Indigo Mule

Ahem. Just to clarify, I am female. <Looks down to check> Definitely female.

BHOFM

Several years ago, my grand daughter was "helping" me put the awning on the deck, she was six at the time. I got
on her for getting on the ladder, she went in the house and told grandma, "PaPa does not play well with others!".

CraigB

That's what I thought. I gleaned that from the phrase "if it skews the vote, I'm female" in the original post.

bigbadwullf

My bad. Should have guessed from the long post. Didn't read the whole thing......It's a guy thing. Sorry. Anything more than a sentence or two loses me.
Was going byt he user name. Blue mule? Figured a guy. Oh well. That 50/50 chance will get you, well 50% of the time.

Bionicycle

What a great idea... I want a couple for my bike. Sadly though Mixtes don't lend themselves well to stickers.

teachme

Indigo Mule

I can see where you might doubt a woman would name herself "mule". "Indigo Mule" was the name of my first dream bike, a Trek 520 I had retrofitted with S&S couplings and custom painted indigo blue with subtle flecks of silver. The "mule" part is because I'm a pack mule on the bicycle. I'm not comfortable on a ride unless I have tools, a spare tire or two, a couple of patch kits, first aid kit, water, food, arm warmers, extra socks, extra wool jersey, sun block, paper maps, additional water, and lights. All this for JUST IN CASE.

When I got the Trek, I had aspirations of randonneuring, and even going to Paris. Turns out I liked the idea of randonneuring better than the reality. I never even used the silly S&S couplings, just as I never made it past the first cassette tape of French lessons.

But I kept the motto: "With dogged persistence, I'll go the distance."

As for mules being stubborn, well, that's a valuable trait in a cyclist, don't you agree?

Floyd

Another wwelcome............good to hear where the name comes from too .....even though I cannot """officially"""welcome you for ?how long was that? Again welcome......: )

Retro Grouch 

1. OK, It's time for the grouch to break up the love fest. What do you think it is that makes this forum different from all the others? How much are you willing to compromise on the thing that makes it what it is?

2. Don't throw out the baby with the bath water. Honestly, now, how fast do you drive in a 55 MPH zone? I think that's a good standard for maintaining the age standard.

3. Welcome, Indigo Mule. In the interest of full disclosure, I have a 21 month old grand daughter who is named Indigo. She's cute too. I also started a tandem bike club called the "Mule Team". At that time most of the tandem clubs took regional animal names - Cows from Wisconsin, Pigs from Iowa, Crabs from somewhere. Being from Missouri, Mules seemed appropriate.

P51

Welcome, Indigo. Allow me to introduce myself.

Chocolate pie.
Helmet.
Commando.
Teflon.
Mirror.

Garilia

Oh, the people see "female" and suddenly we're tripping over our lycra to pull up a chair. There's even been some "gleaning" going on in this thread. Next thing you know someone will surmise something.

Homemade apple pie is nice. With or without some nice sharp cheddar cheese?

I wear a helmet and go commando on the bike (this means wearing camouflage colored lycra, right?)

I can go clipless or platform.

Indigo Mule

What I have observed that makes this forum different from the others is a consistently high level of maturity, wit, humor, and consideration. The ratio of signal to noise is far greater than 1:1. When there is a difference of opinion, it is more likely to end in an "agree to disagree" than in Godwin's Law.

The other fora skew younger (or so I judge from the syntax, topics, and conduct), with a higher likelihood of untempered opinions, cruel intolerance, and when their threads degenerate, they are less likely to do so in a humorous direction.

I figure as long as I maintain the tone (or keep silent), I won't dilute the things that make this forum such a desirable place to hang out.

(How fast do I drive in a 55 mph zone? Are you raising the age limit to 69? On highways, I keep it at no more than 14 mph over the speed limit. On city streets, I take a perverse pleasure in going 1 mph UNDER the speed limit and coming to complete and full stops at the stop signs.)

stapfam

Not the attitude We want here. If you have something to say- SAY IT. If you disagree with a posting- then let it be known. We need some younger views on this forum. Keeps the brain cells working for some of us older members as we reply in the manner in which it deserves.

Sixty Fiver

Hell... I find myself wandering in here fairly often and have yet to get a boot to my behind.

I think you will be just fine even though you don't rate a senior's discount... yet.



Have friends scattered all over this forum and just as it is in real life (and many are friends in real life too), they range from being 25-75 and I like hanging out with them all as it make my life much more interesting.

Sixty Fiver

And I like rides that involve pie.

Retro Grouch 

That's exactly my point. There is no a firm digital limit but there tends to be a range above and below which I'm not comfortable venturing.