Re: On schedules TRUE CONFESSIONS

["Jerald Grainger" <grainger18@home.com>]

IT WAS ALL CARL'S FAULT!!!
HE'S THE ONE.
HIM.
I told him I wanted to go to Duarte's, but NOOOOOO!
Something about Flame's being the "default" location for inclement weather
conditions.
I'm so ashamed.
On the other hand, it was a pleasant ride in what eventually became pretty
nasty weather.
There was even a low-flying Messerschmitt 109G overhead.
And poor Warren's brand new 'Wing is broken already.
That darn Carl.
I promise it won't happen again.  But if it does, it'll almost certainly be
Carl's fault.
Him and Bill Clinton, they're just two of a kind.
JPG






----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Grainger" <grainger@pacbell.net>
To: "jerry Grainger" <grainger18@home.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 6:17 PM
Subject: Fw: On schedules


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marco S Hyman" <marc@snafu.org>
> To: "Sunday Morning Breakfast Club" <smbc@snafu.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 11:24 AM
> Subject: On schedules
>
>
> > The forecast says rain, with storm like conditions at the coast. Yet
> > the rain has stopped, at least temporarily, at my house near 92 and
> > 280 when I open the garage door around 7:00 AM.  Decision time: old
> > bike, new bike, or car.   My Darien suit will keep me warm and dry;
> > a car is not needed.  I'd like to ride the '66 BMW, but the potential
> > for gusty winds leans me toward the heavier '99 K1200 LT.  The
windshield
> > on the LT is another plus.  I put on the Darien, start up the K1200 LT,
> > and ride off to the gas station.  The tank is filled.  A short ride
later
> > I'm at the the Ralston entrance to 280, waiting for the group.
> >
> > Given the weather conditions I expect few, if any, bikes.  At about
> > the proper time a car passes the Ralston entrance with the passenger
> > window rolled down and an arm sticking out in the wind, waving.
> > That must be the group.   I wave back, start the bike, and head on
> > to 92.   I move over to the left hand lane to stay on 92.   The car
> > stays in the right hand lane.   It looks like it's heading for 280
> > southbound.   That's not the way to Duarte's in Pescadero.   It is the
> > way to this small essay on Schedules.
> >
> > [For proper mood place tongue firmly in cheek before reading]
> >
> > When you ride with us you ride alone.   With that as our operating mode
> > there are two key items needed to keep the group together:  1) departure
> > time, and 2) knowledge of the destination.  These bits of information
> > allow choice; the choice to meet at the departure time and ride
together,
> > the choice to leave at different times, and the choice to take alternate
> > routes to the destination.
> >
> > Departure times are a matter of tradition.   Sunday morning breakfast
> > rides leaves at 7:05, sharp.   All other rides leave at either 5:00 AM
> > (Death Valley early group), 6:00 AM (Death Valley late group), or
> > 7:00 AM (Gardnerville, Kings Canyon Camp-out, etc).
> >
> > Destinations come from the schedule.  Much thought and many hours are
> > put into the schedule.  Mistakes are sometimes made, e.g. scheduling a
> > small Gilroy restaurant during Garlic Festival weekend.   Such errors
> > are corrected the next year.
> >
> > Schedule changes are some times necessary.  Restaurants burn down
> > (Skippers in Moss landing) or close (Just Breakfast in Santa Clara).
> > When a change is necessary the web version of the schedule is
> > updated, a notice is added to the main web page, and e-mail is
> > sent to the mailing list.   That is the procedure followed just
> > last month to notify the group about the replacement for the
> > recently closed Just Breakfast.
> >
> > And then there are ad hoc changes.
> >
> > The schedule, both the web version and the mailed hard-copy, has
> > this entry:
> >
> >     Mar 4    Duarte's Tavern    202 Stage Road (92/1)    Pescadero
> >
> > So why did the group -- in a car, no less -- decide to go elsewhere?
> >
> > Had they gone to the scheduled location they would have had the
> > pleasure of breakfast with Bern, Sheila, and Rob.   Sheila and Rob
> > even fought over the check:  thanks for breakfast, Rob.
> >
> > FYI: the ride to Pescadero was a bit blustery from about San Gregorio
> > to the Pescadero turn-off, but otherwise not too bad.   I rode back
> > Pescadero road -> 84 -> 35 -> 92.   No wind.   On and off rain.  Lots
> > of debris on the road, but nothing to compromise safety.   Actually,
> > it was a fun ride.
> >
> > // marc
>