WorldWide Scooter Tag

Plisar · Post by **Plisar** » Sat May 28, 2011 5:49 pm

In front of a beach, with people playing volley ball at real nets. Also, piece of your gear needs to be on the ground.

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Sat May 28, 2011 6:27 pm

Do people usually play volleyball at fake nets?

Plisar · Post by **Plisar** » Sat May 28, 2011 6:34 pm

It's California. What isn't fake?

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Sat May 28, 2011 6:46 pm

There's a restaurant with beach volleyball setup in front that's near my house, I think you can see the beach from there. Maybe I'm getting hungry...

BootScootin'FireFighter · Sat May 28, 2011 10:28 pm

nice tag, way to be aggressive. I just got back home 15 minutes ago from Nationals Park (Washington Nationals stadium). Anywhoo, no beach around here for several hours, so have at it!

Plisar · Post by **Plisar** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:22 pm

Ok, ok, I ruined scooter tag. Hopefully this reset will help out.

Take a picture in front of a warehouse store such as BJ's, Sam's Club, or my beloved Costco. Overcast and cold optional.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:02 pm

The Tag is Dead!

Long Live the Tag!

Thanks, Plisar. I looked around for a beach w/volleybal nets, but the best I could find was an empty housing lot and some kids kicking cans.

SuperFlyBuddy · Post by **SuperFlyBuddy** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:23 pm

Since I am the one who complained I'll step up to the (new) challenge.

SuperFlyBuddy · Post by **SuperFlyBuddy** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:29 pm

Next tag: A home in foreclosure

Note the overgrown dying yard and notices taped to the front door. Notices taped to the door is a requirement otherwise a place like this just looks like a rental.

There was another place around the corner with a much more overgrown yard but nothing taped to the door so I opted for this one.

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:28 am

haha, that yard looks professionally landscaped compared to most yards around here! At least they have grass instead of dirt, and shrubs to boot!

BootScootin'FireFighter · Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:50 pm

KRUSTYburger wrote:haha, that yard looks professionally landscaped compared to most yards around here! At least they have grass instead of dirt, and shrubs to boot!

Most mortgage companies will hire a landscape company to maintain the property periodically so it doesn't fall victim to vangrancy, vandalism and all that other shit, or depreciate the value of the neighborhood. This tag just seems morally wrong, but I'm already on the yahoo real estate site looking for the few around here!

Quezzie · Post by **Quezzie** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:30 pm

Awww sad homes. I have to admit, there's not much hope of finding beach volleyball in New England. I found some guys playing volleyball with a real net on the grass NEAR a beach, but...it's just not really the thing to do.

Long live scooter tag.

SuperFlyBuddy · Post by **SuperFlyBuddy** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:48 pm

BootScootin'FireFighter wrote:This tag just seems morally wrong, but I'm already on the yahoo real estate site looking for the few around here!

I figured some would be offended by it but (I don't feel) it's nearly as wrong as the roadside memorial tag posted awhile back.

BootScootin'FireFighter · Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:42 pm

SuperFlyBuddy wrote:
BootScootin'FireFighter wrote:This tag just seems morally wrong, but I'm already on the yahoo real estate site looking for the few around here!
I figured some would be offended by it but (I don't feel) it's nearly as wrong as the roadside memorial tag posted awhile back.

agreed... Very creative, but I'm really not offended the least.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 4:51 pm

Offended (not me, obviously), busy, kids out of school, summer vacation, or whatever, it's been over two weeks now, SuperFlyBuddy. Want to try a different tag?

SuperFlyBuddy · Post by **SuperFlyBuddy** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:50 am

I really thought this is a tag that anybody could do.

None the less when it stops raining (I'm a fair weather rider) I'll see what I can do.

Glen G · Post by **Glen G** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:54 am

Grass / Phoenix?? LOL

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:42 pm

Yes, it is tasteless. Welcome to my decimated neighborhood. But we'll survive this, just as the generations before survived the ups and downs of the economy. Neighbors cut the grass and make sure the yard stays free of trash and debris.

I knew the owner who had to default because the bank would just not work with him on a modification. The foreclosure was in October 2010, the bank put this building on the market, along with 3 others on the street in a package deal, in February 2011. I heard they were purchased by outsiders in April 2011. None of the neighbors have seen any renovation activity, and there are squatters in the other three buildings. The squatters were previously rent-paying tenants. Because the neighbors know everybody, there have been no problems. Having people in the other three houses has kept the drug dealing out. The house in the picture is completely empty, but the pipes and boilers have not been taken as we all have been keeping a vigilant eye on it. Despite the problems, I love my neighborhood. I know every single neighbor on my block, both owner-occupiers and renters.

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:44 pm

New tag: your scooter with a sign in a language other than English

The New Battambang Market with the sign in both Khmer and English.

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:13 am

just discovered this thread...I wanna play!. Great idea.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:37 am

viney266 wrote:just discovered this thread...I wanna play!. Great idea.

All you need is a camera and a scoot, so get Tagging!

siobhan wrote:...with a sign in a language other than English

Nice idea, thanks, siobhan.

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:46 pm

Nobody? Should I put up a different tag? Or is it just too hot to ride?

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:42 pm

It is a little warm (100 - 110), but I completely spaced this one. Don't replace it yet, I know I can find something, if no body beats me.

BootScootin'FireFighter · Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:02 am

sorry... had a brain fart. i just remembered this tag and was meaning to head over to "Little El Salvador", maybe tomorrow.

BootScootin'FireFighter · Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:33 pm

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vurrrp691/5931482161/" title="IMG_2012[1] by Vurrrp691, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/593 ... 326b77.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG_2012[1]"></a>

I think that's Ethiopian... not exactly sure.

Next tag, a Larry Crowne theater poster!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vurrrp691/5932039168/" title="IMG_2013[1] by Vurrrp691, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/593 ... 32f049.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="IMG_2013[1]"></a>

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:53 pm

Scooter related and timely! Nice idea. But somebody better step on it, cause Larry's going to be leaving the First-run theaters pretty soon.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:50 pm

Larry Crowne poster:

And your next tag is your scooter with the newest incarnation of an old highway eyesore, the electronic advertising billboard.

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:58 pm

That's a good one, Syd. But I have no idea where those boards are as I'm never on the interstate. I'll have to start looking around...

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:33 am

They are popping up like mushrooms around here. Too bad, really, there are so many other things that could done with a billboard and a spark of electricity.

BootScootin'FireFighter · Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:41 pm

none around here at all, maybe it's against zoning ordinances or something, but won't see anything that big until at least Baltimore or Fredericksburg.

SuperFlyBuddy · Post by **SuperFlyBuddy** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:10 pm

Not exactly a "billboard" but it is electronic and since nobody else has posted anything here's the best I could come up with.

SuperFlyBuddy · Post by **SuperFlyBuddy** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:10 pm

Next tag: Top level of a parking garage

Pretty simple.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:28 pm

Thanks for the jumpstart SuperFly. What's the mountain in the background?

BootScootin'FireFighter · Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:41 pm

IMG_2030 by Vurrrp691, on Flickr

the top of the commuter garage @ West Falls Church metrorail station.

next up, a neighborhood coffee shot. Please no Starbucks, that's too easy.

IMG_2027 by Vurrrp691, on Flickr

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:58 pm

BootScootin'FireFighter wrote: Please no Starbucks, that's too easy.

I'd have to ride 40 miles to the nearest Starbucks........
I'll get my neighborhood coffee place this afternoon!

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:23 pm

KABarash wrote:
BootScootin'FireFighter wrote: Please no Starbucks, that's too easy.
I'd have to ride 40 miles to the nearest Starbucks........
I'll get my neighborhood coffee place this afternoon!

Funny, 5 years ago people were jealous of areas that HAD a Starbucks, now people are jealous of areas that DON'T. As a fan of generic, drip, decaf, I never got Starbucks. Not that there's anything wrong with liking Starbucks.

SuperFlyBuddy · Post by **SuperFlyBuddy** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:50 pm

Syd wrote:Thanks for the jumpstart SuperFly. What's the mountain in the background?

It's Roxy Ann Peak.

At 3,500 ft it's not tall enough to be called a mountain by us locals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxy_Ann_Peak

bunny · Post by **bunny** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:17 pm

We don't go to coffee shops, the *$ closed the closest location to me...will a photo with my new Keurig count? It makes coffeehouse coffee...

pavelgee · Post by **pavelgee** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:31 pm

I reposted below, how do I delete this entry?

gunsntexas · Post by **gunsntexas** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:48 pm

BootScootin'FireFighter wrote:
next up, a neighborhood coffee shot. Please no Starbucks, that's too easy.

That's a challenge for us. Pacific Northwest... You can't walk blindfolded without hitting a coffee shop. That's like me parking in front of some Mexican food place in San Antonio and telling you no Taco Bell, must be a strip mall Jalisco. lol

And now I want some decent coffee and not the junk burning in our break room. Thanks!

BootScootin'FireFighter · Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:34 am

Starbucks would be too easy. I'm all for keeping the game moving, but making it somewhat challenging. Looking for places you might never knew existed, using Yelp, googlemaps, or the like, then riding 10 miles for it. Fair enough, 10 days, if nobody posts up by the 15th, I'll put something new.

pavelgee · Post by **pavelgee** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:15 pm

Crawfords in Brooklyn

Challenge is the bridge (long, if you can), water, bike path:

P.S.: Reason it didn't work before is because I was out on the road and did it direct from my iPhone and some how the link was not the direct one (got it from imageshack.us app).

BootScootin'FireFighter · Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:11 pm

nice shot of the Verrazano from Bensonhurst / Coney Island. I know just the place to grab this next one!

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:22 am

pavelgee wrote:

The Liberty Ship USS Abraham Rosenberg (named after my great grandfather) is scuttled right about there.

BootScootin'FireFighter · Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:56 pm

Memorial Bridge, over the Potomac river, taken from the northbound George Washington Parkway. The bike path runs for over 24 miles to Mt Vernon and connects with a vast network of bikeways in the area of downtown.

Next up.... a PUBLIC LIBRARY
This one's for you Polinarchy!

pavelgee · Post by **pavelgee** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:35 pm

Sweet shot, FireFighter!
Could you elate us on the backdrop (pardon my ignorance of the DC area bridges)?

As to the challenge -- once again it is way to easy for me - got two public libraries whithin single minutes ridin'... I'll post later if noone comes through (though I'd make it more interesting and go to the central one in Manhattan)

Happy scootin'

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:28 am

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:30 am

I haven't played on here for awhile so let me know if this is a repeat:
No Outlet Signage

Post by **polianarchy** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:18 am

Dang, a shout-out!

You must've been reading my mind -- I intended to pose by the Ben Franklin bridge this afternoon, but it was pouring rain. Alas!

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:35 am

BoneGirl wrote:I haven't played on here for awhile so let me know if this is a repeat:
No Outlet Signage

Nice to see you again, BoneGirl! I don't think the No Outlet sign is a repeat, but that's OK. I think we've had a couple recently. That must mean it's time for an updated rerun of the TagList.

Modern Buddy

WorldWide Scooter Tag

grass

Library

No Outlet Signage

Re: No Outlet Signage