Re: San Francisco

There's a unicycle basketball game on Tuesdays in Berkeley.
It's reasonably likely there will be some MUni stuff going on that
weekend, in preparation for Moab.
Post or send me a message, we can work something out.

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I live out near berkley, and would love to get together with other
unicyclists. WHen/where do you guys meet?

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Hey. I ride all over SF, but mostly I've been focusing on the
southeatern part and northeast part of the city. If you want to do some
riding with me it could probably be arranged. I don't have an extra uni,
but I do have a nice muni and a bc wheel. I'm happy to share both.

I'm sure there'll be a muni ride around that time in preperation for
moab, and I don't see why wse couldn't fina muni for you to use if you
need one.

SF public transportation is pretty excellent (in general), so you won't
need a car or a taxi.

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We meet at 6:30 PM on Tuesdays, at Strawberry Creek Park in Berkeley
during the winter.

I would take issue with the idea that SF has even an average public
transportation system; the only good thing about it is that it's called
MUNI.

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Tom, I don't understand. It's definitely not uyp to the standards held
in places like Japan, but I don't understand why someone from Berkeley
is talking. It's an hour between busses in Oakland and Berkeley, and
they don't even go everywhere. I've never waited for a bus for longer
than 40 minutes in SF. I think that it's pretty amazing that you can get
from anywhere to anywhere in San Francisco by walking 2-3 blocks and
taking 2 buses.

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I grew up using the New York transit system, which is far better than
MUNI. Plus, pretty much every major non-US city has a better
transportation system than MUNI.

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I just moved here from Houston, where one hour waits fir the bus were
the norm... Granted im in Contra Costa county, but the service here is
actually accurate to within 10 minutes. Definately a welcome change.

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Ialmost wish I didn't have banjo lessons on tuesdays. I'd like to meet
up with you guys.

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This sounds fun, if it is some munitrip in the area at the time I have
spare time (18. - 21/22.). And I'll try and see about the basketball, I
have never played unibasket.

Rusty, Norway

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Hi,

How cool are the police with Urban Trials in San Francisco? I hear that
the scene is sketchy if you ride a skateboard of a BMX bike.

Just curious!

Thanks,
Evan

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I'll put it this way. Go down to a busy plaza like Justin herman, and
the skate guards are about 3/4" thick stainless steel, and the cover
EVERYTHING. I was riding and noticed them on a 4' ledge. Either sf
skaters are insanely good, or someone went a bit crazy.

I've gotten kicked out of Justin Herman plaza twice for doing trials,
both times from the exact same spot. If you talk nice you won't get
ticketed, though.

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Excellent.
Weather permitting, we are still meeting for basketball at 6:30 PM on
Tuesdays, at 'Strawberry Creek Park' (http://tinyurl.com/4oqbz) in
Berkeley.

There should be a MUni ride on Sunday morning the 20th of March. Also,
the 'Berkeley Juggling Club'
(http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~juggle/index.php) meets at 5:30 PM on
Fridays if you're interested in that.

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johnfoss said:

* Good luck Rusty. Also it stays light this time of year until 18:00!
🙂 *

I live in Norway, in the summer a bit more north the sun never goes down
🙂

Rusty, Norway

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rusty said:

*I live in Norway, in the summer a bit more north the sun never goes
down 🙂*

Yes, but isn't it dark right now? :eek:

I visited Sweden in November (1983). Dark! And that was in the southern
part of the country!

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johnfoss said:

Yes, but isn't it dark right now? :eek:

No it's right now about the same as in California, and indeed in all
inhabited parts of the world.

On the day of the vernal equinox (20 March this year), sunrise and
sunset are 'exactly'12 hours apart everywhere on the world, give or
take some second order corrections. In the few weeks before and after
that, the deviations from the 12 hours are rather small. Conversely,
in June and in December the differences across the world reach their
maximum.

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