(05-27-2016 07:11 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 03:59 PM)cuseroc Wrote:  In an effort to get more conversation during this slow summer period, what do you guys do to pass the extra time away until football and basketball season starts again?

Myself, I get a lot of work done around the house and outside so the honeydo list will be completed before the first kickoff. We also spend a lot of time at summer festivals. Here in Rochester, the festivals start around mid May and end in mid October and there is usually some type of festival going on every week. Very rarely will I visit a festival after September 1st. We also do a little traveling all over NYS, from the city to the Adirondaks.

Cuse, have you checked out Old Forge, Ny and while there Enchanted Forrest/ Water safari ? it's up in the Adirondacks. Fun weekend. I usually take a road off Rt 12 South of Booneville. Rt 28 at Alder creek & Rt12 it's a Really curvy road but quite scenic way to get there. Another favorite is Sackets Harbor, Ny just outside of Watertown, Ny Great Micro Brewery there too on the Lake Ontario. Farther North on I-81, Alexandria Bay and Thousand Island, Ny are great times too.
http://www.oldforgeny.com/
https://www.watersafari.com/
http://www.visit1000islands.com/
http://www.visit1000islands.com/communit...harbor-ny/
http://www.visit1000islands.com/communit...ia-bay-ny/

Keith, we'll meet you guys in Sackets...our lakehouse is about 10 mins away. I did like that place we eat at with you guys in Southern Lewis County.

You might try to get up here for the Empire Nationals...the Fairgrounds are being totally rebuilt and the Syracuse Nationals will be the first show. They have like 375 RV spots being built.

http://www.rightcoastcars.com/syracuse-n...hedule.php

(05-27-2016 08:34 AM)cuseroc Wrote:  

(05-27-2016 08:19 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  Summer, fall, winter, spring it's all the same. Kids & work are 24/7. Do like to take the kids to the zoo a couple times during the summer & maybe a weekend getaway during the fall. There's a nice park by home that has a good water park for the kids. Used to camp & boat a lot.

That used to be me. But now my kids are all grown. My youngest is 21 years old.

I'm old enough to have a 21 year old but instead my oldest is 5.

(05-27-2016 10:23 AM)ren.hoek Wrote:  I also tend to do a good bit of yard work. I have these delusions that Southern Living magazine will eventually come to take pictures of our back yard. We'll see.

I have a better chance of National Geographic taking pictures of mine. LOL

I go hiking and looking for waterfalls with the kids during the summer in The Appalachian Foothills

(05-27-2016 07:25 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 09:54 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  ... Hate life

Cheer up Ewglenn! Life is too short and God is good Brother! Get in the word - Holy Scriptures. Take up a hobby. Donate your time serving a charity. Take some weekend driving trips and enjoy the scenery. Start a herbal garden. Learn to play an instrument. Get ya a puppy. Take up golf. Heck, frisbee golf! Coach a youth baseball/soccer league team. Go hiking, biking, kayaking, etc. Just go man....

I appreciate your concern for me, but I was jk lol. Good to know someone cares though lol.

(05-28-2016 09:08 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  

(05-27-2016 07:25 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 09:54 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  ... Hate life

Cheer up Ewglenn! Life is too short and God is good Brother! Get in the word - Holy Scriptures. Take up a hobby. Donate your time serving a charity. Take some weekend driving trips and enjoy the scenery. Start a herbal garden. Learn to play an instrument. Get ya a puppy. Take up golf. Heck, frisbee golf! Coach a youth baseball/soccer league team. Go hiking, biking, kayaking, etc. Just go man....

I appreciate your concern for me, but I was jk lol. Good to know someone cares though lol.

You got me, and yes, I do care.

Speaking of dog days, it was upper 80s and humid in my part of North Carolina today. Was spreading mulch around my yard but had to stop after a few hours of feeling the heat. Should've started earlier in the day...

(05-28-2016 09:46 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Speaking of dog days, it was upper 80s and humid in my part of North Carolina today. Was spreading mulch around my yard but had to stop after a few hours of feeling the heat. Should've started earlier in the day...

It's been brutal the past two days. Probably from TS Bonnie feeding moisture in.

Nice as it can be right now sitting on the back porch listening to the rain on the roof with a cold beer and an Arturo Fuente Hemingway.

(05-28-2016 10:48 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(05-28-2016 09:46 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Speaking of dog days, it was upper 80s and humid in my part of North Carolina today. Was spreading mulch around my yard but had to stop after a few hours of feeling the heat. Should've started earlier in the day...

It's been brutal the past two days. Probably from TS Bonnie feeding moisture in.

Nice as it can be right now sitting on the back porch listening to the rain on the roof with a cold beer and an Arturo Fuente Hemingway.

Forgot about Bonnie. Rain supposed to start around early afternoon here. I like your mode of relaxation Kap. I haven't had a cigar in a long, long time.

Yeah, its been in the high 80's and low 90's in Upstate NY the last couple of days with high humidity. I left the house Friday late morning and the humidity hit me like a rock. I thought I woke up in Florida for a moment. It was just in the 30's last week. We normally don't get this kind of really hot and humid weather until July/August.

(05-28-2016 10:58 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(05-28-2016 10:48 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(05-28-2016 09:46 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Speaking of dog days, it was upper 80s and humid in my part of North Carolina today. Was spreading mulch around my yard but had to stop after a few hours of feeling the heat. Should've started earlier in the day...

It's been brutal the past two days. Probably from TS Bonnie feeding moisture in.

Nice as it can be right now sitting on the back porch listening to the rain on the roof with a cold beer and an Arturo Fuente Hemingway.

Forgot about Bonnie. Rain supposed to start around early afternoon here. I like your mode of relaxation Kap. I haven't had a cigar in a long, long time.

I'm not a regular cigar smoker but a few weeks back I helped a dealer rep with a big equipment demo down in Beaufort and he bought me a box. These are niiiice, but until I get my commission from the two sales they are a little too rich for my blood.

(05-28-2016 09:42 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(05-28-2016 09:08 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  

(05-27-2016 07:25 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 09:54 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  ... Hate life

Cheer up Ewglenn! Life is too short and God is good Brother! Get in the word - Holy Scriptures. Take up a hobby. Donate your time serving a charity. Take some weekend driving trips and enjoy the scenery. Start a herbal garden. Learn to play an instrument. Get ya a puppy. Take up golf. Heck, frisbee golf! Coach a youth baseball/soccer league team. Go hiking, biking, kayaking, etc. Just go man....

I appreciate your concern for me, but I was jk lol. Good to know someone cares though lol.

You got me, and yes, I do care.

I love that you started with scripture, preach on my man!

That's the beauty of living in a pro sports market. There are no "dog days," as it were. There is always something going on here.

Right now, the city is all fired up over the Penguins playing the Sharks in the Stanley Cup Finals. Hockey is extremely popular here.

When that ends in the next week or two , hopefully with the Penguins hoisting the Stanley Cup, attention will shift to the Pirates, who are again involved in a penant race. That will carry us through the remainder of the summer and into the fall.

By August, college and pro football start to heat up and the Steelers and Panthers will gain our attention.

It never really ends - and it's completely awesome for anyone who loves sports!

That said, garages still need to be cleaned out, tasks still need to be done, movies need to be watched, vacations still need to be taken, etc. So you fit those in as well – usually in the summer.

The downside of that type of culture as that you don't get jam packed stadia every week. Because the options are so plentiful, you have to give consumers a reason to buy your product. Also, your spring game attendance usually stinks.

So what, though? Those are small prices to pay for the rest of it. It is an awesome trade off that I would make 100 out of 100 times without having to think twice about it. I'm sure that the Boston College, Miami and Georgia Tech fans feel the same way.

(05-29-2016 10:34 AM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  That's the beauty of living in a pro sports market. There are no "dog days," as it were. There is always something going on here.

Right now, the city is all fired up over the Penguins playing the Sharks in the Stanley Cup Finals. Hockey is extremely popular here.

When that ends in the next week or two , hopefully with the Penguins hoisting the Stanley Cup, attention will shift to the Pirates, who are again involved in a penant race. That will carry us through the remainder of the summer and into the fall.

By August, college and pro football start to heat up and the Steelers and Panthers will gain our attention.

It never really ends - and it's completely awesome for anyone who loves sports!

That said, garages still need to be cleaned out, tasks still need to be done, movies need to be watched, vacations still need to be taken, etc. So you fit those in as well – usually in the summer.

The downside of that type of culture as that you don't get jam packed stadia every week. Because the options are so plentiful, you have to give consumers a reason to buy your product. Also, your spring game attendance usually stinks.

So what, though? Those are small prices to pay for the rest of it. It is an awesome trade off that I would make 100 out of 100 times without having to think twice about it. I'm sure that the Boston College, Miami and Georgia Tech fans feel the same way.

If the Cardinals can't win the division this year I hope the Pirates do.

Me too, but the Cubs are loaded with talent. It's going to be a damn good division again this year.