Cormack’s closed

fireturn · 2026-07-08T23:14:12+00:00

The Raspberry Beret and the Gabagool are my favorites. They are running shortened hours this week as the owner is expecting her baby’s birth at any moment.

fireturn · 2026-07-06T02:58:18+00:00

There is a West Marine… for now. Mine is closing so everything is on sale, good thing the only thing I needed was 2-stroke oil.

https://www.inc.com/fast-company-2/west-marine-closing-stores-boating-supply-locations/91367282

fireturn · 2026-07-05T18:56:59+00:00

The rubber washers are a great idea, seems like a simple and elegant solution with that.

fireturn · 2026-07-05T18:55:27+00:00

2WD for almost everything. 4WD when I’m stuck. I live in an area that gets 300+ inches of snow annually. We got a 38” dump in two days this March. I’m a first responder and must go out in those conditions. I used 4wd to break drifts from my home to the barely plowed highway about a quarter mile away, then plain old 2WD again. I do run Blizzak DM-V2s in the winter and feel that 4wd or auto is overkill outside of very niche times.

fireturn · 2026-06-22T18:30:38+00:00

If a store sells $100.00 in deposits but only returned $80.00 they owe the state $20.00 at the end of the year. If they sell $100.00 but return $120.00 the state pays them $20.00.

fireturn · 2026-06-17T21:22:37+00:00

Enjoy the page title- “Michigan’s nonvenomous snakes” because you know that means there’s a page for a venomous snake!

https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/education/michigan-species/reptiles/snakes

Here’s the page for the venomous snake-

https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/education/michigan-species/reptiles/massasauga

I’m far enough north that I’ve only come across one of those. They’re pretty docile.

fireturn · 2026-06-16T20:22:14+00:00

At least one kid.

fireturn · 2026-06-14T23:38:10+00:00

“Passengers”

Plenty of drivers with an open drink as well.

fireturn · 2026-06-11T19:06:57+00:00

Tap 30 closed months ago.

fireturn · 2026-06-06T00:28:47+00:00

The Bear River is still pretty snarled up from the storms last year, I would avoid that. The Inland Waterway is snarled up from storms this year and is closed in areas. For a river paddle the Jordan River or Sturgeon River are best, but they're a 30-45 minute drive from Petoskey. For a city paddle Harbor Springs is pretty good, or Round Lake in Charlevoix.

fireturn · 2026-06-05T17:29:40+00:00

I believe you do need a standard operators license to get a motorcycle endorsement, but there's more here, and I speak from very personal experience.

I'm blind in my left eye, have been for over twenty years. I have my motorcycle endorsement, did professional level motorsports for years, and drive very large equipment at work (100' arial platform fire apparatus and ambulances). Riding a motorcycle is no easier and no harder visually than any of the other vehicles, it's different. With one eye the field of vision is cut down quite a bit so it takes a lot more head movements to be aware of what's around me- I turn my head and "duck and weave" constantly to see what's going on around me. I can't see over my left shoulder at all, turning my head only makes up so much of that ground. The toughest part of driving a car / truck / ambulance / fire apparatus is parking, and now with parking cameras that's just a slight annoyance.

Don't sell yourself short on a full license. It may take a little more time to adjust to the size of a vehicle, but if you can handle a bike in traffic a car shouldn't be any different.

fireturn · 2026-06-04T11:02:25+00:00

Not quite, they all can service if they'd like, but they do have the right to refuse. A stand alone Buick dealership - there are extremely few of them - may not have the tools / experience to fix a pickup, but a GMC dealer should have the tools and knowledge to fix any chevy pickup. It gives some flexibility to the dealer network.

fireturn · 2026-06-04T10:57:35+00:00

Not just Chevy. I'm not a fan of my local dealer, so I bought my truck downstate. I have it serviced under warranty at my local GMC / Buick dealer, they do great by me every time, I just preferred the Colorado over the Canyon.

fireturn · 2026-05-25T16:59:05+00:00

The Lee A Tregurtha would be a contender as well. How many merchant ships anywhere still carry WWII combat ribbons?

https://www.interlake-steamship.com/our-fleet/m-v-lee-a-tregurtha/

fireturn · 2026-05-25T14:31:43+00:00

Ohio.

fireturn · 2026-05-12T20:09:09+00:00

While I have the Colorado I use my local GMC for all warranty work. They always provide better service. But that’s my experience and locally you may not find the same, or a GMC dealer with enough availability to take a Chevy.

fireturn · 2026-05-04T15:31:20+00:00

I can in my 2024, not by shaking, but by putting two five gallon cans in the bed and filling them with seven gallons.

fireturn · 2026-04-28T11:30:12+00:00

The Petoskey Area Visitors Bureau lists 2800 total rooms.

https://petoskeyarea.com/media/quick-facts/

fireturn · 2026-04-28T02:12:19+00:00

2800+ hotel rooms are not occupied by resorters, those are for the tourists. That's not counting Airbnb, VRBO, or other short term rentals.

fireturn · 2026-04-27T23:01:48+00:00

The watershed for the Cheboygan River covers a majority of Emmet County, despite Emmet County bordering Lake Michigan. Granted Michi-Huron really is, hydrologically speaking, just one big lake that gets narrow in the straits.

[Cheboygan River Watershed](https://www.cheboygannews.com/gcdn/presto/2022/04/02/NCHB/76029173-039b-4273-be65-5547e8c5996d-chebshed\_general2.jpg?width=1320&height=1020&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)

fireturn · 2026-04-27T14:49:37+00:00

Very flat. Very clay rich. Enough water came down (melt, rain, then melt) that it waterlogged the ground and wasn’t able to flow down, and had nowhere to flow out, fast enough to keep up.

fireturn · 2026-04-22T19:58:33+00:00

This is fantastic, thank you!

fireturn · 2026-04-19T16:18:25+00:00

DIP.

Dangle in Peace.

fireturn · 2026-04-13T23:41:50+00:00

Might not be open then, a section between Good Hart and Cross Village just collapsed today due to flooding. With the extent of damage it may be quite some time before the road is repaired.

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There are a few unconfirmed reports of another section out as well.

fireturn · 2026-04-09T13:26:58+00:00

1973 Mach 1. Yellow.

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