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Old 04-26-2019, 11:56 PM   #2261 (permalink)
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YKYAEM when you're pedaling along thinking about what to do if you're harassed for riding on the sidewalk and decide the solution would be a pedal-powered wheel chair.

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Old 04-27-2019, 12:17 AM   #2262 (permalink)
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YKYAEM when you're pedaling along thinking about what to do if you're harassed for riding on the sidewalk and decide the solution would be a pedal-powered wheel chair.
My friend Bill Warner had lots of fun with that. Where bicycles were not allowed, he had a wheelchair, and where wheelchairs were not allowed, he had a tricycle. Of course, he didn't pedal, he manualed.
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Back in the 20th Century, I knew a guy who was a double amputee and his wheelchair had a hand pedal setup like a recumbent bike.
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Old 05-13-2019, 11:30 PM   #2264 (permalink)
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YKYAEM when you push your car into your driveway just to get that trip meter to go from 99.8 MPG to 100.1 MPG.
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Old 05-14-2019, 08:27 PM   #2265 (permalink)
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I dunno. Sounds like perfectly normal behavior to me. It's not like Farva stretching for a hot dog.
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When you consider "If I can still tow it with a Prius" when considering buying another boat. lol
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Old 05-16-2019, 05:07 AM   #2267 (permalink)
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When you consider "If I can still tow it with a Prius" when considering buying another boat. lol
When you realize you have good winds so you go out and raise the sails on the boat on the trailer.
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Lol that’s pretty good...

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Lol, hilarious! Was it a forum member?

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