The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[twomartinis]

Upstates-adjacent crowdsourcing:
going to be in the Manchester/Dorset area of VT next week for a few days. Any must see, oddities or unique places? The further off the beaten path, the better. (already have Dorset Playhouse & Seven Springs Sculpture Garden on the docket)


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[riser4]

Dorset quarry on Rt 30.

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

^ This.

Also Hildene. Robert Todd Lincoln's estate post Civil War.

[rideit]

Dorset quarry on Rt 30.

That was our go to spot on a hot summer day in the ‘80’s. Girls, girls, girls. Both townies and hippies.

[riser4]

Just be up to date on your shots.

[twomartinis]

Just be up to date on your shots.

I have my covid booster, and I think tetanus.

meanwhile...


the neighbors are going to love this


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[Cisco Kid]

It's Fire Drill season in the upstates. Go see one.

[Brownski]

Can you see it?

[Peruvian]

Upstates-adjacent crowdsourcing:
going to be in the Manchester/Dorset area of VT next week for a few days. Any must see, oddities or unique places? The further off the beaten path, the better. (already have Dorset Playhouse & Seven Springs Sculpture Garden on the docket)


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Dorset Bat cave -https://vermontcavers.org/vermont-caves/aeolus-cave-or-dorset-bat-cave/

MTB on Raptor Lane - https://www.trailforks.com/region/ra...nhill%20trails.

Feed the big hogs at the Orvis casting ponds.

Tube down the Battenkill.

And of course no trip to SW VT is complete without a drive by of Slate Ridge - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Ridge_Vermont

[Brownski]

Another relevant shot from yesterday. I was on Lake Copake (Copake Lake? Not sure which). It is more of a motorboat and waterski place than a commune with nature from your kayak kind of place but I got in about five miles. Nobody even offered me a beer, which was disappointing.

[Woodsy]

Do they make Tyvek in 1:48 scale? I’m thinking of making my own Upstate diorama this Christmas.

Mini tarpentry

[m2711c]

this class may be of help to your crafting endeavors, timber.... you're welcome.





This online course is designed to introduce you to Tyvek, a versatile crafting material. When melted, Tyvek creates interesting effects that can add wonderful texture to fiber art. Through a mixture of written step-by-step instructions (available to print out as PDFs, so that you can save them for future reference), slideshows and videos, you’ll learn the basics of working with Tyvek. By participating in online discussions, you can communicate with the instructor and your fellow students, share photos of your work and ask questions.

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[MyNameIsAugustWest]

Feed the big hogs at the Orvis casting ponds.

Tube down the Battenkill.

When I was a kid and we would come south to visit my uncle in Springfield, we usually went to Orvis. Except we were so poor my parents wouldn't spring for the fish food. So we tossed used cig butts and they still hit them.

Yaking down the Battenkill this AM...

[Boosh]

hit up the Dino for some grub; top notch BBQ as always, their mac salad is absolutely bangin'

Before:

approx. 7-1/2 mins later:

that's what us upstater's call a clean plate. fact.


solid turnout at the Jazz Fest both Friday and Saturday, got lucky with the weather

[riser4]

Another relevant shot from yesterday. I was on Lake Copake (Copake Lake? Not sure which). It is more of a motorboat and waterski place than a commune with nature from your kayak kind of place but I got in about five miles. Nobody even offered me a beer, which was disappointing.

You didn't ask for change for a nickel so they assumed you could afford your own.

[Brownski]

You didn't ask for change for a nickel so they assumed you could afford your own.

I did in fact have my own beers waiting for me back where I started from but it would have been nice.

[twomartinis]

haven't done a NYBOD in a while




they're making good stuff

had their Falcon IPA at the brewhouse - dead ringer for the Sloop Juice Bomb


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[gravitylover]

I'm gonna be in Penn Yan next week, gonna have to check out that brewery when I'm done working. There's a bunch of farm stands that ought to be open now around there so it'll be a leisurely roll out of the zone with some fresh berries and beers.

[riser4]

I'm more interested in the Scrabble game. I'm assuming the opponent figured out how to spell BOGEY correctly. Then you followed up with BROIL for 21? Or what???

[twomartinis]

I'm more interested in the Scrabble game. I'm assuming the opponent figured out how to spell BOGEY correctly. Then you followed up with BROIL for 21? Or what???

BINGO!
err, I mean BROIL

then this came up for discussion: has anybody ever played the word scrabble? Proper name or not, I'd yield an automatic win


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[riser4]

BEOGY is not any Scrabble word I know. BOGEY, however, is.

[m2711c]

gonna go with an spf50 today…









fact.

[BmillsSkier]

That’ll burn right off about August.

[From_the_NEK]

BEOGY is not any Scrabble word I know. BOGEY, however, is.

BEOGY is a word that only true upstaters use and know the definition of.

[Timberridge]

Upstates-adjacent crowdsourcing:
going to be in the Manchester/Dorset area of VT next week for a few days. Any must see, oddities or unique places? The further off the beaten path, the better. (already have Dorset Playhouse & Seven Springs Sculpture Garden on the docket)


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You really should get over to Londonderry if you want to experience all that S. VT has to offer.

That’ll burn right off about August.

...just before the first snow flurries start.

It's relentless Upstate.