June 2011
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HS Surprise - ALL SOLD
UPDATE: ALL SOLD
It’s been a busy weekend so far. We have SEVEN unpoor philanthropic curious gamblers so far, and we’re stopping at nine. If “ten” were a single digit number —-or eleven or fourteen—- we’d stop there. But nine is tops among SDN, so we have TWO left.) I have an old custom, but had it made before my fat tire epiphany, and I find myself...
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Bike Commuting
The bike doesn’t make the difference. People who say they don’t commute by bike because their bike isn’t suitable are making excuses in the wrong direction. There are plenty of truly, no kidding, legitimate reasons NOT to commute by bike.
Too scary. If the roads are narrow and packed with cars and the community isn’t used to or sympathetic with bike commuters, well——it might...
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Daniel's Blog
Former RivEmp and manytime S24O companion Daniel has a blog and is better about writing about trips than I am, and since this is a good season for Sub-24-Hour Overnights (quickie local overnight bike camping trips), we’ve been getting out frequently, and I know it’s only so fun (low cap) to read about what other people do on their bikes, Daniel’s posts are mainly photos and...
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Naggling things that keep life interesting
1. About four years ago one of our customers read somewhere, or put two-and-two together in such a way as to come up with the good guess that I like Indian stuff. Tomahawks, quivers, bows and arrows and arrowheads, eagle-feather headdresses, painted ponies, teepees, the wide open plains, and so on. I did as a kid, and had lots of books about Indians. I wanted to be one, and did my best for several...
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Charity Boom Boom Pow
We’re getting a late start with charities this year, and we have two new ones, as you may already know. They’re both exceptional—-like SmileTrain and all—-and they both need extra help. As we’ve done before, we’ll reward your contributions with store credit here, for a Triple Win kind of deal, but first, a brief word about these two new ‘arities,...
