Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Out of Suburbia

As I rode through the drizzle this morning, I got to thinking about my whining about the Sunshine State.
When riding I try to circumvent  interstates and congested urban/suburban commercial areas. Florida, by virtue of its being geographically narrow and population concentrated in its center makes it impossible to avoid both.  I knew that going in, but it's gotten worse in the years since I've been here. 

I'm now in the Everglades National Park and I'll quit bitchin'.

You native Floridians deserve to keep a few secrets from us tourists and Northerers.

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  1. Bitching while you're on vacation is seen as a total dick move by us working stiffs. Enjoy the rest of your trip cry baby.

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  2. I haven't worked for two and a half months, I needed this vacation, damn it.

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  3. Nah, call it as you see it mate, warts and all, this is your caper, not a popularity contest . . . you're clearly over worked and overwrought, no wonder you're gettin all maudlin on us.

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  4. Thanks WLP for the reassuring words, but I'm sitting here jacked up on Xanax, Bud Lite and mosquito venom listening to Tommy Bolin on the iPod while leering at a trio of unescorted tropical wood nymphs from Vermont cavorting in the campsite across the way, like the filthy old man I am, and really can't complain.

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  5. Yeah Hermit, stop your belly-aching ...three wood nymphs...suddenly that scene with the sirens by the river in "O Brother,Where Art Thou?' pops into my mind...or the time a friend and I were rockclimbing in Tuolumne meadows, and the young ladies from Germany were getting ready to bed down and didn't realize their flashlights projected quite a shadow show on the tent walls...yeah camping is good...and yes Ms Gia-naughty, your hanging out with some dirty old men..hahahaha..

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    1. @Hairy Larry, Trust me, I've met dirtier and older men. You have nothing to worry about. I can already tell that you're a class act. Don't worry about offending me, nobody else does.

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  6. That's the spirit! I hope you packed some wine coolers for lure. Chicks dig wine coolers.

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    1. Ms Giannotti, you can hang with us dirty old blokes any time you wish darlin . . . wine coolers . . . are you nuts ??? Just dawned on me, you silly Seppos obviously still drink those wine based beverages that were once popular . . . and cheap.

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    2. Gracias Señor Psycho, and to answer your question, yes I am nuts. Isnt that a prereq for being a lady? I was just messing with Hermit, I know he's old enough to remember when wine coolers were a big deal. If you really want to make a splash with the broads serve up some Zimas. Also I've been banned from less classier joints than this, guess I was too lewd and lacivious for their likes, so I'll try to behave better here.

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    3. God damn, an Italian name and a full and deadly grip on language and its use, you are going the right way about doing a role reversal of Jamie Lee Curtis and John Cleese in 'A Fish called Wanda' on me darlin . . . lewd and lacivious, my favourite kinds.

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  7. That's what I like about Hermit's place...I can kick off my slippers. light up my pipe and pour myself a drink...wait a second, I don't smoke, drink, or wear slippers...but it is comfortable and interesting here. So many 'biker-blog's' are lot's of recycled pics with no real stories or content to justify them...as I often quote my dearly departed friend Jerry Penny, 'It's interesting, the space between the ears...'.

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    1. I feel the same way about this place H.L. Hell, I don't even own a motorcycle. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate them though.

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