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Ok, since we're telling COBOL stories, I took a COBOL course back in college in the late 70's, just to round out my Computer Science degree, and ended up as a student interning the course the next semester (easy credits!). Fortunately, I never had to use that particular skill in my subsequent software career.
Bob
So great that you figured this out and didn’t waste your time debugging business software.
4 years agoI was also a budding Cobol giant in the mid 80s. Despite several community college courses in Cobol 1 and 2, report writer and Dbase, it was clear that I was not cut out for computer programming.
4 years agoOops. Can I still blame the heat for warping my memory?
Baker City to Sumpter
Sumpter to Prairie City
Prairie City to Dayville
Dayville to Mitchell
Mitchell to Prineville
Prineville to Sisters
Etc.
Good thing we kept a journal to set my muddled memory straight!
That’s the plan. I’m sure we’ll drive that way again before we leave. Nice that the church is on the east side of town, well away from the little nipper.
4 years agoWhat a story! Glad the Motobecane was there to help carry you through some tough times.
Makes me think of something we keep hearing .. the only way out is through.
I hope to see a photo of you, Rachael, Rodriguez, and Straggler in front of the Dayville Church. And maybe even a photo of your signature from 1986. We really enjoyed looking through the journals there.
Wow, impressive! But no, according to Undaunted Porridge you took three days to get to Prineville from Prairie City, stopping off At Dayville (probably what you meant anyway) and Mitchell on the way.
4 years agoNope. Born in Bremerton, moved to West Virginia when I was 3 when mom remarried a young sailor stationed there (she was his Arthur Murray dance teacher!), and then returned to the northwest at age 10.
My first wife and I lived in West Lafayette for about eight months in the winter of 1974, after our Peace Corps assignment fell through. I worked in the warehouse of an electronics plant all winter, saved up and bought the Motobecane for my planned ride back to Seattle. I’ve never written up that tour either, and didn’t carry a camera or keep a journal. Maybe I’ll jot down what I remember from that tour one of these days too.
Yes! I'm glad we did not ride over all of them in one day. I think we rode from Prineville to Prairie City .. and that was quite enough.
4 years agoThanks, Ron. I should, really. There aren’t that many I haven’t published already, but it’s probably better that I do so sooner than later.
4 years agoThis was fascinating! Please post more of your past rides!!
Also, I seem to recall that there were entries in the journal at the Dayville church back to the 80s when we were there in 2018. Check it out!
Motobecane bought in Indiana...
So you are a Hoosier?
I was born in Ft Wane & lived there till 10 when we moved to Mojave, CA.
Those bumps look familiar!
4 years agoWhen I read this yesterday, I was going to mention your punny title for the day... So today, yes I noticed. Heel well!
4 years ago
Wasps and hornets chew up wood (usually old deadwood) and make paper for their nests. I have a few old hornet nests that I probably got in the winter 15 years or so ago. Getting tattered now. No idea what makes that kind of nest.
4 years agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_wasp