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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 06-03-12, 06:03 PM
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We were out on a club ride this morning in Illinois. We were literally out in the middle of nowhere. We rounded a turn and I heard a loud MEOW from a storm drain. We stopped and saw a tiny kitten trapped in the drain. Several of us pried the grate up and I was able to reach in and pull the kitty out. We rode about a mile to a friends farm with the kitty in a handlebar bag. They had friends visiting and they immediately fell in love with him and took him home. GREAT RIDE!
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Old 06-03-12, 06:22 PM
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Old 06-03-12, 06:24 PM
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I didn't realize until just now that I laid my bike in the grass drive side down,
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Old 06-03-12, 06:32 PM
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I love kittens!
They're delicious!
Seriously, nice job!!!
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Old 06-03-12, 06:33 PM
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kewl. i like animals. i work at a vet hospital.

i don't like mean cats though (not good at handling them). hope yours don't turn out to be one. lolz
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Old 06-03-12, 06:41 PM
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Old 06-03-12, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by vermilionx
kewl. i like animals. i work at a vet hospital.

i don't like mean cats though (not good at handling them). hope yours don't turn out to be one. lolz
Unfortunately, our cat is only mean to the vet.
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Unfortunately, our cat is only mean to the vet.
we see a lot of those.

i let my other co-workers who are much better at handling them hold them.

i got a really bad bite a few years ago that my hand got infected bad enough that i had to be hospitalized.
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#102 A bicycle ride is never to be preceded, followed, or interrupted by a feline rescue operation, lest your average speed be determined a useless metric by which to measure your performance.


JK good job!
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animals are good. i never miss out on a chance to help one in need.
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Old 06-03-12, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Chickenstrip
#102 A bicycle ride is never to be preceded, followed, or interrupted by a feline rescue operation, lest your average speed be determined a useless metric by which to measure your performance.


JK good job!
I did a century ride yesterday and today's ride was very hilly. My average speed sucked anyway!
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Old 06-03-12, 09:38 PM
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What? a group of cyclists and none of you could slip through the storm drain? someone's been straying from their diet.

in all seriousness,
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Old 06-03-12, 10:04 PM
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It's nice you saved the trapped cat, but hopefully the new owners will keep the cat inside. Do some research on the devestation that house cats cause on wild birds and other animal populations, it's shocking.
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Old 06-04-12, 01:21 AM
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I have three cats; they are my family. Hearing stories like this are indeed heartwarming. You have some good Karma coming your way.
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From a dyed in the wool dog person.
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Originally Posted by Walter


From a dyed in the wool dog person.
I'm a dog person also. I coordinate several states for National Brittany Rescue and Adoption Network.
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Good on you! Love cats and dogs, have one of each. You did well.
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Awww fluffy kitty! Glad you stopped and rescued him.
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