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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 11-15-21, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Pfft. Tourney level map right there.
And yet it was the best map posted.
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I didn't shave today, or yesterday.

Will I shave tomorrow? TBD.
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Old 11-15-21, 07:33 PM
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No fun allowed.
Sad when I look at this pic and think how I never see any of these people anymore. I'm second from right, the guy third from right rode mountain bikes with me for a while. The guy third from left still races motorcycles and I think he is 70 now. I speak with him on the phone on rare occasions and chat with his wife on FB, (that's her next to him). They live up north.
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I feel the need to pull a muddy pic from the vault.

The end of a fun day exploring the neighborhood.
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Originally Posted by ls01
The Lord frowns upon things that are dirty.
I'm in big trouble.
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Old 11-15-21, 07:43 PM
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The Rams look awful again.

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I'm having fun right now.

No post-activity hose-down required.
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Originally Posted by big john
Hairy thunderer?
Naw. I just haven't seen a lot of compassion lately.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
I'm in big trouble.
reminds me of this.
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Naw. I just haven't seen a lot of compassion lately.
what about all those near misses? Coincidence or compassion? You decide.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I'm having fun right now.

No post-activity hose-down required.
of course you are. You're reading my quality posts which enlighten, educate and entertain.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
what about all those near misses? Coincidence or compassion? You decide.
The near misses I deal with are intentional. You decide.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
It's a good thing there's a sign at the border, because once you get on Route 7 out of Troy, it all feels like Vermont to me.
Me and you both.
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Saw this on a walk 2 Sundays ago. I'm thinking 71 or 72. Any old timers care to weigh in?

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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
That really narrows it down.
Here is the photo. The students were studying aeronautics, hence the shirts. No way to really narrow down the area a lot. I did find my old map from that part of the trip. We crossed the Illinois at Henry and rode through Wenona, Cornell, Odell, Cullom and Ashkum. I do remember that I went off route a bit to Streator and got a motel that night, so it must have been taken west of probably Ancona.


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Originally Posted by DougRNS
of course you are. You're reading my quality posts which enlighten, educate and entertain.
Nope.


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Originally Posted by DougRNS

If pictured lots are in line with yours, the mowing facepalm is even worse than I thought.
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Originally Posted by big john
Loosen up a little. Didn't you ever have fun in the dirt as a kid?
I was never into dirt.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Saw this on a walk 2 Sundays ago. I'm thinking 71 or 72. Any old timers care to weigh i
I guess 70.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
I was never into dirt.
Did you play sandlot ball?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
If pictured lots are in line with yours, the mowing facepalm is even worse than I thought.
this is about a mile from my house in the undisclosed northwest Metro Atlanta area.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I didn't shave today, or yesterday.
That’s the spirit, retirement practice.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
this is about a mile from my house in the undisclosed northwest Metro Atlanta area.
Small yard then. One a person should easily be able to do in its entirety without interruption.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Small yard then. One a person should easily be able to do in its entirety without interruption.
ok. I didn't understand what you were getting at.

This is in a different development with small lots. we looked at houses yesterday in anticipation of our eventual downsizing and saw some with lots that would take 10 minutes to cut at a maximum. Way too close together. #Decisions
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Some fun facts here on a fun fruit.

MoAlpha did you ever display a pineapple upon the completion of a voyage on the high seas? (Bonus: they prevent scurvy )

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