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Curtain closes on Scott Kaplan of Mighty 1090
I am sorry to see the station go off the air, but surprised to hear that their ratings had been up. To me they had been going steadily down hill for a couple of years. They lost the Padres AND the Aztecs and that superior talent comment is quite a stretch. I used to like the Darin Smith show quite a bit and considered it something of an intelligent show, but even that show had resorted to reading TV listings as a regular bit. (Snore.) Scott Kaplan had become unlistenable to me. I thought they had done something smart for once when they finally dropped Jim Rome - the worst radio show of all time - and brought in Dan LeBatard, another network show, but the #1 show nationally. LeBatard immediately became their best show by a long shot, consistently funny, creative, not-pretentious, in other words the opposite of the Rome show, but they cut LeBatard down to two hours right off the bat and then replaced him after just a couple of months with Stephen A. Smith? Really? Another guy who takes this stuff way too seriously. Just an opinion but I think that snafu may have had something to do with Kaplan actively campaigning against LeBatard on the air! It was beyond weird. I also have to disagree with you about Tony Gwynn Jr. That guy has a very bright future in broadcasting on a national level. The kid is bright, funny, engaging, very knowledgeable, a revelation really. Any way, too bad. It was really a pretty good run for a radio station. Sayonara.— April 15, 2019 12:21 p.m.
Sidewalk stamps of Ocean Beach and Point Loma
For a long time, this 1898 Over Sidewalk on Laurel, at about Front Street - i think - was the oldest sidewalk I knew of. Yes, it has been intentionally defaced. (Some day I may try to go over and clean this one up with a nail.) Then a guy hipped me to this one over on Fifth Ave at Juniper. 1896! I hope it is still there. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/j… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/j…— July 29, 2017 1:03 p.m.
Sidewalk stamps of Ocean Beach and Point Loma
Suzie, I will defer to you on that Normal Heights stamp in that case! You are light years more organized than I am. (This is Eric btw.) There are probably older sidewalks in the neighborhood, but that may well the the oldest stamp to survive. Isn't that a shame? This 1912 F. Taylor stamp in OB (there are at least 6 of these remaining) is the oldest one I can still find. There were for sure pre-1910 stamps when I was a kid. Kitty McDaniel found this nice 1908 Doty & Mitchell stamp right on Grand Avenue in Pacific Beach! http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/j… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/j…— July 29, 2017 12:57 p.m.
Sidewalk stamps of Ocean Beach and Point Loma
That is a great one Suzie. They wouldn't even think about trying to save that one - if that sidewalk ever got replaced - just because the concrete is so cracked around it. I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't a few older ones in your neighborhood. There are a few older ones in University Heights that I know of, and I wasn't really looking for them . . . just walking around. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/j… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/j…— July 28, 2017 1:54 p.m.