[Nobbc] Speed

Fri Jan 28 00:00:24 MST 2011

Not that it makes much sense, but Paris is known as "The City of Lights". 
That name also belongs to Las Vegas, along with "Sin City", "Glitter Gulch", 
and of course "The Strip".
I guess that begs the question:  What is a city?  I always thought of it as 
tall like New York, or San Francisco or most of American "Cities".  But 
Paris is certainly not a tall city, is it?  More like a big town.
Did anyone know that Wichita, Kansas is also know as the "Emerald City".  So 
was Dorothy from Wichita?  I think they stool it.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Al Garber
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:26 PM
To: NOBBCC
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Speed

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
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> 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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