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Nick

My name is Nick
Sep 21, 2001
24,905
16,472
where the trails are
I've been to and ridden in North Conway, it was rad. I don't think the 6th's are much for snow/cold, and they have real winter there.
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
55,997
22,032
Sleazattle
my house has these and vinyl siding. it came that way, and I'm gonna ride it out until it's time to replace the siding.
My house in Virginia came with them. People who bought the house put them back , cut down all the trees in the front yard to make a parking lot and put up 2' high fake plastic picket fencing that encloses no area

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Adventurous

Starshine Bro
Mar 19, 2014
10,850
9,888
Crawlorado
I'm still trying to figure out why boomers would buy a giant goddam house... WTF is wrong with people?
Gotta fill it up with tchotchkes. The, "I paid a lot of money for this, it is your inheritance" collection of beanie babies, or Hummel statues, or some other collectible that nobody wants and isn't worth the effort to try and sell, except to another boomer so they can add it to their collection.
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
55,997
22,032
Sleazattle
My uncle owns a storage unit facility and recently commented about how much money he makes off people that mindlessly hold onto extraneous shit that they don't need but can't bring themselves to throw away.
They key is to just not buy shit you don't need or will never use. However my basement is full of worn out old bikes. At least I wore them the fuck out.
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,820
19,135
Riding the baggage carousel.
Gotta fill it up with tchotchkes. The, "I paid a lot of money for this, it is your inheritance" collection of beanie babies, or Hummel statues, or some other collectible that nobody wants and isn't worth the effort to try and sell, except to another boomer so they can add it to their collection.
My grandma had a metric shit ton of those God damned Franklin Mint "collectable" plates and I wound up with boxes full of them when she died. Kept them in the crawl space for probably 20 years. When we moved I started looking around on the Internet to see if they were worth anything to anyone. They absolutely were not. Every single one of them went in the dumpster and that was the exact sum total of the inheritance any of us got from her.


Well that, and generational trauma.
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,748
8,748
my parents fill their house (adjacent to gff's planed out lot) up with artwork that my mom makes. and myrtlewood bowls. dozens upon dozens of them.

they are made of some nice wood tho, it is true
 

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
Staff member
May 23, 2002
21,826
7,073
borcester rhymes
lol this thread delivers.
my parents crawl space has every piece of luggage they have owned. Hard sided shit from the 70s, shitty nylon from the 90s, and the modern lightweight stuff too. It’s like 14 suitcases and carry ons. WTF
 

OGRipper

back alley ripper
Feb 3, 2004
10,735
1,247
NORCAL is the hizzle
Sorry to hear about this and hope it works out.

Well FTS. Every time we go to the Bay Area it feels like I'm going to die from the humidity. Anything in Northern CA and progressing north from there will be more humid - it's the beginning of the temperate rain forest that is the redwoods which drifts all the way up to Alaska.
Really? Maybe it's perspective as compared to CO? I moved to the Bay Area from New England and never feel humidity, particularly at the coast. I actually miss the occasional hot humid summer night. Looks like you're right about further North though.

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6thElement

Schrodinger's Immigrant
Jul 29, 2008
17,224
14,697
I think the intensity of the sun here could be playing a part too. Somehow more testing is required outside of CO...
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
55,997
22,032
Sleazattle
I think the intensity of the sun here could be playing a part too. Somehow more testing is required outside of CO...

Sunshine has always felt way more intense to me in the west, moreso in the PNW. I think a lot has to do with low humidity and perfectly cloudless skies. East coast is rarely cloud free and the humidity actually absorbs the infrared light that feels hot. Up north the sun is always low in the sky and has a better angle of incidence to cook you.
 

jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
88,802
27,011
media blackout
lol this thread delivers.
my parents crawl space has every piece of luggage they have owned. Hard sided shit from the 70s, shitty nylon from the 90s, and the modern lightweight stuff too. It’s like 14 suitcases and carry ons. WTF
last year my mom gave me a box of drawings i had made dating as far back as preschool. what the actual fuck.
 

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
Staff member
May 23, 2002
21,826
7,073
borcester rhymes
last year my mom gave me a box of drawings i had made dating as far back as preschool. what the actual fuck.
I received my first communion candle and a certificate of graduation from preschool. CASHMONEYYALL. I put it next to all the. Mcdonalds toys they saved for me.
 

jdcamb

Tool Time!
Feb 17, 2002
20,050
8,769
Nowhere Man!
SC is definitely a college town. fall weekends when there's a home football game are an absolute shit show. clears out a lot in the summer at least.

it is very much a speck of civilization smack dab in the middle of deep pennsyltucky.
They have a Wegmans there. Carbondale is cooler and has better riding.
 

stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
22,002
7,886
Colorado
Brutal headache is making me want to curl up and die. I'm pretty sure that I'm dehydrated, given that I just sucked down 1L of water without batting an eye. But yeah, off to more water and hopefully some sleep.
 

JohnE

filthy rascist
May 13, 2005
13,548
2,174
Front Range, dude...
Spent the day in Bend, OR a couple weeks ago. Cant say I didnt enjoy it...daughter is in uni in Corvallis, that seems nice too. The Frau and I cant rule it out for the future...
 

6thElement

Schrodinger's Immigrant
Jul 29, 2008
17,224
14,697
Spent the day in Bend, OR a couple weeks ago. Cant say I didnt enjoy it...daughter is in uni in Corvallis, that seems nice too. The Frau and I cant rule it out for the future...
Bend <> humidity increase above front range CO.

And my wife likely has PTSD about ever going there again as the bout of COVID I caught there in 2022 almost killed me and possibly contributed to her health issue after she contracted it from me.
 

AngryMetalsmith

Business is good, thanks for asking
Jun 4, 2006
22,050
12,765
I have no idea where I am
I’ve lived all over North Carolina and spent most of my life here. I’d move to Brevard in a heartbeat if it were possible. Small town with a huge fucking forest to play in. Good food scene since it’s still close enough to Asheville to get some spill over. Even hotel coffee is decent.
 

Montana rider

Tom Sawyer
Mar 14, 2005
1,943
2,599
I can't picture 6th and Mrs 6th looping East Coast rides multiple times to hit their usual miles/elevation targets unless it's in NC or New England mtns.