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Wheelset of Fortune - take 3

Play Wheelset of Fortune! You don't need to be fast or ride long distances. Everyone is welcome to join in. It isn't difficult - just adds a little spice to your ride or maybe offers a little motivation to ride on a day when you need a bit of a push. The old thread was malfunctioning a bit, so we're starting a new one here. I've done a copy and paste of the rules previously posted and made a few small edits: This is a game that’s all about riding to places and taking pictures. It’s similar to Tag-O-Rama, but there's no riddle to work out and speed is not necessary. It's an inclusive game where many bicyclists post images of the tag instead of only the first individual to get there. It works like this: Each round lasts about 1 week in the warmer months and maybe a bit longer when it's cold and icy. At the start of a round, you get tag instructions from two tag-setters. Each tag-setter will name a location or create a theme for the round. Examples of themes and locations include: -Your bike in front of your favorite mural -Your bike at a high vantage point -A photo with your bike in which symmetry is present -Your bike with a deciduous tree, or forest thereof, in its autumnal glory! (-Your bike with whatever the tag setter defines for that round) Find a place/object that fits the theme and take a photo of your bike there. Then post the photo in this thread. When the round ends, the tag-setters randomly choose new setters from the list of people who posted a photo in that round. Setting tags: Let’s say Albert and Becky each set a tag in round 7. Becky, Chuck, Darla, and Ed find Albert’s tag. Darla and Frank find Becky’s tag. After the last tag for the round expires, one of the tag-setters (say Albert) makes a list like this: Becky Chuck Darla Ed Darla (again) Frank The tag-setter then goes to http://www.random.org (or equivalent) and uses the random number generator to pick two random numbers from 1 to 6. If both numbers refer to the same person, pick the second again. Let’s say 2 and 3 come up. Then Chuck and Darla are the new Setters, and each posts a new location and time, using the format below. The new round ends when the last photo expires. To set a tag, you can just describe the place, or post a link to a map, or post a photo of your bike there. But it should be easy to find even for people new to town. This game is not about interpreting clues, just about riding to interesting places. …………………………………………………………………………. Click here for the List of previous tags ………………………………………………………………………….
srpit
2014-08-12 17:49:18
Stu and Rusty Red - you're up. Please set your tags and the end date here. :)
srpit
2014-08-12 17:54:55
Oh, joy! New tag: Feet, any kind... human, animal or a reproduction (other than your own).
rustyred
2014-08-12 18:29:06
Tag #2: Holes! Potholes, holes in fences, knot holes in trees, a hole-in-the-wall store, something that merely looks like a hole. Apply whatever imaginative or wack-o idea crosses your mind! Inspiration: A sinkhole opened up along McKnight Road a little while ago, swallowing a car. [link] This round closes at 23:59 on Tuesday, August 19.
stuinmccandless
2014-08-12 18:39:45
This doesn't count for the game since it's my tag, but still, this isn't something you see along your daily commute path everyday.
stuinmccandless
2014-08-13 12:29:33
Feet: James Simon's "Liberty Ave Musicians" sculpture
srpit
2014-08-14 18:10:33
Holes holes more holes!
steeld55
2014-08-15 06:11:49
In my holes photo above, zoom in on the person just to the right of the business end of the backhoe. You'll see it is a photographer with a huge tripod in one hand and a camera in the other. Turns out he was with the Post-Gazette, and the afternoon online edition of the paper (named the Pittsburgh Press) showed me taking this picture, or about to. I looked for a link. Sorry. Wednesday's "Press", page 3. No paper version. I'm wearing a yellow shirt and you can see the bike in the distance, leaning against a rail, to the right of the truck. Meanwhile, I have an idea for a "feet" picture.
stuinmccandless
2014-08-15 08:49:00
Hole!
srpit
2014-08-15 20:31:21
ManHOLE: Pirate feet:
rustyred
2014-08-16 12:54:23
And for feet, well, these llamas were up on hind legs, boxing it out just a moment before this photo was taken. Sauk Trail, Sheboygan County, WI http://i.imgur.com/ATBieKFs.jpg
swalfoort
2014-08-18 11:13:19
Four hundred and fifty seven feet! The old Forbes Field wall, Oakland.
stuinmccandless
2014-08-18 18:28:36
Four hundred and fifty seven feet! Ya hey...
ahlir
2014-08-18 19:40:32
Tag #1 - Feet: here are Marx's oversized feet
jeg
2014-08-19 05:21:22
Tag #2 - Holes: I guess this counts as holes. What's interesting is that this ongoing construction has disrupted a bike lane along the road, which some of the time gets completely ignored and some of the time gets decently detoured, seemingly at random.
jeg
2014-08-19 05:23:38
A different foot, a hoof this time. "St. Samelot" statue, Tustin St, Uptown. OK, now you also know where the current Tag-o-Rama tag is, so go get it!
stuinmccandless
2014-08-19 17:25:25
Our former Mayor, and start of the Downtown planning ride.
marko82
2014-08-20 07:55:43
Ding, Ding, Ding! Round is up! Using the random.org site, (as I got to it first), we come up with the new tag setters: Winning the "feet" tag is: MARKO Winning the "holes" tag, with her photo of LOTS of holes, is: JEG! Feel free to set the next tag, and the second person to set their tag will set the closing time for the round (23:59 on the day one week following the setting of the tag)
swalfoort
2014-08-20 11:12:18
With respect to this past weekend’s all-neighborhood ride, and Sundays Pedal-Pgh ride which will hit multiple neighborhoods, how about a picture of your bike at a border. It can be a neighborhood border, a flowerbed border, or a Border’s book store (are they still in business?). Just go find a border of some type. I’ll let Jeg set the end date.
marko82
2014-08-20 11:39:47
New Tag #2 - Punny Inspiration: I saw this while riding around this week and found it hilarious. Round ends at 23:59 EST on Wednesday, August 27th 2014. (P.S. I'm so glad this game is back! :) )
jeg
2014-08-20 14:49:18
this is a political border: It's also the current tag-o-rama target. Hey, Stu did it. So can I. Except I won't give you the location.
ahlir
2014-08-21 20:01:20
Tag #1: Borders. This is the end of the construction zone on Perry Hwy in Ross. North of this it's all torn up. South, the usual.
stuinmccandless
2014-08-22 09:05:06
Tag #1 - Borders: Well, former borders. Plaque marking the location of the Berlin Wall from 1961-1989.
jeg
2014-08-25 11:32:19
OK, I rode right past the spot I had planned to use for border and I wasn't in the mood to backtrack, so I settled for the flower border in the space across from Point State Park:
srpit
2014-08-25 12:47:51
The punny tag was just out of my depth:
srpit
2014-08-25 12:48:46
Tag #1 Borders They told me that this ride was going to cross the Mason-Dixon Line. So cross it I did.
smarchit
2014-08-25 19:19:02
Tag #2: Punny. "The Chop Shop" is a hair salon on Babcock Blvd in Ross Twp, but the place looks and the name sounds like it could be a shop which cuts up stolen cars to sell the parts at great but illegal profit.
stuinmccandless
2014-08-25 19:49:19
Aw, heck! Am I too late? Can I still throw my hat into the ring? *cough* pun *cough* Well, if not, here's the border/outline of the former border-defending fort at the Point anyway.
rustyred
2014-08-28 07:44:24
Time's up, close your test books and put down your pencils. In this round, entrants for tag #1 (borders) were: 1 - Ahlir 2 - Stu 3 - jeg 4 - srpit 6 - smarchit 9 - RustyRed Entrants for tag #2 (puns) were: 5 - srpit 7 - Stu 8 - Rusty Red Spinning the wheelset of fortune, I get 3 and 4, so jeg and srpit get to choose the next tags. Second one to post gets to choose the end time, typically 23:59 of the day corresponding to this one next week.
stuinmccandless
2014-08-28 11:39:04
I searched for a Surf shop in order to knock out both of last weeks tags in one shot (board-er... a pun, har har har); I guess we're too far from the ocean though. :p
headloss
2014-08-28 12:50:56
@Drew -- could have checked out one of the new paddleBOARDER locations in town.! I missed the deadline with my downloads. Flickr no longer working for me, and I have not yet mastered IMGUR. My bad.
swalfoort
2014-08-28 15:13:29
I just upload to the site. Use that little icon above.
stuinmccandless
2014-08-28 17:33:13
OK... Labor Day weekend is approaching. Traditionally the pools close now, so how about "pool". Doesn't need to be the swimming variety, but that'll work.
srpit
2014-08-28 17:59:03
Me again?! Also in honor of Labor Day (but not where I am!), New Tag #2 - people working. Round ends at 23:59 EST on Friday, September 5th 2014.
jeg
2014-08-29 05:11:08
Tag #1 - Pools Last outdoor pool swim of the season today. Thanks to the cool and rainy weather, hardly anyone was there and I had a whole lane to myself (which is really uncommon around here)! (No bikes allowed in the actual pool, which is on the other side of that wall and looks like this: http://www.berlinerbaeder.de/uploads/pics/Humboldthain_04.jpg) P.S., thanks @StuInMcCandless, I had no idea about the direct image upload feature.
jeg
2014-08-29 11:09:48
Labor! Working hard with the forklift early Saturday morning to get ready for the Pirates game:
srpit
2014-08-31 20:49:25
The Labor Day parade! Pool!
rustyred
2014-09-01 18:37:07
Pool If I was thinking, I would have thrown my bike behind that sign (just took a photo b/c I thought it was interesting) and I could have claimed it as the labor tag... seeing as labor (mining) caused the issue that is now being dealt with. Oh well, the hunt continues. Anyways, a lovely area to ride with a mountainbike. If you're ever driving on US22 into Altoona, you can see the area above the train tracks on the left, as you head down the mountain.
headloss
2014-09-03 21:46:41
Tag #1: Pools. This is a double pool photo. First, it's the fountain in the courtyard to the County Courthouse. Second, this is where jury pools enter the building. Second pool photo (still counts as one for the game, I realize, but I thought I'd throw it in for something different). Pool hall on Frankstown Ave, near the East End Brewery.
stuinmccandless
2014-09-04 03:02:19
Laboring (people working) This guy caught my attention on the way into work this morning. He was buffing his immaculately clean car at 8:00 in the morning. But, what really got my attention was the R&B music he was dancing along to as he worked. All at a tasteful volume. He was so cute I knew I had to use this as my Labor tag. https://www.flickr.com/photos/90418491@N02/14951193589/
swalfoort
2014-09-04 09:03:15
I was going to take someone's picture on Polish hill, but decided on this instead
marko82
2014-09-05 08:57:09
LOL. I believe you found a good "pole", Marco, but I think we should count it anyway! A for effort. :)
srpit
2014-09-05 18:11:00
Tag #2. I believe some of the women in here will agree that this tag should count.
marko82
2014-09-05 18:26:49
@srpit
marko82
2014-09-05 18:51:40
Tag#2, labor. Remember that photo in the last round about Perry Hwy being all torn up north of the Ross-McCandless line? They're working on it at night. Here are two of about 20 trucks and a McC Twp cop assisting with traffic control at the Perrymont corner. Alternate take; I wasn't sure how well the bike showed up in it, so I took the above shot, too. (The bike is in the shot, if only barely, at lower left.)
stuinmccandless
2014-09-05 21:24:51
Time's up... The pool for "pool": 1 - jeg 2 - Rusty Red 3 - Drewbacca 4 - Stu 5 - Swalfoort 6 - Marco The list for "labor": 1 - sprit 2 - Rusty Red 3 - Swalfoort 4 - Marco 5 - Stu Random numbers were 5&2, so it's Swalfoort and Rusty Red on deck.
srpit
2014-09-06 01:48:13
Me again? Well, Pool/Pole and the multiple meanings of Labor made me think of Homonyms: So, the next tag is Warship (or) Worship.
rustyred
2014-09-06 02:17:11
On the news the other night, I heard the weatherman mention that we should all enjoy the last bit of summer, because by the end of September we will have 66 fewer minutes of daylight than we had at the start of the month. (2 minute decrease per day, this time of year.) So, this Tag 2 is a celebration of late summer, lost summer or missed summer. I realize that fair weather for cycling I cause fo r celebration on its own, but let's all find something that we won't be able to find (at least as easily) a month from now.
swalfoort
2014-09-06 08:59:13
This might be the first time I regret not still being in the Navy. :P Both are awesome tags btw.
headloss
2014-09-06 12:11:30
Here is where concert go-ers go to WORSHIP.
steeld55
2014-09-06 17:31:37
@swalfoort didn't set a time, but I think 23:59 next Saturday, 9/13, will be our cutoff for this round.
stuinmccandless
2014-09-06 19:30:25
Tag #1: Warships. As it happens, the book I'm reading right now is a historical novel about warships, in particular the British Royal Navy in 1804. This is the third in a series of novels for young adults by L.A. Meyer, featuring Jacky Faber, a girl, orphaned and living on the streets of London around 1800. In the first book, "Bloody Jack", she disguises herself as a boy and runs off from living under a bridge with her street gang to join a British warship. And does very well at it. In Book 2, "The Curse of the Blue Tattoo", she's forced to go to an upscale girls' school in Boston, and take some lessons in living in high society, as her schoolmates are likely future wives of presidents, senators, and masters of estates. But here she is, in Book 3, where she ends up in command of a British warship, taking prizes (i.e., other ships) in the war with Napoleon off the coast of France. You could learn a lot about sailing ships and preparation for warfare -- in particular, how to load and fire a cannon -- by reading this book!
stuinmccandless
2014-09-07 08:13:33
Tag #1 worship&warship Here's one on the left, and one on the right (at least in Pgh on Sunday)
marko82
2014-09-07 15:14:56
End of Summer/things that won't be there in a month: Bike rentals.
rustyred
2014-09-07 21:31:27
Tag #2: End of summer I will not be sorry to see the knotweed die off. By this point in the year, I lose half my trail. .
stuinmccandless
2014-09-09 07:40:01
Warship:
srpit
2014-09-12 15:47:15
End of Summer: Paw Paw harvesting time. They won't last long.
srpit
2014-09-12 15:48:29
Tag #2 - End of Summer Outside seating at restaurants. On one hand, I'll miss being able to sit outside at places. On the other hand, it will be nice to have the whole sidewalk for pedestrians again! (This photo is at a cafe where the sidewalk is generally wide enough for both (plus a crappy bike lane), and where I organize a monthly board game event, and in the fall and winter they close at 20 instead of 21:30 mostly because of decreased foot traffic, so also a negative for them, I assume.)
jeg
2014-09-13 15:13:58
Dingding! End of this round. We had Worship or warships, from RustyRed for Tag 1. 1. steeld55 2. StuInMcCandless 3. marko82 6. srpit We had End of summer, from swalfoort, for Tag 2. 4. RustyRed 5. StuInMcCandless 7. srpit 8. jeg Rrrrrrrttttttttttt.tttttt.tttt.ttt.tt.tt.t.t..t...T 7! Rrrrrrrttttttttttt.tttttt.tttt.ttt.tt.tt.t.t..t...T 3! So, @srpit and @marko82 get to pick the next tags.
stuinmccandless
2014-09-15 11:11:41
Aromatic! Marco can set the end time.
srpit
2014-09-15 12:25:58
I can't believe that I missed the whole last round..... Pro Walk Pro Bike consumed much more of my time than I realized! Looking forward to this round.
swalfoort
2014-09-15 13:49:54
With all the bike infrastructure being installed recently we tend to forget that we need more pedestrian infra too. So how about finding a place that needs some pedestrian TLC: a curb that needs cut, an intersection that needs a crosswalk... or a pic of an existing pedestrian "improvement" that leaves you scratching your head, like a curb-cut to nowhere. And I think multiple submissions should be very much encouraged, and hopefully worth passing on to 311 or the new bike/ped coordinator. Lets end this Tuesday night (23rd) at 11:59PM
marko82
2014-09-15 18:43:10
Yay, Marko! Great tag! I think this is a tag where the more the better......!
swalfoort
2014-09-16 08:29:37
Tag #2: Bad pedestrian infrastructure: McKnight at Babcock, southern corner southbound. Ross Twp, but I don't know whether this would be state, county or township responsibility. McKnight is a miserable road to bike, but this spot makes it most unpalatable. Coming south on McKnight, it's downhill after Red Lobster, but bottoms out right here, just as cars merge from coming up the ramp from Babcock to go south on McKnight. What makes it so miserable is that there is a tall curb here, so cyclists have to come to a complete stop to get up on the sidewalk to go uphill. Ambient traffic speeds in the right lane are 50+; they're sometimes 70+ in the left lane. (I monitor this on my weekly trip via motorcycle.) Cyclists can easily achieve 30+ coming down this hill. Speed limit is 40. It would be sooooo nice to be able to aim just a couple feet to the right to go up on the bridge's sidewalk, but the stupid high curb requires a panic stop, a complete drop to zero, with the freaking traffic barreling down on top of you. Of course, *not* to do that means you lose all momentum and are then straining to maintain 15 mph by the other end of the bridge over Babcock. Cars can't pass, since left lane traffic is SO damned fast and the cyclist's panic stop/swerve/curbclobber is going to be entirely unexpected. This bridge JUST got worked on, a complete rebuild, two years ago. Why didn't they add an itty bitty curb cut to make it ADA accessible? Not that anyone in a wheelchair is going to use this, much, but this setup sure does make it difficult for cyclists.
stuinmccandless
2014-09-16 16:55:23
South end of Birmigham Bridge & Carson Street. There is a croswalk signal to help get across the "center" of the crossing, but not to cross the two ramps where cars only have yield signs and usually dont stop for pedestrians.
marko82
2014-09-17 14:59:39
Why does the pole need to be in the middle of the sidewalk? There are quite a few of these in the Soutside Works.
marko82
2014-09-17 15:01:32
re: the S. end of the Birmingham bridge - the right turn lane NEVER should have been the sweeping, exit-ramp-style turn. Neither westbound Carson Street onto the bridge. Should be a complete "T" type intersection. Reflects the persistence of highway-type thinking for city applications among m*****f****** traffic engineers. If anyone knows any young people of an engineering bent, and interested in biking, suggest that they go into civil/traffic engineering. The whole profession needs to be ground down and re-booted.
edmonds59
2014-09-18 06:59:04
Tag #1: Aromatic. BBQ Ribs place on Babcock Blvd, just outside Millvale. Some nights, I feel like stopping for dinner instead of going home, and I don't even care for ribs!
stuinmccandless
2014-09-18 08:27:22
Also check out the sign behind my bike: "Slow down, enjoy the smell!"
stuinmccandless
2014-09-18 09:50:41
L'arôme de la rue Penn
rustyred
2014-09-18 12:00:02
Sorry folks, I am out of the game. I have spent 15-17 minutes logging into and out of websites just to upload and transfer a photo....to no avail. Between popup blockers, need for email verifications, etc., the inconvenience factor is just to great. Until I am motivated enough to find a more direct photo load option, I won't be posting more photos. I've enjoyed the game immensely. I'll miss it, and will probably be popping in to check out the tags on a regular basis. But, I won't be posting. Sorry!
swalfoort
2014-09-22 09:53:05
^ I don't understand. It couldn't be easier, just upload directly to this site.
headloss
2014-09-22 10:31:06
I do *this*, it's very easy.
rustyred
2014-09-22 10:35:09
I am in IE. I don't get that link option.
swalfoort
2014-09-22 10:44:33
Bummer. Have you tried Chrome? Firefox? They rock.
rustyred
2014-09-22 10:48:42
Works for me in IE10. Just above the box where I type in text, there is a tiny icon. I click that, then on the "Upload an image" button, and navigate to the file with the photo on it (standard File/Open dialog box). Much easier than messing around with Flickr or whatever. You do have to be logged in to the site, or the button won't show up.
stuinmccandless
2014-09-22 11:01:54
Woo hoo.....it works on my phone...maybe.... Brilliant (but honestly not ALL THAT aromatic) foliage at convention center bike share station in downtown Columbus, OH.
swalfoort
2014-09-22 11:37:03
One more thing I noticed about phone uploads. Well, two things. One, you have to wait for the whole photo to upload before pressing "submit". Two, I start with uploading the photo, and then start typing the text, because of One. I suspect that that is what happened here. We'll give you credit for trying!
stuinmccandless
2014-09-22 12:33:03
As I said, maybe..... But I will keep trying....
swalfoort
2014-09-22 20:09:22
Maybe someone could post instructions (for Android, iOS) on how to do it, mentioning apps and other detail. Or, hey, just make a YouTube of it...
ahlir
2014-09-23 06:16:51
Failed photo upload deleted, x 2
swalfoort
2014-09-24 12:27:33
Firefox 32 for Android on Android 4.4: Log in to Bike Pgh. Click image icon just above text box. You should get a box labeled "image URL" and buttons "Apply image" and "Upload an image". Click the latter. You should get a dialog with choices Camera, Camcorder, Documents. Use Documents if you already took a photo, maybe cropped it, and select the image you want. It should then insert some HTML code in the edit box as shown, and list the image. Then click Submit.
steven
2014-09-24 13:21:43
I find that I can't upload images saved to the SD card in my phone and only to some of the images saved to my phone. Sometimes, I click on upload image, and it generates the file name that I (or my camera) has assigned to it. But, only the "sample" code that appears in the photo you pasted above, "including the reference to [] etc, appears in the BP text box, and it fails to capturing the details of MY image. And, once uploaded, you need to remember to "apply" the image. I don't know how to experiment with this without pissing off a bunch of people with RSS feeds with lots of "message has been edited" notes. Oh well, I'll think about trying again some other day.
swalfoort
2014-09-24 15:55:12
If you don't want to experiment on this site, try uploading a photo to the format conversion site Zamzar. If you can get that site to read your .jpg files (they are .jpg, right, not some raw format?) and convert them into another image format like .png, that points to an issue on this site. If not, it could be your phone or its browser have some problem. Zamzar might even provide an informative error message.
steven
2014-09-25 01:35:15
Well that round didn't get much play. Stu is one tag setter (for the infrastructure) by default. Had to do the random # generator 3x to not get Stu again. Out of three submissions for aromatic, it finally selected Rusty Red. Beautiful weather for the next several days... hopefully we'll see some more participation.
srpit
2014-09-25 02:17:32
I had difficulty getting to the intersection I wanted to highlight as deficient. Excuses, excuses. I'm still on a homonym kick. Just in time for Oktoberfest: Wurst/Worst
rustyred
2014-09-25 07:08:17
I'm too picky. I like my photos to be something novel. I'm lucky if I can find an appropriate shot within a week... thus my infrequent posting. It doesn't help that I've been riding less frequently this summer. :(
headloss
2014-09-25 09:09:38
Wait, who's picking the other tag? Am I doing both?
rustyred
2014-09-25 17:21:23
"Wait, who’s picking the other tag? Am I doing both?" No, Stu sets the second tag.
srpit
2014-09-25 17:59:05
Oh, OK then! Tag #2: Walls! We have lots of walls. Tall ones, short ones, new ones, ones that have murals on them, ones that still have a century of soot on them, walls that are tilting, walls that are halfway collapsed or very nearly so, and walls that look like someone took a sledgehammer to just this afternoon. Pick something that looks interesting or has a neat story behind it, and post away! The round closes, ... oh, we'll give it both weekends. Sunday, Oct 5 @ 23:59.
stuinmccandless
2014-09-26 12:00:16
Hmmm. This isn't looking good. Six days with no posts here. OK, here's my wall: It's where I like to pause for a snack or drink sometimes after coming up the Junction Hollow Trail. Sometimes I sit and evaluate traffic to decide which way I want to go from there. Back when that hill used to kick my behind I needed this spot just to catch my breath.
srpit
2014-10-03 08:13:29
This has to be one of the the worst names ever. Walls of the Big Savage tunnel:
rustyred
2014-10-03 08:51:08