Tag-o-rama Gone Global

[dhgeyer]

Found Tag: Artillery


Civil War vintage naval cannon - possibly a Dahlgren gun. Telegraph Hill, Nashua, NH, part of a war memorial. There are actually three of these guns there.


New Tag: Fire Truck



Must be commissioned and in service, or formerly in service (retired). Must be owned by a fire department or fire company. I realize that these are usually behind closed doors. However, having been a volunteer fireman at one time, I can tell you that most firemen would be happy to pull a truck out for you if you ask. They tend to be very proud of their trucks, and generally friendly folk.

[burkbuilds]

Cool Cannon dhgeyer. Nice tag with the firetruck too.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by dhgeyer

Must be ..........

So why do you feel the need to attach a "must be.....(anything)" ?? :??: :biggrin:

I thought we had come to an agreement that the less specific the better.

And while what you say is probably true of a Volunteer department.....about pulling a truck out.....I STRONGLY suspect that doing that just for a tag picture would frowned upon for any city owned department.

Now, just opening a door so you can SEE the engine might be a different story but I personally wouldn't be bothering them to do that either.

I DO think it is a good tag though. Shouldn't take too much riding around to find a station with the door open......or one that is "out" for some reason. If you live close to an airport, they usually have them too.....often yellow and often out in view.

[burkbuilds]

Yep, actually found fire departments in two different cities, one where I woke up this morning and the other where I ended up this afternoon.
Found Tag:





This one is on East Main Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee and this one is in Marietta, Georgia, on Powder Springs Road,





I didn't ask them to pull the engines out or anything, they just had the doors open.
New Tag: A School. I guess I could have said a public school or a Middle school, but let's just make it any school. This one is right next door to the last Fire Station in Marietta, Ga, maybe 100 yards down the road.

[dhgeyer]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

So why do you feel the need to attach a "must be.....(anything)" ?? :??: :biggrin:

Kind of a _Velveteen Rabbit_ thing. I don't think it's a real firetruck until it's been loved by firemen. The tag must not have been too tough; it didn't last long.

[burkbuilds]

Finding a fire station was pretty easy, I passed a LOT of them on my trip today, could have stopped at several, just decided to get one before I left, at one end of my journey and go for the school at the other end of my ride and since there was another station with the door open there I went ahead and snapped that shot too. Since there are fire stations in almost every community of any significant size I figured this tag would probably be gone by the time I got to Marietta, but to quote Gomer Pyle, "Surprise, surprise, surprise!" it was still here when I arrived.

By the way, what a great day to be out on the bike. It was upper 70's around here, sunny skies and a nice breeze blowing, sometimes blowing just a bit more than I'd prefer as I topped a few ridges, but overall, very pleasant. I saw a lot of folks out riding today, even saw a couple on a Goldwing pullling a trailer shaped like a Corvette, cruising down I-75, they were nice and waved to me, the Harley riders I waved to just ignored me, what the heck? Most of the Harley riders I see around are pretty rough looking people riding with the Outlaws Motorcycle gang, and even those guys usually wave as long as they aren't riding in a large group, but these middle age executive types who go out and buy Harley's just to ride only on almost perfect days like this one are usually to rude to acknowledge anybody not on another Harley, why, what is their attitude problem? :??:

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by burkbuilds

By the way, what a great day to be out on the bike.

OK, listen up, Georgia boys.....and you guys in Florida too..........

You had better order some good weather for a month from now 'cause I'm gonna be really unhappy if my bike trip is marred by bad weather. :biggrin:

That last time I was there, it fricking SNOWED !!!

:crackup

[burkbuilds]

Well, Easy, unless you hit a rainy spell, you should be okay. I think the really cold weather is pretty much over with in Georgia and Florida until Winter. I've put up my heavy winter riding jacket now and just carry my heated liner around to wear under my leather jacket in case it gets cold.
Typical June/July weather around here usually consists of 70's in the mornings, mid to upper 90's for afternoon highs, usually hits peak temperature sometime around 5PM, and most afternoons have a slight chance of a short lived but possibly heavy thunderstorm usually between 3-6PM. So, if I were you, I'd try to plan and leave early in the mornings and quit by about 3PM in the afternoon, that should give you the best shot at good riding temperatures and a lower chance of getting caught in a thunderstorm, and I've seen it fill up an empty one gallon paint bucket in 45 minutes before, you don't want to be caught in that no matter what rain gear you are wearing! Hope you have a great trip!

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by burkbuilds

you don't want to be caught in that no matter what rain gear you are wearing! Hope you have a great trip!

That's the beauty of not having a schedule.

If I get tired, I stop; if I decide to take a side trip, I go; if it rains, I find a car wash or gas station with a "roof" and wait it out.......or stop for the night.

I don't like riding in more than a light shower. Even if the temp. is 90......it's just icky....and after the rain stops and the sun comes back out......it feels like about 150 !!!

[bonehead]

BB, we call them "harley snobs". Even the guys that I ride with that own harleys can't stand them.

As I said before, most of the people I ride with have the feelin that "it's not what you ride, but that you ride.

Screw the snobs!