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Old 12-10-23, 08:38 PM
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It would be a feather in your cap if you were CA-US-CA
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That weather system on the east coast made for a very long day of flying.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol

It's probably closed on Christmas anyways.
You reckon a family of cityfolk pop in early Christmas Eve Day then get stuck there?

Sounds like a good one, but I'm not gonna look for it.

I'll go for a similarly themed flick - The Hateful Eight. Going for the extended version this time!

Possibly the best movie of this century.

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Old 12-10-23, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Dave Grusin did the music for that film.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I already know how you know.
That statement is generally rhetorical.

I am glad you kept up, however.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
It would be a feather in your cap if you were CA-US-CA
I actually haven't made it all the way to the west coast. Just to the "armpit of California."
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Oh, this looks extra cheesy. Sadly I don't see it @ YouTube right now. At least not under the proper title.

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Filmed in nearby Somerset, KY.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I actually haven't made it all the way to the west coast. Just to the "armpit of California."
You’ve been to Fresno?
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Or Visalia. Or Modesto.
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Correct answer is Needles, Blythe is acceptable too.
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Originally Posted by TMonk
Or Visalia. Or Modesto.
Isn’t everything from Bakersfield to Stockton all the same armpit?

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Correct answer is Needles, Blythe is acceptable too.
That’s the other armpit. We all have two.
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Old 12-11-23, 01:26 AM
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Lemoore... Huge feedlot to the north, huge goat dairy to the south. Had a son in law stationed at the NAS. They were so happy to get orders to somewhere else.
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Old 12-11-23, 06:09 AM
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Body Battery all the way up to a gaudy 38 this morning.
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Traversing the western lock of the Panama Canal as I write. Very hot and humid, ridiculously hot and humid.
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Old 12-11-23, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I’ve never seen that one. Looks good.
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Old 12-11-23, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Snowplows and such.

I do. That was in March. It's December. Decembers generally aren't very snowy. My readiness plan factors this in. #MOTD

We appear to be in the seventh zone, out of twelve. Poppycock.
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Old 12-11-23, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Traversing the western lock of the Panama Canal as I write. Very hot and humid, ridiculously hot and humid.
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Old 12-11-23, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Traversing the western lock of the Panama Canal as I write. Very hot and humid, ridiculously hot and humid.
Can you Strava it??
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Looks like I will have no problem reaching 5000 posts by year end. A significantly higher number than the kilometrage I’ve ridden this year.
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We went to Costco yesterday(because we were in the city with the car anyway), knowing full well what we were in for, and it didn’t disappoint. The lot wasn’t quite full and the shopping cart supply wasn’t quite drained. But there were likely less than a dozen carts available. Costco is a wonderful place to observe human behavior.
I have been in a Costco in the USA but one time, and I don’t remember mush about the experience.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Not the band fans.

How old is he?
83 years young
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Originally Posted by TMonk
Today was a chill, goofy, flannel over the spandex kinda mtb ride. Life's too short to be aero all the time.

I mostly goofed off in the local paths and small canyons. There was even some rogue hike-a-bike up some steep slopes. Doubles as an upper body workout.
My first time in Pisgah I got dragged up Black Mountain by folks at the shop I work at. Probably about 45 minutes of hiking - a significant portion would have been tough just hiking but was even more fun with a ~30lb mountain bike in tow.

But the view (and descent) was so worth it. When my friends from IL came down to visit I made them do the same thing




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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Snowplows and such.

I do. That was in March. It's December. Decembers generally aren't very snowy. My readiness plan factors this in. #MOTD

We're number one!!!

​​​​​​Readiness plan:
shovel : x
snow melting chemical: x
studded tires for bicycles: x
HTFU: x
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Also, I notice that you never mention them Bison. I hope they don't win the championship because it will encourage the <deleted> who want to spend huge amounts of money to move to BCS and become also rans.
#no_hand_egg
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Originally Posted by Eric F
You’ve been to Fresno?
Inland Empire.
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Traversing the western lock of the Panama Canal as I write. Very hot and humid, ridiculously hot and humid.
I'll trade.
Originally Posted by seedsbelize2
We appear to be in the seventh zone, out of twelve. Poppycock.
Incorrect. You're in the "doesn't receive the minimum amount of snow to qualify" zone.
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