Re: [RBW] Re: Spring! And riding for fun! And 20th anniversary! And ...!
Thanks, Deacon. I'm half Filipino and doubtless that's why I don't look like Keith Richards. (He is horribly fascinating...) You may look older than your years, but you ride a lot younger! On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 9:52 AM 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Fantastic birthday ruminitions, Patrick! You look far younger than your > years, so you are aging well. > > I have looked older than I am sincle I was fifteen. Since my mid-20’s, > people add 20 years to my actual age. Now, upper 40’s, I recently got > confirmation of this when I heard hikers passing by and the man, seeing my > tire tracks in the snow but not me, described the guy he saw riding his > bike yesterday: “in his sixties and riding a fixed gear!” Then he saw me, > because I waved and said hello. “Oh, there he is!” Somehow not > understanding how loud he is, he told me everything again, except for the > age bit. Grin. I bit my cheeks till they were around the bend, then I fell > over laughing. > > Happy belated birthday! > > With abandon, > Patrick > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ** *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien --- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Spring! And riding for fun! And 20th anniversary! And ...!
Fantastic birthday ruminitions, Patrick! You look far younger than your years, so you are aging well. I have looked older than I am sincle I was fifteen. Since my mid-20’s, people add 20 years to my actual age. Now, upper 40’s, I recently got confirmation of this when I heard hikers passing by and the man, seeing my tire tracks in the snow but not me, described the guy he saw riding his bike yesterday: “in his sixties and riding a fixed gear!” Then he saw me, because I waved and said hello. “Oh, there he is!” Somehow not understanding how loud he is, he told me everything again, except for the age bit. Grin. I bit my cheeks till they were around the bend, then I fell over laughing. Happy belated birthday! With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Spring! And riding for fun! And 20th anniversary! And ...!
Thank you. I was googling old music and came across Sgt Peppers and early Rolling Stones; amazing that the latter are still cavorting on stage; shameless! Can't decide whether to take the gofast for a nice sunny ride today; or the Matthews for the budding trees in the bosque; or do a shopping run on the errand Riv. On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 4:15 PM RichS wrote: > Patrick, > > Wonderful post. Could have been written by Grant on his Blahg - especially > since he likes to include musical references. In 1968 I had no thought of > turning 64 but here I am as well and actually a bit beyond. > Birthday wishes and I hope you have more delightful spring rides. > > Best, > Rich in ATL > > On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 5:07:05 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Beautiful high desert spring day, 73*, winds modest and discrete at 6 >> gusts to 7 from SW (and this is our windy season!), cerulean blue skies >> with a few child's picture book puffy clouds, pollen count low, and I work >> for myself and thus can with good conscience take a break and go for a >> ride. Total of 19 miles this afternoon including side trips. >> >> The Joe Starck custom 26" wheeled gofast turns 20 in April; what a long >> strange trip it's been, too. Last year Chauncey Matthews replaced the >> original OEM "short horizontals" with *long* horizontals, and added st >> cage bosses; the longer dropouts accommodate the 15 t cruising gear but >> will accept a 12 t for the S3X if I decide to use it (95/71/59), and also >> accepts a 17/20 Dingle on the flip side of the Phil, for 76/67/57. >> >> I have to say that, because I ride principally for fun, and because this >> bike is just more delightful than any of my other bikes, including the >> almost-as-delightful 2003 Curt which turned 16 this month, and the also >> very delightful Matthews road-bike-for-dirt -- it just feels so light and >> deft and responsive, not to mention comfortable -- the other bikes are also >> comfortable. >> >> I turned 64 this month and while I am always the last person to remember >> my own birthdays (family and friends generally remind me), I did rather >> hilariously recall a song that I'd first learned about this time in 1968, >> after visitors left the Sgt. Pepper's album behind for us kids after their >> visit: "When I'm 64." I remember rather liking the song and thinking that >> age 64 was a kind of legendary thing, like the lost continent of Atlantis >> or just and efficient government. (Actually, the government thought came >> later.) But here I am. Note that I was a very enthusiastic and ignorant >> cyclist, already engaged in chronic upgrading, in spring 1969. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTunqv1Xt4 >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> ** >> >> >> >> >> >> *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And >> though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the >> hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* >> --- J.R.R. Tolkien >> --- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching >> Other professional writing services >> Expensive! But good. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ** *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien --- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https
[RBW] Re: Spring! And riding for fun! And 20th anniversary! And ...!
Patrick, Wonderful post. Could have been written by Grant on his Blahg - especially since he likes to include musical references. In 1968 I had no thought of turning 64 but here I am as well and actually a bit beyond. Birthday wishes and I hope you have more delightful spring rides. Best, Rich in ATL On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 5:07:05 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Beautiful high desert spring day, 73*, winds modest and discrete at 6 > gusts to 7 from SW (and this is our windy season!), cerulean blue skies > with a few child's picture book puffy clouds, pollen count low, and I work > for myself and thus can with good conscience take a break and go for a > ride. Total of 19 miles this afternoon including side trips. > > The Joe Starck custom 26" wheeled gofast turns 20 in April; what a long > strange trip it's been, too. Last year Chauncey Matthews replaced the > original OEM "short horizontals" with *long* horizontals, and added st > cage bosses; the longer dropouts accommodate the 15 t cruising gear but > will accept a 12 t for the S3X if I decide to use it (95/71/59), and also > accepts a 17/20 Dingle on the flip side of the Phil, for 76/67/57. > > I have to say that, because I ride principally for fun, and because this > bike is just more delightful than any of my other bikes, including the > almost-as-delightful 2003 Curt which turned 16 this month, and the also > very delightful Matthews road-bike-for-dirt -- it just feels so light and > deft and responsive, not to mention comfortable -- the other bikes are also > comfortable. > > I turned 64 this month and while I am always the last person to remember > my own birthdays (family and friends generally remind me), I did rather > hilariously recall a song that I'd first learned about this time in 1968, > after visitors left the Sgt. Pepper's album behind for us kids after their > visit: "When I'm 64." I remember rather liking the song and thinking that > age 64 was a kind of legendary thing, like the lost continent of Atlantis > or just and efficient government. (Actually, the government thought came > later.) But here I am. Note that I was a very enthusiastic and ignorant > cyclist, already engaged in chronic upgrading, in spring 1969. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTunqv1Xt4 > > > > -- > > > > > ** > > > > > > *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And > though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the > hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* > --- J.R.R. Tolkien > --- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching > Other professional writing services > Expensive! But good. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Spring! And riding for fun! And 20th anniversary! And ...!
Thanks, Roberta, you are very kind. I take comfort in the face of advancing decrepitude in the knowledge that I am not as old as Mick Jagger (or as ugly as Keith Richards). On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 9:55 AM REC (Roberta) wrote: > The ride was a wonderful way to celebrate your birthday month. Happy > birthday. > > Although not a big Beatles fan, I really enjoyed the your tube link. > Thank you. > > Roberta > > On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 5:07:05 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Beautiful high desert spring day, 73*, winds modest and discrete at 6 >> gusts to 7 from SW (and this is our windy season!), cerulean blue skies >> with a few child's picture book puffy clouds, pollen count low, and I work >> for myself and thus can with good conscience take a break and go for a >> ride. Total of 19 miles this afternoon including side trips. >> >> The Joe Starck custom 26" wheeled gofast turns 20 in April; what a long >> strange trip it's been, too. Last year Chauncey Matthews replaced the >> original OEM "short horizontals" with *long* horizontals, and added st >> cage bosses; the longer dropouts accommodate the 15 t cruising gear but >> will accept a 12 t for the S3X if I decide to use it (95/71/59), and also >> accepts a 17/20 Dingle on the flip side of the Phil, for 76/67/57. >> >> I have to say that, because I ride principally for fun, and because this >> bike is just more delightful than any of my other bikes, including the >> almost-as-delightful 2003 Curt which turned 16 this month, and the also >> very delightful Matthews road-bike-for-dirt -- it just feels so light and >> deft and responsive, not to mention comfortable -- the other bikes are also >> comfortable. >> >> I turned 64 this month and while I am always the last person to remember >> my own birthdays (family and friends generally remind me), I did rather >> hilariously recall a song that I'd first learned about this time in 1968, >> after visitors left the Sgt. Pepper's album behind for us kids after their >> visit: "When I'm 64." I remember rather liking the song and thinking that >> age 64 was a kind of legendary thing, like the lost continent of Atlantis >> or just and efficient government. (Actually, the government thought came >> later.) But here I am. Note that I was a very enthusiastic and ignorant >> cyclist, already engaged in chronic upgrading, in spring 1969. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTunqv1Xt4 >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> ** >> >> >> >> >> >> *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And >> though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the >> hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* >> --- J.R.R. Tolkien >> --- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching >> Other professional writing services >> Expensive! But good. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ** *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien --- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Spring! And riding for fun! And 20th anniversary! And ...!
The ride was a wonderful way to celebrate your birthday month. Happy birthday. Although not a big Beatles fan, I really enjoyed the your tube link. Thank you. Roberta On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 5:07:05 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > Beautiful high desert spring day, 73*, winds modest and discrete at 6 > gusts to 7 from SW (and this is our windy season!), cerulean blue skies > with a few child's picture book puffy clouds, pollen count low, and I work > for myself and thus can with good conscience take a break and go for a > ride. Total of 19 miles this afternoon including side trips. > > The Joe Starck custom 26" wheeled gofast turns 20 in April; what a long > strange trip it's been, too. Last year Chauncey Matthews replaced the > original OEM "short horizontals" with *long* horizontals, and added st > cage bosses; the longer dropouts accommodate the 15 t cruising gear but > will accept a 12 t for the S3X if I decide to use it (95/71/59), and also > accepts a 17/20 Dingle on the flip side of the Phil, for 76/67/57. > > I have to say that, because I ride principally for fun, and because this > bike is just more delightful than any of my other bikes, including the > almost-as-delightful 2003 Curt which turned 16 this month, and the also > very delightful Matthews road-bike-for-dirt -- it just feels so light and > deft and responsive, not to mention comfortable -- the other bikes are also > comfortable. > > I turned 64 this month and while I am always the last person to remember > my own birthdays (family and friends generally remind me), I did rather > hilariously recall a song that I'd first learned about this time in 1968, > after visitors left the Sgt. Pepper's album behind for us kids after their > visit: "When I'm 64." I remember rather liking the song and thinking that > age 64 was a kind of legendary thing, like the lost continent of Atlantis > or just and efficient government. (Actually, the government thought came > later.) But here I am. Note that I was a very enthusiastic and ignorant > cyclist, already engaged in chronic upgrading, in spring 1969. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTunqv1Xt4 > > > > -- > > > > > ** > > > > > > *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And > though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the > hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* > --- J.R.R. Tolkien > --- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching > Other professional writing services > Expensive! But good. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
