There is a certain wisdom in having a bike, a kayak, or a ? that is very functional, and so very unstylish that few thieves would target it...a sense of being a little freer, from having to protect your toy...and hence it becomes even more functional. Gordon is a wise man....and the girl that IS impressed by this wisdom will likely be somewhat special. "When one of the local college bike racer types passes me by, I'm sure he or she is at the least amused, and possibly appalled. I ride an old pink (they said "salmon", but it's pink - the only color it came in) touring bike. When it got scratched and I decided it was time to touch it up, I couldn't find pink (oops - salmon) paint. I found some red enamel from a model airplane project - no problem. So now I've got little fire engine red blobs all over my pink bike. I have an orange Goofy horn on the handlebars. Way cool. Squeeze Goofy's head and he honks. It really impresses the girls I pass, right? Honk, honk! How are you doing?" *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 11 2003 - 04:40:09 PST
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