sp1269 Wrote:
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> Funny stuff comes out of these threads.
>
> When a Narcoa tour came to my local branch line I
> went down for a look at the line of cars before
> they departed. A true monoculture -- everyone a
> 60 year old, cranky, blue collar white male.
> While two of the guys were BS'ing I went up to the
> wife of one of them and said, "he left his
> headlight on. Battery is going to run down." She
> walked over and told him and he barked at his poor
> wife, " it's fine!!", and left the headlight on.
> Geeze, you drag your wife out on a dumb event like
> this, then get cranky with her.

This is funny and mostly true. I started as an original member of MOW at age 39. Now i am an old cranky, blue collar 62 year old white male. I have not hosted since they wanted event coordinators to take a test. The club went downhill over the years with too many clueless foamers nerds making rules so they can feel important. I would not call it a dumb event though. We went on some of the greatest runs that can never happen again. Including the McCloud RR the Entire NWP Lombard to Arcata. A motorcar overnight camping trip north of Willits on the NWP and the San Rafael branch. A roundtrip overnight run from Healdsburg to Fort Bragg were northbound we had a meet at Ukiah with another club running southbound. The entire Tillamook line. Nevada Northern and the Siskiyou line. All priceless memories.