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LesterOfPuppets 01-06-22 07:22 PM

Looks like it was a nice day on I-80 today.

https://scontent.fphx1-2.fna.fbcdn.n...BA&oe=61DC08D5

bampilot06 01-06-22 07:26 PM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22364349)
You guys should have been a fly on the wall when I broached the idea of buying the lot next to my office building, and constructing a building to house a car collection I wanted to start.


Do tell.

indyfabz 01-06-22 07:32 PM

In case you need a good laugh.


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a5987aa15.jpeg

indyfabz 01-06-22 07:37 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 22364386)
Speaking of the Milwaukee Road... Map of the Day!!!! Sorry for the low res :(

https://www.railfanguides.us/system/milw/MILW1926a.jpghttp://trainweb.org/milwaukeemyths/i...te-map_map.jpg

I’ve ridden some of the former right-of-way in MT and ID, including some of what is now the Hiawatha Trail and the Olympian Trail. The former is a must-ride.

MoAlpha 01-06-22 07:37 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 22364405)
OMG. I would probably just move.

That kind of thinking got us here in the first place! We still like the house, but it really is a mess.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e1a57d4f7.jpeg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...1216f2c35.jpeg

Velo Vol 01-06-22 07:44 PM


Originally Posted by MoAlpha (Post 22364504)

What's on the window sticker? It has MOTD potential.

LesterOfPuppets 01-06-22 07:48 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22364511)
What's on the window sticker? It has MOTD potential.


Places where it gets cold?

LesterOfPuppets 01-06-22 07:50 PM


Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22364503)
I’ve ridden some of the former right-of-way in MT and ID, including some of what is now the Hiawatha Trail and the Olympian Trail. The former is a must-ride.


I do want to hit the Hiwawatha. Hadn't thought much about the Olympian, but I should hit that too, having never ridden a bicycle in MT.

I hit the Palouse to Cascades (and a couple of other trails) from Seattle to Ellensburg a few years ago, looking forward to doing the rest now that bridges are being fixed up. I read about some guys who did it the hard way, and thought about doing that. including planning on crossing the Columbia at Vantage on I-90 at the least-trafficked moment (like 4am on a tuesday?)

I think I'll ride on 3.0" tires, figuring the soft sandy parts around the Yakima Training Range are still as soft and sandy as they were a couple of years ago, and not wanting to ride road much.

MoAlpha 01-06-22 07:51 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22364511)
What's on the window sticker? It has MOTD potential.

Ha! I believe the gray area is the part of the US where the window meets Energy Star standards.

Velo Vol 01-06-22 07:54 PM


Originally Posted by MoAlpha (Post 22364527)
Ha! I believe the gray area is the part of the US where the window meets Energy Star standards.

Enlarge it for those viewing abroad.

rjones28 01-06-22 07:57 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22364210)
My uncle lives in Kingston, ON. We went up there a few times, and while summering there, made USA shopping runs.


No stores in Kingston?

LesterOfPuppets 01-06-22 07:58 PM


Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22364537)
No stores in Kingston?


No one wants to pay Canadian prices for stuff.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor...icle-1.1136817

ls01 01-06-22 07:59 PM

Completely friken normal ride tonight. I don't get it. What was different tonight? I have no idea. I was waiting for things to go askew the whole ride, nothing.
Good ride too, I did an extra .5 hour on my own afterwards. 30ish miles and 1800ft of climbing. Set Mt 2 best times on the whole Lotta lava Kom. My legs are smoked.

Velo Vol 01-06-22 08:03 PM


Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22364537)
No stores in Kingston?

You should visit there and find out. Take the Horne ferry.

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 22364540)
No one wants to pay Canadian prices for stuff.

Turns out buying gas, milk, other, by the litre is expensive.

Mojo31 01-06-22 08:07 PM


Originally Posted by MoAlpha (Post 22364504)
That kind of thinking got us here in the first place! We still like the house, but it really is a mess.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e1a57d4f7.jpeg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...1216f2c35.jpeg

Is the back of that cabinet always exposed?

Mojo31 01-06-22 08:13 PM


Originally Posted by bampilot06 (Post 22364490)
Do tell.

A lot of mention of going insane, kids to put thru college, how are you going to pay for all that, and retirement savings laced with words that my wife doesn’t ordinarily use. Of course that was before COVID and the bankruptcy of my largest, most profitable client.

MoAlpha 01-06-22 08:17 PM


Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22364552)
Is the back of that cabinet always exposed?

No. There’s usually another cabinet there, back to back with the other one with a skin over the end.

bampilot06 01-06-22 08:23 PM


Originally Posted by ls01 (Post 22364541)
Completely friken normal ride tonight. I don't get it. What was different tonight? I have no idea. I was waiting for things to go askew the whole ride, nothing.
Good ride too, I did an extra .5 hour on my own afterwards. 30ish miles and 1800ft of climbing. Set Mt 2 best times on the whole Lotta lava Kom. My legs are smoked.


you are hard to please.

rjones28 01-06-22 08:24 PM


Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22364333)
BTW, last night I showed Mrs. GeneJockey a video on YouTube from that C&V collector who rented and renovated a space to store, display, and work on his MUCH LARGER collection of bikes. I said, "I wanted you to see this, so you will realize I'm not crazy. Look how many more bikes he has than me."

She drily replied, "Two people can both be crazy."


Busted

Velo Vol 01-06-22 08:40 PM


Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22364570)
Busted

See any winter yet? You can come here if you feel you're missing out. It's alive and kicking. :rolleyes:

LesterOfPuppets 01-06-22 08:52 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22364580)
See any winter yet? You can come here if you feel you're missing out. It's alive and kicking. :rolleyes:

Wenatchee got a little

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.town...size=750%2C561

rjones28 01-06-22 08:53 PM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 22364540)
No one wants to pay Canadian prices for stuff.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor...icle-1.1136817


Lots of Ontario plates on the New York State Thruway.

rjones28 01-06-22 08:55 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22364580)
See any winter yet? You can come here if you feel you're missing out. It's alive and kicking. :rolleyes:


The ground has finally frozen.

seedsbelize2 01-06-22 08:59 PM

18 km futzing with traffic.

Trsnrtr 01-06-22 09:02 PM

The problem with collections of any kind is that surviving spouses or heirs don’t share the same passion as the collector and everything gets liquidated, often below value.


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