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Thread: Stuff you've learnt the hard way
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07-21-2011, 07:49 AM #136
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07-21-2011, 05:25 PM #137
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Last edited by macski; 07-21-2011 at 05:26 PM. Reason: Forgot that there is a language difference in some terms between Australia and the US and triggered the built in censor
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07-23-2011, 04:05 PM #138
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When it is over 95 degrees, don't take home-made trail mix that has chocolate chips in it for a snack in your Camelbak. Even if you are in the woods it WILL melt
I guess I can freeze the baggie it is in and then break it into pieces...
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07-23-2011, 05:34 PM #139
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07-23-2011, 06:09 PM #140
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Oh dear. Now you have some kind of granola bar?
Originally Posted by Catrin
When it is over 95 degrees, don't take home-made trail mix that has chocolate chips in it for a snack in your Camelbak. Even if you are in the woods it WILL melt I guess I can freeze the baggie it is in and then break it into pieces...At least I don't leave slime trails.
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07-24-2011, 04:25 AM #141
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Yeah, of course it was too messy to eat...you would think that I should have realized that when I put it in my bag for the trip Originally Posted by Owlie
Oh well, it can be a bike-ride recovery snack with chocolate milk instead of chips.
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07-24-2011, 06:02 AM #142
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Maybe you should start bringing a spork with you on rides, just in case. They make nice lightweight titanium ones. Originally Posted by Catrin
Yeah, of course it was too messy to eat...you would think that I should have realized that when I put it in my bag for the trip Oh well, it can be a bike-ride recovery snack with chocolate milk instead of chips.
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07-24-2011, 08:56 AM #143
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Machete's should only be used if you are wearing protective clothing. So next time your husband says "going to do trail work" And grabs the machete, take it away from him! That way you aren't rushing him to urgent care to get his leg stitched up! (that happend wed of this week).
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07-24-2011, 08:57 AM #144
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Oh that is the truth! Originally Posted by ridingfiend
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
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08-08-2011, 05:52 AM #145
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08-17-2011, 10:35 AM #146
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And with two thorns still in my fingers from the LAST thing I learned the hard way, so deep I can't dig them out ...
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08-17-2011, 10:37 AM #147
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08-17-2011, 08:01 PM #148
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08-17-2011, 08:14 PM #149
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Yeah...I've done that by accident with my light (a Cateye tail-light thing) and my retinas haven't forgiven me. Originally Posted by OakLeaf
Today's lesson: 12-year-old rusted bolts are really difficult to remove...At least I don't leave slime trails.
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08-18-2011, 02:24 AM #150
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Did you get them off? Originally Posted by Owlie
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