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Thinker, published author & photographer; B.A. UCSC, M.Litt. cantab. A disaster in English, a bottle of wine in Italian--it's all in your perspective.
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Anwar Sadat had kind of an adverse experience with a military parade, after his 'rectification revolution'.
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Where the heck is the NRA when you actually need them? Didn't they say people NEED guns to defend themselves against a tyrannical gubermint using military force against civilians? 😂
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At last, fox news I can watch without gritting my teeth. 😂
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Why is there no piece missing from his right ear ???
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Why is there no piece of his right ear missing ???
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It speaks volumes that the 'Lock her up!' brigade are silent about this. 🙈 🙉
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Twatter (so spelt).
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BTW, the bicycle she's riding is a HETCHINS. See www.hetchins.org 😀 you can clearly see the curly back end in some of the scenes. The firm is still in business, 90 years on.
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Donald has reached his shelf-life date. 😱
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I have seen the same quote attributed to Bertrand Russell.
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Hey, love yer bikes, love yer 'attitude.' I would like to reproduce some of your images on the web -- pls contact me. Thks. 😀🚲 (PS I ride more classic-style bikes, but appreciate iconoclasm in all forms). ⬇️
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Yes! This is the future of personal transportation--electricity produced at or very near the point of consumption. Kudos. 🚲
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Well, it's a start. Kudos to those who cycle to work. My wife does, except when the roads are iced. Me, I'm retired -- don't work any more -- but still try to cycle every day the roads are dry.
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There's a simple solution. Let the air out of the tires of city council members' cars every night, and leave them bicycles (for free) at the curb. Let them cycle to work every day for 6 months & confront the obstacles we all know only too well. They'll see, and then things will change . 😂
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Hey, I want one of these set-ups, only connected to a power generator to recharge my daughters' iPhones and tablets ! I'd give them wall-socket VERBOT, they gotta WORK to play video games & waste the day on BratChat ! 😂
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It says a lot that when people talk about 'that idiot' anywhere in the world, everyone knows who is meant, without mentioning his name.
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Multiple bikes, obvious solution to the world's problems. I have a flat-ground bike, hill-climb bike, a few vintage, a few modern, trekking, road racing, (no e-bike yet, I still have some pride). & of course She Who Must Be Obeyed has bikes too-- that's hers below. ⬇️ #cycling #bikebluesky #roadbike
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Cycling along the Rhine River, somewhere btw Strasbourg (France) and Freiburg (Germany).
#cycling #cyclingbluesky
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Cycling the German Weinstrasse, crossing a brook on an overgrown bridge.
#cycling #cyclingbkluesky
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There's more where that came from:
hetchins.org/condor-01.htm
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One good fixie deserves another: 1959 Condor, with modern running gear, wooden rims (grass track racer).
#cycling #bikebluesky
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Who needs paint? Bare metal is gorgeous!
#cycling #roadbike #BikeSky
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Cycling along the River Isar, near Munich Germany.
#cyclingbluesky
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My Sunday ride. ⬇️ Still gotta work on getting matching shoes though. 😪
#cycling #roadbike
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Yup, it wants to go faster than I'm able. 😂
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Wow! What a nostalgia trip -- I had one when I was a kid (banana seat and all). I grew up -- this is what I ride now ⬇️ #roadbike #racingbicycle
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Sign-posted as a "priority route" no less ! Epic fail. I have a simple solution for this: take away city council members' motor vehicles, compel them to ride bikes for six months. Then maybe they'll see what hindrances confront cyclists every day.
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Er, just so you know, Switzerland exports only the rubbish chocolate. We keep the good stuff at home. 😂
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Well, I'm 70 yrs old now -- when I was a sprout, we took long rides on only ten speeds (down-tube shift levers, friction, no indexing), and somehow we had fun. How did we ever manage without smart-phone navigation and e-shifters???
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Hey, what a sweet ride, great 'stealth' look. I prefer the 'classic' look; to each his own. I just built this up over the winter with semi-retro kit, the frame is new (953 stainless). ⬇️ #cyclingbluesky
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This is why businessmen should leave diplomacy to statesmen and career diplomats.
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This is why businessmen should leave diplomacy to statesmen and career diplomats.
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No doubt in Trump's mind, he offered a "great" deal and conducted a "perfect" negotiation. The reality is that no country in the world will sign a treaty with the USA while he is in office, because his word not worth a piece of toilet paper.
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Fool me once, shame on you; vote for him twice, shame on you know who.
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Company that didn't: Apple.
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Gloves??? WTF!? Trump fights catch as catch can. It's bare knuckles from here on out.
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plus compound interest !
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Utterly believable characters. Rest in peace.
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DOGE
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The trickle down theory explained ....
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The trickle down theory explained ...