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Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-11-24, 09:31 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Leaning tower of Salisbury, Maryland. ...

Leaning tower of Salisbury, Maryland.
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Most politest "Not Trespassing"...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-15-22, 06:40 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Boat parade! Where is that, in Haines?

Boat parade!

Where is that, in Haines?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-02-22, 04:16 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

What does a donut cost these days? I wouldn't...

What does a donut cost these days? I wouldn't know, because I only eat healthy foods. But I'm guessing that a dollars-to-donuts bet is pretty much at par now.

I will add that I once rode a bike...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-07-22, 03:37 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

You used to see a bumper sticker then, "Moonlight...

You used to see a bumper sticker then, "Moonlight in Vermont or Starve." I myself have always adhered to the traditional Vermont tactic of living somewhat on income, but mostly on lack of expense....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-07-22, 11:50 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Ha! I used to lead tours for Bike Vermont, from...

Ha! I used to lead tours for Bike Vermont, from 2004 to about 2015. That's how I happened to ride by the place I mentioned so often. If you approach the Lake Champlain Bridge from the West Addison...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-07-22, 06:19 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

I love that picture. I used to ride past a richly...

I love that picture. I used to ride past a richly festooned overhead power line just like that along a backwater of Lake Champlain in Addison, Vermont. It always struck me as a perfect image of...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-11-22, 10:21 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Are those pecan trees, or almond trees? I ask in...

Are those pecan trees, or almond trees? I ask in sincere ignorance.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-11-22, 10:19 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

A tour guest when I was leading commercial bike...

A tour guest when I was leading commercial bike tours said that once when he was riding along, he saw an empty beer can lying on its side on the fog line, perpendicular to his line of travel. On an...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-02-21, 05:45 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Yes, that's likely the case with this poor...

Yes, that's likely the case with this poor fellow. I think that barn owls are also more active during the morning and evening than most other owls, which could also expose them to more car strikes.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-01-21, 07:03 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Oh, a barn owl--such beautiful bird! Very widely...

Oh, a barn owl--such beautiful bird! Very widely distributed. In Africa, I think they're known as the "monkey-faced owl."
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-28-21, 07:57 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

What's that--a bike racer breaking through the...

What's that--a bike racer breaking through the tape at the finish line?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-28-21, 04:37 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

I think it might work better in Seattle or...

I think it might work better in Seattle or Portland.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-27-21, 09:38 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

It looks a little like one of Wilhelm Reich's...

It looks a little like one of Wilhelm Reich's orgone generators. I wonder if its presence increases the amount of rain that falls nearby?
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-26-20, 01:49 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

...and that's a painting from an actual photo, so...

...and that's a painting from an actual photo, so we know that wing placement has to be right.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-24-20, 04:31 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Looks like a Wyandotte, a Rhode Island Red, and...

Looks like a Wyandotte, a Rhode Island Red, and maybe a Speckled Sussex.
Chicks dig old bikes.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-24-20, 02:02 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Near the end of the improved road to Waitsfield...

Near the end of the improved road to Waitsfield Gap on a four-day bikepacking trip. The last mile was a push over steep big rocks--it felt like climbing into the Vermont version of a cloud forest. I...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-24-20, 01:45 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Here in the north, all we have are turkey...

Here in the north, all we have are turkey vultures. They're really shy--I have never seen one feeding on the ground except at an extreme distance. When I rode through Georgia, Alabama, and...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-07-20, 06:57 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

"Gunky and Crusty" would be a good name for two...

"Gunky and Crusty" would be a good name for two cartoon characters who fix old bikes--something like the Magliozzi brothers, "Click and Clack."

It wasn't all that bad, though reviving it did take...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-06-20, 08:29 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

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Shaking down the Miyata 1000 after fitting it with 38mm Paselas in...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-08-20, 09:06 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

You just need lower gearing on your bike--then...

You just need lower gearing on your bike--then you could pull trees out of the way without a tractor, albeit very slowly.

Thanks for jogging my memory. Our NAA was also a 1954--they only made it...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-08-20, 05:53 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

The only issue we really had with our NAA was...

The only issue we really had with our NAA was that the carb float used to stick sometimes--I could never figure out why. You're right about the gearing--first gear was much too high, which made it...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-05-20, 06:48 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Nice! I think that's a Case SC on the left, with...

Nice! I think that's a Case SC on the left, with the narrow front end. My wife and I almost bought one during our vegetable-growing days in the early 80s. We ended up instead with a 1954 (I think it...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-10-20, 04:30 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

I had reason to research that quote once, and...

I had reason to research that quote once, and found that it predates Churchill by half a century, if I remember right. People love to attribute nice sayings to Churchill.

I know, what a spoilsport!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-23-20, 06:37 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Is anyone familiar with Robert Frost's short poem...

Is anyone familiar with Robert Frost's short poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay?"

Spring in Vermont can be hard. We had two substantial snowstorms in May, and it was cold until about a week ago. Now...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-06-20, 04:58 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

I like snakes. A few years ago when I was riding...

I like snakes. A few years ago when I was riding somewhere between Poplarville and Gulfport, Mississippi, a big black snake came highballing out of the tall grass at the edge of the road and directly...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-10-19, 11:27 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

My friend Paul's homemade recumbent--he rode it...

My friend Paul's homemade recumbent--he rode it the length of the Erie Canal with two other friends and me earlier this...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-09-19, 06:13 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Seen near the end of a Buffalo-to-Albany camping...

Seen near the end of a Buffalo-to-Albany camping tour of the Erie Canal--near the town of Amsterdam, I...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-08-19, 01:45 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Yeah, isn't it a great word? That's a good...

Yeah, isn't it a great word?

That's a good example, though--I especially like the mustache.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-07-19, 07:30 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Pareidolia! You can't not see a face when there's...

Pareidolia! You can't not see a face when there's a face to be seen....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-12-19, 03:11 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Partly, I think, they annoy me because I used to...

Partly, I think, they annoy me because I used to work on a trail crew in the White Mountains in New Hampshire, where we built cairns above treeline in the Presidential Range. Hikers were always...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-12-19, 06:44 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

They're fine in peoples gardens, but I don't...

They're fine in peoples gardens, but I don't like them out in the world at large. In natural/wilderness areas I will go out of my way to kick them over. I see them as a low-level form of...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-08-19, 05:16 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

I have always liked snakes, too. I was sad all...

I have always liked snakes, too. I was sad all day when a big black snake--no doubt a close relative of that one--sped out of the tall grass at the side of the road (somewhere between Poplarville and...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-25-19, 02:30 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Yes, happy to share the credit that rightfully...

Yes, happy to share the credit that rightfully belongs to others--that's how I roll.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-25-19, 02:02 PM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Yes, that would meet my standard for "quite a...

Yes, that would meet my standard for "quite a haul." They must have repaved soon after you went thrugh, because I remember that stretch as pretty good. From Globe to Pima, on the other hand, was...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-25-19, 10:45 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

I remember that place! Rode by it while doing the...

I remember that place! Rode by it while doing the Southern Tier in 2017.

Man, you rode from Blythe to Wickenburg in one day? That's quite a haul.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-25-19, 10:39 AM
Replies: 1,769
Views: 240,209
Posted By jonwvara

Chuck Yeager and what's-her-name--that woman who...

Chuck Yeager and what's-her-name--that woman who ran the bar near Edwards Air Force Base?

No, on second thought it couldn't have been her--I don't think she was a jet pilot.
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