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01-07-2009, 07:16 PM #1
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01-07-2009, 08:41 PM #2
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This is great. It's wonderful that you get, in turn, to be an inspiration for others now. Thank you for sharing it with us!
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01-07-2009, 11:46 PM #3
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Very cool! Congratulations
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01-08-2009, 05:09 AM #4
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What a GREAT story. I had to do a double-take at the photo because we look very much alike!
You know it still surprises me that someone our age is still considered an oddity to commute to work. Heck, at any age I guess but I still get that weird look as if someone is thinking "why aren't you doing something NORMAL like playing with your grandkids?" For heaven's sake you'd think I was jumping out of an airplane everyday without a parachute.
Now, when we are 92 or 102 and still commuting to work, then that might merit some odd looks and wonderment but that's 30-40 years from now. Wonder what bike we will have then? Hopefully by then I'll have a custom bike made by our very own Lunacycles. Mine will only weigh 5 pounds (Lunacycles will have discovered a new lightweight metal by then) and it will have the lowest granny gear on the planet.
Anyway, congrats on the lovely article. It's a wonderful thing to see a human being enjoy the pleasures of life and you look and sound like a great "enjoyer.""The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we might become." Charles Dubois
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01-15-2009, 01:47 PM #5
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wonderful!
Great story!
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01-15-2009, 06:23 PM #6
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That was lovely, thank you for sharing!
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01-16-2009, 04:00 AM #7
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What a great story, Jean! I really admire you, and am envious but also inspired. I commuted 14 miles each way when I lived in Washington, DC for six years. Now I work from home, which is wonderful and I wouldn't change it, but I no longer have that commute. I do have a 3.5 mile each way trip to the post office, but I'm not as disciplined about doing it as I was with my commute (I had to go to work every day, duh!)
Once this cold snap snaps, I'll be back out there, doing my errands and my post office run. Between my traveling recently for work and this cold cold cold, I'm just not motivated!
Great article, and great publication. I had not heard of it before. Thanks for sharing.
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