>>>>I lived in San Francisco for 15 years. Did the drive many times, including a couple of times all the way down the coast highway to Santa Barbara ( there are some scary moments on that trip - especially when the mudslides are sliding. Sure is beautiful though. there is a restaurant just before Big Sur called Nepenthe that is perched on a cliff - the view is stunning and there is kind of an eating counter right on the edge where you sit facing the ocean. Pretty spectacular place to watch sunsets.
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>>>Someone keeps tally on the number of diners?
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>>Well, they don't have to worry much about people skipping out the back to avoid the bill ( though it does give new meaning to 'deadbeat')
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>I was referring to the expression "eating counter" - surprised Dragan hadn't already nipped in there. :-)

I was actually tempted to think of "eating left" (left being counter-right), but the dash wasn't there, probably went for a walk.

But then, how many diners can you have in one place? Probably no more than three per square mile, given the size of these eateries (and assuming that these miles are truly square).

Speaking of units of measure, I assume that someone's actual foot was used as a proto-unit that all feet are supposed to be equal to. Now where did they find a guy with a square or cubic foot to use as a proto-unit?