Originally Posted by
nkedel
Usages vary (and change over time), but I'm not sure how you've got "mid" south of "non-adjectived" and nothing to be in the middle of.
It's local tradition, not logic.
Originally Posted by
nkedel
For that matter, saying that Silicon Valley extending north out of Santa Clara county is a bit controversial.
I didn't; Palo Alto is in Santa Clara County. FWIW I personally define the northern boundary of Silicon Valley as a line drawn between the HP garage and PARC.
Originally Posted by
nkedel
Halloween (literally, and much to my annoyance as a kid as my parents were anti-sugar way before it was cool to be anti-sugar, and cake AND candy on the same day were right out.)
Not sure if that's worse than a friend's December 23 birthday (nobody notices it because they're too focused on Christmas) or another friend's New Year's birthday.
Originally Posted by
nkedel
Run by the same people who founded the PA Daily News, so they've got some local cred.
Sez who? I'm (well, was) local and definitely don't consider either particularly reliable.
Originally Posted by
nkedel
Well, if you make it up this far north, try Jeffrey's. Kirk's is on my list to try next time I'm that far south and am not already being dragged somewhere to lunch by coworkers.
Will keep it in mind. Do they make milkshakes?