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Gold/Mining/Energy : Global Platinum & Gold (GPGI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Randall E. Brubaker who wrote (4288)	11/22/1997 9:00:00 PM
From: JACK R. SMITH JR.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14226

Randall, As I have said, I have fond memories of the whole area. The Marina Safeway I know well. I used to jog past Funston Playground, down the hill past Marina Safeway, then along the beach by the Presidio and on to the bridge and back. It was a very pleasant run. The inpressive thing about that area is the amount of waterfront acces open to the public. In most areas, you cannot go near the water as it is all privately owned. I jogged past people fishing, sunbathing, or just sitting and contemplating. I saw some fairly impressive fish dragged ashore, some fairly impressive sunbathers, and I have no idea what the contemplators produced. Perhaps inner peace? I learned to identify most of the strange and delicious products avalable in the Chinatown groceries, learned to cook pretty good Chinese and Thai dishes, learned about Oriental medicinal herbs and traditional Chinese medicine. I learned lots there. The thing that I hated about living there was that I like to grill outside and many times it was cold and the burger would blow away when I flipped it because the wind picks up in the evening!! The last El Nino did produce fresh tuna on the docks on the wharf and I remember dragging a rather large one home and grilling great steaks. Tuna salad made from leftover grill-smoked fresh tuna is wonderful!! Fresh salmon on the grill ain't so bad either. My first and only salmon fishing trip began and ended in disaster, however. At 5:30 AM we left the dock and by 6:30 AM we were in the Pacific swells and I was sick as a dog. I spent the day lying prone in the cabin (Thank God for a place to lie) and acting as head Buick salesman on the side of the boat. I was before the swaying stainless steel goddess until the captain banished me to the port or starboard side! Fortunately, the fellow who was with me managed to catch a couple of nice salmon and we had a great 4 th of July cook out with them on the beach somewhere north of the Golden Gate Bridge. BTW-- the GPGI web site is back up but no news-- hopefully soon! Poor Sailor Jack