Minot area - Page 4

**GIBBY** · 01-14-2011, 02:35 PM

Big city life, I guess. I am an old man and gave up being in a hurry long ago.

ponch · 01-14-2011, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Gibby

Big city life, I guess. I am an old man and gave up being in a hurry long ago.

I never thought of Minnesota as big city and that's a good thing. As far as being in a hurry, it feels good to hit the hyperdrive button sometimes. May be it's just me.

**GIBBY** · 01-14-2011, 05:25 PM

Mpls/St. Paul 7 county metro is between 3.5 & 4 million people.
I do plenty of throttle twisting once I'm out of town, which is only about 3 minutes for me. I am on the far eastern side of MN.

ponch · 01-14-2011, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Gibby

Mpls/St. Paul 7 county metro is between 3.5 & 4 million people.
I do plenty of throttle twisting once I'm out of town, which is only about 3 minutes for me. I am on the far eastern side of MN.

NY metro is 15-20 million and it's nuts. There's no hyperspace. That's where the suck comes from. The blow comes from Kalifornia.

waterman · 01-14-2011, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ponch

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Originally Posted by Gibby

Big city life, I guess. I am an old man and gave up being in a hurry long ago.

I never thought of Minnesota as big city and that's a good thing. As far as being in a hurry, it feels good to hit the hyperdrive button sometimes. May be it's just me.

Ponch,

To some people, anything over 50,000 is big city. ;)

ponch · 01-14-2011, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by waterman

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Originally Posted by ponch

I never thought of Minnesota as big city and that's a good thing. As far as being in a hurry, it feels good to hit the hyperdrive button sometimes. May be it's just me.

Ponch,

To some people, anything over 50,000 is big city. ;)

Yeah, I guess I need to get out more. :)

**coacha** · 01-15-2011, 09:59 AM

Anything over about 10K is big city to me, lol. If you have a McD, Burger King AND Wendy's, that is almost too big for me ;)

pirate · 01-16-2011, 02:20 PM

Was just in Minot yesterday. Coach, they've got all three of those restaurants! :) We ate at Wendy's!

**coacha** · 01-16-2011, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by prairie cruiser

Was just in Minot yesterday. Coach, they've got all three of those restaurants! :) We ate at Wendy's!

Oh man, doesn't look like I'll be visiting my own son then, ;)

trosco · 01-17-2011, 03:17 PM

Ron, when I lived in Iowa I had clients in Minot (& Fargo). Visited many times, and it is really not that much colder than IA. All the Great Plains States can hit some really low temps (-20 or more) on a still and clear night in late January but it won't be 103 degrees with 99% humidity when your son is doing the August "2 a days" He will be in less danger of freezing to death there than he would be dying of heat stroke or exhaustion if he was here in FL so weather is a concern everywhere. But adjustment to the weather happens fast.
You will find less crime in areas where 6 months ouf the year it is too cold to be on the street corner selling drugs, or tricks or jacking cars or shooting each other. And you will find a lot of good honest hardworking people up there with great values and it will be their kids that he is going to school with.
And if you want to ride out to visit him some time give me a call and we'll go most way together. I make a couple trips a year to see the kids and grandkids in central Iowa.

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01-14-2011, 05:25 PM	#48
GIBBY Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Osceola,WI Posts: 3,084	Minot area Mpls/St. Paul 7 county metro is between 3.5 & 4 million people. I do plenty of throttle twisting once I'm out of town, which is only about 3 minutes for me. I am on the far eastern side of MN. __________________ Mike "GIBBY" Gibson Osceola, WI VBA # 1279 2011 National Rally 2012 NCR Rally 2012 Antlers Rally 2013 National Rally 2013 Antlers Rally 2014 NC/SC Rally 2014 Antlers Rally 2015 VRA/VBA Rally 2016 NCR Rally 2016 Antlers Rally 2017 Antlers Rally 2018 NC/SC Rally 2018 Antlers Rally 2019 Antlers Rally 2020 Antlers Rally 2022 Antlers Rally 2023 Antlers Rally 2021 Indian Roadmaster Limited 2022 Indian Roadmaster
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01-15-2011, 09:59 AM	#52
coacha Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Haysville, KS Posts: 6,259	Minot area Anything over about 10K is big city to me, lol. If you have a McD, Burger King AND Wendy's, that is almost too big for me ;) __________________ Ron "Coach" Allan, Haysville, KS 1999 Nomad Wine and Red "KawaTanker" 2009 BMW R1200RT 2003 BMW K1200LT "Magic Carpet" DOA 11/7/2015 VBA #00291 IBA # 41995 DS #320 '08 Elkins, WV; '09 Helen, GA; '09 Custer, SD; '10 Stanton, VA; '11 Maggie Valley; '12 Townsend, TN; '13 Estes Park; '13 Blairsville, GA; '15 Eureka Springs; '16 Helen; '18 Custer, SD
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01-16-2011, 02:20 PM	#53
pirate Sr. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,865	Minot area Was just in Minot yesterday. Coach, they've got all three of those restaurants! :) We ate at Wendy's!
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01-17-2011, 03:17 PM	#55
trosco Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,464	Minot area Ron, when I lived in Iowa I had clients in Minot (& Fargo). Visited many times, and it is really not that much colder than IA. All the Great Plains States can hit some really low temps (-20 or more) on a still and clear night in late January but it won't be 103 degrees with 99% humidity when your son is doing the August "2 a days" He will be in less danger of freezing to death there than he would be dying of heat stroke or exhaustion if he was here in FL so weather is a concern everywhere. But adjustment to the weather happens fast. You will find less crime in areas where 6 months ouf the year it is too cold to be on the street corner selling drugs, or tricks or jacking cars or shooting each other. And you will find a lot of good honest hardworking people up there with great values and it will be their kids that he is going to school with. And if you want to ride out to visit him some time give me a call and we'll go most way together. I make a couple trips a year to see the kids and grandkids in central Iowa. __________________ trosco: just call me Ross 2007 Black & Titanium Nomad (Nomad made 65K but got replaced 2014) 2010 Titanium Goldwing 2014 KLR 650 New Edition
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