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Caption This for 3/6/2020

Posted March 06, 2020 4:45 PM by MaggieMc

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03/06/2020 4:56 PM

"We gave the bike riders a path like they asked. Now I suppose they'll be complaining about something else!"

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03/07/2020 2:58 PM

This bike path is wearing me out....

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03/07/2020 3:01 PM

Paying too close attention to your GPS I see.

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03/07/2020 10:30 PM

A fluid approach to the problem?

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03/08/2020 8:04 AM

And Jim, who’s a bike enthusiast, thought it was a great idea to bring his bike to Venice.

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03/08/2020 12:56 PM

Obviously the sat-nav was in German and he was only following orders.

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03/06/2020 4:58 PM

I guess it means "Lay bicycle here" since everything else is blocking the path anyway.

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03/07/2020 12:03 AM

Or could be a block meant originally for a cycling track laying unused which ended up being used here. And saved a few bucks for the contractor.

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03/06/2020 5:00 PM

The "greenies" always want it both ways... they want you to give up your car for a bike, but also don't want any trees cut down!

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03/06/2020 5:20 PM

a certain few People see it as a win/win.

the general public got their bicycle path, and the environmental protestors saved the trees.

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03/06/2020 8:27 PM

Wood appear that progress is blocked, and we will have to foot the bill and find our way around it, and cut our losses for future progress.

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03/06/2020 9:36 PM

No, I said the left side, facing south....not the south side facing left....the street runs north to south how can it have a south side? ....We got confused.....

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03/06/2020 11:57 PM

It's just 'pedestrian' thinking...

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03/07/2020 12:04 AM

Cross country Mountain Bike training path.

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03/07/2020 6:40 AM

...yes! and tomorrow along the top of wall itself!......

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03/07/2020 1:02 AM

Poor little Seth... always rode safely on the bike path. which lead to his death.

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03/07/2020 8:13 AM

Musta' really been a movin'....!!!

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03/07/2020 4:11 AM

In line with animal rights, we have provided for the needs of male dogs, tree, post, cyclist, lots on offer, what could be easier?

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03/07/2020 1:34 PM

You've got to ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky?

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03/07/2020 3:21 PM

...and further up the road....

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03/08/2020 8:20 AM

Artwork by Wiley Coyote.

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03/08/2020 7:29 AM

No problem!

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03/08/2020 8:16 AM

Jimmy Hoffa's bicycle......

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03/08/2020 8:24 AM

The "Thin Man"'s bicycle. Re:Dashiell Hammett.

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03/08/2020 9:02 PM

Always hustling to get somewhere - it's time for those OCD bike riders to stop and smell the flowers.

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03/08/2020 9:06 PM

Inspector Jacques Clouseau: “This has been the Fourth murder this month. It appears we may have a serial bike murderer here.”

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03/09/2020 3:07 PM

In an old episode of comic strip presents.

The police toss a suspect into a pole which kills him.

One of the officers then exclaimed.

" Oh look... Another suicide.. what's say we stuff him down this manhole."

Scuba Duba episode?

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my bad.. dirty movie 19 minute mark

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03/09/2020 9:13 AM

This Bike Lane brought to you by the loyal customers of the ZigZag Rolling Paper Company.

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03/09/2020 10:10 AM

Symbol for "cycling challenge ahead"

I did not see the utility pole coming (couldn't see the forest pole for the trees)

Then it hit me

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03/09/2020 12:09 PM

Away from the coast, the saying changes from "take a long walk off a short pier" to "take a long ride into a near pole!"

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03/09/2020 12:42 PM

My sister and her now ex husband and myself we were going to a trade show, and the facility had like a cemented park like area prior to entering, it was all open areas, with benches and statues and stuff.

As we were talking I noticed my sister and her now ex weren’t watching were they were going, and I said look out for the pole.... and her ex stopped just short of walking into it.. He said thanks.... I responded... I was talking about the other pole... he didn’t get it... but my sister couldn’t stop laughing. You see, her ex was of polish descent.

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03/09/2020 12:47 PM

The path was rated a par 6 with suggested route left, left, right......

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03/09/2020 2:05 PM

At least there’s no water hazard.... as far as the rest... I can psych myself up and overcome.... “be the pole,... now be the tree, now the signpost... now the oncoming traffic....”

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03/10/2020 12:20 PM

"Branch line lane"?

Still working on it...

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03/10/2020 1:02 PM

LOOK OUT FOR THE TR.... ah,... never mind.

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03/16/2020 11:46 AM

Looks like another scheduling SNAFU. The concrete crew arrived before the tree removal company.

Much like any new pavement gets trenched through a week later by some utility!

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