I dunno.....that cross-country road trip to Knott's from the Micro-State sounds pretty interesting. We could carry greetings from the New York Yacht Club in Newport to the San Diego Yacht Club - just for yucks.
Who was that motorcyclist in the 70's who made a few coast-to-coast trips on a BMW motorcycle in under 40 hours one-way - Craig Michelson or something like that? Maybe we can beat his record.......
On second thought........at my age, the charter flight sounds pretty good!
The trip back is never as entertaining as the trip out there.
Jim's been busy over the past day dodging storms in New Mexico, but he's across Texas, into Oklahoma, and was about 20 miles from home gassing up when I last heard from him (about 5 hours ago on my voicemail).
He said the car has run like a top the entire time, and it sounded like he was pretty disappointed that the trip was over, although I can't blame him!
Barring any disasters in those 20 miles, I'd say he's home safe and sound, hopefully gearing up for Carlisle. :)
Chris
Jim's been busy over the past day dodging storms in New Mexico, but he's across Texas, into Oklahoma, and was about 20 miles from home gassing up when I last heard from him (about 5 hours ago on my voicemail).
He said the car has run like a top the entire time, and it sounded like he was pretty disappointed that the trip was over, although I can't blame him!
Barring any disasters in those 20 miles, I'd say he's home safe and sound, hopefully gearing up for Carlisle. :)
Chris
Geez......What a trip! If he makes the trip to Carlisle he deserves a medal! (or at least a couple of Rolling Rocks).
Gordon, Rolling Rock is a great hot day thirst quencher, but if Jim makes it to Carlisle, I think a nice medium amber ale would be better. I'm partial to Killian's Irish Red (which is a lager) myself when I'm out of homebrew, which is most of the time.
John H.
sometimes braumeister
John H.
sometimes braumeister
Isn't Irish Red just a well dressed Coors? I remember when Coors opened their plant in central Virginia and my secretary's husband worked there. Every other week he was allowed to buy a case of Coors, usually gave me on once a month. Two times he came home with cases of Killians instead of Coors. Good drink.
Jeff, hadn't heard that about Killian's. Yes, a good drink. I think I'll have one in a few minutes. Great idea, no?
Killian's Red?!?!?!?!?
Sorry, but it's not my favorite. Spent a lot of time in Cork Ireland, where I've gone on business from time to time. Killian's Red has not been heard of in county Cork, and Guinness is a bad word all over Cork ("the Rebel County"), where most everyone drinks either Murphy's Irish Stout or Bemish. I'm partial to Murphy's, whenever I can find it around here. Maybe I can bring some of that along to Carlisle, instead of Buzzard's Bay Pale Ale or the Micro-Brew from the Micro-State; Newport Storm (neither of which as as smooth as Murphy's IMHO).
Hell, If Jim makes it to Carlisle, I'll share some 12 year old Jameson's with him!
Sorry, but it's not my favorite. Spent a lot of time in Cork Ireland, where I've gone on business from time to time. Killian's Red has not been heard of in county Cork, and Guinness is a bad word all over Cork ("the Rebel County"), where most everyone drinks either Murphy's Irish Stout or Bemish. I'm partial to Murphy's, whenever I can find it around here. Maybe I can bring some of that along to Carlisle, instead of Buzzard's Bay Pale Ale or the Micro-Brew from the Micro-State; Newport Storm (neither of which as as smooth as Murphy's IMHO).
Hell, If Jim makes it to Carlisle, I'll share some 12 year old Jameson's with him!
Gordon, you want to talk smooth? Have you ever had a Boddington's? The head is almost like whipped cream. I haven't been able to find it since I moved down south. If I had found it, I'd probably have more belly inertia potential on tap for making fast exits from my car.
Boddington's, no.....Coddington's, Yes!
There's a Coddington's Micro-brewery not far from the Newport Navy Base (On Admiral Coddington Way, of course) that brews some pretty good stuff. By far the best Micro Brews I've had, though, are out in Oregon. Don't know why, but I've never had a bad one out there. Maybe we should have an SOC event in Portland! I can just see 20 - 30 Speedsters lined up at one of the McMenamin's out there! (I vote for the Lodge)
www.mcmenamins.com/
Don't get me going on belly inertia and Speedster exits......last time I tried that I had my Jack Russell Terriers all over me after I got wound around the gear shift!
gn
There's a Coddington's Micro-brewery not far from the Newport Navy Base (On Admiral Coddington Way, of course) that brews some pretty good stuff. By far the best Micro Brews I've had, though, are out in Oregon. Don't know why, but I've never had a bad one out there. Maybe we should have an SOC event in Portland! I can just see 20 - 30 Speedsters lined up at one of the McMenamin's out there! (I vote for the Lodge)
www.mcmenamins.com/
Don't get me going on belly inertia and Speedster exits......last time I tried that I had my Jack Russell Terriers all over me after I got wound around the gear shift!
gn
Warning: Warning: If Jim does make it to Carlise, lock up the women!! The West coast has seen him work. NO ONE and I mean NO ONE will ever say of Jim "That dog won't hunt" All DOG does is hunt!!!
Have you ever had Wexford's Ale? It's the smoothest, best ale I've ever had. My wife and girls went to England several years ago and brought me a can of every ale they could find. I sampled them all over the next several months, and IMHO- Wexford's was the was the finest, with Boddington's as a close second. Maybe I just had a particulary fresh can of the Wexfords, but it was even smoother than the Boddington's- almost creamy foam. I'm sure there are guys on this site from "across the pond" (Simon?) who are laughing at this post because there is some Pub in Dublin with an ale that makes all others taste like old socks, but out here on the great plains, most people think high class beer means Coors Lite instead of Bud Light. I have maybe a beer every two weeks- I like to make it count. I can get Boddington's, and not Wexford's, usually. When I can, it's a couple of bucks a can- that's hard for a value oriented guy like me to enjoy, but enjoy it I do. I'd like to find either in a bottle, since I've had a coule that tasted a bit like "can" once they make it through the distribution channels. You've gotta love the "widget" in either can for the foam it produces (or so they claim- I just think it's cool).
Better watch it Stan, you are talking about beer too much, should we worry about you? LOL, Bruce
Stan: Yup, after doing a pub crawl through Ireland, it's hard to come back to American beer (or even Molson's - don't freak out you guys). Murphy's has the "Widget" now, as does Guinness, but I find Murphy's both smoother and "nuttier" than Guinness....Got a pretty decent store nearby, so I'll have to try some Boddington's.
Hey Stan! You coming to Carlisle?
P.S. Back in the 70's, my wife was working for the company which installed the first automated Vehicle Inspection System in Arizona. This was when Coors was (a.) just getting established and (b.) couldn't be found in New England. After all of the computer equipment was shipped to Phoenix (all in wooden crates back then) they had some set-up stuff that had to go back to Connecticut. When we opened one of those returned crates (30" wide by 6 ft. tall) it was FULL of Coors! THAT was a program manager who thought ahead!
gn
Hey Stan! You coming to Carlisle?
P.S. Back in the 70's, my wife was working for the company which installed the first automated Vehicle Inspection System in Arizona. This was when Coors was (a.) just getting established and (b.) couldn't be found in New England. After all of the computer equipment was shipped to Phoenix (all in wooden crates back then) they had some set-up stuff that had to go back to Connecticut. When we opened one of those returned crates (30" wide by 6 ft. tall) it was FULL of Coors! THAT was a program manager who thought ahead!
gn