Ping pong thread Odd jobs and things you have done
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Ping pong thread Odd jobs and things you have done
Ok not strictly bike related but very C&V people related
1) name a couple of unusual jobs you have had
2) some thing else you have done that not a lot of people have
3) high school mascot
for me
1) Looked for Icebergs, back up mortician's driver
2) Luge
3) Sugarbeeters
1) name a couple of unusual jobs you have had
2) some thing else you have done that not a lot of people have
3) high school mascot
for me
1) Looked for Icebergs, back up mortician's driver
2) Luge
3) Sugarbeeters
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3: Bullpups
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Chuck M did You go to Hanford High in the Central Valley of CA? I can’t imagine there was another school with a mascot of the bullpups?
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Chuck M did You go to Hanford High in the Central Valley of CA? I can’t imagine there was another school with a mascot of the bullpups?
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