Shithole Wyoming Biker Bar

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Wyoming is a shithole.  Lived there six years and its mile after mile of windy, desolate high plains punctuated by an occasional small shit kicker town, full of cowboys and bad cops.  Doesn't surprise me to see that a biker bar in Cheyenne (shithole) is selling t-shirts like this:

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This is permissible speech under the First Amendment, but the place is called the Eagle's Nest, its address is 1101 W Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001, and its phone number is (307) 778-7678.   They can also be found on Facebook and Yelp.

They may or may not have a dozen pizzas for "the gang" on the way

...I am more intrigued by your brave 6-year stint

I only know of Wyoming as a kid, when my family would drive through every summer on our way to Nebraska, where my mom was from.

My brother & I loved Wyoming because we could buy firecrackers and other exploding devices that were impossible to find in California, at least for a couple of suburban kids, so Wyoming was always our favorite part of the trip.

After all this time and everything Trump did to shine the light on the volume of stupidity & hate that exists in our country, I shouldn't be surprised by people who think that way and would wear shirts like that, but I am anyway.

I was working in Wyoming a couple months back- definitely a different world than I'm used to here in New England.  One thing that happened and I made note of was when I pulled into a breakfast diner and was making a phone call in the parking lot before entering the building.   An old pickup truck pulls up on the side of me and an old man who looks like he hadn't made contact with the outside world in a few decades gets out and walks to the entrance.  He appears to realize he forgot something and turns back to his truck which he opens the door and throws a large handgun and holster on the dashboard before shutting the door and walking back towards the restaurant.  The experience was noteworthy to me in the nonchalant manner he was handling his gun- he put it on his dashboard in what appeared to be an unlocked truck with the windows half down.

 

Just called the number of this shithole. Mailbox full.  What a bunch of aholes.

 

Just called the number of this shithole. Mailbox full.  What a bunch of aholes.

 

I  always liked Wyoming. Stayed in Cheyenne once - not too impressed.

Took a quick trip out there a month ago- over the Bighorns- down to Riverton- up through Dubois and past the Tetons again.

This is always a favorite spot:

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Their congresswoman Liz Cheney has come out against same-sex marriage, although her younger sister Mary is in a same-sex marriage.  That's pretty effed up. 
 

Wyoming should change it's nickname to The Neanderthal State.

Let's not drag down Neanderthals.

How about "Windy Wyoming - When it blows, it still sucks". 

Wyoming - Where Wind Goes To Die.

"I'd rather lose and live in Provo than win and live in Laramie"

- BYU football coach Lavell Edwards

because...freedom?

 

how come these leave us alone freedom fried fuckers always want to mess with other people?

I spent what felt like a week in Cheyenne one afternoon. I was riding Greyhound back east from some shows out west and had like a 3 hour layover in Cheyenne. There was a bowling alley right across the parking lot from the bus station, so I went over there and drank draft beer at the bar until it was time to get on the bus again.

I lived in Casper for a couple yrs in the 70's.  Was not a bad town back then. Had a couple kickass bars, The Victorian and the World famous Wonder bar.   I actually had a good time drinking and playing pool. The country was not as divided politically back then. At least not openly antagonistically as it is now.  I also was turned on to Willie, Waylon and the Boys when I lived there.  Worst part was the winters.

I'll take "States the Grateful Dead never played" for $1,000. 

Wyoming bar under fire for selling shirt advocating anti-gay violence

The shirts were sold at a bar less than an hour from where gay college student Matthew Shepard died after being brutally beaten in 1998.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/wyoming-bar-fire-selling-shirt-...

Wyoming is a nice place when the wind stops.

92 or 93 we stopped at The Virginian Hotel close to Medicine Bow for breakfast. 

Damn good inexpensive steak , eggs and Bloody. Wonder if that place is still open.

Honestly, what sort of piece of shit would actually wear that t-shirt in public?

>>>>Virginian Hotel close to Medicine Bow  . . . Wonder if that place is still open.

I believe it is.  That is a Wyoming institution.  I used to be a reporter for the Medicine Bow Post many years ago.  Sucked driving to and from all the podunk towns in eastern Carbon County at night to cover city council meetings on dark roads lined with endless herds of deer and antelope.   

You ever eat there,  Ken?

Can't recall ever eating there actually.

Maybe my favorite bar shirt a buddy of mine got me years ago. 

I wore it to a few BLM hearings. At one, a guy said to one of my longtime enviro pals "look at that asshole." My buddy said "Do you know who that is?" He said '"No". Then my buddy mentioned my name and what I've done and the guy said "Oooooooh, so it's a joke?" Er, yeah.

Once I was in line at the general store in Torrey, Utah near by Capitol Reef and a cowboy came up behind me and in his drawl said, "I like yer shert."  I just turned around and said "Oh yeah, thanks." Got outta there smirking. Surprised the long hair didn't give me away. 

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One notch in Wyoming's favor is that it's where John Barlow is from, and he was pretty pro-Wyoming.

That's also where Weir met him.

I think Barlow was a fascinating & very smart man, and he and Bob wrote some damn good songs together, so that's something positive about Wyoming.

About '03, I was waiting in line to check out at a grocery store in WI, 5pm, busy, and this big dude came in wearing a tshirt that stated in large, bold print on the front with the image of the Trix rabbit:   Silly fa***t, dicks are for chicks! 

All states are filled with beautiful scenery and landscapes.

And then there's the inhabitants :(

Chris Ledoux was from Wyoming, and made a pretty decent career playing songs about his life there. 
 

I came pretty close to going to Casper college

 

plus I believe they had the first woman governor and also first to let women vote

They wrote "Salt Lake City" in the Hotel Utah.  

One thing I find funny about Wyoming is when you go south on 287 from Laramie (we used to go to Folks Fest in Lyons), the green trees start right at the Colorado border.

Dirt and desert then green trees, almost in a damned straight line. You KNOW you're in Colorado. 

 

BYU joke Utah fans like:

The BYU Cougar football team went to Laramie to play the Wyoming Cowboys. 

BYU fan tapped the Wyoming fan sitting in front of him on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir. Would you mind removing your hat? You're blocking my vision."  

Wyoming fan says "Oh I'm sorry. I didn't know you were having one." 

 

*Rim shot!*  I'm here all week. 

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