Comments on: Thanks for the piece of cheesecake Bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/#comment-23010 bowser Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:04:12 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=30501#comment-23010 Amen! Am about to Sault Ste. Marie, snow and ice all the way. And bitching is absolutely part of the process. It's the closest thing to an adventure I could think of. Kinda lonesome without my dog, didn't realize how much company they are. I didn't plan on some things, though. For instance, there is no liquid water available except in restaurants or stores. Everything is frozen. I've had my fill of this, thinking of heading south. Have to admit this is an adventure, am the only RV I've seen except for one French guy with about 4 young women with him. Stayed ahead of the snow so for, but driving is not a cruise control affair, it's a tense, sore hands, arms and back situation. I'm finally able to stay up with the trucks, whose drivers are stark, raving mad. Saw about 10 of them wrecked one day, some of them several days old. Lotsa women in those trucks, too, as you notice in truck stops. Just cost $172 to fill up. Most I can imagine spending. Nap time, then dinner. Later, all. Amen!
Am about to Sault Ste. Marie, snow and ice all the way. And bitching is absolutely part of the process. It’s the closest thing to an adventure I could think of. Kinda lonesome without my dog, didn’t realize how much company they are. I didn’t plan on some things, though. For instance, there is no liquid water available except in restaurants or stores. Everything is frozen. I’ve had my fill of this, thinking of heading south. Have to admit this is an adventure, am the only RV I’ve seen except for one French guy with about 4 young women with him.
Stayed ahead of the snow so for, but driving is not a cruise control affair, it’s a tense, sore hands, arms and back situation. I’m finally able to stay up with the trucks, whose drivers are stark, raving mad. Saw about 10 of them wrecked one day, some of them several days old. Lotsa women in those trucks, too, as you notice in truck stops.
Just cost $172 to fill up. Most I can imagine spending.
Nap time, then dinner. Later, all.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/#comment-23008 Robert Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:46:18 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=30501#comment-23008 and out of respect for bowser's privacy, I wouldn't dig up the picture and republish it, without his renewed permission. Besides, the entertaining bit is how the picture you choose represents your impression of bowser. I'll bet it would be a picture of some dude laughing. I was impressed by the process you and bowser improvised to set up your rendezvous without disclosing any personal information, including bowser's post of a picture of a van resembling his, and I was hoping to riff further on it. But alas... and out of respect for bowser’s privacy, I wouldn’t dig up the picture and republish it, without his renewed permission.

Besides, the entertaining bit is how the picture you choose represents your impression of bowser. I’ll bet it would be a picture of some dude laughing. I was impressed by the process you and bowser improvised to set up your rendezvous without disclosing any personal information, including bowser’s post of a picture of a van resembling his, and I was hoping to riff further on it. But alas…

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/#comment-23007 RobVG Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:47:25 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=30501#comment-23007 A few years ago, Bowser posted a pic of himself in the great outdoors. Out of respect for his privacy, I didn't save it. The memory of his face is fading but I won't forget his laughter. A few years ago, Bowser posted a pic of himself in the great outdoors. Out of respect for his privacy, I didn’t save it.

The memory of his face is fading but I won’t forget his laughter.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/#comment-23006 FrankC Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:05:27 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=30501#comment-23006 When you are 70+ you are past staring down grizzly bears. Exposing oneself to the travails of weather is one way to make it an adventure of acceptable risk. Griping about it is permitted. :) When you are 70+ you are past staring down grizzly bears. Exposing oneself to the travails of weather is one way to make it an adventure of acceptable risk. Griping about it is permitted. :)

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/#comment-23005 Robert Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:17:07 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=30501#comment-23005 Detente at the HabitableZone over a piece of pastry. Will wonders never cease? I'm charmed to read all about it. And a bit envious, since getting to meet the mysterious bowser is a bit like meeting Greta "I vant to be alone" Garbo. Hey Rob: How about posting a picture of some guy who looks like bowser, but isn't bowser? You know, a variation on his dodge posting a picture of a van resembling the real BowserMobile? Clever idea, now let's run it into the ground ;-)... Detente at the HabitableZone over a piece of pastry. Will wonders never cease? I’m charmed to read all about it. And a bit envious, since getting to meet the mysterious bowser is a bit like meeting Greta “I vant to be alone” Garbo.

Hey Rob: How about posting a picture of some guy who looks like bowser, but isn’t bowser? You know, a variation on his dodge posting a picture of a van resembling the real BowserMobile? Clever idea, now let’s run it into the ground ;-) …

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/#comment-23004 TB Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:43:06 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=30501#comment-23004 <p>Dude, you picked March for your trip.</p> And went <em>north.</em> You could be on a sunny beach right now. You are in the middle of prime Great Plains blizzard season. I know what it was like in the Dakotas and Minnesota. God knows what it's like up in Canada's flatlands. Take a right at Winnepeg and keep going until you hit magnolias in bloom. Dude, you picked March for your trip.

And went north.

You could be on a sunny beach right now. You are in the middle of prime Great Plains blizzard season. I know what it was like in the Dakotas and Minnesota. God knows what it’s like up in Canada’s flatlands.

Take a right at Winnepeg and keep going until you hit magnolias in bloom.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/#comment-23003 bowser Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:33:29 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=30501#comment-23003 Slow, slow. Stayed one night at a small casino I stopped in thinking I could get money for my debit card. Couldn't, we thought it was because no phone likes to US, was because it was blocked. Anyway, they fed me dinner with the Manager, let me park in a protected employees lot. Otherwise, I'm tired of 0 degree nights, 10 degree days, 30 mile an hour winds and blowing snow. If it doesn't snow overnight, a possibility, I may get to Winnipeg and head south. Only a retarded bison would like this, and people live here. One drives along, glances at those prairies, no trees, no nothing, and wonder how the first folks ever survived. Or wanted to. Plan on being snowed in, stocked up on food and liquid water. That's it for now. Slow, slow. Stayed one night at a small casino I stopped in thinking I could get money for my debit card. Couldn’t, we thought it was because no phone likes to US, was because it was blocked. Anyway, they fed me dinner with the Manager, let me park in a protected employees lot.

Otherwise, I’m tired of 0 degree nights, 10 degree days, 30 mile an hour winds and blowing snow. If it doesn’t snow overnight, a possibility, I may get to Winnipeg and head south. Only a retarded bison would like this, and people live here. One drives along, glances at those prairies, no trees, no nothing, and wonder how the first folks ever survived. Or wanted to.
Plan on being snowed in, stocked up on food and liquid water.
That’s it for now.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/#comment-22998 bowser Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:27:46 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=30501#comment-22998 I'm in the Wal-Mart MacDonalds just to the left. Spent the night next to a huge pile of snow in their lot. A couple of hours time difference, but my solar powered atomic clock Casio hasn't figured it out. Windy, cold, icy, went to a casino. Girls are still wearing skirts up to their butts and high heels. Bless 'em! I’m in the Wal-Mart MacDonalds just to the left. Spent the night next to a huge pile of snow in their lot.

A couple of hours time difference, but my solar powered atomic clock Casio hasn’t figured it out.

Windy, cold, icy, went to a casino. Girls are still wearing skirts up to their butts and high heels. Bless ‘em!

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/#comment-22997 TB Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:08:13 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=30501#comment-22997 <p>Canadian Tire, Medicine Hat.</p> <img src="http://habitablezone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Canadian-Tire.jpg" width=500 /> The Walmart parking lot is behind the camera. This is kind of fun. Canadian Tire, Medicine Hat.

The Walmart parking lot is behind the camera.

This is kind of fun.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/03/06/thanks-for-the-piece-of-cheesecake-bowser/#comment-22996 bowser Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:03:52 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=30501#comment-22996 And after driving around Medicine Hat my brakes got spongy, almost went to the floor. After calling Coach Net and finding their phone didn't work, called AAA, got a referral to someone who was closed, but by the time I got through messing with them had my brakes back. They much need bleeding. I'm staying at a Wal-Mart tonight next to a Canada Tire hoping for that to happen tomorrow. Had 'em done before I left, too. That's the place, up there. Had to come into MacDonald's to whoops, they're closing. Got to go. And after driving around Medicine Hat my brakes got spongy, almost went to the floor. After calling Coach Net and finding their phone didn’t work, called AAA, got a referral to someone who was closed, but by the time I got through messing with them had my brakes back. They much need bleeding. I’m staying at a Wal-Mart tonight next to a Canada Tire hoping for that to happen tomorrow. Had ‘em done before I left, too.

That’s the place, up there.

Had to come into MacDonald’s to whoops, they’re closing. Got to go.

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