Vermont cycling

Zippy the Pinhead wrote in message ws.com...
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 20:34:23 +0200, "trg"
wrote:

And what do the pickup guys say? I never have been able to understand it.
Are these the same people who make announcements in train stations? Are they
just practicing for their day job?

They all want to do TV commercials for Oxi-Clean and The Dent Doctor.

There is one more species that often passes me riding in the farming
area's of Sanford, FL. There are some, I wish, rare types with there
pickups dragging there air boats behind, especially this time of year
(gator season). As I'm riding on a lonesome road some will be in the
other lane coming in my direction and cross the center lane to come as
close as possible. It's not the truck that worries me as much as the
air boat trailer behind them that is swirving with it's wider than
normal wheel base. This is a game of chicken that I just can't win.

Rick Onanian wrote:

Am I the only person in the world who would ever
consider wearing a hat for such things as head
warmth or sun protection?

I wear a hat backwards to protect my neck from
getting sunburned. If I expect to face the sun more
of the time, I turn it forwards.
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I've got just the thing for you. If you go to a shop where they
sell "Ultimate Fred" accessories, you can buy a cap that's got a bill on
the front and one on the back. This is more often seen on hipsters such
as English birdwatchers, but why not as a practical piece of gear for
bikers? Imagine the appreciative remarks one of these would generate
from passing Rednecks.

Steve McDonald

(Steve McDonald) wrote:

I wear a hat backwards to protect my neck from
getting sunburned. If I expect to face the sun more
of the time, I turn it forwards.

I've got just the thing for you. If you go to a shop where they
sell "Ultimate Fred" accessories, you can buy a cap that's got a bill on
the front and one on the back. This is more often seen on hipsters such
as English birdwatchers, but why not as a practical piece of gear for
bikers? Imagine the appreciative remarks one of these would generate
from passing Rednecks.

And to promote it, we can get a fictional Victorian detective to wear one!

Garrison Hilliard, who has never stalked a deer in one...

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:14:16 -0700 (PDT), Steve McDonald
wrote:
Am I the only person in the world who would ever
consider wearing a hat for such things as head
warmth or sun protection?

I've got just the thing for you. If you go to a shop where they
sell "Ultimate Fred" accessories, you can buy a cap that's got a bill on
the front and one on the back. This is more often seen on hipsters such

I've seen those. They are ultimate fred, and
further, they are really useless -- if you need
front and back protection, you also need
protection for the ears.

That's why I wear the hat with the brim all the
way around at such times.

as English birdwatchers, but why not as a practical piece of gear for
bikers? Imagine the appreciative remarks one of these would generate
from passing Rednecks.

Well, I really meant in the context of doing
such things as fishing or working, not when
on a bicycle...

Steve McDonald
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Rick Onanian

"Garrison Hilliard" wrote in message
...

(Steve McDonald) wrote:

I wear a hat backwards to protect my neck from
getting sunburned. If I expect to face the sun more
of the time, I turn it forwards.

I've got just the thing for you. If you go to a shop where they
sell "Ultimate Fred" accessories, you can buy a cap that's got a bill on
the front and one on the back. This is more often seen on hipsters such
as English birdwatchers, but why not as a practical piece of gear for
bikers? Imagine the appreciative remarks one of these would generate
from passing Rednecks.

And to promote it, we can get a fictional Victorian detective to wear one!

Garrison Hilliard, who has never stalked a deer in one...

Oh, is he talking about deerstalkers?

The only Englishman I've ever seen wearing one was a quite psychotic fellow.
Absolute loon.

He wore it so that people would get unpleasant comments so that he could
start fights.

My pickup ain't yeller...its red!

Just kidding

Dave in Minnesota

Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:48:16 -0400, ,
Rick Onanian wrote:


I've seen those. They are ultimate fred, and
further, they are really useless -- if you need
front and back protection, you also need
protection for the ears.

Every deerstalker I've seen does have ear-laps.
--
zk

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:03:32 GMT, Dave Jackson
wrote:
My pickup ain't yeller...its red!

Drat, and double drat! I've had something
like that formulating in the back of my
head since the first post in this thread,
but never quite came up with it...

Dave in Minnesota
--
Rick Onanian

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:17:33 -0700, Zoot Katz
wrote:
front and back protection, you also need
protection for the ears.

Every deerstalker I've seen does have ear-laps.

That wouldn't be those silly fred-ish double
sided baseball caps, then; that would be a
hunting hat. I'd wear one if it was cold, but
I wouldn't want my head to be drenched in
sweat on a hot day.

--
Rick Onanian

"Steve McDonald" wrote in message
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Will the Internet eventually drive the culture toward the use of
Pidgin English?

I have a suspicion that the internet will hasten the process of english (in
its various dialects) becoming the worlds language

No question that arabic numerals are the universal form of mathematical
expression - the most useful inclusive and adaptive becomes the accepted way
of communicating ideas and concepts.

Not sure the rest of the world will thank English speakers for its
complexity and weirdness but its a bit like Unix and its derivative Linux -
after a while you learn to love it.


best, Andrew

"But riding is my special gift, my chiefest, sole delight;
Just ask a wild duck can it swim, a wildcat can it fight...
I'll ride this here two-wheeled concern, right straight away, at sight."
A B 'Banjo' Patterson - "Mulga Bill" 25 July 1896. (remive the .x1 to
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