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I dunno, "upstate NY" is a pretty big place. I enjoy riding in my little corner of it (northern Essex-Southern Clinton- Eastern Franklin Counties). It's probably less that the drivers are considerate than that they are so few. At least once you're off the State highways.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
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Originally Posted by fhw
This guy gets it
Rad. Searching " Camp Santanoni" took me down a rabbit hole that has me itching to explore all over ADK.Quote:
Originally Posted by wooley12
It's Willard, so you are being generous about him "getting it". However, I have no doubt he is correct regarding his statement about riding in that area.Quote:
Originally Posted by huckbucket
I would way rather road ride the many, many little roads in most of upstate NY than the very, very few big roads we have out here.
But Gravel is better out here with all of the FS roads.
Yeah, that's the problem with western mountain areas. No safe riding. But the same for the ADK and Vermont.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
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Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Umm........wait, what?
^I see you've never ridden in VT when the locals are running late for their third job.
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Originally Posted by Timberridge
FIFY
Crank isn't huge in VT. Heroin is a different story.
Crank junkies vs meth heads, it’s a story as old as time itself.
Now was that necessary?Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
It would appear that according to the article, it was 15,000 acres larger in the past as well. I guess they sold that part to NYS. That’s a huge chunk on the east coast regardlessQuote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
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Nothing we do here is necessary. I'm in a shitty mood even by my standards today. I would still rather deal with those folks than the 25 or 30 anti-masking fuckfaces who I'll have to interact with today, all while they refuse to social distance, talk loudly, and cough on me/the documents I need to handle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
Uh oh. Well good luck out there today. And if it helps any just know I'll be here most of the day. Either here or the gopher thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
It would go a long way if anyone I worked with/folks in management acknowledged the reality that field work is a lot more stressful/complicated/risky than it was prior to COVID. I have many coworkers who have not come into the office once since March 15, and who likely won't have to come in before the end of this year, but I get to have a couple dozen people invade my personal space every day, 5 days a week.
A simple thank you, or even just some acknowledgement of the added stress would go a long way. Instead, I have people telling me how good it is to have things be "back to normal" w/r/t construction while they've been sitting home for five months. I fucking hate people.
And dodging all sorts of potholes and shitty patchwork the long winters create, while trucks get all aggro on your ass, because, hey, it's the only road, and everybody uses it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
I've had more problems with cars in colorado than I have in upstate ny however you want to look at it people in colorado are assholes without a doubt I found people in upstate to be genuinely nice (and upfront when they are not going to be nice) not the bullshit pretend nice fake as can be out hereQuote:
Originally Posted by EWG
plus you can find empty well paved backroads without any cars pretty easily in ny, over all the road biking is really good in ny, but I'd never move there, I'd rather slit my wrists, visiting for a week is great though
If we're talking about activities that Upstate really shines in, and are not concentrated in the ADKs (ex. backpacking), I'd nominate paddle sports and fishing.
And honestly fred, anybody north of Putnam County isn't doing imported Italian tile backsplashes.
I haven't had to have anything inspected for a while, but I always offered the inspector an ice cold Diet Coke when he stopped by between 10-2 on every other Tues. In a post Covid world I don't know if this would still fly.Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
mostly been doing these hand made, glazed, and fired tiles out of south america super nice and spendy like real niceQuote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
just happened to have two extra boxes "fall off the truck" for my house
yeah linolium floors and two piece fiberglass showers are pretty white trash, but make up most of upstate ny bathrooms, most people in upstate have no taste or idea of what high end really is that's ok
got a nice little 50k project of throwing a 12 ft long bi fold glass door in someones house, these are my kind of people, she just didn't think the great room had enough glass for the view
The Mexicans are giving the Italians a run for their money in the tile biz. As an aside, the Mexican laborers love to use caulk on everything. Those fuckers go through DAP like I've never seen. Whatever happened to precise cuts in the trade? I can kinda sympathize as most of the wood trim is shit today, being warped and such, but there's no excuse for tile and marble.
Tempered glass is heavy so make sure she keeps those sliders lubricated. You don't see a lot of those doors in Tyvek siding country.
always a grey day in teh upstate....
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Given the comments on this last page, shouldn't we see more crank in the pic too?Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge