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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 08-22-21, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Mrs Abshipp's AC has once again stopped working in her car. 2012 Ford Escape.

Seems like every 1.5-2 weeks it stops working.
You know what they say, fix or repair daily.
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Old 08-22-21, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
We're only about 1.25 miles from the nearest horse, dunno if I'd call it the boondocks though.
Once you reach the horse, does this apply?
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And by boondocks I mean you can go for a long ride and not have any traffic lights or traffic to speak of. You might even lose your cellular signal for a bit.
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Old 08-22-21, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Why do you ask?
Demographic survey.
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Old 08-22-21, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Once you reach the horse, does this apply?
Still another mile or so 'til you get to the sweet sweet gravel



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Originally Posted by bampilot06
windows down, speed 55 mph. Problem solved.



I don’t have AC either. It sucks.
Lots of traffic here unfortunately. Makes things pretty miserable
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
We're only about 1.25 miles from the nearest horse, dunno if I'd call it the boondocks though.
We're surrounded by horses.
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Old 08-22-21, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
You know what they say, fix or repair daily.
It was super reliable until we moved here

Cars are dumb.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Once you reach the horse, does this apply?
Two miles from the nearest traffic light.
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Old 08-22-21, 08:13 PM
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No road, no problem.

Post-harvest ride in the South fields, BITD.
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Old 08-22-21, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06



I don’t have AC either. It sucks.
I couldn't do it. The worst is being stuck in traffic when it's 100 with no A/C.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Cars are dumb.
We know.

Originally Posted by rjones28
No road, no problem.
What happened to the road?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
We know.


What happened to the road?
Nothing. There never was a road.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
We're surrounded by horses.
Peee Yew.
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2.8 miles to the nearest feed and tack.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
We're surrounded by horses.
so you're in the horse latitudes? I thought that was further south.
Reminds me of this. Not for Velo Vol
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Nothing. There never was a road.
How did the harvester get there?
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Old 08-22-21, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Peee Yew.
When I lived in the mountains a guy wanted to build a house near the community stables. The association made him sign an agreement to never sue over the smell.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Yes.

The second one will turn you into a preacher.

im usually at 1 bottle per 10 miles during the summer.
Can't even comprehend a second one. Trips the Circuit breaker in my brain.
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Back in CDT and catching up:

Live on the edge of the boondocks. Nearest horse is 0.6 mi west, nearest corn/bean field is 0.1 mi. west as the crow flies.
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Originally Posted by big john
When I lived in the mountains a guy wanted to build a house near the community stables. The association made him sign an agreement to never sue over the smell.
I used to go to county zoning and board meetings and witnessed the same only it was usually for hogs, cows, chickens, turkeys, etc. We don’t have a large horse population in my county.
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You fall behind in CDT.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
How did the harvester get there?
Magic
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Magic
You have a road, you just chose not to use it. Weird.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Why? Any experience?

It did have an amazingly low cargo area floor and great rear seat folding. She also liked the simple cockpit.
With the Fit, the fuel tank is under the drivers seat, freeing up much space in the cargo area. I can't speak to the hrv, though they look almost identical
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