What's Up With Nebraska?

Hey Nebraska people!

I'm in Lincoln for work. We flew in to Omaha and took a shuttle over here and I didn't see a single Tacoma on the road. I haven't seen one here in Lincoln, either.

Back home in Oregon they're like every 3rd truck on the road. Are Tacos not as popular here? Do people tend toward full size trucks?

Just something I noticed, and figured this would be the place to ask.

Otherwise, it seems pretty cool here. People are pretty friendly. Anywhere I should check out near UNL while I'm in town?

 

Found one!

 

I'm in Beatrice working right now, I stay in Houston - yes they are scarce from what I've seen.

 

I do see many 3rd gens
They are popular now

 

Are you trying to find and revive the oldest threads that exist?

 

... just trying to find some TW history and where the cornhusker taco's have been


found some interesting stuff! about the trails in Halsey forest area

 

Omaha Tacoma checking in.

 

currently for sale in Omaha
appears to be an SR5 model that is modded
$4500 @ 200k miles
https://omaha.craigslist.org/cto/d/omaha-1995-toyota-tacoma/7078657841.html

 

has anybody had their windows tinted from Owner's Pride in the Millard area?
my passenger side has been bubbling from age and needs redone!
also thinking of tinting the front windshield to block UV rays but not sure about the legality of that here

they also have something called ceramic window tinting ($135 for 2 front windows) that I have only briefly heard about and not sure what it is exactly

https://ownersprideoma.com/services
under the add ons section

 

hand washed the truck up super clean, it was dirty af, and headed out this evening to the Blackstone district, a very crowded & hip area to be in midtown Omaha

the place was a dark, deserted ghost town on Irish day of all days

 

the NE department of roads informed me they are well aware of the road hazards on i80 through Omaha, along with US-75 through south O and Bellevue, they drive them every day checking
the upcoming project is a major reworking of the bridge approaches and could be a 20-year project, causing some traffic congestion problems while shutting down to only a few lanes

it only took around six+ months to finally get some good deets on this but it would still help to reduce the speed limit through the city and enforce it better, especially the big commercial trailer truck traffic

 

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one of the benefits of being in fly-over country = low zombie virus infections

Iowa currently has more than twice what we have here currently, what's the deal with that? closer to Chicago?

 

There’s low case numbers where there’s low testing. 25-50% of people are asymptomatic so until there’s wide spread testing, you aren’t gonna know. Missouri increased cases by 600% last week as they got more testing.

Many people are being told to assume you have it and stay home. That’s a whole lot more cases unaccounted for.

state - tests - cases
Illinois - 40,384 - 6980
Missouri - 17,427 - 1581
Iowa - 7,853 - 594
Nebraska - 3685 - 210

 

that definitely can explain a bit of it
but don't you only need tested at the moment if you get sick and go into the hospital/clinic?
seems more are getting sick in Iowa than Nebraska by a large amount
my brother said his doctor tested him for virus last week but it was just some asthma so idk

 

has anybody ever been through the Wild Life Safari park near Ashland?

http://www.wildlifesafaripark.com/

it seems to be the place to be for the kids out of school right now to occupy their time, especially if they are a Zoo member = free pass

 

pulled up to one of these in Lincoln today on O street, bright Husker red!
the young guy driving it said it was a 1991 and 105k miles
it looked so clean on the exterior, probably never driven in the winter, or maybe is a transplant
i had no camera with me for a pic but it was real, i assure you

 

all Omaha parks are CLOSED now, wow ... people were not respecting the 10 or less guidance is the reason i think
but golf courses remain open lol
1 per cart

 

paid 144c in Arlington today (after 5c discount)
more inexpensive Taco miles!
17xx gallons came to $25