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06-23-21, 04:09 PM
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06-23-21, 04:09 PM
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They're going to need a bigger piece of equipment if they want to tear down the rest of that bridge in this manner! Maybe they could go around to the other side, run some chain around the remainder of the span and pull it off of that pier.
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06-23-21, 04:11 PM
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Beast! I hope I am this active when I achieve this young age.
06-23-21, 04:16 PM
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Just got home after another lovely 4 day trip. Big plans tomorrow morning. Riding from house to the scalpers starting point to join two friends. One is super familiar with the back roads between hampton and yorktown. Plan is ride with them, and then they will drop me off in Yorktown so I can take the parkway back home. It’s a 30 mile ride to get to the starting point. Should be fun, little worried about the traffic getting there. Not sure if I should take 60 or 143. Both don’t have shoulders and both are kind of busy.
06-23-21, 04:26 PM
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Lawn mowing and evening inversion activity achieved.
06-23-21, 04:56 PM
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06-23-21, 05:11 PM
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Not every question deserves an answer.
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06-23-21, 05:14 PM
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Sorry, should have made it "Cycling question for those who actually ride on the roads".
06-23-21, 05:21 PM
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06-23-21, 05:31 PM
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06-23-21, 05:38 PM
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06-23-21, 05:41 PM
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06-23-21, 05:52 PM
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06-23-21, 06:30 PM
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My cycling bee story is that about 6 years ago I was finishing a ride and a stinging insect (a yellow jacket wasp, but close enough to a bee) flew under my jersey and stung me a few times. This happens every few years, but this time I had a full body reaction. Ten minutes after the sting, my lips and tongue started to tingle, my entire body broke out in raised welts, and I had a feeling of impending doom. I got mrs datlas to take me to the ER and I got a shot of epinephrine which made me feel like my head was about to pop off, but did make the allergic reaction go away.
Anaphylaxis is not fun.
Anaphylaxis is not fun.
06-23-21, 06:37 PM
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06-23-21, 06:45 PM
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Sidewalks are for pedestrians.
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06-23-21, 07:00 PM
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Motorists like to chat about my e-bike while waiting for the light to change.
06-23-21, 07:03 PM
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I get anaphlaxis, or some similar reaction, from exposure to cigarette smoke. First comes the headache, then fluid on the lungs and hacking/coughing. My sinuses swell shut and then my eyes swell almost shut. If I go where people are smoking at night the next morning my eyes are very swollen. My ex told me my skin looked gray after breathing smoke all day at work.
For years I have had people tell me this is impossible, it's all in my head. Especially when they find out I used to smoke. It sucked working in an industry where workers smoked around me and it took a long time to convince my former employer that it was a real thing.
For years I have had people tell me this is impossible, it's all in my head. Especially when they find out I used to smoke. It sucked working in an industry where workers smoked around me and it took a long time to convince my former employer that it was a real thing.
06-23-21, 07:12 PM
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06-23-21, 07:29 PM
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”My name a Velo Vol. You vant have sexy time?”
06-23-21, 07:35 PM
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06-23-21, 07:39 PM
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Happy 50th Anniversary to Blue by Joni Mitchell.
06-23-21, 08:00 PM
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smelling the roses
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I think they're still around, but keep a very low profile. I don't see as many UPS trucks as I used to either. We have several good, national couriers but they don't seem to get the Amazon deliveries. Good idea on the FedMex. I'll pass it along if I get the opportunity. I don't tend to rub elbows with that class of people.
06-23-21, 08:07 PM
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06-23-21, 08:09 PM
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Apart from my bee to the lip at 35 mph experience on Sunday, most of my insect encounters involve small bugs in the mouth and the occasional larger bug into the helmet vents. A couple times, I could feel them crawling around on my scalp under the helmet, and more than once I stopped and let them out. It's one reason I wear a skull cap all the time now. That and no longer having enough hair to prevent sunburn.