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Caption This for 3/25/16

Posted March 24, 2016 4:45 PM by LakeGrl
Pathfinder Tags: bicycles engineering engineering images funny images transportation

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03/24/2016 4:54 PM

Moments from disaster!

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03/28/2016 10:31 AM

$15,000 and six months just to wash and wax my vehicle?! I don't understand what the big deal is!

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03/24/2016 6:34 PM

Get us on your mobile, yes we home deliver.
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03/24/2016 6:37 PM

I need to get a basket for my bike so I can carry more stuff.

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03/24/2016 6:47 PM

Homeless hoarder on the move.
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03/24/2016 7:33 PM

Schwinn announces the beta model of their new bike with safety airbags.

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03/24/2016 7:47 PM

Clean up brigade for the latest Bernie Sanders rally.

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03/24/2016 9:54 PM

Tupperware Management soon realizes that not all Business Models translate well internationally.

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03/24/2016 11:13 PM

Chris Christie has elicited help for mopping up after the flood on the east coast.

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03/25/2016 12:05 AM

Look! A "buy-cycle"!
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03/25/2016 6:46 AM

...just back from a litter pick at the beach...

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03/25/2016 6:50 AM

But honey they were in the sale and really cheap. I just couldn't resist.
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03/25/2016 6:56 AM

I cannot pedal. Pl. tow me.

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03/25/2016 7:40 AM

Plastic re-cycling ?
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03/25/2016 8:50 AM

Wife: Honey, I'm going to the store to pick up a few things...

Husband: ok...

Friend of husband: so, how did you get your wife to stop buying crap every time she goes shopping..

Husband: that was quite easy.... I bought her a bike.

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03/25/2016 10:52 AM

Wallmart's autonomous vehicle has first test run.
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03/25/2016 12:13 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S33abzXQfkc

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03/25/2016 9:00 PM

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peddle

Merriam‑Webster: someone who sells things in small amounts often by traveling to different places : a person who peddles something.

What we have here is a pedaling peddler!
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03/25/2016 9:36 PM

What happened to all the door to door salesmen? Oh!! there goes one now.

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03/26/2016 7:33 AM

"I started with a bucket on the left handle-bar but it put my balance off, so I added a bowl on the right and it still didn't feel good, so I put a few brushes on the left ... it took a lot of working out, but now: perfect!"

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03/26/2016 7:50 AM

Well JohnDG, I hope it doesn't rain.

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03/26/2016 6:01 PM

The Pinata bike was not a good concept.

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03/26/2016 6:06 PM

It's hard to beat IMO
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03/27/2016 5:14 PM

All of this and he still hasn't gotten the attention of anyone around?

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03/28/2016 8:57 AM

NO visible rider in sight: This merchandise peddles itself!

OR, new bicycle mounted sonar navigation system being tests in Mumbai, India.

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03/28/2016 10:22 AM

Peddler to car driver,

"Sorry I cut you off. I don't understand it...you must have been travelling in my blind spot."

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