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01-26-2023, 09:14 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread W&W London Bridge Pointless Prize Log in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

A reminder: Be wary of wet wooden bridges. After a decade of no problems, LBJ grove bridge finally got me. Bike is fine. Laptop is fine. I am...

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01-18-2023, 10:24 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Jan 2023 Road and Trail Conditions in Road and Trail Conditions

Any word on what killed the fox? Are the remains still there? They were yesterday.

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01-18-2023, 10:21 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Thank you Nadine. If I were asked to make a smoky Old Fashioned (and couldn't google a recipe) I would substitute a peaty Scotch for the rye/bourbon...

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01-17-2023, 08:51 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

So my pic (on Strava) is of the rum distillery at the Wharf. During prohibition rum was smuggled from the Caribbean to the USA by rum runners. ...

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01-17-2023, 08:34 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Obviously because uploading is PROHIBITED. Get it?

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01-16-2023, 07:40 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/16/2023 MLK day I too went on Steve O's excellent ride. After the memorial we went to find a mural as noted above, but instead found a parade....

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01-16-2023, 07:36 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: Stupid Silly Bike Tricks in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Invalid attachment is one of many silly things invented by Komorebi

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01-15-2023, 08:19 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

It is against the rules to take a picture of something taken from home. So the colorful Maryland Meadworks cap that I am wearing in this picture is...

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01-14-2023, 09:56 AM

historygeek replied to a thread Team [Sweet 16] BAFS2023 in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Hey-- it took me a while to get here to say hello-- the problem of having a "work computer" and a "not work computer". I'm Christy. I've been...

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01-14-2023, 09:47 AM

historygeek replied to a thread Team [Sweet 16] BAFS2023 in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Julie-- I'm nearby (in Hyattsville) and bike your direction fairly often. Give me a yell if you want to meet up or are looking for a weekend ride!

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01-12-2023, 09:11 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

1/12/2023 The '30s The 1930s were dominated in the US (and in some other parts of the world) by the great Depression. There are many standard...

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01-11-2023, 09:41 PM

obscurerichard replied to a thread Team captains - please post your Strava groups for your teams here in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Not yet - we're following up with the captain by email. I think it's Laurie E.

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01-08-2023, 07:53 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

From about 1975 to 1977 I was an active member of the Stuyvesant High School Rapid Transit Club - and now I get to attend the Transportation Research...

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01-07-2023, 06:19 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

We moved to Alexandria in 1993. Our unit overlooked some woods, until the Stonegate town house development was built there around 1995 or so. It...

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01-04-2023, 08:00 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: Biathalon in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Definitely not baseball The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons...

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