The bow of the To Ching No. 212 looks like the nose of a fighter who should have quit sooner. Another almost catastrophic dent distorts the port stern. Above it some 20 feet of deck …
October 7, 1993
News & Stories
Why Baja's Chinese refugees risked everything
Why locals mis-pronounce Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach
Dear Matthew Alice: Why is Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach invariably pronounced “Gar-NET” by locals? It's just one of the gemstone streets, and I've never heard January's birthstone pronounced that way. Are these kinds of …
October 7, 1993
All about cricket chirping
Dear M.A.: I was told that if you count the number of chirps a cricket makes in 15 seconds and add that number to 39, you would have the approximate temperature. Is that true or …
October 7, 1993