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For those seriously considering attending the meet, what weeks can you make it? I'm inclined to hold it midweek, assuming everyone will take at least one week off to make it up to Alaska and look around.


EDIT: Updated with the meet date. More details as we get closer. Dalton tour to follow May 30/31.

My schedule is pretty flexible on date ranges. 

From reading around, and from a lot of prior experience driving long distances off pavement in cold (though not Arctic) climates, I strongly favor doing it in June or early July as I suspect the Dalton Highway will be less dried out/rutted/dusty and therefore much easier to drive the earlier we go. I think we want to hit the sweet spot where there is no snow but the road still has a small amount of moisture and isn't abused by a summer of trucks driving down it. On an unpaved surface, I'd personally rather deal with reasonable amounts of  ice/mud than washboards (while a little bit slicker, it's much smoother and way easier on the car, making it easier to control the car) - though in June I suspect we'd be able to avoid both.

My only requirement is that the meet itself be early/midweek (Sun-Tue, Mon-Wed, Tue-Thu, Wed-Fri, Thu-Sat)- I'll be driving up from Boise in a Dalton-able vehicle, and if the meet were primarily on a weekend I'd reasonably have to take two full weeks off from work to make it happen, which is probably more than I want to commit to.

I've changed the first two weeks to become the last two weeks. Later July may have better conditions. For my own sake (other vacation plans) I don't want to get into August.

My sister's wedding is 7/15 so the week before or after that is no good for me.

Anything else should, as of this writing, work.

I am out for this one, we are planning our 5th road trip out west around the middle of July and there is no way I can tie it in with a side trip to the great white north (as much as I would like to :nod:) I wish you all lots of luck and fun and I do plan on getting up that way hopefully sometime 2020 or beyond. :sombrero:

There was talk in another thread of tying this into the Twin Cities meet I've been working on, so that those driving cross-country would have a chance to do both.  Not sure how many people were planning on doing such, but it's an intriguing idea.  That said, because of our (my wife and I) schedules next summer, any such meet that I would run is limited to July weekends (excluding 7/1) and possibly the first weekend of August.

I still need to talk to my significant other about this and see how he feels about me being gone for two weeks. I may have mentioned this elsewhere, but he's talking about the possibility of going to Europe with a friend of ours. Ideally, his trip to Europe would coincide (at least somewhat) with me going to Alaska.

I also remembered that my 20-year high school reunion is scheduled for July 15, 2017. I kinda want to go to that, but if forced to choose between an Alaska trip and the reunion, I'd choose Alaska.

I hope to cast a vote soon for a date for this meet.

Quote from: froggie on October 13, 2016, 08:07:45 AM
There was talk in another thread of tying this into the Twin Cities meet I've been working on, so that those driving cross-country would have a chance to do both.  Not sure how many people were planning on doing such, but it's an intriguing idea.  That said, because of our (my wife and I) schedules next summer, any such meet that I would run is limited to July weekends (excluding 7/1) and possibly the first weekend of August.

Honestly now I'm torn between two meets.  Maybe layover in Minneapolis before flying up? ;)

Mentally subtract one vote from the 6/18-24, 6/25-7/1, and 7/2-8 choices. I probably won't be able to do those weeks but the poll does not allow me to remove votes.

Quote from: Duke87 on October 20, 2016, 12:54:58 AM
Mentally subtract one vote from the 6/18-24, 6/25-7/1, and 7/2-8 choices. I probably won't be able to do those weeks but the poll does not allow me to remove votes.

That's odd. There used to be the ability to allow users to change their votes, but it sure wasn't available for this. Must be a change in SMF for the worse. Anyway, I am leaning toward a bit later in July, actually the 7/9-15 week.

Still there, not open to standard users and non-mods for the board. Want the change option on?

EDIT: Inadvertant lock.

Quote from: SSOWorld on October 20, 2016, 09:14:51 PM
Still there, not open to standard users and non-mods for the board. Want the change option on?

EDIT: Inadvertant lock.

I always like the change option. Why can't it be open to all?

Quote from: Alps on October 20, 2016, 06:31:37 PM
Anyway, I am leaning toward a bit later in July, actually the 7/9-15 week.

Alyssa and I 100% cannot possibly make it that week. But if that works best for the most people don't move things around for our sake, we can always plot our own trip.

Quote from: Duke87 on October 21, 2016, 08:55:02 PM

Quote from: Alps on October 20, 2016, 06:31:37 PM
Anyway, I am leaning toward a bit later in July, actually the 7/9-15 week.

Alyssa and I 100% cannot possibly make it that week. But if that works best for the most people don't move things around for our sake, we can always plot our own trip.

How about 6/11-17? That one also has decent support.

Quote from: Alps on October 24, 2016, 09:48:17 PM
How about 6/11-17? That one also has decent support.

My partner's birthday is 6/11, so if the meet takes place during that time, it's quite possible I wouldn't be able to go. (My preference would be a bit later in June.) But you can't make your decision based on one person's conflict, so just do what you feel is best given the majority vote.

Quote from: Alps on October 24, 2016, 09:48:17 PM
How about 6/11-17? That one also has decent support.

50/50. Won't know for sure until dates for all the leadup events for my sister's wedding (rehearsal dinner, etc.) are determined.

Is anyone else considering a drive from one of the states in the East to Alaska?

I am (not in the truck, but in my newer and less-worn Honda Pilot), but have not decided yet.

Is a Pilot with AWD tough enough for the Dalton Highway?  I will likely have a set of heavier Michelin tires on it before heading out. 

That's how I would get out to Alaska.  My plan would be a carpool (or RV pool) with AJ and Brandon, as it's not affordable for me to do the whole trip solo at this time.

Quote from: cpzilliacus on October 26, 2016, 01:29:25 PM
Is anyone else considering a drive from one of the states in the East to Alaska?

I am (not in the truck, but in my newer and less-worn Honda Pilot), but have not decided yet.

Is a Pilot with AWD tough enough for the Dalton Highway?  I will likely have a set of heavier Michelin tires on it before heading out. 

I would expect so- at least one rental agency up there is renting ruggedized (read: all season tires, two spares, and a block heater) current-generation Ford Escapes for the trek (at av minimum price of about $700!), which would be just as competent as a properly-tired Pilot. I'd make sure to have at least one, maybe two full sized spares.

Since I have a relatively short drive up, I'll be bringing up a vehicle with two full sized spares, a tow strap, basic tools/adhesives/fluids, and transporting 10-15 gallons of extra fuel on a roof rack - I'm not sure that we'd need two vehicles equipped with that much redundancy (though it can't hurt if somebody can do that inexpensively)- in a worst-case scenario emergency, the surviving vehicle could turn back to get help.

Quote from: corco on October 26, 2016, 05:10:55 PM

Quote from: cpzilliacus on October 26, 2016, 01:29:25 PM
Is anyone else considering a drive from one of the states in the East to Alaska?

I am (not in the truck, but in my newer and less-worn Honda Pilot), but have not decided yet.

Is a Pilot with AWD tough enough for the Dalton Highway?  I will likely have a set of heavier Michelin tires on it before heading out. 

I would expect so- at least one rental agency up there is renting ruggedized (read: all season tires, two spares, and a block heater) current-generation Ford Escapes for the trek (at av minimum price of about $700!), which would be just as competent as a properly-tired Pilot. I'd make sure to have at least one, maybe two full sized spares.

Since I have a relatively short drive up, I'll be bringing up a vehicle with two full sized spares, a tow strap, basic tools/adhesives/fluids, and transporting 10-15 gallons of extra fuel on a roof rack - I'm not sure that we'd need two vehicles equipped with that much redundancy (though it can't hurt if somebody can do that inexpensively)- in a worst-case scenario emergency, the surviving vehicle could turn back to get help.

The Pilot starts happily in the coldest winter weather we get here in my part of the East (extreme winter cold for us is about 0°F or -18°C), so I doubt it would need a block heater in it for summer use in Alaska, even on the North Slope. Two all-season spares might be a challenge (one advantage that my truck has is 16" wheels with a full-size spare and easy room for a second in the bed, but I am not sure I want to drive it that far with 420,000 miles on the meter).

Quote from: cpzilliacus on October 26, 2016, 05:44:50 PM
The Pilot starts happily in the coldest winter weather we get here in my part of the East (extreme winter cold for us is about 0°F or -18°C), so I doubt it would need a block heater in it for summer use in Alaska, even on the North Slope. Two all-season spares might be a challenge (one advantage that my truck has is 16" wheels with a full-size spare and easy room for a second in the bed, but I am not sure I want to drive it that far with 420,000 miles on the meter).

I would assume the block heater is for non-summer rentals.

If the Pilot has light-truck rated tires, they should be sufficient. I don't know how rugged its suspension is. But unless rainfall turns the Dalton into hundreds of miles of potholes, the Dalton won't require as beefy a suspension as do some other bad roads of the Arctic. If as corco suggests Ford Escapes are used for some Dalton Highway rentals, that's reassuring, unless the rental agency felt the need for a more-rugged-than-stock suspension.

AWD is nice but not necessary, unless you get stuck on a soft shoulder. The pickup I drove on the Dalton, and worse, had 4x4. I didn't even turn on the 4wd anywhere in Alaska.

Quote from: corco on October 26, 2016, 05:10:55 PM
Since I have a relatively short drive up, I'll be bringing up a vehicle with two full sized spares, a tow strap, basic tools/adhesives/fluids, and transporting 10-15 gallons of extra fuel on a roof rack - I'm not sure that we'd need two vehicles equipped with that much redundancy (though it can't hurt if somebody can do that inexpensively)- in a worst-case scenario emergency, the surviving vehicle could turn back to get help.

A lot of "just in case" supplies can be shared by multiple vehicles in a group, especially if everyone has a CB or other radio to communicate within the group. The big exception is mounted spare tires, which have to be matched to a specific vehicle model and perhaps year.

Looking for final votes to come in. Week of 7/9-7/15 has the most support (after mentally subtracting Anthony's votes for the three prior weeks), and that's what I've been leaning towards anyway. Going once, going twice.

Quote from: Alps on October 24, 2016, 09:48:17 PM

Quote from: Duke87 on October 21, 2016, 08:55:02 PM

Quote from: Alps on October 20, 2016, 06:31:37 PM
Anyway, I am leaning toward a bit later in July, actually the 7/9-15 week.

Alyssa and I 100% cannot possibly make it that week. But if that works best for the most people don't move things around for our sake, we can always plot our own trip.

How about 6/11-17? That one also has decent support.

Work-wise, June is nearly always bad for me.  July is much  better.

Yeah, July probably works better for me too.  We're generally finished with the annual pavement survey by then.  Also gives me more time to buy out my car lease.

Much agreed about July, the later the better.  Our busy time is late May through mid July for removing asbestos in schools.

The 2017 Milepost is now out, and can be purchased online. I don't yet have my copy, so I can't comment on how much has changed from earlier editions you might have.

Before the meet, I should pull together photos from my 2012 "Bad Roads of the Arctic" tour, to belatedly add a lot of new material to my Dalton Highway web pages. That'll make them a better guide to touring the highway, as well as helping you spot things that've changed since I was last up there.

I'm still planning to not attend the meet, even if it happens instead in 2018. Multiple possible schedule conflicts for 2017, including a second cataract surgery (though the first one seems to have gone well, and I'm holding off on the other eye until autumn). Besides, I'm not up for a seventh an eighth visit to Alaska. ISTM that the meet will be more fun if most or all attendees are experiencing Alaska for the first time.

Have any details (e.g. a date) actually been established for this yet?

Quote from: deathtopumpkins on March 26, 2017, 11:29:56 PM
Have any details (e.g. a date) actually been established for this yet?

Due to shifting personal commitments on the parts of potential organizers and key attendees this is definitively not happening this year. There is a chance it may happen next year instead.

Oh good, I don't have to try and juggle things then.

Resetting the poll for the coming year. I expect Duke87 to ultimately be the driver (pun) of what week this happens, but feedback can't hurt.

I'm glad to see that this idea is being resurrected for 2018. I very much want to participate somehow, but it's too soon for me to be able to vote on specific dates.

As a side note, should/can the subject line of this thread be changed to say 2018 instead of 2017?

Quote from: A.J. Bertin on October 18, 2017, 07:16:26 AM
I'm glad to see that this idea is being resurrected for 2018. I very much want to participate somehow, but it's too soon for me to be able to vote on specific dates.


As a side note, should/can the subject line of this thread be changed to say 2018 instead of 2017?

What do you mean? My posts are showing 2018.

Quote from: Alps on October 18, 2017, 09:05:13 PM

Quote from: A.J. Bertin on October 18, 2017, 07:16:26 AM
I'm glad to see that this idea is being resurrected for 2018. I very much want to participate somehow, but it's too soon for me to be able to vote on specific dates.


As a side note, should/can the subject line of this thread be changed to say 2018 instead of 2017?

What do you mean? My posts are showing 2018.

At the time he posted, the original post still said 2017 (which you have since changed), and all replies match the original post's title at the time of posting unless intentionally changed.

Quote from: 1 on October 18, 2017, 10:01:32 PM

Quote from: Alps on October 18, 2017, 09:05:13 PM

Quote from: A.J. Bertin on October 18, 2017, 07:16:26 AM
I'm glad to see that this idea is being resurrected for 2018. I very much want to participate somehow, but it's too soon for me to be able to vote on specific dates.




As a side note, should/can the subject line of this thread be changed to say 2018 instead of 2017?

What do you mean? My posts are showing 2018.

At the time he posted, the original post still said 2017 (which you have since changed), and all replies match the original post's title at the time of posting unless intentionally changed.

What do you mean? This reply clearly says 2017.

As with anything else, this is subject to getting blown up by further later developments, but as of now most of the given dates potentially work - only weeks that definitely don't are 6/24-30 and 7/1-7, since I have a wedding in Maine on 6/30 I am expected to be at.

7/8-14 is also iffy, because Alyssa's birthday is that week.

So that locks out...6/24 to 7/14? I'd be in favor of doing it either right on the front end or right on the back end of that, so either mid-June or mid-July.

I will need us to have a date locked in by the end of the year for me to be able to go, but I am committed to going (and driving a Daltonable vehicle up from Idaho to do this) if we can meet that condition.

As you can see, we have a date now! The schedule right now is:

May 29 - Fairbanks meet, hosted by Alps
May 30 - Drive up the Dalton, spend the night in Deadhorse
May 31 - Return to Fairbanks

Alps, Duke and I will be heading up for sure, with the three of us carpooling in my rig (I'm driving up from Idaho) up the Dalton.

We'd love if anybody else is able to make it - Fairbanks is "easy" for anybody to attend; the Dalton gets a little bit more challenging depending on whether people have a vehicle to drive up in. I have a full or nearly full car right now, but if more folks are interested in going and doing the Dalton who don't have an appropriate vehicle, we can talk options.

Quote from: corco on January 07, 2018, 07:49:33 PM
As you can see, we have a date now! The schedule right now is:

May 29 - Fairbanks meet, hosted by Alps
May 30 - Drive up the Dalton, spend the night in Deadhorse
May 31 - Return to Fairbanks

Alps, Duke and I will be heading up for sure, with the three of us carpooling in my rig up the Dalton.

We'd love if anybody else is able to make it - Fairbanks is "easy" for anybody to attend, the Dalton gets a little bit more challenging depending on whether people have a vehicle to drive up in. I have a full or nearly full car right now, but if more folks are interested in going and doing the Dalton who don't have an appropriate vehicle, we can talk options.

Fairbanks is probably going to be later in the day, maybe 4:30-7:00 ish. It's going to be a drive of the expressways and a side excursion to North Pole. Probably some poking around at interchanges for signage/design.

Quote from: corco on January 07, 2018, 07:49:33 PM
As you can see, we have a date now! The schedule right now is:

May 29 - Fairbanks meet, hosted by Alps
May 30 - Drive up the Dalton, spend the night in Deadhorse
May 31 - Return to Fairbanks

Alps, Duke and I will be heading up for sure, with the three of us carpooling in my rig (I'm driving up from Idaho) up the Dalton.

We'd love if anybody else is able to make it - Fairbanks is "easy" for anybody to attend; the Dalton gets a little bit more challenging depending on whether people have a vehicle to drive up in. I have a full or nearly full car right now, but if more folks are interested in going and doing the Dalton who don't have an appropriate vehicle, we can talk options.

Interested, but probably will sit this one out. I'll be in Texas the weekend before so wouldn't have time to come home, unpack, repack and head out.

I am likely not going to have the $$$ to make this.  I will handle it on my own at another time.

Unless Stephanie and I hit the power ball or mega millions there is no way we can make it, plus by that time I will be down to just a couple vacation days anyway.

Corco, I'll take the fourth spot in your "almost-full" car.

Quote from: yanksfan6129 on January 07, 2018, 08:41:40 PM
Corco, I'll take the fourth spot in your "almost-full" car.

Let me know when you have plane tickets.

Quote from: SSOWorld on January 07, 2018, 08:30:17 PM
I am likely not going to have the $$$ to make this.  I will handle it on my own at another time.

I think I'm with you there.  We, those of us who need time & funding, may want to do this trip in 2020.  Might be good for several of us from the Midwest to go together then.

Quote from: Brandon on January 07, 2018, 08:48:52 PM
I think I'm with you there.  We, those of us who need time & funding, may want to do this trip in 2020.  Might be good for several of us from the Midwest to go together then.

I concur with Brandon. I would love to do this trip at some point in the future, but unfortunately 4 1/2 months from now is a bit too soon to make this work. I already started making other vacation plans for 2018 with my husband. Vacation time and funds are limited. Brandon - you and I (and others) should seriously aim for 2020 on this.

I will admit, though, that I am very jealous of the guys who are able to do this trip this year.

Quote from: A.J. Bertin on January 08, 2018, 06:51:33 AM

Quote from: Brandon on January 07, 2018, 08:48:52 PM
I think I'm with you there.  We, those of us who need time & funding, may want to do this trip in 2020.  Might be good for several of us from the Midwest to go together then.

I concur with Brandon. I would love to do this trip at some point in the future, but unfortunately 4 1/2 months from now is a bit too soon to make this work. I already started making other vacation plans for 2018 with my husband. Vacation time and funds are limited. Brandon - you and I (and others) should seriously aim for 2020 on this.

I will admit, though, that I am very jealous of the guys who are able to do this trip this year.

I'm just going to third this because my situation is largely the same. One of my goals is to visit Alaska in my lifetime. But even with the amount of warning this meet got, it still wasn't enough for me.  :D :-(

I'm out.  :no:

A full trip to Alaska was never in my 2018 budget, but I was strongly considering flying to Fairbanks for a day or two just to say I attended the meet (and then I'd take a full Alaska vacation in a future year). However, both the day of the week and its proximity to Memorial Day add too many items to the "cons" column.

The 2018 edition of the Milepost travel guide, with detailed logs of the Dalton and other major Alaska highways, will be out next week. It can be pre-ordered on at least Amazon.

I've just uploaded an updated and expanded version of my three-page Dalton Highway photo collection, at:

http://www.alaskaroads.com/photos-Dalton-Hwy.htm

The main change is to add lots of photos from my 2012 round-trip tour of the Dalton Highway. (Better late than never, huh?) This will both be a better guide to the highway for those attending the meet, and also help figure out what's new that I haven't already photographed.

There are a few highway features that I don't have in my collection, and I'd appreciate your help with additional site updates on those and others you might find. The most notable is the snazzy new welcome sign at the south end of the highway, shown in the Milepost. Also, whether the AK 11 reassurance marker at the north end of the highway, that seemed to be missing when I was there in 2012, has been replaced. (I photographed but did not post the reassurance markers near mile 305, one of which I used for my avatar. GMSV also shows a marker northbound just past the Yukon River Camp.) A better photo of one of the pipeline pump stations would be nice. Also, something from the Finger Mountain wayside north of mile 98, which would be a good photo-op as well as a pee break if you can't hold it in until the Arctic Circle wayside near mile 115.

There are some photos on page 3 where I haven't figured out their exact locations from GMSV (which has 2011 imagery from the highway, taken by a team of two camera cars just in case). I'll go back to try to fix those, along with adding any photos from the meet tour, in June.

Watch out for that corner - you know which one...

So is this actually happening? Not much has been said and it's coming up next week.

Quote from: hbelkins on May 21, 2018, 09:01:51 PM
So is this actually happening? Not much has been said and it's coming up next week.

Yes. Would you like to join us? Fairbanks, 4 PM.

This seems to have turned into just me, Alps, and Corco meeting up in Fairbanks and then driving the Dalton Highway together.

Plenty of other people have expressed general interest but been unable to find the time or money (this is admittedly a significant investment of both) to make it.

Quote from: Duke87 on May 23, 2018, 12:33:23 AM
This seems to have turned into just me, Alps, and Corco meeting up in Fairbanks and then driving the Dalton Highway together.

Plenty of other people have expressed general interest but been unable to find the time or money (this is admittedly a significant investment of both) to make it.

Even with just three people making it up, I'd call that a success.

First meet I ever attended had only three participants.

Any photos from the meet? Or are they still in the pipeline, as meet participants munch through the photos they took?

There are a bunch on Facebook, but for those of you who are refuseniks or not on my friends list, here's the one picture I have with all three of us in it:

(https://i.imgur.com/T2nXwQF.jpg)

Steve has another taken in Deadhorse. It will probably be on his website at some point in 2024.

Quote from: Duke87 on June 19, 2018, 12:46:06 AM
There are a bunch on Facebook, but for those of you who are refuseniks or not on my friends list, here's the one picture I have with all three of us in it:

<snip>

Steve has another taken in Deadhorse. It will probably be on his website at some point in 2024.

I'm one of the Facebook refuseniks. Could any photos that could update or fill in gaps in my own Dalton Highway photo collection (http://www.alaskaroads.com/photos-Dalton-Hwy.htm) (which includes photos contributed by others), such as the new welcome sign I've heard is now at the beginning of the highway, be reposted here?

If you're referring to the standard green sign, here it is:
(https://i.imgur.com/Rfi1B2W.jpg)

If you're referring to the more touristy sign that people like to take pictures with, none of us have any pictures of it as there was a truck parked in front of it as we passed it.

If there's anything else in particular you might be looking for photos of, name it and I'll see if I can help.

^^^ Even for those of us who are not "Facebook refuseniks", their news feed algorithm is so FUBAR that it's impossible to catch everything that's posted in one's feed unless they want to spend 26 hours a day sifting through it...

Quote from: Duke87 on June 19, 2018, 12:55:39 AM
If you're referring to the more touristy sign that people like to take pictures with, none of us have any pictures of it as there was a truck parked in front of it as we passed it.

Yeah, the touristy one is what I had in mind -- too bad.

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If there's anything else in particular you might be looking for photos of, name it and I'll see if I can help.

There's the items named in my "suggested" photo list upthread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18996.msg2327898#msg2327898). Aside from that, unless you have a way to make your photos "public" (accessible to non-Facebook users), you could look at my photo collection, review your photos, and figure out what you have that I don't, that might be useful additions to my site.

I'm curious about what shape the road was in, especially the part about halfway between Atigun Pass and Deadhorse that got snowed on just before you got there, escalating its condition to "difficult" (but it went back to the usual "fair" by the time you did the trip). Also, whether the tours from Deadhorse to the beach were running when you were there, or rather the ocean was still frozen.

Quote from: oscar on June 19, 2018, 12:10:23 PM

Quote from: Duke87 on June 19, 2018, 12:55:39 AM
If you're referring to the more touristy sign that people like to take pictures with, none of us have any pictures of it as there was a truck parked in front of it as we passed it.

Yeah, the touristy one is what I had in mind -- too bad.

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If there's anything else in particular you might be looking for photos of, name it and I'll see if I can help.

There's the items named in my "suggested" photo list upthread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18996.msg2327898#msg2327898). Aside from that, unless you have a way to make your photos "public" (accessible to non-Facebook users), you could look at my photo collection, review your photos, and figure out what you have that I don't, that might be useful additions to my site.

I'm curious about what shape the road was in, especially the part about halfway between Atigun Pass and Deadhorse that got snowed on just before you got there, escalating its condition to "difficult" (but it went back to the usual "fair" by the time you did the trip). Also, whether the tours from Deadhorse to the beach were running when you were there, or rather the ocean was still frozen.

There were some really slushy, rutted parts about 50-20 miles out from Deadhorse, but the road improved somewhat within a few miles of the town. Down from Atigun to about where the frozen tundra and fog began, fine.

Quote from: froggie on June 19, 2018, 09:36:29 AM
^^^ Even for those of us who are not "Facebook refuseniks", their news feed algorithm is so FUBAR that it's impossible to catch everything that's posted in one's feed unless they want to spend 26 hours a day sifting through it...

And then when one of the participants who has unfriended you goes back and blocks you on top of it, it really does become impossible.

Quote from: hbelkins on June 19, 2018, 07:11:24 PM

Quote from: froggie on June 19, 2018, 09:36:29 AM
^^^ Even for those of us who are not "Facebook refuseniks", their news feed algorithm is so FUBAR that it's impossible to catch everything that's posted in one's feed unless they want to spend 26 hours a day sifting through it...

And then when one of the participants who has unfriended you goes back and blocks you on top of it, it really does become impossible.

Passive aggressive much? I don't recall blocking you but it sure seems like a good idea the way you keep calling me out. It doesn't look good on you.

So Alaska finally happened? I may take seriously my Aragon, Spain roadmeet proposal, which I originally used as a prank ;)

Last week, on As The Road Turns...

:popcorn:

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on June 20, 2018, 10:09:49 AM
So Alaska finally happened? I may take seriously my Aragon, Spain roadmeet proposal, which I originally used as a prank ;)

I'm telling you, I would go.

Quote from: Alps on June 20, 2018, 01:32:23 AM

Quote from: hbelkins on June 19, 2018, 07:11:24 PM

Quote from: froggie on June 19, 2018, 09:36:29 AM
^^^ Even for those of us who are not "Facebook refuseniks", their news feed algorithm is so FUBAR that it's impossible to catch everything that's posted in one's feed unless they want to spend 26 hours a day sifting through it...

And then when one of the participants who has unfriended you goes back and blocks you on top of it, it really does become impossible.

Passive aggressive much? I don't recall blocking you but it sure seems like a good idea the way you keep calling me out. It doesn't look good on you.

Guys, can both of you just knock it off.  I know you differ politically, but this is not the time nor the place for it.

Never could understand why people get so pissy on Facebook when someone votes for the other party.  Who gives a rat's fuck about it?

Quote from: Alps on June 20, 2018, 02:46:43 PM

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on June 20, 2018, 10:09:49 AM
So Alaska finally happened? I may take seriously my Aragon, Spain roadmeet proposal, which I originally used as a prank ;)

I'm telling you, I would go.

I'd seriously consider going to Spain. Just needs to be timed right and the date needs to be announced well in advance. You could probably get half a dozen of us or so.

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Quote from: froggie on June 19, 2018, 09:36:29 AM
^^^ Even for those of us who are not "Facebook refuseniks", their news feed algorithm is so FUBAR that it's impossible to catch everything that's posted in one's feed unless they want to spend 26 hours a day sifting through it...

And then when one of the participants who has unfriended you goes back and blocks you on top of it, it really does become impossible.

Passive aggressive much? I don't recall blocking you but it sure seems like a good idea the way you keep calling me out. It doesn't look good on you.

Guys, can both of you just knock it off.  I know you differ politically, but this is not the time nor the place for it.

Never could understand why people get so pissy on Facebook when someone votes for the other party.  Who gives a rat's fuck about it?

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Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on June 20, 2018, 10:09:49 AM
So Alaska finally happened? I may take seriously my Aragon, Spain roadmeet proposal, which I originally used as a prank ;)

I'm telling you, I would go.

I'd seriously consider going to Spain. Just needs to be timed right and the date needs to be announced well in advance. You could probably get half a dozen of us or so.

Especially with airfare across the Atlantic these days...