onehorsehitcher
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Perhaps this is not the right place for this thread but it is generally the only one I follow.
First, why do we call a pedal bike a bicycle and pronounce it bi- sickle and call one that is self powered a motor cycle and pronounce it motor-cicle with a long i sound? Why do we have so many different words like red, read (short e) read (long e)? We keep clamoring for a national language I (or is it eye) agree that we should, but how in the world do we teach it? Why do we sometimes have silent letters? If they are silent, why use them? J in Spanish is pronounced as H and H is silent. Confused? Some folks use their last name first and then their given name like the Asian countries do. Some people drive on the left lane like the English (and some Texans). Why, in giving a definition of a word in Websters do they sometimes use a word that isn't in their dictionary. I tried looking that one up in my Funk and Wagnalls. Why are there so many words anyway.
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wa8yxm
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Must be a regional thing, Motor CYCLE bi CYCLE
BI Cycle means 2 wheel cycle,, Motor cycle can have 2,3 or 4 but it has a motor
MOPED is short for MOtor PEDal and has a small motor but you still need to pedal at least on occasion. Full name is Motor Assisted Pedal Bicycle
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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crazyoldcoot
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Your not pedaling hard enough! Too much time to think!
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PotKorn
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Uh, HELLO!!! There's traffic around you!
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gasbag
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Oh crud. He just ran over a squirrel.
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
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Mandrake
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....I don't know if those ramblings should really count as thoughts.......
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he ain't heavy..........he's my brother....
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chvyjwm
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Did you do any thinking about changing gears? 
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onehorsehitcher
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There is no traffic where I ride at 5 AM to 6 AM or so. A huge parking lot and such. I seldom do any road riding any more except in south Texas. If there was a squirrel and I had a chance to run over the bushy tailed rodent, I probably would. As for two or three wheeled bikes they are still called bi-cycles pronounced as sickles. I disagree with the description of ramblings, isn't that a small Nash automobile? And as to changing gears, my gears have been stripped for a long time. Besides, how many times does one use 21 different gears on a bike? As for too many words, how many of us really use a lot of different ones. Only politicians and preachers seem to use lots of different ones so they can more easily confuse us.
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Doug4.7
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chvyjwm wrote:Did you do any thinking about changing gears? I usually think, "Dang, this hill is long and steep...".
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crazyoldcoot
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onehorsehitcher wrote:There is no traffic where I ride at 5 AM to 6 AM or so. A huge parking lot and such. I seldom do any road riding any more except in south Texas. If there was a squirrel and I had a chance to run over the bushy tailed rodent, I probably would. As for two or three wheeled bikes they are still called bi-cycles pronounced as sickles. I disagree with the description of ramblings, isn't that a small Nash automobile? And as to changing gears, my gears have been stripped for a long time. Besides, how many times does one use 21 different gears on a bike? As for too many words, how many of us really use a lot of different ones. Only politicians and preachers seem to use lots of different ones so they can more easily confuse us.
That is wonderful! Someone with a sense of humor that can take it and dish it out without getting mad. Darn onehorse you take all the fun out of it! 
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