tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post7714957678865265542..comments2023-12-11T03:32:58.722-05:00Comments on Twisted Roads By Jack Riepe: Living Through The White Death...Jack Riepehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-7966077969357040482010-02-11T14:08:50.076-05:002010-02-11T14:08:50.076-05:00I'm sure you got the winning amount yesterday....I'm sure you got the winning amount yesterday. I made it to work at 11 after sleeping late and shoveling out our cars. NJDOT is open and quiet, due no doubt to the fact nothing else is open in NJ. Your Long Island advise is very optimistic, dire though it may seem. I have spent many a day going out to Westhampton and back since I was a baby, tossing my socks out the window of my parent's 1955 Chevy Bel-Air. Unless it is 2 o'clock in the morning on a Wednesday, any run out to Montauk will actually take twice the estimated time. I have on occasion abandoned the trip after 6 hours from Imlaystown, having gotten to within sight of the World's Fair grounds in Flushing Meadow Park. That's in Queen's, and any trip requires full expedition preparedness: food, drink, extra medications if daily use is required, and bladder control of the gods! <br />You think that we are doing a test run??? Now we are in Stanley and Livingston territory for certain!!! I'd start prepping now, re-watch any episode of "LOST" that is handy. Be aware that every trip out there is different from every other one. Weather, accidents, golf tournaments, tennis, holiday proximity, road work, and pure chance can turn the trip into an over night or even an extended weekend. Eeeeesh! Timing is everything in this case and the best time is NEVER!! Not kidding in the least, even if sacks of cash await the arrival of Mr. Conch. Don't paint it all pretty for him, it never is.Snow-pocalypse indeed and Ihornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-91702986410953708852010-02-10T18:44:01.166-05:002010-02-10T18:44:01.166-05:00Dear Jack,
Why are you so greedy with the snow?! ...Dear Jack,<br /><br />Why are you so greedy with the snow?! You shouldn't horde it! Dom and I would like some more please. <br /><br />-ChrisChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606446271603142230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-73745218598618045752010-02-10T17:12:40.220-05:002010-02-10T17:12:40.220-05:00Appreciate your offer regarding my cat, but she is...Appreciate your offer regarding my cat, but she is the only one out of the 3 that actually ADORES dogs!! She might wear them out!sgsidekickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649169267084831571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-2236517833875796972010-02-10T17:01:31.641-05:002010-02-10T17:01:31.641-05:00Dear Jack,
As per usual, another winner. As for ...Dear Jack,<br /><br />As per usual, another winner. As for the precipitation you have been getting, rest assured that 16 inches is a balmy spring day in Montreal. Speaking of same's finest being cocksuckers, you were lucky. You got them on a good day.<br /><br />As always,<br /><br />Karenmtlcowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381815597714496485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-91488162104132079312010-02-10T15:32:19.675-05:002010-02-10T15:32:19.675-05:00Dear EGIB (Jeff):
Now you have me thinking of tit...Dear EGIB (Jeff):<br /><br />Now you have me thinking of tits. Okay, I always think of tits... But now I'm thinking about them real hard. <br /><br />Fondest regards,<br />Jack • reep • ToadJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-82362578928627102662010-02-10T15:30:42.422-05:002010-02-10T15:30:42.422-05:00Dear Chris Luhman:
Thank you for your kind note. ...Dear Chris Luhman:<br /><br />Thank you for your kind note. I like the picture too. Regretably, we are in the process of getting another 16 inches today and I am not happy about it. The word on the street is that there is another storm coming on Monday. Yes, another snow storm.<br /><br />Fondest regards,<br />Jack • reep • ToadJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-79198045465708357592010-02-09T23:00:23.948-05:002010-02-09T23:00:23.948-05:00Jack are you sure that is new rear rubber, or is a...Jack are you sure that is new rear rubber, or is all that snow just making the tits erect?Electra Glide In Bluehttp://my68flh.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-26043715115872608702010-02-09T19:57:51.151-05:002010-02-09T19:57:51.151-05:00Jack, I really like the photo of the snow piled up...Jack, I really like the photo of the snow piled up behind your back tire. <br /><br />-ChrisChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606446271603142230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-46657135044142944132010-02-09T14:51:39.340-05:002010-02-09T14:51:39.340-05:00Dear SGSidekick (Tena):
One way to prevent the ca...Dear SGSidekick (Tena):<br /><br />One way to prevent the cat from jumping onto the keyboard is to send it to a taxidermist for a short vacation. Within a month or two, it will return devoid of any bad habits, and will be eternally youthful. And best of all, the litter box will become purely ornamental. <br /><br />If you like, you can mail your cat here. I run a kind of petting zoo. Does your cat like to run? The current two exhibits in my petting zoo will certain keep it light on its paws.<br /><br />Fondest regards,<br />Jack • reep • ToadJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-90922172246754287092010-02-09T14:46:20.666-05:002010-02-09T14:46:20.666-05:00Dear Mr. Cabanaugh:
Thank you for your kind note ...Dear Mr. Cabanaugh:<br /><br />Thank you for your kind note of encouragement. I cannot tell you what it means to me to get an email from a Mac Pac rider that does not begin with "Dear Lard Ass," or "Hey Shit For Brains," or "You Son of a Bitch."<br /><br />I am delighted that you have found my blog to be a source of inspiration, peace, and personal satisfaction. Many of my readers have embraced my personal philosophy, and now base their lives on it. One gent, Conchscooter (Key West), confers with me on a near daily basis.<br /><br />Many Canadians also read this blog in the belief that it promotes international unity. Women claim "Twisted Roads" most accurately depicts their innermost desires and provides thm with a confidential recipient for their naked pictures. <br /><br />Please be advised that the extensive staff of "Twisted Roads" is comitted to publishing new blog episodes every Monday and Thursday. <br /><br />Thank you for reading this blog on a regular basis for for taking the time to comment. Your comments are important to us... Especially as many provide me with ammunition for my critics, who are as numerous as grains of sand on a beach.<br /><br />Fondest regards,<br />Jack • reep • ToadJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-87772490079455572542010-02-09T14:35:44.013-05:002010-02-09T14:35:44.013-05:00Jock,
After sitting here for many an hour awaitin...Jock,<br /><br />After sitting here for many an hour awaiting your next blog, I am delighted to be entertained by two. That's one followed by another. I was not aware of your skill of writing one blog followed by another.<br /><br />Thank you to Tom Cutter for pointing out your skills in mechanical maintenance and the fact that you published some more shitxxxx stuff to be read by the common man.<br /><br />To Stiffie I commend the great photos of her beloved dogs. I wonder, however, why your picture does not grace the pages. Hell man it's your<br />blog. I understand that you are maybe lower on the list of guardian pets, but then which of us men are not. Got to tell you my "other half", didn't say better half, loved the dog pictures, especially<br />Atticus. The only spoiled male in your house according to you.<br /><br />Thank you for telling me where to find the oil filter on my K75. It is not necessary for you to give me "the digit of indignation", save it for Clyde and Breg Dickstein.<br /><br />Enjoyed the write ups and looking forward for the next several. Since we are due for more snow I think you should get about the next several<br />so everyone has some time to kill reading the minutia. Really enjoy the stories and the laughs they provide.<br /><br />Gerry Cavanaugh<br />Coatesville, PAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-38466540121008924532010-02-09T10:58:14.107-05:002010-02-09T10:58:14.107-05:00Aw, hell. The first time I read this, the cat had...Aw, hell. The first time I read this, the cat had jumped on the keyboard. I thought I'd got back to where I left off. Obviously I hadn't. Evil new kitty, trying the patience of everyone. I figured it out, too late, of course. But it was just as good to read a second time.sgsidekickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649169267084831571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-65888560411953955102010-02-09T10:46:17.689-05:002010-02-09T10:46:17.689-05:00Dear Mr. Conch Scooter:
I have no experience in m...Dear Mr. Conch Scooter:<br /><br />I have no experience in making long-distance qualifying runs. I have years of experience in dealing with Metropolitan area traffic. Do I understand correctly that you are going to qualify on this new run on your way up -- heading north? <br /><br />Then here are my questions to you.<br />1) Have you ever been to Long Island before?<br />2) Whether you pass through Manhattan (Lincoln Tunnell to the Long Island Expressway) or bypass it <br />(i.e. The Goethals Bridge or the Outerbridge Crossing -- both from the NJ Turnpike -- to the Verannzano Narrows Bridge to the Belt Parkway), you run the risk of weekend traffic out to the Island. Your plan had better entail hitting this stretch very early on that Saturday morning. The Belt Parkway has a hook-up with Route 27 (running out to Montauk), but it is right by Kennedy Airport, which is not known for its tranquility. <br /><br />It is important that you stop and take on a full load of gas at the last service area on the New Jersey Turnpike (around Woodbridge) before taking the Goethals Bridge into Staten Island. New York City is everyplace on your eastern horizon at this point, and getting off one of the chainsaw expressways to look for gas is unbelievably annoying. <br /><br />There is one fucking service station on the Belt Parkway. It is a left lane exit and entrance, built in 1929, with a ramp that is 10 feet long. This is getting close to Kennedy Airport, and left lane traffic at this point is moving at 400 miles per hour.<br /><br />Once you have crossed into New York City (presumably through Staten Island), the neighborhoods start to change. Staten Island is pretty safe, but you are in Brooklyn on the other side of the Narrows Bridge. Historic Coney Island is the kind of place where an out of towner could run into trouble. Queens is a kind of a mixed bag, with incredibly tight ethnic neighborhoods. (And by that, mean the last time I was there -- 3 years ago -- I found myself in a warren of streets filled with Irish.)<br /><br />You can get robbed anywhere. The only place I was ever robbed was in the lobby of the best and most expensive hotel in fucking Montreal. And the police up there were real cocksuckers too. Unless they just assigned us to the cocksucker squad. <br /><br />Let me know the route you are thinking of taking to get out to Montauk. I will pack a picnic hamper of good stuff, pick up my pal Ihor in NJ, and run the route to measure mileage, find the best places to gas up, and look at hotels out there. <br /><br />I might also consider riding out to Montauk on that Friday, under a different schedule than yours, and wait for you at the designated end.<br /><br />Bear in mind that I have a motorcycle trailer and can offer you some assistance in the unlikely and unhoped for event of a breakdown. <br /><br />Assuming you got out to Montauk by noon, you could sleep for 6 hours before we started back. I think it advisble to tackle getting through NYC perimeter traffic in daylight. It has been my experience that the quality of the road surface of the Belt Parkway runs from bad to really bad. And it will not be improved if we are dealing with rain.<br /><br />Fondest regards,<br />Jack<br /><br />3) The traffic in that area is so fucked up anfd aggressive, you'll want to have your wits about you. <br /><br />Without problems in traffic (hahahahahahaha), this house is about 5.5 hours from the southern tip of Long Island.Jack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-72143563441743274322010-02-09T09:43:47.696-05:002010-02-09T09:43:47.696-05:00Dear Charlie6 (Domingo):
It is interesting that a...Dear Charlie6 (Domingo):<br /><br />It is interesting that after having gone through three days of msassive prep for the storm of the century, we are getting ready for another 15 to 20 inches of snow today -- and nary a peep out of the weather guys. <br /><br />We had two interestimg situation develop over the wekend. The first is that we ran out of heating oil on Sunday night. A call to our fuel supplier produced an apology and they sent a guy out here with a tank in a pickup truck. They gave us 25 gallons to get through the night. <br /><br />Stiffie reminded them again yesterday, beforee the snow came again tonight, and they filled the tank.<br /><br />The other was the inability of the snow removal guy hired to clear the driveway. There will be no screwing around this today. I will call the vendor I used to get the driveway and garage area plowed out after the other guy cancelled to make sure we are on the list.<br /><br />The snow predicted for tonight is said to be of the wet variety. It will be some bitch to clear 15 inches of that out of this driveway. <br /><br />I am going to park the truck so that the driver's door is almost flush with one of the bay doors. This will preclude having to shovel a path out to the vehicle.<br /><br />I do not see any riding in Februrary. And unless we get some really warm days, I doubt we'll get any in early March either. <br /><br />I hate it when journalists coin a word like "snowmagedden." <br /><br />Thank you for reading Twisted Roads and for writing in. <br /><br />Fondest regards,<br />Jack • reep • ToadJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-33776867664519585112010-02-09T02:22:54.738-05:002010-02-09T02:22:54.738-05:00Mono climates are good for the soul and I will sed...Mono climates are good for the soul and I will seduce the dogs in amnner that will take your beath away. They will demand pink crocs of their own.<br />My plan is to leave Key West at some ungodly hour near the htird weekend of May and arrive less than 36 hours later at the toip of the south fork of long island. Rest. And, if I can make it work ride to East Goshen Delaware by the Saturday evening. Then head south the next day. <br />Perosnally I think the mac pac should descend on scooter in the boonies after breakfast and shave his dog.Conchscooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016331487463993200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-67640241896938857192010-02-08T23:57:36.160-05:002010-02-08T23:57:36.160-05:00oh and thanks for not using the term "snowmag...oh and thanks for not using the term "snowmaggedon"!redlegsrideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927757855921321097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-13341525853318342592010-02-08T23:55:26.642-05:002010-02-08T23:55:26.642-05:00Jack,
very nice writeup on the hyperventilation ...Jack, <br /><br />very nice writeup on the hyperventilation and exaggeration done by the media every time a snowflake is rumored to be inbound.....still, 2ft of snow is a goodly amount of snow....it'd stop my Ural in its tracks. Who am I kidding, all it takes is about 8 inches and my exhaust pipes are "floating" my rear tire from the ground.<br /><br />I'd just like to have it known that it took 5ft drifts here in the Denver area to shut the town down for a week or so; a few years ago....that was a lot of digging!<br /><br />Please convey to Leslie my admiration for the wonderful quality of her photography. Those are great looking dogs, and I say this as a non-dog person.<br /><br />As to being in a roomful of airhead riders and being man enough (or perhaps stupid enough) to admit you ride something from the dark side, good for you! Some Beemer riders just take things a bit to the extreme sometimes...redlegsrideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927757855921321097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-50537276862676775212010-02-08T23:52:40.919-05:002010-02-08T23:52:40.919-05:00Dear Canajun:
You can take this snow and shovel i...Dear Canajun:<br /><br />You can take this snow and shovel it.... :)<br /><br />Fondest regards,<br />Jack • reep • ToadJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-72958462213539824072010-02-08T23:51:51.075-05:002010-02-08T23:51:51.075-05:00Dear Classic Velocity (Wayne):
The one thing I t...Dear Classic Velocity (Wayne): <br /><br />The one thing I tried to avoid at all costs was having to shovel out the damn truck. My joints were screaming. And I ended up having to do it any way. <br /><br />Tomorrow night, I will park the truck in such a way that the driver's door is right up against the garage door. Not path to shovel and I now have a routine for getting the snow off the roof. <br /><br />Fondest regards,<br />Jack • reep • ToadJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-17532023140318561802010-02-08T23:47:10.673-05:002010-02-08T23:47:10.673-05:00Dear SgSidekick (Tena):
Nope... I don't add a...Dear SgSidekick (Tena):<br /><br />Nope... I don't add a thing. What did you think changed?<br /><br />Fondest regards,<br />Jack • reep • ToadJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-88139138068336153292010-02-08T23:44:25.112-05:002010-02-08T23:44:25.112-05:00Dear Cantwell (Michael):
The second part of the o...Dear Cantwell (Michael):<br /><br />The second part of the one/two punch will arrive tomorrow. They say we can get another 18 inches. I do not expect to be riding until the middle of March. It will take two weeks for this stuff to melt. I am searching for 100 pounds of rock salt to work the driveway over on Wednesday, after the plow guy gets here. <br /><br />You will be riding before I am, at this rate.<br /><br />Fondest regards,<br />Jack • reep • ToadJack Riepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531160098262862027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-71201458261853767652010-02-08T23:08:28.868-05:002010-02-08T23:08:28.868-05:00Hey! Did you add to your post??? That's snea...Hey! Did you add to your post??? That's sneaky!!sgsidekickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649169267084831571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-7147133412782754512010-02-08T22:38:06.160-05:002010-02-08T22:38:06.160-05:00Dear Jack,
Your bravery in the face of danger kno...Dear Jack,<br /><br />Your bravery in the face of danger knows no bounds. With only half your total snowfall, I used it as an excuse to spend some quality time in the garage making progress on the R90S; A proper BMW with horizontally opposed cylinders and no radiator. Due to your talent as a writer, you are forgiven for owning an alternative engine configuration. <br /><br />Cheers,<br />Wayne (aka classic velocity)classic velocityhttp://classicvelocity.squarespace.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-69966457548944871242010-02-08T20:55:55.861-05:002010-02-08T20:55:55.861-05:00One word - schadenfreude.
Finally it's happen...One word - schadenfreude.<br /><br />Finally it's happening to someone else!<br /><br />Great pics of the dogs btw, and the shiny new tire.Canajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428154721977251894.post-14982982858597417392010-02-08T20:27:36.661-05:002010-02-08T20:27:36.661-05:00Goodness you have lots of snow....and you can keep...Goodness you have lots of snow....and you can keep it!<br />The temperatures here are in single digits at night and climb to high single digits and low teens during the day. The snow has been falling lightly in the upper elevations, but here in Wilmington it's been sunny. The roads are bare and have a beautiful coating of fine white salt. As you know the NYSDOT does not use sand up here anymore...strictly salt. If we do not get any considerable amounts of snow by President's Day, I am going to give my beloved 1993 BMW K75 a spin. I want to get some pictures of her in front of a very impressive ice field that formed after the last thaw and torrential rains. There are huge slabs of ice right up next to route 86 between Jay and Ausable Forks. It was an impressive ice flow. The grass is showing around the house and the drive is almost ice free thanks to the suns power.<br />Looking forward to your next piece.<br />Truly,<br />Michael.Cantwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512417293017303810noreply@blogger.com