Razors Edge

I am against pooping in someone's well! That's rude. If you're getting cholera in the US from someone who pooped in the woods and left it, then YOU are doing something wrong with your life

A van by the river, or a rock by the ocean!

I agree. Ladies out exercising are like the ladies working out in the gym - likely to be perv-worthy. RG knows that but hates exercising. Jsharr can learn from us and start exercising.

Most people are sheeple! You and me? Renegades of the avant-garde!

Is she singing in the shower? That really helps me see this in my head.

Too soon for an "I sharted the process" parody?

On an OPEN road (most country and many suburban roads), this is fine and a good way to chat. On a BUSY road or a one lane road with cars regularly passing it is BAD FORM. In a group ride, it is always BAD FORM to not follow a "car back" call and go single file immediately.

PERV!!!!

I see this all the time and am like "WTF? Do these folks not also drive a car and realize how shitty they are behaving?" The bigger rides, like the local century, often has a bad mix of rare riders and entitled riders, and I prefer to distance myself from those packs except when necessary. They are an absolute nightmare when in one of the rare busy road sections. The ride is early Sun morning, so at least fewer drivers are out, but it is just sad to see how folks don't realize there are simple ways to share a road.

I think I sent him down a "fact finding" mission reviewing Mr Butts' oeuvre!

It's hard to imagine, but the last brand new "original" Beetle is NEWER than my Accord or my Civic!!!! YOWZA!

I hate that you don't know going in how likely that is to happen, and the riders often seem to get amped up further and further. Yeah - the first guy can get through the light as it turns yellow, but what about the 10th? He's either stopping (and group ride over) or going through a red light. Yeah, I don't bother with the A rides because they seem to be spotty of whether they follow "normal" rules or just think hammering doesn't follow rules. I'm too old for that.

I think the gravel will have a lot of takers. I personally am in much better shape late August than early in the year when the other big gravel ride occurs. Last June I did the other ride - 78 miles and 6,500" elevation - and it whupped me. With gravel - as you know - it's rarely a few big climbs, but rather near constant up and down. That wears me out more than a 100 miles on the road with the same elevation.

Spain is not a dry heat, either.

There are a few houses I ride by in NoVa that are "VW houses". Usually a bug, bus, and other VWs in the driveway. Never see them all "fully restored" but more in a "One day!" state. Bitchin' Rides guy is a HUGE classic VW guy. Raves about them all the time. My friend in CA has a whole bunch of VWs - also in the "Some day!" category.

SHILL!!!! I was hoping you weren't on their payroll!

It's in the North for the first eclipse, then the far SE for the second one. The first would work well for the Camino trip.

All propaganda by Big Toilet and Accessories!!!!! NO ONE picks up cat poop outside, and there are bazillions of cats outside. Poop of any and all kinds can cause disease! Rat poop FTW!! And a good rain/snow takes care of ALL poop outside, otherwise dog poop would be up to our ears in parks and trails.

BUTTS IS STILL ALIVE!!!

eSims are super easy and you can get them ahead of the trip, set them up, but then turn them "on" when you land. All modern cell phones can handle them. For "GPS", keep in mind it works ANYWHERE in the world as long as it can see the sky. Your phone will always know where you are as long as you're not in a tunnel or heavily obstructed place. BUT, it will only know the GPS coordinates for where you are, when in reality, a human needs those coordinated plotted on a MAP (overlay). So, for a phone, the options are 1) "pre-download the map overlays (in Google Maps)" which will give you a ready representation of those coordinates on a Google Map assuming the area was part of your downloaded maps or 2) have a data plan/wifi when using the Google Maps (or Apple Maps) and it will take the coordinates and constantly pull down the appropriate map overlay in real time. Obviously, the upside of real time is that it enables all the smart stuff Google maps can do like routing for speed, avoid tolls, no highways, whatever. Plus it will always be updating traffic conditions and the names of stores nearby and links to their reviews, etc.. But with no or a dodgy internet connection, that turns to useless fairly fast. For me, I'm usually going to download a map(s) of a city for offline use, but I also generally have wifi via the esim or hotel. A while back, I didn't bother with an esim for a city trip, and relied on the hotel, museum, and cafe wifi - which worked great with the downloaded maps, BUT I realized it didn't work when out and about and asking Google Maps for the quickest walking path between two points since it needed the internet for that effort. An "old school" Garmin/TomTom/etc GPS will come with regional maps already downloaded (same as cars used to). If you rent a car, it may most likely have all the GPS function you need built into it already or they may "rent" one to you for a fee. If you were to bring your classic GPS from home with you to Scotland, likely you would NOT have the UK maps on the device, so possibly would essentially have the same situation as Google Maps on your phone with no internet.

I did not know him by name, but by his movies. Author of a book, star of a reality show, and a legal trailblazer!

I still think the answer was RTFM or UTFG or both!

Can you explain this? deer poop - let it be rabbit poop - let it be bear poop - let it be coyote poop - let it be bison poop - let it be cow poop - let it be (or toss it!) horse poop - let it be wolf poop let it be cat poop - let them deal with it dog poop - bag it up! human poop - PANIC!!! Buy special tools. Carry tools with you. Dig dig dig! Use "special paper"! Run, hide,ARGH

Still - AWESOME Allen!!! Hope it is well attended and the talk of the town!