What the heck is an Octothreat

 Posted on January 31, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  532 words  |  

As the Twitterserve would have it, YHC and some of the fellas including Captain Insano got into a deep-cut thread over the weekend and thus was born the “Octothreat.” With the pressure of the entire F3 Nation, YHC set out to embark the PAX on the first-ever Octothreat. But first, another solid showing at Insomnia. YHC was looking for the easy way out before the Q on this morn, but the peer pressure pushed YHC into the 0505 start time (sorry to Angry Elf who showed up like a HIM at 0520 for recon). [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  beaker  biner  bogo  build-a-bear  burt  callahan  chipper  coney  coxswain  disco-duck  franklin  grease-monkey  hasselhoff  hello-kitty  hermes  hotspot  jigglypuff  katniss  largemouth  michelob  moore  nature-boy  old-maid  ollie  parker  pet-sounds  saban  shut-in  snots  sosa  texas-ranger  tubeless  wkrp  wonderbread  youbetcha 

Birthday Extravaganza and January 26 History Lesson

 Posted on January 26, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  376 words  |  

YHC’s birthday fell on a Friday this year so of course I was planning to Q the best AO in Carpex, on Friday, in North Cary. To my delight, Saban has the same birthday and the same plans. The Co-Q fix was in. 14 arrived, one was a FNG - 13 on time, Flip flop was late. Come on bro, as a future site-Q, you are going to have to tighten up. [Read More]
big-bird  burt  butterscotch  captain-crunch  chanticleer  coney  flip-flop  ford  largemouth  moped  puck  saban  sputnik  viking 

Ab-stract

 Posted on January 10, 2018  |  8 minutes  |  1505 words  |  

Ab-stract: existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence. Fear and Trepidation- Gotta admit it fellas, SNS is like the Holy Grail (okay, wrong AO, that’s Flying Circus) of Carpex workouts (sorry DZ) to me. So much going on here on Wednesday mornings, that over the last 2.5 years YHC has been constantly growing more and more nervous about the possibility of ever Q’ing this site. [Read More]
bartman  build-a-bear  burt  butterscotch  callahan  chanticleer  coney  denali  half  hasselhoff  hello-kitty  hermes  hotspot  jigglypuff  joe-smith  largemouth  ma-bell  mccants  michelob  napster  old-maid  pierogi  saban  shut-in  smokey  snots  sosa  sputnik  term-paper  water-wings  wkrp  wonderbread 

Wolverine Tour (or how we found our way out of the gloom)

 Posted on January 8, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  539 words  |  

Does anyone else sleep terribly before a Q, especially when it’s an AO VQ? YHC isn’t afraid to admit that he does. This time was no different. At least three times I woke up checking the clock, making sure I hadn’t overslept. Maybe it was just the fact that I hadn’t done much in the way of planning for this Q. After all, what’s there to plan for when you can’t see the nose in front of your face? [Read More]
biner  bogo  flip-flop  grinch  hi-liter  napster  parker  pbx  pierogi  pivot  saban 

The 2nd Most Amazing Workout To Have..... never happened

 Posted on January 5, 2018  |  6 minutes  |  1102 words  |  

Yep the weather app stated 11 degrees. At 6:40 a.m. YHC waited for next door neighbor @f3pierogi to emerge. Nothing. Damnation, he fartsacked on his own neighbor. That’s when YHC should have gone into his garage, utilizing Pierogi’s obvious garage code “TCUrulz”, to confiscate all his homebrew. But YHC didn’t. Instead moseyed/slid a couple of blocks to DZ. YHC was nervous. Ice appeared to be covering DZ—potentially spoiling YHCs plan for the 2nd Most Amazing Workout To Have Ever Happened (the 1st Most Amazing was here as written by @mccantscarpex). [Read More]
banjo  bartman  burt  chanticleer  coney  flacco  flip-flop  hi-liter  largemouth  pierogi  saban  sputnik 

Stairway to 11's ReMastered Edition

 Posted on January 3, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  342 words  |  

I swear I signed up to Q on a warmer day!? Warm up: Fellowship mosey behind the Vesper Crew. I was secretly hoping to follow them to the park entrance/exit to see if I got any “excited” mumble-chatter. The best I got was a few pax followed them when they headed towards the kiosk thinking they were the bootcamp. Finish the mosey at the intersection 20x - SSH IC 10x - GM IC 10x - Windmills IC 10x - IW IC 10x - KDK IC The Thang: [Read More]
banjo  burt  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  ck  coney  flacco  half  hasselhoff  hi-liter  hotspot  jigglypuff  joe-smith  ma-bell  michelob  napster  ollie  parker  saban  shut-in  smokey  snots  sputnik  term-paper  water-wings  wkrp 

NOT 12 Days of A-Team

 Posted on December 18, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  437 words  |  

Since we’re a week away from the Big Guy’s birthday, YHC thinks we must have a Christmas theme. However, like the music on the radio or the Apex street decorations, sometimes we just get burned out because Christmas starts too early. So we kept it light, didn’t overkill on the 12 days of Merkins, er Christmas. A grand total of 9 PAX gathered on a rather GLOOMY and dank morning at A-Team. [Read More]
beaker  chappy  ford  hotspot  imp  katniss  nature-boy  red-ryder  saban  smokey  theismann 

It's cold, but it's no Reykjavik!

 Posted on December 13, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  525 words  |  

YHC was truly impressed with all the CARPex crazies talking EC last night on the MC Groupme channel. Between Insomnia, EC Ruck, OTB in South Wake and Pittsboro — and a Tortoise Challenge from @f3earhart — was anyone going to Post at the Utopia that is the unofficial Wednesday CARPex convergence? As @flipflopcarpex and YHC rolled into the parking lot, the answered seemed to be “no”. Lots of dark, homogenic, exhaust-spewing vehicles but little cold breath to be seen. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  bartman  beaker  billy  bogo  burt  chanticleer  chop-block  coney  denali  disco-duck  flip-flop  grease-monkey  half  hasselhoff  hotspot  jigglypuff  joe-smith  kyrie  largemouth  michelob  ollie  pierogi  saban  shank  shut-in  smokey  snots  sosa  theismann  tubeless  wkrp  youbetcha 

Trivia Tuesday

 Posted on December 12, 2017  |  7 minutes  |  1354 words  |  

YHC made the journey to Thomas Brooks Park last week, the motivation being to make sure I remembered how to get there. Huzzah, as it turns out the pathway has been etched into my memory. Having signed up for the Q the following week (which would be this week, and more precisely, today), YHC wanted to make sure everything was still the same since the last time this particular journey had occurred. [Read More]
biner  bogo  bunkys  callahan  crimson  largemouth  ma-bell  pbx  pivot  saban  sooey  yoga-mat 

Rochambeau or Roshambo?

 Posted on December 11, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  584 words  |  

Hannibal, the leader of the A-Team, had his famous catch phrase, “I love it when a plan comes together.” Here’s the thing when you’re the QIC of A-Team: you have to have a Plan A and a Plan B. The Q’s fate is held with Cheddar Bo. And like Cousin Eddie, Cheddar Bo shows up when he wants. On this morning, Cheddar-Bo was akin to a DZ Site Q…….nowhere to be found. [Read More]
burt  chanticleer  chappy  chinese-downhill  chop-block  coney  flip-flop  ford  hotspot  ma-bell  michelob  pierogi  saban  smokey  theismann  wkrp