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Ian is gonna sell me the Safari

28 years ago, WoW and I went to see the Rolling Stones in Ames, IA on their Steel Wheels tour. It was very chilly, but an amazing musical experience! One of the best concerts I ever went to! I had always liked the song "Sympathy for the Devil", but this concert kicked it up a few notches. Keith Richards, known more for great riffs than guitar solos, played a brain searing, emotional solo that was a highlight of the show for me. At the end of the song, he leaned back against an amp with a huge grin on his face. I knew we saw something special! Neither the IMAX movie, nor the live album from that tour had anything close to what we remembered. Some friends and I have been searching for a bootleg recording of the concert ever since. Last night, I was about to fall asleep on the couch when our doorbell rang. It was one of my best friends with a crazy grin on his face (this guy looks and speaks just like Andrew Zimmern!). He is a big fan of bootleg recordings and this had been his holy grail! He presented me a pair of CD's burned from that concert! It was 80's tech - most likely recorded on a Walkman, but not bad for the era. I tried listening to the rest of the concert, but as good as it was, I had to hear "Sympathy" and fast forwarded to it. I was not disappointed! Tears streamed from my eyes as I relived that night from nearly 30 years ago!

Posted by Donkpow at that other place. Recommend you watch, if you haven't seen it already.

Through my connections & a double-naught spy seconded to the NSA, I got a message to the Huck-A-Poo-ilian They're safe. Power is out. Ice cream melted.

They are building a refugee centre there.

Did you break his coffee maker and drink his wine, then drive his LandRover Discovery?

If you put Granny, on a rocking chair on top, it would look like moving day at the Clampetts.

No gears on that one. It's a fixie!

ok, this is for the mechanically inclined types. My rear derailleur has been sluggish and not shifting crisply like it used to. Can I fix that with a little degreaser or do I need to replace the derailleur?

Touring bikes usually have enough clearance for cross tires. That should get you a little deeper into winter riding now that Ian is turning loose of the Novara.

<CRINGE> I have an ankle that's not OEM. Every once in a while, I will bend it in a way that it takes issue with. It lets me know in no uncertain terms that it does not like what I did. I make funny faces, hyperventilate and say bad words. Sometimes, if it's a particularly "good one", I take a knee and make funny sounds. Empathy almost makes me regret posting that picture of the wooden bridge, last week. Almost.

That was a mighty fine rant. Could have used a bit more cussing and bashing of alternative groups, but solid work.

6 miles on the commute. Ran 3.14 (pi run) @ 8:57 pace.

I followed that bike for days expecting stuff to fall off, nothing ever did.

Little short 8 mile ride today. The township was fluffing up the road today and it was a bit tricky with road slicks.

Just wanted to add a few more to Old#7's pics...

From Honolulu. ?

I didn't even have to photoshop it

25 solo ride

Oh. SW performed your humour code mod.

So after my hiking weekend..and the Brit's last night...time to settle in for more working out. I felt good hiking but I know it would feel better if the weight came down a bit. I did not over eat on the weekend..but I did have some vino..now back to the basics.

Did you say teabot?

Where are today's knee pics? I didn't say you were stoned, I just implied the hell out of it, stoner.

I forgot that I posted that. I am lucky I didn't die that night, drinking Rivers Rum. That was so bad. <laughing>

Well... I wouldn't say never.

Beer can chicken with roasted potatoes, cauliflower and garlic. There might have been beer.

I hope he got a flood permit!

Nate would be proud of you, great post.

Long time ago I watched the X-rated cartoon Fritz the Cat at the local drive in theater. I thought it was the best movie I ever saw. Many years later I rented the movie to show my wife. I was embarrassed to think that at one time I thought it was a great movie. Something else must have influenced my opinion of that movie.

Same look Gus had after getting porcupine quills yanked. ?

I live in a small town where everything is within walking distance. We have been known to run to the grocery store as part of our workout. It's 2mi round trip.

Maddmaxx is less mad and more snarky. Lake Superior is that crazy Texican. Not to be confused with KrAzY Texan.

You really should avoid thinking

A lunar calendar will do just fine.

And by here, I mean near Portland, Maine. Tomorrow I'll head up north a bit to Acadia and Bar Harbor. I better hit the road early!

Use a fork silly!

...and I have no ide how I crafted one of the best bike unveilings, in forum history. The progression of pictures was pretty epic, IMHO. I don't think I can ever re-create one like that. Yup, most talented artists are probably ripped 1/2 the time. Really, I wish that first bike would have been Brutus, because he is my favorite. His thread did start out with pics of a very special box from Specialized. When you see those boxes get delivered, a little bit of extra excitement arises.

Pet lovers can be really really myopic and judgmental and sometimes very annoying and wrong and deserve to be punched in the junk.

I got rid of all those people on my feed because I couldn't take it. I'm a dog lover, have had lots of them taken many in, but sometimes putting the dog down is the sensible and correct thing to do.

Congrats on the acquisition! A good friend pulls through. I've seen the Stones back in the day and was always entertained at every show. First show was in July 1975 in Largo MD. A barnburner. I'd love to have a bootleg of that show.

and his friends today.

Just dump the bike and buy a new one. As you are already standing in a bike shop this will be no problem.