WorldWide Scooter Tag

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:17 am

Drive thru funeral home??? How does that work???
Drive in,
Drop off dead uncle Charlie.
Quick cremation,
Drive out.
All done
Home in time to watch the football

There's a funeral home not far from where I work. Hopefully I can get a photo of it tomorrow lunch time before anyone beats me to it

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:28 am

Here is one of our local Funeral Homes. I was having a super busy super stressed out day at work today so it was relaxing to go for a nice ride to look for tags.

Next Tag (one step before the funeral home) Your scooter at an Aged Care Facility/Old Folks Home

BootScootin'FireFighter · Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:20 pm

I've never seen that before, a "Hydrant Booster". as a FF, just curious how that operates, if it works as a fire pump for the complex or a pumping station for the local water grid.

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:26 pm

BootScootin'FireFighter wrote:I've never seen that before, a "Hydrant Booster". as a FF, just curious how that operates, if it works as a fire pump for the complex or a pumping station for the local water grid.

Unfortunately I have absolutely no idea how it works or if it's just for the old folks home or for the whole hydrant system. I've never taken any notice if there's more of them around town. I'll keep an eye out for more

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:48 pm

here is the retirement home

and one step after the funeral home

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:26 pm

Geez, this is getting a little dark, doncha think?

What are we going to have next, a pile of worms? Or ashes?

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:54 pm

I haven't updated the list in a while, so here it is. If you see any errors or omissions, please let me know.

<table border="1"><tr><td>2008</td><td>=====</td></tr><tr><td>WoBoScoot</td><td>Monument/Statue</td></tr><tr><td>7eregrine</td><td>School Bus</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Wall Mural</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>Abandoned, Burned Out or Decayed Building</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Covered Bridge (done twice)</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>Waterfall</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Amusement Park</td></tr><tr><td>etak</td><td>Hot Dog Joint</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>Old Trailer-Style Diner</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>=====</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Brewery</td></tr><tr><td>etak</td><td>Vintage Clothing Store</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>Vintage Music Store</td></tr><tr><td>etak</td><td>Home Under Construction</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>Church</td></tr><tr><td>etak</td><td>Comic Book/Trading Card Store</td></tr><tr><td>Cheshire</td><td>Local Quirky Hangout</td></tr><tr><td>KRUSTYburger</td><td>Funny Sign Selling something Weird or Has Something to do with Corn</td></tr><tr><td>etak</td><td>Botanical Garden/Arboretum</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>Zoo</td></tr><tr><td>Lagerhead</td><td>Airplane</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Ice Cream Bar/Dairy Bar/Whippy Dip</td></tr><tr><td>OScoot!</td><td>Roller Rink or Skating</td></tr><tr><td>gr8dog</td><td>Lighthouse</td></tr><tr><td>KRUSTYburger</td><td>Chickens or other Barnyard Animals</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Overhead Train Track</td></tr><tr><td>gr8dog</td><td>Boat Launch</td></tr><tr><td>OScoot!</td><td>Green Field</td></tr><tr><td>bluebuddygirl</td><td>Farmer’s Market/Vegetable Stand</td></tr><tr><td>OScoot!</td><td>Flowers or Shrubs of the same color as your ride</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Water Tower</td></tr><tr><td>gr8dog</td><td>End of the Road</td></tr><tr><td>UnionZac</td><td>Music Venue</td></tr><tr><td>gr8dog</td><td>Decorative Structure (no fountain)</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>Public Sculpture (no fountain)</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Baseball Field (non-professional only)</td></tr><tr><td>bluefox</td><td>Farm Equipment or Machinery</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Riding Stable/Horse Boarding/Horse Riding</td></tr><tr><td>etak</td><td>Barbed Wire</td></tr><tr><td>gr8dog</td><td>Hay</td></tr><tr><td>OScoot!</td><td>Outside Dining Establishment</td></tr><tr><td>UnionZac</td><td>Local Coffee Shop</td></tr><tr><td>OScoot!</td><td>Train passing by scooter</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Trailer Park</td></tr><tr><td>UnionZac</td><td>Industrial Setting</td></tr><tr><td>gr8dog</td><td>Downtown</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Port-o-Let</td></tr><tr><td>basmith42</td><td>Lemonade Stand</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Food Chain mascot</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>Power Plant/Distribution Plant/Substation</td></tr><tr><td>KRUSTYburger</td><td>Tree Tunnel/Tree Canopy over street</td></tr><tr><td>NewbieMichelle</td><td>covered bridge</td></tr><tr><td>SarahJ2001</td><td>Smoke Stack</td></tr><tr><td>gr8dog</td><td>Drive-In Restaurant</td></tr><tr><td>UnionZac</td><td>Two Roads Diverged into a (green) Wood</td></tr><tr><td>gr8dog</td><td>Marina</td></tr><tr><td>KRUSTYburger</td><td>Your scooter with another unknown scooter parked somewhere</td></tr><tr><td>SarahJ2001</td><td>Roller Coaster</td></tr><tr><td>etak</td><td>President’s Tomb</td></tr><tr><td>UnionZac</td><td>Buffalo</td></tr><tr><td>NickieMcNichols</td><td>Something scaled much larger than lifesize (a literal cornucopia of fruit, infact)</td></tr><tr><td>UnionZac</td><td>Vineyard</td></tr><tr><td>pdxrita</td><td>Giant insect</td></tr><tr><td>polianarchy</td><td>Another SCOOTER of the same color that is NOT a Buddy</td></tr><tr><td>UnionZac</td><td>Tire pile</td></tr><tr><td>NickieMcNichols</td><td>Rainbow flag</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>The Nativity</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>=====</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>The word museum</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Nature Preserve or Nature Center</td></tr><tr><td>NickieMcNichols</td><td>Biker bar</td></tr><tr><td>Cheshire</td><td>Big Hole (construction equip preferred)</td></tr><tr><td>NickieMcNichols</td><td>Feed Store</td></tr><tr><td>xteraco</td><td>Filing Cabinet</td></tr><tr><td>UnionZac</td><td>Historic Mansion</td></tr><tr><td>gr8dog</td><td>Scooter under a bridge</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>Donation Bin</td></tr><tr><td>bpatrick5</td><td>Plane in flight</td></tr><tr><td>xteraco</td><td>Junk food</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Dragstrip/Raceway</td></tr><tr><td>Syd</td><td>Fountain</td></tr><tr><td>Tony McGurk</td><td>Butcher's Shop</td></tr><tr><td>BootScootin'FireFighter</td><td>Jail</td></tr><tr><td>Tony McGurk</td><td>TV Station</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Clock Tower</td></tr><tr><td>Tony McGurk</td><td>Airport Control Tower</td></tr><tr><td>BootScootin'FireFighter</td><td>City Skyline</td></tr><tr><td>Tony McGurk</td><td>Brewery</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Road Closed Sign</td></tr><tr><td>ScootLemont</td><td>Flag</td></tr><tr><td>BoneGirl</td><td>Funeral Home</td></tr><tr><td>Tony McGurk</td><td>Old Folks Home</td></tr><tr><td>ScootLemont</td><td>Cemetary</td></tr><tr><td>=====</td><td>=====</td></tr></table>

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:01 am

Syd wrote:Geez, this is getting a little dark, doncha think?
What are we going to have next, a pile of worms? Or ashes?

I am blaming bonegirl & McGurk for the dark turn... I just followed them.

Well... someone should be working on a photo of their scoot in heaven or hell

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:13 am

I was just looking through this entire thread & found a post from ME on the first page:
Sun Aug 03, 2008 - my scoot at a...... CEMETERY

Different scoot & different cemetery & I didn't even remember that pic until I saw it

See you all again in 2012 at the next headstone city

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:52 am

I hope that doesn't mean we won't see you until then?!?

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:23 am

ScootLemont wrote:here is the retirement home

I am surprised how similar our Old Folks Home signs are considering the huge amount of global separation

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:25 am

Syd wrote:Geez, this is getting a little dark, doncha think?

What are we going to have next, a pile of worms? Or ashes?

Drats, I had a bucket of ashes from cleaning the fire out on the weekend too. Unfortunately they went in the garbage for Monday night's collection. I shoulda got a photo first

gr8dog · Post by **gr8dog** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:35 pm

ScootLemont wrote:Well... someone should be working on a photo of their scoot in heaven or hell

Sorry if this is a hijack but ScootLemont's comment made me think of it. Take this test Dante's Inferno Test

I answered as honestly as I could and ended up in the third level of hell. Damn, I was hoping for purgatory.

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:22 pm

gr8dog wrote:
ScootLemont wrote:Well... someone should be working on a photo of their scoot in heaven or hell
Sorry if this is a hijack but ScootLemont's comment made me think of it. Take this test Dante's Inferno Test

I answered as honestly as I could and ended up in the third level of hell. Damn, I was hoping for purgatory.

I did the quiz to pass some time. I got purgatory. Drats... I'm not Catholic & don't even believe in Purgatory....

11:20pm Time for bed

lmyers · Post by **lmyers** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:02 pm

I'll be hanging in the 7th level of hell with the suicides, war criminals and bankers.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:32 pm

sweet... Level 6!!!

now... BOT
anyone got a cemetery in their town?

Rbuddy · Post by **Rbuddy** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:19 pm

Level 6 Heretic! Good Times!

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:01 am

Ok Rbuddy
lets see you scooter in a cemetery & then with a rocket

(I love the KSC)

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:20 am

I thought about taking the alternative to burial and posting a tag of my scooter with ashes/urn, using my first dog's tin can. But I decided to go another way.

So, here's the Guadalupe Cemetary - a nice old, desert cemetary:

The new tag starts the cycle anew. Your scooter at a fertility clinic:

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:34 am

I consider myself to be a good person. But apparently I am going to hell. Also just level 6 but still, that's what, five levels deep in hell?

BootScootin'FireFighter · Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:29 am

good luck with that tag. I've google earthed the closest clinics and none of them have such vibrant advertisement. Unless I can get my scooter into the elevator lobby by the directory, this could be a real long search.

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:53 am

Tony McGurk wrote:I did the quiz to pass some time. I got purgatory. Drats... I'm not Catholic & don't even believe in Purgatory....

Same here. The funny thing is according to that quiz it's the best you can do!

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:09 am

It's lunch time & I was about to go for a ride to the cemetery. Drats now it's a fertility clinic. That's gunna be harder to find...

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:24 am

LUNCH TIME? No wonder you are so quick with these, It's like 10:30 at night right now here! As far as fertility clinics go, I couldn't find any locally...

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:34 am

There are a couple within 10 miles of me but I am not sure what the signage is out front - I will have to check them out.
I do like the "theme" this has taken..... ads a new dimension to it.

hey.... does this count?

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:36 am

Syd
whats the temp in Tempe these days?
93 here today with 88% Humidity & feels HOT

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:33 am

ScootLemont wrote:Syd
whats the temp in Tempe these days?
93 here today with 88% Humidity & feels HOT

93 and 88%? Shudder's not the right word, but you know what I mean.

According to the Tempe Town Lake Weather Station, the high today was 103 and the current humidity is 12% (but humidity tends to increase as evening progresses). Gotta tell you though, I rode about 20 miles this afternoon after work, and it was hot.

Oh, the turkey baster? Now *that's* funny!

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:05 am

KRUSTYburger wrote:LUNCH TIME? No wonder you are so quick with these, It's like 10:30 at night right now here! As far as fertility clinics go, I couldn't find any locally...

It's the middle of winter here so it's starting to get dark by the time I finish work so I go tag hunting in my lunch hour. So when it's 10:30PM in the USA, I'm already out hunting the next day at lunch time. So I'm kinda in the future... Cool

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:33 pm

oooooh, scoota from the footcha! You go Buck Rodgers.

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:43 am

gr8dog wrote: I answered as honestly as I could and ended up in the third level of hell. Damn, I was hoping for purgatory.

I narrowly escaped and did indeed make it to Purgatory.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:08 am

So, does anyone have a picture of their scooter in Purgatory? That'd be a freakin' incredible Tag!

bpatrick5 · Post by **bpatrick5** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 4:47 pm

ScootLemont wrote:Syd
whats the temp in Tempe these days?
93 here today with 88% Humidity & feels HOT

112 in Scottsdale yesterday. Working up to 111 today. But, they claim that monsoons are coming this weekend (finally!!). That'll bite into evening rides.

bpatrick5 · Post by **bpatrick5** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 4:48 pm

Syd wrote:So, does anyone have a picture of their scooter in Purgatory? That'd be a freakin' incredible Tag!

I'll bet a scooter in/near Police Impound would suffice.

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:20 pm

Syd wrote:So, does anyone have a picture of their scooter in Purgatory? That'd be a freakin' incredible Tag!

http://maine.hometownlocator.com/me/ken ... gatory.cfm

Who lives near Purgatory, Maine!

Howardr · Post by **Howardr** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:23 am

w00t! Got my first WWST pic.
Here's Dr Brewer's Office. The sign reads "Obstetrics Gynecology Fertility" That's the closest we have to a clinic

And for the next one:

A local Humane Society

Howard

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:38 am

Doh!!! I just got home with a photo of an IVF clinic & Howard beat me to it

Congratulations Howard on your 1st WWST post. Well done

OK off to find a Humane Society...

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:23 am

Here's our local RSPCA animal shelter

I stopped at the gate on the way out to photograph the 120kph (75mph) speed limit into the RSPCA grounds. The sign below it says to drive carefully & beware of people walking dogs.

I'm not allowed to go that fast on my Learners Licence

Next Tag: Your scooter at a Mini-Golf Course

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:11 am

Mini-Golf anyone....

tic...

tic...

tic...

Anyone????

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:01 pm

Pensacola's got the BEST mini golf! You can't even see half of all the awesome sculptures!

For the next tag how about a Bait & Tackle? The only catch is it has to have a big sea creature visible in the pic (could be a mural or sculpture or sign).
Mine is kind of hard to see since it's on the other side of the building, but there's a shark on the right side of the photo above the sign.

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:29 pm

Wow!!! That mini golf course makes the one in my town look pretty dull...

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:51 pm

Ha! Actually the holes on that course go all the way back past where you can see the batting cage. It's separated into 2 courses cuz it takes so long to do both.

For the new tag I suppose I should be a little more inclusive and make it a fishing OR hunting supply shop with either a sea creature out front or other commonly hunted land animals. If nobody finds one in 3 days then you can post any fishing/hunting shop. Okee dokee?

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:26 am

Here's the bait shop with a fish as part of the sign

Next tag is an easy one. Your scooter at a phone box. Extra points if Superman or Clark Kent is in there getting changed

Howardr · Post by **Howardr** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:34 pm

That one's not as easy as it may seem. I haven't seen a phone box in years. The exception being two of them that I saw in an antique store in northern AZ a while back.
Cell phones kind of put an end to them around here.

Howard

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:16 pm

What Howard said. There used to be a booth in the middle of the Mojave desert, but I understand even that one is gone now.

Equally hard is to find an open air kiosk that is not attached to a building, or nearly so. They get vandalized so much, it's not worth it for providers to put them out in the open. But I remember seeing one while looking for another Hunt (or Tag) photo. Wish I could remember where.

Good one, Tony!

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:26 pm

Howardr wrote:That one's not as easy as it may seem. I haven't seen a phone box in years. The exception being two of them that I saw in an antique store in northern AZ a while back.
Cell phones kind of put an end to them around here.

Howard

Hmmm... They're still everywhere here in Australia. If no-one has found one by the end of the weekend I will re-post a new tag

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:23 am

I've never seen a "phone box" in real life, just pictures. There are a ton of pay phones without the box part tho.

Tony McGurk · Post by **Tony McGurk** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:37 am

KRUSTYburger wrote:I've never seen a "phone box" in real life, just pictures. There are a ton of pay phones without the box part tho.

A boxless payphone will do.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:13 am

Remember what I posted earlier? Well, never mind. I asked some coworkers if they knew where I could find a phonebooth and one said: "Right next door to Schlotzky's." The same place I've been to dozens of times. Go figure.

Now I'm hungry, so the next tag is a Donut Shop. Not just any donut shop though, no Dunkin', no Krispy Kreme, no (inter)national chains, just your local independent purveyor of deep-fried deliciousness. (Smaller chains are Ok too. Who knows I may be in your area some day?)

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:37 pm

Ugh Syd! I had a real American phone box that I was going to snag today...grrr. And in Rhode Island, Dunkin' Donuts IS our local donut shop. There's one on every corner and people give directions with reference to a DD location (turn right where the DD used to be). And even tho' DD wasn't born in Rhode Island, we feel it's OUR local donut shop. I think it's cute that our neighbors to the north are trying to sell Tim Horton's here.

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:54 pm

Circle is right by my house but their doughnuts suck big time. We are more of a Krispy Kreme town, since our first one opened in the 60's. Anyhow here it is:

Now the new tag: A BARBER SHOP

It's gotta have the spinning striped pole (or at least a stationary striped pole).