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K'Tesh
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Bikes: Giant, Trek

Free Spirit: last week found a way around the place where I did my Ultimate Hahd Baastuhd (can't go into details)
Diaper-legs: one word baby... Commando!
Breezy: Why's it cold down there?
Peepshow: Give or receive (see "Breezy")
Flyin': most commutes
Rocketman: many commutes
Reckless endangerment: about once a week

Speeds in excess of R17 (50+ MPH): At least 3 times

Show-off: once (at Speeds in excess of R17)
OVER 9000!!!!: Settlement of over $9K does that count?
Sprinter: Who doesn't?
Hardened: more times than I wish to remember
Hahd Baastuhd: On a couple of occasions
Dem's Da Breaks: Broken bone(s) from crash.
Rainman: I live in Oregon... need I say more?
Trooper: Class 5 days a week
Iron legs: Been there done that
Look Ma'! No hands!: Can't say I have, not really interested in trying.
Pwnage: Dropped them on the downhill, and they never caught up on the uphill (bike weighs about 45lbs)
Jitterbug: Not that often
Boy Scout: It's happened
Life Scout: Give another cyclist your spare tube (or supplied them w/a patch and/or pump)
Eagle Scout: Bombproof wheels, Kevlar lined tires, Slimed tubes. Flats? Aren't those girls shoes?
Pragmatist: Last cab I was in was in Oxfordshire England. Horrible memory, don't use them anymore
Gear-Head: Some minor repairs (nothing serious)
Bicycle Repair Man: Repair someone else's bike on the side of the road.
Wrench: Exclusively repair your own bike.
Tinkerer: Made/invented something for your bike.
Haters Gonna Hate: I legally ride on the shoulder of a Freeway, it happens all the time.
Gators Gonna Gate: only as a passenger in motor vehicle
Lose the Haters: Been chased by car, but manage to lose it.
Close Encounters: Fur, feathers, or fins, somethings too close for comfort.
Skunked: Close encounters w/the black and white.
Skunked Again: What?! Wasn't once enough?
Clippy: Everybody's going to do that at least once
Oooo Shiney!!!: Gotta love those
N+1: total 4
Triple Lutz: More times than I even want to try to remember
Spinnaker: God! That was fun!
Beating to windward: Cycle Oregon 2009, Day 1, had to pedal to go downhill. :/
Double Whammy: I HATE that!
Litterbug:
Moneybags!: Find paper money on the side of the road.
Paul Allen: Find more than $20 in paper money on the side of the road.
Bill Gates: Score over $50 in paper money (multiple finds count).
Scrooge McDuck: Stop to pick up change.
Philanthropist: Pass up paper money rather than stop.
Finder: Find something of value (>$20)
Tracker: Find the owner of the valuable you found and return.
Good Sam: Turn in the valuable to the police/lost and found/frantic parent.
Lucky Dog!: Reward or valuable returned to you after the appropriate actions taken to track down owner fail.
One Man's Trash: Pull out some kind of treasure.
Fools Rush In: Pulled off something that made your angel work overtime.
Speed Demon: Stopped by police for speeding. +1 for written warning +2 for ticket.
"Is this what you're looking for?": Stop, slow, or track person of interest (to the authorities).
The Extinguisher: Report a fire
In Over Your Head: Find yourself in a body of water.
Stop! Drop! and Roll!: Do an endo, and still end up on your feet. (I meant to do that...)
Don't Ask Me: Give motorist directions that won't work because it's your cycling route, not the road. (oops, my bad)
Follow the White Rabbit: Damn that German Sheppard
Tastes Like Chicken: Wanna see the scars? (full moon)
Who Let the Dogs Out: Thank goodness, no.

Clotheslined: Upper body hit by stationary object (ya' know, it's dark at night)
Grate Danger!: Crash due to a storm drain grate.
That Sucks!!!: Damage or injury due to a crash caused by storm drain grate.
Railroaded: Crash due to crossing railroad tracks.
Drive By Fruiting: I've been Limed
Drinks On Me!: Beverage thrown at you.
Egging Me On!: Egging
Yoke's On Him: Egger gets caught, PUNished.
Bug In The System: Swallow whatever it was that flew in there.
Ow! That Stings!: Stung while riding (mine was in my left ear)
Turtle Head: Hairstyle and/or sunburn that resembles a Klingon forehead
Red Shirt: The guy who doesn't make it back with the regulars.
Kirk to Enterprise: Motorist swears you beamed in.
Bandits At 6 O'Clock: Your move, causes the idiot passing behind you (w/o warning) to crash.
Split "S": Right turn to go w/traffic (left in England), then U-turn to go intended direction.
Playing Frogger: Starting and stopping in the traffic lane while trying to cross a busy road.
Christmas Tree: Mistaken for a moving holiday favorite.
Landing Lights: "I thought you were a low flying aircraft."
UFO: NASA called again to complain that your lights are keeping the astronauts awake.

Veteran: Done it all, seen it all

Oh, and the one I'm looking forward to...

Lost In Translation: Wayfinding in another language! 對不起,我不明白

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