New England B.S. Thread

That would be off I-95, Medway area..Katahdin overlook

 

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Personally, I order pretty much everything from Rock Auto these days, but you probably can't wait a week for them to ship it to you.

X2. Looks like Salmon Stream Lake for sure.

 

Also that's the stretch of road that I tested the my 3rd speed. It does have a point where the computer does not allow you to increase speed.

 

Well my tenant said he had two idler #2's that he bought from his dealership when he worked there. I ordered a tensioner and Idler #1 yesterday (just swapping the pulley on the tensioner) and figured I was good to go. Last night he shows up with one Idler #2 which has no stamps from toyota or labels and one pulley I have no idea what it is... Went to acton toyota today with the two pulleys he gave me and grabbed another idler - the guy at the dealership says both the ones my tenant gave me were aftermarket. Needless to say he screwed me out of the price of new oem parts. I just want this all done and over with.

 

Just means I'm fancy as fuck and have a refined palette.

 

Lame sauce. At least you got it figured out though

 

Right. It's like single malt scotch or a good bourbon; you just add a little water and off you go!

 

Good coffee tastes amazing black (IMO) and doesn't need any cream or sugar, even mediocre coffee beans can be made into a decent cup. It shouldn't be the bitter disgusting crap you get at Dunkins or the overpriced shit from Starbucks though. Good beans, cold brewed, you can warm that up if you want hot coffee or add ice if you want to, but it stands very well on it's own, is not bitter, not acidic. I think it actually is kind of sweet and very smooth.

 

This. My wife gets samples from all kinds of roasters now that she moved depts (she's a buyer HomeGoods). So we literally always have awesome coffee at the house. Also grinding it fresh makes a big difference imo. I'm like a goddamned coffee hipster over here.

Dunks is fine for a quick cup on the road. I think crackbucks is better tasting but the price is stupid.

 

Even DD's prices are stupid. $2.50 for a medium? Hell with that. 9 times out of 10 I'll just find a gas station that sells Green Mountain or New England Coffee and buy one there for $1.25

 

That's usually my strategy on the road. $.99 24oz cup of joe? Worth it.

 

Not sure about in MA, but around here pretty much every independent gas station also sells coffee and has a mini deli setup for sandwiches/pizza etc. Easier to find one of them than it is to find a DD, most of the time.

 

I buy 8 O'clock whole beans and use a good burr grinder. They are cheap beans but prepared properly it's fantastic coffee.

 

I will stop at a Cumberland Farms before a dunks nowadays. Cheap and just as mediocre as Dunks

 

That's definitely more common the further north you go, down here most of those little deli spaces are occupied by a Dunkins.

 

X2. 8 O'Clock WB is my go-to for the house. I'll buy the Green Mountain WB out of the bulk bins if I'm feeling flush

 

You came up with that too fast...

 

Didn’t realize these are still cool.

 

I think everything else on that bumper should be enough to tell you how "cool" they are.

 

It's an old truck, they're probably rusted on along with everything else on that truck.