The ultimate thread! (possible NSFW) (#30)

[srplus]

Originally Posted by yooper

The majority of them are. Why I'm not in academia.

My wife's consulting firm just held a workshop for the FSU School of Medicine for team building to try to get those guys to start working in harmony toward a common goal and set of objectives instead of cutting each other off at the knees every opportunity they can.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

Yoop's checkin out Mudder's headlights.

My eyes are drawn to them every time. I can't help it.

[srplus]

Originally Posted by rachel1027

I was debating going across the street to have a . But it does get a little sketchy to be walking around out there late at night. Of course it is less than a block away so I should stop being a whiner and go.

Not sure I want one that bad.

The is TUT heresy! Put some clothes on and go get a Baltimore Micro Brew!

[yooper]

Originally Posted by GeoRoss

8-ball shows this to be unlikely. We have about a two week window for our Colorado Plateau Indian Ruin-pallooza and it sadly coincides with TutapII.




There is TUTX-II in Jackson Hole. Unless I get a real job that is.

Two weeks?! That's a perfect road trip duration! woot!

I will be at TUTX-II for sure and I'm pretty sure my brother and his wife will join us. I am giving up my turn to go to the Royal Hawaiian Eye Society meeting so I can go to TUTX-II.

[Cube Dweller]

Originally Posted by stinkyfj60

Here is a pic of a green one:

Looks just like my Collegiate. I love mine, it's my commuter, at least until we move.

[srplus]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

and impose a tax on people for schools that they have no kids to send to

now if they would offer anything for the trucks we are raising.........

My thoughts perzactly!

[yooper]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

that reminds me:

do we have a fixed date yet ???

I want to make reservations as early as possible

(then I can tell those federal consulting gigs that happen to coincide to shove it )

TUTX-II tentative dates

Feb 13-15, 2009

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

[yooper]

We were thinking of doing communal TUT lodging at TUT-X II. If my brother comes I need lodging for 6 people, meaning three bedrooms. This might make the all-TUT communal thing difficult unless we find a really big house or something...

[Cube Dweller]

Originally Posted by stinkyfj60

I have the rear wheel off the Suburban, but the tire is so dry rotted I cannot read a size on it. It looks like a slightly wider wheel, but still 27" tall then what was on the SuperSport.

Some vintage Schwinns (70's and 80's IIRC) used "English" sized tires. They are a unique size. So an English or Schwinn 27" tire is not the same diameter as a normal 27". When I worked at a Schwinn dealer in the 80's we stocked them. Now that there's no longer Schwinn dealers, not sure what to do. If there's an old school bike shop in town, see if they have a Sutherland's manual, it should describe the above with more detail. One indicator if they are special rims are serrations on the rim in between the spoke nipples

[srplus]

Originally Posted by calico kid

I'm thinking about going for a B17 bomber ride tomorrow it's $425 bucks

Originally Posted by calico kid

Originally Posted by surfpig

My dad flew in those in WW2...

Bring your earplugs!

Originally Posted by calico kid

your right I have wanted to all my life. I've built a few b17 models with lot's and lot's of detail



fuck it, tomorrow I fly


I need to get pics

You better get pics! FIL flew them in 1944 prior to and after D-Day in the left seat... often twice withing a twenty-four hour time period... I checked his pilot's log and the website for his group. They have their own book that details the history of the bomb group and everyone that participated including crews for the individual planes.

Here is a pic of FIL's plane after a crash landing that was caused by flack ruining the hydraulics which caused no brake syndrome... they had sufficient fluid to lower the gear but when he hit the brake... RuhRoh... he rolled about 3/4 of a mile and stopped after jumping a hedgerow or three.

He flew out of Rattlesden England with 447th Bomb Group and his Squadron was the 711th of the 8th Army Air Force. Elmet T. Helms is the second from left (standing) with the different insignia and the Squadron's insignia painted on his leather jacket. The bombardier has all the bombs painted on his jacket.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by yooper

We were thinking of doing communal TUT lodging at TUT-X II. If my brother comes I need lodging for 6 people, meaning three bedrooms. This might make the all-TUT communal thing difficult unless we find a really big house or something...

They do exist. A quick search found a 6 bedroom, 4 bath house for about $1100/night

Three of the bedrooms have twin beds.

Split 12 ways that's not too bad. The yooper party would take 6 of those shares, including two queen bed rooms and one twin bed room. That leaves one bedroom with a queen size bed and two with twin beds for TUTers...so a couple plus four individuals would fill up the house. This could actually work.

There's a hot tub, a grill, a big deck, two family rooms, one with a pool table.



Jackson Hole Rental Homes :: Three Bear Tracks House at Teton Village


I don't know where "Teton Village" is in relation to the ski resort. I need to find a good map and scope this all out...

[Cube Dweller]

Originally Posted by Jman

NJ property tax situation is completely fucked up. So many elderly have to sell their homes and move into over-55 villages (which usually have tax abatement agreements with their municipality) because they can't afford property tax on a fixed income. So, in effect, the tax structure drives elderly away from their familial support network. (Of course, another factor is that the children of these elderly don't want to have mom and/or dad move in with them, because instead of being a couple years of residence, they can be expected to live another fifteen years more or so.)

But local municipalities need some way to generate income. County/city income tax?

Why the taxpayers revolted in Cali in the 70's and we have Prop 13. Also why my parents were able to retire last year at 60.

Of course the leeches in the state legislature claim prop 13 is ruining schools and killing children. Perhaps it's their propensity to spend ? We already pay a 9% state income tax.

[Cube Dweller]

Originally Posted by surfpig

Boy, that looks pretty close to mine, except mine's a Collegiate...

Collegiates are the ultimate Schwinn. QED.

[surfpig]

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

Collegiates are the ultimate Schwinn. QED.

I'll have to look into that tire size thing, mine don't quite fit. The guy at the bike shop says you can make regular size ones work, but it's a pain in the ass. I've only been able to do it a couple of times.

[Hugh Heifer]

Originally Posted by yooper

TUTX-II tentative dates

Feb 13-15, 2009

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Oh my! I think it moved! I <3 Jackson!

[srplus]

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

Collegiates are the ultimate Schwinn. QED.

I can't remember whether the Collegiate was around when I bought my Suburban. IIRC what ever was the other bike that I considered it was less expensive. I got the ten speed Suburban because of its ability to take the punishment of a commuter and the fenders because I did not like muddy balls and a wet stripe on my back every day during the summer.

I did not get a car until I was 21 and used the bike for all commuting except home to Pompano... that was way too far. I put many miles on that bike and even participated in a 40 mile road race. I changed out the handlebars to under slung ones and removed the fenders and most of the weight adding stuff... I think I got the package down to 37 pounds with new dérailleurs and the other stuff including shift levers.

I finished second overall in the amateur division. It was my first road race and put a lot of dreams into my head. I found a Bianchi that was under twenty pounds but the price was more than I could afford. The guy that finished first ended up racing professionally and opened up a bike shop to support his habit.

This is very close to what my dream bike looked like. IIRC the total weight was 17 pound and change... it weighed less than half what my bike weighed when it was stripped, even with the metal clips to hold the cables in place. I remember the aqua and the red tape on the bars but I think the Bianchi logo was more in white with a black outline.

[srplus]

Originally Posted by surfpig

I'll have to look into that tire size thing, mine don't quite fit. The guy at the bike shop says you can make regular size ones work, but it's a pain in the ass. I've only been able to do it a couple of times.

Nial... what bomb group and Squadron did your dad fly in and where was he stationed during the war?

[Hugh Heifer]

Cawfee time. I cut the grass yesterday becasue it is supposed to rain today. I gotta decide what to do with my day. Cut two trees down, put out pine straw, wrench, vacuum, design removable tailgate for the trailer for better fuel economy to TuTAp, or a combination. Tomorrow is Hash day and that is what mommy wants to do I think.

[rachel1027]

Originally Posted by srplus

The is TUT heresy! Put some clothes on and go get a Baltimore Micro Brew!