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Yesterday, 06:24 PM

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

If my script is right, I think you missed out on 21 distinct three-characters-or-longer initialisms/acronyms embedded in "DISTILLERS". You'd better...

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Yesterday, 09:36 AM

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

I'm hoping that playing to drevil's true passions will yield an extra point or two-- here's KIMBAll Street. IMBA is the International Mountain...

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02-25-2021, 04:40 PM

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

You missed the next sentence: :)

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02-25-2021, 09:25 AM

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

I think this is my first time having the earliest submission for the day! Here's Duck Girl, by Paul Manship. No idea what she's doing in the...

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02-24-2021, 09:47 PM

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

Here's a local spot -- American Sardine Bar. Word with a bonus likeness!

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02-23-2021, 09:41 AM

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

Like CBGanimal, I too knew exactly where I was going to go. Philadelphia's Magic Gardens! This is just the exterior portion abutting South St. I...

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02-22-2021, 07:10 PM

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

I agree with others that what looks purple in real life doesn't necessarily look so purple once you're looking at the photo later. I had a much...

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02-21-2021, 10:45 AM

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

Nice and simple! Primary architect was David Linquist. This sculpture was made less than a decade after the symbol was created!

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02-20-2021, 12:13 PM

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

I figured one of the bridges over the Schuylkill would be a good vantage point for this -- I could find someone riding along the SRT. However, I...

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02-19-2021, 09:53 AM

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

Perhaps I've misinterpreted the task, and it needs to be one of the nine planets in our solar system, and not a generic "planet". For now at least,...

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02-18-2021, 11:42 AM

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

Awesome! I think I've seen someone else mention this difficulty. If you're just using the web UI (i.e. not Tapatalk), you can "Go advanced",...

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02-18-2021, 11:37 AM

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

No idea about the original challenge. I had a vague recollection of no rentals allowed for this, but who knows? I do know that I've dreamed about...

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02-18-2021, 08:00 AM

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

This was a rough one with the current snowfall, as I'm sure you all experienced. I was scared off by the signs on the shared residential parking...

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02-17-2021, 07:13 PM

josh replied to a thread Pointless Prize - POGGIO Simulations in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I'd assume it was removed because it doesn't appear that anyone was sponsoring it this year. I don't see it in the Pointless Prize thread. If you...

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02-17-2021, 06:44 PM

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

I forgot to do this early enough during the day, so by the time I found something appropriate, all the birds were hidden away.

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02-16-2021, 09:46 AM

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

I'm double-dipping here on the MF DOOM mural. Here's the masked supervillain, but in daylight this time around.

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02-15-2021, 09:52 PM

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

Not the best angle because the mall was closed, but here's a skeleton in a lab coat. HT to katie for letting me know that Kiehl's locations have...

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02-15-2021, 05:05 PM

josh replied to a thread BAFS 2020 Pointless Prizes: Loopy for Arlington in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

There are three images that should be (and are, for me at least) displaying inline. The first says "Kilgore Trout" and includes your Strava profile...

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02-15-2021, 01:45 PM

QuikAF77 replied to a thread Pointless prize: DropThePandemicPudge in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Checking in.Starting weight of 195, down to 189 now. Progress is slow, but happening.

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02-14-2021, 05:59 PM

josh replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Here's some ephemeral public art: Big Fish in Little Pond by Tracey D.

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02-14-2021, 05:57 PM

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

I passed by this storefront looking for hearts today. The business seems potentially relevant to today.

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02-14-2021, 05:51 PM

josh replied to a thread Bike Infrastructure Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I didn't lock up here, so I don't know how practical they are, but these bike racks are cute.

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02-14-2021, 10:59 AM

dcv replied to a thread Post pics of your bike thread in Pictures & Videos

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02-13-2021, 01:28 PM

josh replied to a thread FS2021 #LiteBrite Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

This is an unknown category, but I'm submitting at AlanA's recommendation. It has lots of lights of different colors (yellow, red, blue), and both...

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02-13-2021, 01:04 PM

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

Here's the Broad Street Diner, which is open 24/7. The bike that happens to be in the shot is also my bike, just in case you were wondering. I've...

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02-12-2021, 03:41 PM

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

I dunno, native American persuasion sounds more like a bison. I think buffalo are more Old World ��

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02-12-2021, 09:12 AM

josh replied to a thread Pointless prize #FS2021coffeesnobride in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

It's probably too late now, and I could be wrong, but I thought that secstate implied that they would change the leaderboard code to count rides with...

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02-12-2021, 09:03 AM

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

I'm not sure why I felt like I should be in this photo, but the heart wants what it wants. Found a rock, moved it, spent too long aiming/balancing my...

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02-11-2021, 01:07 PM

josh replied to a thread Pointless prize #FS2021coffeesnobride in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Considering that chuxtr has been the sponsor for these coffee-related prizes the past couple years, I think it's a fair assumption that the rules...

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02-11-2021, 08:14 AM

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

Here's a film (and "quizzo"?) poster from a local theater. I hate to admit it, but I've never actually seen Wayne's World, so I should probably get...

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