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• Commented on Qwikster Is Dead, Netflix Is Whole Again, You Are...(Poll)
  None of the above. I'm shocked that Reed Hastings has a job with serious responsibilities. The board should remove him....
• Commented on Tired Of Waiting For The Yellow Pages Opt-In Proposal To Pass? Here's An Idea For Your Unused Phone Book
  I checked out that opt-out website. To opt out of yellow pages, you have to give them your phone number, which creates a "business relationship" with them. That's a sneaky way for them to get around the national Do Not...
• Commented on Poll: What Weekday, If Any, Are You Taking Off For July 4?
  And of course I meant to say the 2nd, not the 3rd....
• Commented on Poll: What Weekday, If Any, Are You Taking Off For July 4?
  We get the 5th off, and I'm taking the 3rd as a vacation day. Hurrah for DIY 4-day weekends!...
• Commented on Muni Won't Tell Us How You Could Get Trapped With Your Arm Sticking Out Of Their Train
  From the description, her arm was not caught between the soft sensor pads that are meant to open the door, although there was an incident at Powell station a couple years ago where that sensor failed and a man was...
• Commented on Supe Calls For Muni To End Fare Inspection "saturation raids"
  Got any evidence for your statements?...
• Commented on Falsehoods, Untruths and White Lies Target of New Lie Ban
  Daly hurts San Francisco....
• Commented on Sit-Lie Law Fans To Gather At Tenderloin Police Station Today
  Inasmuch as I have a job, I'll have to settle for thinking lovely thoughts in favor of curbing (gotta love me!) aggressive bums....
• Commented on Things That Are Common In San Francisco, But That San Franciscans Still Can't Seem To Wrap Their Heads Around And Also That They Hate Very Much: Cash Only
  It's only a matter of semantics: Merchants may offer a cash discount, but conversely can't call it a credit card surcharge....
• Commented on What Do Muni's "Data Collection" Officers Do? Not Even The SF MTA Seems To Know
  Argh. Xenu beat me to it! :)...
• Commented on What Do Muni's "Data Collection" Officers Do? Not Even The SF MTA Seems To Know
  Whatever it is, it appears to be too much. As the sign in the background suggests, Muni needs to check its spendometer. More seriously, are these the guys who are supposed to be collecting Muni statistics? I remember seeing Muni...
• Commented on N Judah Back In Service After 19th Ave Wire Damage Causes Rush Hour Delays
  As Greg tweeted -- http://twitter.com/njudah/status/11277996330 -- the incident was at 9th Ave, not 19th. Certainly his photo is of 9th Ave....
• Commented on Trial For Theft Of Cashmere-Clad, Union Square Wandering Dog Ends In Acquittal
  Yes, indeed! Who were the owners of this overdressed, unleashed pooch? Because this case seems like a prodigious waste of prosecutorial resources and our tax money....
• Commented on Crime Blotter, Friday Jan. 8: Bayview Shooting, Assault And Robbery On Muni, Dog Theft
  What do you have to do to get arrested in this town?...
• Commented on Gavin Wants Your Body (Screened)
  Some questions that still need to be answered: - What happens if no one new goes through the machine for a while? Is there a time limit after which the image is wiped? - Will the TSA employees viewing the...
• Commented on Updated: Happy (Belated) Muni TransLink Beta Anniversary! Your Present: A New Name!
  Clipper?! A million bucks for that? How about getting the readers to be powered up reliably?...
• Commented on Muni Says Service Slash Going Smoothly, Do You Agree?
  If substituting short buses for articulated buses on the 9 constitutes "smooth," then it was smooth. The one I was riding at 1:30PM Monday "smoothly" abandoned a dozen folks waiting at General Hospital, including a wheelchair user, because the wee...
• Commented on Original Joe's Loses Suit Against Uptown Joe's
  Restaurant politics is so vicious because the stakes are so low....
• Commented on SF Animal Commission, Supes Might Make It Harder For Landlords To Say "No Pets"
  What about the right of neighboring tenants not to be exposed to the constant noise from little yipping dogs? I am thrilled that my building is no-pets, which enabled the management company to evict the clandestine yippers that moved in...
• Commented on Will The MTA's Release Of Real Time Muni Arrival Data End Developer Harassment From Private Company?
  This whole incident demonstrates why "intellectual property" law needs radical reform....
• Commented on AT&T Announces App To Report Dropped Calls, Fails To Explain How You'll Make Report If Your Phone's Dropping Calls
  Not to mention Internet hardly works at all in Dolores Park. How do they fail at that in a big open space like that?...
• Commented on How Was Your Commute?
  I telecommute 100% of the time ever since the webdev firm I work for went virtual in January, so I was not affected. I was planning to use the bridge this coming Saturday though......
• Commented on CitiApartments Shuts Off Old Email Address, Won't Tell You New One
  Thanks for covering these clumsy attempts to fool renters and stiff them on their deposits. Over at the Chron, their entire archive has only 7 hits for "CitiApartments" and nothing more recent than Sept 9, 2009....
• Commented on Ask The Appeal: Why Doesn't BART Have A "Bike Car" During Peak Hours?
  It certainly has not been my experience that CalTrain stops longer at stations than does BART. They both leave after about 20 seconds. Am I wrong?...
• Commented on Weekend Watch: It Takes A Lot Of Grapes To Make Grapeseed Oil
  Grapeseed oil is a thing. I use it instead of peanut oil to do high-temperature stir frying. It has a high smoke point. My current bottle came from Trader Joe's....
• Commented on What Muni Bus Lines Would You Like To See Fare Inspectors On?
  Certainly well-trained fare inspectors would be a welcome sight on any line. Of the lines I routinely ride, the 48 seems to have the most rear-door boarders, particularly near 24th & Mission....
• Commented on Newsom Camp's Move To Leak Confidential Memo Continues To Raise Questions
  "which already flaunt federal immigration laws": the word is "flout". C'mon, SFAppeal, don't be Chron-like in misuse of the language. Invest in a dictionary. Proofread....
• Commented on Chief Gascon Wants Amnesty For Officers
  "Fracture"? Surely you meant "infraction." Or were you channelling the Chron's style of proofreading? :)...
• Commented on Service Resumes After L Taraval Collides With Car
  How long until Newsom, Ford, and True tell us once again that Muni is perfectly safe....
• Commented on Battered But Unbowed: Tadich Grill Damage Estimated At $150K, But Plans To Reopen Tuesday
  A restaurant with a flume would be really awesome....