Mother Nature's crap on the road
10-01-01, 05:13 AM
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Mother Nature's crap on the road
Season of mists and mellow fruifulness.
And leaves, and sticks and acorns and chestnuts and dead squirrels (really - its carnage out there at nut-gathering time) all combine to make a nasty mixture of death-cookies on the road verges.
The old bike is is popping and a-hopping thru the detritus of organic gunge. And the bits that don't bump your wheels up and sideways conspire to cover the holes in the road!
Bloody countryside! I wish I lived in the city and only had to worry about cans ad dog-sh*t.
Stew
And leaves, and sticks and acorns and chestnuts and dead squirrels (really - its carnage out there at nut-gathering time) all combine to make a nasty mixture of death-cookies on the road verges.
The old bike is is popping and a-hopping thru the detritus of organic gunge. And the bits that don't bump your wheels up and sideways conspire to cover the holes in the road!
Bloody countryside! I wish I lived in the city and only had to worry about cans ad dog-sh*t.
Stew
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10-01-01, 05:18 AM
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I always hate it when I come home from a ride and there is this "stew" of worms leaves mud and other bugs and guts on my bike. A lot of fun to clean off.
The dog seems to like the mess I maid.
The dog seems to like the mess I maid.
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Autumn eh....who would be without it???
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Lately, I've been getting beaned on the head a lot by acorns. Seems that there is always an oak tree at an intersection where I have to stop for traffic.
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Are you sure it's not just the squirrels having a crack at you D*Alex....?
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it's just that they do at me...mmm, sometimes....yes....
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it's just that they do at me...mmm, sometimes....yes....
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10-01-01, 07:38 AM
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originally posted by Stew
I wish I lived in the city and only had to worry about cans and dog-sh*t.
I wish I lived in the city and only had to worry about cans and dog-sh*t.
I live in the city and see plenty of what you describe.
I guess fall is a bad time for animals everywhere.
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Yeah, I have to say that here in the chicago area, I see plenty of organic detrius. Squirrels are definitely an urban critter. Actually, there are a surprising number of "wild critters" that live in my area. Racoons. Possums. Last time I rode through a forest preserve I saw eight deer.
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Wow Hills,
that sounds pretty cool...I live in the countryside, and haven't seen a thing...maybe I should change my aftershave...hmmmm.
Rich
that sounds pretty cool...I live in the countryside, and haven't seen a thing...maybe I should change my aftershave...hmmmm.
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10-02-01, 04:39 PM
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Originally posted by stewartp
Bloody countryside! I wish I lived in the city and only had to worry about cans ad dog-sh*t.
Stew
Bloody countryside! I wish I lived in the city and only had to worry about cans ad dog-sh*t.
Stew
Of course, in the country we see a lot of dead canetoads, but they really are the best kind!
And actually, I quite like getting close to the kangaroos and so on. Just leave your vanity at home, out here you're liable to get laughed at by a kookaburra while sweating it out on a climb!
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Originally posted by D*Alex
Lately, I've been getting beaned on the head a lot by acorns. Seems that there is always an oak tree at an intersection where I have to stop for traffic.
Lately, I've been getting beaned on the head a lot by acorns. Seems that there is always an oak tree at an intersection where I have to stop for traffic.
Above sits a squirrel uttering a clumsy, "oops!"
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Around my house, the squirrels wait for me. I've been fattening them up with peanuts for a couple of years now, and I'm already feeding the grand-sqirrlettes of my original favourites.
since peanuts aren't free, I've been carrying a spare bag, in order to carry acorns home. There isn't an oak tree anywhere in my immediate neighbourhood, and the squirrels really love them. I'm probably doing a favour for other cyclists by removing the &#$%^$ing things from the road, too!
since peanuts aren't free, I've been carrying a spare bag, in order to carry acorns home. There isn't an oak tree anywhere in my immediate neighbourhood, and the squirrels really love them. I'm probably doing a favour for other cyclists by removing the &#$%^$ing things from the road, too!
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Above sits a squirrel uttering a clumsy, "oops!"
I had the $hit scared out of me last weekend- I was riding through a hunting area whan *!crack!* an acorn nails the hard plastic on my helmet right above my ear. I thought I'd been shot at, and has to stop to clean my shorts...
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Sadly almost all the wildlife I saw this morning was roadkills, including a beautiful young fox...
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Originally posted by latakiahaze
Sadly almost all the wildlife I saw this morning was roadkills, including a beautiful young fox...
Richard
Sadly almost all the wildlife I saw this morning was roadkills, including a beautiful young fox...
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They seem to have gotten much more active with the advent of the cooler weather. This ride is always an early ride, usually on the trail by 6:30 AM. It is nice though to see them frolicking around the woods with the morning fog still on.
Um, yeah; frolicking is certainly the right word.
