Hobby Thread - October 25, 2025 [Roaming Rex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. A spin of the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies (TM) landed on travel themes.

Are you thinking "I don't even know what that means and I don't get around much these days but I'm eager to learn more. I can't wait to get into the content!" I knew it. Enjoy.

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What are you hobbying?

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. All (legal) hobbying is welcome. However, politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere. Pants are optional. Puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice. Don't be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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Travel is fun, but some people organize travel around themes and make goals to visit all of the same type of destination.

Some people want to visit all the US National Parks or every US state.

Some people strive to visit every country/territory in the world or every continent.

Others want to see a game in every Major League Baseball stadium. (Wonder if they add the the trifecta of Cooperstown, Louisville Slugger factory, and the Field of Dreams?)

How about visiting 50 state capital cities and the capitol buildings?

All 13 operating Presidential libraries?

Seven wonders of the modern world?

We're not just looking for places you like to visit. We're looking for travelers that visit all of a certain type of destination where making it to all locations is a goal by itself.

What themes travel have you taken? What themed travel have you always wanted to do?

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13 Things I Wish I Knew Before Trying to Visit All the National Parks

Over the last 11 years, I have explored 54 individual National Parks (some multiple times), and had a certain little global pandemic not happened I'd have been to all 63 National Parks. It's just a matter of time before I get all the parks. Here 13 Things I Wish I Knew Before Trying to Visit All the National Parks.

There are no rules for this adventure (other than the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations of the National Park Service). You get to define what a National Park visit is to you. Personally, I don't count it as a park visit unless I hike or kayak four miles (or do a major activity if the park doesn't have hiking). From the discussions, we have had in the National Park Obsessed Facebook group, some people are like me a good long hike counts. Others just want to stand the park but pretty much everyone agrees that if you want your visit to count, it counts.

If I had to guess, I suspect my total cost is in the range of $40,000 to $60,000. Which as I'm writing this, I'm thinking HOLY CRAP. Did I really spend that? When I break it down and consider there are 63 National Parks in 30 states and 2 territories. That's about $600 to $1,000 per park visit. That makes sense given I have been based in the Eastern US for most of my park adventures and either had to fly or drive 800 plus miles for the majority of park visits.

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1 Dead baby skelington just too creepy.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 25, 2025 05:34 PM (sVhBr)

2 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 05:35 PM (omVj0)

3 The Stanley is plane crazy. Is it a steamer?

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 05:36 PM (vFG9F)

4 I decorate the house starting September 1st. I consider that date to be the first day of the holiday season. Trunk or treat is tonight and I've loaded up the car with displays and lights.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2025 05:37 PM (uQesX)

5 Had my first DX contact with France the other day. It's rare for me to hit Europe from the left coast with just 5 watts, but it's very cool when it happens.

Posted by: PabloD at October 25, 2025 05:38 PM (j5I5n)

6 November 1 the reindeer are going on the gates.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 25, 2025 05:39 PM (QGLzn)

7 Ah, this is a good one.

As of now, I have visited 36 of 50 state capitols. The remaining 14 are mostly in the Upper Midwest and New England.

And yes, I have AK and HI, and I bagged them early.

I have kicked around the idea of hitting all 254 TX county courthouses. That will be tougher. Much road time.

IIRC, 87 TX State parks. Of which I have visited nine.

Relatively few national parks. But my parks passport has a collection of stamps. More to follow...

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 05:39 PM (vwL3N)

8 Dead baby skelington just too creepy.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 25, 2025 05:34 PM (sVhBr)

Yeah, kind of shows we are a weak and unserious society.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 25, 2025 05:40 PM (zZu0s)

9 I have visited the Bush (XLI), LBJ, Carter, FDR, and Eisenhower Libraries.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 05:41 PM (vwL3N)

10
I may not be worth much, but I've spent a night in 49 of the 57 states.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 05:41 PM (tgvbd)

11 Hobby time!

Nothing new for me, I'm afraid. During my trip to Indiana last month, I visited a store that on its website advertised itself as a cigar/pipe shop, with "the largest selection of pipe tobaccos in the tri-state area" (IN, KY, and IL, I presume). If that's the largest, I despair for pipe smokers in the area.

Mostly it was cigars on sale. The guy had some pipe tobaccos, true, but mostly the sweet-smelling aromatics that a lot of dedicated pipers don't care for. Their selection of pipes was minimal, with many of the "basket pipes" (inexpensive starter models) being bowls (!) without the stems that are needed for you to smoke them. And he wanted $7.00 for a packet of pipe cleaners -- something that can be had online for $2 and in shops near me for $2.50. I declined to buy anything and didn't go back.

I didn't price his pipe tobacco. I liked my hair non-white, thank you.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 05:42 PM (omVj0)

12 The 14th presidential library will be opening soon: Theodore Roosevelt's in Medora, ND. Unlike a certain presidential center in Chicago, the TR Library was purposely designed to blend in with the scenery.

Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2025 05:42 PM (lLcH5)

13 I may not be worth much, but I've spent a night in 49 of the 57 states.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Cool! Let us know you progress on the next 8!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 25, 2025 05:42 PM (9/P2y)

14 Did you ever wonder how Casper the Friendly Ghost ended up a ghost?

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 05:42 PM (vFG9F)

15 I realize Starbucks is very unpopular here, but back when they made awesome coffee cups, I put together a collection of city themed coffee cups which I still have. And I have amassed shot glasses (thanks to the MoMe for helping contribute!) and my fridge door is covered with magnets from all over the world.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 05:43 PM (vwL3N)

16 KT - sent pic to the moron email; sorry about causing such a kerfuffle....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at October 25, 2025 05:44 PM (SRRAx)

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My hobby is looking out for large scale dinosaurs that need a new home.

Watch out for the thagomizer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2025 05:45 PM (pkeXY)

18 12 The 14th presidential library will be opening soon: Theodore Roosevelt's in Medora, ND. Unlike a certain presidential center in Chicago, the TR Library was purposely designed to blend in with the scenery.
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2025 05:42 PM (lLcH5)

Just went to the website: privately funded or does NARA have anything to do with it?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 05:45 PM (vwL3N)

19 My goal is to hit all 7 continents. 6 down, one pesky penguin covered continent to go.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 05:46 PM (viF8m)

20 20 My goal is to hit all 7 continents. 6 down, one pesky penguin covered continent to go.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 05:46 PM (viF8m)

Nice! Just four for me (North America, Europe, Asia, Australia).

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 05:47 PM (vwL3N)

21 My yard is a pirate graveyard paradise right now. We have a Halloween party tonight. I will either be a skeleton or Sandy from Grease. Flipping a coin here in a minute.

Posted by: Piper at October 25, 2025 05:48 PM (OoFl2)

22 My goal is to hit all 7 continents. 6 down, one pesky penguin covered continent to go.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 05:46 PM (viF8m)

How would you do that? Try to get in a government program, or are there tours offered?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2025 05:49 PM (uQesX)

23 Oops. Spill on aisle 23.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2025 05:50 PM (uQesX)

24 >>Nice! Just four for me (North America, Europe, Asia, Australia).

I highly recommend South America. Hugely underrated.

Africa is full of nasty animals. Some cool four legged ones too.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 05:50 PM (viF8m)

25 Thinking about it some more: I have been to 42 of the 50 states. Only six whose capitols I have not been inside: MA, ME, MN, MO, IN, IL.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 05:50 PM (vwL3N)

26 I need to get my butt in gear. I've only been to 23 entities on the TCC list.

Posted by: Bert G at October 25, 2025 05:51 PM (ZdKYs)

27 (WFXx5) needs perma-ban. For spam.

Posted by: JQ at October 25, 2025 05:51 PM (rdVOm)

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I highly recommend South America. Hugely underrated.

Africa is full of nasty animals. Some cool four legged ones too.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 05:50 PM (viF8m)

I have been looking at Chile and Argentina as potential South America destinations.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 05:51 PM (vwL3N)

29 Dead baby skelington just too creepy.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 25, 2025 05:34 PM (sVhBr)

Just think of it as a dead Charlie McCarthy.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2025 05:52 PM (uQesX)

30 21 My yard is a pirate graveyard paradise right now. We have a Halloween party tonight. I will either be a skeleton or Sandy from Grease. Flipping a coin here in a minute.
Posted by: Piper at October 25, 2025 05:48 PM (OoFl2)

A Dead Man's Party? Who could ask for more?

Posted by: Oingo Boingo at October 25, 2025 05:52 PM (vwL3N)

31 I'll have to see the TR Library on my way to going to Bismarck for the ND state capitol.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 05:53 PM (vwL3N)

32 >> How would you do that? Try to get in a government program, or are there tours offered?

There are tours. When you deplane in New Zealand the airport has ads on the wall for Antarctica tours.

Had a customer in Chile who was a retired admiral in the Chilean Navy. Kind of like being the tallest midget. But a really great guy. They run a quasi tour/supply ship on a schedule. He got to go. So jealous.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 05:55 PM (viF8m)

33 The 14th presidential library will be opening soon: Theodore Roosevelt's in Medora, ND. Unlike a certain presidential center in Chicago, the TR Library was purposely designed to blend in with the scenery.
Posted by: Vendette
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Great, perfect reason to return to ND...thanks.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 25, 2025 05:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

34 I live in Corsicana and haven't even been to the Lefty Frizzell memorial.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 25, 2025 05:56 PM (QGLzn)

35 Just went to the website: privately funded or does NARA have anything to do with it?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 05:45 PM (vwL3N)

It's mostly privately-funded with some assistance from the state of ND in the form of an endowment, as well as a line of credit from the Bank of ND. So far, no federal funds. I'm not sure if NARA is going to be involved in the day-to-day operations of it.

Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2025 05:56 PM (lLcH5)

36 A skeleton walks into a bar and orders a beer and a mop.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 25, 2025 05:57 PM (EYmYM)

37 I always pick up a magnet (or 5) when we travel somewhere. My kids are gonna hate me when they start going through all of my belongings....🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at October 25, 2025 05:57 PM (SRRAx)

38 Had a customer in Chile who was a retired admiral in the Chilean Navy. Kind of like being the tallest midget.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 05:55 PM

I don't know about now, but back in the 90s their submarine guys were very, very good with their Type 209s.

Posted by: Bert G at October 25, 2025 05:58 PM (ZdKYs)

39 Of all the things to do while I was stuck in Little Rock, I didn't think twice about not visiting the Clinton library.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 25, 2025 05:59 PM (h7ZuX)

40 I'm trying to visit all the states, I've hit almost all of the Western states but my east coast explorations are limited.

Still...going to Savannah on Tuesday. It's a second visit but the wife really likes the town so I hope she has fun.

Me, I'm going to PSA and Buc-ees for sure.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 25, 2025 05:59 PM (xcxpd)

41 I always pick up a magnet (or 5) when we travel somewhere. My kids are gonna hate me when they start going through all of my belongings....🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's
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I moved so often during my single years, that a friend started my magnet collection "because it will be easy to move"...however, after everyone else learned of it, it grew to several boxes worth...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 25, 2025 06:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

42 >>I have been looking at Chile and Argentina as potential South America destinations.

Both excellent choices. But my favorite is southern Chile, the Lakes Region which is the northern tip of Patagonia.

Really beautiful country and the complete opposite of the US west coast. The desert is in the north and down south feels and looks like the Pacific Northwest only with more salmon and fewer antifa.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:00 PM (viF8m)

43 1 Dead baby skelington just too creepy.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 25, 2025 05:34 PM (sVhBr)

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Look for the Alice Cooper Signature product if you want reliable quality.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:01 PM (oeNAa)

44 39 Of all the things to do while I was stuck in Little Rock, I didn't think twice about not visiting the Clinton library.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 25, 2025 05:59 PM (h7ZuX)

I hit the Flying Saucer location nearby, the night before visiting the AR State Capitol. I had no interest in going to that Presidential Library.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 06:01 PM (vwL3N)

45 Lessee . . . I've visited NY (including NYC), PA, AL, FL, MS, Ohio, Texas many times, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana, Kansas, Colorado (where I lived for four years), Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, and California. My mother said we lived in Tulsa, OK, when I was very small. And I've changed planes in Chicago, and was born there.

So, nineteen out of fifty, twenty if you count Lousy-ana. I denounce myself for purposes of this thread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:01 PM (omVj0)

46 Had a customer in Chile who was a retired admiral in the Chilean Navy. Kind of like being the tallest midget. But a really great guy. They run a quasi tour/supply ship on a schedule. He got to go. So jealous.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 05:55 PM (viF8m)

Chile has a serious coastline.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 25, 2025 06:02 PM (xcxpd)

47 Has anyone seen the Wkrld's largest frying pan or the largest ball of twine?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 25, 2025 06:02 PM (QGLzn)

48 My hobby is looking out for large scale dinosaurs that need a new home.
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Looking is a fine hobby...bring them home needs further approval from your CFO

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 25, 2025 06:03 PM (IQ6Gq)

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I saw the frying pan. Haven't seen the ball of twine.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 25, 2025 06:03 PM (3ek7K)

50 42 >>I have been looking at Chile and Argentina as potential South America destinations.

Both excellent choices. But my favorite is southern Chile, the Lakes Region which is the northern tip of Patagonia.

Really beautiful country and the complete opposite of the US west coast. The desert is in the north and down south feels and looks like the Pacific Northwest only with more salmon and fewer antifa.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:00 PM (viF8m)

So I’ll run by you what I had in mind, although you are already giving me more ideas:

Poke around Santiago a few days, then mosey over to Mendoza, Argentina (I’ve read good things about it). Head back…and if possible, hit some of the telescopes and astronomical sites in the desert north.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 06:03 PM (vwL3N)

51 I used to get a refrigerator magnet and Christmas ornament from every place I visited. They are small and seem harmless enough but multiply like rabbits.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 25, 2025 06:04 PM (KEwlz)

52 Chile has a serious coastline.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 25, 2025 06:02 PM (xcxpd)

Downright Norwegian is some places.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 06:04 PM (vwL3N)

53 After this last road trip I only have two states left to visit: Michigan and Alaska....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 25, 2025 06:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

54 I got 52 countries under my belt (and man, I can hardly breathe!). On continents, I'm only missing Australia and Antarctica.

I'd like to spend the night on Antarctica but man, those trips have big price tags.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:05 PM (oeNAa)

55 >>I don't know about now, but back in the 90s their submarine guys were very, very good with their Type 209s.

Yea, I was kidding. He was a very squared away guy and a wonderful person.

Every place has its bad spots but I always had a great time and met really good people in Chile. He and two of his friends came to visit me and we drank Pisco Sours and they made Chilean BBQ.

That was a fun time.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:05 PM (viF8m)

56 51 I used to get a refrigerator magnet and Christmas ornament from every place I visited. They are small and seem harmless enough but multiply like rabbits.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 25, 2025 06:04 PM (KEwlz)

Wait til you see my fridge. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 06:05 PM (vwL3N)

57 It's mostly privately-funded with some assistance from the state of ND in the form of an endowment, as well as a line of credit from the Bank of ND. So far, no federal funds. I'm not sure if NARA is going to be involved in the day-to-day operations of it.
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2025 05:56 PM (lLcH5)

Interesting (the website wasn’t quite clear). Nixon’s was privately funded but NARA took it over at some point.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 06:07 PM (vwL3N)

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My 11 y/o grandson was helping me placing my magnets on the fridge and freezer after we moved here a few months ago.

I have some funny, kinda profane ones.

He said Grannie some of these aren't nice, lol. I didn't think about that when I asked him to help me.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 25, 2025 06:08 PM (3ek7K)

59 Some of the cruise ship companies now run tours to Antarctica - a couple of our friends went on a Viking one earlier this year. They really enjoyed it!

We mostly travel to visit family; we were going to do more cruising once Mr. TiFW semi-retired, but we've been "traveling" to oncologists instead 🤣🤣🤣

Mr. TiFW doesn't like to travel, but he was willing to take me on my Bucket List Tour the last 12 months. Haven't decided if we are going to do a "Year #2" tour yet - there are a couple of things I would like to do (Wizard of Oz at The Sphere in Las Vegas looks interesting, but we don't gamble, so that would have to be a "stop" on a trip to somewhere else). Surgery first, though!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at October 25, 2025 06:08 PM (SRRAx)

60 I've got one of those Buc-ee plush things, only mine is the standard version. (I also have a plush for SCP-106 but that's a different story.)

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 25, 2025 06:09 PM (CHHv1)

61 I've never been out of the U.S. Always wanted to see New Zealand and parts of Australia, and Antarctica; and England, Norway, and Sweden. Probably out of the question for me $$-wise now. And the Scandinavian countries and England are overrun with Moslems.

Finland, I think, is still holding the line on foreign immigration. Is English widely spoken there?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:09 PM (omVj0)

62 I’d rather explore South America than Europe.

I want to go to Mexico City. But would never go by myself.

Argentina and Chile look amazing. As does Peru.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 25, 2025 06:09 PM (mT+6a)

63 "Has anyone seen the Wkrld's largest frying pan or the largest ball of twine?"

I have!

https://tinyurl.com/3te4f4aa

Posted by: Weird Al at October 25, 2025 06:10 PM (vFG9F)

64 I always like seeing people save small containers of dirt from the Countries they visited.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 25, 2025 06:11 PM (QGLzn)

65 It is a cruel irony that the best tasting pipe tobacco is the worst smelling.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 25, 2025 06:11 PM (zZu0s)

66 And yes, I'd like to visit the southernmost tip of South America -- which, if you want to go to Australia, is probably a popular launch point.

Once upon a time, say forty years ago, South Africa would most likely have been nice. I don't want to take my life in my hands nowadays.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:11 PM (omVj0)

67 Wait til you see my fridge. : )
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 06:05 PM (vwL3N)

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Don't open the freezer in the garage.

Posted by: Ed Gein at October 25, 2025 06:12 PM (oeNAa)

68 South America is a popular launch point for *Antarctica*, not Australia. Duh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:12 PM (omVj0)

69 64 I always like seeing people save small containers of dirt from the Countries they visited.
Posted by: Ben Had

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Really?
Interesting
I think a rock would be a good geological souvenir.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 25, 2025 06:12 PM (Wx316)

70 Finland, I think, is still holding the line on foreign immigration. Is English widely spoken there?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:09 PM (omVj0)

Yes, from everything I have seen and read.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 06:12 PM (vwL3N)

71 It is a cruel irony that the best tasting pipe tobacco is the worst smelling.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 25, 2025

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Depends on the blend . . . but you're not wrong.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:12 PM (omVj0)

72 >>Poke around Santiago a few days, then mosey over to Mendoza, Argentina (I’ve read good things about it). Head back…and if possible, hit some of the telescopes and astronomical sites in the desert north.

I'm terrible at giving people travel advice cause I tell them to go where I like. Santiago is a very nice city, the flight in when you are cruising next to the Andes is pretty spectacular. Get a left window seat. You can thank me later. But it's a city.

But I'm more of a country/water guy. Vina del Mar is like an LA with actual Spaniards and no low riders and as I said southern Chile is my favorite.

The Antofagasta region is like being on the moon. Huge sky at night. Make sure to check out the cars that roll up hill.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:13 PM (viF8m)

73 40 I'm trying to visit all the states, I've hit almost all of the Western states but my east coast explorations are limited.

Still...going to Savannah on Tuesday. It's a second visit but the wife really likes the town so I hope she has fun.

Me, I'm going to PSA and Buc-ees for sure.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 25, 2025 05:59 PM (xcxpd)
We're in the 'R' months, be sure to get oysters.

Posted by: Eromero at October 25, 2025 06:13 PM (LHPAg)

74 Have done a bundle of National Parks. The best are the lesser known. Did seven miles with just my daughter on her 14th birthday at Theodore Roosevelt N.P. in North Dakota. Just the two of us on the trail. Best day ever.

Posted by: RS at October 25, 2025 06:13 PM (SuU/K)

75 Hubby dreams of travel but when we do it's invariably stressful as heck

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 25, 2025 06:14 PM (Wx316)

76 Irony can be a stone cold bitch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:14 PM (oeNAa)

77 Don't open the freezer in the garage.
Posted by: Ed Gein at October 25, 2025 06:12 PM (oeNAa)

How I have waited for you to come.
I have been here all alone.
Now that you have arrived, please stay awhile.
And I promise I won’t keep you long.
I’ll keep you forever.

Posted by: Slayer at October 25, 2025 06:14 PM (vwL3N)

78 I've heard nice things about Theodore Roosevelt NP. With his library opening next year, sounds like a road trip to the Dakotas would be fun.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 25, 2025 06:14 PM (KEwlz)

79 So, nineteen out of fifty, twenty if you count Lousy-ana. I denounce myself for purposes of this thread.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:01 PM (omVj0)

I've been to a few. Maybe I should count them up?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2025 06:15 PM (uQesX)

80 74 Did seven miles with just my daughter on her 14th birthday at Theodore Roosevelt N.P. in North Dakota.

Posted by: RS at October 25, 2025 06:13 PM
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Hidden gem.

Posted by: TRex - tour director at October 25, 2025 06:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

81 I just want to go to JackStraw's house and have him tell of the world.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 25, 2025 06:16 PM (QGLzn)

82 I always like seeing people save small containers of dirt from the Countries they visited.
Posted by: Ben Had
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What, are you T-Rex's cousin? He bring home sand/dirt from everywhere...I used to put them in bead containers and then mat/frame about 30 container, noting the location under each container. People loved those frames, thinking they were marble samples. Once the "collection" grew to four large frames however....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 25, 2025 06:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

83 76 Irony can be a stone cold bitch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:14 PM
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So can karma.

Posted by: TRex - philosopher dino at October 25, 2025 06:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

84 I cannot fathom the guts it took to be an explorer back in the 1400s. You jump on a ship bound for, “that way!” A la Christopher colombus.

Captain Cook and his cartographer William Bligh. Exploring Tahiti and the Hawaiian islands.

Lewis and Clark. The Oregon Terrritories.

We are such pussies. Won’t leave the house without a cellphone gps telling you where the fucking car is.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 25, 2025 06:16 PM (QCDKD)

85 Still...going to Savannah on Tuesday. It's a second visit but the wife really likes the town so I hope she has fun.

Me, I'm going to PSA and Buc-ees for sure.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

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If you have not tried shrimp and grits yet, you should.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 25, 2025 06:16 PM (KEwlz)

86 >>Yes, from everything I have seen and read.

There is an American sports bar with a Boston theme in Helsinki airport. Not horrible cheeseburgers.

They don't smile much and everyone is carrying a knife. Some will say they aren't but the are lying.

Don't go in winter unless you really like cold, dark and snow. A lot.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:17 PM (viF8m)

87 I'd like to spend the night on Antarctica but man, those trips have big price tags.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:05 PM (oeNAa)
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Volunteer to overwinter at McMurdo.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 25, 2025 06:17 PM (kpS4V)

88
Chile has a serious coastline.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Downright Norwegian is some places.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Design by Slartibartfast.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2025 06:17 PM (pkeXY)

89 So, nineteen out of fifty, twenty if you count Lousy-ana. I denounce myself for purposes of this thread.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:01 PM
*
I've been to a few. Maybe I should count them up?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2025

***
I dunno what the rules are. Maybe you have to spend at least one night in the given state. In which case WY is off my list; it was just a day trip to Cheyenne when I lived in Denver.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:19 PM (omVj0)

90 >>I'd like to spend the night on Antarctica but man, those trips have big price tags.

You have a sailboat. We can do this.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:20 PM (viF8m)

91 ounds like a road trip to the Dakotas would be fun.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 25, 2025 06:14 PM (KEwlz)
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I recommend it. We always stop by on our way west. Never crowded. Beautiful hiking. North Unit seems "wilder."

Posted by: RS at October 25, 2025 06:20 PM (SuU/K)

92 I was in Finland for a week in 1983.

It was beautiful and safe and everyone spoke English.

It was daylight 24 hours where I was.

Try the strawberries. And the chocolate.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 25, 2025 06:21 PM (QCDKD)

93 >>I just want to go to JackStraw's house and have him tell of the world.

The truth? Dorothy was right. There's no place like home.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:21 PM (viF8m)

94 84 I cannot fathom the guts it took to be an explorer back in the 1400s. You jump on a ship bound for, “that way!” A la Christopher colombus.

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Christopher Columbus was a crackpot who had the idea that current mileage estimates to reach the Orient going west were way overstated. He was sure he could do it within the range of the tiny ships of the day.

He was completely and totally wrong, but lucky for him there were these continents called the Americas right in his path.

The rest is history, as the Hapsburg rulers of Spain made big bank on the hoard of silver and gold that subsequent explorers shipped back from the New World.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:22 PM (oeNAa)

95 87 I'd like to spend the night on Antarctica but man, those trips have big price tags.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:05 PM (oeNAa)
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Volunteer to overwinter at McMurdo.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 25, 2025 06:17 PM (kpS4V)
I have an EO1 buddy who volunteered to winter over but another guy got that. He did get to visit though.

Posted by: Eromero at October 25, 2025 06:23 PM (LHPAg)

96 The minimum distance you would need to drive to visit the 48 congruous state capitals is 13,310 miles—about the distance from New York to Sydney, Australia, and back, but all within the U.S.

Posted by: pawn at October 25, 2025 06:23 PM (tqkKb)

97 Volunteer to overwinter at McMurdo.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 25, 2025 06:17 PM (kpS4V)
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I only need one night to be able to say that I did it. Six months would be overkill on a huge scale.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:25 PM (oeNAa)

98 Mr Eromero, many thanks for adding to TRex's collection of t-shirts. Me? I'm wearing mine!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 25, 2025 06:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

99 CC May have been a “crackpot.” No arguments here.

But. He had a spirit not seen these days. Let’s fucking GO! Who has that ambition?

Elon does.

Who else?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 25, 2025 06:25 PM (mT+6a)

100 Fun fact. There is an inland water route between the Atlantic and Pacific that avoids the Horn.

Strait of Magellan. Yea, him.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:25 PM (viF8m)

101 The list of states I have yet to visit is much shorter than those I have visited:

Hawaii
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Tennessee
Maryland
North and South Carolina
Virginia

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 25, 2025 06:26 PM (0aYVJ)

102 A nice boat trip for you boaters out there:

https://tinyurl.com/mdsenwj8

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2025 06:27 PM (uQesX)

103 100 Fun fact. There is an inland water route between the Atlantic and Pacific that avoids the Horn.

Strait of Magellan. Yea, him.
Posted by: JackStraw

Have you read “The Wager”

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 25, 2025 06:27 PM (mT+6a)

104 The rest is history, as the Hapsburg rulers of Spain made big bank on the hoard of silver and gold that subsequent explorers shipped back from the New World.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:22 PM (oeNAa)
Which they used to in their war to free themselves of you know who.

Posted by: Eromero at October 25, 2025 06:28 PM (LHPAg)

105 Did a cross-country trip when the boys were young and into skateboarding big time. Left from NJ up through NYC, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minesota, South Dakoka, North Dakota Montana, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Hit every National Park along the way as well as several National Monuments.

More importantly, to them at least, we mapped out every single skate park along the way on our TripTik (remember those?) and they skated in every single one.
They have also skateboarded in Dublin, Belfast and Glasgow, but sadly Bermuda did not have any skate parks.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 25, 2025 06:29 PM (3ImbR)

106 Barack Obama Presidential Library
2500 W. Golf Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
Available services: Presidential Library

Not Open to the Public

+++++

Heh.

All others are open, up to and including more recent Presidentes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 25, 2025 06:29 PM (/lPRQ)

107 >>Have you read “The Wager”

I haven't. Good?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:30 PM (viF8m)

108 I would definitely volunteer for Mars, if I had any skills in demand.

Radiation? Pffffft.

Boy, I bet they do intensive personality screens for that long trip to the Red Planet and then establishing a colony.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 25, 2025 06:30 PM (kpS4V)

109 All 13 operating Presidential libraries?
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Coming soon in 2026, #14, The Obamalisk!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 25, 2025 06:31 PM (XeU6L)

110 5 ... "Had my first DX contact with France the other day. It's rare for me to hit Europe from the left coast with just 5 watts, but it's very cool when it happens."

PabloD,

Out of curiosity, which band were you using? When the stars align, QRP can be surprisingly effective. (IIRC, my best QRP contact was about 1,200 miles on 10 meters with 5 watts to a dipole tacked to the ceiling of a room on the second floor.) Amazing.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 06:32 PM (yTvNw)

111 >>but sadly Bermuda did not have any skate parks.

But it does have mopeds. And rum. Which is a splendip recipe for mayhem.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:32 PM (viF8m)

112 Coming soon in 2026, #14, The Obamalisk!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

I think it looks like a concrete trash can.

Posted by: Tuna at October 25, 2025 06:33 PM (lJ0H4)

113 Road trips were great. A fairly cheap vacation, and the boys loved it as much as wife I. We would alternate between camping and motels, depending on where we were. Sometimes a shower is nice.

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 25, 2025 06:33 PM (0aYVJ)

114 Barky hasn't unsealed his records yet so how could he have a library?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 25, 2025 06:33 PM (QGLzn)

115 Fun fact. There is an inland water route between the Atlantic and Pacific that avoids the Horn.

Strait of Magellan. Yea, him.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Uh...the Northwest Passge?

Posted by: Sir John Franklin at October 25, 2025 06:33 PM (XeU6L)

116 102 A nice boat trip for you boaters out there:

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Going from L.A. Harbor to Catalina in a motorized inflatable isn't exactly Guinness record-worthy. You can use your cellphone the entire way.

Never miss an Instagram post!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:34 PM (oeNAa)

117 Barky hasn't unsealed his records yet so how could he have a library?
Posted by: Ben Had
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I have a phone, and a pen.

Posted by: Barky at October 25, 2025 06:34 PM (XeU6L)

118
Utterly useless state capitals

Harrisburg
Albany
Frankfort
Jackson
Jefferson City
Springfield
Trenton

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 06:35 PM (tgvbd)

119 We are such pussies. Won’t leave the house without a cellphone gps telling you where the fucking car is.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 25, 2025 06:16 PM (QCDKD)

I impressed a girl by navigating through San Antonio without once looking at GPS. I kid you not.

I lived there most of my life. I know how it is laid out and where most everything I frequently visit are at. If I don't need the GPS, I don't use it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 06:35 PM (vwL3N)

120 I think it looks like a concrete trash can.
Posted by: Tuna
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Not inappropriately.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 25, 2025 06:36 PM (XeU6L)

121 Coming soon in 2026, #14, The Obamalisk!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

I think it looks like a concrete trash can.
Posted by: Tuna at October 25, 2025 06:33 PM (lJ0H4)

Jawa land crawler.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 25, 2025 06:36 PM (kpS4V)

122 I dunno what the rules are. Maybe you have to spend at least one night in the given state. In which case WY is off my list; it was just a day trip to Cheyenne when I lived in Denver.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:19 PM (omVj0)

Oh, I've been at least a day in each except for GA. I just flew through the airport.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2025 06:36 PM (uQesX)

123 Trenton
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 06:35 PM (tgvbd)

That one in particular is an absolute hellhole. The capitol is nice. The grounds are nice. The rest of Trenton is a dump.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 06:37 PM (vwL3N)

124 Going from L.A. Harbor to Catalina in a motorized inflatable isn't exactly Guinness record-worthy. You can use your cellphone the entire way.

Never miss an Instagram post!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:34 PM (oeNAa)

Plus you might get to meet Creepy Girl

-Tom Servo (not the well-known AoS commenter)

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 25, 2025 06:37 PM (0aYVJ)

125 But it does have mopeds. And rum. Which is a splendip recipe for mayhem.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:32 PM (viF8m)
~~~~~

Sure is. But let me tell you how gorgeous those ED doctors are in those Bermuda shorts.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 25, 2025 06:37 PM (3ImbR)

126 121 Coming soon in 2026, #14, The Obamalisk!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

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Put some guns on it and it could protect Chicago against air raids from Indiana.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:38 PM (oeNAa)

127 Catalina Caper!

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 25, 2025 06:38 PM (kpS4V)

128 I visited New Jersey once.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 25, 2025 06:38 PM (XeU6L)

129 LMAO....I'm thinking of taking up taxidermy. My local butcher has animal head mounts all along the wall. Deer? Elk? Moose? Sure...he has those. But, he also got a hold of a mannequin and put a sweater on it mounted the head and shoulders and has a plaque underneath that says Vegan.

I laughed, and the lady behind the counter just shook her head. "My son. He saw someone else had done it on YouTube, and he had to do it too. Kid's a menace."

Posted by: Orson at October 25, 2025 06:39 PM (dIske)

130 Going from L.A. Harbor to Catalina in a motorized inflatable isn't exactly Guinness record-worthy. You can use your cellphone the entire way.

Never miss an Instagram post!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:34 PM (oeNAa)

maybe not, but it seemed he wasn't thinking it through at first.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2025 06:40 PM (uQesX)

131 >>Uh...the Northwest Passge?

Kind of the other end of the planet.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:40 PM (viF8m)

132 That one in particular is an absolute hellhole. The capitol is nice. The grounds are nice. The rest of Trenton is a dump.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Camden...have you tried Camden?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 25, 2025 06:40 PM (XeU6L)

133 Making a tremendous number of ham radio contacts to the southwest Pacific today. Fiji, Wallis Isl, Niue, American Somoa, etc. 10 and 12 meters are wide open.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 25, 2025 06:41 PM (abIsI)

134 Bravo, PabloD!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 25, 2025 06:41 PM (kHop/)

135 LMAO....I'm thinking of taking up taxidermy...
Posted by: Orson at October 25, 2025 06:39 PM (dIske)
~~~~~

There is a taxidermist right next door to a veterinarian in my neighborhood.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 25, 2025 06:42 PM (3ImbR)

136 I thought that was a Furry at first. Whew!

Posted by: Josephistan at October 25, 2025 06:42 PM (FcZ/X)

137 133 Making a tremendous number of ham radio contacts to the southwest Pacific today. Fiji, Wallis Isl, Niue, American Somoa, etc. 10 and 12 meters are wide open.

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Are we still holding Saipan?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:42 PM (oeNAa)

138 That one in particular is an absolute hellhole. The capitol is nice. The grounds are nice. The rest of Trenton is a dump.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Camden...have you tried Camden?
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Newark is sure to be added to the list in short order...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 25, 2025 06:42 PM (IQ6Gq)

139
Camden...have you tried Camden?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 25, 2025 06:40 PM (XeU6L)

__________

*polite cough*

We were discussing state capitals with no redeeming values.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 06:42 PM (tgvbd)

140 129 LMAO....I'm thinking of taking up taxidermy.

Posted by: Orson at October 25, 2025 06:39 PM
***
[answering the phone]
"Joe's taxidermy. You snuff 'em, we stuff 'em."

Posted by: TRex - drinking at Moe's at October 25, 2025 06:42 PM (IQ6Gq)

141 Making a tremendous number of ham radio contacts to the southwest Pacific today. Fiji, Wallis Isl, Niue, American Somoa, etc. 10 and 12 meters are wide open.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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You're welcome

Posted by: The Ionosphere at October 25, 2025 06:42 PM (XeU6L)

142 >>> 59
==
Mr. TiFW doesn't like to travel, but he was willing to take me on my Bucket List Tour the last 12 months. Haven't decided if we are going to do a "Year #2" tour yet - there are a couple of things I would like to do (Wizard of Oz at The Sphere in Las Vegas looks interesting, but we don't gamble, so that would have to be a "stop" on a trip to somewhere else). Surgery first, though!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at October 25, 2025 06:08 PM (SRRAx)

Teresa, I don't gamble and have no interest in the shows, but I do like travel through the desert in fall or winter. One year I made a #twoweek

desert loop and stopped in Vegas before going to Death Valley the week *after* Thanksgiving. Great weather and there was almost no one else visiting!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 25, 2025 06:43 PM (ULPxl)

143
Are we still holding Saipan?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Barely. Send help!

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 25, 2025 06:43 PM (abIsI)

144 >>Sure is. But let me tell you how gorgeous those ED doctors are in those Bermuda shorts.

You don't have to tell me. I got the t-shirt.

You women are so shallow. "Oh look at me I'm a doctor in Bermuda!"

If it wasn't for guys like me they would all be out of work.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:43 PM (viF8m)

145 We were discussing state capitals with no redeeming values.
Posted by: Hadrian
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Sorry, just sort of slipped out...triggered by 'New Jersey'

Posted by: The Ionosphere at October 25, 2025 06:44 PM (XeU6L)

146 135 LMAO....I'm thinking of taking up taxidermy...
Posted by: Orson at October 25, 2025 06:39 PM (dIske)
~~~~~

There is a taxidermist right next door to a veterinarian in my neighborhood.
Posted by: IrishEi at October 25, 2025 06:42 PM (3ImbR)

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*eyes next available unit down*

Posted by: Kwang's House of Canton Delights at October 25, 2025 06:44 PM (oeNAa)

147 Are we still holding Saipan?
Posted by: Cicero
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I work with 3 ladies from there...

Posted by: lin-duh: I'm offended! at October 25, 2025 06:44 PM (nKjbR)

148 ...I do like travel through the desert in fall or winter.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 25, 2025 06:43 PM
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Death Valley in the spring is impressive. It isn't too hot and the desert wildflowers paint carpets of color.

Posted by: TRex - bring water just in case at October 25, 2025 06:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

149 Oops /Ionosphere

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 25, 2025 06:45 PM (XeU6L)

150 Willowed from last week -- During part of the shuttle program, NASA made a point of refueling at various airports on the way back to Florida. One day I happened to be home on the right day at the exact right time. I heard a really big noise in the sky. I ran outside to see what was going on. NASAwas landing the shuttle at Offutt AFB, and it was passing over my house at a low altitude. I stood on the porch gawping at it for several minutes.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 25, 2025 06:46 PM (DK5Sh)

151 June Lockhart RIP at 100. Sad.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 25, 2025 06:47 PM (abIsI)

152 i had the good fortune as a kid, to see 48 of the 50 states. Dad took us on several cross country road trips, about every 3 years. Always ended up in Chicago where we were all born. Started in SoCal.
southern route, northern route, and through the middle route. Was through most Canadian provinces too.
Epic. But i need to say that National Lampoon’s Vacation, was more of a documentary on our family, than a comedy…
lost the complete exhaust system in a shiity part of Florida, waited for a replacement water pump in Georgia for 3 days (at a seedy motel with running brown water) and when Dad was driving, there was a rigid schedule with no stops to see the largest ball of string or largest frying pan.
when mom drove 1 year, dad was staying home for an extra week to take a college exam, we got to stop everywhere we wanted. And buy fireworks too!
Always ended in Chicago. Dad consistently threw 2 or 3 cases of Coors in the trunk (couldn’t buy it East of the Mississippi back then… union controls) and broke it out when we arrived. Instant party with all of his childhood friends.
Last stop on the way home was always Vegas. Mom had to (and deserved to) play the nickel slots before getting home

Posted by: Gunslinger at October 25, 2025 06:47 PM (7hdjp)

153 There is a taxidermist right next door to a veterinarian in my neighborhood.
Posted by: IrishEi at October 25, 2025 06:42 PM (3ImbR)
_______________________

That just triggered the Monty Python gene in me.

"Throw out your dead. Throw out your dead."

Posted by: Orson at October 25, 2025 06:47 PM (dIske)

154 >>There is a taxidermist right next door to a veterinarian in my neighborhood.

Well that's disturbing.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:47 PM (viF8m)

155 Ok, let's see:

(west to east)

CA, born
OR; WA; BC; AB; ID; NV; MT; WY; UT; AZ; CO; NM; ND; SD; NE; KS; OK; TX; MN; IA; MO; AR; LA; IL; TN; NY; NJ; DE; MD; DC; VA

32 (including two CAN provinces)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2025 06:48 PM (uQesX)

156 150 I ran outside to see what was going on. NASAwas landing the shuttle at Offutt AFB, and it was passing over my house at a low altitude. I stood on the porch gawping at it for several minutes.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 25, 2025 06:46 PM
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Very cool. We saw it land once at Edwards AFB. Double sonic boom and it fell from the sky like a brick.

Posted by: TRex - outerspace dino at October 25, 2025 06:48 PM (IQ6Gq)

157 I've mentioned wanting to try putting together a small fairy garden or some form of a terrarium. I started gathering the plants and materials recently. Succulents and a few tropical plants, all on the very small side. A container might just have one plant in it.

One aspect is choosing plants that can be propagated easily. There is something amazing about taking a leaf, or part of one, and getting a whole new plant. Start with a small plant for a few bucks and end up with a forest scene.

I also want to incorporate whittling into the mix but not sure how yet. Perhaps a mouse or rabbit 'hiding' under some foliage or a rustic cabin showing through the plants.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 06:49 PM (yTvNw)

158 worked in HI for a couple months. AK is last on the list. And on the list!

Posted by: Gunslinger at October 25, 2025 06:49 PM (7hdjp)

159 On the theme of visiting places look at the Iron Butt competition.
I have SS and BB certificates, but most of that stuff is well past my endurance. My map on an MC site I'm on (different nic) has 28 states and 2 provinces colored in, but that's just what I've been to on a bike. Altogether, I've visited every state + DC except Maine, RI and Delaware. No, I rode a plane to Hawaii - 4 islands - but AK was on the bike.
On our last outing, the wife and I hit a bunch of National Monuments in NM and CO, all of which centered around Chaco Culture, which some of the literature claimed was the earliest records of Man in the western hemispher, but I watched a utube video which showed an archelogical site in W Pa which claimed to move the date 4k years before Chaco.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 25, 2025 06:50 PM (4fUqg)

160 You have a sailboat. We can do this.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:20 PM (viF8m)

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I'd do it but I hear the stretch between Panama and Tierra Del Fuego lacks regular sanitation facilities.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:51 PM (oeNAa)

161 There is a taxidermist right next door to a veterinarian in my neighborhood.

One stop shopping.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 25, 2025 06:51 PM (hJuCq)

162 Be still my heart! I made the notable comments! (bows awkwardly)

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at October 25, 2025 06:52 PM (dyL4B)

163 157 I also want to incorporate whittling into the mix but not sure how yet. Perhaps a mouse or rabbit 'hiding' under some foliage or a rustic cabin showing through the plants.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 06:49 PM
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Consider a tasteful sub-scale dino?

Posted by: TRex - low profile dino hiding in the weeds at October 25, 2025 06:53 PM (IQ6Gq)

164
Watching the Alabama - South Carolina game. Southern girls. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 06:53 PM (tgvbd)

165 162 Be still my heart! I made the notable comments! (bows awkwardly)

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at October 25, 2025 06:52 PM
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With good reason!

Posted by: TRex - merit based comment evaluator at October 25, 2025 06:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

166 >>>If it wasn't for guys like me they would all be out of work.
~~~~~

I think I helped a few of them pay off their student loans. Back in the day, a group of us went to BDA twice a year. More than a few of us made a trip to St. George Hospital. My luggage was lost once and the agent asked me if there was anything in it that would help identify.
Sure. X-rays of my ankle.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 25, 2025 06:55 PM (3ImbR)

167 Honestly,I don't know how you'd come up with 330 countries, even given the lots of "grey areas" in the tally. I've understood the number of different countries is a tad below 190.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:55 PM (oeNAa)

168 but I watched a utube video which showed an archelogical site in W Pa which claimed to move the date 4k years before Chaco.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 25, 2025 06:50 PM
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Meadowcroft in Avella?

Posted by: TRex - historic dino at October 25, 2025 06:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

169 The closest I've gotten to a theme is seeing solar eclipses. Drove up to Terrebone, Oregon for the 2017 total solar eclipse, drove up to Alturas, CA in 2023 to see an annular eclipse, and flew out to Texas to stay in Kingland in 2024 to witness another total solar eclipse (which fell on my birthday and was the best birthday present EVER!!). Next year we'll fly to Iceland in hopes of catching the August 12, 2026 eclipse. As it rains a lot in August in Iceland, we may not get to witness it but as I'm totally into geology and most especially volcanoes, Iceland will be amazing all on its own.

Posted by: tankascribe at October 25, 2025 06:56 PM (NtoJk)

170 . I've understood the number of different countries is a tad below 190.
Posted by: Cicero
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Peruvia didn't make list.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 25, 2025 06:57 PM (XeU6L)

171 If you visited Rhodesia and then it became Zimbabwe do you have to go back for it to count?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 25, 2025 06:57 PM (QGLzn)

172 >>Altogether, I've visited every state + DC except Maine, RI and Delaware.

What is all this "i've never been to Rhode Island" stuff?

I'll grant you Maine, as spectacularly beautiful as it is, is full of moose and other crazy people and Delaware, well enough said, but Rhode Island?

It's the heart beat of America. Literally the only state with an official appetizer. You can't get more 'Murerica than that.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:57 PM (viF8m)

173 Countires I've visited:
Canada
Germany (lived there 3 years, actually)
France
Switzerland
Austria
Yugoslavia
Mexico

Pretty short list, and I do not foresee adding to it any time soon. But if I did, it would be some place like Hungary, Poland or Romania. I would like to see Chile, Argentina and Bolivia.

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 25, 2025 06:59 PM (0aYVJ)

174 167 Honestly,I don't know how you'd come up with 330 countries, even given the lots of "grey areas" in the tally. I've understood the number of different countries is a tad below 190.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 06:55 PM
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Territories boost the count.

Here's the full list: https://tinyurl.com/yw97ud4r

Posted by: TRex - geographic dino at October 25, 2025 06:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

175 Sure I’m willowed but here goes.
We floated the Antarctic Peninsula which was the highlight of our South America cruise. I believe it was three days of floating in and out but I could be wrong since it’s been a while.
It was absolutely breath taking and other worldly. Pretend New York City but it’s all icebergs in different heights. You float around and sometimes you can hold out your hand and touch the ice. I didn’t as I did not want my human cooties on the ice.
We took on board people from McMurdo who held talks about what they did there etc. they loved coming onboard to see some new faces - and to eat steak and salads!

It’s still the best

Posted by: SnailRacer at October 25, 2025 07:00 PM (CU/cE)

176
Honestly,I don't know how you'd come up with 330 countries

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Prussia
Mercia
Wessex
Aquitaine

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 07:01 PM (tgvbd)

177 171 If you visited Rhodesia and then it became Zimbabwe do you have to go back for it to count?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 25, 2025 06:57 PM (QGLzn)

Interesting question. Rhodesia was still under the British, though. You might have to…

Though I have been to one country that no longer exists (the GDR). I have been back to what was once the GDR though, when I blew through Leipzig and went on foot to what used to be its capital, East Berlin.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:01 PM (vwL3N)

178 SnailRacer, that sounds amazing.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 25, 2025 07:01 PM (KEwlz)

179 175
Posted by: SnailRacer at October 25, 2025 07:00 PM
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SnailRacer! Good to "see" you here.

Posted by: TRex - geographic dino at October 25, 2025 07:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

180 163 ... "I also want to incorporate whittling into the mix but not sure how yet. Perhaps a mouse or rabbit 'hiding' under some foliage or a rustic cabin showing through the plants.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 06:49 PM
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Consider a tasteful sub-scale dino?"

Hi TRex and thanks for the thread.

We have two great nephews (and a third due in a few months) who are in their dinosaur stage. I would love to put together a terrarium with dinosaurs showing through the plants. Doubt I can carve them well enough but little toys are easy to find. A big goldfish bowl would probably work.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 07:02 PM (yTvNw)

181 Had no internet while visiting my parents.
Anyway had dinner with my mom and aunt and got talking about trips after telling I had a dream tobogganing at Valley Forge as a kid. Mom asked best vacation but wasn't sure the best other than maybe many trips through the Shenandoah park in Virginia

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 07:02 PM (+qU29)

182 It’s still the best
Posted by: SnailRacer at October 25, 2025 07:00 PM (CU/cE)

Now that would be a cool trip!

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 25, 2025 07:02 PM (0aYVJ)

183 Pretty short list, and I do not foresee adding to it any time soon. But if I did, it would be some place like Hungary, Poland or Romania. I would like to see Chile, Argentina and Bolivia.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 25, 2025 06:59 PM (0aYVJ)

Did you go to that AFRC location in Yugoslavia perchance?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:02 PM (vwL3N)

184 The starving times begin November the 1st.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 25, 2025 07:02 PM (hJuCq)

185 Okay, I have to go put false eyelashes on for this Halloween party. Wish me luck. Have a great evening!

Posted by: Piper at October 25, 2025 07:03 PM (p4NUW)

186
Have visited very few foreign countries

Canada
Mexico
Germany
Switzerland
UK
New York City

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 07:03 PM (tgvbd)

187 Posted by: SnailRacer at October 25, 2025 07:00 PM (CU/cE)

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That's a trip to include in the epitaph, SR!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 07:04 PM (oeNAa)

188 The plant nursery where I got the garden supplies had a doggy Halloween parade. All of them were cute. One lively fellow was dressed as a TRex. It would have been terrifying except for the waggy tail and wanting to play with everyone.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 07:05 PM (yTvNw)

189 175
Posted by: SnailRacer at October 25, 2025 07:00 PM
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Hi there SnailRacer! What a great trip. I must add that to our list. Thanks.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 25, 2025 07:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

190 >>Hi there SnailRacer! What a great trip. I must add that to our list. Thanks.

Great. Now everyone is going but me.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:06 PM (viF8m)

191 I have been to:
The FRG
Austria
France
The GDR
Canada (except for MB, SK, NT, NU)
The ROK (stepped into the DPRK)
The PRC (and HK)
Australia
Japan
Ireland
Qatar
Iraq (very brief visit to Bahrain)
Costa Rica
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
The Netherlands
The UK
Luxembourg
Belgium

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:06 PM (vwL3N)

192 180 We have two great nephews (and a third due in a few months) who are in their dinosaur stage.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 07:02 PM
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"stage"? What's a dinosaur "stage"?

Posted by: TRex - lifetime dino at October 25, 2025 07:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

193 Did you go to that AFRC location in Yugoslavia perchance?
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:02 PM (vwL3N)

No, it was a little tourist town called Portoroz on the Adriatic sea, not fare from Trieste, Italy. The battalion set up an R&R thing for anyone who wanted to go. It was a blast. Wife was stateside at the time, visiting family.

Oh, BTW, I forgot Crete on my list before.

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 25, 2025 07:06 PM (0aYVJ)

194 I always like seeing people save small containers of dirt from the Countries they visited.
Posted by: Ben Had
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I have never done this (and have only been to 2 other countries so it would be a very small collection) but one of my prized possessions is a piece of driftwood Jesse picked up at Flathead Lake in Montana. I kept on the dash of my Jeep forever and now it sits on a shelf in my dining room. Last year on the beach at Cadgwith I collected some interesting rocks in his honor.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 25, 2025 07:07 PM (cnYlU)

195 It's the heart beat of America. Literally the only state with an official appetizer. You can't get more 'Murerica than that.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 06:57 PM (viF8m)
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Your state bird is a chicken.

A chicken.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 25, 2025 07:07 PM (3ImbR)

196 Great. Now everyone is going but me.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:06 PM (viF8m)

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Don't give up. I have charts, a plotter and an unquenchable appetite for penguins.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 07:08 PM (oeNAa)

197 I have been to somewhere around 35 states, lots of best spots in many of them.

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 07:08 PM (+qU29)

198 188 One lively fellow was dressed as a TRex. It would have been terrifying except for the waggy tail and wanting to play with everyone.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 07:05 PM
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TRexes are known for being friendly and playful.

Posted by: TRex - not scary dino at October 25, 2025 07:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

199 "stage"? What's a dinosaur "stage"?
Posted by: TRex - lifetime dino
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Yes, dear - we understand....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 25, 2025 07:09 PM (IQ6Gq)

200 >>Your state bird is a chicken.

>>A chicken.

Our state bird is Cthulhu.

Watch your step, missy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:09 PM (viF8m)

201 screaming in digital, I am so enjoying your calendar. High praise, Lady

Posted by: Ben Had at October 25, 2025 07:09 PM (QGLzn)

202 Camden...have you tried Camden?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 25, 2025 06:40 PM (XeU6L)

Drove through, no thanks.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:09 PM (vwL3N)

203 In the conversation my aunt has been to Mount Rushmore and area and told them that is one trip always wanted to see and won't probably get to go.

Where would you like to go is another question

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 07:11 PM (+qU29)

204 When I was a baseball fan (no longer) the idea of visiting all the major league ball parks would have been a cool idea. But since they are mostly in big cities and I hate big cities, the idea never got off the ground.

A variation would be visiting minor league venues in a particular state. They are often in non-urban areas. The one for the Nationals was always fun.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 07:11 PM (yTvNw)

205 The funniest thing about all my travels?

I have never been to the country closest to me.

Not once have I been to Mexico.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:11 PM (vwL3N)

206 Drove through, no thanks.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:09 PM (vwL3N)

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Kind of my impression of Luxembourg.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 07:11 PM (oeNAa)

207 Husband of Mrs. L and I just counted all the states we have visited. 32 without even trying. This includes two National Parks- Grand Canyon and Arches. Both spectacular.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at October 25, 2025 07:11 PM (dyL4B)

208 That top photo didn't remind me of Buc-ee's, but the movie "Hundreds of Beavers." Perhaps it's because there isn't one within 300 miles, until they build one planned south of Milwaukee.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 25, 2025 07:12 PM (S/Y4j)

209 >>Not once have I been to Mexico.

Let me save you some time. Don't.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:12 PM (viF8m)

210 Luxembourg is way better than Camden....it's a low bar though

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 25, 2025 07:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

211 Along with Mt Rushmore, the Bad Lands and dinosaur hunting would be fun

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 07:12 PM (+qU29)

212 Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 25, 2025 06:26 PM (0aYVJ)

More evidence why it wasn’t hard to split up Virginia into West Virginia.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 25, 2025 07:13 PM (EYmYM)

213 107 >>Have you read “The Wager”

I haven't. Good?
Posted by: JackStraw

Worth a read. I really enjoyed it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 25, 2025 07:13 PM (mT+6a)

214 You Rhode Islanders sure have a strange idea of what birds are.

"Cthulhu is said to resemble a green octopus, dragon, and a human caricature, hundreds of meters tall, with webbed, human-looking arms and legs and a pair of rudimentary wings on its back. Its head is depicted as similar to the entirety of a gigantic octopus, with an unknown number of tentacles surrounding its supposed mouth."

Posted by: IrishEi at October 25, 2025 07:14 PM (3ImbR)

215 204 When I was a baseball fan (no longer) the idea of visiting all the major league ball parks would have been a cool idea. But since they are mostly in big cities and I hate big cities, the idea never got off the ground.

I was well on the way until the Astros and MLB told me to fuck off. Astrodome, the Juicebox, Busch Stadium (1985, my first - thanks Dad!), Stade Olympique, the SkyDome, Turner Field, Safeco Field, Coors Canaveral.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:14 PM (vwL3N)

216 >>Worth a read. I really enjoyed it.

I'll give it read. Thanks.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:14 PM (viF8m)

217 Travel related, I drove through Watertown Mass. square this afternoon. I usually avoid town centers. Anyhow, still had anti Israeli protesters on each corner
I gave each I passed near to.a little honk sand got their attention, after which they each got a middle finger salute. Useless, but satisfying.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 25, 2025 07:14 PM (n4GiU)

218 screaming in digital, I am so enjoying your calendar. High praise, Lady
Posted by: Ben Had
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I'm so glad you like it. I had so much fun visiting so many cool places in TX this year (Cow Demon gets all the credit for planning those amazing trips).

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 25, 2025 07:14 PM (cnYlU)

219 Let me save you some time. Don't.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:12 PM (viF8m)

I’ve been to El Paso. Looked at Juarez. That was enough.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:15 PM (vwL3N)

220 Along with Mt Rushmore, the Bad Lands and dinosaur hunting would be fun

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 07:12 PM (+qU29)

Add southern Alberta to that, and the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller.

Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2025 07:15 PM (6sQ4m)

221 >>"Cthulhu is said to resemble a green octopus, dragon, and a human caricature, hundreds of meters tall, with webbed, human-looking arms and legs and a pair of rudimentary wings on its back. Its head is depicted as similar to the entirety of a gigantic octopus, with an unknown number of tentacles surrounding its supposed mouth."

Fairly accurate but he's not really that tall. Maybe 180 meters at best.

So when are you coming for a visit?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:17 PM (viF8m)

222 FL GA SC NC VA DC PA KY TN AL MS LA AR MO IL NE KS OK TX NM CO UT AZ NV, maybe one day if I retire.....

Posted by: Eromero at October 25, 2025 07:18 PM (LHPAg)

223 >>There is a taxidermist right next door to a veterinarian in my neighborhood.

Well that's disturbing.
Posted by: JackStraw

It kind of is, and yet...I might have my dog stuffed and mounted. Put him right next to his favorite electric fireplace, in perpetuity.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 25, 2025 07:19 PM (h7ZuX)

224 Travel eh? She loves to travel, and I like to watch her travel. In September, she arranged our personal record longest travel, a long loop ending in Istanbul to see the Hagia Sophia. I got to take an isolated shot of her in the church(mosque? church, to us) in "girl with a pearl earring" lighting. Mwah!

One stop was in Weymouth, England, so... That was cool. :'/

Posted by: Wry Mouth at October 25, 2025 07:19 PM (ng7S8)

225 I’ve been to five MLB parks but one of them was Yankee Stadium before they tore it down.

One that I wanted to go to was Cominskey Field but I couldn’t find it on the map.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 25, 2025 07:20 PM (EYmYM)

226 It kind of is, and yet...I might have my dog stuffed and mounted. Put him right next to his favorite electric fireplace, in perpetuity.

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IMHO, that is a lot more respectful and proper than mounting him on your car as a hood ornament.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 07:20 PM (oeNAa)

227 I was well on the way until the Astros and MLB told me to fuck off. Astrodome, the Juicebox, Busch Stadium (1985, my first - thanks Dad!), Stade Olympique, the SkyDome, Turner Field, Safeco Field, Coors Canaveral.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:14 PM (vwL3N)

Damnit! How dare I leave off Wrigley Field?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 25, 2025 07:21 PM (vwL3N)

228 Time to say good night and thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. As always, thanks for being here. Back next week with a different theme. The email box is always open for your hobbying needs.

See y'all later in Club ONT!

Posted by: TRex - roaming dino at October 25, 2025 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

229 I have regrets didn't see more of England on my free trip for two years by the government. Did get to Scotland but only local East Anglia and London a few dozen times.

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 07:23 PM (+qU29)

230 Along with Mt Rushmore, the Bad Lands and dinosaur hunting would be fun
Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 07:12 PM (+qU29)

212 Posted by

Skip, do it Go. Especially as an east coaster like myself, it's eye.opening. Don't forget Custer State Park while there. Fabulous.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 25, 2025 07:23 PM (n4GiU)

231 I'm not a Red Sox fan. But if you've never been to Fenway Park on a warm summer afternoon it should be on your bucket list. Maybe twice.

That is what a baseball park is supposed to be.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:23 PM (viF8m)

232 IMHO, that is a lot more respectful and proper than mounting him on your car as a hood ornament.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 07:20 PM (oeNAa)

Heh

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 25, 2025 07:24 PM (h7ZuX)

233 Did take a sea cruise to Sweden, that was memorable

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 07:24 PM (+qU29)

234 Let's see. The states I've been to: all of New England, all of the Atlantic Seaboard, WV, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois (never fucking again if I can help it), Michigan, and Wisconsin. Never been west of the Mississippi River.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 07:24 PM (yTvNw)

235 I do like historical battle sites

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 07:25 PM (+qU29)

236 One stop was in Weymouth, England, so... That was cool. :'/

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I remember Weymouth for its cute little bridge and a lot of street buskers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 07:25 PM (Q1uY4)

237 I have been to the ball of twine (it's just up the road a piece).

States:
CA, WA, WY, CO, SD, ND, NE, MO, OK, TX, IL, IN, OH, WV, PA, NY, MA, NH, VT, ME, VA, GA, FL, KY, TN, SC, MN, WI, MI.
Missed a few down south and out west.

Posted by: Chappyman66 at October 25, 2025 07:27 PM (L3byd)

238 One that I wanted to go to was Cominskey Field but I couldn’t find it on the map.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 25, 2025 07:20 PM (EYmYM)

226 It kind of is,

It's on the other side of the highway.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 25, 2025 07:27 PM (n4GiU)

239 Damnit! How dare I leave off Wrigley Field?
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Wrigley twice (1st time, Cubs & Cards), Coors Field, Angels Stadium (not sure if it has another name?), Turner Field, Truist Park, and Fulton County Stadium. Best one? $5 seats at Fulton County, Tom Glavine pitching.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 25, 2025 07:28 PM (cnYlU)

240 238 One that I wanted to go to was Cominskey Field but I couldn’t find it on the map.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 25, 2025 07:20 PM (EYmYM)

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That's where Barry Obama liked to hang out. Knew it like the back of his hand he did.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 25, 2025 07:29 PM (Q1uY4)

241 TRex, this was a fun thread. Wish I had showed up on time for it.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 25, 2025 07:29 PM (cnYlU)

242 ne that I wanted to go to was Cominskey Field but I couldn’t find it on the map.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 25, 2025 07:20 PM (EYmYM)

226 It kind of is,

It's on the other side of the highway.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 25, 2025 07:27 PM (n4GiU)

Of course I was making fun of self declared White Sox fan Obama.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 25, 2025 07:29 PM (EYmYM)

243 Baseball trivia. What's oldest baseball park in America?

JTB knows this one.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:30 PM (viF8m)

244 Hi back to all the friends saying hi! Like I told our son today: We went to Texas to spend a weekend with 90 of our best friends. lol.

Traveling is my main hobby, pastime, reason for living, you name it. That trip was amazing - the last post office on the mainland in Tierra Del Fuego - so cute. All the penguins! (Hi Duncanthrax). The sea was kind and allowed us to visit Falkland Islands - more penguins and super freaky deals with all the proper English and red phone boxes!

Posted by: SnailRacer at October 25, 2025 07:30 PM (CU/cE)

245
You're welcome
Posted by: The Ionosphere

How's about heating up six meters?
I need Hawaii and Alaska.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2025 07:31 PM (pkeXY)

246 Movies are up.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 25, 2025 07:34 PM (n4GiU)

247 So when are you coming for a visit?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:17 PM (viF8m)
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May be going to Nova Scotia again after the new year. No definite date yet and it's still up in the air. If I do go, I'll detour to your little state (assuming it's on my GPS.)

Posted by: IrishEi at October 25, 2025 07:36 PM (3ImbR)

248 243 ... "Baseball trivia. What's oldest baseball park in America?

JTB knows this one."

Yup. Cardines Field, built in 1908 if I recall my history. It was a nice part of my childhood.

Posted by: JTB at October 25, 2025 07:37 PM (yTvNw)

249 >>Yup. Cardines Field, built in 1908 if I recall my history. It was a nice part of my childhood.

Still going strong. Wonderful place to watch a game.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2025 07:47 PM (viF8m)

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