I was reviewing this and realized there's no intuitive way for y'all to zoom in

(June 19, 2016 at 5:38 pm)pocaracas Wrote: So nice of them to have this in english, too (zoom in to see it all):

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Just right click and "View Image", then, in the URL bar, add "~original", at the end of the address, after the .jpg.

But that's so much work...

(June 19, 2016 at 10:30 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Wait, you're just learning to ride a bike, SQ?

Yep.

(June 20, 2016 at 5:53 am)thesummerqueen Wrote:

(June 19, 2016 at 10:30 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Wait, you're just learning to ride a bike, SQ?

Yep.

Good idea! The stupid thing is just that as a grownup, you fall from a greater height when you mess up during practice

(June 20, 2016 at 5:53 am)thesummerqueen Wrote:

(June 19, 2016 at 10:30 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Wait, you're just learning to ride a bike, SQ?

Yep.

Gosh, I've heard of late starters, but this is a little, uh, odd. Is there a backstory?

I think when I started learning, I must have had a huge wipe out and my dad refused to run behind my bike and hold the seat like most good parents until I figured out balance. He actually apologized yesterday for being such a hard ass on me. In any case, I chose roller blades over bikes (this was the early 90's) and northern VA wasn't exactly the most bike friendly place anyway - it's the sort of place still in many cities where you have to drive the bike somewhere, usually a half hour away, before you can find a bike lane, much less a biking park.

I moved to Charlotte and didn't have a place to store a bike for many years. I have my own place now, and it's small, but I have a wall where I can hang a bike. I needed a confidence boost, like I mentioned in my red-dress post, and so I've been running and all that to get healthier and hopefully lose more weight and be more fit. I'm all about 'healthy' ways to find psych boosts these days, instead of falling into old habits. I decided I needed to finally learn how to ride a bike. Much less impact on my knees and ankles, once I stop falling. That way I can finally say I learned to do this thing people always gave me shit about (I never understood why) and also it gives me more freedom.

Charlotte is a wonderful city for bikes. Lots of wide greenways or sidewalks and bike lanes, and most of them between several of our top-rate breweries.

This is a letter Emma sent in to a magazine in secret about me, and they published it!

That's awesome, Rob. You really are an inspiration!

Thank you very much my friend

It was such a wonderful surprise!

For some reason they printed a little more of my address than I'd feel comfortable showing publicly.

(June 20, 2016 at 9:21 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I think when I started learning, I must have had a huge wipe out and my dad refused to run behind my bike and hold the seat like most good parents until I figured out balance. He actually apologized yesterday for being such a hard ass on me. In any case, I chose roller blades over bikes (this was the early 90's) and northern VA wasn't exactly the most bike friendly place anyway - it's the sort of place still in many cities where you have to drive the bike somewhere, usually a half hour away, before you can find a bike lane, much less a biking park.

I moved to Charlotte and didn't have a place to store a bike for many years. I have my own place now, and it's small, but I have a wall where I can hang a bike. I needed a confidence boost, like I mentioned in my red-dress post, and so I've been running and all that to get healthier and hopefully lose more weight and be more fit. I'm all about 'healthy' ways to find psych boosts these days, instead of falling into old habits. I decided I needed to finally learn how to ride a bike. Much less impact on my knees and ankles, once I stop falling. That way I can finally say I learned to do this thing people always gave me shit about (I never understood why) and also it gives me more freedom.

Charlotte is a wonderful city for bikes. Lots of wide greenways or sidewalks and bike lanes, and most of them between several of our top-rate breweries.

lol, "once I stop falling". I hear you about the bike-friendly thing. Texas is very bike-unfriendly, so that even when I get my hip replaced, I'll be trucking my bike to a park for good riding ... the roads here are narrow and the drivers out here in the country, well, they all have a beer between their knees. Yeah, no thanks.

For the record, you seem like a pretty amazing gal, to me.