"The Berlin Wall Fell 25 Years Ago" - It was a day I would never forget. Just 3 weeks after the San Francisco Bay Area suffered horrible damage in The Loma Preita Earthquake - We were witness to something I thought would never come. For those Bears who are over 40 years old, we remember the fear of The Soviet Bear and WWIII starting somewhere in eastern Europe, The Unpredictibilty of Pres. Reagan and Maggie Thatcher and The Soviet Leaders Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko - Only after 1985 with Gorbachev did things start to improve. This 22 year old Bear was in San Francisco on Nov. 10th 1989 - in a hotel room on Lombard with family as we were on a weekend trip - SF was just reeling from the quake and saw the damage in the marina district, Yet the news coming from Berlin kept me transfixed. I remembered ABC-TV anchor Peter Jennings face so lit up like a Christmas Tree as the wall was coming down on live TV - It was a moment I'll never forget ...late on that night celebrating my brother's birthday on the Cable Cars as people were coming out for the first true weekend since the quake, I felt the positivity of the moment and hope that our world was moving toward a peaceful future. I knew that same vibe was being felt across the Bay Area, California and the world. We were witnessing history - yet, 25 years later the recent events in Ukraine and Russia do concern me - still, Putin can't turn back progress. We will respond. BTW - I want to "Shout Out" to  lukas_artair  megawaffle  sheppymilo  dark_bear108  radjinwolf  cyberbear  k-9 and my idol  dj-rodney YOU GUYS ROCK!!! Peace Out! JG 'Bear'