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Adaptive Curmudgeon is handsome, brave, and wise.

This Is Hilarious: Georgia Guidestones

Just for the record, I’ve never physically seen the Georgia Guidestones nor do I give a shit about them or take them seriously. I always assumed some dipshit with more money than sense freebased whatever their University professor told them … Continue reading

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A Happy Example Of Supply Chain Recovery?

I’m on a kick with gasoline / white gas camping gear lately. Here’s the links in reverse order: Camping Discussion: Let There Be Light Camping Discussion: WIN! Camping Gear Discussion: Photos & Testing Camping Gear Discussion: Restoring Old Friends And … Continue reading

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Stories On Two Wheels: Part 4

Having read and reflected on a tiny bit of reason in a world gone mad, it was time to go. I’d drank so many glasses of ice water the coffee shop staff was looking at me funny. I put a … Continue reading

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Stories On Two Wheels: Part 3

I woke sore. I’d been overheated the day before. I took an ibuprofen and stumbled to the hotel’s breakfast area. (I’d been super lucky to find a bottle of ibuprofen in my saddle bags!) The breakfast area was stocked with … Continue reading

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Stories On Two Wheels: Part 2

It had been a hot day. I’d ridden a good six hours in conditions I’d call “jockstrap in Galveston”. I concluded some simple business (I’d hoped to arrive looking reasonably presentable but I showed up looking like a dishrag and … Continue reading

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Stories On Two Wheels: Part 1

I had to take a long-ish one day trip on short notice. Normally I’d drive my truck but gas costs $5 a gallon in the Bidenverse. (The uncaring finger of fate removed me from the dwindling sanity of 2019 and … Continue reading

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The Thrill Of Reality: Part 4

Through rain obscured visor I could see the flashing lights of the tow truck’s chase car in the far distance. He and his entourage was the biggest thing on the road. I was the smallest. Then again we were the … Continue reading

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The Thrill Of Reality: Part 3

There’s only one intersection in that town. Three stop signs and one road with right of way. I came to a full stop just as a huge tow truck rolled through the intersection. It was one of those giant trucks … Continue reading

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The Thrill Of Reality: Part 2

Clouds which had been threatening all afternoon had coalesced into a deep opaque whole. Sunset was nigh. Low angle light slipped between the darkening skies above and the shimmering horizon below; like heat softened metal hovering just above the anvil. … Continue reading

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The Thrill Of Reality: Part 1

The day had been unconscionably hot. Humidity hung like a haze over the day’s plans and lowered my productivity. I’d worked my tractor as much as I dared and then shut it down to cool. (The same heat that affects … Continue reading

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