OK. Life is getting really, really strange...
05-02-20, 12:13 AM
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OK. Life is getting really, really strange...
I was watching "The Shooter" on TNT, and an ad comes on for "Etsy". I'd heard it before but not seen it from the begining, It's a crafty marketplace, right - a bit surprising, not the target audience, I thought, but probably a result of buying big blocks of ad time. I hope I am boring you to tears, as I was... until I actually watched the ad from the begining. There is a shot of a guy with white hair who is working on what looks like a custom steel bicycle frame.I dunno, maybe it's hipster bamboo or something. As jarring (but this one in a good way) as Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" used as the sound track for cruise ship ads the last couple of years.
Hand-made bikes rule.
Hand-made bikes rule.
05-02-20, 01:01 AM
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And they offer classic cycling moments!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/6941618..._click=1&frs=1
Might be kinda cool if it were like Needful Things. You know, you touch it, and you're transported back in time...
https://www.etsy.com/listing/6941618..._click=1&frs=1
Might be kinda cool if it were like Needful Things. You know, you touch it, and you're transported back in time...
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05-02-20, 08:36 AM
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The guy working on the bike frame is doing some hand painting. I think wood grain.
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Nothing like getting on a cruise ship and coming off with a heroin addiction!!!
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Commence to jigglin’ huh?!?!
"But hey, always love to hear from opinionated amateurs." -says some guy to Mr. Marshall.
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I love Etsy for its insane collection of patches and pins, which I use on my saddlebags.
05-02-20, 05:35 PM
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I asked on The Paceline who is the guy painting the bicycle frame? I thought he might have been an American colleague I had never met. He is from New Zealand. Here is more about him: https://blog.etsy.com/en/process-woodgrain-bike-frames/
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