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Old 05-15-01, 11:32 AM
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I know it is possible for a kid to feel as if he's going
65 mph. on his bike. Did you ever see Art Linkletter's
show, "Kids Say the Darndest Things" (or something like that?) Seems like kids have wierd conceptions about measurements, like money and how much things actually cost, for example, they might think a house costs $100. Maybe your friend is not lying, just remembering through his childhood intellect. As for the cop pulling them over, he might have even told them they were doing 65, perhaps a sort of Andy Griffith type ploy to intimidate them. Maybe it worked.

Actually, Baker, it is possible to reach such speeds on a bike. The world speed record for a recumbent-type bicycle on a flat track is faster than 65 mph.

Ask him how fast he goes now. (ha, ha)

I've topped 40, but not lately, and that was downhill.

Abraham Lincoln was once told that one of his generals was a habitual liar. Lincoln replied that that was not necessarily a bad quality in a general. Being a liar does not necessarily disqualify one from being a great cyclist, either.

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