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The Great Willamette Valley Cycle Works Christmas Dinner The Bike I Rode to and from the Christmas Dinner I was working at the Willamette Valley Cycle Works bicycle shop in the winter of 1976. My friend Frank was the owner and his shop was having a pretty good year after a couple of very iffy ones. Frank decided to splurge for a company Christmas Dinner for all the staff and their spouses or dates. He reserved a room at a nice restaurant in Eugene. A dinner at a nice place in Eugene at that time was under $10, in fact, that $10 would likely be close to covering both the dinner and a glass of wine. And it's not like we would be ordering the higher priced meals as we were almost all vegetarians. There were going to be 12 of us going and Oregon did not have any sales tax so even if we all had a couple of glasses of wine or beer the cost of the dinner looked like it would be easily under $150. I doubt any of us had ever spent anything close to $20 for a single meal...

Dating – Sounds Like Fun The W.O.W Hall @ 8th and Lincoln in Eugene T here was a time when I met and developed romantic relations with women rather easily. I was comfortable and self assured. Sadly that time was past. After hearing all that “inside information” living with the Barrington Gang all that confidence seemed to have left the building or at least the vessel that is me. I struggled with meeting and going out with women for the rest of the time I lived in Eugene. So, keeping my ego under control I will reflect on some of my failed romantic escapades in Eugene after splitting with Cyndi, aka Cyd. W hen Cyndi and I split up I moved into a house on 32 nd and Alder. I was now a free man. One of my first dates after Cyndi was with a woman I met at a bar, in fact, she was the bartender. When we talked at the bar it was free and easy. We decided to get together and when we did I kind of froze up. I was not sure what I should do. I was overly cautious bei...