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Great storefront! I learned something from it, too. When I saw "Fumetti" I was wondering why a comic book store would be selling smoking products!
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It is a comics store in my city, which is located in northern Italy.
Actually, "Fumetti" is the italian translation of the word "Comics". It refers to the fact that speech ballons actually resemble little clouds of smoke, "Fumo" in Italian. Hence the origin of the term "Fumetti", "little clouds of smoke".
The store sign actually reads:
Crazy Comics & Games
Comics and games (in Italian)
it's a bit of a repetition, but you have to consider that Italian people, generally speaking, are not so fond of foreign languages.
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It is a comics store in my city, which is located in northern Italy.
Actually, "Fumetti" is the italian translation of the word "Comics". It refers to the fact that speech ballons actually resemble little clouds of smoke, "Fumo" in Italian. Hence the origin of the term "Fumetti", "little clouds of smoke".
The store sign actually reads:
Crazy Comics & Games
Comics and games (in Italian)
it's a bit of a repetition, but you have to consider that Italian people, generally speaking, are not so fond of foreign languages.
Actually, "Fumetti" is the italian translation of the word "Comics". It refers to the fact that speech ballons actually resemble little clouds of smoke, "Fumo" in Italian. Hence the origin of the term "Fumetti", "little clouds of smoke".
The store sign actually reads:
Crazy Comics & Games
Comics and games (in Italian)
it's a bit of a repetition, but you have to consider that Italian people, generally speaking, are not so fond of foreign languages.
Yeah, I googled the fumetti part because I was so puzzled by it. Speaking of foreign languages, I am very pleasantly surprised that it was an Italian sign that the word "crazy" appeared in.
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Another fixed wing aircraft that has fallen on hard times at the local airport.
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Next mission: Local business establishment with wacky outside decorations, strange advertising signage, or goofy landscaping ornaments. Your definition of wacky or goofy is sufficient.
Example from my locale:
Example from my locale:
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Drat ! I haven't participated in a while and our group rides from an airport, so I knew I could get this one. I made the pic, so I'm adding on
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Next mission: Local business establishment with wacky outside decorations, strange advertising signage, or goofy landscaping ornaments.
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Next mission: Local business establishment with wacky outside decorations, strange advertising signage, or goofy landscaping ornaments.
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Next Mission: A sign containing the word "sanctuary."
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Next Mission: Something ironic, unusual or out of place.
An example would be this picture taken in Crapo Park while on mission assignment above post above. Several dear are grazing on the archery range in the park. Currently there is a limited/restricted deer hunting season in the park, bow and arrow only. It is the first in at least 20 years to thin out the herds of 'em in town.
Other examples would be: growing crops on a suburban lawn, mansion among shanties or the converse, skyscraper in the midst of short buildings or residences, etc.
An example would be this picture taken in Crapo Park while on mission assignment above post above. Several dear are grazing on the archery range in the park. Currently there is a limited/restricted deer hunting season in the park, bow and arrow only. It is the first in at least 20 years to thin out the herds of 'em in town.
Other examples would be: growing crops on a suburban lawn, mansion among shanties or the converse, skyscraper in the midst of short buildings or residences, etc.
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Better hope that cyccommute is still checking on this or I predict a Mr. Bill clause.
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The Eastern “Divide” is so cute...in a participation trophy kind of way
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Well, it's no Four Corners, but that's a pretty nice marker.
Might want to hurry, though. Just a matter of time before there's no water to divide in your region.
/Silly regional rivalries mode off.
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Anyway....Looks like it's your turn to come up with a mission.
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The mission is still one.
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Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
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Well you really broke the thread with that one, didn’t you? I don’t think we have gone 7 days without anything ever. I bit the bullet and did the damn ride for ya, you worthless, lazy gits!
There’s a section house at the top of the pass that has been refurbished.
On the plus side, I was doing nearly 30 mph on the way down and actually passed a car (which isn’t that hard on rough roads).
Since my ride was on an old rail bed where a section of track is still in place but it ends abruptly, the next mission is:
The end of the line. A road, rail or trail that ends abruptly because it has been abandoned or because it has been damaged by floods, landslides, or earth quakes.
There’s a section house at the top of the pass that has been refurbished.
On the plus side, I was doing nearly 30 mph on the way down and actually passed a car (which isn’t that hard on rough roads).
Since my ride was on an old rail bed where a section of track is still in place but it ends abruptly, the next mission is:
The end of the line. A road, rail or trail that ends abruptly because it has been abandoned or because it has been damaged by floods, landslides, or earth quakes.
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Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
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Turns out they couldn't just cancel, pesky laws and such, so GLX-the-reboot was to be built but without a bike path. Years of delays, the winning bid added back the bike path (yay!), sort of (boo).
Anyhow, someday a substandard path will link to North Point Park. But there will be a nice climb to a nice narrow bridge (currently built, just from nowhere to nowhere) with great views in the middle. At least there is commotion if not motion now.
Next Mission: Your bike with Hebrew Letters (so something in Yiddish counts too)
-mr. bill
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Hebrew Homage. Next: Skydiving
Congregation Or Ami
A couple of months ago on a Saturday morning at the Skiatook OK airport I had some skydivers glide over me. So...
Next Mission: Your bike and something associated with skydiving. Bonus points for actual skydivers in your pic.
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Adjusted Mission: Any air-related sport
Adjusted Mission: Your bike and something related to an air-related sport, such as skydiving, sailing, windsurfing, kite flying, etc.
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Next mission: location where you can vote in the next national election. May include polling station location, mailbox, drop box, post office, court house etc.
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