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From: bryce_jasmer@next.com (Bryce Jasmer)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Gilroy Garlic Festival
Date: 22 Jul 92 01:23:00 GMT

LJ03933@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes
>>From: csh@kahn.ced.berkeley.edu (Chuck Han)
>
>>Is it this weekend?
>--
>Yep.
>TKJ

I heard it is the 24th through the 26th, so yes, that makes this weekend.  
Also I have a phone number to call for information about the "GarlicTrain"  
which is the CalTrain package you can buy to avoid the traffic nightmare.  
800.949.2472.

The package includes transportation and admission and goes for $37 I am told.  
Note that I have yet to call the number so this is all second hand.

Bryce
From: sandrar@garnet.berkeley.edu (Sandi Rollins)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Realtor recommendations for friends, East Bay
Date: 21 Jul 1992 17:44:30 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: ba
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu
Originator: sandrar@garnet.berkeley.edu

HELP!  I've posted this request to ba.market.housing, but have had
no response.  Since there is a thread going on about housing sale prices
versus list price, I hope this is an appropriate venue for my request.


This is a request for realtor recommendations.  Some friends are looking to 
buy a house in the East Bay.  Karen & Steve have been browsing through 
"Harmon Homes", a magazine in which various local realtors can place ads.  
They now have a list of realtors that seem to deal frequently with houses in 
their price range of $120 - 145K.   I'd appreciate it if anyone on the net 
with experience (either direct or indirect) with these agents, or their branch 
offices, could reply via e-mail.  Thanks!

	1.  Nate Brooks or Stanley Cornelius, ReMax Realty
		(No office address given). 562-7200 or 568-8758

	2.  Lynn Calvert, Better Homes Realty
		3330 Grand Ave., Oakland   893-4800

	3.  Don Dunbar, Better Homes Realty
		5942 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland.  562-8600

	4.  Darrin Tinsley or Dan Thomas, ERA Realty
		3215 Encinal Ave., Ste. L, Alameda.  287-5837 or 748-1700

	5.  Morris, Morris & Associates ERA Realty
		10901 MacArthur Blvd., #105, Oakland.  635-9401

	6.  Sara Holtzapple, Mason-McDuffie
		(No address given).  845-0200 or 548-0287

	7.  Wolansa, Century 21 Realty.
		Anchor Realty, 3923 Grand Ave.  987-7777

	8.  Gateway Century 21.
		4001 Webster St., Oakland.  655-2700

	9.  Winters Real Estate
		1855 MacArthur Ave.,  530-8860

Hope someone can help!

Sandi
From: chaiken@cmsgee.llnl.gov (Alison Chaiken)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Realtor recommendations for friends, East Bay
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:11:24 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: /sowa/sowa/News/organization

I highly recommend 

	1) Dona Whipple (510) 226-2444 in Fremont/Castro
Valley/Hayward, who specific experience with less affluent buyers;

and 2) Doug Hoggatt, (510) 846-8116 in Pleasanton/Livermore, who has a
great understanding of the technical details (roof problems,
seismology, etc.).

I have had good personal experiences with these folks, and I have no
financial connection with them.

Alison Chaiken				chaiken@cmsgee.llnl.gov
(510) 422-7129				OR alison@wsrcc.com
(510) 422-7300 (FAX)
From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Looking for good bookstores in south bay area...
Date: 22 Jul 92 04:32:46 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: I is a writur

lgold@cds8952.Cadence.COM (Lynn Gold) writes:

>I second Chuq's recommendations, and have one other bookstore to
>mention:  Crown Books.

You found a Crown that orders? Wow.

I've been known to visit Crown here at there. The discounts can be nice and
their remainder racks sometimes turn up intresting (and cheap) gems. 

On the other hand, you should remember that the chains (more Dalton adn
Walden than Crown) buying policies and quick return practices are a good
part of the reason why books go out of print so quickly, why you can't find
many titles three weeks after they're published, why the mid-list and
back-lists are being decimated and why there are only two classes of authors
today: really rich ones and starving ones. 

(in other words, support bookstores that buy intelligently and not based on
spreadsheets and return-on-equity models. It'll be a cold day in hell before
I step into a Walden or Dalton, at least as long as real bookstores exist).

The following has been a paid political announcement by the committee to
preserve bookstores that sell books and not product (by someone who'd really
like to make his living writing, but the chain buying policies have really
hurt people's ability to survive in the writing field).

On the other, other hand: it's recently been announced that Walden is
committing itself to a new chain of "super" bookstores -- 25,000 and up
square foot monsters that'll be targetting both Crown and the buyer who's
interested in selection isntead of top-40. If that actually comes off,
there's hope it'll significantly iomprove backlist and mid-list title
availability, because they'll HAVE to start buying that stuff again to stock
the superstores. Those stores I'll happily buy in, but the current chains
are a major factor in the generization of the genre's, the lack of diversity
on the shelves and the early death of many a good book. 


-- 
Chuq "IMHO" Von Rospach, ESD Support & Training (DAL/AUX) =+= Member, SFWA
  chuq@apple.com | GEnie: MAC.BIGOT | ALink:CHUQ =+= Editor, OtherRealms
	A real SF writur with stories in ALTERNATE KENNEDYS and THE 
	  FURTHER ADVENTURES OF BATMAN, in better bookstores now!

          Painted emblems of a race, all accurst in days of yore,
       Each from his accustomed place steps into the world once more.
Newsgroups: ba.general,sgi.general
From: rajs@eidetic.esd.sgi.com (Raj Sehgal)
Subject: Need a good tax consultant
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:46:55 GMT

I'm looking for a good tax consultant with reasonable charges for who can 
help me manage my tax liability for the current year. Appreciate any
recommendations,

Raj Sehgal
rajs@esd.sgi.com
(415) 390-1493
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: jpglori@srv.PacBell.COM (John P. Gloria)
Subject: Re: Raccoons?!
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 03:41:42 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.150731.24822@ads.com> charleen@ADS.COM (Charleen Bunjiovianna) writes:
>In article <1992Jul20.201102.20008@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> rfrench@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Robert S. French) writes:
>>There are a couple of large raccoons that have figured out how to go
>>through my cat door and open the kitchen cabinets.  I stopped them for
>>a while by pointing a flood lamp at the door, but last night they came
>>in again.  Does anyone have any ideas of how to discourage them
>>further?  Or does anyone have an animal trap I could borrow for a few
>>days so they can be "relocated"?
>
>Call the Humane Society of Santa Clara County.  They'll put you in
>touch with the folks who have the raccoon traps.  I think you have to
>reserve one ahead of time.
>
>I looked into this once because we had a Terminator-sized raccoon
>making nocturnal visits and our cats started disappearing.  The Humane
>Society thinks that cats are too large to be prey for raccoons, but
>I've heard differently from other sources.
>
>Charleen
>
I have heard that a full grown raccoon can easily injure 
your typical full grown dog in a fight.  A raccoon could
easily prey on a domestic cat, as you mentioned,
raccoon's are quite large.
-- 
        ---------  John Gloria - jpglori@pacbell.com	--------	
 		"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination
	       is out of focus."   -     Mark Twain
From: charleen@ADS.COM (Charleen Bunjiovianna)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Thinking of having a garage sale?
Date: 21 Jul 92 23:18:57 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: The Original Estrogen-Crazed Lust Bunnies

It's that time of year.  

Here are some tips to help you get the maximum amount of traffic and
cash.  After all, the sooner you get all that stuff unloaded, the
sooner you can get on with your weekend, right?

-Make the sign bigger than you think it needs to be.  Yeah, the
 home computer and laser printer is nifty, but it's really hard
 read 24 point type when whizzing by at 35 or 40 mph.  The best signs
 are about 2 feet square or larger, and have letters 3 or 4 inches
 tall.  So what if it doesn't look elegant--it just has to be readable.

-Put a date on the sign, not just "Saturday and Sunday".  Many signs
 never get taken down, and unless you want strangers showing up on 
 your doorstep three weeks from now... 

-I saw a couple of signs this weekend that had maps on them. Bzzzt.
 Use arrows, big ones, and put one at every intersection between
 your house and a major cross street.  Ideally, make them all out 
 of the same material (like orange fiberboard), so the bargain hunter 
 knows s/he's on the right track.

-Hours are good, but diehards ignore them.  If you put your signs out
 the night before, put a large "CLOSED -- OPEN at 9 am" sign on
 your garage door or front window.

-Price your stuff realistically.  A good guideline is 25% of what it
 cost you new, and be prepared to consider lower offers.

-Watch out for shoplifters.  I'm serious.  You run into the most
 audacious people at garage sales.  A <ethnic> woman stole some floppies
 from a sale I had one time, then came back later to bargain for more
 stuff.  When I pointed out that I knew she had stolen my things,
 she suddenly "lost" her English and couldn't understand a word I was
 saying.

Charleen 
--
Q: What would Elvis be doing if he was alive today?
A: Scratching at the lid of his coffin.
Newsgroups: ba.general,ba.politics,ca.general,ca.politics
From: pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai)
Subject: Re: help for california libraries! Dire need!
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Distribution: ca
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:16:15 GMT

In article <8092.8729@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM> lpb@florida.swdc.stratus.com writes:
>In article <1992Jul19.081048.7791@adobe.com> pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>>Personally, I'd like to see public libraries shut down so there could
>>be a market for private libraries. Perhaps we'd see some libraries
>>with reasonable hours like the bookstores which stay open til midnight.
>>Libraries which are more than babysitting areas for loud children.
>>Libraries with a good selection of books. I usually head for the
>>bookstore when I need a book. Libraries with copy machines that work.
>
>Oh that's a real good idea.  Then they can charge admission,
>perhaps we might even have gvt-controlled/owned libraries. That

The way you leap from private libraries to government controlled
libraries is hard to follow. What do you think the current public
library system is if not government controlled?

-- 
My opinions are my own.
From: douglas@netcom.com (Douglas Mason)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Where to camp with an 11 year old...
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:07:21 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Approach Software Corp.  Redwood City, CA  94063

I'm in a big-brother type program and I want to take an 11 year old out
on a weekend camping trip, something leaving Friday afternoon and coming
back on a Sunday.  He has never been camping before.

The only reservation that his mother had was that we go to an
established campsite of some sort, not just pitch a tent in the middle
of some unknown woods.  Mothers.  Argh.

Sooo..  Since I haven't lived here too long, anyone have any ideas?
I live in Portola Valley and we would take off from there.  I have a
decent 3 man tent and a small stove and the like, as well as couple 'o
sleeping bags.

I remember driving down US1 north of Santa Cruz and seeing places that
you can camp out(?) do these really exist?  Any other places that are
a reasonable drive, maybe has a small lake or river and a relatively
decent place to camp, maybe make a firepit for a small fire?

Any help (especially email) would be greatly appreciated.  I'm not afraid
to do some driving, I just want some suggestions on where to go (or where
NOT to go...!)  Want to avoid the KOA type campgrounds, of course.  
National Parks would be quite cool, or something equally neat.


-DM

-- 
Douglas Mason                                    douglas@netcom.COM
Network administration / software development    douglas@netcom.UUCP
Approach Software Corporation                    +1 415.306.7889
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From: twc@svcs1.UUCP (Ted Chan)
Newsgroups: ba.general,ba.market.misc,ba.market.vehicles,rec.autos,rec.autos.tech
Subject: RE: Honest Mechanic Recommendation
Keywords: mechanic
Date: 29 Jul 92 03:44:08 GMT
Followup-To: ba.general
Distribution: ba
Organization: Silicon Valley Computer Society, Sunnyvale, CA

In message <1992Apr7.020552.23212@Cadence.COM> Grant Erwin wrote:

> I know how difficult it is to find a good mechanic who is
> reasonably honest and reasonably priced. I have had good
> luck with a guy named Noel Clark, whose company is called
> Engine Power Technology. He rebuilt the engine in my old
> Ford, and he was very cheerful and did a lot of extras.
>
> If you want the kind of mechanic who has a waiting room
> with gum machines, keep on looking. Noel works out of his
> garage off of Sunnyvale-Saratoga a mile or so south of
> 280. You can call him at 408-257-9850.
>
> I have nothing to gain whatever from posting this. I am
> doing this as a favor for those who are afraid of being
> ripped off and as a favor for Noel, who gave me a super
> deal and who I liked a lot.

On the the strength of the above post, I had the engine of
my '70 240Z engine rebuilt by Noel.  The results were just amazing.
He did an excellent job and the car is now a real screamer.
I had him do a super-deluxe rebuild using a 2.8 litre block, which
in this case meant bored, blueprinted, balanced, bigger valves, cams,
etc., resulting in a 2.9 litre Z car.

Anyway, the result was a tractable 200+ horsepower fire-breather.
Needless to say, I am very pleased with the results.
So thanks for the tip, Grant (wherever you are...).  I can
certainly second the recommendation.

--twc@legal.uucp

P.S. Noel also did my suspension, brakes and clutch for a very
     reasonable amount.  He appears to prefer engine work best,
     though in my conversations with him, I get the feeling that
     building reliable, high output V8's is his favorite activity.
     I too have no relationship with Noel, other than as a
     satisfied customer.

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From: Tagi@cup.portal.com (Tagi Mordred Nagashiva)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Writer offers work-study exchange
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 10:15:29 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: ba

9207.22 e.v.


Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
The word of Sin is Restriction.


Where:   SAN JOSE, CA, near public transportation


What:    WRITER/MONK/MAGE seeks work-study exchange

If you have editing, typing and organizational skills and can be
available a day or two a week, consider this offer...

I need someone to help me organize and edit my writing.  Here at
the House of Chaos we have a fair sized reference library and a few
resident urban shaman.  I would gladly give you unlimited access to
my writings and share studies if desired.  My background is in
eastern and western philosophy, western occultism, psychology,
mysticism and religions the world over, mythology and symbology.


And:     If you would be interested in such a joint venture, please phone
         for an interview: (408) 266-2819 or email me.


Invoke me under my stars.   Love is the law, love under will.


I am I!

Fr. Nigris (ask for Tagi)
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: greg@netcom.com (Greg Bullough)
Subject: Re: Rennaisance Faire in September?
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 01:32:22 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <92210.35537.6175190@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> 6175190@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
>First, Thank you for the great list of festivals!
>
>Second, any background on why the Ren. Faire is in September instead of August?
>I wondered why I hadn't seen any PR on it. Thanks in advance.
 
'Cause that's when it always is.
 
Greg
From: drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com (Sam Drake)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Gilroy Garlic Festival
Date: 22 Jul 92 09:03:34 GMT
Organization: IBM Almaden Research Center

From San Jose, another transportation option is to take the number 68 bus.
This bus goes down Santa Teresa Boulevard to Morgan Hill, then switches
over to Monterey Road to Gilroy.  It literally takes you to a spot
2 easy blocks from the main gate.  Beats getting in the 101 gridlock!


Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center 
Internet:  drake@almaden.ibm.com    BITNET:  DRAKE at ALMADEN
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: kinsey@worf.nas.nasa.gov (Cassandra L. Baldassano)
Subject: Re: Where to camp with an 11 year old...
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Facility NASA
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 14:55:17 GMT
Reply-To: kinsey@worf.nas.nasa.gov (Cassandra L. Baldassano)
Distribution: na

Since I was very little (about 2 years old), my family did a lot of
camping at San Mateo Memorial Park. The Park usually has nature walks
for people on the weekends during the summer, and activities at night
in the amphitheatre. I had a lot of fun here as a kid. The park is
located in the Santa Cruz Mountains near the town of La Honda.

I would also reccommend Sunset State Beach, located just north of
Watsonville. It seems to have nice campgrounds just a small walk
from the beach. (This is a State beach which is run by the State Park
Department).
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: gwu@nujoizey.tcs.com (George Wu)
Subject: Re: Telephone solicitation was Re: San Jose Mercury News and San Francisco Chronicle
Organization: Teknekron Communications Systems Inc.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 04:51:11 GMT

-
     The solution, of course, is to convince them the tactic is
counter-productive.  You need to tell "them" you'd never subscribe
to anyone using such an annoying sales tactic, or threaten to cancel
your existing subscription.

     You need to tell someone in charge, not the sales droid on the
other end of the line.  Here, let's get the ball rolling.  The address
of the Chronicle is:

        The San Francisco Chronicle
        Customer Service Dept.
        901 Mission Street
        San Francisco, CA 94103-2988

     Or call them at 1-800-281-2476.  Enough complaints will convince
them; look what happened to Lotus' database.  Anyone got the address
and number of the Mercury News handy?

                                                        George

----
George J Wu, Software Engineer         | gwu@tcs.com or uunet!tcs!gwu
Teknekron Communications Systems, Inc. | (510) 649-3700
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, 94704  | Never be the first to believe . . .
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: wayne@ultra.com (Wayne Hathaway)
Subject: Re: Where to Take Parents? Suggestions, please!
Reply-To: wayne@ultra.com (Wayne Hathaway)
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 01:15:27 GMT

In response to a question about Tahoe for oldsters (like me :-) John
Fereira recommended a dinner cruise.  I would second this, as well as
the daytime Emerald Bay cruise.  *HOWEVER* I must also add the
following from the little "tahoe-ideas" file that I send out:

    My number one recommendation is take a cruise on the Woodwind.
    This is a 41-foot sailing trimaran that takes 1-to-2 hour
    sails out into the Lake, some 20 or so people at a time.  They
    also have a champagne sunset cruise that is great.  My wife
    and I take a sail (or two, or three ...) just about every time
    we get up there.  They sail from Zephyr Cove (off Highway 50
    on the Nevada side, just north of the Round Hill Mall); this
    is the same place that the M. S. Dixie sails from (one of them
    big motorboats :-).  The beach at Zephyr Cove is nice for
    picnics as well, by the way.  The owner/operator of the
    Woodwind is named Joel Morgan, and the reservations number is
    702-588-3000.  If you do take a cruise, say "hi" to Joel for
    me -- I told him about "netnews" once, but I don't think he
    really visualized what it is; it'd be fun to show him how real
    it is!  [As an aside, I have no interest whatsoever in the
    Woodwind other than LOVING it -- this is NOT a paid
    advertisement!] 

I only hope that I can spend some of my 70's on the Woodwind!!! :-)

    Wayne Hathaway               domain: wayne@Ultra.COM
    Ultra Network Technologies     uucp: ...!ames!ultra!wayne
    101 Daggett Drive             phone: 408-922-0100 x132
    San Jose, CA 95134              FAX: 408-433-9287

PS: John also recommends driving around the Lake -- seconded as well,
    and there are many GREAT picnic spots on the trip.
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: dec@netcom.com (Dennis Chapman)
Subject: Pinball venues?
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 22:20:32 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba
Keywords: ding bang whoop

  Every once in a while I get the urge to pump some money into a pinball
game.  Any suggestions on some venues in the south bay which provide a
good variety of games?  I know of the Keystone at Bowers & El Camino.

Thanks,
Dennis

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