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Today, 01:26 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Name Game Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

One more, for now. Kenmore (or less) Avenue, Alexandria

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Yesterday, 02:20 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Name Game Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Mom's Organic MARKet. Arlandria.

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Yesterday, 02:16 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Name Game Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Kentucky Avenue, Alexandria. Is that too much of a stretch?

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Yesterday, 02:13 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Name Game Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Kenwood (would he, really?) Avenue in Alexandria

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01-16-2022, 03:20 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Immigrants Heritage Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Got a picture today, also bought some Sidamo Ethiopian coffee. (Btw, my parents who were not coffee nerds, as few Americans were back then, made a...

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01-16-2022, 02:48 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Name Game Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Ken's Asian Bistro, on Huntington Avenue in Fairfax. No explanation necessary, I think. I would have taken a better picture, but I needed to remove...

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01-15-2022, 10:23 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Name Game Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I wish we had a pawn shop on either King or Queen Street. Not that the situation is all black and white.

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01-14-2022, 06:18 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: 2022 Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I did not see a squirrel on today's ride, but I DID see a dead rat on Kenmore. I forgot to take a picture. I take it that would not have counted?

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01-14-2022, 05:36 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Name Game Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Okay. Whoever hasn't heard the story is going to hear it. No, my handle is NOT named after Mark Center. Mark is my middle name. When I...

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01-14-2022, 03:51 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Name Game Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Wait, its not named after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_Jr. ????

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01-14-2022, 10:39 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread 2017 Coffeecatting "Challenge" in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

quick notes for those who view driving on Shabbat to synagogue as impermissible, riding a bicycle to services is preferable to traveling...

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01-14-2022, 10:33 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread 2017 Coffeecatting "Challenge" in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Oh my goodness, how did I miss a 77 page paper from the Conservative movement on the question of exercize on shabbat, with a section explicitly...

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01-13-2022, 07:04 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread BAFS2022 Team #9 Nine & Fine in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Thanks Laurie! Great seeing everyone! Let's do a group ride soon!

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01-13-2022, 07:02 PM

lordofthemark started a thread The meeting has been ended by the host! Oh no! in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Oh no! Great seeing you guys. Yes I have had a fair amount of rum and pineapple juice. But yes, I miss y'all. Let's ride together!

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01-13-2022, 10:44 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Name Game Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Oh. I was hoping for a discussion of episcopacy, though I would have the restraint not to express an opinion. ...

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01-13-2022, 10:42 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread I'm alive and need a coffee in General Discussion

Of course we remember! HDCC is still at Best Buns - I haven't gone to CC in over 2 weeks because of the combo of Omicron and the weather (I am only...

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01-13-2022, 10:40 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Goodbye, Spokes Etc. in General Discussion

Oh dear. A (non bikey) friend of ours went to college with the owner of Spokes - I met him (and talked bikes, of course) at my friends New Years Day...

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01-13-2022, 08:58 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Name Game Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Saintliness? Belief that the Church should be governed by bishops but be independent of the Pope?

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01-12-2022, 04:37 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread BAFS2022 Team #17 in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

If Team 13 is located in VIRGINIA and WANTS a different name, I have a suggestion that I have made before but IIRC has never been adopted by any Team...

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01-11-2022, 05:06 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Virginia Senate Bill 116 - Failure to Stop At Stop Sign > $500 Fine & Impound Bike in General Discussion

Apparently the sponsor has a grudge against cyclists, based on local conditions in his neighborhood. We must all try to avoid personalizing things...

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01-11-2022, 06:39 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: 2022 Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

What?

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