Bike pic mission game, if anyone wants to play.
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I got a pic for this mission, but it turned out I didn't get close enough to the tombstone for the full name and years to be readable. I'll try again tomorrow morning, it isn't far out of my daily route.
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Dan
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Just checking to ensure cyccommute actually meant "infamous"...someone known for a bad quality or deed. Or if it can simply be someone "notable"...good or bad quality and/or deed?
Dan
Next: let’s go macabre. The grave (actual grave) of someone infamous. Local infamy is fine but tell their story.
Dan
Next: let’s go macabre. The grave (actual grave) of someone infamous. Local infamy is fine but tell their story.
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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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"Infamous"...no problem.
Dan
Next: let’s go macabre. The grave (actual grave) of someone infamous. Local infamy is fine but tell their story.
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Our most infamous are probably Lizzie Borden (acquitted) and John Hawthorne (convictor).
The cemeteries are currently closed to the public though.
-mr. bill
The cemeteries are currently closed to the public though.
-mr. bill
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Speaking of Alferd Packer, one of my ancestors was with the Packer party, but he took the advice of local Chief Ouray who told them the winters were too harsh to survive. My greatgreatgreat grandpa then became good friends with Chief Ouray and spent the winter safe with him. My ancestor then laid out the water system for the then non-existent town of Montrose, Colorado. There are places named for him in and around town. Maybe I wouldn't be here if Chief Ouray had not befriended my ancestor.
Sorry for the sidetrack.
Sorry for the sidetrack.
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Vasily Kononov
(from the Wikipedia entry)
The case was very public at the time, and lead to much antagonizing. In the Soviet and later also Russian rhetoric the only WWII war criminals were Nazis and their collaborants, and trying a decorated Soviet war veteran for crimes agianst humanity was unheard of - even unthinkable just ten years prior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassili_Kononov
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[...]was a Soviet partisan during during World War II, who was convicted by Latvian Supreme Court as a war criminal. He is the only former Soviet partisan convicted of crimes against humanity.
Kononov was convicted for his role in three deaths in Mazie Bati, a Latvian village where local inhabitants had denounced alleged partisans who were then killed by German troops. A short time later Kononov led a unit, posing as German Wehrmacht personnel, into the village and killed nine civilians, including three women, one in the late stages of pregnancy who was burned alive. A Latvian court declared the killing of the three women a war crime.
Kononov was convicted for his role in three deaths in Mazie Bati, a Latvian village where local inhabitants had denounced alleged partisans who were then killed by German troops. A short time later Kononov led a unit, posing as German Wehrmacht personnel, into the village and killed nine civilians, including three women, one in the late stages of pregnancy who was burned alive. A Latvian court declared the killing of the three women a war crime.
The case was very public at the time, and lead to much antagonizing. In the Soviet and later also Russian rhetoric the only WWII war criminals were Nazis and their collaborants, and trying a decorated Soviet war veteran for crimes agianst humanity was unheard of - even unthinkable just ten years prior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassili_Kononov
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Vasily Kononov
(from the Wikipedia entry)
The case was very public at the time, and lead to much antagonizing. In the Soviet and later also Russian rhetoric the only WWII war criminals were Nazis and their collaborants, and trying a decorated Soviet war veteran for crimes agianst humanity was unheard of - even unthinkable just ten years prior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassili_Kononov
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(from the Wikipedia entry)
The case was very public at the time, and lead to much antagonizing. In the Soviet and later also Russian rhetoric the only WWII war criminals were Nazis and their collaborants, and trying a decorated Soviet war veteran for crimes agianst humanity was unheard of - even unthinkable just ten years prior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassili_Kononov
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That's a great job on the mission, but I'd feel really weird "liking" such an awful story.
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Thank you! It's an early MTB. 1985 Fat Chance Competition, or Kicker. One of the only MTB frame builders on the east coast in the '80's. The exact model has been debated and it could be either as the company fulfilled many unique orders. 26" wheels, Maillard hubs laced to Araya RM-20's (not original) with some unmarked 2" knobbies from the 80's/90's that are still surprisingly supple. 20" frame.
If you ever see a bike with an under-the-chainstay u-brake like that, safe bet its '85-'88, they did not last long.
If you ever see a bike with an under-the-chainstay u-brake like that, safe bet its '85-'88, they did not last long.
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Not an entry.. file photo
First off, one of the things I enjoy about this thread is learning new history, terms, etc. I had no idea of the scope and actions of Soviet partisans in World War II.
Following is not an entry but since I "witnessed" it I'll post some file photos.
An acetylene leak at the Watson Manufacturing plant detonated in January of this year. That morning, the sky was overcast and I was on my way to work when I saw a bright reflection on the overcast. We'd had thunderstorms the day before but they'd passed and I thought it strange that there was lightning. After 10's of seconds, I heard a very loud sharp crack which sounded to me like explosives. I hadn't been counting seconds but I figured it had to be at least 2 miles east of me.
To make a long story short, I was about 3-1/2 miles from the blast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Houston_explosion
I went by about a week later and took some photos. [Not an entry; file photos and the plant was destroyed not abandoned.]
Street view looking NW from Gessner Road.
It was really bad.
Following is not an entry but since I "witnessed" it I'll post some file photos.
An acetylene leak at the Watson Manufacturing plant detonated in January of this year. That morning, the sky was overcast and I was on my way to work when I saw a bright reflection on the overcast. We'd had thunderstorms the day before but they'd passed and I thought it strange that there was lightning. After 10's of seconds, I heard a very loud sharp crack which sounded to me like explosives. I hadn't been counting seconds but I figured it had to be at least 2 miles east of me.
To make a long story short, I was about 3-1/2 miles from the blast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Houston_explosion
I went by about a week later and took some photos. [Not an entry; file photos and the plant was destroyed not abandoned.]
Street view looking NW from Gessner Road.
It was really bad.
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Araya must've been busy. Or maybe they still are? I bought a mid 90's Schwinn MTB from a family on FB and it has Araya rims too. I think the Bridgestone 400 I found for free does too. Yours is a very cool bike with a cool color scheme. I love seeing older bikes repurposed for some reason. I guess it's kind of like seeing older cars. I like that too. Even ones from the 80's and 90's. Those 80's cars are something. All boxy. I actually like seeing this era of cars more than classics cuz it's just different. Although the older cars are nice too. I think it's cuz the 80's and 90's cars bring back memories for me.
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More Araya
I also have some 27" (shows the age) arayas on my schwinn and they are GREAT rims. I know what you mean about repourposed things. I like the idea as well. For example, I am in the middle of a frame of resto on a '65 el camino, I am quite partial to that time period rather than the '80's.
Araya rim.
Sure enough, same rims on the 1990 Fuji Palisade that I'm rehabilitating.
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I also have some 27" (shows the age) arayas on my schwinn and they are GREAT rims. I know what you mean about repourposed things. I like the idea as well. For example, I am in the middle of a frame of resto on a '65 el camino, I am quite partial to that time period rather than the '80's.
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Oh wow, do I dare be so bold and go down a rabbit trail and ask for a pic of that beast? To be sure I'm not saying 80's cars are better looking than 60's car. I just like the memories they bring up. My daughter and I like to poke fun and laugh about now boxy a lot of 80's cars were. I mean, wow, it took a lot of imagination to shape some of them. Like an 80's Impala. I mean, it's like..... where's there design? Did they really pay someone to come up with that design? Anyone could do that. That being said, I still like them. LOL. All the big three were no better. I mean..... if gas mileage was the goal you would think it would've dawned on someone much earlier than it did that shaping cars like that would not be very efficient at cutting the wind. I mean it's not like other industries hadn't figured that out. What were they thinking????
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=...AAAAAdAAAAABAD
My top 3 pics of beautiful American Cars are 70 Camaro, 65 Mustang Fastback, and a 46 Ford, chopped a bit. There or other imports that are purdy too, obviously.
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Abandoned concrete factory
(edited to tweak the mission just a bit)
Next mission: An establishment with a compass direction in the name. (Examples: South Bend City Limit, Northgate Apartments, Westwood Shoping Center. If there are two directions in the name you are eligible for a bonus prize. Example: Northwestern University)
(edited to tweak the mission just a bit)
Next mission: An establishment with a compass direction in the name. (Examples: South Bend City Limit, Northgate Apartments, Westwood Shoping Center. If there are two directions in the name you are eligible for a bonus prize. Example: Northwestern University)
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No George Kaplan, no cropduster, no Eva Marie Saint
It's a pretty big sign. Claiming bonus prize.
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flange...good job on capturing TWO compass directions on one sign. The bonus prize...it's sorta like mailing in your lottery ticket that didn't win. Don't call us. We'll call you. Thanks for playing.
Dan
Next Mission: A fortification, like a coastal defense fort, an Old West stockade, a concrete gun bunker, as examples.
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I got up early this morning and rode Ginny to a park that is a former Nike missile base. The former Air Force buildings are still standing and have been repurposed as a recreation hall, senior center, and for other purposes. The county recently acquired a Nike missile that was surplus from another museum to use as a garden ornament.
Nike Missile
Old Air Force Buildings
Old Air Force Building
Concrete Pads over Old Missile Magazines
Nike Missile
Old Air Force Buildings
Old Air Force Building
Concrete Pads over Old Missile Magazines
#924
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Later in the morning, I took Bucephalus out of town for my favorite short time trial loop, which begins and ends at historic Fort Boykin, which is an earthen works fort that was started in the 1600s to defend the colonists against Indian attacks. The fort was expanded during the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. During those wars, the fort helped prevent enemy ships from travelling up the James River toward Richmond and Petersburg.
Welcome to Fort Boykin
Earthworks
James River Overlook
James River Shoreline
Welcome to Fort Boykin
Earthworks
James River Overlook
James River Shoreline
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If I won, the next mission is ...
Post a photo of a haunted mansion. (For the purposes of this mission, any large Victorian house will do.)
If I didn't win, never mind.
Post a photo of a haunted mansion. (For the purposes of this mission, any large Victorian house will do.)
If I didn't win, never mind.