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randymar
Cool Runner |
 posted Jun-14-2006 10:43 AM
  
If you insist on drinking only NASCAR beer, you are limiting those options.
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TrailOBite
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posted Jun-14-2006 11:13 AM
Hashing tonite- they will force me to drink dark beer.It is a
Flag Day hash.
Had Bud last night,at the run club meeting.
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La Tortuga
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posted Jun-14-2006 03:46 PM
Catching up here at work after a few days of in Niagara Falls. I believe a few people around here have been there...It is so unbelievably sad. I love going down by the river and Wegmans seems to have added an element of health that is otherwise weighted down by wings and bad Italian food, but the glory ends there. Main Street is a desolate and void of any open businesses other than Burger King and a wonderful independent bookstore. The library is continually in jeopardy of being closed down and it goes on. The Niagara River is beautiful though and the paths along the New York side were originally developed as a WPA project and the stairs as well as walking paths are in really good shape.
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RunMonkey
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posted Jun-14-2006 04:04 PM
On the other hand, it's an awesome place to write poetry. I'm not 100% sure whether I'm kidding or not. It is sad, because it has a lot to offer, it's a lovely area if you could tear down all the urban blight. Buffalo seems to have a very short sighted local government. The major reason I would NEVER live there again, despite the dirt cheap housing costs, is that there's nowhere to walk my dog or go hiking. There are no parks or woods anywhere where you can just let your dog roam around off leash, there are just miles of abandoned factories and strip malls and car dealerships resting on top of this landscape you just know is pretty somewhere underneath.
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La Tortuga
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posted Jun-14-2006 04:10 PM
What about allegheny state park?
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RunMonkey
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posted Jun-14-2006 04:17 PM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
What about allegheny state park?
I think it's kinda far -- like an hour at least? I take the dog out to the woods at least once and often twice a day, to run around like a loon (mainly just the dog does this). It only takes ten minutes to get to a couple of wonderful places for dog walking, and there are tons of hiking places here in Western Massachusetts--we have a guide book and we're checking them off, one by one, and we're nowhere near finished. Sprague Brook is in Western New York and I remember it as nice, but when I'm there I stay with my parents and it takes half an hour to get there. There's just not as much wilderness that's specifically designated as wilderness, as opposed to the surrounding farm country and privately owned land. It's kind of a bummer. It's my single biggest objection to the place. My second is that I think environmentally they've been incredibly sloppy. I have these rants at hand, by the way, because they're the objections I raise when my mother brings up her fantasy of my moving back there.
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La Tortuga
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posted Jun-14-2006 04:29 PM
El señor is from NF and we have the same conversations. When we are out there and I have my runs along the river, meet up with friends and hang out somewhere fun like the Lafayette Taproom the area seems really nice. It is all fun and games until you get to the environmental issues as you have stated. I don’t even mind the weather (although we have been there in frost-bite, un-(non-)run-able, face-abrading weather.Oh yes – and they think that Canadian Beer is the end-all. I have mentioned in a previous post in-law beer.
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RunMonkey
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posted Jun-14-2006 04:34 PM
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Oh yes – and they think that Canadian Beer is the end-all. I have mentioned in a previous post in-law beer.
Oh, god, yes. Non-stop Molsons and Labatts. That's why I got Molson's last week, a combination of poverty and nostalgia. The other thing is, they like cheaper beer because they drink a TON of it. Their beer always comes in cases. They probably don't even sell six packs. Not complaining though--excessive beer consumption is often a sign you're around some down to earth people. (Cigarette smoking seems to work the same way. Cigarette smokers are almost always friendly. I think it's from huddling around outside making conversation while you freeze your a$$ off.)
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randymar
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posted Jun-14-2006 04:34 PM
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Originally posted by RunMonkey:
... my mother brings up her fantasy of my moving back there.
My mother has fanasties of me moving back to Florida. Which is weird, because she lives in New Jersey. And she doesn't want D'Wife or D'Kid to move ... just me. ------------------
Life is Short ... Make Fun of It. 400 Beers
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La Tortuga
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posted Jun-14-2006 04:40 PM
I'm not Freud here or anything, but...
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randymar
Cool Runner |
posted Jun-14-2006 04:52 PM
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Their beer always comes in cases. They probably don't even sell six packs.
No, the smallest unit I've seen is a 12-pack ... I may have seen a "40" of Molson Ice once, but couldn't figure out why they'd make such a thing. No one in Canada plays basketball ... a 3-on-3 pick-up hockey game maybe???
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RunMonkey
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posted Jun-14-2006 04:56 PM
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Originally posted by randymar:
I may have seen a "40" of Molson Ice once, but couldn't figure out why they'd make such a thing.
Is that what's called a 'weekender'?
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randymar
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posted Jun-14-2006 05:07 PM
No.A "40" is a 40 oz. bottle - usually malt liquor - that the boyz in the hood drink. 40 Oz To Freedom - Sublime You've got your hair permed
You've got your red dress on
Screamin' that second gear was such a turn on
And the fog forming on my window tells me that the morning's here
And you'll be gone before too long Who taught you those new tricks?
Damn I shouldn't start that talk,
but life is one big question when your starin at the clock
And the answers always waiting at the liquor store, 40 oz to Freedom,
so I'll take that walk. And I know that ohhhh...I'm not comin back
Ohh not going back
God knows not going back You look so fine when you lie it just don't show,
That I know which way the wind blows
40 oz to freedom is the only chance I have to feel good,
even though I feel bad And I know that ohhhh...I'm not comin back
Ohh not going back
God knows I'm not going back
God knows I'm not going back
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randymar
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posted Jun-14-2006 05:16 PM
A "weekender" is a 30-/36-/48-pack of cans; the kind that has a plastic handle for reinforcement.Sometimes called a "Kensington Briefcase" - 'Kensington' being the nearest white trash part of a large city [Philly] - the moniker can be modified to YOUR nearest urban neighborhood boasting a large population of Notre Dame jackets. Now that some companies have rolled out cheap, disposable, silk screened, mylar lined coolers; those have also been referred to as "weekenders." Oddly, none of these delivery systems really seem to last a whole week-end.
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TrailOBite
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posted Jun-15-2006 08:08 AM
There are indeed trails,and parks in the WNY area, however
one must travel to them, indeed.
Allegany State Park is my renewal source: where I go when I
need spiritual balance.
Downtown NF is dismal, yet situated so close to great parks.
Pretty much its only redeeming quality these days. We just
spent a Sun night there recently, for our anniversary. Other
than the casino and Hard Rock, no bars were open within a
walking distance from the hotel! The city was deserted, and
desolate, once one ventured from the falls....Oh, 40s.....VERY big in this area. A 40 oz bottle of NASCAR
beer or malt liquor beer substitute, available in every gas station or convenience store. I see 'em all over when I run.....
They must make huge burping opportunities. We keep talking about leaving the area, but we never do....
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TrailOBite
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posted Jun-15-2006 08:15 AM
Oh, the Beave (husband) calls 12 packs of beer a "chillpack".
It must be a neighborhood regionalism,as I've not heard any
one else locally say that term.
The Canadian radio beer ads call a case of beer a TWO FOUR
and say it just like that.
I dislike the local Canadian beer.All of it gives me a headache
but if I already have one,and am somewhere where that's all
there is, I will drink it. I figure I already have the headache,so
why not?
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La Tortuga
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posted Jun-15-2006 08:47 AM
Well as I headed home on my bike yesterday, when two minutes into my commute home it started raining. This forced me to slow down and my usual 18 to 20 minute rides was, well… longer. It is really a nice way to travel in and out of work. I have a few minutes to chill out, get a little exercise and hang with fellow bikers. A reasonable route too, that is until the last two blocks. I should be able to cut in toward my house, but am met by one-way streets all heading away from my destination. This then requires four right turns of a hexagon instead two blocks in. I hope that you are following me here.There is a short cut however through a parking lot. You do know what is coming here don’t you? I can cut through the parking lot, but the exit is barred by 8 large cinder blocks. As skilled a biker as I am (ahem) I am not able to jump large obstacles without a ramp. Plus, there is no reason for this as it is an outdoor parking lot with meters. It is not as if anyone needs to collect parking tolls. However (and this is where BEER fits into this story) Redbones – my favorite municipal building in Somerville – has a bike delivery service. I kid you not. They deliver hot ribs and sides by bike. They too use my route and kindly turn one of the cinder blocks that is aligned with a cut in the curb and can be used most days. Yeah for Redbones!!!
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randymar
Cool Runner |
posted Jun-15-2006 08:58 AM
I think I need to teach you to bunny hop.
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randymar
Cool Runner |
posted Jun-15-2006 09:18 AM
Wait, maybe not ... didn't I crash the last time I showed off for you???
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La Tortuga
Cool Runner |
posted Jun-15-2006 09:19 AM
Yes - but you told me that it was only a flesh wound.
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La Tortuga
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posted Jun-15-2006 09:23 AM
Am off to CT - keep up the fun.Can someone find MM? I hope he isn't pouting because he hasn't received his mitten yet...
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oldgraydog
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posted Jun-15-2006 09:27 AM
Some say the glass is half full
Some say the glass is half empty
I say it is time for a beer run.------------------
The answers to the big questions in running are the same as the answers to the big questions in life. Just do the best you can with what you've got, and that includes your stride length.
-George Sheehan
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randymar
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posted Jun-15-2006 09:30 AM
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Yes - but you told me that it was only a flesh wound.
What else would you expect me to say??? 
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randymar
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posted Jun-15-2006 09:32 AM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
Am off to CT - keep up the fun.Can someone find MM? I hope he isn't pouting because he hasn't received his mitten yet...
I talked to him yesterday ... he's got more on his mind than mittens ... but I will send your best wishes <vote for his new shirt> [This message has been edited by randymar (edited Jun-15-2006).]
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TrailOBite
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posted Jun-15-2006 12:54 PM
Ha! "It's just a flesh wound".......That is said at my house an
awful lot! Beave is a huge Monty Python fan.Hey, saw my first nekkid weenus at a hash run. Just sayin'....
Not the first I had EVER seen, but just the first seen at one of
those events. I'm hosting my first trail in July. There goes the neighborhood.
What kind of beer should I get?????
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