Moved to NYC!

"Jesse Shaffer" (7esse) 08/04/2014 at 21:29 • Filed to: New York City, Moving, Motorcycles

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... so, after almost a decade of trying to suppress the desire - I'm here. I've got the rent paid at my place in Queens and I've got two months to find a job and figure out how to keep my ass here.

... wish me luck. I need a bit.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jesse Shaffer 08/04/2014 at 21:30

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Good luck! :)

yamahog > Jesse Shaffer 08/04/2014 at 21:30

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As a former New Yorker.... I am so so sorry.

Brian Silvestro > Jesse Shaffer 08/04/2014 at 21:31

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Nice! Get a job at the CCC.

area man > Jesse Shaffer 08/04/2014 at 21:35

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you poor soul. Queens has some cool neighborhoods though

Crest > yamahog 08/04/2014 at 21:46

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Hahaha i can't believe you did that

$kaycog > Jesse Shaffer 08/04/2014 at 21:54

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Achieving your desire after ten years........congrats! Also, good luck!

Jesse Shaffer > Jesse Shaffer 08/04/2014 at 21:57

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I appreciate the sentiment. This is still so much better than Pittsburgh, I can't even...

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > Jesse Shaffer 08/04/2014 at 21:59

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welcome to queens. I'm born and raised here. You'll have fun.

Edit: every New Yorker will not let you forget that they're from New York. :) just a heads up unless you didn't catch that from my post! Welcome!

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > Brian Silvestro 08/04/2014 at 22:01

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god I would kill for that.

Brian Silvestro > sefeing, actually bought an E46 08/04/2014 at 22:08

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Aaron Brown (a CCC worker) told me he met Chris Harris and all the other /Drive people.

Fuck me.

JEM > Jesse Shaffer 08/05/2014 at 09:44

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Good luck, and nice bike!

Jesse Shaffer > JEM 08/05/2014 at 10:25

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Thank you.

And not to gush on the bike (but I'm gonna!,) it's an '87 VFR with 40k on it. It was sitting for five years and needed a fuel pump, carb overhaul, and a battery. I have $550 in it with repairs and materials to paint the tank. It ran like a new bike for 7 hours straight to get here. I usually don't sway toward Honda bikes in other classes, but I will say this thing is really solid.

JEM > Jesse Shaffer 08/05/2014 at 10:42

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Wow nice, it came out really good. Thought it was a lot newer/more modern until I saw the headlight.

Jesse Shaffer > Jesse Shaffer 08/27/2014 at 23:31

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update! - good old club b&n (referred to as Barnes & Noble by the free man) decided that my time slinging books for them in college deemed me worthy of a minimum wage job in their flagship store @ Union Square amongst a pool of 500+ applicants. Looks like I get to stay in NYC...

now if I can just find a room for rent that doesn't require taking a bus to get to the subway... The floats on my carbs are starting to stick and flood my bike within 2 minutes of firing, so I'm going to need to rebuild all four of them this winter... At least it hasn't been stolen!... yet...