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Shampoo posted:The Merritt is a freaking raceway. I've never been on a road that small with people going that fast. That's half the fun! The Taconic is just as bad, if not worse. That route is doable, I'm a risk-taker, and take 95 from Greenwich north. 84 sucks rear end, 91 is OK, but Rt 2 is slooooow.
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The Tappanzee is normally the way to go but didn't it have a crane fall on it a few weeks ago? I'm not sure if it's reopened yet. Double check before planning on it because it'll be a loving circus if it's still not open, the NYC metro area is always a mess traffic wise and it only gets worse exponentially if some doofus drops a drat crane across a major highway bridge.
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Aug 12, 2016 15:44
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I commute on 2 back and forth every day, and its really not bad outside of rush hour. The benefit is that I'm only 1/2 a mile off of the Rt 2 exit.
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sharkytm posted:That's half the fun! The Taconic is just as bad, if not worse. The Taconic is worse because it's older and has deer everywhere, but when I drive on it people at least aren't blowing by me while I'm doing 70.
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Aug 12, 2016 15:46
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dont be pussies take the GW bridge to Merritt. Valhalla awaits you.
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The GW hasn't been all that bad the few times I've taken it. And yeah last I heard the Tappanzee had been closed due to crane landing on it. E: apparently all 7 lanes are reopened as of a couple weeks ago.
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Aug 12, 2016 16:32
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I'm still not 100% sure if I'm going to be able to make it, but If i do, I'll be heading out after work on Friday. And yeah the Merritt was awesome when I drove on it with my learners on a family vacation. Will we be getting steamed cheeseburgers at Ted's? This is a deciding factor.
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alternate.eago posted:I'm still not 100% sure if I'm going to be able to make it, but If i do, I'll be heading out after work on Friday. And yeah the Merritt was awesome when I drove on it with my learners on a family vacation. Where is this? Right now the route I have has us going north up to west point and going across the Bear Mountain Bridge.
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Aug 12, 2016 16:44
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Meriden CT http://www.tedsrestaurant.com They are amazing 
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Shampoo posted:The Merritt is a freaking raceway. I've never been on a road that small with people going that fast. Last time I was on the Merritt I was passed in moderately heavy traffic by a Bentley Continental with a huge carbon spoiler doing at least 95, weaving through traffic doing 75 (in a 55). He was out of sight in less than a minute. Dude was taking the lunacy of that road to a whole other level.
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They're not steamed, but the little shack about 10 minutes from my place in Colchester, CT called Harry's Place has the best drat burgers, a hell of a lobster roll, and pretty drat good clam strips.
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I just had a thought... You could pull that fiberglass top off the van and turn the whole roof into one big sunroof with some plexiglass. At least then you could get it in the garage.
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Noise Complaint posted:They're not steamed, but the little shack about 10 minutes from my place in Colchester, CT called Harry's Place has the best drat burgers, a hell of a lobster roll, and pretty drat good clam strips. Everybody knows that Steamed Hams are an Albany thing.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I just had a thought... You could pull that fiberglass top off the van and turn the whole roof into one big sunroof with some plexiglass. IIRC it wouldn't have fit even with the top off. That garage door is loooww.
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Terrible Robot posted:IIRC it wouldn't have fit even with the top off. That garage door is loooww. So Wes won't let me cram my 14 footer in his port? :/
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Ozmiander posted:So Wes won't let me cram my 14 footer in his port? :/ Noo but you are...cleared for docking 
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So in addition to Wrar, myself, and fish, who would be rolling out from Wes's thursday morning with us?
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Me
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Are you planning on hitching a ride with us or fish or rolling solo? If you're not terribly tall the volvo is cushy as gently caress.
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Aug 12, 2016 20:22
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Riding with Fish most likely
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I am seriously digging this mustang. Put 500 miles on it today and it returned 31.5mpg @ 80mph. If Ford grant my wish and put the 450hp twin turbo V6 from the Raptor in next year's model it would be just absurdly good. Speaking of which I am all up in Savannah, GA right now, and this whole area is beautiful.
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Vic's on the River in Savannah had the best collard greens this country boy has ever had. Yes this prole slurped the juice in front of probably very disgusted members of the 1%.
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alternate.eago posted:Meriden CT Yes. Yes, they are. Get some Pepe's Pizza if you're going by. http://www.pepespizzeria.com/ literally a fish posted:
Mrs. Wilke's Boarding House on Jones St. Pay $27 and stuff your face
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toplitzin posted:Fish, I'm planning on stopping in Philly on the drive up for a taste of the 4 major "homes of the cheesesteak." You in? (Pat's, Geno's, Jim's, and Tony Luke's) You want roast pork with broccoli rabe from Tony Lukes ("one wit" - seriously if you don't specify anything more than that they'll know what you want). They're the only place that makes it right.
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PainterofCrap posted:Get some Pepe's Pizza if you're going by. http://www.pepespizzeria.com/ A thousand times this. The Summer Pie is available, and amazing. I'm also a fan of the Clam with bacon. Sooooooo good. Don't go to the satellite stores, only the original on Wooster.
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I am extremely jealous
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Aug 14, 2016 08:24
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poo poo, also very jealous! Bucket list stuff there
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Could you see the re-entry burn?
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sharkytm posted:Could you see the re-entry burn? Yup! just barely. Pretty  CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I am extremely jealous slothrop posted:poo poo, also very jealous! Bucket list stuff there  It's just amazing. I spent all day at KSC today and will be there again tomorrow. literally a fish fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Aug 17, 2016 |
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Made it back to Wes's. I suspect this thread is pretty much done, unless people would like a blow by blow of the rest of my vacation  For NEAI shenanigans, see the NEAI thread. also, link to flickr album from KSC Atlantis is probably my favorite part.     You never quite grasp the scale of space stuff until you see it in person. literally a fish fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Aug 17, 2016 |
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What happens to the motor? What happens to the shell? You can't just limp out of this one.
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literally a fish posted:Motor's getting sold and shell's getting scrapped unless anyone wants it. From micro updates to macro summaries.   thread.
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I'm ok with adventures of an aussie in america, featuring an ecoboost mustang.
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stevobob posted:This thread is like being pulled by a chain up the first hill of a roller coaster. So much anticipation! Thrills! Quick unexpected curves! Unyielding waves of vomit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FwmPs-ZjPA&t=8s Adiabatic fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Sep 15, 2016 |
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