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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 03-02-20, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
We've got a sample of you and me and my ass has been hurting since 1975.
Nowadays I can only WISH my ass was the main thing hurting.
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Old 03-02-20, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
What are you running now??
Personally speaking, out of time, mainly.
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Old 03-02-20, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Oh pulleeze, he’s still a pup for crying out loud. There’s no way in the world anyone 30-anything should have aches and pains outside of injury. Aches and pains only become routine after 50 . . . . . . . there’s a whole sub forum here to testify to that.
Shhhhhh! We know that, but he doesn't - we can get in some good ribbing in the meantime.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Hit 10,004 miles on the Forester yesterday. Not bad for about 44 months.
Kudos, but you will NEVER catch up to the Saturn at that rate!
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Personally speaking, out of time, mainly.
I reckon we all are. I hope that means you enjoy it and savor it more.
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Old 03-02-20, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Shhhhhh! We know that, but he doesn't - we can get in some good ribbing in the meantime.
Originally Posted by BillyD
. . . there’s a whole 50+ sub forum here eager to testify to that.
Fixed for accuracy.
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Old 03-02-20, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
There's always at least one outlier around anywhere you go.
I volunteer to be the designated outlier here.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Many of us still use the "rule of thumb" to assess tire pressure. At least for casual rides.
Almost always, unless starting from flat.
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Old 03-02-20, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
We've got a sample of you and me and my ass has been hurting since 1975.
I was just thinking, yesterday, while riding with a friend who hasn't ridden in awhile. She mentioned her butt was sore. I don't think mine will ever again get sore from sitting in a bike.
And I'm with BillyD on tire pressures. But then my butt is decidedly not boney.
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Originally Posted by datlas
I reckon we all are. I hope that means you enjoy it and savor it more.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Oh pulleeze, he’s still a pup for crying out loud. There’s no way in the world anyone 30-anything should have aches and pains outside of injury. Aches and pains only become routine after 50 . . . . . . . there’s a whole sub forum here to testify to that.
Oh?
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Get yourself an app like iBird Plus. If it' not free it's a nominal one-time charge.
Watching this video I confirmed I'm surrounded by crows (not ravens), based upon their call, the way real birders do.

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Originally Posted by bampilot06
the fact that it’s maneuver validation we know the 4 hours is going to be non stop abuse. That’s about it.
That must be fun to design. When you crash, I'd have it smash the windshield, say "Game Over," and play this

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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
I volunteer to be the designated outlier here.
You're not the only one here, trust me, although I don't believe you have any geographical challengers atm.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
My favourite birds these days are the neighborhood crows. They caw back and forth when I'm walking. It amuses me.
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Watching this video I confirmed I'm surrounded by crows (not ravens)
They know who you are. They might not be cawing back and forth while you happen to be walking, but specifically because you are walking.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
They know who you are. They might not be cawing back and forth while you happen to be walking, but specifically because you are walking.
I love smart birds - there was a good documentary on that study. Another fun story is about a girl that regularly fed some crow/ravens (can't remember which). Anyway, the birds took a shine to the girl and started to bring her trinkets. I wish I had some crow friends like that.
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Originally Posted by datlas
I reckon we all are. I hope that means you enjoy it and savor it more.
Originally Posted by seedsbelize
"Hey everybody, let's have some fun,
you only live once cause when you're dead you're done"

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Originally Posted by abshipp
They know who you are. They might not be cawing back and forth while you happen to be walking, but specifically because you are walking.
My working assumption is that they like me.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
My working assumption is that they like me.
More likely they're debating whether it's worth the effort to take a mouse for a meal or not, what with the chasing and hiding and all.
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Dear me! I received a voicemail informing me that "my social security number has been suspended for some reasons." Whatever shall I do?!?!
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Originally Posted by datlas
Kudos, but you will NEVER catch up to the Saturn at that rate!
That's the plan.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
That's the plan.
All our cars are on borrowed time. I am hoping the Saturn outlives the kids' 2001 Maxima and mrs datlas' 2007 Odyssey. Any of them could go at any time now.
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Dear me! I received a voicemail informing me that "my social security number has been suspended for some reasons." Whatever shall I do?!?!
I think that you'd better call the number that they left and confirm your info with them. You may have to pay a fine/fee to get it back up and running, too, which I highly recommend.
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I think that you'd better call the number that they left and confirm your info with them. You may have to pay a fine/fee to get it back up and running, too, which I highly recommend.
I advise paying with Amazon gift cards. That way the government doesn't have your credit card info.
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Speaking of dying cars, RIP


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