Nexus, plexus, schmexshlus. Sometimes I feel I am like that guy at Canim Lake with the shed of VCR cassettes. I knew how to use a VCR ... well sort of ... I could play a cassette of "Footloose", but I couldn't record an episode of "Dallas" to watch later. My VCR always flashed "12:00"
Brock won't reserve our spot? What about simply reserving our being able to watch what we want? If there happened to be some cowboys in there (the side room) drinking beer, they'd probably get up and leave because they'd realize they were .... um ... intruding, or they may get a kick out of watching our movies with us. If the situation were that Brock will not even guarantee that we can use the TV etc on the Tuesday, I say lets go elsewhere. Really. He is/was a shirt tail club member, and is certainly a bike enthusiast, but there needs to be some give and take. I can understand if he does not want to jeopardize customer space for something not guaranteed, but if one night he said we couldn't watch our movies 'cause there were some customers in there watching a hockey game, I say "sorry, we're going elsewhere."
I like Brock personally because he is a motorcycle geek like the rest of us, but I worked for him for years when I was a musician. During one gig at the old Tabor Arms, there were NHL Playoffs on TV. He told us (the band) not to start until the game was finished. We were okay with that and waited about an hour. He then asked us to shorten our breaks and play longer at the end because we started later. "No" (edited short polite version of discussion) was our response. When it comes to running a pub he is all business. If it does not result in more beer consumed, it ain't happening. Period. I re-iterate; I like Brock personally, but for him, everything is about beer sales.
Peace & capitalism (oxymoron?), Dennis
