GATHERING GROUND REPORT - OCTOBER 11, 2023
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| Drone photograph of October GG breakfast: Bart, Bill, Chet, Norm |
Walking into the Gathering Ground restaurant the air felt like fall, as our warmer weather streak had come to an end and the crisp morning air greeted Chet and I as we approached the restaurant door.
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| With Jerry and Jo-Ann |
We were closely followed by Norm, fresh from Chicopee, then JoAnn and Bill and Bart. The table was crowded and the conversation and the topics flowed from one subject to the next with many overlapping with some side startup conversations.
Chet broke the news that he is scheduled for a new knee in early November. Several at the table gave him encouragement and stories of many that went through this setback only to see great results in the given recovery time frame.
Bill recalled another golf story of way back when golf balls were made of a different composition than they are these days. He and a friend decided in the middle of the winter to drop a few balls and drive them into oblivion. You see when these golf balls of old freeze, and when they are hit well, they easily explode into thousands of pieces. Boys will be boys, as we all remember...
Chet put a “did you know” on the table. Another golf tidbit. The longest golf course in the US is in Bolton Massachusetts, the Independence Golf course. Nice look at the course HERE.
The news of retail stores closing or putting some blockages in the way of customer access crossed the table. Thievery is rampant in some areas of the US and retailers are tired of the behavior and the lack of punishment. Bill and Jerry have seen firsthand locks on doors in stores they wanted to get access into.
Discussion about hybrid, EV, E-cars and fitting them into our current stable of autos used to cart us all and our families around the US. No one has made the leap but all have opinions on what would make sense for them. A big factor is their commuting circumstance that would be the big driver on what would work for their household.
One phone came out that showed a traffic jam in San Francisco with a fleet of driverless taxis that all merged into a town square and snarled all of the streets merging into that square. Still working on those software changes!!
You Scribe
~ Jerry
THROWBACK
From the "You-never-know-what-you'll-find-when-you-clean-out-a-closet" department, memories of when we had enough under-30's to field a softball team, and when $2.50 could buy you all the beer and hot dogs you could eat:
(Stay tuned for more throwbacks in future GG reports).
