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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-04-04 11:13 PM
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Man, did *I* ever feel out of place!
Went to a festival in a town over by the state line today, and I think I was the only man there w/o a 60-inch gut, no tatoos, and one of the few not draggging an oxygen tank behind him or riding a scooter....

But I could have gotten a year's adult RDA of grease in one spot, if I had been so inclined. Pork chop sandwich was good, as always, though!
Yum! Lean, grilled pork chop!
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-04-04 11:50 PM
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1. I had a great moment
today, my old neighbor's kid Johnny dropped by.
He had brought with him a 12 speed lugged steel 70's vintage road bike
he bought for $10 bucks at a thrift shop. Non indexed shifting, looked like first generation cotterless cranks. The rear mech was the old Shimano simplex clone. Bulletproof.

It replaced a double suspension dimestore bike that he rode to pieces.
I tightened the wheel bearings a bit, and gave the front Derailleur a bit of adjustment, aired up the tires and off he went.

Nice kid, 17 now, and still into bikes (he figured out the only kind of car he can afford is non functional). But now he is giving up curb hopping, and is learning how a road bike handles. Next I will talk him into toe tins. But for now, back to getting him to wear the helmet.
Since he broke his elbow last year he seems to have gotten the whole safety thing a bit better.


But back to you. I hope you enjoyed the porkchop, and enjoyed being fit, in a world of flab.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-04-04 11:51 PM
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2. lol
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 12:41 AM
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3. Cute post -- you made me laugh. :)
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 12:50 AM
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4. Was it a
Greece Festival? :D
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