Paris !

"San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality" ........... Paul
Kantner

> From: giannilarosa at sbcglobal.net
> To: nobbc at autox.team.net
> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:26:46 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Speed
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> -----Original message-----
> From: Peter Ziedrich <zied at redwoodempiremini.com>
> To: 'North Bay British Car Club' <nobbc at autox.team.net>
> Sent: 2011 Jan, Fri, 28 00:48:15 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Speed
>
> Al,
> San Francisco has always been referred to as "The City" by Bay Area
> residents, although native to SF, I never lived there but in other parts of
> the Bay Area since 1959. I never heard of New York being call that, but
then
> again it's all your point of reference. You can just as easily modify your
> last two cents with reference to San Francisco (instead of NY) and any Bay
> Area native could have written it.
>
>
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of rlmossholder at comcast.net
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:16 PM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Speed
>
> Frisco is a town in Texas. There was also a railroad of the same name.
> Rich
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Garber" <algarber at hotmail.com>
> To: "NOBBCC" <nobbc at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:42:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Speed
>
> another two cents:
>
> Going back to the 1950's as a teenager, going to NYC was always a trip to
> "The City".
> That was the only description necessary for people to understand where you
> were going.
> We did live in San Francisco in the late 1960's and I never heard it
> referred to as The City....at least as far as I can remember!
> The Big Apple is a term used only for and by the same people that refer to
> San Francisco as "Frisco"......tourists.
>
> Al
> 59 TR3
>
>
> "San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality" ........... Paul
> Kantner
>
>
>
>
> > From: hawkview at sonic.net
> > To: nobbc at autox.team.net
> > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:52:59 -0800
> > Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Speed
> >
> > Ron...Not to be argumentative, but:
> > Just because "City" is attached to the end doesn't make it "The City". In
> > fact in more know as "As a Wonderful Town" and "The Big City", from the
> > movie "On the Town". But not "The City". And I don't think being called
> > "New York City" makes it "The City", lest Oklahoma, Kansas and Salt Lake
> > would also be called "The City", and there can only be one "The City".
> > If Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelley call New York "a town", and Tony Bennett
> > calls San Francisco "His "City" by the bay, that's good enough for me.
New
>
> > York will really always be, "The Big Apple". If you would like more proof
> > go to: http://www.salwen.com/apple.html
> > So it's settled...San Francisco is "The City",
> > Clif 74 JH
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ron Engelhardt
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:34 PM
> > To: North Bay British Car Club
> > Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Speed
> >
> > As an ex NYer, "the city" is and always will be NYC to everyone except
> > San Franciscans. Maybe we could call SF "the town" as it's so itty bitty
> > and cute compared to NYC ;-0 I do like the idea of a ride to "the town",
> > somebody step up and lets make it happen.
> >
> > Ron
> > 58 MGA
> >
> > John Kenner wrote:
> > > I WAS RAISED IN THE CITY AND IT'S SAN FRANCISCO.
> > >
> > > JOHN KENNER
> > >
> > > 510 231 6803 P
> > > 415 806 2457 C
> > > 510 231 6805 F
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