Everywhere I go, I see your ghost The spirit of ’91 You said you loved me more than toast But less than a staple gun. A beautiful bit of pop-punk poetry from the catchy-as-hell jam “More Than Toast” by seminal East Bay band The...
Read moreAs this was the last Thursday of the year, YHC was wondering how many PAX from the normal TRQ crowd would arrive. YHC was later than normal, but still on time to see only Green Acres and Mongoose waiting. Maybe this would be the day for coffee...
Read moreHere is what went down on 12/23 at TRQ: Warm-O-Rama was normal stuff. Walk to flag pole. Bear Crawl, then Crawl Bear, then Crabwalk to the end of the parking lot Walk back to the rock pile, pick a rock. Fired up the Holiday Rock playlist...
Read moreWarm-O-Rama 20 SSH, 15 Imperial Walker for the Pax (Hillbillies for the Q), 6 Abe Vigoda, 10 Whirly, 15 Michael Phelps, 10 Forward Arm Circle, 10 Reverse Arm Circle The Thang We moseyed the whole 10 feet from our warm up and circled up for an...
Read more8 hearty Pax posted on a chilly morning to see what I had to offer at TRQ. I made a joke talking with Goofy about “I don’t Q much any more. I’m more like a Celebrity Guest Q”, and the title of this backblast was decided...
Read moreSince YHC has now learned to wait at stoplights in Clemmons, there were no delays and 11 PAX were eager to get moving and warmed up on a chilly 30 degree early morning in the Gloom. THE THANG: Warm up at the benches: SSH X 20 Abe Vigoda Whirlies...
Read moreIt was my VQ at TRQ, and not knowing what to expect, I asked around. Boomerang told me, “it is a bunch of old dudes who don’t like to run.” Welp, that could not have been further from the truth. It was a group of physically fit...
Read moreYHC made the trip to Parliament for not only my VQ at Parliament, but my first ever visit to this AO. It was great to meet Adobe, 60 minutes and Cruiser for the first time and also see Harden, Schneider and Sour Mash for the first time in a long...
Read moreMy apologies at the onset. This BB is going to be a long one. There is simply too much to retell and reflect on for the start of the Christmas season. I hope you’ll be better for it when you stick it out to the end. Ziggy Stardust and YHC took...
Read more9 Pax embraced the cold for Parliament this morning. YHC was coming in from EC run and noticed Zima’s truck but no Zima so assumed that maybe workbench had driven Zima’s truck as he was there with no vehicle. Turns out Huckleberry...
Read moreThirteen mostly “seasoned” pax showed up for TRQ — translation: there were a lot of old guys there. When Goofy at 56 is median age, it’s an experienced group. The weather was nearly ideal and the moon was close to...
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