Take your FJR on a Roller Coaster... (road)

[TomInPA]

So... why exactly did people settle the middle of the country anyway?

I could provide an answer to that...but it might be long winded, boring, and slightly off-topic.

For extra credit, explain why they return.

 

[wheatonFJR]

I'd answer your queries...but I'd rather see photos and videos of Roller coaster roads...

 

[Bounce]

6 months?
Must be a union job...

naw. just a smallish town with a smallish crew doing the full length while fighting winter weather.

 

[Bounce]

So... why exactly did people settle the middle of the country anyway?

because they were smart enough to know that nothing's free and that taxes that high get you nothing extra.

 

[Fred W]

So... why exactly did people settle the middle of the country anyway?

because they were smart enough to know that nothing's free and that taxes that high get you nothing extra.

Are you saying that the taxes are higher on the two coasts? Because that isn't universally true. I am totally amazed at the taxes (and overall cost of living for that matter) that the people at my company's headquarters in suburban Wisconsin have to pay. I mean, why? The cheese just isn't that good.

 

[Bounce]

Whataya expect from a buncha Yankees that have to replace all their roads every Spring?

 

[Fred W]

Yankees are in Wisconsin?

 

[SwollenRaccoon]

So... why exactly did people settle the middle of the country anyway?

because they were smart enough to know that nothing's free and that taxes that high get you nothing extra.

Are you saying that the taxes are higher on the two coasts? Because that isn't universally true. I am totally amazed at the taxes (and overall cost of living for that matter) that the people at my company's headquarters in suburban Wisconsin have to pay. I mean, why? The cheese just isn't that good.

You are absolutely correct. The cheese isn't THAT good, but Wisconsin does have the best cheese in THIS country. Let's not dismiss the other factor in the Wisconsin equation......BEER! Mmmmm.....New Glarus Spotted Cow........

 

[RaYzerman19]

Wow, 232 was that bad? How long ago was that? They did repave it about 2-3 years ago and it has been great for the last couple of NERDS. It's is a nice little up and down roller coaster through the Groton State Forest, but with some nice twisty turns mixed in too.
Really badly beat up roads around here right now are 113 through Evans Notch, Rte 118 between Warren and Woodstock, the part of Rte 123 through Stoddard, Marlow and East Alstead, and the usually wonderful Rte 100 over the hill from Jamaica to Dover VT.

I'm sure that there are plenty of other bad ones I'm forgetting. Those roads are better suited to ride a dual sport bike on right now.

It was 2010. We had an ST event, staying at Ricker Pond. We learned quickly to come in from the south. The heaves were lines 2-3" high pretty much right across the road and sharp. Seems the considerable forest kept the sun from shining on the pavement during the winter (as I find with most badly frost heaved roads, combined with poor drainage). Glad they repaved it.

 

[Bounce]

Yankees are in Wisconsin?

can't get much farther north without being canookian.