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I'm 189 Years Young
Some people love me, others hate me.
BFD! I'm not going away any time soon. I am reborn with every new generation and looking forward to my next twenty years of unprecedented growth. I will continue to evolve while still remaining essentially simple. You can join me and we'll go places beyond your wildest dreams. I can lead you to the unknown places inside your body and spirit. We can travel just around town or to the farthest-flung corners of this planet. The choice is yours. Sometimes the journey is painful but you'll always end up stronger for it. Mostly it will be fun. I can be cheap and frugal or I can be beautifully extravagant. Bling or no bling, I'm basically the same. I am egalitarian. With me you'll learn a universal language encouraging you to meet new people wherever we find ourselves. I can bridge gaps between genders and generations. Together we can break down socio-economic barriers. We can humiliate the haughty or help them along the way. It's up to you. I've made you more efficient than any other creature on face of the earth. I helped you to fly on the wings that have carried you into space while I remain earthbound. Despite my long association with fame, despite the accolades I'm still paid in literature, poetry, movies, music and art, I remain your humble servant. I've been at your side through glorious victories and amazing accomplishments while never asking any recognition for myself. I exist so that I might be accessible to all. That is my only goal. I can be your master or I can be your slave. I can be your teacher and friend. I can be a playmate or a workhorse. I'll be there for you whenever you want. I don't require much attention. Even after years of neglect I'll probably be okay and ready for you in a few minutes time. You can discard me but someone else will gladly take me up. I have the ability to liberate and rejuvenate you as I have so many others. I don't care how old you are. I don't care if you're straight or gay, male or female, bi or celibate. I'm not fussy. Our relationship can be sexy or stodgy, casual or intense. We can ride hard and fast or we can take it slow and easy. I'll be with you all the way. I ask for no commitments. Look around, I'm everywhere though many don't see me at all. Take me for what I am. Signed, a bicycle. -- zk |
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I'm 189 Years Young
"Zoot Katz" wrote in message ... Some people love me, others hate me. BFD! I'm not going away any time soon. I am reborn with every new generation and looking forward to my next twenty years of unprecedented growth. I will continue to evolve while still remaining essentially simple. You can join me and we'll go places beyond your wildest dreams. I can lead you to the unknown places inside your body and spirit. We can travel just around town or to the farthest-flung corners of this planet. The choice is yours. Sometimes the journey is painful but you'll always end up stronger for it. Mostly it will be fun. I can be cheap and frugal or I can be beautifully extravagant. Bling or no bling, I'm basically the same. I am egalitarian. With me you'll learn a universal language encouraging you to meet new people wherever we find ourselves. I can bridge gaps between genders and generations. Together we can break down socio-economic barriers. We can humiliate the haughty or help them along the way. It's up to you. I've made you more efficient than any other creature on face of the earth. I helped you to fly on the wings that have carried you into space while I remain earthbound. Despite my long association with fame, despite the accolades I'm still paid in literature, poetry, movies, music and art, I remain your humble servant. I've been at your side through glorious victories and amazing accomplishments while never asking any recognition for myself. I exist so that I might be accessible to all. That is my only goal. I can be your master or I can be your slave. I can be your teacher and friend. I can be a playmate or a workhorse. I'll be there for you whenever you want. I don't require much attention. Even after years of neglect I'll probably be okay and ready for you in a few minutes time. You can discard me but someone else will gladly take me up. I have the ability to liberate and rejuvenate you as I have so many others. I don't care how old you are. I don't care if you're straight or gay, male or female, bi or celibate. I'm not fussy. Our relationship can be sexy or stodgy, casual or intense. We can ride hard and fast or we can take it slow and easy. I'll be with you all the way. I ask for no commitments. Look around, I'm everywhere though many don't see me at all. Take me for what I am. Signed, a bicycle. -- zk Amen, thank you Zoot that was beautiful. |
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I'm 189 Years Young
I'm everywhere though many don't see me at all.
I think that has double meaning for everyone. Is the bicycle actually 189 this year? I could just cry. |
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I'm 189 Years Young
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:51:16 GMT, "nash"
wrote: Is the bicycle actually 189 this year? It's even older if you count the velocifere ~1791. It didn't have any steering it but it did enjoy some popularity. Since that day self propelled wheel-people have been viewed as reckless eccentrics and ahve suffered the scorn of other road users. The Draisine added steering sometime around 1816. That's where I started counting. The invention of the modern type chain driven safety bicycle wasn't until much later ~1885. -- zk |
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I'm 189 Years Young
"catzz66" wrote in message ... Brought a tear to me eye, Zoot. Seriously, I remember two main reasons I got back into biking a couple of years ago last October. One was to avoid getting involved in motorcycling, something my brother has done with a real passion and something I had promised my family I would not do as much as I wanted to. The main reason was recalling how much fun I had with my old bike when I was a kid. I could cover so much more ground on my bike than I could walking, and it was such fun. Bikes are a little more complicated now than they were then, but the fun is still there. What is all this 'catzz' ****? Why the hell don't you get a user name that I, the Great Ed Dolan, can live with. When you insult cats, you insult ME! In any event, motorcycles have absolutely nothing in common with bicycles other than the fact that they both operate on two wheels. Also, bicycles need never be complicated. Only fools want to go in that direction. All this 12-speed gear crap is nothing but sheer nonsense. If you can't make it on 10 gears, then throw in the towel and get thee to a graveyard. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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I'm 189 Years Young
Brought a tear to me eye, Zoot.
Seriously, I remember two main reasons I got back into biking a couple of years ago last October. One was to avoid getting involved in motorcycling, something my brother has done with a real passion and something I had promised my family I would not do as much as I wanted to. The main reason was recalling how much fun I had with my old bike when I was a kid. I could cover so much more ground on my bike than I could walking, and it was such fun. Bikes are a little more complicated now than they were then, but the fun is still there. |
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:57:10 -0600, catzz66
wrote: Brought a tear to me eye, Zoot. Seriously, I remember two main reasons I got back into biking a couple of years ago last October. One was to avoid getting involved in motorcycling, something my brother has done with a real passion and something I had promised my family I would not do as much as I wanted to. The main reason was recalling how much fun I had with my old bike when I was a kid. I could cover so much more ground on my bike than I could walking, and it was such fun. Bikes are a little more complicated now than they were then, but the fun is still there. Thanks, a couple of the concepts even choked me up while I was trying to put them into words. What is posted was the final draft. After corrections and substituting a couple words I think it's ready for submission to bikereader.com Certainly the initial appeal of fixies is their pure simplicity. Now they have seemingly become a fashion accessory around here. Their beauty is in their simplicity but coasting is also fun. Four of my bikes are single speed (1 fixed) They are sweet and simple. Great for snow, polo, shopping, just cruising and reliving ones childhood. Even though I'm not fond of coaster brakes, the single-speed little pink chopper has one. It is the bike I most often grab for quick trips to the store. There's a Sachs 3spd coaster hub laying around that will get laced into a 20" rim so it's easier getting home from a MC3 ride. If you don't have a SS bike I heartily recommend getting at one. -- zk |
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I'm 189 Years Young
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:38:01 -0500, "jkinney2"
wrote: Amen, thank you Zoot that was beautiful. You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. -- zk |
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I'm 189 Years Young
In article ,
Zoot Katz writes: The invention of the modern type chain driven safety bicycle wasn't until much later ~1885. I figure the advent of the modern bicycle corresponds with its use of ball bearings. When you get right down to it, all a modern bicycle is, is a support mechanism that allows a user to controllably and comfortably glide around on ball bearings. The rest is an interface between rider -- ball bearings -- terrain. And ball bearings and bicycles don't imbue us with superhuman powers; they just free us from much of the restriction imposed on us by friction. They don't speed us up, they just ... "not slow us down", unlike just about everything else we have to put up with in daily life. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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I'm 189 Years Young
Edward Dolan wrote:
What is all this 'catzz' ****? Why the hell don't you get a user name that I, the Great Ed Dolan, can live with. When you insult cats, you insult ME! Note to self- insult more cats. Regards, Bob Hunt |
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