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theTruth.: word. Pac's tags are fucken nice. Theres a couple you missed in the pics, On the back of Hamilton Mountain Bowl he tagged 3 bowling pins with PAC next to them. Also above Big B...... BARON VON FANCY: Baron Von Fancy is not a man, he is an idea. And you cannot kill an idea.
He has been called an artist. He has been called a maniac. He is a recluse. He never...... Simon : what happened to the Newburgh Beacon Bridge and Bear Mountain Bridge (since you included Mid Hudson Bridge)... anon (): I live in Ithaca now. The summers ARE paradise...the winters aren't so fun though. But because of darkness there is light and left there is right and, of course, summer there is winter. Take the...... EvilGentleman: Heh, I used to do 50 km/h on flat roads on my clunky old $99 mountain bike from Canadian Tire. I could peak at 58 to 60. Mind you, I could only keep that pace...... Gerry: The author of this article needs to get ALL of his facts straight, for the reader. Bishop's Castle is located in the WET Mountains, NOT the West Mountains. If the reader was truly interested in...... Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used...... Nick Aceto: I had to comment on this one, plus it was written on my B-day. Anyway, I, too am reaching that age, 27, where skateboarding just doesnt feel quite the same. Still, I've found that a...... eric guerra: Its me again. No matter how bad it is, it is still my birth place, St. Josephs Hospital, lived on Preakness Ave for half my life, then moved one block away to Ryerson ave. I...... Montrealbunny: Please, please, please let`s see them EG!!! I just knew someone had something about it squirreled away in their hard drive, and somehow I`m not surprised it`s you! It really is gorgeous, eh!...... Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)...... EvilGentleman: I know the area well. CE and I have biked around this area before. Sunsets there are quite beautiful, with the sun reflecting off the tops of the colourful buildings, and that in turn reflected...... Kevin: I currently own a couple of decent mountain bikes and haven't owned a lock in 10 years after having had 3 bikes (of all varying quality and price range) stolen. This year I had planned...... danny: does any one know about the amusement park that was located on garret mountain back in the 20's ?
or the boat house and train ?
need old photos please.... Nelson: Had my bike stolen April 13 at Dufferin Mall. It's a yellow, with blue and red, Giant
AtX 890 mountain bike, 19.5" frame. The only thing they left was the cut lock. I reported it to...... Peter: nice! this reminded me of the incline railway on {lookout mountain}, in {chattanooga} {tennessee}...
[[http://www.ridetheincline.com]]
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... Robert Lajoie: Fiona,
One can safely assume you're a younger lass. Rufus Rockhead was the owner of Rockhead's Paradise, arguably the best night club ever in Montreal. As a young man, I spent...... EvilGentleman: To Born and Raised in NYC:
Sorry to ask, but exactly who made the condescending comments, and which ones in particular are you referring to? I just re-read everything here, and the general vibe I get...... bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56...... jane: bike world Ltd is one of the leading bike distributors.We are Legitimate registered Company under licensed number(RC43215).We ship via FedEx or DHL, and your ordered items will get to your door step within 48 hrs(Two...... Voide: Haha I remember that half pipe brings back some memorys when I sucked ass at graffiti if anyones wondering its up on the mountain by bruce trail... Michael Waugh: [[img:26197]]
Here is a pic of the side of same house. Guy, in your first image. That farm, Tullach Mhor is behind the sloped mountain in the background. As I recall the road winds back...... ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area)
First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up.
1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great....... sage: Guy McLaren says in an earlier post:
"All wild animals are dangerous. Especially African ones."
My response:
All domesticated humans are dangerous. Especially american ones.
I've lived with raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, rattlesnakes, and opossums my whole life--and...... Hunter: My, my, you fellows (Tex, Noname, and former Hutchinsonite) have certainly grown suddenly very touchy. You raise so many points with so much overlap I'll try to answer by point, rather than address each correspondent...... EvilGentleman: What cute little snowdrifts. I like the pictures, but I really get the impression that most Torontonians have no clue what a **real** Canadian winter is like. But I suppose you get lake effect storms...... joey: thats what we would call urban sprawl. even the natural waterways can't stop it. are you on a mountaintop or in an {airplane} ?... Elicar: Oh..The first picture is the "snow mountain" in front of my house built by the snow plow. ... zagg: Biff, was the painting up prior to Brokeback Mountain? ... 34 years in Norman: I came to Norman, OK in 1973. Never intended to stay. I love the people and especially the big sky. The trees, haze and mountains elsewhere that block the sky make me...... bloo_mountain: It's like [[wiki:Albert Speer]] meets Orwell's ##1984##, circa 1997. Does that make it the ugliest building in New York?
Probably just in the running.... Bec M: I had my beautiful Trek mountain bike stolen from University Ave on a Friday in July, during business hours! So many people walking by all the hospitals there on University Ave and still nobody saw...... serlingrod: I absolutely love this pictures. It looks like you can jump from one mountaintop to the next.
I took a flight from Detriot to Tokyo that lasted 12 hours, so that sounds about right. I...... Dennis S. in Miami: I lived out in Pueblo for about three years. I went up to the San Isabel Mountains every weekend for all that time. Jim's family is really nice and I loved visiting them often. His...... jeremy : I wish I had a time machine. Id go back to the early 1900's when Luna, Steeplechase, and Dreamland were up and running. It would seem that every other ride you see in amusement parks...... cindy: In resonse to my earlier post regarding my stolen mountain bike "giant" 18 " frame,........you can reach me at: cerross@ca.inter.net
Many thanks for allowing me to VENT!!!!... Tony T: This is how I would have responded if I were 16 years old again and on this forum:
"Dear Tony and Cay, thank you very much for the encouraging words. As a latino kid, I feel...... Kyle: Well, theres some great photos on this page. Yea OK, big buildings make a pretty awesome skyscape. But so do mountains and lakes. Heres a skyscape from my hometown: Summerland BC, 35km south of Kelowna...... suki: 22 Aug 2007: Some shitheads just stole two of my son's bikes out our garage where they were locked. He is 15 and works part time as a bike technician. He purchased both of his bike's with his...... Elektric: My red Trek mountain bike just got stolen a few days ago. And I was actually planning to go to Igor's to buy a new bike because I'm just so sick of getting...... EvilGentleman: Well, how about we let the place that used to be in Yugoslavia call itself "The Slavic Republic of Northern Macedonia"? I dunno, just trying to state what I feel is right. The only Yugoslavians...... aer : "Crater Lake is located in Southern Oregon on the crest of the Cascade Mountain range, 100 miles (160 km) east of the Pacific Ocean. It lies inside a caldera, or volcanic basin, created when the...... jack: pink mobile, right now i.m developing a mountain bike with a radio, tv, reclining seat, futon, mirrors, radar alert, toilet (very important for those long hauls) reversibile pedals, reversibile seat (in case you want to...... EvilGentleman: A different type of compromise may be in order. In order to appease the hard-core nationalism that demands that a country bear such a bizarre name as FYROM, we should just let FYORM stay as...... mike: some people have mentioned Los Angeles. despite its lack of many tall buildings, we should remember that it is the most filmed and photographed skyline in the world (thank you hollywood). With it's rows of...... Tehoke: This picture seems to be taken about 5 blocks west of The Sun Life building, from an upper floor of what is now the Quality Inn on Crescent Street or More likely the building that...... CO-TX: Ok you want some real dirt on denver look: at South Table mountains (west denver) NREL complex it is officaly of solar research station but really a tunnel door (south west corrner of the facility...... T: I should add that for the most part, historically, Victoria's skyline has always been less-than-impressive because of height restrictions for reasons similar to Vancouver's (wouldn't want to block the view of the Olympic Mountains across...... re: CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: : Very cool post and glad you got at least one of your bikes back! I've had two bikes stolen in the past few years and it's no picnic. One was a high end mountain bike...... CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: We bought brand new bikes from these nice guys at CycOmotive on Bathurst. We paid $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16...... Angela Hernandez: Our family is from Houston Texas, We went to Wyoming on a buisness trip with our four kids who are 4,6,8,and 10. My brother had told us about a castle he saw when in colorado...... EvilGentleman: Photo 1 was taken from the protrusion at the north side of the lake, looking west. The road was not there yet, and the vantage point has since been buried under gravel. [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.600702,-71.929293&spn=0.00994,0.028925&z=15]]
Photos 2, 4,...... MontrealGal: FYI these bikes were sold at the city auction for 30$ to 60$.. check out the new bikes the police got. Rocky Mountains... much better
Did you ever see a Parking Controle Officer on Bike? They...... Nate the Knife: Greatest place on the planet, my utopia. I was just wishing I was there the other day...a mental vacation from the Afghan mountains.... steve: just a simple correction, Vancouver's skyline is not restricted due to the near by Rocky Mountains, They are actually hundreds of kilometres away, but because of the coastal mountains which are just outside of Vancouver.... jack: when i arrived in bramerhaven on christmas eve in 61 there was a body of an east berliner lying on the barbed wire dead from russian bullets. we were immediately put on alert and...... .nanotech.: [[img:18501]]
NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany
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Even the location was a deliberate attempt to conceal it by constructing it in Denver Colorado's 1 mile high mountain area, knowing that planes flying at a maximum altitude will...... Alexander The Thessalonikian: People from US shouldn't argue with the fact that a country with a glorious past like Greece is offended when a name that characterizes the most of the northern Greece and that has special meaning...... sam: i agree with the whole designated parking or parking 150 and 50cc's on the wide sidewalks where there are bike lock up posts; since they only weigh 200 to 250lbs. they are fairly light which...... Esmee: There's a lot of sand indeed, but also a lot of mountains with all kinds of orchards and even vineyards and fertile, grassy flatlands, and you can even go snowboarding over there. And the cities...... iain: I've been in Canada for forty years,mostly in Mississauga.I love this country from Rogers Pass to the P.E.I bridge.Being new to computers I am glad to have found this site.However,having traveled extensively,I still think that...... ksedge: the mountains are only 45 minutes away from calgary. being able to see them from the city makes it tough not to want to leave and go to them.... colavitos ghost: wow, how far from the city are those mountains? being from the midwest, i'm always amazed by cities that are located near such incredible goegraphical features.... Jim: I have visited the castle several times over the past 15 years. The castle has grown each time and it never ceases to amaze me what the determination of one man can accomplish. ...... Pam: 2nd Nov.o6: i spent the night @ Jim's Oct. 31 as he is my 2nd cousin. He is a wonderful man & compassionate cousin. He & his wife made me feel very welcome on my...... Dammy: Kevin, You can visit in December/January, or any other month. Be prepared, however for snow, slush, ice, and lots of other winter mountain weather things. At 9000 feet, it will be cold in...... EvilGentleman: Macedonia has always extended beyond what is currently called Greece, so I do not see how Greece alone is permitted the usage of the name. It is obvious the Greek people are most closely connected...... Břrge: The funny thing about norway is that people have through time lived seperated by natural borders like mountains, forests and our fjords. This has created alot of different cultures throughout this country in ways of...... jeeff: well, in a few years we might have a mountain of garbage somewhere nearby.... EvilGentleman: Very true, about every city being unique. Sorry about that, I did not mean to slight Toronto (Old habit from hockey debates). I was just pointing out to Sirhcbre that due to the flat landscape...... joey: it's all so fakey-fake there. you won't see me in las vegas. i'd rather be in battle mountain, or ely, or tonopah, nevada.
[[http://members.aol.com/joeyknow/jk63.html]]... chiamattt: jeeff: institutional art is HUGE in Seoul. Almost every new building does it. Some are cool. Some are obviously just there to be there. I liked the 'stylized mountains'. They were part of a much...... jeeff: i really like the style of motorbike in #1. i wish we had them in north america. the sculpture (stylized mountains?) in #4 is pretty cool for a piece of institutional art. ...... EvilGentleman: I remember Wilmot pretty fondly from my teen years. Lemme think now. Rick and his brother Ron, Cynthia (now Rick's wife), her best friend Jocelyn, Peter, who was the kid who always threw wild parties...... Markus: I knew about the expo latino and I was going to go but decided to hitchhike through the mountains before winter, thanks for reminding me what I missed, excellent pics... rinn: It is simply astounding. It shows how far human acheivement can stretch, with a little help of 'faith'. faith as small as a mustard seed can move a mountain, and Don Justo is a living...... EvilGentleman: Since the Ring of Fire surrounds the Pacific Ocean, could it not be said that the western cordillera region (of which the Coast/Cascades and Rockies are both part of) is in fact a part of...... Michael Barrick: Your description of Vancouver puts it in the wrong mountains. The Rocky Mountains are over 500 km east of Vancouver and are southern portion of the border between BC and Alberta. The mountains visible from...... EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat...... Chris Erb: They look similar but I don't think they're the same city.
I didn't know about the earthquakes in those cities. How often to earthquakes occur in Montreal? How bad are they usually?
This is what...... EvilGentleman: Oh, I almost forgot. Montreal, Quebec City and Vancouver have had restrictions put on the height of buildings not just because of the view of the surrounding hills or mountains, but also due to the...... Peter: the mountains look lovely; particularly in the last photo.... Kato: I've allowed my master to respond. I would love the book, he's one of my heroes but don't send the funny stamps. Pendlebury was a chief archaeologist researching Knossos and other important sites on Crete....... Jamie: I'm not from London, Ruairí. What gave you the impression that i did? I live in Lincolnshire. I wholeheartedly agree that the pictures i have shown on this website do not reflect a fair image...... aer suzuki: Evil Gentleman : That sounds like an adventure, or maybe it's just every time I hear or read the words "Greyhound Bus" I think of an adventure...anyway.
Yeah, lenticular does refer to something lens-shaped. Thanks for...... EvilGentleman: I am surprised at how much of my weather training has been forgotten in the seven years since I last worked at the weather station. I guess that is why they made us work a...... aer suzuki: Thanks to all for the replies, it's appreciated.
EvilGentleman : Weather is very strange. Seems you've had an interesting life judging by your photos and comments. Thanks for the information. Do you know why these particular...... EvilGentleman: As far as I can recall from my weather observer training, ACSL (altocumulus staing lenticular) are the result of high winds aloft, and can be formed by wind passing over mountains, but they can be...... jack: all three pics are great. you have given us good info on these clouds. the middle pic shows the clouds in best form. the mountain is beautiful.... Biff: These are great, We have no mountains here so I've never seen this, thanks.... EvilGentleman: Nakurmiik, I miss the mountains very much now, especially the part coming up soon when the ice breaks up.
But I missed the summer heat here in Montreal, too. Nice to have real heat for a...... EvilGentleman: Matt, if I have offended, in part it was intended, but I know I was overreacting. I felt that being mocked over my objection to products that cause harm to myself and even 72% of...... chiamattt: OH. MY. GOD. You want the government to go after 'heavily scented products'? dude! go live in the mountains. I cannot understand that at all. To use the word 'distress' with regard to perfume and...... miss_polar: nice, my favorit mountain, miss them too... EvilGentleman: Ahhh, driver education. I remember my first time behind the wheel. Everything was fine, till I reached the end of the block. I managed to do a 140 degree right turn into an empty lot...... jeeff: i went hiking in the mountains around nikko, tochigi prefecture, japan, and my girlfriend's mother wore a bell hanging from the zipper clasp on her backpack. it sent out a fairly loud ding as...... danielle: Oh...I forgot to add, that just to the right...(where I was taking the pic) is a big tunnel in the middle of this mountain, where cars drive thru to the other side. I was a...... EvilGentleman: Near Rigaud there is also a place where you can climb and zip along on pulleys between the trees called Arbraska [[http://www.arbraska.com]]. I was there on Sept 25, 2005, and I found it to be...... EvilGentleman: jeeff, thank you for the compliment. I was wondering how long it would take you to find this page.
The area in these pictures that I used to live in (1999-2005) is called Nunavik, and...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, jeeff. Nice work on the research and the map posting. I had forgotten to explain the setting better. By the way, I like the way you reference the link so as to give proper......
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