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I'm right there with yah Pal. You and me. Lid using tuna strainers.

 

I require that as a PowerPoint please.... I'll send you the formatting...

 

Those are for sissy's... You would have to remove your lumberjack plaid button down...

 

I split enough firewood as a kid (to stay warm and survive...) that I'm grandfathered into the plaid club. Lifetime membership, Baby!
When I got married and moved away, my brother built a log splitter. I was easily replaced.

 

That is just dang funny. We are all replaceable, well... accept for here.
As you are well aware, I hate cutting firewood, but cut a minimum of 4 to 5 chords a year. Stupid plaid club!

 

I know I only work a few days each month but when I do....

 

The Awahnee Hotel and Curry Village are “coming back” to Yosemite. The trade name dispute between the Park and concessionaires has been settled.

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/lawsu...ity-llc-over-trademarks-and-service-marks.htm

I better hurry up to follow through on my diabolical plot to steal that stupid rug emblazoned with “Majestic Hotel.” Gonna look sweet in my crib.

 

Often I snap it in half at the center. Not recommended on overly ripe bananas!

 

No no no... No AC for you guys!!!

 

As some would say, "suck it up buttercup"

 

Real men don't need A/C!

And I do!

 

That's what I wanna hear!!! You're too much Ed!!! Those other guys are pansies!!!

 

I recall my first couple vehicles. AC was an option and I didn't have AC. Want to cool down? open the window and turn on the fan! A joy when traveling through Apple valley in August.
Not to mention all the manual labor needed to roll the windows down, adjust the mirrors, reach over and lock the doors...OMG..almost like the flintstones! Heck, even FM radio was an add on under the dash
Kids these days got it easy

 

I still roll like this everyday

 

Yep. I lived in Bullhead City in the late 70s. I remember it being 127° one day in August. Still nothing compared to the back of a package car on a 100° day. You have about 15 seconds to make a package selection before the heat overwhelms you.

 

Did you have a crankstart on the front of that....or did you have to feed them hay and carrots to get that buggy moving.

 

Oh, please?!

Thats what makes you tougher.

 

Pretty much. It at least conditions me enough to allow me to spend all day on my bike even in the summer.

 

I did have to push start the truck a few times when the battery went dead if that counts.....
carrots are for amateurs, way more motivation with beer!

 

That's the life I want.....

 

https://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-trails/one-citys-trash-is-now-a-mountain-bikers-treasure/

One City’s Trash is now a Mountain Biker’s Treasure
By Matt Miller
July 19, 2019


A former landfill in Cedar Rapids, IA seems to have found a perfect re-purposing – mountain bike trails.

The Mt. Trashmore Trails officially opened last year in September 2018, according to the Gazette, an Iowan newspaper, after a long stint as a landfill, and are now officially open for the season. There are three trails open to the public during certain hours.

The Trashmore Trail is a downhill, bike-only flow trail that’s just under a mile long (4,000 feet). The trail has features typical of any flow trail, like shaped berms, rollers, and tabletop jumps. It is green rated and considered a less difficult trail in terms of technicality.

The Stumptown Trail is a walking-only trail, about a mile in length, and the Overlook trail is multi-use with hiker and bike access, 3,400 feet in length. The Overlook trail is basically an access road to the summit of Mt. Trashmore, which peaks at 948′ in elevation. The Overlook trail only allows vehicles for handicapped persons, however, so mountain bikers and able hikers must reach the top on their own power.

Although the trails are open to the public and free of charge, it’s run a little differently than a typical open space. There are access hours. On Wednesdays, the trails are open from 2PM to 8PM, Fridays they’re open from 10AM to 5PM, Saturdays from 10AM to 5PM, and Sundays from 12PM to 5PM, and users must check-in when arriving at the base of Mt. Trashmore.

Since the trails are built on a former landfill, the land managers want people to know that there can be a risk riding there, even though it is built on a capped and closed site. That’s why they’ve stated access hours and have someone on staff at the site during operating hours. The trails can also be closed during inclement weather to mitigate damage, erosion, or risk to trail users.

“I love it,” Laurie Worden, a local rider told ABC 9. “This is our money hard at work.”

For local Iowans, Mt. Trashmore has opened up a new opportunity to recreate and enjoy their town, and should be another example of how mountain biking can make almost anything better, even a former landfill.

 

So, they want us to know there are risks to riding on a closed/capped landfill, but they don’t disclose the risks and restrict hours.

I’ll hit that place up on my way to Chernobyl.

 

$5 Billion in profits last year... wow.
For a fraction of that they should have have little personal air-conditioned bubbles for their drivers!

 

Really? Keep a thermometer back there and keep us posted

 

One of the trails at Crafton is the Dump Trail. Guess what it's built on? All the soccer fields out there are on the landfill as well.

 

They need to take marketing lessons from Buffalo... It’s not a former dump; it’s a nature preserve!

Only nature preserve I’ve ever seen with vent pipes sticking out of the ground...

https://www.tifft.org/

 

PP and Visio for the workflow charts. Fun stuff.

Ever go to Lazy Harry’s?

 

I still say that you need to add a SS to your quiver.