While most people believe that the song "Stuck In Lodi Again" was written about Lodi, California, which sort of makes sense since most members of Creedence Clearwater Revival are from the Bay Area, I've been told more than once that it was really about Lodi, New Jersey where the band was stuck indoors by bad weather while in the New York area to do a concert at Madison Square Garden. I've never known the facts, but Lodi is such a short drive from San Francisco, etc. that it's hard to imagine them being stuck anywhere that close to home.

Some good wineries in and around Lodi, CA, so not such a bad place to get stuck.

-- Andy Oppel, N6AJO

At 04:27 PM 10/5/2005, you wrote:

I too was stuck in Hartford. I?d rather have been (as the song goes) ?Stuck in Lodi.? It?s a small town near Stockton but at least its warm and in the Pacific Time Zone.
I vote for (as usual) Las Vegas. We don?t need a whole lot of staff in attendance anyway. I could go for Dallas or Phoenix too. Even St. Louis would be ok. I vote no for Hartford.
73/Greg W7OZ

From: w5jbp@aol.com [mailto:w5jbp@aol.com ]
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:09 AM
To: arrl-odv
Subject: [arrl-odv:13138] January Meeting

It is time to consider the location of the January board meeting. For the last two years we have not been fortunate from the weather standpoint. Last January 21 of us were stranded for an extra day due to the airport being closed. I have not discussed this with Barry Shelley, but a guess would be that the cost was in the area of an extra 5K.

I know that many of you like to harass the staff, but another location that is not so prone to snow and cold weather (Dallas) might be something you want to consider.

What are your thoughts?

Jim Haynie, W5JBP