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Old 11-25-21, 02:01 PM
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Throwback Thursday

Back then we had to know a thing or two; there wasn't the money to do different.

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Old 11-25-21, 02:46 PM
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"Including Foreign Bikes"

Or as we call them now, bikes
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Old 11-25-21, 05:14 PM
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I was good in that 308-step sequence until about 175.
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Old 11-25-21, 06:14 PM
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I'm told by family I look amazingly like the young man at that age. So to further the story:
It was great. We lost touch after H.S. and she went to college. Never heard from her again

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Old 11-25-21, 08:58 PM
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She's probably thinking, "Left to loosen, you dip."
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