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Did you say pass the mayonnaise?

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Old 04-21-04, 04:50 PM
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Ever wonder how your copy of Mayonnaise gets to you.. Here's the binder I keep the current copies stuffed in waiting to be mailed. Cardboard goes between each stack to make sure they don't get bent, folded or other wise messed up. No one wants mis handled mayo, right?

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Lot's of copies went out today!


Notice the Single Speed Outlaw sticker in the back: Thanks RiderX!
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Here's the binder goin' into the chrome bag.. Lunch is over so back to work.. Just waitin for the ride to the post office...
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damn... I still need to send ya $5... Friday.. I swear I'll send it out Friday !

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So, off to the bike at the end of the day...
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On the road home, along the ship yard. Pretty nice stretch, though the road is choppy.
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Got downtown and got a phone call from my wife that I needed to be home sooner, so I had to ditch my long ride, flipped around and got on commercial st. Nice and fast stretch. Almost no cars wide street. Cruisin...
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Stop at the trolley station, and waiting for the train. Small fight broke it, it's a rough part of town, but it makes for good entertainment. They're both grown boys and no one pulled knives or guns, so I figure to sit back and watch the action.
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At my stop, my almost hands down favorite thing to do: shoot the handicap ramp. I made 27 dollars, 35 cents, 1/2 a pack of marlbro reds and a pack of gum betting I could go down the ramp with out a brake, with out touching or holding onto the railing or putting my feet/hands on the tires. They didn't know anything about fixed gear control. I would have had more, but some people backed out after they figured out the non coasting option.

I laughed pretty hard.

It's fun though, steep, and nice tight switch backs to make it interesting.
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So, I put the Betaman bike on the back of the Jeep and head home. Yes, it's a SUV, yes it's got big tires, yes there isn't a strait piece of body work on it.. get over it.
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I hate traffic. If it weren't for the extreme hill that my house sit's on (.75 to 1 mile climb, pretty steep), I'd leave the jeep at home completely.
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Into the post office box. Thing sits low when I drive the jeep.
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And, late at night.. after putting the kid to bed, I get ready for the next day. I do a check off to make sure that all that are due to be mailed have been, and tracking what's inbound so nothing get's missed.

And that's how the Mayo get's passed.
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Originally Posted by William Karsten
So, off to the bike at the end of the day...
Willy,

After looking at that sorry bike rack the Navy has provided, I did a little shopping over at GSA Advantage. All you need to do now is go see your friendly procurement officer and tell him/her that you want one of these:

https://www.biketrack.com/storage/parker/index.htm

Also, tell him/her it is from an approved contractor listed on GSA Schedule 78:

https://216.64.206.176/ElibMain/Contr...ecuteQuery=YES

Just doing my part for the warfighter.

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NICE! GSA has bikeracks. I am still looking for a barmount system for an old M249...
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Originally Posted by Schiek
Willy,

After looking at that sorry bike rack the Navy has provided, I did a little shopping over at GSA Advantage. All you need to do now is go see your friendly procurement officer and tell him/her that you want one of these:

https://www.biketrack.com/storage/parker/index.htm

Also, tell him/her it is from an approved contractor listed on GSA Schedule 78:

https://216.64.206.176/ElibMain/Contr...ecuteQuery=YES

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Actually, we asked about it once. No money. Of course if I listened to Trek820 line, we have an unlimited money and I should be able to get a stainless steel one.. Guess I better hold a bake sale to get one.

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NICE! GSA has bikeracks. I am still looking for a barmount system for an old M249...

HA HA! M249, oh the memeories. I wonder if my bike would like to slatherd with CLP like my SAW did? I'm about out of triflow........................


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Actually, we asked about it once. No money. Of course if I listened to Trek820 line, we have an unlimited money and I should be able to get a stainless steel one.. Guess I better hold a bake sale to get one.
You would think the Navy would have something a little heavier duty to lock up to...An old anchor maybe? From the looks of the climate control system at your office, I'd say you boys aren't flush with cash.
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You would think the Navy would have something a little heavier duty to lock up to...An old anchor maybe? From the looks of the climate control system at your office, I'd say you boys aren't flush with cash.
Dam Tomahawks are expensive now adays... Knowing what we know now, we should have used big rubber bands and chucked old deisel submarine batteries into Iraq. Cheap and easy.
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Originally Posted by William Karsten
Dam Tomahawks are expensive now adays... Knowing what we know now, we should have used big rubber bands and chucked old deisel submarine batteries into Iraq. Cheap and easy.
I can already picture the protests that would ensue over the testing process. Giant battery puppets.
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Originally Posted by Schiek
I can already picture the protests that would ensue over the testing process. Giant battery puppets.
the mental picture of a giant destroyer with a huge slingshot chucking batteries at the bikini atoll is making me laugh... Sounds like something W would do think up while he's playing in his sandbox in the Rose Garden.
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The final step of distro, out of WK's hands, so he can't record it. This is where I pick it up.

Check the mail today, low and behold, two packages. One from CA, one from Australia. Bonus.
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Yep, a copy of Riding Fixed arrived, along with copies of One, covering the 2003 Single Speed World Championship down under.

Thanks for the effort WK and whoever else that helped out putting this together. You really should have included a credits page so we know who you are.

Looks like I've got some reading material. I'll leave out the picture of me on the crapper digging in for the first read
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whoever else that helped out putting this together. You really should have included a credits page so we know who you are.
That thought came to mind afterwords, and I suck for not saying who did all the work.

Of course, Mayo for the writing.

165, Whitney, Superchivo for photo's and Xrays. From my experience it takes 20 photos to find one good one. And we got a bunch of good ones.

Orange Frog Design for lay out, and finding printing for me. And, of course, Joe Gardner, for having the site that brought it all to one one place.
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