Modern Buddy

I have my dinosaur in sight, just have to wait for the snow to be plowed.

I earned this one today! Couldn't ask for a nicer day in early March to ride 2 hours each way for no other reason then a scooter tag!


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Next tag.... a speed limit sign and a "your speed" digital sign.

Nicely done!!!!

Do the two signs have to be attached? (that's a 20mph school speed limit sign on up ahead)

Looks good to me!

Alrighty then!!

Next tag: Your scooter on a scale

I don't want this to get stuck for another month, so I'll post my cheesy picture of my Buddy on a scale later... still thinking of a new tag though.

I actually took a photo at lunchtime today (street-level scale outside an abandoned brewery), but I can't Bluetooth it from my phone to my work PC. And I have all SMS and Internet turned off on our phones, so I can't mail it to myself.

Yeah, no pic, no tag. Maybe this evening, if it's still up for grabs.

PeteH wrote:I actually took a photo at lunchtime today (street-level scale outside an abandoned brewery), but I can't Bluetooth it from my phone to my work PC. And I have all SMS and Internet turned off on our phones, so I can't mail it to myself.

Yeah, no pic, no tag. Maybe this evening, if it's still up for grabs.

Go for it. Mine is a model buddy from scooterworks on a kitchen scale

Here ya go: the truck scale outside the abandoned (and haunted) Lemp Brewery in St. Louis.



Next up: your scooter at a hockey game!

OK, OK, so maybe the hockey thing was ambitious, given that everybody's out scooting in warm weather.

This one should be easy!!! Let's change it to..... a Civil War memorial (Union, Confederate, or both):

drat, I didn't get my scale pic posted in time...



300 lbs but I think it was rounding because it only went up to 450 when I put my 165 lb body on it…

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oh, I think we have hockey around here somewhere! Winterhawks? I'd have to hunt it out... probably easier than a civil war memorial around here...

Right across from City Hall, I didn't know what the monument was for until now:

Next tag: Duck pin bowling! Okay, maybe just a bowling alley, for those not in New England, with a cartoon mascot.

Nice. I was looking for one a couple years ago when I was in RI. I really would have liked to get into the underground alley by the old scooter shop, what was it called?

Not too many bowling alleys left out here in the west. Most have been torn down in favor of the Family Bowling Center, ugh.

Hmmm, I know where that bowling alley is. Quezzie that ain't no stinkin' Buddy you're riding!

Syd, Down Under Duckpin Bowling. Fire in 2010. The scooter place was Java Speed (hi Patrick!). If you're ever in the area, give me a shout!

Bowlmor in New York was awesome for underground bowling. Unfortunately it's been hipster-ized like the rest of the island.

O, what a great looking place. God I miss bowling alleys. I wonder if the lanes are still there? That's probably inches thick rock maple. I grew up in N Central MA - we had quite a few old houses up there too; no duckpins though, just candlepin and ten pin. I stopped into a rubber duckpin place just west of the Hudson River once those puppies fly!

Siobhan -- It's true, I got a new scooter about a month ago. Have promptly put ~500 miles on it, weather allowing (first service is scheduled for this weekend). I suppose I should update my profile to reflect my current fleet...

Nice link about Down Under Duckpin Bowling! I have to admit, I drive by the Bowling Academy regularly and always wanted to remember to tag it. Mission: accomplished.

Syd -- Speaking of New England bowling variations, I recently discovered candlepin bowling with friends in Boston. How many ways to chuck a ball at standing objects! Welcome extended, if you find yourself around here. :)

Duck pin...New England and Baltimore!. we have them around here too. I've had people not believe they were real LOL

what is candlepin?

viney266 wrote:Duck pin...New England and Baltimore!. we have them around here too. I've had people not believe they were real LOL

what is candlepin?

Wow, duckpins in MD? That's cool.

Everything you ever wanted to know about candlepins. The hardest bowling game of them all.

I just glanced at the records link on the page above. Some guy threw a 245 in candlepin? I'm not sure I believe it!

I can get a bowling alley (once the rain stops today) - I just need to figure out something for the next tag to get that hasnt been used yet.

I'm pretty sure I don't have duck pin bowling, but I have scared up an alley with a cartoon character mascot. Like Lemont though, have to wait for the rain to let up!

Candlepin looks really crazy. I'm a decent 10 pin bowler and duck is HARD. Candlepins looks crazy. I'll have to try it sometime when I am up that way!!!. Learned something new on a scooter forum.

Here is my bowling alley


and for the next tag - a place buying gold (gold store, coin shop, jewelry store, etc - but there should be some kind of sign showing they buy gold.

...I want this one. If no one has gotten it yet, and the weather is nice on Friday afternoon I'll do it. There is a tattoo (scratcher) parlor in Schenectady with a big "TAT's 4 GOLD" sign.

(Yes, it says "tat's" not "tats"... their actual signs also have several spelling and grammar mistakes on them, "Tatoo's With a Touch of Skill," for example. I would never let them touch me.)

ScootLemont wrote:Here is my bowling alley...

Not to be overly picky, as a relative newcomer to the thread, but where's the cartoon mascot on the bowling alley?

I'm all for a reasonable (week-long) statute of limitations on strict interpretation, if it keeps the game moving!

PeteH wrote: Not to be overly picky, as a relative newcomer to the thread, but where's the cartoon mascot on the bowling alley?

I'm all for a reasonable (week-long) statute of limitations on strict interpretation, if it keeps the game moving!

Hey... you are right... I missed the cartoon part

Not a big deal to me.... we need a ruling from Quezzie

AWinn6889 wrote:...I want this one. If no one has gotten it yet, and the weather is nice on Friday afternoon I'll do it. There is a tattoo (scratcher) parlor in Schenectady with a big "TAT's 4 GOLD" sign.

(Yes, it says "tat's" not "tats"... their actual signs also have several spelling and grammar mistakes on them, "Tatoo's With a Touch of Skill," for example. I would never let them touch me.)

Does this place buy gold? That was the tag.

Those places are like flies on poop around here. AZ had hundreds of payday/title loan places charging 4-500% interest, that voters let the exemption expire on. So they all turned into Cash for Gold places.

No cartoonish bowling alleys though.

Syd wrote: Those places are like flies on poop around here.

yeah... thats why I picked them - I didnt have anything really creative that wouldnt be pretty tough so I figured I would go with something easy to keep it moving.

AWinn6889 wrote:...I want this one. If no one has gotten it yet, and the weather is nice on Friday afternoon I'll do it. There is a tattoo (scratcher) parlor in Schenectady with a big "TAT's 4 GOLD" sign.

Trading tats for gold is close enough to buying gold for me (actually I think its better)

I think lanes are good to go, for what it's worth! I'd like to see the Tat's for Gold place. From a safe distance. :D

ScootLemont wrote:Here is my bowling alley

Who and where is the cartoon mascot? Am I missing it?

There isn't a cartoon mascot, but I didn't realize bowling alleys were quite such a dying species, nevermind lanes with cartoon adornment. So I'll let this one slide... ;)

AWinn6889 wrote:...I want this one. If no one has gotten it yet, and the weather is nice on Friday afternoon I'll do it. There is a tattoo (scratcher) parlor in Schenectady with a big "TAT's 4 GOLD" sign.

(Yes, it says "tat's" not "tats"... their actual signs also have several spelling and grammar mistakes on them, "Tatoo's With a Touch of Skill," for example. I would never let them touch me.)

lol Tat is 4 gold huh?
Yeah that might be a bad place to get inked.

They did have a little bit of written on duct tape under "TAT's 4 GOLD" that said "or cash!" But I wasn't sure how to interpret that, tats for cash or cash for gold... I've never been there for ink, and I will probably take my picture from across the street because it is just a wee bit sketchy. Lots of purple neon inside... and by lots I mean that's pretty much all the lighting they have in their lobby/reception area. I haven't gone inside to see if the areas where they tattoo have real lights or not.

I could easily grab a gold buying business photo at lunch today, but I'll wait another couple days for the tats of gold! That seems worth waiting for.

Maybe they mean tats IN gold? How cool would that be?

Well, for me the slight delay was finding the cartoon character, not the alley, which are still common around me in ol' Virginny. But I did ultimately find one with the mascot, and I will share it for laughs, though I slightly hesitate to present . . . Mr. HAPPY!:

http://holidaybowllanes.com

Okay, I'm not entirely sure where we're at on this, but i think we're at the "Cash for Gold" sign. Here's my attempt. i hope it passes muster:


And the next tag: Your scooter with an over sized version of one of those QR/matrix codes. It does not have to be as big as the one in this pick, or it can be bigger.

RoadRambler -- Heehee, nice share, "Stay out of the gutters!"

I still want to see the "Tat's for GOLD!"

xTomBx wrote:I still want to see the "Tat's for GOLD!"

Agreed!

scootavaran wrote:

xTomBx wrote:I still want to see the "Tat's for GOLD!"

Agreed!

I'll get to it just for funsies since I missed out on the tag, unfortunately the weather friday (and all weekend) was much colder and crappier than originally forecasted. This week is supposed to be cool, but nice... so one of these days I'll make a stop in Schenectady to get the pic.

So I Drove around for 50 miles today trying to find a giant barcode. No luck this is a hard one.

I can't find any oversized barcodes around here either.

Just kidding

Ha! That's funny!

Thanks Syd

I have too much time on my hands

This tag is, if not dead, on life support. Howardr, methinks a replacement is in order.