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Old 05-28-10 | 06:11 PM
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Darn, I guess that rule out big glasses for me. I thought about taking a round helmet and paint it red with some black dots all over. Then I'll put on one of those big black sunglass to make me look like a Ladybug with big bug eyes riding around town on a cruiser.

I'm not 20 so maybe I gotten over my illness by now.....NOT!
THAT, would be actually a fun thing to do!
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Old 05-28-10 | 06:20 PM
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Older American minivans and pickup trucks are the worst.
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Old 05-29-10 | 09:50 AM
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I guess I'm bad. I have a rusty old pickup, bumper stickers including NRA and share the road, often wear a ball cap, sometimes even backward. Maybe my bike rack on the car offests it all.
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Old 05-29-10 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by JeremyZ
That's probably fair. The people who keep their hats on while driving are either farmers that wear them all the time, or folks who aren't sharp enough to realize they don't need a hat on their head while driving. (or who are more concerned with the extra style their hat adds than anything practical) I'll look for this one at least.
Maybe cuz I have messed up hair after riding home and need to run those errands and kids around, not to mention the evening sun hitting the horizion below the visor.
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