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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 05-23-24, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I was not mowing at the time. And I would not intentionally mow a non-venomous snake. What kind of person do you think I am?
We had no choice when mowing that one hillside. Musta been about a half acre and since they only wanted to pay to mow it twice a month to keep the trees down that grass was tall as hell everytime we went there. They were slithering all over the place and about 3 would get the chop everytime we mowed.
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I have no idea why you should need a blood test for an ear exam.
They want urine too. Perhaps there was some miscommunication. Vamos a ver.
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I need to start rollin' like this on long rides

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Years ago I would be rollin like that on long rides
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol;[url=tel:23247925
23247925[/url]]I saw a snake.

~three feet long, black, slithering off the driveway into the ivy at church.

Hoo boy.
Kudos
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Thought I'd do a little shopping...

No dice on the Sram slides unfortunately

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Years ago I would be rollin like that on long rides
That's gotta be like 10 pounds on the bars.
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Old 05-23-24, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
That's gotta be like 10 pounds on the bars.
More incentive to drink 'em up quick!
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Whew, didn't hit 8k until 23:40. Cutting it close!

Nonetheless, 23 days.

Will be tested this weekend with 2 travel days and unknown activities.
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What's a trendy thing that friends/family do at graduations these days? I haven't been to one in a while.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol;[url=tel:23247989
23247989[/url]]Whew, didn't hit 8k until 23:40. Cutting it close!

Nonetheless, 23 days.

Will be tested this weekend with 2 travel days and unknown activities.
I will likely miss today due to the blood letting activity. By the time it’s done it will be too late to ride. Plus, as I was rolling it to the side a few minutes ago I noticed the pancake on the back
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol;[url=tel:23248123
23248123[/url]]What's a trendy thing that friends/family do at graduations these days? I haven't been to one in a while.
IHOP after?
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Old 05-24-24, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What's a trendy thing that friends/family do at graduations these days? I haven't been to one in a while.
Protest
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What's a trendy thing that friends/family do at graduations these days? I haven't been to one in a while.
Everyone goes out for tattoos.

: bday:
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Or it will be shortly
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Protest
it's been a few decades since that has been in vogue. But hey, kids these days have a right to be pissed. Minimum wage (and salary/wage earning across the board) has continually decreased with respect to the cost of things like getting an education, owning a home etc. The uber wealthy equity/asset owners are finding ways to hoard more money, and keep it.

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I want to get a tattoo of Picasso's Don Quixote, ya know the black scribble. Was the logo of the fine men's clothing store my abuelo (maternal side) owned/operated that he raised a family of 6 on. No ink on my body atm. Just not sure where it would go. Upper arm?
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Originally Posted by TMonk
I want to get a tattoo of Picasso's Don Quixote, ya know the black scribble. Was the logo of the fine men's clothing store my abuelo (maternal side) owned/operated that he raised a family of 6 on. No ink on my body atm. Just not sure where it would go. Upper arm?
I like inner bicep for something simple (although I'm planning on a more elaborate one on my currently empty right bicep). My wife and I got tattoos together after the last eclipse and I've been really happy with that placement. I got one on my chest when I was in college but this was my second. My bicep one is symmetrical, though, so you would need to decide in what orientation it would go.
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What's a trendy thing that friends/family do at graduations these days? I haven't been to one in a while.
I'm not sure but I guarantee it pisses me off.
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I wanted to tell you I was rooting for the Pacers the other night. At first it looked like they might get overwhelmed but they fought back again and again and took the game into OT. Would be great if they could get a split in Boston tonight.
Pacers coulda / shoulda won game one … committed a number of blunders at end of regulation

now Pacers could especially have a challenge if Haliburton is out or not 100%
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
Mavs vs Wolves. This implies that the Wolves took out the Nuggets.

#livesunderarock
They did, as predicted.
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F1 dude looks like he gets some time out in the sun cycling himself!
I just remembered...Valtteri Bottas finished 6th at a gravel race in South Africa earlier this year, and qualified to race in the UCI World Championships (age group category).
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I guess I thought your favorite team was whoever was playing Boston.
Reggie Miller’s team is no friend of mine. I am amongst those Knicks fans who still remember Reggie Miller’s choke gesture from way back when. I hate him. I think I might even go so far as to root for Boston to beat his old team.
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