KingSizer Posted August 15, 2008 Share #376 Posted August 15, 2008 Read this story to see how it's becoming even more difficult to find a costumed character. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26213955/?GT1=43001 I plan on spending the weekend riding all over the tri-state area searching for the Froggy 95 radio mascot so we can finally move on with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted August 16, 2008 Share #377 Posted August 16, 2008 Not to diminish their service, but would a uniformed person or liveried qualify as a costumed person? I.e.: Police, postal worker, UPS driver, Army, Cost Guard, Air Force, Navy, Marine, National Guard, Doctor, Nurse, Auto Mechanic, Pit Crewman, Race Car Driver, Fast Food Worker, Hooters Girl, etc....... I ask as I see some of these fine people every day. Sorry, but Animal says no... they wear uniforms not costumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted August 24, 2008 Share #378 Posted August 24, 2008 close but no cigar. Riding with the local Gold Wing group through Eureka IL Friday evening, there was a costumed character near a park where there were some baseball games going on. I should have just told the group I would meet them at the restaurant and turned around. By the time we left, I had forgotten about checking to see if the "suit" was still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted August 29, 2008 Share #379 Posted August 29, 2008 This thing is dead. The costume character just isn't working. I know the last person is supposed to set a target, but how about I set one, and then excuse myself from the hunt? We need to get going again with something you can actually find when riding around normally. NEXT TARGET: I am into old cars, and you can find them most weekends till winter, so how about: You, your bike and a car older than 1940 (1939 or older). Bonus points if it is brown (gold, tan, copper, brass, or just plain brown). Go for it, let's get this thing going again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH Truck Guy Posted August 30, 2008 Share #380 Posted August 30, 2008 This thing is dead. The costume character just isn't working. I know the last person is supposed to set a target, but how about I set one, and then excuse myself from the hunt? We need to get going again with something you can actually find when riding around normally. NEXT TARGET: I am into old cars, and you can find them most weekends till winter, so how about: You, your bike and a car older than 1940 (1939 or older). Bonus points if it is brown (gold, tan, copper, brass, or just plain brown). Go for it, let's get this thing going again! I don't agree.Scavenger hunts aren't always easy.That's what makes them a challenge.. We've been looking,but just haven't been in the right place at the right time... Just my toonies worth....eh............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted August 31, 2008 Share #381 Posted August 31, 2008 I has now been over two months on the last target, that is DEAD DEAD DEAD IMO. If someone can't find it in that time, then people have lost interest. Time to change the target. If nobody else objects, I will suggest, strongly, that we go with my new target, or the last guy set a new one if he is still around. If we don't hear from him by the time someone gets the new one, then that is that. I think that is reasonable. Scavenger hunts should not be super easy, but if it goes two months, that is reason enough to move on. On the other hand, we could just leave it as is, and I or someone else can just start a new one, and get going again. I think it would be easier to just change this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegscraper Posted August 31, 2008 Share #382 Posted August 31, 2008 I'm with DD. Does the car have to be complete, or can it be just a shell? I rode by one this evening in someone's driveway. No idea what the story is on it. Seems like it was brown too. It could have been old paint, or primer, or rust. I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRefugee Posted August 31, 2008 Share #383 Posted August 31, 2008 Took a while and several tries for me to get the cops and the donut shop and my bike and then I got three :bobby: supervisors at the same time with one of them :photographing:taking the picture. Have faith that the results will occur and they will most likely be greater than anticipated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted August 31, 2008 Share #384 Posted August 31, 2008 The donut shop thing took just a few days, it has been more than two months on this one. As for Pegscraper, the description didn't say running or not, so 100 point show car, driver or junked, upside down, no wheels, etc count, just as long as you can fairly easily identify it as 1939 or older. Covered in rust counts as brown in my book! A thread that is active is better than a dead one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted August 31, 2008 Share #385 Posted August 31, 2008 One other thing, I think we should put a time limit on any single item in the hunt, make things easier next time a target goes wanting for too long. I say two weeks is plenty of time. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted September 15, 2008 Share #386 Posted September 15, 2008 Well nobody has been able to find either the old OR new target, so I would suspect this thread is dead. Someone needs to unstick it and let it die. Someone should start a new one, it was fun for a while, but there needs to be a rule that if the target isn't found within a few days (not weeks) then change it and keep the fun going. DocO, you started this and did a good job, why not give it another try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegscraper Posted September 15, 2008 Share #387 Posted September 15, 2008 The car body I had seen on a trailer disappeared the next day. I haven't seen another one old enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH Truck Guy Posted September 18, 2008 Share #388 Posted September 18, 2008 Well nobody has been able to find either the old OR new target, so I would suspect this thread is dead. Someone needs to unstick it and let it die. Someone should start a new one, it was fun for a while, but there needs to be a rule that if the target isn't found within a few days (not weeks) then change it and keep the fun going. DocO, you started this and did a good job, why not give it another try? I'll get the pic of a '37 Olds coupe and the bike on Sat.if nobody else does b4 that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH Truck Guy Posted September 21, 2008 Share #389 Posted September 21, 2008 Here's the pic of me,my bike,and my Dad's 1937 Oldsmobile Opera Coupe........ Very sweet ride.... The next target is you,your bike and a farm silo with a farm tractor.. Extra credit is given if it's a IH or Minneapolis Moline.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted September 21, 2008 Share #390 Posted September 21, 2008 Way to go Dan! Super cool pick and your dad's Olds is a keeper. Lots of farms around here, and I could have gotten that pic a hundred times over the last 2/5 days as the wife and I went with the Venturers group to Galena over the weekend. Actually I am sure I have that pic, but it was taken 50 feet from my bike with a valley spread out below and behind the bike, probably a hundred silo's and tractors somewhere in the pic, but you would need better resolution and a microscope to find them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH Truck Guy Posted September 22, 2008 Share #391 Posted September 22, 2008 Way to go Dan! Super cool pick and your dad's Olds is a keeper. Lots of farms around here, and I could have gotten that pic a hundred times over the last 2/5 days as the wife and I went with the Venturers group to Galena over the weekend. Actually I am sure I have that pic, but it was taken 50 feet from my bike with a valley spread out below and behind the bike, probably a hundred silo's and tractors somewhere in the pic, but you would need better resolution and a microscope to find them! Glad you liked the pic Don.. We will have to work on getting our rides to mesh...We were just north of you in the Dubuque,Hazel Green,New Diggings and Gratiot,Wi.........All day Sunday Now I have to go to work,hop in the rig and drive to where else,Dubuque,Ia.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapperMedic Posted September 22, 2008 Share #392 Posted September 22, 2008 I took a pix of myself with my bike and yosemite sam from six flags yesterday. does that count. I will download it tomorrow Sapper:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSizer Posted September 22, 2008 Share #393 Posted September 22, 2008 FINALLY!!! Me, My Bike, and the Westminster College Titans mascot character. Taken this past Saturday before the game at the tailgate party. Next target...You, Your bike and fireworks exploding in the background. (since my hometown is the "Fireworks Capital of America") Here's the picture... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted September 22, 2008 Share #394 Posted September 22, 2008 Problem, now there are two targets, but since there wasn't any comment for so long, I would vote for the tractor target, also, now that 4th of July is over and weather is cooling, fireworks might be very hard to find? To be fair, why not let BOTH targets ride, and the first one to find one of them, then gets to set the new single target. Be sure to check the thread before posting any new "targets" to make sure one hasn't already been set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfwitt Posted September 24, 2008 Share #395 Posted September 24, 2008 Next target...You, Your bike and fireworks exploding in the background This was fun - Now I think this target will kill it for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted September 24, 2008 Share #396 Posted September 24, 2008 Stick with the next target as: You your bike and a farm silo w/tractor, much easier to get, and doesn't require waiting for dark. The pick with the character was great, but just a little late. Making the targets easier won't make this less fun, it will make it more fun. More people participating is better than fewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSizer Posted September 24, 2008 Share #397 Posted September 24, 2008 My feeling was the more challenging the target is the more fun it is. Easy targets make it more of a race instead of a scavenger hunt. But whatever you guys want to do is fine with me. I just know that i've been looking for a costume character everywhere i went for the last couple months, and when this one came walking down the street at the tailgate party i was like a kid at christmas. i was shaking and my wife thought i was insane. but that's what made it even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSizer Posted September 24, 2008 Share #398 Posted September 24, 2008 plus, i've had the fireworks target in my head ever since this thing started. my hometown of new castle,pa is known as the fireworks capital of america, and that's our little claim to fame. 2 of the most famous fireworks companies are zambelli's and pyrotechnico(which just won a major competition in canada). there is fireworks around here all the time, but i guess in other parts of the country the fireworks shows must slow down after july 4th. the silo/tractor target is fine with me, but i'm still going to feel like i won this one:dancefool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfwitt Posted September 24, 2008 Share #399 Posted September 24, 2008 If we had a list of winners, I would absolutely think you should be on it for the mascot! I just think that as long as that one took, waiting for someone to be in the right place at the right time with a camera that would adequately show bike, rider and fireworks would be a little tougher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilothawk Posted September 28, 2008 Share #400 Posted September 28, 2008 I got the silo and a dozer The tractor was on the other side of the barn. I went on a ride today with trucker6pak and his wife, and we really enjoyed ourselves. We passed this silo on the way home, and I remember the scavenger hunt and turned around to get the pic. The next target may be unfair to some of our northern and western brethren, but I like it so here it is. You, your, bike, and a real barn roof that has been painted and says "SEE ROCK CITY" Good luck and get out and ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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