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#9776
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,584
Bikes: Trek Emonda, Giant Propel, Colnago V3, Co-Motion Supremo, ICE VTX WC
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#9777
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,584
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#9778
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 51,715
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
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BITD, when cars had cheap steel wheels and hubcaps instead of alloy wheels, I think most folks who lived in snowy areas had their snow tires on a spare set of wheels. I know my folks did. My Dad took advantage of my desire to drive by "letting me" back the cars out of the garage and switch the tires.
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#9780
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 51,715
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
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#9781
Administrator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posts: 33,141
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
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Mrs BD switches to snows (tires only) every winter. I never did, i’m retired, so if the snow gets too deep for my 4WD I’m not going anywhere anyway. The last couple of years there’s been little need for snows or 4WD in this joke of a winter.
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#9782
Silver Comet Fred
This is the second comic drawing recently that I've not understood. Life is passing me by. Sad.
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Silver Comet Fred
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#9784
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 18,498
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
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My former BIL had a BSA. He had all the coolest vehicles, including that BSA, an MGB, and a red 1968 Mustang fastback with a 289.
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#9785
Silver Comet Fred
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**** Apple.
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#9786
Silver Comet Fred
I apologize for not alerting the thread participants of the flurry of high quality content i just posted.
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#9787
Silver Comet Fred
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#9788
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: 757
Posts: 11,357
Bikes: Madone, Emonda, 5500, Ritchey Breakaway
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windy this morning. Wind should not be a factor at 330 am.
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#9789
Silver Comet Fred
Not Roscoe but a cute, recently adopted dog that was at the shelter. Someone has given him a forever home and he will return the favor by giving unconditional love.
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#9791
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#9792
Silver Comet Fred
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Silver Comet Fred
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#9795
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Yucatán. México
Posts: 6,581
Bikes: 2022 Gt Avalanche
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Oh, you mean the one upthread. Same.
And, sad as it is to say, I doubt I will ever be easy with the pronoun ‘they’ when referring to a single person. It just rubs me the wrong way, though I fully understand why it is used. It is something I might have used once, in my rebellious ute.
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#9796
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: Yucatán. México
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I got my first two this year. An iPad and then a phone. I got the phone in the hope of it being more durable than the androids I’ve had. I got the iPad because it appeared my Chromebook died an early death, and I didn’t want to go down that road again. Turned out to be only an ‘upgrade’ . After the next upgrade it was fine again.
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#9798
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Join Date: May 2016
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My first was a Sears 106. My next, and last, was a 68 Honda 305. I sheared the shift lever off, riding it through a vacant lot. After a long rebuild, the fork got wiped out in an illegal left turn very shortly thereafter. I didn’t have the heart and parked it in the garage I was living in and left it behind when I left.
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#9799
Senior Member
My Dad used to take me slot car racing. I won a Honda S65 there (sweepstakes, not from skill). My Mom said no way your riding a motorcycle. A few years later she OK'd that ^.
At 18 I started racing motocross. My first bike was a Maico 400, back when there were no mufflers. First time I started it in the driveway, it scared the crap out of her.
At 18 I started racing motocross. My first bike was a Maico 400, back when there were no mufflers. First time I started it in the driveway, it scared the crap out of her.
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