Garden State Mindless Dickery Thread

Thanks! It was nice to get out before the serious cold sets in. Heated gear worked nicely. Warm as toast!

Here are some crummy videos from my dash I-phone:


Hardscrabble road:




Pottersville Road:




Nice farm hill road:

Heading north on 31 early this morning and saw these two balloons coming down. Looked like they were trying for here 40.729212, -74.976095 : and here 40.733898, -74.974393

Car Adventures now?
How about football? University of New Hampshire just beat Elon this past weekend and is now ranked 14th in Nation (FCS 8/3) and may make the playoffs. This past weekend was their last home game, so the seniors were honored.... This one (a walk-on) from New Jersey:

Just a heads up in case anyone is interested. Aerostich is having a popup event 2240 Marlton pike W. Cherry Hill, NJ 08002. Thursday Nov 30th-Sunday Dec 3rd. 9am-6pm.

rant beginning:

I've looked at the maps,
and yes, there were more south tags back then,
but still overwhelmingly northern.

Most of the complaints lately have been about too much twitter nonsense and abscure/lame tags and dividing the north from the south again.

And like I said, there are a lot of people who use to play, but are clearly missing lately.
And a lot of the southern people you used to see here and there are no where to be found, even on the south TOR.

I certainly appreciate the movement of the tag down south, but it rarely happens.
You don't see me complaining about it because I don't have the time to go up north and get one.
I use photoshop to keep myself interested.

There are a lot of new people getting involved who seem to want to create problems instead of riding and playing the game the way it was set up from the beginning. Like all other TOR's.

The game is what it is.

A GAME !!!!!

If you don't like it, don't play it.

I'm afraid that is what has happened to some of those that are missing.
They don't like the nonsense, and have moved on with real life.

My complaint is simple, play the game, or keep your fingers off the keyboard ! :rant ending

You all have a nice day !
PC + TT

That was PC July 24, 2009... 8 years and about 3,000 tags ago. If you look at Walter's map, it filled in pretty well in the South.


Taggers have come and gone, but the game did amuse a fair amount of people over the years, despite complaints about twittering, bad tags (lawn art, sign posts) etc. Some of us got to explore New Jersey from corner to corner, discovering how wonderful the state was and how many hidden treasures were out there. And got some decent riding in.
Some great taggers have come and gone. The nature of the game.
However, it now looks like the Garden State TOR has finally ended.

Really? GS tag game is done?

Like hell! Tagging is just taking a back seat to other priorities..... at least for the time being.

Nah, just pointing out that it's obituary was written by PC in 2009, and the game continued.
It will pick back up in the spring.
I, however, am taking a break. UNH is probably going to make it into the FCS playoffs, so the family will continue to be busy for a few more weeks. Then ski season starts!

Go move Walter's tag in Belvidere so he has something to do besides buy old beater bikes!

Well, I know most of you don't follow football, but UNH made the FCS National Championship playoffs again this year! The season continues....

If you're not going to be riding Sunday, consider going to this Jalopnik car show for hurricane relief.

No idea what to expect-- mostly cars I guess , but Jalopnik is a pretty cool site and it's a worthy cause.

https://jalopnik.com/yo-youre-coming-to-the-jalopnik-hurricane-relief-car-s-1820678879

this is clearly doc's fault

Now what did I do? Make it cold again? By the way, Blue Mountain opened today for skiing. Nice transition from dirt to snow!
Anyone want to board/ski this coming Thursday morning? If it doesn't rain between now and then, I'm gonna get out the winter stuff!

Aww man I need to retire

Not retired yet. Still have two kids in college. Here's a video from the one at UNH from yesterday. They have advanced to the round of 16 in the playoffs for the FCS National Championship. Kicker makes tackle and saves a touchdown!

Interesting piece on the Morris Canal
http://www.northjersey.com/story/ne...-mile-watery-relic-reborn-new-role/418716001/

Anybody know you can still park in front of the Javits Center for the bike show with a bike ?

Very interesting, thanks for posting it.

Excellent


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Ditto!

Very cool! Thanks