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   Redkaycei Repoc said, 7 months ago

   Thus was why Darrin was found floundering in the cove by Linguist’s crew last week….
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   briatollah said, 7 months ago

   I understand this. I don’t bring any electronic gadgetry on my contitutional, but I do get into a kind of meditative state where I shut out the world. Today I was lazy and walked only two and a half miles.
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   SusanSunshine said, 7 months ago

   Whooo hoo! Back at the Tiki once again…. what’s a girl gotta do to get a drink around here?
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   simpsonfan2 said, 7 months ago

   Maybe he will fall into a fountain like that idiot woman did.
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   Radish said, 7 months ago

   Multi tasking in public, tsk, tsk.
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   SusanSunshine said, 7 months ago

   Darrin is right in style…..

   
   This afternoon, watching people hurry down San Francisco streets,
   like Darrin, absorbed in their smartphones, radios, mp3 players…
   some wearing dark glasses, hoodies pulled close…
   
   I wondered how they managed to avoid collision…. with each other,
   with mailboxes, lamposts, zooming bicycles,
   and to barely miss lethal encounters with the diesel spewing behemoths swerving into bus stops.
   
   Meanwhile, they were completely ignoring the charms of a city that draws tourists from thousands of miles away.,
   on a beautiful blue skies day in a city famous for fog.
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   margueritem said, 7 months ago

   Darrin, take a moment to stop and admire the scenery…
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   briatollah said, 7 months ago

   @margueritem

   Agreed. The leaves have turned color and it’s only a matter of time before they’re gone. Enjoy it while you can.
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   briatollah said, 7 months ago

   @SusanSunshine

   Walk up to the bar and ask for one,
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    SusanSunshine said, 7 months ago

    You’re right, Briatollah…
    How about a Red Tail Ale, please, bartender?
    I feel like going local….
    and where’s the Monkey?

    
    Storm…. got any of that pizza left?

    
    Hullo Red…. you’re still up?
    
    X …. a gorgeous day in San Francisco too.
    I actually started out today on “your side”, but in Walnut Creek, having stayed with the same friend….
    still nice in the North Bay all the way home….

    
    Beautiful day on ALL sides of the Bay!

    
    And Bri — do you have some sort of velocipede other than a bicycle?
    I used to see many types at our annual steampunk event, the Great West End Handcar Regatta….
    but alas… it is no more…. defunct…
    collapsed…. pining for the fjords…
    
    Meanwhile…. Ballard Street has some beautiful parks, doesn’t it?
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    SusanSunshine said, 7 months ago

    
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    SusanSunshine said, 7 months ago

    
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    briatollah said, 7 months ago

    @SusanSunshine

    I just have a plain old pedal bike, not a penny-farthing. I like old-timey words like “velocipede”. French slang for a bike is “velo”.
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    SusanSunshine said, 7 months ago

    Bri — I figured….

    but I love steampunk, and I liked having an excuse to post those pics.

    And I like words, in general.

    
    Also, I used to know…. or I should say I was somewhat acquainted with, a fellow who made all sorts of modern conveyances he called velocipedes… variations on bicycles…
    from 1 to 5 or 6 wheels (hexcycles?)

    
    Mostly recumbent, but not all… patched together out of diverse materials.. bike sections mixed with salvaged car bits…

    
    Looked like a dump rescue operation…
    hand-pieced fairings held together with duct tape, odd, lumpy welds, one I saw had a catcher’s mitt for a seat…

    
    Later I found out through our mutual bike shop that he was a millionaire, and some of his creations contained thousands of dollars worth of expensive bike parts.
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    Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? ) said, 7 months ago

    Hope he’s got a radar app or he’s not going to ‘avoid’ anything.
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