NBS BIF #13: Peninsular Envy 2 (The Rocket-Ball Inception)

Ok, yes, I'm doubling down and firing my third Arrowhead in your direction . . .

 

Ahhh, you are right about the Chicago to Philly line. Lord I need to ask my dad again about which my grandfather was a fireman on? I thought they said the Ohio Pennsy line, but that doesn't make sense because he would have been jumping on near Kokomo, IN.

I looked up Eastlake after your guess, I think it's more of a community in San Diego region. Definitely not the elevation of the lake in my local mountains...roughly an hour and a half from my home...near CSUF. Go Titans!

 

Ohhhh Yes!!!

 

Wow. I thank you, and the lady of the house thanks you . . . she can't understand why I've been yelling at the computer for the last three days.

 

Nice - has everyone determined who their sender is.

Or are we still a haunted BIF?????

 

I think there are a few stragglers . . .

 

Nope.

 

I have apologized to the Dude, @JayORear ,for my lackluster participation in hints. But here is a breakdown.

I was also building to the Disney Coco response while you sealed the deal, the song Un Poco Loco would be a reference to the Poconos.
I also had a clue ready that involved a local ski lift chair mishap up on Camelback Mountain in your vicinity.

 

Wow, that #4 is a masterpiece, and flew right by me. Definitely worth emulating in the future. Thanks again, man, looking forward to seeing what makes its way here!

 

OMG I want one!!!

 

@JayORear
I might prefer skiing in my local Lake Arrowhead instead of your local Camelback.
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poco...cle_690356ca-8b22-11eb-9b9d-3b938b1266ef.html

 

I'm gonna do some hint explaining, here are the hints:

Hint time: #1: I am, per usual, shipping south and east.
#2 - My targets state touches a large body of water.
#3 - I have been in my targets county, and I am trying to remember if I've been in her/his town.
#4 - My targets town was/is home to a minimum of 1 Olympic Gold Medal winner.
#5 - My target lives in one of the below states.
#6 - A product and a service that the vast majority of us have used also calls my targets city home.
#7 - If the Interstate Highway closest to you is I-"Number Tony Stewart had his first few years in NASCARs top Division", you are not my target.
#8 - There is no Big 10 school in my targets state.
#9 - There is no Big 12 school in my targets state.
#10 - At least 1 piece of swag I send will be totally useless to my target.
#11 - The King of The Outlaws, Steve Kinser, has won at least 1 race in my targets state, and that was at a track that might might surprise some folks.
#12 - My target lives East of the Mississippi River.
#13 - My target lives South of Michigan.
#14 - My target lives East of I-65 and south of I-80.
#15 -
#16 -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu7haLxD2WM
#17 - There was no Mystery beer in the first box that my target should be receiving soon, but all the other parameters were met. More boxes shall follow to a state east of Mississippi and south of Delaware.
#18 -


Answers:
#2- My targets state touches the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
#4- Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines is from my targets town.
#6- Ticonderoga pencils is the product, and the AAA is the service.
#11- Steve Kinser won a bunch of sprint car races in my targets state (including one in what was then called the Sun Dome), but he pulled an upset by winning an IROC race at Daytona.
#15- Muskrat Love- Toni Tennille (of Captain and Tennille) is from my targets town.
#s 16 & 18- Tightrope and Science; my targets town was founded by a tightrope walker/scientist.

USPS says first target box is supposed to hit today, so we'll see.

 

This is exactly why I don't ski.

 

Welp, I guess we’re cranking things up a notch .....



Our friend @BBThunderbolt with the ninja hit. I’m speechless - like, literally without speech .....





There’s swag, including a killer glass, and there’s some magnificent beers. I don’t do “Wants” here because ..... I’m not sure why, but if I did, Bodhizafa would be at the top of the list. Outstanding.

Old Stove is new to me, so I’m excited to try these three beers. And then there’s Boundary Bay.

I’m really excited to try the beer (WCIPA fanatic right here), but the glass ..... well, I’ll just say it’s already washed and ready to accept beer this evening, because I’m a BIG fan of Boundary Bay glassware .....



Terry was my sender in NBS BIF #5, in the spring of 2017. We were in the process of moving from Minnesota (where we’d been for 18 years) to Texas and staying in an extended stay hotel in Mankato for a couple of weeks before we could get on the road to Dallas. It was ..... a very involved period in our lives.

Anywho, Terry had to send the box to Mrs O’s employer and she was ..... exercised (“YOU’RE IN ONE OF THOSE BIFFER THINGIES WHILE WE’RE MOVING???!!!???”), so the stress level was pretty amped - and Terry sent a TON of fantastic beers, and the Boundary Bay glass (and a Wander glass, too), which instantly clicked with me, because I’m ..... not gentle on glassware, and shaker pints can take a beating and hold up well.

That glass has served me beer in Minnesota, Kansa City (had to spend a night there on the way to Texas), Texas, St Louis (had to spend a night there on the way to Indiana), and Indiana. If I had a $10 bill for every time I used it, I’d buy the internetz. I’ve told Terry how much I like that glass (he probably thinks I’m a little loony tunes) a zillion times - and now it’s got a partner.

I’ll tell you what, it’s gettin’ dusty in here.

Thank you SO MUCH, Terry. What a magnificent beer nerd you are.

 

I really liked the 1516, but these are the only ones canned right now. The Hopgarten Pils won’t be around until summer, that imo is a bad idea.

 

The beers I shipped to Ozzie will probably be in my targets box, they’re kinda appropriate beers all things considered. There is some commonality.

 

Well, we no longer have those shakers, you might want to move it to the semi-retired shelf. I recommend hand-washing that Becher, the silver tends to wear out in machines (some of the ones at work are looking pretty ragged, a year on).

 

I've been hit!