No, I pull the covers off him.Digmenow said:
Who's with me?
California or bust.
The proposal was put forward and was approved by the board members (wife and nobsters).
It is a go.
Summer of 2008 I will exusing myself from work and personal life to drive from Toronto to Vancouver and down the left coast to California and back as the crow flies. I have been talking about it for 25 years and now I am going to do it.
In the SL.
Anyone interested in joining me? Joining along the way? Meeting in CA? Pop in visits on the way back? (hint: take a ruler and draw a sraight line from Scott's to Toronto).
Seriously.
OK I am not sure about Scotts but you get the idea.
The proposal was put forward and was approved by the board members (wife and nobsters).
It is a go.
Summer of 2008 I will exusing myself from work and personal life to drive from Toronto to Vancouver and down the left coast to California and back as the crow flies. I have been talking about it for 25 years and now I am going to do it.
In the SL.
Anyone interested in joining me? Joining along the way? Meeting in CA? Pop in visits on the way back? (hint: take a ruler and draw a sraight line from Scott's to Toronto).
Seriously.
OK I am not sure about Scotts but you get the idea.
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Did this trip last summer... sort of backwards by your standards, Knobbie.
LA up the coast to Seattle to Victoria BC. Wonderful trip and you'll enjoy almost every minute of it. I'm good for an Orange County get together. Also good friends with the parts mgr. at MB Restoration Center. So I'm sure we can hook you up with a VIP tour. Keep those cards and letters comming.
LA up the coast to Seattle to Victoria BC. Wonderful trip and you'll enjoy almost every minute of it. I'm good for an Orange County get together. Also good friends with the parts mgr. at MB Restoration Center. So I'm sure we can hook you up with a VIP tour. Keep those cards and letters comming.
So, um, could other people get in on Nobby's coattails? You know, I'm perfectly happy to be considered just another member of a VIP's entourage.crb49 said:I'm good for an Orange County get together. Also good friends with the parts mgr. at MB Restoration Center. So I'm sure we can hook you up with a VIP tour.
I come to understand that coattails are not necessarily a bad thing. No promises but I would think, if we don't overwhelm them with numbers, something could be worked out.ScottinSoCal said:So, um, could other people get in on Nobby's coattails? You know, I'm perfectly happy to be considered just another member of a VIP's entourage.
Here's what happened during a visit last Christmas:
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Thanks. I am sure I will announce my departure in 12 months.crb49 said:Did this trip last summer... sort of backwards by your standards, Knobbie.
LA up the coast to Seattle to Victoria BC. Wonderful trip and you'll enjoy almost every minute of it. I'm good for an Orange County get together. Also good friends with the parts mgr. at MB Restoration Center. So I'm sure we can hook you up with a VIP tour. Keep those cards and letters comming.
The next part of the planning stage is ......when?
I will take three cycles of work off which equates to 28 days. Long enough?
What time of year?
My wife thinks last week of June first three weeks of July. Her sister in Vancouver owns a cottage 1 hour from here and will be there in July and can watch the nobsters when nobette meets me in San Fran and perhaps Vegas.
I would also like to meet as many of you as I can. For the pleasure of meeting you, I will gladly sleep on your couch and slap a hometown decal on my SL to document my travels.
Good deal, eh?
I will take three cycles of work off which equates to 28 days. Long enough?
What time of year?
My wife thinks last week of June first three weeks of July. Her sister in Vancouver owns a cottage 1 hour from here and will be there in July and can watch the nobsters when nobette meets me in San Fran and perhaps Vegas.
I would also like to meet as many of you as I can. For the pleasure of meeting you, I will gladly sleep on your couch and slap a hometown decal on my SL to document my travels.
Good deal, eh?
nobby said:The next part of the planning stage is ......when?
I will take three cycles of work off which equates to 28 days. Long enough?
What time of year?
My wife thinks last week of June first three weeks of July. Her sister in Vancouver owns a cottage 1 hour from here and will be there in July and can watch the nobsters when nobette meets me in San Fran and perhaps Vegas.
I would also like to meet as many of you as I can. For the pleasure of meeting you, I will gladly sleep on your couch and slap a hometown decal on my SL to document my travels.
Good deal, eh?
You are more than welcome to crash at my humble abode. The couch is quite comfortable, but don't you dare slap any stickers on the Green Machine.
It's not as big an issue along the coast, but you need to know the July temps here in CenCal regularly top 40C.
Maybe you can use this, Trip Planner : Weather Underground.
Dave.
What th'?nobby said:The next part of the planning stage is ......when?
I will take three cycles of work off which equates to 28 days. Long enough?
What time of year?
I'm already an hour north of Pittsburgh. If you aren't packed up, gassed up and waiting in the driveway when I get there tomorrow afternoon, the trip's off.
Wish I'd known that last summer - we stayed in a hotel one block down from there. That's a Westin, isn't it?ScottinSoCal said:When it gets closer, give me an idea of when you'll be through. I can give you two options:
Option 1) A very nice room at a resort in Santa Barbara. I happen to be sleeping with the manager, and I can get pretty good room rates.
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Thanks for the kind offer. Stickers on the SL aren't going to bother it. It needs paint anyways. Maybe I can cover up some of the blemishes. I'm thinking back of the trunk lid. Any benzworld stickers out there?isthisdave said:You are more than welcome to crash at my humble abode. The couch is quite comfortable, but don't you dare slap any stickers on the Green Machine.
It's not as big an issue along the coast, but you need to know the July temps here in CenCal regularly top 40C.
Maybe you can use this, Trip Planner : Weather Underground.
Dave.
Are you sure you don't have to check with SWMBO before you make such bold offers?Digmenow said:What th'?
I'm already an hour north of Pittsburgh. If you aren't packed up, gassed up and waiting in the driveway when I get there tomorrow afternoon, the trip's off.
^^^
Aww...you know me too well.
Aww...you know me too well.
The only hotels I'm really familiar with in SB are the resort my other half manages, the Biltmore and the Bacara. They're the "Big Three" in SB.POS said:Wish I'd known that last summer - we stayed in a hotel one block down from there. That's a Westin, isn't it?
Was that a market forecast, or just that clean air?flyboyike said:By summer of 2008 either the shah will croak or the donkey will die.
OK..I am at a juncture.
I need to select my vacation for next year.
Any suggestions?
I am thinking last two weeks of june and first two of july.
I need to select my vacation for next year.
Any suggestions?
I am thinking last two weeks of june and first two of july.
I've got you penciled in. We'll hook up someway, somehow.
Hey....Im there to meet up. race ya to redline! 
Whenever. When it gets closer I'll put in time off for myself, but if I put it in a year in advance my boss would just give me the fisheye and I'd have to remind him two weeks in advance anyway.I am thinking last two weeks of june and first two of july.
That's the thing. I HAVE to make my selections NOW. Given my seniority and position, I can pick what I want but it has to be now.Whenever. When it gets closer I'll put in time off for myself, but if I put it in a year in advance my boss would just give me the fisheye and I'd have to remind him two weeks in advance anyway.
Thanks guys.
Alas, although I get 3 weeks off, I am required to take them separately, one week at a tiime. You better post MANY pctures.
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