Covid Lockdown Activities

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

That reminds me of back in the mid 70s, when I was living in San Jose, Gary Dahl was sitting in a bar in Los Gatos when he "invented" the "pet rock". Oh, never mind, nobody remembers .... or cares -

Black Watch?

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Ronnie's club is mostly lowriders.

sad as it is, that's more likely the cause, and less the grouping. no one would bother calling on a 'vette club.

personally, i love talking to low rider guys. i've never met a group that is more passionate about the most minute details of custom work.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by soundman98

sad as it is, that's more likely the cause, and less the grouping. no one would bother calling on a 'vette club.

personally, i love talking to low rider guys. i've never met a group that is more passionate about the most minute details of custom work.

We have a few guys that are into them at my work and they are crazy detailed. Etched chrome parts, all the wiring hidden and tucked, their engine bays are ridiculous. I can't believe they even drive the damn things. You would have to spend 2 weeks with cotton swabs and a toothbrush to clean them again.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

sad as it is, that's more likely the cause, and less the grouping. no one would bother calling on a 'vette club.

personally, i love talking to low rider guys. i've never met a group that is more passionate about the most minute details of custom work.

Search "Ronnie's morning get together". He started it years ago with a few car buddies, now it is huge, or was before covid. Second Saturday of the month. Summer months there will be hundreds of cars of every type. Ferraris, lowriders, muscle, hot rods, you name it.

[soundman98]

i get worried just looking at it is going to get dirt on them!

[ls1ac]

We have a mostly abandoned mall where about 20 guys would get together on a Wednesday morning to talk cars. There is a small bakery that has coffee, so a nice group that likes all types of cars. The Wednesday before lockdown one guy counted over 800 cars. No judging just looking at other peoples rides.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by ls1ac

We have a mostly abandoned mall where about 20 guys would get together on a Wednesday morning to talk cars. There is a small bakery that has coffee, so a nice group that likes all types of cars. The Wednesday before lockdown one guy counted over 800 cars. No judging just looking at other peoples rides.

Very cool. Ronnie's is that way. You'll have a lowrider, next to a rat rod, next to a classic Mini, next to a Super Bird, next to a brand new Vette, and so on.

Car guys look different, but all speak the same language.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Car guys look different, but all speak the same language.

This is what made Japan so cool to visit, among other things.

80% of the friends I made there can’t speak English much or at all, but we were able to become friends because of the shared interest of our cars (and in one case also baseball).

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Black Watch?

Noooo, that's a dive bar -

I do believe the bar was called the Grog & Sirloin (which became Double D's).

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Noooo, that's a dive bar -

I do believe the bar was called the Grog & Sirloin (which became Double D's).

Yep, it was an Italian restaurant for a while before DD's. It mostly burnt down 4 years ago. Being right there at the entrance to downtown, Los Gatos leaders waved most of their silly building codes so they could rebuild quick.

I stopped at the Black Watch and had a beer a few weeks before we moved. I hadn't been there since the '80s. I was exactly the same.

[Sapphireho]

I made 5 lbs of breakfast sausage today. Man sheep casings are hard to untangle. They turned out great. Delicious!

[IceFyre13th]

I started a new hobby.......its called job search!!!


14 years for a company and they laid my whole department off.........


Bright side...I can now look for something fun to do and the severance package was real nice, maybe its time to go home to England.

[Boomerang]

42) Making a privacy screen out of recycled wood(Jarrah), de-nailing and planing for the next few days...

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Boomerang

42) Making a privacy screen out of recycled wood(Jarrah), de-nailing and planing for the next few days...

We've already had like 5 #42s...