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buler

I'll Lock Up
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Men at train doffing their hats. I see some Tom Hanks in the guy on the left.

In case you ever wondered (I did) about the etymology of doffing...



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For an 80-mi ride I hope you were wearing chaff-proof chamois bike shorts!

Absolutely! I stopped and saw this rock ledge that looked like a good place to sit. There apparently was a small cactus just past the edge of the rock that I didn't see (you don't see cactus around here much). Glad the spines were not in a more ... uh ... pressure contact area for the rest of the ride.
 

Woodtroll

One Too Many
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Floating the James River in SW Missouri in 1941 (photographer Walter Sanders for Life magazine). In front of the boat is Mary Lenna Alexander (age 16) of Branson, Missouri. Her guide is Charley Barnes (1878-1964) of Galena. He had been floating the James since the 1800s.

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She made the cover!

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A lot of things had changed by the end of that year. I doubt "Lazy Fishing" was on anyone's mind as 1942 approached. Sometimes we don't know how good we've got it, until it's too late. Thanks for the post!
 

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