Everyday is Bike to Work Day?
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Darth_Vado
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almost every day
LandoftheGiants
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It's just a hobby, like amateur radio. I go out once a fortnight or so at 1am for a stealth run through the rural backroads. Takes me back to when I was a young teenager exploring at night. Man You could only dream of a self propelled bicycle back then, I would have been out every night and day if I'd had one. I did get a little Honda minibike when I was 14 and spend hours after school every day up in the bushland near home. Happy memories, who needs a pony 
stompandgo
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If I am still working in a year or two, the rail trail extension will be complete, and I will be able to commute to and from work. Earlier in my career, I was able to ride 10 miles each way to work between March and December. I did this for 7 years. Dress was business casual, so I would ride my Redline CX bike with panniers, loaded with a week's worth of clean clothes on Monday, the race bike Tuesday-Thursday, and ride the dirty clothes back on Friday. There's nothing like being on the bike at sunrise and sunset.
Back when I was in college in Boston, I would get together with the stoner crew at midnight. We would race fixies through the streets when there was virtually no traffic, with only a front brake. I remember flying down Boylston Street with the lights all green up ahead. The road was ours. Good times.
Back when I was in college in Boston, I would get together with the stoner crew at midnight. We would race fixies through the streets when there was virtually no traffic, with only a front brake. I remember flying down Boylston Street with the lights all green up ahead. The road was ours. Good times.
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Tamenund
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I would ride to work every day, except that I am retired (as I suppose a few are here abouts)
Back when I was still working, I rode the six miles to work and back on many summer evenings. I had the misfortune of working from 11pm to 7am back then as a toolmaker, and really enjoyed my rides. For some reason, when I would meet an oncoming car, they felt compelled to "high beam" me so that they cold see me better. This made it very hard to see the road ahead for me.
Back when I was still working, I rode the six miles to work and back on many summer evenings. I had the misfortune of working from 11pm to 7am back then as a toolmaker, and really enjoyed my rides. For some reason, when I would meet an oncoming car, they felt compelled to "high beam" me so that they cold see me better. This made it very hard to see the road ahead for me.
RunForTheHills
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I work remotely half the time. My work apartment is less than a mile from the office. I tried riding in a few times, but it just isn't worth it. I get more exercise walking to the office. Which i do unless it is raining.
It's just a hobby, like amateur radio. I go out once a fortnight or so at 1am for a stealth run through the rural backroads. Takes me back to when I was a young teenager exploring at night. Man You could only dream of a self propelled bicycle back then, I would have been out every night and day if I'd had one. I did get a little Honda minibike when I was 14 and spend hours after school every day up in the bushland near home. Happy memories, who needs a pony
I retired over a year ago, so it is just a hobby for me, too. I got into amateur radio as an adult. Growing up where I did on a farm in rural Minnesota, I would have had to travel to Saint Paul to take a test at the FCC office. I did have some CB radios, including one that was single-sideband (SSB). I also had a couple of scanners. Originally, mine were crystal controlled, but later I had programmable radio scanners. I also got into medium wave AM broadcast and shortwave radio listening.
I had a bicycle as a kid growing up, but our road was gravel for the first bunch of years. Riding on gravel wasn't much fun because when a vehicle would pass, there was a huge dust cloud that followed.
I still recall my father buying me a Shetland pony at an auction sale for $26. I rode her a lot.
My first mini bike was purchased from a store called Western Auto. It had a Briggs & Stratton lawn mower engine. not much to it, but it was fun.
I didn't get my first Honda until I was a few years older. That Honda CT70 (Trail 70) was a step up from my first mini bike.
stompandgo
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I am semi-retired.
speedub.nate
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Not daily, but once or twice a week, 11 mile commute is only about 15-20 minutes longer than going by car. The rain usually isn't an impediment, and normally I ride home in the dark at 11 PM.
Tamenund
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@PedalUma, I live in central Pennsylvania, just south east of Harrisburg. Quite a few Amish folks in these parts. My back yard borders a small Amish farm.
I see some buggies and also some farm equipment on my rides, but, being retired, I can adjust the time of my rides to be mid week and mostly mid day so that I don't see too many vehicles. (edited to add that my bike is an Aventon Level 3)
I see some buggies and also some farm equipment on my rides, but, being retired, I can adjust the time of my rides to be mid week and mostly mid day so that I don't see too many vehicles. (edited to add that my bike is an Aventon Level 3)
Used to be ...
I started occasional commuting by bike in the 80s (when most of my riding was recreational and racing) and then in the 90s it progressed to regularly (weather permitting). Moved to a slightly better climate (less rain, less winter snow) in the 2000s and commuted by bike all the time. An ebike took over in 2020 but by then (retired and in a smaller city) it wasn't for regular commuting, instead biking was general transportation, for shopping and such.
In the 2000s I was interviewed by a local paper on a few "bike to work days". I thought it was funny as they were looking at the unusual angle of a big corp manager riding on this "special" day ... and to me it was just another day getting to work.
I started occasional commuting by bike in the 80s (when most of my riding was recreational and racing) and then in the 90s it progressed to regularly (weather permitting). Moved to a slightly better climate (less rain, less winter snow) in the 2000s and commuted by bike all the time. An ebike took over in 2020 but by then (retired and in a smaller city) it wasn't for regular commuting, instead biking was general transportation, for shopping and such.
In the 2000s I was interviewed by a local paper on a few "bike to work days". I thought it was funny as they were looking at the unusual angle of a big corp manager riding on this "special" day ... and to me it was just another day getting to work.
PedalUma
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@ArtDeco is in your area. There are a couple others. The Amish are a great cultural repository as insurance for when AI crashes all the satellites and anything connected to the internet. Then we will all be back to bikes and sailing ships like the 1880's.
I went to school with a guy whose brother is a little older and biked to work a lot.
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Sixth Judicial District Judge Robert Macaulay retired Tuesday, Aug. 31, after more than 26 years on the bench. Jamey Malcomb / Cloquet Pine Journal
By Jamey Malcomb
September 01, 2021 at 6:00 AM
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After more than a quarter century as a Sixth Judicial District judge and nearly 40 years working in the Carlton County Courthouse, Judge Robert Macaulay laid down his gavel Tuesday, Aug. 31.
Macaulay, 65, is ready to move on to the next phase of his life, he said in an interview Aug. 25, and spend more time with his family and children who are scattered around the U.S.
“I look forward to spending more time with my mother and other family,” Macaulay said. “I’m looking forward to getting back to a lot of things like early morning swimming, cross-country skiing. I’m going to keep riding my bike — walks with our dog are going to get longer.”
Macaulay already spends a lot of time on his bike. For the last 15 years or so, he said, he’s ridden his bike the six miles between his Cloquet home and the Carlton County Courthouse from early March into November each year.
For the last 15 years, Sixth Judicial District Judge Robert Macaulay had a goal of biking to work in Carlton from Cloquet 150 times a year between early March and November. Jamey Malcomb / Cloquet Pine Journal
“It’s about 12 miles round trip, and I tried to do it if I could 150 times a year,” he said. “I did the math and by just commuting back and forth to work, it tended to average about the same every two years as biking from Boston to Los Angeles.”
In fact, as his retirement approached, Macaulay typically wore a polo shirt and shorts beneath his robe instead of the traditional shirt and tie.
Macaulay was first appointed to be a Sixth Judicial District judge in 1995 by former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson after beginning work as a prosecutor in the Carlton County Attorney’s Office.
He was reelected four more times between 1996 and 2020, but decided it was time to retire after 26 years as a judge and nearly 38 years working in the Carlton County Courthouse.
Earlier in August, the Commission on Judicial Selection recommended three candidates to Gov. Tim Walz to replace Macaulay: Nicole Bettendorf-Hopps, Clarissa Ek and Amy Lukasavitz
Macaulay was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, but spent his school years in Moose Lake.
“I wouldn’t trade my childhood in Moose Lake for anything,” he said. “I loved it. It just seemed that it was easy in a smaller town and smaller school to do everything. Whether it was Boy Scouts or church or plays — swimming, fishing, all of those things. Many of the friends I had as a kid I still count as my best friends.”
Macaulay said he became interested in a career in law after watching the courtroom dramas that dominated the television airwaves when he was an adolescent.
“When I was in sixth or seventh grade, it seemed there were a lot of shows based on courtrooms and I happened to be drawn to them,” Macaulay said. “I don’t know that I ever thought of doing anything else from that point forward.”
After graduating from Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, Macaulay attended law school at the University of Minnesota.
“I always liked living here and there was an opening in the Carlton County Attorney’s Office and I interviewed for it and was offered the position,” he said. “Now over 38 years later, I’m still coming to work in the same building.”
Macaulay said he liked the diverse range of people he worked with as a prosecutor — like police officers, attorneys, school officials, probation officers, social workers and others — but said he preferred being a judge to a prosecutor.
“I think there is no question that being competitive can be a real asset as a trial attorney,” he said. “I’ve always found that I was less competitive with others than I am with myself. I think to that extent, being a judge was a better fit.”
Current Carlton County Lauri Ketola was hired to replace Macaulay in the county attorney's office when he took the judgeship. She remembered Macaulay as a man who was “well-versed in the law,” but was compassionate toward the people in his courtroom.
“He cared about every person that came into his courtroom,” Ketola said. “I think he saw the good in everyone and he was optimistic that people can turn things around.”
Throughout his career, Macaulay said the support of the administrative staff, like court reporter Kevin Hamre and paralegal Linda Prihoda, have been invaluable. In addition, the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office have provided strong security for the courthouse over the years.
“They all do such a great job,” Macaulay said. “At the same time they do it with such grace and humor.”
Hamre said he and Macaulay became close friends over their years working together and he will be missed at the courthouse.
“He is a kind, gentle-spirited man who cares about his community,” Hamre said. “We will miss him dearly and hope that his legacy will carry on at the Carlton County Courthouse forever.”
Sixth Judicial District Judge Robert Macaulay kept a copy of each year's Minnesota Statutes behind his chair in the courtroom for easy reference. Jamey Malcomb / Cloquet Pine Journal
Carlton County judge retires after 26 years
Sixth Judicial District Judge Robert Macaulay retired on Tuesday, Aug. 31.
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Carlton County judge retires after 26 years
Sixth Judicial District Judge Robert Macaulay retired on Tuesday, Aug. 31.
Sixth Judicial District Judge Robert Macaulay retired Tuesday, Aug. 31, after more than 26 years on the bench. Jamey Malcomb / Cloquet Pine Journal
By Jamey Malcomb
September 01, 2021 at 6:00 AM
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After more than a quarter century as a Sixth Judicial District judge and nearly 40 years working in the Carlton County Courthouse, Judge Robert Macaulay laid down his gavel Tuesday, Aug. 31.
Macaulay, 65, is ready to move on to the next phase of his life, he said in an interview Aug. 25, and spend more time with his family and children who are scattered around the U.S.
“I look forward to spending more time with my mother and other family,” Macaulay said. “I’m looking forward to getting back to a lot of things like early morning swimming, cross-country skiing. I’m going to keep riding my bike — walks with our dog are going to get longer.”
Macaulay already spends a lot of time on his bike. For the last 15 years or so, he said, he’s ridden his bike the six miles between his Cloquet home and the Carlton County Courthouse from early March into November each year.
For the last 15 years, Sixth Judicial District Judge Robert Macaulay had a goal of biking to work in Carlton from Cloquet 150 times a year between early March and November. Jamey Malcomb / Cloquet Pine Journal
“It’s about 12 miles round trip, and I tried to do it if I could 150 times a year,” he said. “I did the math and by just commuting back and forth to work, it tended to average about the same every two years as biking from Boston to Los Angeles.”
In fact, as his retirement approached, Macaulay typically wore a polo shirt and shorts beneath his robe instead of the traditional shirt and tie.
Macaulay was first appointed to be a Sixth Judicial District judge in 1995 by former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson after beginning work as a prosecutor in the Carlton County Attorney’s Office.
He was reelected four more times between 1996 and 2020, but decided it was time to retire after 26 years as a judge and nearly 38 years working in the Carlton County Courthouse.
Earlier in August, the Commission on Judicial Selection recommended three candidates to Gov. Tim Walz to replace Macaulay: Nicole Bettendorf-Hopps, Clarissa Ek and Amy Lukasavitz
Macaulay was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, but spent his school years in Moose Lake.
“I wouldn’t trade my childhood in Moose Lake for anything,” he said. “I loved it. It just seemed that it was easy in a smaller town and smaller school to do everything. Whether it was Boy Scouts or church or plays — swimming, fishing, all of those things. Many of the friends I had as a kid I still count as my best friends.”
Macaulay said he became interested in a career in law after watching the courtroom dramas that dominated the television airwaves when he was an adolescent.
“When I was in sixth or seventh grade, it seemed there were a lot of shows based on courtrooms and I happened to be drawn to them,” Macaulay said. “I don’t know that I ever thought of doing anything else from that point forward.”
After graduating from Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, Macaulay attended law school at the University of Minnesota.
“I always liked living here and there was an opening in the Carlton County Attorney’s Office and I interviewed for it and was offered the position,” he said. “Now over 38 years later, I’m still coming to work in the same building.”
Macaulay said he liked the diverse range of people he worked with as a prosecutor — like police officers, attorneys, school officials, probation officers, social workers and others — but said he preferred being a judge to a prosecutor.
“I think there is no question that being competitive can be a real asset as a trial attorney,” he said. “I’ve always found that I was less competitive with others than I am with myself. I think to that extent, being a judge was a better fit.”
Current Carlton County Lauri Ketola was hired to replace Macaulay in the county attorney's office when he took the judgeship. She remembered Macaulay as a man who was “well-versed in the law,” but was compassionate toward the people in his courtroom.
“He cared about every person that came into his courtroom,” Ketola said. “I think he saw the good in everyone and he was optimistic that people can turn things around.”
Throughout his career, Macaulay said the support of the administrative staff, like court reporter Kevin Hamre and paralegal Linda Prihoda, have been invaluable. In addition, the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office have provided strong security for the courthouse over the years.
“They all do such a great job,” Macaulay said. “At the same time they do it with such grace and humor.”
Hamre said he and Macaulay became close friends over their years working together and he will be missed at the courthouse.
“He is a kind, gentle-spirited man who cares about his community,” Hamre said. “We will miss him dearly and hope that his legacy will carry on at the Carlton County Courthouse forever.”
Sixth Judicial District Judge Robert Macaulay kept a copy of each year's Minnesota Statutes behind his chair in the courtroom for easy reference. Jamey Malcomb / Cloquet Pine Journal
BlackHand
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I always mess these things up - I celebrated Drive to Work Day on Wednesday instead. Only day this month I drove to work....
Actually in Seattle, it's Bike to Everywhere day so we don't discriminate. Not sure why it was Wednesday instead of Friday here.
PedalUma
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I love it. Instead have one dedicated day per year, maybe the third Friday in May, will be Drive to Work Day.I always mess these things up - I celebrated Drive to Work Day on Wednesday instead. Only day this month I drove to work....
Actually in Seattle, it's Bike to Everywhere day so we don't discriminate. Not sure why it was Wednesday instead of Friday here.
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