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Just for fun...
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PedalUma
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I just saw some Bob Mortimer humor. It is so very British. I read everything, a new book a week, and just stumbled on this one. It came out in GB as a hardcover last year in is a new release in paperback here in the states. It is told by five or six narrators from their POV's and includes a talking squirrel. The characters are all flawed. It also includes a 3 meter tall avocado.
PCeBiker
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Here ya go,..
Kentucky Duck is pretty hard to eat without teeth.
The first bite would Always be all the skin from the entire piece of
, and it's pretty hard to pull the meat off the bones with your gums.You could use the "Finger Licking Good" cliche in the new joke, referring to licking the dentures clean after his wife hands them over to him ??,..
Perhaps the youngsters at the other table would be eager to pick the dentures clean, because KFC
Is just So Damn Good !!!
Chargeride
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He did a two celebs talking while fishing series, one episode will sooth your soul for a year
PCeBiker
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I've always loved British humor.
Monty Python and all the movies.
I've had friends that couldn't understand Anything that was said in the Monty Python movies.
They couldn't understand the accent.
They couldn't even tell that they were speaking English.
Tars Tarkas
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I got to meet Col.Harland Sanders.Here ya go,..
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Kentucky Duck is pretty hard to eat without teeth.
The first bite would Always be all the skin from the entire piece of
You could use the "Finger Licking Good" cliche in the new joke, referring to licking the dentures clean after his wife hands them over to him ??,..
Perhaps the youngsters at the other table would be eager to pick the dentures clean, because KFC
TT
PCeBiker
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His story is kinda sad.
He sold controlling interest of his company to venture capital, and then they fired him.
The venture capitalists even owned his name.
He tried to open his own restaurant called "The Colonel", and got sued.
He pretty much invented deep frying in a pressure cooker.
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Tars Tarkas
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I just looked it up, and he died worth $3.5 million, which sounds like chump change now, but was real money in 1980. He was still working for KFC when I met him in about 1975, and didn't seem at all sad to me.
For comparison, John Wayne, who died around the same time, was worth $6.85 million when he died.
TT
Chargeride
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A German describing what various English accents sound like to him.
Such a perfect way to do it
British speech patterns sounded slack to me, as if the speakers had a tinge of discomfort and phlegmatism about them, but that contrasts with the more varied tone of voice esp. of speakers from Southeast England, whereas North Americans — due to the pervasive syllable colouring of [ɹ] in rhotic speech — sounded to me as if trying to dodge some hot potato in their mouth, which reinforces that impression of twanginess.
Such a perfect way to do it
British speech patterns sounded slack to me, as if the speakers had a tinge of discomfort and phlegmatism about them, but that contrasts with the more varied tone of voice esp. of speakers from Southeast England, whereas North Americans — due to the pervasive syllable colouring of [ɹ] in rhotic speech — sounded to me as if trying to dodge some hot potato in their mouth, which reinforces that impression of twanginess.
stompandgo
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RIP. Masters of Reality was the first LP I bought as a kid. I used to play it over and over again.
I was also an electronic tinkerer, with the help of my Dad. I built an AM radio transmitter on a breadboard. I fed it with a 10 watt tube guitar amplifier, which overloaded the inputs but extended the range. I used a piece of aluminum guy wire strung across the roof of the house, cut to length, as an antenna. I did a show on weekends called "Voice of the Beach" where I played Sabbath, Grand Funk, Led Zepplin, The Who, etc. The signal was so strong that it obliterated a lot of the stations that people were listening to at the beach. About three weeks after I launched my pirate radio station, a van showed up in my neighborhood with a round tracking antenna on the roof. That was the end of my radio station.
I was also an electronic tinkerer, with the help of my Dad. I built an AM radio transmitter on a breadboard. I fed it with a 10 watt tube guitar amplifier, which overloaded the inputs but extended the range. I used a piece of aluminum guy wire strung across the roof of the house, cut to length, as an antenna. I did a show on weekends called "Voice of the Beach" where I played Sabbath, Grand Funk, Led Zepplin, The Who, etc. The signal was so strong that it obliterated a lot of the stations that people were listening to at the beach. About three weeks after I launched my pirate radio station, a van showed up in my neighborhood with a round tracking antenna on the roof. That was the end of my radio station.
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Chargeride
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I remember our friend married a guy from Seattle, they all came over back in the late 90s and we were sat around a table and the brought up Ozzy and his dopey sounding voice
I chimed in that he was simply from Birmingham and they all talk like that, so I broke into my best Brummie accent, and they all looked at me like I had lost my mind.
Wurd you like a kipper tie?
I chimed in that he was simply from Birmingham and they all talk like that, so I broke into my best Brummie accent, and they all looked at me like I had lost my mind.
Wurd you like a kipper tie?
Chargeride
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Absolutely awesome, I did a short apprentice with the tracker guys.
Those AM transmitters could make household appliances produce music.
stompandgo
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So it was YOU who wrecked my childhood DJ career!!!!
Chargeride
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Hilariously I had a CB radio in my car with a 100W booster, and would park in next to the vans in the morning.
Chargeride
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I know its all a bit topgear setup to fail, but this guy and escooter, solar trailer ride to Italy is highly entertaining.
JGcycle
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Quite an adventure.
edobici_forza
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Just for fun, but bike related.
I just put new Hunt wheels on my Hakka on the first step to converting it a 90% road 10% gravel bike. (Hunts = 20mm ID, 44 depth carbon wheelset...nothing fancy) two years ago I used this stock bike with one change, 32mm Conti GP 5000s tires for a Metric Century ride in Sonoma, CA and it was great. Comfortable and smooth. I knew I wanted to make this into a road bike. I primarily ride analog MTB. but sometimes a quick road ride after work. Stock gearing on road rides result in spinning out when pushing it. A larger chainring would solve that, but then I would suffer on the too common 15% grades in the Bay Area. So I am going 2x.
So the plan is to convert it from a 1x to a 2x GRX drivetrain (11 Spd) but just need the time to work on it, so doing one part at a time.
The only other mod is an offset Ritchey carbon seat post.
After I transferred cassette, mounted tires with sealant, and rotors, and test rode it to find disappointment Both rotors are scraping. and I know my road ride tomorrow is higher speed and 30 miles. I tried to reset them. But I gave up. So on the ride with my friend I took the Creo, but left the motor off (my friend is on a non-assist road bike). So, for the ride, neither the dead wight or tires were ideal. I had one of the most pleasant road rides I have had in years. about 3 hours of pedaling, 30 miles 2300 feet. foggy skies. peaks at the Pacific Ocean and laughs with a friend.
I just put new Hunt wheels on my Hakka on the first step to converting it a 90% road 10% gravel bike. (Hunts = 20mm ID, 44 depth carbon wheelset...nothing fancy) two years ago I used this stock bike with one change, 32mm Conti GP 5000s tires for a Metric Century ride in Sonoma, CA and it was great. Comfortable and smooth. I knew I wanted to make this into a road bike. I primarily ride analog MTB. but sometimes a quick road ride after work. Stock gearing on road rides result in spinning out when pushing it. A larger chainring would solve that, but then I would suffer on the too common 15% grades in the Bay Area. So I am going 2x.
So the plan is to convert it from a 1x to a 2x GRX drivetrain (11 Spd) but just need the time to work on it, so doing one part at a time.
The only other mod is an offset Ritchey carbon seat post.
After I transferred cassette, mounted tires with sealant, and rotors, and test rode it to find disappointment Both rotors are scraping. and I know my road ride tomorrow is higher speed and 30 miles. I tried to reset them. But I gave up. So on the ride with my friend I took the Creo, but left the motor off (my friend is on a non-assist road bike). So, for the ride, neither the dead wight or tires were ideal. I had one of the most pleasant road rides I have had in years. about 3 hours of pedaling, 30 miles 2300 feet. foggy skies. peaks at the Pacific Ocean and laughs with a friend.
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Chargeride
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That sounds lovely, except the no motor bit 
PedalUma
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This is my neighborhood, where I ride every day and love it. This week I took a little break for a a ride with a woman up to the top of Sonoma Mountain and took a loop back with a speed run. The views of the bay, city, and hills were amazing. Then we had lunch at the little municipal airport, at the 29er diner. A great place to meet for West Marin group rides is Grand Central on Weller Street. It has nice water views. Take the train up from Larkspur.
