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01-29-24, 06:03 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 2,233
Posted By mr_bill

In the land of Boston potholes, I have yet to...

In the land of Boston potholes, I have yet to grab the front brakes.

So your useful advice is more or less, really?

Get off your saddle if you can is the only, only, only, useful advice.
...
01-18-24, 08:59 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,432
Posted By mr_bill

My minister said it’s okay to say it’s not fair....

My minister said it’s okay to say it’s not fair. I asked if it’s okay to say it’s effed up.

I’m so sorry.

-mr. bill
12-12-23, 08:57 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,432
Posted By mr_bill

People with cancer call stress before a test...

People with cancer call stress before a test “scanxiety,” because we get CT scanned, MRI’d, bone scanned, PET scanned, etc.

But the same thing happens with stress before blood tests, ECGs, and...
11-14-23, 01:08 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,473
Posted By mr_bill

I've ridden in 90+ degree weather in the past....

I've ridden in 90+ degree weather in the past. I've never found them uncomfortably warm, and when the sun is shining bright, can actually be cooler than naked arms.

I can believe the hint about...
10-05-23, 07:29 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 350
Posted By mr_bill

I’m somewhat curious what your doc said on...

I’m somewhat curious what your doc said on Tuesday.

The 21st Century Cures Act mandates medical providers immediately provide to their patients nearly all test results and clinical notes.

This...
09-19-23, 02:00 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 20,611
Posted By mr_bill

There's no doubt that someday I will ride a bike...

There's no doubt that someday I will ride a bike not like the one I ride now.

While past results is no guarantee of future performance, this knee scooter was my ride a few years ago:
...
09-15-23, 09:29 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 20,611
Posted By mr_bill

So a brief update. I am a member of the...

So a brief update.

I am a member of the "stable disease" club. The benefits include but are not limited to seeing my oncologist only once every three months.

My testosterone remains...
08-30-23, 03:33 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,287
Posted By mr_bill

A humorless poster attempted to turn this into...

A humorless poster attempted to turn this into the everlasting gobstopper thread.

So much time, so little to do.

-mr. bill
08-30-23, 07:25 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,892
Posted By mr_bill

Andrew Bohm...

Andrew Bohm (https://medicine.tufts.edu/news-events/news/passing-andrew-bohm-professor-and-postdoctoral-officer)

-mr. bill
08-27-23, 09:21 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,287
Posted By mr_bill

Without comment... ...

Without comment...

https://i.imgur.com/tZAHbjo.jpg

-mr. bill
08-13-23, 07:09 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,758
Posted By mr_bill

The "non-standard" sign is an approved alternate...

The "non-standard" sign is an approved alternate sign.

R10-23a (https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/interpretations/4_09_61.htm)

-mr. bill
07-31-23, 03:04 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 4,094
Posted By mr_bill

Mangus White gofundme...

Mangus White gofundme (https://gofund.me/2a29a387)

-mr.bill
07-31-23, 11:40 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,624
Posted By mr_bill

In Louisiana, “neutral ground” = Indiana’s...

In Louisiana, “neutral ground” = Indiana’s “median.”

-mr. bill
07-31-23, 11:35 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,624
Posted By mr_bill

If only there was someone is Louisiana whose job...

If only there was someone is Louisiana whose job was to answer questions about interpretations of law?

(That would be Jeff Landy’s office, the Attorney General.)

It’s also my experience my...
07-26-23, 05:58 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,624
Posted By mr_bill

p.s. Only truck traffic and emergency vehicles...

p.s. Only truck traffic and emergency vehicles are allowed on Veterans some of Mardi Gras day.

-mr. bill
07-26-23, 05:51 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,624
Posted By mr_bill

Wrong question. U-turn on Red permitted in...

Wrong question. U-turn on Red permitted in Louisiana? (https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=88198#)



Why yes, yes it is.

-mr. bill
06-23-23, 02:54 PM
Replies: 3,846
Sticky 65-85+ Thread
Views: 657,782
Posted By mr_bill

[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] Well, now I'm 65+. ...

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Well, now I'm 65+.

In seven years, Gen X will begin to arrive.

-mr. bill
06-22-23, 09:40 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,047
Posted By mr_bill

Right Hook

Technically, they timed the light perfectly and beat me off the line.
(They did signal with bent left arm a second behind me.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5pQGVroVFU

-mr. bill
Forum: Northeast
06-21-23, 02:55 PM
Replies: 11,159
Views: 1,448,781
Posted By mr_bill

Brief Pill&Ills update: Still on my drugs...

Brief Pill&Ills update:

Still on my drugs for my Stage 4 Prostate Cancer. It remains "castration sensitive," which is great news.

Next oncology appointment is not until August, and no scans in...
05-31-23, 09:55 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,353
Posted By mr_bill

Part five. (Stairs are why light bikes are nice.)

Part five. (Stairs are why light bikes are nice.)
05-31-23, 09:54 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,353
Posted By mr_bill

Part four. (Oh, in the before times, this is not...

Part four. (Oh, in the before times, this is not even close to how I would get there from here.)
05-31-23, 09:53 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,353
Posted By mr_bill

Part three. (BTW, Kermit Green is wonderful,...

Part three. (BTW, Kermit Green is wonderful, except while it is being applied. Boy that stuff smells.)
05-31-23, 09:51 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,353
Posted By mr_bill

Part two:

Part two:
05-31-23, 09:48 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,353
Posted By mr_bill

I'm going to quote myself in the next few replies...

I'm going to quote myself in the next few replies from another thread. They are a commentary of what a difference bike infrastructure, bike paths, bike lanes, sharrows, etc made/make in my life.
...
04-07-23, 06:32 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 3,957
Posted By mr_bill

Teaching hospitals are fun. I’m being...

Teaching hospitals are fun.

I’m being prepped for achilles tendon surgery.

Intern is doing their second nerve block on a leg. My leg.

First Doc is making sure rule number one is followed,...
04-06-23, 06:38 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,382
Posted By mr_bill

It absolutely doesn’t. The light language is...

It absolutely doesn’t. The light language is nearly identical to the youth helmet law, well tested and settled.

You go into court claiming negligence you will fail.

(While I’m not a lawyer,...
04-06-23, 06:12 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,382
Posted By mr_bill

Sigh. We were all well aware for the FOUR...

Sigh.

We were all well aware for the FOUR YEARS it took to pass this law.

The four foot law has already been well publicized in local media. That won’t reach anyone who gets all their “news”...
01-31-23, 08:37 PM
Replies: 309
Views: 30,607
Posted By mr_bill

Multiple threat crossing. We lose so many...

Multiple threat crossing.

We lose so many people to this DESIGN FLAW.

People who call pedestrians meat pylons blather about Darwin Awards.

-mr. bill
01-25-23, 09:22 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 20,611
Posted By mr_bill

Maybe I should update. They took me off...

Maybe I should update.

They took me off treatment at the end of 2021 due to very rare cognitive side effects.
All indications were all the local treatments worked, there was no evidence of...
01-02-23, 08:39 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,031
Posted By mr_bill

Misdemeanor....

Misdemeanor. (https://bikinginla.com/tag/matthew-peter-keenan/)

-mr. bill
12-20-22, 02:17 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,528
Posted By mr_bill

An interesting question - can you plagiarize an...

An interesting question - can you plagiarize an AI? (Actually, an uninteresting question.)
Will you get caught if you ask ChatGPT to compose your essay? (Yes. Almost certainly. Just like you can get...
11-30-22, 11:37 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 744
Posted By mr_bill

Clarendon Ave is part of the longstanding...

Clarendon Ave is part of the longstanding Cambridge/Somerville border wars. At the Somerville border, it turns one way (Somerville outbound only). It is essentially a dead end street in one block, so...
11-22-22, 12:14 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 744
Posted By mr_bill

In Cambridge (our fair city) MA, accessible...

In Cambridge (our fair city) MA, accessible parking places remain on the curb, and people on bicycles slalom around them...
11-18-22, 11:58 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,814
Posted By mr_bill

"Community Resolutions provide an opportunity for...

"Community Resolutions provide an opportunity for the police to deal with appropriate low level offences and offenders without recourse to formal criminal justice sanctions.
This could include a...
11-15-22, 09:00 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,008
Posted By mr_bill

Patterson Rd and Hwy 6...

Patterson Rd and Hwy 6 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.8132368,-95.6449552,3a,75y,286.06h,79.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srcl4n4c-EsXgDbqYFc-szg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e3)

-mr. bill
11-14-22, 08:47 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,173
Posted By mr_bill

Infrastructure induces demand. -mr. bill

Infrastructure induces demand.

-mr. bill
10-17-22, 01:06 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,961
Posted By mr_bill

Just fyi, it is all road deaths/100,000...

Just fyi, it is all road deaths/100,000 population.

Now back to our regularly scheduled diversions from the point.

-mr. bill
Forum: Northeast
10-04-22, 07:07 PM
Replies: 11,159
Views: 1,448,781
Posted By mr_bill

I can still be surprised on the Minuteman: ...

I can still be surprised on the Minuteman:

https://youtu.be/cgO2w6iXR8Y

-mr. bill
09-29-22, 02:40 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 5,470
Posted By mr_bill

However, in all seriousness. If you do have...

However, in all seriousness.

If you do have a low resting heart rate, let the folks who "twilight" you know before your "minor" medical procedure starts. They'll thank you.

(For more major...
09-29-22, 02:15 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 6,112
Posted By mr_bill

Proving your starry-eyed spouse is dead doesn't...

Proving your starry-eyed spouse is dead doesn't require a GoPro. But you knew that, didn't you?

-mr. bill
09-29-22, 02:08 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 6,112
Posted By mr_bill

The starry-eyed among us are those [singular...

The starry-eyed among us are those [singular those] who think they [singular they] can call up their [singular their] insurance companies and say "I want money."

-mr. bill
09-29-22, 01:46 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 6,112
Posted By mr_bill

"Rarely are we as lucky to have a client with a...

"Rarely are we as lucky to have a client with a “Go Pro” or other device upon their bike but, when THEY [emphasis mine, not singular they, plural they] do, it can be as good as gold."

But what...
09-29-22, 10:53 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 6,112
Posted By mr_bill

Your sales pitch left out Short Term Disability...

Your sales pitch left out Short Term Disability insurance and Long Term Disability Insurance.

You won't believe this "salesman" either, don't know why I bother....
09-23-22, 01:03 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,582
Posted By mr_bill

Sigh. The world isn’t binary, and bicycles are...

Sigh. The world isn’t binary, and bicycles are usually smaller than automobiles. But even drivers need to be careful.

People *MAY* have trouble seeing. Be careful out there.
08-23-22, 08:04 PM
Replies: 445
Views: 14,311
Posted By mr_bill

So, for those having trouble following the...

So, for those having trouble following the alleged conversation:

https://i.imgur.com/8mtA5N8.jpg

-mr. bill
08-22-22, 11:12 AM
Replies: 445
Views: 14,311
Posted By mr_bill

In keeping with the signal to noise ratio on this...

In keeping with the signal to noise ratio on this thread has been flushed to zero.

Not noise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJuyn0WAYNI

-mr. bill
08-04-22, 09:49 AM
Replies: 236
Views: 10,004
Posted By mr_bill

Just a few observations. The people who...

Just a few observations.

The people who fetched his sandal and provided him with a cooler to sit on are everyday heroes. Kudos.

The only person who drove through the intersection at the speed...
07-19-22, 02:21 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 3,371
Posted By mr_bill

18 thoughtless replies to this thread. Good day...

18 thoughtless replies to this thread. Good day sir.

-mr. bill
07-19-22, 01:56 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 3,371
Posted By mr_bill

p.s. You know what Idaho State Police called this...

p.s. You know what Idaho State Police called this "accident"?

Vehicle vs Bicycle Fatality Crash on US93, North of Jackpot, NV...
07-19-22, 01:48 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 3,371
Posted By mr_bill

OK, I've had enough of this sophistry showing up...

OK, I've had enough of this sophistry showing up every single time.

The NTSB is required by statute to issue "accident" reports.



Accident reports are a subset of "Investigation Reports" -...
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