The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[ötzi]

My daughter went to a wedding this past weekend where the groom was from Rochester. He watched the Bills game in a bar with a bunch of friends, did a bunch of shots, showed up at his wedding hammered, was later seen dancing shirtless, and then was found passed out, shirtless, behind a couch.

Upstate as fuck.

[riser4]

Was the main course at the reception a garbage plate?

[Brownski]

He’s gonna lose the deposit on the tux if he can’t find that shirt

[twomartinis]

Right, but, I Iike VT 22A more than I like that extra stretch of 87 above Lake George if you go through Crown Point. Honestly, it all sucks. I hate cars.

and Lake George troopers prowling that section of 87 too. I like to leave NY asap when I hammer down, honestly don’t think I’ve seen anyone pulled over in VT. Heck I rarely see state police in VT let alone hiding in the bushes… Sometimes I wonder if Burlington via Bennington Rt.7 could be just as fast


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[gravitylover]

Just as slow you mean? There's nothing quick going north of Hoosic<>Bennington.

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

Right, but, I Iike VT 22A more than I like that extra stretch of 87 above Lake George if you go through Crown Point. Honestly, it all sucks. I hate cars.

I also like 22A but not many places to pass on that road either once you get past the Devil's Bowl (northbound). I-87 north of Lake George is usually deserted and it's only ~35-ish miles between exits. Used to make a lot of trips between Albany and P-burgh.

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

and Lake George troopers prowling that section of 87 too. I like to leave NY asap when I hammer down, honestly don’t think I’ve seen anyone pulled over in VT. Heck I rarely see state police in VT let alone hiding in the bushes… Sometimes I wonder if Burlington via Bennington Rt.7 could be just as fast


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They don't like to go much north of the Warrensburg exit...here there be dragons (apparently). NYSP set their radars to go off at 82mph so just keep it at 80 and you'll be fine. No way you can average 80 on 22A with all the farm machinery and whatnot.

Goniff can tell you about all the times he's been pulled over on US7 going from Albany to Killington.

And as GL noted, you're always going to find someone that thinks it's OK to go 49 in the no passing 55 zones between Brunswick and Hoosick...they usually have green plates.

[gravitylover]

The last time I got pulled over on the Northway it was for 73 and I actually asked the guy why. He told me they're randomly set now and they have no control over it, it could be as low as 69 or as high as 82 in a 65 limit zone.

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

^ well that sucks

My data is 8 years old now so things have obviously changed.

[gravitylover]

Yeah that added 45 minutes to my trips to Placid, Plattsburgh, Buffalo and Jamestown. Knocking nearly 10mph off my average speed on big trips sux but when you effectively drive for a living tickets can really hurt.

[davjr96]

Upstate AF

[Boosh]

My daughter went to a wedding this past weekend where the groom was from Rochester. He watched the Bills game in a bar with a bunch of friends, did a bunch of shots, showed up at his wedding hammered, was later seen dancing shirtless, and then was found passed out, shirtless, behind a couch.

Upstate as fuck.

that's awesome, I'll have to ask around to see if anyone I know was in attendance, legendary wedding night performance.


my previous trip to this one took me up the northway to 74 to cross at Crown Point, but instead of staying on 74 to 9N my gps ran me thru Ironville on County Rt. 2, talk about the middle of nowhere... that place was for sure upstate. might've been a shorter distance, but definitely not faster, sometimes I really hate how g-maps sends you via indirect/wacky routes.

[gravitylover]

I love those backwoods routes that gmaps and waze send me on. I've seen shit I'd never see otherwise but yeah, sometimes it's the opposite of faster. Last year I found that weed shop where the employees were out in the yard blowing shit up when I got there. I left when they were about to blow up a sealed pressure cooker.

[huckbucket]

My daughter went to a wedding this past weekend where the groom was from Rochester. He watched the Bills game in a bar with a bunch of friends, did a bunch of shots, showed up at his wedding hammered, was later seen dancing shirtless, and then was found passed out, shirtless, behind a couch.

Upstate as fuck.

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[riser4]

I love those backwoods routes that gmaps and waze send me on. I've seen shit I'd never see otherwise but yeah, sometimes it's the opposite of faster. Last year I found that weed shop where the employees were out in the yard blowing shit up when I got there. I left when they were about to blow up a sealed pressure cooker.

Holy shit! Weed and explosives is a heck of a mix. The focus becomes "can we" and not "should we". Hold my bong and watch this!

[BmillsSkier]

My daughter went to a wedding this past weekend where the groom was from Rochester. He watched the Bills game in a bar with a bunch of friends, did a bunch of shots, showed up at his wedding hammered, was later seen dancing shirtless, and then was found passed out, shirtless, behind a couch.

Upstate as fuck.

I love those backwoods routes that gmaps and waze send me on. I've seen shit I'd never see otherwise but yeah, sometimes it's the opposite of faster. Last year I found that weed shop where the employees were out in the yard blowing shit up when I got there. I left when they were about to blow up a sealed pressure cooker.

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Yep, all this is awesome.

I too love the weird back routes that Waze sends me on during a road trip. It's usually somewhere in the middle of the Tennessee/North Carolina Appalachian Mountains halfway through a trek up north to see family. Waze sees the 3 lane Interstate is jammed up and is like, hold up bro this meandering 45 mile jaunt on some twisty as shit 2 lane roads through hollers and mountaintops is going to get you home 20 minutes quicker when there's no way of actually knowing if that's true or not.

You learn a lot about the America that is out of view if the highway, I'll tell ya that much.

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

my previous trip to this one took me up the northway to 74 to cross at Crown Point, but instead of staying on 74 to 9N my gps ran me thru Ironville on County Rt. 2, talk about the middle of nowhere... that place was for sure upstate. might've been a shorter distance, but definitely not faster, sometimes I really hate how g-maps sends you via indirect/wacky routes.

Ha! I think I typed 79 earlier but I meant 74. County Rte 2 is also known as Corduroy Road and in the winter it is aptly named.

[gravitylover]

Holy shit! Weed and explosives is a heck of a mix. The focus becomes "can we" and not "should we". Hold my bong and watch this!

It was crazy. I missed a turn and ended up on a dirt road, the map rerouted so I went with it. A mile or so later there was a tobacco shop on the right then a weed store on the other side. It was a total Upstate property with shit laying all over and a few parts cars under a lean-to thing with the weed store in a steel shed out back. I sat there for a minute wondering if I should leave but I could see the weed growing in the back. As I'm walking to the door I hear this huge boom, I just about hit the floor but then heard howling laughter. I look to my left and see a microwave hit the ground in the field. Alright, ya got my attention. The staff comes in the back door as I walk in and they told me they do shit like this all the time while I'm checking out the rifles on hooks on the walls and a bunch of Indian decor in between. They had good weed! And it was cheap. They said I could watch the pressure cooker, if the seal was good they figured they could get it 50 feet high I chose to leave before it landed on my windshield.

[twomartinis]

Yep, all this is awesome.

I too love the weird back routes that Waze sends me on during a road trip. It's usually somewhere in the middle of the Tennessee/North Carolina Appalachian Mountains halfway through a trek up north to see family. Waze sees the 3 lane Interstate is jammed up and is like, hold up bro this meandering 45 mile jaunt on some twisty as shit 2 lane roads through hollers and mountaintops is going to get you home 20 minutes quicker when there's no way of actually knowing if that's true or not.

You learn a lot about the America that is out of view if the highway, I'll tell ya that much.

Now this reminds me of a great hollers and mountaintops trip about 15 years back when we were still in NC. We had to visit a project at Bluefield College in Virginia. Bluefield is a stateline town that straddles West Virginia & Virginia and you have to go through a mountain tunnel on Rt.77 to get to it.

On the way back google routes us up over the ridge instead of through the tunnel because of construction or some shit; and up the frontside it was the purtiest view you ever did see; but down the backside it was a legit coalmine ghost town that was the creepiest Stephen King movie set you could imagine: abandoned buildings, roads winding right through the coalmine conveyor and railroad siding/coal drop, rusted out corrugated siding everywhere… covered with kudzu of course.

banjos may have been heard, behind the garage:





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[BmillsSkier]

I wonder who won the shooting match?

[Brownski]

I wonder who won the shooting match?

Still being litigated… every Thursday night at the Ukrainian club

[Brownski]

Finally… today was good… tomorrow is gonna be better.







Everybody pray for this week to be colder than projected

[m2711c]

we ain’t waitin’….









we be celebratin’ ullr’s timely return right fuckin’ now..










fuckin’ fact!

[huckbucket]

Tasty!

[Brownski]

From yesterday. I hate to think what’s happening up there now- hopefully it’s not too bad