Anything to do in Binghamton?

crossfire · 04-04-2012, 10:12 PM

Bringing my kid up for a visit to SUNY Binghamton and I have several hours to kill. I've never been there before so I'm wondering of there is anything interesting to do.

EM31 · 04-04-2012, 10:25 PM

[url]http://binghamton.backpage.com/[/url]

32green · 04-04-2012, 10:34 PM

That is Northwestern New York. Jets Camp is right there, next to DOug's Fish Fries. ANd Canada.

Give us updates and post photosgraphs.

Also, Pumberkahn is nearby, not working very hard and being elusive to authority.

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BigJet85 · 04-04-2012, 10:44 PM

[QUOTE=EM31;4427614][url]http://binghamton.backpage.com/[/url][/QUOTE]

Yeah cow tipping and maybe catch a Jets practice.It blows up there

crossfire · 04-04-2012, 10:53 PM

[QUOTE=EM31;4427614][url]http://binghamton.backpage.com/[/url][/QUOTE]

Thanks but I tried restaurants and bars and it says no matches. :eek:

BigJet85 · 04-04-2012, 10:58 PM

[QUOTE=crossfire;4427644]Thanks but I tried restaurants and bars and it says no matches. :eek:[/QUOTE]

Send your kid to SUNY Stony Brook I went there its a great education and great price the town is awesome beautiful train on campus and very accessible to everything and the town is great beach is 10 mins away...City 2 hours away west and Montauk 2 hours away East...

crossfire · 04-04-2012, 11:08 PM

[QUOTE=BigJet85;4427651]Send your kid to SUNY Stony Brook I went there its a great education and great price the town is awesome beautiful train on campus and very accessible to everything and the town is great beach is 10 mins away...City 2 hours away west and Montauk 2 hours away East...[/QUOTE]

He knows Stony Brook well but doesn't want to go there. Plus I kind of like the fact that Binghamton is in the middle of nowhere. He's going for mechanical engineering and the less distractions the better.

He applied to Binghamton, RIT, VaTech and Maryland. Got accepted to Binghamton and RIT so far and hasn't heard back from the other two yet but I'm sure he'll get accepted. He'll make his decision by the end of the month.

Pac2566 · 04-04-2012, 11:37 PM

[QUOTE=crossfire;4427658]He knows Stony Brook well but doesn't want to go there. Plus I kind of like the fact that Binghamton is in the middle of nowhere. He's going for mechanical engineering and the less distractions the better.

He applied to Binghamton, RIT, VaTech and Maryland. Got accepted to Binghamton and RIT so far and hasn't heard back from the other two yet but I'm sure he'll get accepted. He'll make his decision by the end of the month.[/QUOTE]

Binghamton is a wasteland... Nothing to do at all.

I live 5 minutes from RIT. Rochester is big enough to keep busy but small enough to stay focused on school. RIT is a pretty good school as well!

Plus he'd be a $99, 45 min flight from home - assuming you're in NYC area.

crossfire · 04-04-2012, 11:53 PM

He has already gone through the partying his ass off and pissing away my money in college stage.

He decided to change his major to engineering and I think he's looking to buckle down for a few years and actually learn something and get his degree.

I think he's already narrowed it down to RIT and Binghamton. He can go wherever he wants. I just want him to stay focused and get his degree and a school like Binghamton or RIT may be just right for him.

JStokes · 04-04-2012, 11:55 PM

In the summer, Chenango Falls is pretty cool to take a dip in. I was up in Syracuse one summer completing my MBA and my wife was finishing her Master's and we drove all around looking for watering holes.

I also used to bumper hitch back from Binghapmton on Route 81 at 1 am after hockey games and pounding the Budweiser.

We used to play Binghampton and Broome Community College back in the late 70s, early 80s and we were friendly with some of their players so we used to play, get tanked up, then hop in one of the 7 or 8 cars the hockey team drove down and literally half a dozen of us would ease our way out of the cars on completely ice and snow-covered Route 81 and hold onto the back of the bumper doing about 35 mph.

Crazy now that I think back on it.

That and cow tipping, but not much else.

_

BushyTheBeaver · 04-04-2012, 11:57 PM

You could try to set the upstate NY mid-corridor beat off record. But know you're up against some fierce competition. Current record is something like 13 times in one hour. The kid died in his early twenties and looked 80 years old. His hands were like claws.

crossfire · 04-05-2012, 12:44 AM

[QUOTE=BushyTheBeaver;4427725]You could try to set the upstate NY mid-corridor beat off record. But know you're up against some fierce competition. Current record is something like 13 times in one hour. The kid died in his early twenties and looked 80 years old. His hands were like claws.[/QUOTE]

Uhhh... yeah... but i was thinking more along the line of just finding a bar where I could have something to eat with a couple of beers while I watch the Masters on my ipad.

But thank for the suggestion. :D

thebigragu · 04-05-2012, 01:17 AM

[QUOTE=JStokes;4427724]In the summer, Chenango Falls is pretty cool to take a dip in. I was up in Syracuse one summer completing my MBA and my wife was finishing her Master's and we drove all around looking for watering holes.

I also used to bumper hitch back from Binghapmton on Route 81 at 1 am after hockey games and pounding the Budweiser.

We used to play Binghampton and Broome Community College back in the late 70s, early 80s and we were friendly with some of their players so we used to play, get tanked up, then hop in one of the 7 or 8 cars the hockey team drove down and literally half a dozen of us[B] would ease our way out of the cars on completely ice and snow-covered Route 81 and hold onto the back of the bumper doing about 35 mph.[/B]

Crazy now that I think back on it.

That and cow tipping, but not much else.

_[/QUOTE]

Bull ****. How the hell did you reach the bumper.

BigJet85 · 04-05-2012, 03:49 AM

[QUOTE=crossfire;4427658]He knows Stony Brook well but doesn't want to go there. Plus I kind of like the fact that Binghamton is in the middle of nowhere. He's going for mechanical engineering and the less distractions the better.

He applied to Binghamton, RIT, VaTech and Maryland. Got accepted to Binghamton and RIT so far and hasn't heard back from the other two yet but I'm sure he'll get accepted. He'll make his decision by the end of the month.[/QUOTE]

I had went to Marist my Freshman year and then came home to SBU and played lacrosse there I was a goalie it was great and the program is awesome now im in the process of getting into radiology school so im working for Zwanger pesiri a big Rad company so my SBU background helped me greatly and now i have money to ensue my grad studies to do that cause of all the money i saved on school but what ever he wants oswego is nice to and Utica which is Syracuses sister schoole same campus right next door...but just weigh the options and if he doesnt like it he can always come home and decide my sister did suffolk coummunity and now shes getting a law degree for a 2 year price...
RIT is cool too my buddy played lax there and loved it now hes a CPA and we fish every weekend when there is no Football going on thats my passion its amazing we are surrounded by water and sharks tuna and stripped bass amazing quality fish

Big L · 04-05-2012, 06:06 AM

I went to college with a kid from Binghamton. Not sure what to do there, but Jesus did we mercilessly make fun of him. Wonder where he is now. 'prolly CEO of a fortune 500.

RIT is a good school. I have family that went there, and the area is nice. Cold, though.

JetPotato · 04-05-2012, 07:52 AM

Suicide is a good option up there.

Big L · 04-05-2012, 08:09 AM

Your dining options are probably a Chilis, local diner, and Burger Thing. Maybe even a Golden Corral if you're lucky.

Jetworks · 04-05-2012, 08:21 AM

A lot of the younger fellow nerds I know went to RIT and swear by it, FWIW.

Fishooked · 04-05-2012, 08:21 AM

Binghamton Rangers games? :dunno:

frostlich · 04-05-2012, 08:25 AM

Dunno which route you're taking but there's Cooperstown baseball HOF to go along with the Ommegang brewery. Thinking its about 90 minutes east of binghamton off of I-88. Could check out Oneonta if youre looking at Suny schools and up that way already. Lots of nice mom n pop Italian restaurants there.

Binghamton itself? Theres minor league baseball there this weekend. Mets vs Akron. Other than that I dunno.

04-04-2012, 10:12 PM	#1
crossfire Day by day, night after night... Blinded by the neon light Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 5,668	Anything to do in Binghamton? Bringing my kid up for a visit to SUNY Binghamton and I have several hours to kill. I've never been there before so I'm wondering of there is anything interesting to do.

04-05-2012, 12:44 AM	#12
crossfire Day by day, night after night... Blinded by the neon light Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 5,668	[QUOTE=BushyTheBeaver;4427725]You could try to set the upstate NY mid-corridor beat off record. But know you're up against some fierce competition. Current record is something like 13 times in one hour. The kid died in his early twenties and looked 80 years old. His hands were like claws.[/QUOTE] Uhhh... yeah... but i was thinking more along the line of just finding a bar where I could have something to eat with a couple of beers while I watch the Masters on my ipad. But thank for the suggestion. :D Last edited by crossfire; 04-05-2012 at 12:46 AM.

04-05-2012, 03:49 AM	#14
BigJet85 OL HELP! Veteran Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Shore of Long Island. East Setauket Posts: 1,559	[QUOTE=crossfire;4427658]He knows Stony Brook well but doesn't want to go there. Plus I kind of like the fact that Binghamton is in the middle of nowhere. He's going for mechanical engineering and the less distractions the better. He applied to Binghamton, RIT, VaTech and Maryland. Got accepted to Binghamton and RIT so far and hasn't heard back from the other two yet but I'm sure he'll get accepted. He'll make his decision by the end of the month.[/QUOTE] I had went to Marist my Freshman year and then came home to SBU and played lacrosse there I was a goalie it was great and the program is awesome now im in the process of getting into radiology school so im working for Zwanger pesiri a big Rad company so my SBU background helped me greatly and now i have money to ensue my grad studies to do that cause of all the money i saved on school but what ever he wants oswego is nice to and Utica which is Syracuses sister schoole same campus right next door...but just weigh the options and if he doesnt like it he can always come home and decide my sister did suffolk coummunity and now shes getting a law degree for a 2 year price... RIT is cool too my buddy played lax there and loved it now hes a CPA and we fish every weekend when there is no Football going on thats my passion its amazing we are surrounded by water and sharks tuna and stripped bass amazing quality fish Last edited by BigJet85; 04-05-2012 at 03:51 AM.

04-04-2012, 10:25 PM	#2
EM31 All Pro Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oceanside, Long Island Posts: 9,147	[url]http://binghamton.backpage.com/[/url]

04-04-2012, 10:34 PM	#3
32green The original road-kill pus slurper. MMMmmm pus. Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The depths of Despair. Posts: 37,672	That is Northwestern New York. Jets Camp is right there, next to DOug's Fish Fries. ANd Canada. Give us updates and post photosgraphs. Also, Pumberkahn is nearby, not working very hard and being elusive to authority. -

04-04-2012, 10:44 PM	#4
BigJet85 OL HELP! Veteran Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Shore of Long Island. East Setauket Posts: 1,559	[QUOTE=EM31;4427614][url]http://binghamton.backpage.com/[/url][/QUOTE] Yeah cow tipping and maybe catch a Jets practice.It blows up there

04-04-2012, 10:53 PM	#5
crossfire Day by day, night after night... Blinded by the neon light Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 5,668	[QUOTE=EM31;4427614][url]http://binghamton.backpage.com/[/url][/QUOTE] Thanks but I tried restaurants and bars and it says no matches. :eek:

04-04-2012, 10:58 PM	#6
BigJet85 OL HELP! Veteran Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Shore of Long Island. East Setauket Posts: 1,559	[QUOTE=crossfire;4427644]Thanks but I tried restaurants and bars and it says no matches. :eek:[/QUOTE] Send your kid to SUNY Stony Brook I went there its a great education and great price the town is awesome beautiful train on campus and very accessible to everything and the town is great beach is 10 mins away...City 2 hours away west and Montauk 2 hours away East...

04-04-2012, 11:08 PM	#7
crossfire Day by day, night after night... Blinded by the neon light Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 5,668	[QUOTE=BigJet85;4427651]Send your kid to SUNY Stony Brook I went there its a great education and great price the town is awesome beautiful train on campus and very accessible to everything and the town is great beach is 10 mins away...City 2 hours away west and Montauk 2 hours away East...[/QUOTE] He knows Stony Brook well but doesn't want to go there. Plus I kind of like the fact that Binghamton is in the middle of nowhere. He's going for mechanical engineering and the less distractions the better. He applied to Binghamton, RIT, VaTech and Maryland. Got accepted to Binghamton and RIT so far and hasn't heard back from the other two yet but I'm sure he'll get accepted. He'll make his decision by the end of the month.

04-04-2012, 11:37 PM	#8
Pac2566 All Pro Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,071	[QUOTE=crossfire;4427658]He knows Stony Brook well but doesn't want to go there. Plus I kind of like the fact that Binghamton is in the middle of nowhere. He's going for mechanical engineering and the less distractions the better. He applied to Binghamton, RIT, VaTech and Maryland. Got accepted to Binghamton and RIT so far and hasn't heard back from the other two yet but I'm sure he'll get accepted. He'll make his decision by the end of the month.[/QUOTE] Binghamton is a wasteland... Nothing to do at all. I live 5 minutes from RIT. Rochester is big enough to keep busy but small enough to stay focused on school. RIT is a pretty good school as well! Plus he'd be a $99, 45 min flight from home - assuming you're in NYC area.

04-04-2012, 11:53 PM	#9
crossfire Day by day, night after night... Blinded by the neon light Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 5,668	He has already gone through the partying his ass off and pissing away my money in college stage. He decided to change his major to engineering and I think he's looking to buckle down for a few years and actually learn something and get his degree. I think he's already narrowed it down to RIT and Binghamton. He can go wherever he wants. I just want him to stay focused and get his degree and a school like Binghamton or RIT may be just right for him.

04-04-2012, 11:55 PM	#10
JStokes Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen County, NJ Posts: 20,126	In the summer, Chenango Falls is pretty cool to take a dip in. I was up in Syracuse one summer completing my MBA and my wife was finishing her Master's and we drove all around looking for watering holes. I also used to bumper hitch back from Binghapmton on Route 81 at 1 am after hockey games and pounding the Budweiser. We used to play Binghampton and Broome Community College back in the late 70s, early 80s and we were friendly with some of their players so we used to play, get tanked up, then hop in one of the 7 or 8 cars the hockey team drove down and literally half a dozen of us would ease our way out of the cars on completely ice and snow-covered Route 81 and hold onto the back of the bumper doing about 35 mph. Crazy now that I think back on it. That and cow tipping, but not much else. _

04-04-2012, 11:57 PM	#11
BushyTheBeaver size matters All League Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,922	You could try to set the upstate NY mid-corridor beat off record. But know you're up against some fierce competition. Current record is something like 13 times in one hour. The kid died in his early twenties and looked 80 years old. His hands were like claws.

04-05-2012, 01:17 AM	#13
thebigragu Downright Brilliant All Pro Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Staten Island Posts: 7,828	[QUOTE=JStokes;4427724]In the summer, Chenango Falls is pretty cool to take a dip in. I was up in Syracuse one summer completing my MBA and my wife was finishing her Master's and we drove all around looking for watering holes. I also used to bumper hitch back from Binghapmton on Route 81 at 1 am after hockey games and pounding the Budweiser. We used to play Binghampton and Broome Community College back in the late 70s, early 80s and we were friendly with some of their players so we used to play, get tanked up, then hop in one of the 7 or 8 cars the hockey team drove down and literally half a dozen of us[B] would ease our way out of the cars on completely ice and snow-covered Route 81 and hold onto the back of the bumper doing about 35 mph.[/B] Crazy now that I think back on it. That and cow tipping, but not much else. _[/QUOTE] Bull ****. How the hell did you reach the bumper.

04-05-2012, 06:06 AM	#15
Big L Plus six thousand posts Veteran Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: It's all relative Posts: 1,054	I went to college with a kid from Binghamton. Not sure what to do there, but Jesus did we mercilessly make fun of him. Wonder where he is now. 'prolly CEO of a fortune 500. RIT is a good school. I have family that went there, and the area is nice. Cold, though.

04-05-2012, 07:52 AM	#16
JetPotato fermenting Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 12,130	Suicide is a good option up there.

04-05-2012, 08:09 AM	#17
Big L Plus six thousand posts Veteran Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: It's all relative Posts: 1,054	Your dining options are probably a Chilis, local diner, and Burger Thing. Maybe even a Golden Corral if you're lucky.

04-05-2012, 08:21 AM	#18
Jetworks murse in training Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Staten Island Posts: 7,451	A lot of the younger fellow nerds I know went to RIT and swear by it, FWIW.

04-05-2012, 08:21 AM	#19
Fishooked dealin' out shithands Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: teh interwebz Posts: 24,692	Binghamton Rangers games? :dunno:

04-05-2012, 08:25 AM	#20
frostlich Get it done Shidzik! All League Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,964	Dunno which route you're taking but there's Cooperstown baseball HOF to go along with the Ommegang brewery. Thinking its about 90 minutes east of binghamton off of I-88. Could check out Oneonta if youre looking at Suny schools and up that way already. Lots of nice mom n pop Italian restaurants there. Binghamton itself? Theres minor league baseball there this weekend. Mets vs Akron. Other than that I dunno.