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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 09-24-21, 02:57 PM
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No washouts on my ride. No sun all morning either, so sweet.

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Originally Posted by indyfabz
You think I’m out here on the road playing with photoshop?
No more nonsensical than someone spray painting that on an underwater slab in the middle of the boondocks.
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Old 09-24-21, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric F
My cats have made me bleed a lot more often than my dogs.
scratches > bites
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Old 09-24-21, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
scratches > bites
I have been bitten by cats, in anger, way more often than dogs.
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I try very hard not to overexpose myself. One can get arrested for that.
And live in infamy forever on the bike offender registry!
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
scratches > bites

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My neighborhood is filled with walkers and dogs and the dogs are all friendly but one widow has two Labrador retrievers and walks them several times a day. One of the two, howls at me if I’m in the garage or yard and even on my bike until I stop and pet him. And, if I don’t pet him long enough, he continues to howl until I do. It’s both heartwarming and annoying at the same time.
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Old 09-24-21, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
My neighborhood is filled with walkers and dogs and the dogs are all friendly but one widow has two Labrador retrievers and walks them several times a day. One of the two, howls at me if I’m in the garage or yard and even on my bike until I stop and pet him. And, if I don’t pet him long enough, he continues to howl until I do. It’s both heartwarming and annoying at the same time.
He loves you.
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Old 09-24-21, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
My neighborhood is filled with walkers and dogs and the dogs are all friendly but one widow has two Labrador retrievers and walks them several times a day. One of the two, howls at me if I’m in the garage or yard and even on my bike until I stop and pet him. And, if I don’t pet him long enough, he continues to howl until I do. It’s both heartwarming and annoying at the same time.

Like that.
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Old 09-24-21, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric F
I have been bitten by cats, in anger, way more often than dogs.
My cat inflicted a severe bite on my arm when I first got him. It might be why he got dumped in my area but he got over it.
I had a Doberman once and the stupid cat bit me worse than the dobie ever did.
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Old 09-24-21, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
My neighborhood is filled with walkers and dogs and the dogs are all friendly but one widow has two Labrador retrievers and walks them several times a day. One of the two, howls at me if I’m in the garage or yard and even on my bike until I stop and pet him. And, if I don’t pet him long enough, he continues to howl until I do. It’s both heartwarming and annoying at the same time.
Retrievers, man. They are the lovingest dogs.
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Old 09-24-21, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
My neighborhood is filled with walkers and dogs and the dogs are all friendly but one widow has two Labrador retrievers and walks them several times a day. One of the two, howls at me if I’m in the garage or yard and even on my bike until I stop and pet him. And, if I don’t pet him long enough, he continues to howl until I do. It’s both heartwarming and annoying at the same time.
Kind of like Vol but not heartwarming.
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Old 09-24-21, 04:58 PM
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Ava The Tapping Pei crossed the Rainbow Bridge last night. Sad. She was quite the celebrity in the Shar Pei world.

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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
My neighborhood is filled with walkers and dogs and the dogs are all friendly but one widow has two Labrador retrievers and walks them several times a day. One of the two, howls at me if I’m in the garage or yard and even on my bike until I stop and pet him. And, if I don’t pet him long enough, he continues to howl until I do. It’s both heartwarming and annoying at the same time.
He clearly knows exactly what buttons to push to get what he wants. Good boy!
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Ava The Tapping Pei crossed the Rainbow Bridge last night. Sad. She was quite the celebrity in the Shar Pei world.

Can you tuck me in, Mommy? - YouTube
Aww.

Until she got too old, and couldn't make it up the stairs to sleep in our bedroom, Lucy used to come over to say goodnight to me when I got in bed, every single night and no matter what time it was. I could come home at 2am and, and she'd be sleeping in her bed, but she'd pop up as soon as I sat on my bed, and she'd come over and visit with me for 10 seconds to end the day.
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Old 09-24-21, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Time to mow.
You do a lot of mowing.
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Old 09-24-21, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Incorrect.
What's going on in Cobb County this weekend? Don't you have one or two installments of mowing to do?
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What's going on in Cobb County this weekend? Don't you have one or two installments of mowing to do?
Grass has stopped growing. I'm not complaining. Mrs. DougRNS is on a weekend with the girls (old biddies) from church so it's me and Roscoe fighting tooth and nail for most awesome of the house.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What's going on in Cobb County this weekend? Don't you have one or two installments of mowing to do?
That's the Northwest Metro Atlanta area as far as you are concerned.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
You do a lot of mowing.
Another productive week. Many things done.
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Grass has stopped growing.
Grass grows on in the quasi north due to abundant rainfall.
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That's the Northwest Metro Atlanta area as far as you are concerned.
Normal people call it Cobb County.
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Originally Posted by Eric F
Zero burglars (or other people with malicious intent) are scared off by the sound of a cat meowing, or sitting silently in the window.
My sweet calico kitty in her fortress of solitude, whenever the vacuum is run:



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Today is a 5 and I'm on pain meds.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Aww.

Until she got too old, and couldn't make it up the stairs to sleep in our bedroom, Lucy used to come over to say goodnight to me when I got in bed, every single night and no matter what time it was. I could come home at 2am and, and she'd be sleeping in her bed, but she'd pop up as soon as I sat on my bed, and she'd come over and visit with me for 10 seconds to end the day.
It's stuff like that that leave a mark. We'll never forget each and every one of them.
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Last night on the road in Upper Black Eddy, PA. Metric century tomorrow to my local for a celebratory bourbon.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Grass has stopped growing. I'm not complaining. Mrs. DougRNS is on a weekend with the girls (old biddies) from church so it's me and Roscoe fighting tooth and nail for most awesome of the house.
I know you'll be putting up a good fight to try and unsuccessfully unseat Roscoe.
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