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Opensourcepirate posted:
Destroying poo poo? Does my TFR side need to come out? 
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So, it looks like just south of Boston is the general center of our little band of morons, ranging from CT to ME. Boston would work for me, anyone west of the city with a decent sized piece of land?
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Mar 11, 2012 13:32
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Kastein's is about an hour and change from my place and lax code enforcement sounds like a bonus for destroying things with thermite. Something closer to the 495 loop would probably be more central for everyone though
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Mar 11, 2012 17:09
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SwashedBuckles posted:Kastein's is about an hour and change from my place and lax code enforcement sounds like a bonus for destroying things with thermite. Something closer to the 495 loop would probably be more central for everyone though
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Mar 11, 2012 19:11
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I'm near Manchester, NH. Would be up for something in Epping or Portsmouth, but if there's stuff blowing up it might be worthwhile to head down to Boston area. So, should I take the Forester XT or the Miata?
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Mar 11, 2012 21:20
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I might have to go all out and put another can of paint on my jeep.
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Mar 11, 2012 21:49
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To give an idea of what I can get away with out here, I've had several dozen 30' bonfires, many days of using an angle grinder and a lot of air tools, a few drunken nights that involved firing the air raid siren up, and more fireworks than I can count fired off here... and the police have never shown up. Usually my neighbors either show up for the party already drunk, or don't care. They don't really like REALLY loud noises after about midnight. There was also the time I put a quart of gasoline in an aluminum fire extinguisher cylinder and threw it in the bonfire... the explosion was so loud the neighbors thought I fired a potato cannon at their house (200' away) and the fireball/mushroom cloud was approximately 25 feet in diameter. That *almost* got the police called on me. Thermite and exploding engines won't even get anyone curious. We can't fire weapons in the yard, but only because this is Massachusetts  and Guns are Evil and I'm inside town limits.
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Mar 11, 2012 22:11
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kastein posted:We can't fire weapons in the yard, but only because this is Massachusetts I have a place up here in Maine for that anyhow.
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Mar 11, 2012 22:21
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kastein posted:To give an idea of what I can get away with out here, I've had several dozen 30' bonfires, many days of using an angle grinder and a lot of air tools, a few drunken nights that involved firing the air raid siren up, and more fireworks than I can count fired off here... and the police have never shown up. Usually my neighbors either show up for the party already drunk, or don't care. They don't really like REALLY loud noises after about midnight. This sounds amazing. I do have two good sized bricks of magnesium that can be cut up for fire too 
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Mar 12, 2012 00:22
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Muffinpox posted:No, I want to drive for a team there but haven't seen any spots open gently caress Newbury for obvious reasons. I've got a nice loop out in Waltham/Weston if you want to go run some street laps sometime.
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Mar 12, 2012 01:33
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kastein posted:I'm totally down for this... blowing poo poo up, bonfires, wrenching parties, whatever. My yard is also available for blowing poo poo up, I'm right on the CT/mass line on 84/90 in Southbridge. I think I mentioned in the offroad thread that I spend most of my time in Southbridge at my girl's house. We should hang out sometime, definitely. Or go wheeling if I ever get my 'yota to run right again. Billy Tully posted:Nice, I live like 15 minutes away from Marks and go all the time. I'll let you know when I'm going. I'm down for Marks. Somehow growing up in Stafford I've never made it over there. Let me know as well, I'll cruise over in the E30.
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Mar 12, 2012 14:13
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Boston here as well, my car's only somewhat AI-ish (DSG GTI), but I'd be glad to come out and slag some brews.
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Mar 12, 2012 16:08
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It's getting warm enough that we could probably work in some camping. What do you guys think?
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Mar 12, 2012 16:21
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I dunno how I missed this, slow is fast even told me such a thread existed. Hopefully I have my awesome failure of a car ready by this so I can drive it down there. All it needs is a new rear end and fix the rust holes that are big enough to put my head through.. kastein's place sounds awesome, it should be held there!
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Mar 12, 2012 17:53
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I am all for Boston-area beers, explosions, and firearms. Also with the weather we could totally make this some sort of camping thing. Franconia Notch, anyone?
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Mar 12, 2012 18:27
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New England  redux in the works?
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Mar 12, 2012 19:19
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Super Aggro Crag posted:I told myself I'd never go to East Granby, CT again after my ex and I broke up a few years ago, but that looks pretty dope. I live in North Granby and I don't even like going to East Granby except for work. Mark's is awesome, though. It starts in the beginning of May. There's always some awesome cars there. Last year they had two DeTomaso Panteras parked next to each other.
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Mar 12, 2012 20:46
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ACEofsnett posted:I think I mentioned in the offroad thread that I spend most of my time in Southbridge at my girl's house. We should hang out sometime, definitely. Or go wheeling if I ever get my 'yota to run right again. lemme know. I know fuckall about yotas but I'd be down for trying to get it running right, too. I know some decent trails in the area now, having done some exploration recently. commissargribb posted:It's getting warm enough that we could probably work in some camping. What do you guys think? I will be camping in my own backyard in the near future because I need to get more of the house gutted and rebuilt, and the weather's getting nice so why not? Hammock strung between two Cherokee roof racks, whatup! (I slept in a hammock strung between two junk jeeps in my backyard for 3 months last summer, not even kidding)
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Mar 12, 2012 22:20
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I've got some camping stuff that's been gathering dust in storage so that sounds like a great time. Also, I've been meaning to go to the New England Forest Rally for years; is anyone else on the fence?
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Mar 13, 2012 01:25
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kimbo305 posted:I'm looking for someone in Maine around Bangor to check out a car for me. Cuz I'm lazy and the drive up 95 wouldn't be worth it for an initial trip. Any takers? I don't actually remember where Slow is Fast said he was from. Anyone? I tried to PM Acky, but this is a bit of a slow thread. I guess he might not have swung back by.
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Mar 13, 2012 02:38
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SwashedBuckles posted:I've got some camping stuff that's been gathering dust in storage so that sounds like a great time. I'm over the fence. Slow is fast and I are going this year.
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Mar 13, 2012 02:44
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kimbo305 posted:Anyone? I tried to PM Acky, but this is a bit of a slow thread. I guess he might not have swung back by.
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Mar 13, 2012 03:50
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kimbo305 posted:Anyone? I tried to PM Acky, but this is a bit of a slow thread. I guess he might not have swung back by. I used to live in Bangor, but not anymore  SwashedBuckles posted:Also, I've been meaning to go to the New England Forest Rally for years; is anyone else on the fence? I'll be there, either spectating or volunteering. Hoping to actually drive the drat thing in 2013...
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Mar 13, 2012 12:19
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kimbo305 posted:Anyone? I tried to PM Acky, but this is a bit of a slow thread. I guess he might not have swung back by. I live way the gently caress down in York County.
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Mar 13, 2012 17:30
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Poing posted:If you want to come hang at the 5/5-6 race, it's always a good time. We're probably running our old CRX but we're working on a Vette for the 10/27-28 race. I'll come hang, if you have a spot I have plenty of wheel-to-wheel experience in karts. Also I don't actually ride motorcycles but I do have an S2000 which is close enough.
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Mar 13, 2012 22:31
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kastein posted:lemme know. I know fuckall about yotas but I'd be down for trying to get it running right, too. I'll be up in the dirty bridge this weekend, actually. Impromptu AI meetup, anyone? SwashedBuckles posted:I've got some camping stuff that's been gathering dust in storage so that sounds like a great time. I would be down for this. It's in July, right? Central Maine is only 5 hours or so, very doable. Actually seeing a rally in real life would be amazing.
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Mar 14, 2012 17:29
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ACEofsnett posted:I'll be up in the dirty bridge this weekend, actually. Impromptu AI meetup, anyone? I'm down. Hell, meet me just off the last exit on 84 in CT and I'll show you the "fun way" into town. (lowered rides and those with less than 8-10" of ground clearance need not apply)
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Mar 14, 2012 17:56
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kastein posted:I'm down. Hell, meet me just off the last exit on 84 in CT and I'll show you the "fun way" into town. Hah, nice. My prepped '91 Toyota pickup on 31" tires is at my dad's house in Stafford waiting for me to replace the ECU. Otherwise, I'd take you up on that. I don't think my '86 2wd would do too well off road. Hell, it doesn't do too well ON the road.
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Mar 14, 2012 18:21
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kastein posted:I'm down. Hell, meet me just off the last exit on 84 in CT and I'll show you the "fun way" into town. My YJ is still stock but I have a 2" procomp lift waiting to go on. Just gotta make some time to change it over.
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Mar 14, 2012 21:11
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commissargribb posted:My YJ is still stock but I have a 2" procomp lift waiting to go on. Just gotta make some time to change it over. you might make it through fine. I got my stock 98 XJ through there in the winter when some of the deeper holes were mostly frozen, but there were some "uhoh, I might be stuck" moments to be sure. Worst case if someone gets stuck, it's an excuse to fire up the MJ or the 5-ton and take a short cross-town excursion to solve the problem.
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Mar 15, 2012 01:06
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kastein posted:I'm down. Hell, meet me just off the last exit on 84 in CT and I'll show you the "fun way" into town. I may take you up on this with the 67. Its uncontrollable in the rain on pavement, am I sure to get stuck? ACEofsnett, you and your girl are welcome to ride along if you want to get pulled out with the 5 ton with me.
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Mar 15, 2012 01:46
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Billy Tully posted:I may take you up on this with the 67. Its uncontrollable in the rain on pavement, am I sure to get stuck? ACEofsnett, you and your girl are welcome to ride along if you want to get pulled out with the 5 ton with me. 67 what? I forget what you drive somehow... tires? body clearance?
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Mar 15, 2012 03:09
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commissargribb posted:My YJ is still stock but I have a 2" procomp lift waiting to go on. Just gotta make some time to change it over. aka waiting for slow is fast to come do it for you 
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Mar 15, 2012 03:26
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Feel free to bring all the parts for the lift whenever we have this shindig (when is it, anyways? I'm down for installing it on the spot if anyone else is, or hell, even if not, as long as there aren't any weldnuts to break loose... and that's what I have a welder for anyways. I am not sure if I should tear the 5-ton apart and try to have it 100% fixed for this, or leave it together and hope it holds up. Side note - a friend of mine from college who lurks AI just dropped me a line and asked if he was welcome, even as a primarily on-road AIer. Just to clear things up, I am not really in charge of this (at least I hope not, I suck at planning), it just seems to be probably happening at my house since we can get away with poo poo there... and pavement pounders are welcome too, if I've given the impression that only offroad/rally types are welcome I am quite sorry, that is incorrect AND it's not my place to say what kind of event this is anyways. Show up! The only real rules if it happens at my place are - don't piss off the neighbors (no explosions or loud exhaust past about 11-midnight) don't get the cops called (see also: no explosions resulting in a mushroom cloud > 30ft diameter) no glass in the bonfire (I hate picking up broken glass. metal is fine) don't burn the house down don't break things in the house that are not supposed to be broken. There are however plenty of things that can be broken. oh, closed-toe shoes are probably a wise choice. I *think* those are all fairly common sense... 
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Mar 15, 2012 03:49
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And remember all; possession of less than an ounce of marijuana in MA is only a $100 fine.
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Mar 15, 2012 05:25
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Checking in from upstate New York although I'll probably never goonmeet anybody for any reason. Cool to be a part of something.
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Mar 15, 2012 05:38
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Long Island here. Looks like it's about 175ish miles for me. I might be up for coming out, depending on how many pieces my main car is in when this get-drunk-and-blow-poo poo-up fest actually happens. It's scheduled for surgery pretty soon. 
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Mar 15, 2012 07:49
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kastein posted:67 what? I forget what you drive somehow... tires? body clearance? Chevy pickup 2WD, suspension is all stock and it sits really high. Problem is the wood bed is all rotted out and might as well be made of styrofoam peanuts as far as weight over the rear tires goes. If it makes the trip to Stafford in the next day or two I might bring it, I haven't been more than like 10 miles from my house with it yet.
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Mar 15, 2012 14:35
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Billy Tully posted:I may take you up on this with the 67. Its uncontrollable in the rain on pavement, am I sure to get stuck? ACEofsnett, you and your girl are welcome to ride along if you want to get pulled out with the 5 ton with me. Hah, at least poor Kastein there will be busy all day, pulling out a series of hard stuck 2wd trucks. kastein posted:67 what? I forget what you drive somehow... tires? body clearance? That's the 2wd C10, isn't it? Reminds me, you should post some pics of how that beast looks now, I'm curious to see the direction you're taking it in.
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ACEofsnett posted:Hah, at least poor Kastein there will be busy all day, pulling out a series of hard stuck 2wd trucks. It still looks the same. I didn't work on it over the winter because I was fixing up my shop. Now I'm just fixing all the little things I hadn't gotten to yet like fine tuning the carb, getting the brakes adjusted better, cleaning up electrical connections and stuff like that.
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