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Title: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: Bengt_Phorqs on June 11, 2009, 12:23:38 PM
Monday, 15 June, is the 18th Annual Ride to Word Day.  http://www.ridetowork.org/
If you are like me you are used to seeing this in July but it has now been moved to June.
Title: Re: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: Ed Miller on June 11, 2009, 01:05:05 PM
Dang it, I rode to work on the wrong day!

...actually I got pretty wet.  I thought it would not rain so I wore my leathers rather than my Olympia one piece.  I was mistaken.

Title: Re: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: Melena on June 11, 2009, 06:31:35 PM
Oh!  I didn't know it was coming up so fast.  I gotta get things in order to do that.  Maybe it will get me riding every day.     :D

Thanks for the post.
Title: Re: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: Bob_Roller on June 11, 2009, 06:49:51 PM
Ride to work day always falls on my days off !!!!
Title: Re: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: Bengt_Phorqs on June 11, 2009, 08:50:08 PM
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...actually I got pretty wet.I thought it would not rain so I wore my leathers rather than my Olympia one piece.I was mistaken.

Glad I didn't ride to work today.  We got 6-1/2 inches of rain here in Bedford over the last 24 hours and a little town south of Dallas, Lancaster, received over 8 inches.  The Trinity River is levee to levee, about 1/2 mile wide, near downtown Dallas.  More is expected to night.

Just goes to show you have to be prepared for anything when you ride to work.
Title: Re: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: Ed Miller on June 11, 2009, 09:21:26 PM
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Glad I didn't ride to work today.  We got 6-1/2 inches of rain here in Bedford over the last 24 hours and a little town south of Dallas, Lancaster, received over 8 inches.  

Can you breath when it rains that much?  I would think you would drown.  Yuck!   ;D
Title: Re: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: montmil on June 14, 2009, 07:03:30 AM
June 15 is the 18th annual "Ride to Work Day".

It's also the official "Sneak a Kiss Day" for sweethearts to steal smooches from their sweeties.

And, in Indiana, two brothers are attempting to have the day marked as "National Man Day". 260,000+ pledges have been received on the boys Facebook page where folks pledge to, "stand up and do manly things".

I'm gonna cover all the bases. I will smooch my sweetheart bye-bye as I fire up the manly R65 and, even though I'm off for the summer, ride somewhere and watch people work. Close enough.

Monte  [smiley=beatnik.gif]

  
Title: Re: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: aussie on June 15, 2009, 04:17:53 AM
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I'm gonna cover all the bases. I will smooch my sweetheart bye-bye as I fire up the manly R65 and, even though I'm off for the summer, ride somewhere and watch people work. Close enough.

Been doin' that for years - didn't know that there had to be a 'day' before I could do it....
Title: Re: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: nhmaf on June 16, 2009, 11:01:08 AM

Ah, but I bet that you are all kicking yourselves for missing the First World Accordion Day last month (May 6th)!!!
 ;)
Title: Re: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: montmil on June 16, 2009, 11:41:45 AM
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Ah, but I bet that you are all kicking yourselves for missing the First World Accordion Day last month (May 6th)!!! ;)

Mike, Did you ever catch the first and only performance of the All Girl Topless Accordion Band? Tragic  ;D

No jokes like them old jokes.
Title: Re: Annual Ride to Work Day
Post by: nhmaf on June 16, 2009, 01:29:01 PM
Monte - can always count on you to crack me up!

Actually, one of the bands I play in had a performance a couple days after world accordion day, and we had a very skilled female accordionist performing (fully clothed!) during the concert.    :D