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Forum: General Cycling Discussion
10-24-20, 09:55 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Floyd’s near Harvard Square. There is no...

Floyd’s near Harvard Square.

There is no truth to the rumor that if you speak nothing but Latin within this shop you get a free haircut.

https://i.imgur.com/5yIfeFm.jpg

Next mission - Latin....
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
10-16-20, 06:32 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

N+16003 -mr. bill

N+16003

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
10-15-20, 06:46 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Outside of town hall (which is also polling...

Outside of town hall (which is also polling location, early voting location, clerk's office/registrar of voters):

https://i.imgur.com/7umLp5T.jpg

p.s. Courts are a county thing around here.
...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
10-01-20, 11:59 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Sommerville Community Path, which opened in 1985,...

Sommerville Community Path, which opened in 1985, was extended from Davis to Cedar in 1994, then this one block extension was built by the city in 2015 to hook up with the Green Line Extension (GLX)...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
08-26-20, 12:13 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

I think that gets bonus points just because: ...

I think that gets bonus points just because:
https://www.themightyvanhalen.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1984-merch-eagle-jersey-front-back-1-scaled.jpg

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-22-20, 05:55 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

No way was I going to make someone take a picture...

No way was I going to make someone take a picture of their bike next to goatheads. (I trust that they rode to near the goatheads for the mission, dismounted and walked for the pic, but....)
...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-13-20, 11:29 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

I'll have to admit, I didn't even realize it was...

I'll have to admit, I didn't even realize it was an entry until I re-read the description. (Rail -> Road -> Bike Trail.) I was thinking of something more recent, and certainly not where something...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-12-20, 06:44 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Eek. Must have been mind fog from wearing a mask....

Eek. Must have been mind fog from wearing a mask. (jk) But I swear I put one in.

But might as well add these shots while I’m at it:
...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-11-20, 01:00 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Horrible shot of a stack. (It used to smoke, but...

Horrible shot of a stack. (It used to smoke, but it quit.)

https://i.imgur.com/kcIN54C.jpg

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-28-20, 06:20 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Oh, sorry, never expected that. So, in most...

Oh, sorry, never expected that.

So, in most places there are invasive plants that follow where we ride. In our parts, common are purple loosestrife, Japanese honeysuckle, garlic mustard, Japanese...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-27-20, 12:42 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Doubt this will count, Monarch flyby: ...

Doubt this will count, Monarch flyby:

https://youtu.be/tlkGSzFftdM

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-26-20, 09:28 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

The Alewife Rotary at the Arlington/Cambridge...

The Alewife Rotary at the Arlington/Cambridge border was infamous. They finally killed it, and replaced it with, something?...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-23-20, 08:33 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Just be in an international meeting and move to...

Just be in an international meeting and move to table a motion.

Next mission by YoungSalt: Christmas/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah or Halloween decorations which have been left up since last year (or older)....
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-22-20, 01:19 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-WSmryfSY ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-WSmryfSY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrwP_YS4L-E

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-15-20, 03:18 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Not an entry, walking the other day spotted the...

Not an entry, walking the other day spotted the infamous 710 cap, but inverted:

https://i.imgur.com/537KQAZ.jpg

(Did walk past an "alignment" today....)

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-14-20, 01:18 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

It’s not everyday one can legitimately write an...

It’s not everyday one can legitimately write an interrobang.

Anyhow, next mission?

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-14-20, 08:38 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

So close, shouldn’t they be “WICKED CLAWSOME!?” ...

So close, shouldn’t they be “WICKED CLAWSOME!?”

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-13-20, 05:05 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

The Flying Falafel. Been to the one on Market....

The Flying Falafel. Been to the one on Market. Plus they verbized a noun.


(Still miss Sami’s “truck” in Longwood Medical Area here in Boston.)

Next mission by theDirtyLemon: A fish

-mr....
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-12-20, 02:16 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

OK, given the recent BAAAD puns: Next...

OK, given the recent BAAAD puns:

Next mission is punny.

Be creative. Be groanie.

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-12-20, 01:20 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Not an entry, but in given the recent...

Not an entry, but in given the recent watermellonish, sheepish:

https://i.imgur.com/BJGBPd5r.jpg

Next mission by livedarklions: Sheep

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-09-20, 07:32 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Next Mission: Dining alfresco. So, around...

Next Mission: Dining alfresco.

So, around here restaurants are just now allowed to serve outdoors.

So your bike at an outdoor restaurant.

Bonus points if people are eating at the outdoor...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-09-20, 04:22 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Watermelon, Snap Peas, Kale, Radish, Bloody...

Watermelon, Snap Peas, Kale, Radish, Bloody Sorrel, Pine Nuts, Vinaigrette:

https://i.imgur.com/QA5HeULr.jpg

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-09-20, 01:03 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow striped...

Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow striped watermelon.

(Sorry for the close up, had to find one that would fit the Timbuk2.)

https://i.imgur.com/gEVRHFjr.jpg

Leaving the mission open for a...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-04-20, 10:42 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Note this from "The Town" trailer: ...

Note this from "The Town" trailer:

https://i.imgur.com/ND6Oh9B.jpg

So much to unload in one sweatshirt.

First, the generic "Irish Pub" makes me laugh.

Second, "Est. 1975"
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-02-20, 07:55 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

So riding up to a Brink’s truck, while wearing a...

So riding up to a Brink’s truck, while wearing a mask, and then pulling something out of my pocket. What could possibly go wrong?

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-29-20, 07:49 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

”Examples include but are not limited to....” ...

”Examples include but are not limited to....”

EBMUD is a public utility district that treats and moves water and waste water.

Well done. Next mission?

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-27-20, 10:59 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

No islands on Walden Pond. Elizabeth Island...

No islands on Walden Pond.

Elizabeth Island on Spy Pond.

Next mission: Overground Infrastructure of Underground Public Transportation Infrastructure. (Examples include but are not limited to...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-27-20, 08:37 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Does an island in a large ponds count? ...

Does an island in a large ponds count?

https://i.imgur.com/Zqow3lIr.jpg

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-17-20, 02:18 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

So, what is the next mission??? In the...

So, what is the next mission???

In the meantime, Univega:

Cover (with Grizzly):
https://i.imgur.com/j3hyMqn.png


Gran Turismo (with yuppies):
https://i.imgur.com/oAfjGOl.png
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-14-20, 11:55 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Not an entry, exactly four years ago. Never laugh...

Not an entry, exactly four years ago. Never laugh at a duck....

(After exiting the frame the duck buzzed my head.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQlJGs-9mGI


Next mission: ?

(p.s. You...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-30-20, 11:36 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Cary is a friend of friends. I taught my friends’...

Cary is a friend of friends. I taught my friends’ child soccer, he taught them bikes.

On March 24, 2019, showers ended before dawn and it was the first glorious spring day, hitting 60s but with...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-21-20, 06:51 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Reminds me of Duquesne Incline in Pittsburgh,...

Reminds me of Duquesne Incline in Pittsburgh, Angels Flight in Los Angeles, Castle Hill Funicular in Budapest, and the Glória Funicular in Lisbon.

(I find them historical and romantic and rare...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-21-20, 01:02 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

FWIW, when I worked on an electric car over 40...

FWIW, when I worked on an electric car over 40 years ago (VW chassis, Alpha Romeo body, lead-acid batteries, GE motor, discrete component controller) it was very exotic.

That said, 1st gen Leaf is...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-21-20, 07:39 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Next mission: A transportation mode for carrying...

Next mission: A transportation mode for carrying people that isn’t powered by an internal combustion engine that isn’t a bicycle...nor, for the clowns out there, a tricycle. No handlebars, pedals, or...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-20-20, 04:32 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

A transportation mode for carrying people (check)...

A transportation mode for carrying people (check)
that isn’t powered by an internal combustion engine (check)
that isn’t a bicycle...nor, for the clowns out there, a tricycle (check)

...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-15-20, 04:19 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Jaume Plensa is a Barcelona Artist. One of the...

Jaume Plensa is a Barcelona Artist. One of the sibling sculptures to Alchemist, Anima, is a few hundred meters from where I stayed in Barcelona. Seems like forever ago.

So in these untravelling...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-15-20, 01:52 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

https://i.imgur.com/MLnDpnK.jpg ...

https://i.imgur.com/MLnDpnK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ICPRZUN.jpg

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-15-20, 10:42 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Ectoplasm rod. -mr. bill

Ectoplasm rod.

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-07-20, 03:31 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Our most infamous are probably Lizzie Borden...

Our most infamous are probably Lizzie Borden (acquitted) and John Hawthorne (convictor).

The cemeteries are currently closed to the public though.

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-03-20, 08:43 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

https://www.northcountryatwork.org/wp-content/uplo...

https://www.northcountryatwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20160922-Philadelphia-PHA-24-1152x649.jpg

Moving bike sculpture, a whole two months ago:

Camp Nou antes del partido.
Camp Nou...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-28-20, 01:24 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Arlington Center, closed Regent Theater, empty...

Arlington Center, closed Regent Theater, empty buses (you now board for free at the back door to social distance from the driver, not that anybody is), and St. Agnes spire in the background, also...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-27-20, 10:35 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Early Queen Latifah...

Early Queen Latifah (https://www.okayplayer.com/music/songs-that-shook-america-episode-five-queen-latifah-ladies-first-recap.html) (Good article. Warning - graphic violent still images for a few...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-27-20, 06:58 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Not an entry, went by yesterday: ...

Not an entry, went by yesterday:

https://i.imgur.com/49yO0lA.jpg

What it looks like decked out in Fourth of July regalia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r3PvXquZKo

3S1M's mission: An...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-17-20, 12:41 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Since the video is oldish, no. We’ll leave it...

Since the video is oldish, no. We’ll leave it open for now to let folks who are facing “interesting” times to nab.

p.s. Smells even better coming out of the oven.
...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-16-20, 07:22 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Next mission: In honor of those us who are locked...

Next mission: In honor of those us who are locked down, or who have chosen to lock down, or who are still able to escape out into the world for a few brief moments but are worried about locking down....
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-16-20, 11:52 AM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Wilson Farms. Before the mid 90s it looked more...

Wilson Farms. Before the mid 90s it looked more like a farm stand, but it still is, just very big.

I got to say hi to Julia Childs while she was shopping.

https://i.imgur.com/QCyDWXjr.jpg
...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-15-20, 02:17 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

It’s a flowering dogwood. -mr. bill

It’s a flowering dogwood.

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-14-20, 05:21 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

At 1:14: ...

At 1:14:

https://youtu.be/sf8rDpu1vCk?t=1m14s

(My favorite lighthouse in NH is White Island light.)


livedarklions first one! Mission: A real submarine. Does not have to currently be in the...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-10-20, 05:18 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

The hoods are in the view, but.... -mr. bill

The hoods are in the view, but....

-mr. bill
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-10-20, 02:28 PM
Replies: 1,566
Views: 178,623
Posted By mr_bill

Doubt this will count, video from my bike of a...

Doubt this will count, video from my bike of a railroad grade crossing with a locomotive going by. Got stuck behind an MBTA bus. Then the driver of the Transit pulled out in front of me so got stuck...
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