Thanks to Ray The Eagle

Everyone is singing Ray's praises so highly, I wish I had something broken on my Prius so I could beg him to come to Oregon.

Maybe I could break something....

Hmm, Oregon is beautiful this time of year. Maybe I could tempt Ray with Steelhead -- not the fish -- not really the best time right now, but we do have another option in nearby Eugene, OR.

And Prius drivers love it here. A May 2015 study from Progressive Insurance found that the median speed of Oregon drivers was 31 mph, ranking Oregon one of the eight slowest states.

 

Mmmmmm..... Beer! And they have a location in Burlingame!

Oregon is a beautiful part of America and one I have asked the wife to consider once we are a little older and no longer want to work.

Unfortunately ~500 miles one way isn't a one day trip option . But if we are ever planning on going up that way (it happens on occasion), I'll know who to look up.

But I might have to check out the Burlingame location of Steelhead brewing in the mean time.

 

Didn't you already try the broken part with your wrist a while back. Not that I remember these threads at all....

 

Was that a broken wrist, or a broken nail -- sigh, life is so painful....

Actually, the aforementioned wrist WAS very bad. And was until the Saturday morning of April 22 when I was forced to help a friend with her fencing problem -- a bit of an emergency involving stock (moo cows and nanny goats to you city folk).

Ending up lifting and pushing and carrying weights up to around 40 pounds much of the day . In spite of my fear I would seriously further injure the wrist; in a bit of a mini-miracle, my wrist pain disappeared -- seemed all it needed was that on-the-job physical therapy!

But, as usual, I veer off-topic My Bay area geography is a bit rusty, but isn't Burlingame quite a distance from Fairfield? You might as well drive to Eugene....and if you do, I just remembered, I have a leaf blower that's not working....

 

If Ray ever makes a visit to Oregon, why not also visit Seattle? Coffee!

 

…same offer from here if anyone is ever in the Nausea area of Southern New Hamster!

 

All I can offer is Cornish clotted cream, or genuine Cornish Pasties, but it's an awfully long trek for a full belly. It's it any wonder I'm as heavy as I am?

 

I'm originally from North Devon (Braunton) (Devon born, Devon bred, strong in the arm and thick in the head! ), and my youngest sister still lives near Hartland.

 

Yay! So is it jam before cream, or cream before jam on the scones? Bet nobody understands the debate over there! . I'm an emit, so I simply don't care which goes first and just keep on eating 'em!

 

Both! or either! always! …but never neither or none! …and always tea made in a real-teapot (with loose tea, no tea-bags in my kitchen!) …and always milk in first (…if you need milk, that is!)

 

Cornish game hens? My dad always split those and put them on the grill. YUM.

A bakery that I do not frequent, as it is far from my home, makes great lemon scones -- New Morning in Corvallis, Oregon.. And, on a rare -- very rare -- day, I have been known to make scones. A friend gave me her family recipe -- but she is Irish.

 

Your geography is right. But my wife has a friend in San Mateo we visit on occasion, so it's essentially the next town over . So now we have a restaurant to check out.

Small engine repair is something I worked on with my old man as a kid (still do ). Just had to trouble shoot the 3.5 hp Briggs and Stratton engine on our lawn mower a couple of months back. $6 later, its running better than ever.

Been to Seattle and think it's a great city. Flew into there when we went to the Vancouver Olympics. A great time. The area south of Olympia reminds me of the area I grew up in NE Pennsylvania.

Coffee is a nice offer. @m.wynn intrdouced my old man to French pressed coffee, which was an enjoyable start to our Saturday.

So it's on the short list if we ever decide to move from the Bay Area.

Definitely closer to Boston. So if a meetup were to happen, you might be in @bisco 's EV range.

Growing up 2 hours from Hershey, PA gave me a weakness for chocolate . Also having an aunt and uncle who were dairy farmers and made whole milk and cream readily available didn't help either. But having a homemade Apple pie with the cream spread on the top made desserts hard to pass up.

Good food is an excellent lure.

 

Hi Ray, I too have been fascinated by engines since I was young. Didn't get into breaking them down till my driving years started. At one time, I owned 3 motorcycles (two Yamaha 650 specials and one Honda Nighthawk). I use to take the head off my cycles all the time, etc.

 

Sounds like fun! My old man was into buying something on the cheap, fixing it up and making a little money. This was in the small garden tractor field. It was mainly Cub Cadets, but we would also do a John Deere or Wheel Horse if the price was right .

I remember a John Deere we did about 25 years ago that just had a new 16 hp Kohler motor put in it, then a tree fell on the back end, snapping the axle. Got the tractor for $200 and a new axle for &15 at the local junk yard. Still running to this day!

But this hobby also led to a significant amount of storage of parts. We have built 3 new outbuildings with awnings off of 2 of them for the parts. Too many projects and it enough time.

 

Nice. Very nice. And nice that you spent the time to salute him!