I wonder what he'd think now? Thanks EveningStar.
Posted on 03/28/2016 12:44:37 PM PDT by EveningStar
On March 28, 1776, Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and a small band of settlers reached San Francisco and laid the groundwork what would become the city's first major landmarks: the Presidio and Mission San Francisco de Asis.
Captain de Anza's arrival in San Francisco was the culmination of a long trek from Arizona with 247 soldiers, women and children. The expedition was commissioned by the Mexican viceroy, who hoped to establish a permanent settlement there.
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I wonder would he approve of what has come to pass?
Too bad.
Big mistake.
Captain de Anza must be break-dancing in his grave right about now!
The first all-Spanish-speaking hippie commune!
I wonder what he'd think now? Thanks EveningStar.
Their first act, proclaimed on behalf of King Charles III, was to declare gender neutrality for all. They declared the Peninsula a “safe space” for all people, and ceremoniously dug 3 latrines, recognizing their future hopes for bathroom equality for men, women, and “other.”
De Anza High, class of ‘77. Our junior high was named after a Franciscan Missionary, Juan Crespi.
... to their eternal regret. And ours.
“For manly men.”
Classic
First Mate Spunk: That’s my tanning spot! you! You’re in my spot! That’s my spot!
Sailor #1: You are daft! I’ve been here all morning. Now, run along, you are blocking my sun.
First Mate Spunk: Don’t you give me any back-sass, you tan tease!
[ fight breaks out; Captain Ned intervenes ]
Captain Ned: Is this how men act on a man’s ship? Where is your manliness? Fighting on deck is a serious breach on my articles of strict discipline! I’m afraid the guilty party is in for a very severe punishment!
Sailor #1: Captain.. I did indeed take Mr. Spunk’s spot. I’m ready to accept my punishment..
First Mate Spunk: Captain! I threw the first blow. If anyone is to be punished, let it be me. I ask only that whatever you do, please don’t put me in a tight-fitting Lassie costume and make me eat from a monogrammed dog dish.
Sailor #2: [ entering ] Captain, I encouraged this fight - punish me! Make me wear nipple-pinching clothespins, sir!
Sailor #3: [ entering ] Me, Captain! Punish me!
Captain Ned: Stop! I’ve heard enough! Your manly admission of guilt is most manful. However, as your Captain, it is I who must bear the full masculine responsibility! And therefore, I will be punished. Spunk! Take me alone! I want a boiling oil rub..
I’m from the bay area and think it is one of the most beautiful places, or it used to be. There’s just too many people there now.
Sir Francis Drake, a white heterosexual male, was the first Western European to visit San Francisco, but he was turned away because of his obvious undesirable ethnicity. The Board of Supervisors’ decision was unanimous.
He would probably regret not having trekked a few miles further...
When I was a kid, one of my uncles came home on leave with a mean, taunting rhyme about the Cali gold rush-pretty soon, all of us were saying it...
The miners came in ‘49, the whores in ‘51-
Between the sheets the two of them begat the native son...
We were scolded and told not to repeat things like that, but a thing once heard...
Despite what everyone thinks of San Francisco now, the excellence of San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay as natural harbors meant quick urban development of the area anyway—and was already happening substantially by the time California was admitted into the Union in 1850.
Sad to think what has become of it the city. Nothing but a piss bucket now.
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