Dear So and So

[Bluetree]

Dear neighbors,
STOP STEALING MY SHOES!
Imagine my surprise when -- for the third time in the last few months -- I return from my ride and find my flip flops gone!
Folks, I AM NOT THE FLIP FLOP FAIRY. Do you wake up in the morning, go outside with coffee in hand to get the paper and think, "Oh lookie! I've been a good boy/girl so the Flip Flip Fairy left me another treat!" Does it occur to you that they belong to someone else? Does it bother you to wear flip flops my MY name written on them? I'm trying to be quiet and considerate, but you are making that harder and harder.

At 5am this morning, I'm driving out to the desert for a race and on the darkened freeway, I see debris ahead of me. I immediately slowed. After all... what is soft debris or hard? Could it damage my car? What was it?

Well... my headlights reach the scene and light it up. They're flip flops! Thousands of them! All over the freeway! Every color and size!

I couldn't stop because I was anxious to check in my bike. However, if anyone else out there is missing flip flops, I recommend going to the eastbound 91 Freeway in Orange County, just east of the 605 intersection.

Go early for best selection!

[mimitabby]

Blue tree, did you flip?

[Bluetree]

Mimi,
Perhaps I flipped... when I should have flopped.

[Duck on Wheels]

So what highway do all those socks that disappear from the dryer wind up on?

[Aggie_Ama]

Dear Former Apartment Complex,

Thanks for sticking us with a huge bill for replacing the carpet. $832 seems really high for less than 700 sq ft of cheap carpet. I was thinking I would get a new bike soon, but I guess you can have half the money. I will try to wait patiently to save an extra $800 towards the bike.

Signed,
Happy to be a home owner and not a renter!

[Aggie_Ama]

Dear Dodge Durango Driver,

Thank you for pulling over and blocking the pit bull and chow that was chasing me today as I rode. The honking and car coming towards them surely distracted them so I could make it safely up the hill. I was to scared to turn around to offer a friendly thank you wave, but I know you quite possibly saved me from a nasty dog encounter.

Thanks for looking out for me,
The cyclist in Liberty Hill

[Duck on Wheels]

Dear Aggie Ama,
I think that post should also go to your local paper, which maybe that driver reads. And maybe the dog owner(s) too, although they may be illiterate as well as inconsiderate, seeing as they're letting those dogs run loose, which is probably illegal. I'm glad that driver helped out; glad not all drivers are crazy bike-haters.