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Yesterday, 10:37 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/15/21 - Bagel In honor of National Bagel Day on 1/15, on your ride take a pic of a bagel or a shop that features bagels. Let us know where the...

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01-13-2021, 10:39 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/14/21 - "Benedict Arnold" Anagram Word (5 or more letters, can't be handwritten or on/in something portable) It's the nation's most famous...

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01-13-2021, 09:43 AM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Ha, we're gonna use just his first and last name on this photo hunt, but I'll note using the middle name also for future ones. BTW, it seems like...

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01-13-2021, 09:39 AM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I need the word, not the thing, Mr. "TooManyRulesDrevil" Accordioneur ;)

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01-13-2021, 06:57 AM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Good morning reji, I need the actual word, not the thing :) Looks like bigredboiler is in the lead with "Memorials", which he posted at 6:10AM!

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01-12-2021, 10:50 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/13/21 - "Liam Hemsworth" Anagram Word (5 or more letters, can't be handwritten or on/in something portable) It's Thor's brother Liam Hemsworth's...

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01-12-2021, 12:14 AM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Baader–Meinhof phenomenon (or frequency illusion) :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

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01-12-2021, 12:06 AM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I've tallied up to 1/10/21. If your score seems off, please send me a PM and let me know what you think the issue is....

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01-11-2021, 09:59 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/12/21 - Bat On January 12, 1966, ABC premiered its Batman television series, starring Adam West as the caped crusader and Burt Ward as Robin. ...

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01-11-2021, 12:54 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Hi everyone, someone pinged me to see if I could help her to post pictures to this thread via an Android/Chrome phone. Unfortunately, I am an iPhone...

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01-10-2021, 07:53 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/11/21 - Plane "On Jan. 11, 1935, the aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip to Oakland, Calif., from Honolulu that she would complete the next day,...

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01-09-2021, 10:24 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/10/21 - Nut In my research, George Washington Carver may have been born on January 10 (or January 1), 1864, but other sources say he may have...

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01-09-2021, 09:52 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I love the balloon entries :)

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01-08-2021, 10:17 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/9/21 - Balloon. Happy hunting! On January 9, 1793: "Blanchard made the first balloon flight in North America, on January 9, 1793, when he...

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01-08-2021, 10:07 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Thanks for the last few days' submissions everyone. I'm loving the entries and the tidbits of info that come with them. I'm sorry I haven't been able...

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01-07-2021, 10:33 PM

drevil replied to a thread BAFS2021 Team 2 in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Shaynanita and huberww, please join us on the Strava forum: https://www.strava.com/clubs/bafs2021team2

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01-07-2021, 09:41 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/8/21 - Bell (but not on a bike) OR an Elvis January 8 is Elvis Presley's birthday. What were at the bottom of his jumpsuits? Bells! Post a pic...

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01-06-2021, 10:31 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/7/21 - Moon On January 7, 1610, Galileo discovered 3 of the moons of Jupiter. Creative entries encouraged, but if your photo of your "moon" is...

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01-06-2021, 12:44 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Thanks everyone for showing off your birds! Tally after "1/5-birds":...

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01-05-2021, 10:48 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/6/21 - Small Business that features beans. Happy hunting! Not only is it National Bean Day, it's Rowan Atkinson's (aka Mr Bean) birthday! Small...

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01-05-2021, 11:16 AM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Nope, haven't started yet. It's fuzzy when I do the tally, but it's easiest to do it the day after so I can just see everyone's all at once. If you...

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01-05-2021, 09:55 AM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Calvinball has had a few years to settle in, while this has had a few days. I've made the rules because it already takes me long enough to tally...

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01-05-2021, 09:38 AM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Thanks for all the submissions, and for putting good Italian restaurants on our radars. I'm sorry that I didn't give a point to historygeek,...

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01-04-2021, 09:07 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/5/21 - on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

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01-04-2021, 11:06 AM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Sigh. Let's leave it as unrequired unless I say otherwise. I'll trust folks are on bike rides. I like having bikes in the pics, but I can see some...

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01-04-2021, 08:15 AM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Y'know, I agree with you here. After a long discussion with the panel (i.e., myself :)), I'm removing that rule. So unless I explicitly ask for the...

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01-03-2021, 10:25 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

As for the rules, yup, these challenges could go off on tangents easily so I made them to try to rein things in a little, make tallying simpler, and...

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01-03-2021, 09:28 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/4/21 - In honor of National Spaghetti Day, take a pic of an Italian restaurant, preferably one you like and/or serves spaghetti. Caveat is that it...

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01-03-2021, 09:05 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Boomer, I'll accept this because hardarse mode is not turned on yet, but I added a new rule (#13) because of this :D Ha, hardarse mode is being...

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01-03-2021, 08:30 PM

drevil replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

This was absolutely correct, but I have added a new rule going forward:

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