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  1. Blue Mountain - COVID-19 Update

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    2 hours ago, JFskiDan said:

    Most people in the Poconos are too stupid to be able to figure out how to avoid the race track for 2 weekends out of the year.  

    Pretty fucked up because I live here and I can only imagine it's people in the developments bitching that they can't get onto 115. -Most- know what to expect race wknds. 

    2 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    Are they no longer doing an IndyCar event at Pocono?  

    No, they've stopped.  Sad face. 

    1 hour ago, RidgeRacer said:

    I got stuck in that traffic my first year living here and realized that there are alternate routes everywhere. Lesson learned. No big deal. 

    Yup

    Edit: if you're smart, you go the opposite direction to the Wal-Mart in Lehighton. 

  3. Blue Mountain - COVID-19 Update

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    1 hour ago, JFskiDan said:

    Wow, thats really interesting. 

    yeah they announced this last year. businesses were already throwing a fit because it cut revenues basically in half, now it looks like the outcome will be even worse. other people (like me), were pissed because it's one less weekend of the experience. i go up fri (if work allows), sat, sat evening (fireworks), then to the main race Sun.

    people always bitch about the traffic, which made absolute zero sense to me. it's not like the race dates are announced a week in advance. plus, the different traffic patterns for a race last around 4 total hours. when i didn't live in the area, half of the fun was sitting in traffic, single direction on 115S while everyone around you was getting hammered. I'm south of the track now though and there is zero traffic to get in, so i don't get to experience it anymore (no complaints). 

  4. Blue Mountain - COVID-19 Update

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    4 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

    I'm trying to convince my kid to let me drive.

    Because -you- want to experience driving on the track or because you are worried?

    Fun fact, my truck has sped around it but I wasn't driving. I wasn't even there to witness it, my wife had it. 

  5. Blue Mountain - COVID-19 Update

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    Just now, RidgeRacer said:


    Local HS graduations are going to be held at pocono raceway. Kids drive around the track to be handed their diploma. If kid doesn't drive, parent drives them. That's pretty cool.

    Yah my wife and I were talking about that. We were wondering how many will gun it after the S/F line lol. 

    That's great though, something nice in the middle of all of this. I feel bad for them. 

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  7. Blue Mountain - COVID-19 Update

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    @GrilledSteezeSandwich there's plenty of seating and six feet between sets of ppl/families is definitely doable. That place is never anywhere close to capacity. 

    Then there's the infield that ppl can sit on their RV. 

    I just think there are options for some spectating, especially if they limit it to no comped tickets etc. 

    I'll prob tailgate for the nostalgia of it all if they open the massive parking area. 

  8. Blue Mountain - COVID-19 Update

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    Racing restarts today, pretty much the closest semblance of normalcy I've come across in a while. I wonder if pocono will happen with fans. Already a bad enough hit to local economy combining the races, couldn't imagine if it happened without fans. I think if yellow counties see a spike in two weeks, the answer is no. 

    Ryan Newman (we were discussing his wreck) will be racing today

  9. Gardening

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    14 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    BenM do you normally do gardening?  What are you gonna plant?  One of my friends has a plot at a community garden and she always hooks me up with multi color heirloom tomatoes.  

    Yeah, we tried doing all kinds of shit early on. Now we focus on different peppers and stuff for pickling, some other things thrown in. 

    Fun stuff like pumpkins too. If I had seeds for other fun stuff, then we'd do that, but I dont. 

    11 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:
    11 hours ago, Benm said:
    For a bag of mulch?

    Yep. For some fancy dirt. 12 bags of them. I probably should have looked at the price first.

    Wow. The place is mom and pop, so it's a cpl extra bucks but that is some boutique pricing. 

  12. Gardening

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    1 hour ago, RidgeRacer said:


    Where do you get your mulch? I dropped a shit ton at Argots this morning.

    That's funny because argots is the closest biz to me aside from the CVS on the corner there. 

    Kenro farms on 209, past wawa a ways but not as far as old 115. Bucket (I think that's 1.5 cu yd) was 32$  that truckload was 2 buckets. 

     

    Edit: red mulch was 35. Brown/black 32

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  13. Gardening

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    3 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    What’s the generator for?? 

    End of season party. Took it out of the back of my truck today. 

    Def screwed up that office quote. I'm drinking oops

  14. Gardening

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    11 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

    Planted golden beets and Detroit dark beers today. Probably planted more in two weeks to make the harvest easier. Potatoes will go in tomorrow. 

    Beets

    Beats

    Battlestar galactica

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  16. Skison 19/20

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    2 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

    They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. 

    I'm guessing that's the upper lot? That entry stretch could use some work where it forks to the lot vs the drop off. Was dodging lots of potholes early in the season. Then the good lot opened and I never gave it another thought. 

  17. Blue Mountain - COVID-19 Update

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    10 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    I doubt people from southeast Pa will go during Memorial Day weekend since we have stay at home orders.  

    jersey coast, particulary WW, is SEPA 2.0 for reasons that I just will never understand. 

    There will be traffic jams on 50/47 (whatever the state rt is that gets you there) on memorial day wknd unless there are certain rules put in place. I think motels and the short term rentals aren't currently allowed. Can someone confirm? if that is not the case whew lad it's gonna be a shitshow.

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