Scooter Photo Scavenger Hunt Week 14: Scooter Locomotion

sailortot · Post by **sailortot** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:56 pm

ahhhhhh....only one day left and its raining today.

glad theres no pressure for me to get this one!

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:58 pm

yup - raining here also - & I just hear a train go by down town

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:17 pm

Rain here too.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:00 pm

This should make you feel better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5MCCLtQqkE

Or, I prefer Johnny's version myself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8P-WhxBbnE

MarsR · Post by **MarsR** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:30 pm

Well, it's not a great pic, taken with my cell phone. But here's another 10 pts....

I guess he's been tagging people out there all day.

MarsR · Post by **MarsR** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:36 pm

And no, it's not a "real" ticket, thank goodness!

But you all really should try this. Asking the cop for a favor is definitely worth 10 points!

OScoot! · Post by **OScoot!** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:36 pm

sailortot wrote:ahhhhhh....only one day left and its raining today.

glad theres no pressure for me to get this one!

Orange Guy wrote:Rain here too.

OK you two....put those rainslicks on and go get those pics! You CANNOT let me take the lead by default! Besides, I can't run the next hunt. I'm going to be out of the country for the last 2 weeks in Sept.

OScoot! · Post by **OScoot!** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:39 pm

MarsR wrote:Well, it's not a great pic, taken with my cell phone. But here's another 10 pts....
I guess he's been tagging people out there all day.

Oh whew!! Thank you MarsR.....now YOU're in the lead!!! Great pic. My cops were not nearly so ready to get their pics online"!

MarsR · Post by **MarsR** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:50 pm

OScoot! wrote:Oh whew!! Thank you MarsR.....now YOU're in the lead!!! Great pic. My cops were not nearly so ready to get their pics online"!

Well, I'm sure my little lead is only temporary. I had to do the cop picture just to get back in the running.

sailortot and Orange Guy could still beat me even without a cop picture.

OScoot! · Post by **OScoot!** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:39 pm

MarsR wrote:Well, I'm sure my little lead is only temporary. I had to do the cop picture just to get back in the running.
sailortot and Orange Guy could still beat me even without a cop picture.

Well, that's true. But if they both get rained out, then YOU have the lead. And I'm very glad for that!

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:47 pm

Oh, I'll have a picture ... it just might not be as good as I had hoped. The rain would keep me from making the 1 hour trip to the Galesburg Amtrak station (where they have a steam train on display).

Luckily, my default train station is now a coffee shop favored by the Illinois State Police.

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:09 am

MarsR wrote:Well, it's not a great pic, taken with my cell phone. But here's another 10 pts....
I guess he's been tagging people out there all day.

Nice job MarsR! America's Finest working it for points

I got my b/f to dig around and find his conductor's cap this weekend. I cleaned it up and figured out the perfect angle by the train station...and then the first day of school came (I'm on a college campus) and it's been 12-14 hour days (and dark when I get home). I hope I can get out tomorrow at a decent hour for a pic. And I'm trying for the Acela as sotied already got a MBTA train.

OScoot! · Post by **OScoot!** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:23 am

Orange Guy wrote:Oh, I'll have a picture ... it just might not be as good as I had hoped. .

Awww right! I knew we could count on you to come thru! Now.....where's sailortot! Looks like this one is gonna be a close 3-way race to the finish! Orange Guy, Sailortot & MarsR! Wheeeee! Who's it gonna be?????

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:53 pm

Well, it looks like I'm done. Little sleep due to a nasty sinus cold, 100% chance of heavy rain all day and the fact that the trains switched to a night schedule a couple months ago add up to me not having a pic this week.

Eagerly awaiting Scavenger Hunt 2.0!

MarsR · Post by **MarsR** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:29 pm

Orange Guy wrote:Well, it looks like I'm done. Little sleep due to a nasty sinus cold, 100% chance of heavy rain all day and the fact that the trains switched to a night schedule a couple months ago add up to me not having a pic this week.

Eagerly awaiting Scavenger Hunt 2.0!

AAAAAAAAH! NOOOOO! YOU CAN'T QUIT NOW! THAT'S NOT ALLOWED! SCOOTLEMONT, MAKE A RULING, QUICK!

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:33 pm

If the rain lets up, I'll scoot down and get a pic.

Scooter Hoot · Post by **Scooter Hoot** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:37 pm

Ooh, so THAT'S where our little Gustav went. I was kind of wondering who was getting him now.

The one nice thing about living on the gulf - as long as the hurricane misses you, you actually get pretty nice weather. It's like all the bad stuff is concentrated in it, leaving nice weather behind it.

sailortot · Post by **sailortot** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:49 pm

im not falling for that, orangeguy. i know youve got some tricks up your sleeves.

olivemusic · Post by **olivemusic** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:15 pm

4 pts- your scooter with a train
2 pts – your scooter at a train station
1 pt – if you are in the photo
=7 points

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:05 pm

Scooter Hoot wrote:Ooh, so THAT'S where our little Gustav went. I was kind of wondering who was getting him now.

Yep... he is visiting us now.... and does not seem to be in any hurry to leave

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:51 pm

sailortot wrote:im not falling for that, orangeguy. i know youve got some tricks up your sleeves.

The rain seems to be letting up a bit, but it's still going to require rain gear. Bib overalls over or under the rain gear? Not sure if I'm going or not.

sailortot ... where's your pic? Having any luck?

BiscuitHead · Post by **BiscuitHead** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:35 pm

ScootLemont wrote:Yep... he is visiting us now.... and does not seem to be in any hurry to leave

Glad I got my picture in yesterday before the rain. No good stories this week. I was just waiting for a cop to show as I was parked in a handicap space.

My bride wanted to make sure that I pointed out that the bib overalls are standard issue for me in the winter, much to her dismay. Nothing more comfortable than a pair of overalls.

Once again, I would like to thank SL for taking the time to organize this. You did a great job on everything

. This has made for a fun summer.

Anyways... here goes....

4 pts- your scooter with a train
2 pts – your scooter at a train station
1 pt – if you are in the photo (entire body & scooter)
2pts – if you are wearing a train engineer’s hat
1pt – if you are wearing a bandana around your neck
2pts – if you are wearing bib overalls

Total 12 points.

BiscuitHead · Post by **BiscuitHead** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:40 pm

OScoot! wrote:Brape, Racenut, Biscuithead, Olivemusic....ya'll have had a great run.

Thank you... and you didn't do so bad yourself.

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:20 pm

Yeah this has all been a lot of fun. I look forward to the next one

THough I'm still bummed I couldn't get a ticket

SANTRO-PEY · Post by **SANTRO-PEY** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:03 pm

4 pts- your scooter with a train
2 pts – your scooter at a train station
1 pt – if you are in the photo
=7 points

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:59 am

4 pts- your scooter with a train
2 pts – your scooter at a train station
1 pt – if you are in the photo
2pts – if you are wearing a train engineer’s hat
1pt – if you are wearing a bandana around your neck
2pts – if you are wearing bib overalls

12 points.

And detail of the hat, bandana and bibs:

Here's the station.

Here's the sign for the station.

Here's the train.

And here's the failed first attempt.

Yes, I'm really wearing bib overalls, but I wasn't about to take off the lower half of the raingear. My palms are black from the chilly mixture of water and leather.

And that's all. Barring an officer ringing my doorbell in the next 4 hours, I'm done!

BTW, let me make a pitch for DriDucks. It kept the wind and rain out, didn't make me sweaty and it all folds up into a really small bundle.

MarsR · Post by **MarsR** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:58 am

Orange Guy wrote:And that's all. Barring an officer ringing my doorbell in the next 4 hours, I'm done!

Hey, great pic! I knew you could do it.

Now, where's sailortot?

sailortot · Post by **sailortot** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:15 am

12 pts (scooter with train, me, station, hat, bandana, overalls.....yes, i bought them. best $35 i ever spent.) didnt put me over the top

...

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:30 am

FYI - I have a meeting at my daughter's school Friday morning - so I wont be posting up the score sheet until around 10am CST

some really fun photos this week

Thanks everyone!

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:43 am

But all photographs must be posted by midnight in your time zone

sailortot · Post by **sailortot** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:48 am

It only took my my entire lunch-break of running stop signs and riding wheelies to get this one

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:03 am

sailortot wrote:im not falling for that, orangeguy. i know youve got some tricks up your sleeves.

touché

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:45 pm

And now the moment 14 weeks in the making....
The winner is.....
sailortot

My thanks to all 57 players!

sailortot: do you accept the position of huntmaster for the next 4 weeks?

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:05 pm

Congrats, sailortot! You will be the recipient of a bunch of free MB and other stuff, once I have all the stuff to send! I'll be PMing you!

ScootLemont, once again you're to be commended for taking this on and doing such a good job. You've set the standard for future huntmasters.

BeetleGoose · Post by **BeetleGoose** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:21 pm

ericalm wrote:ScootLemont, once again you're to be commended for taking this on and doing such a good job. You've set the standard for future huntmasters.

+1. Didn't participate since I am w/o scooter, but ScootLemont, good job on this.

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:53 pm

Congrats sailortot!

I tried to get the ticket photo, Closest I came was getting a cop to stop, I asked him, but he was on his way to another call, said he'd come back in a while and do it. He was even the K9 unit, coulda had some angry dog action or something.

But he never came back. I was sad.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:54 pm

While I am waiting for the video to be ready on youtube, I want to acknowledge a few photos. It was great fun seeing everyone’s pics every week but there were a few standouts for me:
Sailortot’s photo with the firemen sitting on the scooter & the flashing lights on
Brape’s photo with the little league game
Orange guy’s pic with his scooter & the vespas in week 3
KRUSTYburger’s pic with the truck
OScoot!’s Arthur Ashe photo
Sotied’s lighthouse
SANTRO-PEY’s history pic with the old mill
Sailortot’s end of the trail statue
All of jsprandel’s pics from DC
Olivemusic’s 4th of july display
OScoot!’s 19th floor office pic
All the pics of the staplers in Jell-O (I really didn’t think more than one or two people would do that)
MarsR’s picnic
Raecenut’s & Holly Buddy’s beach photos
Sikken’s golf pic (nice pants!)
Butero’s golf pic (nice skirt!)
Olive Music & SANTRO-PEY’s photos with the Welcome to Machesney Park sign
Orange Guy with the Harley guys
BiscuitHead with the deer head, live fish & the stolen U of I sign (that still cracks me up)
This week there were lots of great pics but the one that cracks me up is syd with the engineer’s hat on top of his helmet

Thanks again to EVERYONE who played this summer – I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did & I hope it keeps going!

The week 14 video is up

www.timwall.com/hunt

BeetleGoose · Post by **BeetleGoose** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:58 pm

ScootLemont wrote:The week 14 video is up

www.timwall.com/hunt

Gladys Knight and the Pips... nice song... [sing]A superstar, but he didn't get far [/sing]

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:04 pm

sailortot wrote:It only took my my entire lunch-break of running stop signs and riding wheelies to get this one...

It's sailortot by one! (And I used to think I was competitive.) Congratulations to all, but especially to you, ScootLemont. The Hunt should go down as one of the highlights of the Internets. Thank God for Al Gore!

littleao · Post by **littleao** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:46 pm

BeetleGoose wrote:
[sing]A superstar, but he didn't get far [/sing]

I don't get it, who was he, that didn't get to far?

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:55 pm

BeetleGoose wrote:
ScootLemont wrote:The week 14 video is up

www.timwall.com/hunt
Gladys Knight and the Pips... nice song... [sing]A superstar, but he didn't get far [/sing]

A fitting tribute to your last week, ScootLemont!

Also, bonus hilarity: I don't think those are the original Pips. Took me a minute of "Hey, that looks like…" Well, two of the "Pips" have recorded albums at least.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:43 pm

ericalm wrote:Also, bonus hilarity: I don't think those are the original Pips. Took me a minute of "Hey, that looks like…" Well, two of the "Pips" have recorded albums at least.

this is my favorite youtube version of the new pips & the old pips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i8_Kq71mwM

& I say robert downey jr pulls it off
From a Pip to Tony Stark, they guy can do it all

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:51 pm

ScootLemont wrote:While I am waiting for the video to be ready on youtube, I want to acknowledge a few photos.

I really think sailrtot nailed it at the end. Both photos are great ... hanging on the train is a classic look and the cop/ticket pic with the flashing lights and hands on hips is perfect.

polianarchy · Post by **polianarchy** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:58 pm

Well of COURSE sailortot won! She's riding a pink scooter, duh. Congratulations!!! And major kudos to ScootLemont: dude, you rule!

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:19 pm

So it's Friday late afternoon and we don't have a new challenge yet ... c'mon now! Withdrawal ain't pretty.

sailortot · Post by **sailortot** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:23 pm

gimme a break...im at work until 6pm with rare convenience to the internet.

i will accept position as the new huntmaster.

your challenge awaits you as soon as i get the chance to post it.

alienmeatsack · Post by **alienmeatsack** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:26 pm

I didnt really participate in this, I helped once if that counts. But I mostly lurked in the threads and I enjoyed just looking at the pics and reading the stories of how people got there photos immensely. Thank you everyone, it was just watching!

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:40 pm

sailortot wrote:i will accept position as the new huntmaster.
your challenge awaits you as soon as i get the chance to post it.

I hereby officially pass along the title of Huntmaster (Hunt-mistress?) to Sailortot
Hope you have as much fun with it as I did
-cant wait for the new hunt to start!

littleao · Post by **littleao** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:09 pm

Hoppsan

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:22 pm

Yay for Game #2!

Just a suggestion.... and to avoid delay I would say go ahead and post and then let round 1 run long.. but starting a new game on Monday seems to me would be better. That way we would have time to plan or find locations and then get out there and take pics on the weekends.

Of course I don't rule the world just yet, so however it gets played, I'll play.

Modern Buddy

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