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11-05-12, 07:22 AM
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Light! Heat! Hot Water! Bike Forums!!!!!
God it's good to be back. No real damage to our property but a week of trying to read by candlelight is kinda hard on the eyes.
Late the evening of the storm it became obvious that my cheap canvas bike shed was going to role over and smash my neighbor's car so I went out and took it apart and threw all of the bikes on top of it so that it wouldn't blow away. Then at work, we just bought this fancy old house to house workers in and a couple of trees came down and just smashed it in. It'll be spring before we have it occupieable again.
How'd the rest of you do? Is this all old news? Time to log into Amazon and see how many angry customers I have.
Late the evening of the storm it became obvious that my cheap canvas bike shed was going to role over and smash my neighbor's car so I went out and took it apart and threw all of the bikes on top of it so that it wouldn't blow away. Then at work, we just bought this fancy old house to house workers in and a couple of trees came down and just smashed it in. It'll be spring before we have it occupieable again.
How'd the rest of you do? Is this all old news? Time to log into Amazon and see how many angry customers I have.
11-05-12, 07:54 AM
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Glad you are MOSTLY OK, hopefully your customers understand there was this big storm thing up East! So many are so much worse off, I have had that same type of thing here in Florida, just a few limbs down, a few shingles off, power out for a while, but no real damage, really feel for those who lost it all.
11-05-12, 12:55 PM
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I was just far enough west in NC to miss the storm, we had clouds, wind and a bit of rain. However after living through ground zero with Hugo, Fran and Katrina I am not complaining. Glad to see you are back and in one piece.
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
11-05-12, 02:03 PM
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Im waiting for my drop bolt to be shipped from Mass.
have not heard from seller since the storm-hope he(and my bolt) are ok
have not heard from seller since the storm-hope he(and my bolt) are ok
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6 foot storm surge came up the river and across the property. Last year Irene nearly did us in, this year flood barriers and pumps that are driven by the city water pressure kept us dry 
Mind you I was in Israel and Palestine during the event and got home today only moments before the power came back on. Double and a for the last 10 days of 80 degree days with zero humidity.
Only bikes I found in Palestine had motors attached to them
Mind you I was in Israel and Palestine during the event and got home today only moments before the power came back on. Double
and a for the last 10 days of 80 degree days with zero humidity. Only bikes I found in Palestine had motors attached to them
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11-05-12, 08:40 PM
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Sorry to hear of your troubles, but I'm glad everything else is relatively good. I wish you good luck and understandable customers as regards Amazon; I note that Ebay has posted a "public service announcement" regarding possible delays on shipments from the East Coast. Hopefully your Amazon customers realize the world doesn't revolve around them
Welcome back!
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Welcome back!
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11-05-12, 09:24 PM
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Well, I got them all shipped this afternoon and I dropped a little note in each one. They're all east coast customers so I expect they'll understand.
Any other BFer's we haven't heard from yet?
Any other BFer's we haven't heard from yet?
