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[nitram]

1 hour ago, Jim53 said:

Its European!

So was Borat.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borat

 

Edited January 25, 2024 by nitram

[BIG STU]

19 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Oh man, I remember makin big ramps out of miscellaneous pieces of wood that would collapse if ya looked at em wrong. Ride down the street full blast and just go for it! Ya fall, ya go in put some Bactine n A band-aid on the road rash n do it again! 
I can’t recall the last time I saw kids hittin ramps out in the street… Reminds me of talkin a walk on Christmas Day and seeing several kids cruising around on their electric bikes vehicles not even havin to put work on! Haha

Some of the stunts I pulled on golf carts and motorcycles in those days it is a wonder I am here now. I could use a ramp and ride a 3 wheeled golf cart with one drive wheel in the air. Had to always have the RR on the ground to drive it since only the RR pulled. My old man knew what I did and did not approve until one day. He always had larceny in his blood and bet a prominent racer ( the late Curtis Turner) I could ride it the length of our parking lot. LOL he bet $1000 and I did it. Now my old man could be chintzy. I raised hell at him and he gave me $125 of it. That was the cost of 6 brand new 6 volt batteries for my golf cart. What I had done before was when they replaced a set of batteries in a cart I got the one or two good ones in the set and made me up a set which was a PITA. With a new set I could go all day all over the place. In the summer our carts got the crap ran out of them and the batteries were toast after a year. Mine did not get ran all the time like that because I had other stuff to do. Mine lasted 3 years. My old man in his ignorance on mechanical stuff swore the battery supplier sold me better batteries than they sold the course. The salesman told him why mine lasted. He did not believe it. Of course if you told him something on the ground was poop he would sniff it to see. 

[Conrad1953]

Big Wheels were way past my time as a kid. 

 

Our mode of transportation was a bike.....or a home made skateboard. 

 

We road our 10 speeds 13 miles each way to the beach and back, on a busy boulevard.

No one ever got hurt. No helmets, no riding "outfits". We wore our swim shorts, a t-shirt,

tennis shoes and brought our beach towels. There were no bike lanes yet either.

 

Amazing when I look back on it now. A different time and world.

[TiScape]

Seeing it’s gonna be 71° in Santa Clara Sunday. That combined w/Deebo playing and no home field advantage for the Lions makes me officially say I’m picking the 9ers to win. 

Edited January 26, 2024 by TiScape

[TiScape]

6 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

Big Wheels were way past my time as a kid. 

 

Our mode of transportation was a bike.....or a home made skateboard. 

 

We road our 10 speeds *13 miles each way to the beach and back, on a busy boulevard.

No one ever got hurt. No helmets, no riding "outfits". We wore our swim shorts, a t-shirt,

tennis shoes and brought our beach towels. There were no bike lanes yet either.

 

Amazing when I look back on it now. A different time and world.

Please tell me it was uphill both ways!

[TiScape]

Have any of you had a Sumo orange 🍊? Man they are delicious! 

*should add I had never heard of ‘em until a guy at the gym Monday asked if I had ever had one. Said I’d never even heard of em. Bought 2 the next day and damn, I’m sold. I typically just buy the Cuties. 

Edited January 25, 2024 by TiScape

[Conrad1953]

4 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Please tell me it was uphill both ways!

 

About 100-150 ft total elevation change between home and the beach. Downhill going

and uphill coming back. The SoCal basin where we lived is a very flat place for the 

most part. It was a pretty straight shot from Artesia down to Seal Beach. We rode down

Norwalk Blvd. which changed to Los Alamitos Blvd. at the Orange County line and then

to Seal Beach Blvd. when you got into Seal Beach city limits.

 

There, I took it down from the 30,000 ft view to a more granular street level view, lol.

 

It was NOT uphill both ways and no snow or ice was involved....ever.😃 Oh, and stop

lights were still very far apart back then. Maybe 10-15 stoplights all the way down.

 

[Triple Lindy]

1 hour ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Big Wheel! Ya love your Big Wheel so much you keep trying to ride it even when you to big!

 

The chassis be cracking under you, wheel spinning cause you too heavy, ya can’t even fit

 

No problem! You stand on the Big Wheel!

 

go to the top of hill, go flying down standing up, hit a turn going to fast and

 

jump off into the neighbors yard just before it crashes into the curb! 🤣

 

Then, go home, open the fridge, chug-a-lug half a carton of 5-Alive to a job well done!

Anyone else skid their Big Wheel so much that you flattened out the plastic wheel? Thump, thump, thump down the sidewalk.

 

Danny Boy had the best Big Wheel track, though.

 

[Triple Lindy]

22 minutes ago, TiScape said:

the Cuties. 

Those are delicious! So sweet and juicy. Never had the Sumo. 

[Conrad1953]

25 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Seeing it’s gonna be 71° in Santa Clara Sunday. That combined w/Deebo playing and no home crowd for the Lions makes me officially say I’m picking the 9ers to win. 

 

LOL, like you weren't going to pick the 9ers, officially or not. BTW, what would picking them

unofficially look like!?😀

[TiScape]

6 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

 

About 100-150 ft total elevation change between home and the beach. Downhill going

and uphill coming back. The SoCal basin where we lived is a very flat place for the 

most part. It was a pretty straight shot from Artesia down to Seal Beach. We rode down

Norwalk Blvd. which changed to Los Alamitos Blvd. at the Orange County line and then

to Seal Beach Blvd. when you got into Seal Beach city limits.

 

There, I took it down from the 30,000 ft view to a more granular street level view, lol.

 

It was NOT uphill both ways and no snow or ice was involved....ever.😃 Oh, and stop

lights were still very far apart back then. Maybe 10-15 stoplights all the way down.

 

Oh man, them the salad days Rado 😊

 

*hope ya don’t mind I added the ‘o’. Just felt right. 

[Qqq123xx]

33 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

Big Wheels were way past my time as a kid. 

 

Our mode of transportation was a bike.....or a home made skateboard. 

 

We road our 10 speeds 13 miles each way to the beach and back, on a busy boulevard.

No one ever got hurt. No helmets, no riding "outfits". We wore our swim shorts, a t-shirt,

tennis shoes and brought our beach towels. There were no bike lanes yet either.

 

Amazing when I look back on it now. A different time and world.

 

The gang and I used to ride bikes everywhere, couple towns over etc. Or we walked, a lot. Only time in front of tv was when it was dark out. 

[Qqq123xx]

26 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Have any of you had a Sumo orange 🍊? Man they are delicious! 

*should add I had never heard of ‘em until a guy at the gym Monday asked if I had ever had one. Said I’d never even heard of em. Bought 2 the next day and damn, I’m sold. I typically just buy the Cuties. 

 

Looks like a pepper on roids. 

[TiScape]

1 minute ago, Conrad1953 said:

 

LOL, like you weren't going to pick the 9ers, officially or not. BTW, what would picking them

unofficially look like!?😀

I can say who I genuinely feel will win a game w/o any bias. Different than who I’d prefer to win. 

[TiScape]

Just now, Qqq123xx said:

 

Looks like a pepper on roids. 

My GF said it reminded her of hemorrhoids and I quickly tried to scrub it from my brain… It didn’t work! 😩

[braincramp52]

3 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

Maaaaan, thanks to wife we singin this 🤣

 

The absolute worst song…that everyone remembers ! 🤣

 

[TiScape]

4 minutes ago, Triple Lindy said:

Those are delicious! So sweet and juicy. Never had the Sumo. 

I love havin a bag of cuties on hand as it’s a great way to kill a craving for ice cream or some other empty calories. 
 

*I can all but feel the replies from the ‘I eat whatever 💩 I want’ crowd! 😂 

[Conrad1953]

1 minute ago, TiScape said:

I love havin a bag of cuties on hand as it’s a great way to kill a craving for ice cream or some other empty calories. 
 

*I can all but feel the replies from the ‘I eat whatever 💩 I want’ crowd! 😂 

 

Actually, Cobi loves Cuties and Halos. Both are Mandarin Oranges, BTW. This is the first

time I have heard of Sumos. 

[TiScape]

2 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

 

Actually, Cobi loves Cuties and Halos. Both are Mandarin Oranges, BTW. This is the first

time I have heard of Sumos. 

Up until this week I hadn’t either. Just Googled and found ⬇️

[Qqq123xx]

Samurai Sumo Satsuki loves 'em. 

 

 

 

[Conrad1953]

11 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Up until this week I hadn’t either. Just Googled and found ⬇️

 

Those Sumos look thick skinned like a Navel orange which should mean they are

much easier to peel than a Cutie.

 

I just thought back to my first time in Florida in '75 and buying some of the vaunted Florida

oranges. Ya, they taste great but are a PITA to peel, lol. I think they are mostly used for juice.

[TiScape]

Just now, Conrad1953 said:

 

Those Sumos look thick skinned like a Navel orange which should mean they are

much easier to peel than a Cutie.

 

I just thought back to my first time in Florida in '75 and buying some of the vaunted Florida

oranges. Ya, they taste great but are a PITA to peel, lol. I think they are mostly used for juice.

Def a thick skin and peel effortlessly 

[TiScape]

4 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

 

Those Sumos look thick skinned like a Navel orange which should mean they are

much easier to peel than a Cutie.

 

I just thought back to my first time in Florida in '75 and buying some of the vaunted Florida

oranges. Ya, they taste great but are a PITA to peel, lol. I think they are mostly used for juice.

Funny Conrad. As it was someone peeling a FL orange and saying that was ridiculously difficult to peel and tasted bad, that was the catalyst for the cutie/sumo coming up.

Edited January 25, 2024 by TiScape

[Conrad1953]

2 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Funny Conrad. As it was someone peeling a FL orange and saying that was ridiculously difficult to peel and tasted bad, that was the catalyst for that cutie/sumo coming up. 

 

I missed that post, lol. Was it here or somewhere else?

[TiScape]

5 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

 

I missed that post, lol. Was it here or somewhere else?

It was here. I didn’t mention the PITA FL orange. Just that someone at the gym asked me if I had tried the Sumos. After you mentioned it it reminded me. Someone had sent a member a box of FL oranges and he donated them to the gym. After peeling one and trying it, the person made the comment, I see why he didn’t want em! 😂 

Edited January 25, 2024 by TiScape

[Soloman1]

Sumo

 

 

 

 

Cutie

 

 

Edited January 25, 2024 by Soloman1

[TiScape]

1 minute ago, Soloman1 said:

Sumo

 

 

 

 

Cutie

 

 

Goes to prove, it’s what on the inside that counts! 😉 

[Fellaheen51]

1 hour ago, TiScape said:

Seeing it’s gonna be 71° in Santa Clara Sunday. That combined w/Deebo playing and no home crowd for the Lions makes me officially say I’m picking the 9ers to win. 

 

According to Vivid Seats as of yesterday, sales to Lions fans stood at 22% of total attendance.  Up from 18% the day before.  Won't be the home stadium, but not exactly a "no home crowd" environment either.   The "D" will be representing in Santa Clara.  

[TiScape]

3 hours ago, Fellaheen51 said:

 

According to Vivid Seats as of yesterday, sales to Lions fans stood at 22% of total attendance.  Up from 18% the day before.  Won't be the home stadium, but not exactly a "no home crowd" environment either.   The "D" will be representing in Santa Clara.  

Lol sure. But compare that to what they experience in D. That was my main point. 😁 Their home crowd advantage was fierce the last couple weeks. It’s been fun to watch. Def a dif dynamic this week for ‘em. 
 

*edited original post to say “no home field advantage” for Lions. 

Edited January 26, 2024 by TiScape

[miamistomp]

3 hours ago, TiScape said:

Have any of you had a Sumo orange 🍊? Man they are delicious! 

*should add I had never heard of ‘em until a guy at the gym Monday asked if I had ever had one. Said I’d never even heard of em. Bought 2 the next day and damn, I’m sold. I typically just buy the Cuties. 

 Looks like 45 after a bath