Portland Meetup: A Threefold Thread ....

1: Now comes the first weekend in November, and a fine weekend it will be ....

Where shall the intrepid souls meet ????

I have a small limitation, which I will add in ....


2: Trajan had a 'slip-n-fall' event .... Whilst walking sideways along a street, on a grassy, high sloped berm; Trajan lost his footing in the VERY muddy soil under the grass, and folded, then broke his ankle (Actually the lower fibula). I am off crutches, but I am motivating slowly on a sensitive limb .... So perhaps a place that doesn't include a long hike away from the bus or max stops ....


3: Help me countdown to 10,000 posts ..... I have been here since Jan/Feb of 2002, and so it has taken me nearly 6 years to reach 10,000 posts (AVG: 1667 per year)..... I am at 9995 with this post ....

COUNTDOWN: FIVE !

Three I can think of offhand are the Lucky Lab (Hawthorne), Raccoon Lodge, or Goose Hollow Inn.

I hope you've been given a suitable amount of pain medication, as well as appropriate herbal remedies. :smoke:

Now for my limitations: I've been fighting an inner ear infection for the last month. What this means, for the uninitiated, is that I've basically had "The Spins" for weeks without any of the advantages that come with being Drunk. Think I finally beat the damn virus last weekend (that is, the vertigo tends to come in progressively shorter and less-frequent "pulses", and my total waking percentage of "spin time" finally dropped below ~10% a few days ago). So I might not make it this weekend and won't be doing a lot of drinking if I do...

Keep on posting!

Something like Eye Of Newt and Lizard Tongues in a sort of Aspic ?

Mmmmmmmmmmmm .... Aspic ! ...

Sorry to hear of your illness, J .... I hope you can make it anyways ....

First afterword: I will NOT be smoking ..... The last meetup almost killed my lungs ..... WAY tooo many ciggies ....

Second Afterword: 9996 ......

:hug:

Anywhere is fine with me, if I can make it. We've only worked 2 days this week, so if I can work, I have to. I'll check in Saturday AM.
:beer:

I'm all for wherever you guys decide, but we haven't been to Lucky Lab in a while. (Have we? My memory has been shitty lately.)

But Lucky Lab sounds decent enough for today.

It doesnt seem like it will be a huge crowd today ... and frankly, I am slow walking everywhere now with the ankle ..... but I should be able to make it there ....

My leg is just too swollen and sensitive for an extended trip ....

I regret I am going to have to sit this one out .... I hate missing these opportunities ...

It seems as if the turnout was going to be pretty anemic anyway. :(

To think I'm going to try and return to work Monday ....

Hmmmmmm .....

:shrug:

Just kiddin ...

Well .... I am going to work some .... and might be able to show up iffin anyone else has the gumption ...

I still have a gimpie foot for now, but I'm getting around decently ....

Something like a Lucky Lab along a bus line would be great .....

Suggestions ??? ....

Dum de dum de dum ..."

Sorry, just a silly scrap of lyric from an old Genesis song ...

And yes: It IS 1 PM, Saturday, and if someone were to agree, I could buy the first pitcher AND snack tray at an establishment NEAR A BUS LINE .... somewhere like Raccoon Lodge or Hawthorne Lucky Lab or sumfin like that .....

My ankle is much better, but I can still only manage a few blocks walk ....

Chime up ....

:(

Shall we just cancel for this month?

I didnt work today, so Im just kickin at home and cleanin and listening to music and stuff ....

It wouldnt take much to drag my ass out of here for a few hours ....

But Cest La Vie .... There is always tomorrow, poetically speaking ...

I do have wine and cognac and food and music at home ... So it is going to be a good day nevertheless ...

I get to enter 2yrs worth of my boss's biz into peachtree by Tuesday. and make it all reconcile. :(

Does Peachtree still exist ? .... Hell, I havent seen accounting stuff in ... well: that long ....

See ya soon ....

to learn their package back in the early 90s to consult for them, so I know what a piece of crap it is.

We're house hunting today.;(

Long time ...

Which neighborhood are you focusing on ? .... any promising places yet ?