2002oct18. I went to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area station to bomb around the Sutro Bath ruins for the millionth time and use the facilities – I then noticed that the Musée Mécanique was still open. What the? So I went in and got the 411, or, as you kids say nowadays, the “info.” It’s open on a “day-to-day” basis, they’re still pushing permits around and building up a wall. It could close any day, and then it would take about four to five weeks to open at their new location on Fisherman’s Wharf. They’re hoping to roll before Halloween, because that’s the start of the rainy season and it’s going to make moving an even bigger hassle. The owner is paying double rent right now, on the old place and the new – go on over there and drop a few quarters in the great old machines to help ’em out if you have the time. Also, in the bathroom, there was a kid sticking his entire head into the urinal as far as one could without actually touching anything, which was free of charge for both him and me. Then when I went into the stall, he stood right outside the door for awhile, facing the crack between the door and the partition. “Go back to the urinal, kid.”
