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  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    As in driving in deep snow, you want to keep going forward. Also look for existing tire paths to follow—and pick carefully your spots to stop

    Yeah I got that but I bogged down going up a slight incline. In any case Juice is right, I should have aired down before hand :)

    Hey Juice- I did say it was a rental :P Besides, it was a free upgrade because the first mid-size they gave me was a POS that felt like the transmission was going to fall out at any moment :surprise:

    -Frank
  • babaorileybabaoriley Member Posts: 74
    http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~aedennis/Forester/ATV.htm
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Going up a soft sand hill, even one with a very slight incline can be tough. I know exactly what your're talking about, as I once had the same problem.

    Bob
  • lilbluewgn02lilbluewgn02 Member Posts: 1,089
    I gotta gets me one o'dem!
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    As some of you already know, I met my husband online. A bit over 2 years ago, I met a women playing online gin (card game, not drinking). We have become good 'virtual' friends and it was time for a face-to-face. DH and I got in the Townhouse Friday morning and drove from South Bend IN to Holton KS (just north of Topeka). We had a GREAT visit with the couple in their wonderful Victorian house and drove back today ... so for those 'keeping score' - we drove about 1400 miles round trip in a 3 day weekend .... so you guys just better watch out ... ya never know when I might head out to meet someone else!

    (I think the DH went with me just to make sure it really was a WOMAN I was going to see ..... :P
  • njswamplandsnjswamplands Member Posts: 1,760
    question is which car???

    btw, smart hubby

    btww how is the hand :P
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    Please call when you get past Boston. I'll leave the porch light on for you. Rob M.
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    And when you drive by Melbourne, Australia, I'll put my porch light on too!

    Cheers

    Graham
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Hey Graham! Where ya been hiding?

    Bob
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    I put 'which car' in the post, swampy ... and used the name YOU gave it ....

    (DH's Lincoln Town Car ... since he calls it the 'grownup' car) ....
    last week we went to his great-grandmother's funeral - a couple hours from home - and his cousin - who is the county prosecutor - parked next to us in his 'small' Lincoln ... DH told him that when he grew up he could buy a 'grown-up' car ... cousin starts 'huffing' ... yeah, that's what my dad and your dad tell me too!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    We drove out to Augusta, WV, to a friend's farm. It was a nice drive, curvy mountain roads for the last hour or so. I was having a ball.

    The farm was fun, kids had cows, donkeys, and horses to pet and ride.

    On the farm itself, we followed the Tread Lightly motto but it was hard to resist some of those trails. I probably would have ended up with manure all over the undercarriage anyway. :P

    -juice
  • njswamplandsnjswamplands Member Posts: 1,760
    and rob was it one if by land two if by sea?
  • kate5000kate5000 Member Posts: 1,271
    on my Forester... still runs like a charm!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    And we thought you were going to trade it in at 100k miles young? :D

    -juice
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Anyone catch the comment about Subarus in the Sunday New York Times Automobiles section "2006 Lexus RX 400h: The Hybrid Emperor's New Clothes"?

    Also, the most recent Automobile magainze had a long-term update on the 2005 Legacy GT wagon they're testing. I believe they hit 19K miles and the comment was "bulletproof".

    Ken
  • kate5000kate5000 Member Posts: 1,271
    no, the plan is now to keep it for now and give it to my daughter when she starts driving... which will be in a year or so.
  • lilbluewgn02lilbluewgn02 Member Posts: 1,089
    image
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    ..... and on that farm they had some mud trails, eee eye eee eye oh!
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    Serge - that's a great line! LOL

    Jim
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    I went to Reno for a couple of days to touch base with some relatives; the prelude to their annual hot rod car show was gearing up. There were so many '57 Chevys around, no one was giving any a second glance. They never were my favorite anyway. For some reason there's a dearth of early 50's Buicks out there. 900 miles later, not a single B9 spotted.

    Steve, Host
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    eee eye eee eye oh!

    My son was singing that while on the farm, it was hilarious. He'd even do the animal sounds. :D

    -juice
  • damish003damish003 Member Posts: 303
    Just got back Sunday night from a trip to Manhattan. Almost no Subies there, it seemed. Wasn't driving, so wife and I were in cabs all weekend. If I never have to do that again, it will be too soon. How can people live at the mercy of cabbies all the time?? When I got home, I actually kissed my OBS, telling it I missed it.

    Stayed in the Millenium Hilton, which is across the street from and directly overlooks Ground Zero. 51st floor. Really something to see. Stopped at St. Pauls Chapel next door, where all the volunteers and workers from that time were able to catch a break. Quite an emotional reaction, I must say.

    Good deli food, of course. The Rialto was fun for the wedding rehearsal dinner for my wife cousin.

    Glad to be home.

    -Dan-
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    At least the cabs there are cheap, unlike DC. Plus parking there is very pricey.

    Learn the subway system and you can get around nicely for cheap.

    -juice
  • damish003damish003 Member Posts: 303
    Well, that depends on your definition of cheap, I suppose. I never take cabs where I live, so I was a bit surprised. JFK to Ground Zero...$45 flat fee, plus toll, plus tip...$55 each way. A ten minute cab ride was about $12, which was fine. Late at night, they seem to have folks over a barrel. Couldn't flag down a Yellow cab that wasn't off-duty, so paid the long buck for the private car. If I was staying there longer, I would have tried to learn the subway system and saved some bucks. Not a good idea when wearing a tux, though, I would think.

    -Dan-
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    It's been a while. We used to go all the time before we had kids, now it's just once a year for the Auto Show, and even then we don't always end up in a cab.

    Back then $4 or $5 would get you from the theatre district to China Town or thereabouts.

    In DC, you step in the cab and it's already $5.

    -juice
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    Had a great time lounging on the beach, didn't get a sunburn, ate WAY too much, but got lots of exercise swatting the boys away from my 14-year-old daughter. She had an entourage of young men that followed her everywhere! Thank goodness her father wasn't on this trip...he would not have gotten a minute of rest. :surprise:
  • njswamplandsnjswamplands Member Posts: 1,760
    was trimming back some evergreens when i encountered some wasps with atitude. 5 stings later my left arm looks like popeyes and the itching is driving me crazy let alone the pain when i accidentally bump my left arm. :sick:
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    It may not be too late, but try adding a bit of water to meat tenderizer till it is a thick paste and then slather it on those stings. It will take away the swelling and itching.
  • njswamplandsnjswamplands Member Posts: 1,760
    looks like i picked the wrong year to become a veggie dude
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I was stung twice mowing the lawn last week. That hurts like crazy!

    5?

    -juice
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    The only reason I keep a bottle of Adolph's around for is stings and bug bites. The reason it works is because the venom is a protein and meat tenderizer breaks down protein.
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Dan-

    The Millenium is around the corner from where I work. Catching a cab downtown is very hard. I'm always seeing people trying to grab one, with little success. I've driven a private cab in Brooklyn for a little over 10 years, but I think I would go nuts driving in Manhattan. Those folks are nuts!

    Definitely do the subway route next time.

    Mark
  • damish003damish003 Member Posts: 303
    Mark,

    If I'm ever back there again, I'll take your advise about the subway. I'll share a couple quick ones with you.

    Caught a cab in front of the hotel, thanks to the ever-vigilant doorman. Wanted to go to 11 Fulton, the BridgeWater, for rehearsal dinner. Would have been simple if Fulton wasn't one-way. So, four of us trying to get in the cab. Got one up front, three of us getting in back. I'm last. One foot in the car, and the driver starts to take off! Yo, idiot!! Stop the car. Climb in. Driver has no idea how to get to 11 Fulton from there. We all get out, tell driver to take a hike, find private car. Charges us $25 to get there, but at least it was in one piece.

    Cab to JFK Sunday morning. Driver kills the meter and offers $50, all done, skipping the tunnel. About same price as the one in, so OK I say. Driver takes off like a bat out of hell. I should mention I suffer from motion sickness. By the time we get to JFK, which was quite quick actually, I'm twenty different shades of green. Actually found myself stuttering, the vertigo was so bad. Lesson learned...must control cabbie. Not sure how to do that, considering English is a second language to so many drivers, but I'll try next time.

    Fun, fun, fun. At least now I know what they mean by getting somewhere "NY time". Two o'clock could mean three o'clock to get somewhere, very easily. What an experience!

    -Dan-
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Stung while mowing usually implies ground wasps, unless you did what Swampy did and bumped into a bush with a nest. Trust me - I know, having done both varieties more than once in 25 years of home ownership! Did you find the hole? And if so, watch out for the 'back door hole' a few feet away. Made that mistake once as well!!!

    Steve
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    That's probably what it is. Should I try to fill the hole or spray first?

    -juice
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Dan-

    11 Fulton was about 4 blocks from where you were staying! (Assuming it is Fulton Street in Manhattan, not Brroklyn). You folks probably could have walked it :) .

    As for the language problem with cab drivers, I remember going for my TLC license. The line for the Cab license was way too long. When they called people up to take the test, I remember one person going up with his translator! No wonder people say such wonderful things about NY cabbies.

    Hope the rest of your stay was better.

    Mark
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    Sounds like they could be yellow jackets? I stepped on a nest when I was a kid and got over a couple dozen stings. These critters can sting repeatedly and are very agressive. If you have a nest of them, keep the kids far away from that area.

    To get rid of the nest, mark it during the day so you know exactly where they enter and exit. Once it's dark they will all be in the nest. Then spray the heck out of it with Sevin (or some other good insecticide). Don't use a flashlight cause they react to light. Next day watch to see if there is any further activity. If you there is, repeat with the Sevin once it's dark.

    OR, you try my neighbor's method. He quickly parks his running mower over the ground nest, runs to the house and doesn't come out till the mower is out of gas. This seems to work also, but sure does annoy the neighbors. :)
  • njswamplandsnjswamplands Member Posts: 1,760
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    Personally I like the cup of gas down the hole at dusk technique :) Some one told me recently that it works just as well if you don't lite it but then I would be robbed of the satisfaction of watching those little suckers go up in flames :)

    -Frank
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    OK, plenty of good suggestions here, some more amusing than others. If I find the nest I'll report back, and include the mpg obtained during the test. ;)

    -juice
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    Well..that was another method I know of and the aforesaid neighbor has used that one also. However, the nest was very close to a lilac bush, that happened to be a transplant from his wife's grandmother's yard. The bush is..uh..was next to the house. I don't know the amount of gas he put in the nest, but I'm guessing it was far more than a cup. I was in my living room when I heard the WHUMP. When I looked out the window, it appeared to be a re-enactment of the burning bush on Mt. Sinai. Only my neighbor was doing a poor impression of Moses. Rather than in awe, he was yelling at his wife to turn on the water while he wrestled with his kinked garden hose. She ran out of the house screaming about her grandmother's lilac.

    They finally managed to put out the fire and there was minimal damage to the paint on the house, but the bush died. However, the bees survived as he missed the nest when pouring in the gas.

    We debated about cancelling our cable TV after that. Who needs it when there is so much free entertainment just looking out our window? :D
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    when I heard the WHUMP

    I hope everyone else got as good a laugh out of that as I did! :D

    -juice
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    Always post and ask tips when you travel. :)

    This is a way to get from JFK to the subway:

    http://www.mta.info/mta/airtrain.htm

    -Dennis
  • njswamplandsnjswamplands Member Posts: 1,760
    i highly recommend watching caddy shack. maybe some serious tnt will do it?
  • damish003damish003 Member Posts: 303
    Mark,

    11 Fulton wasn't all that far away, but considering we were in wedding attire, we didn't have much choice. The wife never would have made the walk. Not in high heels, anyway. The use of one-way streets all over the place must be great for keeping the cab business going. No quick ways to drive anywhere, it seemed.

    Overall we had a nice time. The Rialto restaurant on Elizabeth St. was lots of fun. I spent lots of time taking digital photos of the architecture within walking distance of the hotel. Got some great pics, I hope. The wedding went off without a hitch, which was our main reason for being there, so all went well. Thanks!

    -Dan-
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    Great story and mental image Karen :)

    -Frank
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    Those are pretty funny. Peter Egan discusses removing mud wasps' (a/k/a "dirt daubers" where I come from) nests from behind a car's dashboard and within its air conditioning system in his column in the current Road&Track. Also pretty funny stuff.

    Ed
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Dirt Daubers. Shortly after we moved into our current house back in 1986, I was walking in the back yard, when suddenly I looked down at my bluejeans and they were yellow. Apparently I had stepped on a wasp's nest on the ground without realizing it, and they attacked me. I kid you not, my pants went from blue to yellow, as there must have been a thousand of them on my pant legs.

    It was very scary to say the least. I brushed off as many as I could, and screamed at my kids to get in the house. I then ran, brushing them off, to the house, and by the time I got inside most of them were off. Fortunately I did not get stung!

    Welcome to the neighborhood...

    Bob
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    That's incredible, you have no idea how lucky you are. I was stung twice and didn't see any until after the stings!

    -juice
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I know. I was very lucky. Ever since then, I've always had an eye pealed for them when I walking around the property, or cutting the grass. Over the years I've encountered several more wasp's nests in the ground. When finding one I go get some wasp spray and saturate the area—and then RUN! :)

    Bob
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