Freezing Saddles Side Game – What day is it?? (#nationalday)

[Steve O]

I got inspired by National Pie Day on January 23 and hereby offer this Freezing Saddles side game.

The National Day calendar lists several different things to celebrate or honor on each day of the month. On that day, do something or celebrate one of those things and involve your bicycle.

For instance, on National Pie Day I provided pie to everyone who came to WTF Coffee Club. All of us could claim a celebratory point, since we rode our bikes to eat pie.
Today (Jan 30) is National Croissant Day. Not hard to figure out a bike-related way to celebrate. You get the idea.

All of the days will appear on the Freezing Saddles calendar. If you don’t already have the Google calendar integrated into your daily calendar, you can find the calendar on the Freezing Saddles home page by scrolling down. I will also post them here on this thread.

Rules:

• The game runs Feb 1 through Feb 29.
• Your activity must occur on the actual day of celebration. This is honor system, although linking and hashtagging your Strava ride will be good documentation (#nationalday)
• Take a photo that documents your celebration of the National Day involving your bike. Include an entertaining description if you like and post it here.
• Both individual and team points will be awarded. If you celebrate with one or more other members of your team, be sure to note that to earn extra points.
• Only one celebration per day per person. Many days celebrate or honor more than one thing. Choose.
• National Days only. No International Days, even though Feb. 5 is World Nutella Day. Sorry.

Game starts in about 36 hours. Get ready!

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[Steve O]

[h=3]February 1
National Baked Alaska Day
National Freedom Day (Freedom From Slavery)
National Get Up Day
National Serpent Day
National Texas Day
Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

February 2
National Heavenly Hash Day
National Tater Tot Day
National Groundhog Day

February 3
National Carrot Cake Day
National Day the Music Died Day
National Football Hangover Day
National Missing Persons Day
National Women Physicians Day

February 4
National Create a Vacuum day
National Hemp Day
National Homemade Soup Day
National Thank a Mail Carrier Day
Safer Internet Day U.S.

February 5
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
National Shower with a Friend Day
National Weatherperson’s Day

February 6
National Frozen Yogurt Day
National Lame Duck Day

February 7
Bubble Gum Day
National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
National Periodic Table Day
National Send a Card to a Friend Day
National Wear Red Day[/h]

[reji]

This (and Beerneuring) makes me happy!

[Sunyata]

OMG. Tomorrow is National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Perhaps a breakfast trip to Lazy Mike’s is in order tomorrow!

[Mtansill]

Thanks for putting this one together! Of course I had to go for National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Here I am with some Ben & Jerry’s at a local park with my bicycle. I had actually bought this ice cream a couple of months ago, but I tested it last night and it was still good so not being one to waste good ice cream… breakfast!

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[reji]

I went to the Franklin & Armfield Slave Office (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_and_Armfield_Office) in Alexandria first.
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Then I went to the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery. (https://www.alexandriava.gov/FreedmenMemorial) I learned about both of these on Bobco’s Alexandria Historical Bike Ride which he led in 2017.
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https://www.strava.com/activities/3063452099

[bikedavid]

Spotted Potomac Phil at the Groundhog Day festival in Dupont. He loves tall hats and polka.

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[accordioneur]

I saw my shadow on National Groundhog Day. That means six more weeks of accordion music.

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[accordioneur]

Freezing Paddles: Found a Chevy by the levee (National Day the Music Died Day)

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P.S. I think it’s actually an Oldsmobile, but from the era of badge engineering so it might as well have been a Chevy.

[Steve O]

Today
February 4
National Create a Vacuum day
National Hemp Day
National Homemade Soup Day
National Thank a Mail Carrier Day
Safer Internet Day U.S.

Tomorrow
February 5
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
National Shower with a Friend Day
National Weatherperson’s Day

[reji]

Feb 2, I went with National Tater Tots day because TOTS! I stopped by the local Harris Teeter on my way home from Rumi’s crepe ride to pick up these lovelies. I also learned that you fashion a backpack out of plastic grocery bags.

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https://www.strava.com/activities/3066972102

[reji]

Feb 4, I went to work and learned about some of the research that NSF is doing on vacuums. Lots of cool stuff I didn’t understand like variable electric multipole configuration and mixed-valence molecular QCA; feel free to browse for yourself here: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/simpleSearchResult?queryText=vacuum

But my favorite was this one, which is about the relationship people form with their Roomba: https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=109703

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https://www.strava.com/activities/3070672210

[Steve O]

Shower with a friend day!
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[SarahBee]

@Steve O 197971 wrote:

Shower with a friend day!
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I’m having flashbacks to the BAFS swimsuit challenge.

[Steve O]

Upcoming national days

February 5 (today)
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
National Shower with a Friend Day
National Weatherperson’s Day

Thursday, February 6
National Frozen Yogurt Day
National Lame Duck Day

Friday, February 7
Bubble Gum Day
National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
National Periodic Table Day
National Send a Card to a Friend Day
National Wear Red Day

Sat., February 8
National Boy Scouts Day
National Kite Flying Day
National Iowa Day

Sunday, February 9
National Cut the Cord Day
National Bagel and Lox Day
National Pizza Day
National Toothache Day

[lordofthemark]

@Steve O 197988 wrote:

Upcoming national days

February 5 (today)
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
National Shower with a Friend Day
National Weatherperson’s Day

Thursday, February 6
National Frozen Yogurt Day
National Lame Duck Day

Friday, February 7
Bubble Gum Day
National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
National Periodic Table Day
National Send a Card to a Friend Day
National Wear Red Day

Sat., February 8
National Boy Scouts Day
National Kite Flying Day
National Iowa Day

Sunday, February 9
National Cut the Cord Day
National Bagel and Lox Day
National Pizza Day
National Toothache Day

I definitely look foward to national frozen duck day, and national cut the bagel day (though I may want to keep QOTM away from that) National FrozenBagelDay could segue nicely into National Toothache Day, which could also match well with NationalIowaResults day.

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