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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ OT: Bismark, North Dakota

Posted by: TimT Aug 12 2005, 03:47 PM

I had a meeting today with the owner of my company, to express my displeasure at having the rug pulled out from under me after 24 or so years of service. The meeting went very well, so well in fact that I have reinvented myself and have kind of talked myself into a promotion and a different job classification.

Ill be managing some projects we have in North Dakota, fly out Sundays, fly home midday fridays..corporate card etc.

This is of course going to put a damper on my racing/de schedule..

Any racetracks out in Bismark? or nearby?

I restart work on tuesday, I have an interview on monday with another firm just in case they make a better offer

Posted by: TimT Aug 12 2005, 06:21 PM

Wow this bbs has opinions on everything!!!

nothing about North Dakota?

Posted by: ArtechnikA Aug 12 2005, 06:24 PM

it's cold.
Bismarck is spelled with a 'c'.
there are lots of long runways in Minot, but you can't run a car there.
i think flying in and out of Bismarck Municipal Airport in the winter will get old in a big hurry.

i couldn't find anything resembling a racetrack for hundreds of miles in any direction.

Posted by: seanery Aug 12 2005, 06:27 PM

LOL, all I know is that it's cold in the winter!

Posted by: redshift Aug 12 2005, 06:29 PM

QUOTE (TimT @ Aug 12 2005, 08:21 PM)
Wow this bbs has opinions on everything!!!

nothing about North Dakota?

Where is North Dakota?

M

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Aug 12 2005, 06:32 PM

Best thing about Bismarck, or anywhere else in ND, is I'm not there .................. The Cap'n

Posted by: iamchappy Aug 12 2005, 06:39 PM

Great waterfowl hunting, the North Dakota Badlands are very cool- http://www.nps.gov/thro/ -, Teddy Roosevelt's favorite place.
good collage hockey. cars and racing? tractor pulls and pickups are a sure bet.

Posted by: Mark Henry Aug 12 2005, 06:43 PM

Didn't we sink the Bismarck?

Posted by: TimT Aug 12 2005, 06:48 PM

I am moving from the madness of $150 mil NYC construction jobs to a much different scale project..

Heck I lived in the middle of the Negev for 3 years, ND should be fine for a week at a time

Posted by: iamchappy Aug 12 2005, 10:16 PM

No, the British did.
Ive eaten a few.

Posted by: Hawktel Aug 12 2005, 11:59 PM

North D ain't to bad. Lots of places to get lost in. I seen the badlands. Very cool.

Posted by: MW 914 Aug 13 2005, 12:07 AM

I saw the movie, Fargo. That's about all I know. Good luck with the new job!

Posted by: ArtechnikA Aug 13 2005, 06:51 AM

QUOTE (TimT @ Aug 12 2005, 08:48 PM)
Heck I lived in the middle of the Negev for 3 years, ND should be fine for a week at a time

don't try dressing in ND like you did in Negev !

Posted by: rhodyguy Aug 13 2005, 06:59 AM

it's very flat. good steaks. you will also get tired of repeat visits to o'hare, or minniapolis, or detroit. the new northwest concourse in detroit is very nice tho.

k

Posted by: GWN7 Aug 13 2005, 08:25 AM

There is AX in Minot, Grand Forks, Regina & Winnipeg. The sports car club has a track at Gimli. I can send you all the links when I get home.

AX in Winnipeg today, Regina tomorrow.

Posted by: SLITS Aug 13 2005, 11:47 AM

Bismark.......next stop Siberia

Oh, for racing up there you need spikes in your tires

Posted by: GWN7 Aug 13 2005, 06:25 PM

http://www.motormagic.net/Links:

http://wscc.wpg-autox.org/ (also has links for the AX there, but I'll list them separate)

http://www.wpg-autox.org/cgi-bin/yabbnew/YaBB.pl

http://www.sccabadlands.org/

http://www.motormagic.net/Links:

Need anymore info?

Just ignore those posts above......winter is a magical time of year.

P.S. there was a AX today in Winnipeg and again tomorrow.

Posted by: TimT Aug 13 2005, 06:37 PM

Maybe Ill tow the 914 out and stay for a few weeks

most of my expenses are on the companies dime

Posted by: GWN7 Aug 13 2005, 06:47 PM

When do you start at the new site?

Posted by: TimT Aug 13 2005, 06:53 PM

Ill be starting within the the next 2 weeks

At first I think I just have a meet and greet with the poepl in ND, then spend a bit more time there

Im a hands on engineer/tech guy, apparently this job is my marketing... so it a whole new ballgame for me

the engineers side of my brain doesnt allow me to BS... but I know marketers have to do this..

We will know how it works in a few weeks guess...

Posted by: kwales Aug 13 2005, 08:11 PM

There is a legend in the Air Force about the Minot North Dakota base....

Seems no one EVER went AWOL (absent without leave... ) from the base.......

The legend says it would take them three days to get out of sight of the base..... so no one ever tried.....

Ken

Posted by: lylegd Aug 14 2005, 07:49 AM

Tim,
I grew up in ND. It's a great place to be from. They have five activities there, hunting, fishing basketball and football and eating. Does the Negev have -42 degree F. nights and entire weeks where it doesn't get above minus 10 F? My 914 was buried for 4 days in a snow bank once. It started up right away but then it took 6 hours to dig a path through the snow to the parking lot exit and the shifting was really stiff. Oh, and you might want to read up on electric battery warmers, engine block heaters, remote engine starters, etc. Lyle

Posted by: Dan_F Aug 15 2005, 09:35 AM

Come up to Regina sometime for an autocross. We use a 1 mile go kart road course.

Here is our site...
www.qcma.org

Posted by: rhodyguy Aug 15 2005, 09:54 AM

when is the next one dan? with 2 weeks notice i can follow bruce's route. no, make that 3 weeks.

k