Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt
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@Boomer2U 223761 wrote:
2/04/23 – Barbie Day
I rode to the Barbie Pond on Q Street, NW in DC which always has a seasonal theme; perhaps today was “polar bear plunge” [emoji3166]?
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The Interwebs says that Barbie was invented, launched and has her birthday [emoji512] on March 9th???Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The internet wasn’t in full agreement on which day was Barbie day but you all celebrated well
@Indiana 224023 wrote:
The internet wasn’t in full agreement on which day was Barbie day but you all celebrated well
I think this was a ski and hot tub theme, Boomer! I have a friend who regularly documents their antics.
Indiana – I just got back from the Orthopaedic office and no fractures were found ❤️. I’m just pretty banged up – ribs front and back, probably a groin pull (ouch), bruises on my knee and shoulder through many layers, and a smooshed helmet. Everyone should always wear a damn helmet. You can really get hurt even at slow speeds with all the crap out there. I’ve been okayed to continue knee PT as tolerated and continue to take it very easy until I heal.
One of our teams lost a member who was hit by a car 😡 so I’ll probably be joining to sleaze my way through. Please keep me honest to recovery. I didn’t initially join a team this year because I always overdo it with the night riding. But maybe this sleaze pattern will mostly hold.
2/10/23: Wild Card, This day in history
02/10/1957
3830 Seminary Road, Alexandria VA
On February 10, 1957, congregation leaders, including Mayor Leroy S. Bendheim, laid the cornerstone at Beth El’s new synagogue on Seminary Road. First established in 1859 and the oldest Reform congregation in Northern Virginia, Beth El Hebrew Congregation had previously worshipped at a synagogue on North Washington Street from 1871 to 1954.
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2/10/23 Wild card-This day in history: was the first ever gold record awarded for Chattanooga Choo Choo to drummer of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. So this is how my weird brain works…My photo is of the Selbyville Museum at the site of the historic train station. I learned that when Glenn Miller was playing music, trains were bringing vacationers to the Delaware shore by railroad. Selbyville was known for its strawberries until there was a blight in 1930s so that was no longer the draw. Around 1934, the Indian River Inlet bridge opened and Hwy 13 was finished. This made car travel preferable. The passenger rails closed around 1932.
from onthisday.com:
The 1st ever gold record was awarded to “Chattanooga Choo Choo” by the Glenn Miller Orchestra – this one was presented to the group’s drummer, Tex Beneke
Historical Context
The Glenn Miller Orchestra was one of the most popular acts in the United States pre-World War II. Led by Glenn Miller, the band had several hit songs, such as “In the Mood” (1941) and “Moonlight Serenade” (1939).One of these hits was “Chattanooga Choo Choo”, a song about a train ride from New York to Chattanooga in Tennessee. The song was released on August 7, 1941, and was an immediate success.
from selbyville.delaware.gov:
The Breakwater & Frankford Railroad arrived in Selbyville in 1872. To the North, beyond Stations in Frankford, Dagsboro, Millsboro, Stockley, the railroad connected at Georgetown with the Breakwater Junction Railroad. That railroad was completed in 1868 and connected to the port Town of Lewes with the railroad that had been built down the center of Delmarva.
The Breakwater and Frankford was later extended southward from Selbyville to its southern terminus at Franklin City on the shores of Chincoteague Bay.
2/10/2023 wild card – this day in history
Glenn Beck, (born February 10, 1964, Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S.), American conservative political commentator and television and radio personality, perhaps best known for hosting the talk show Glenn Beck (2009–11)
So I took a pick of the Mt Vernon trail
Which we rode today between the two Winter Bike To Work day pit stops!
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2/10/2023 Wild card – this day in history
On February 10, 1807, President Thomas Jefferson signed “An Act to provide for surveying the coasts of the United States.”
NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey is headquartered in this building.
@Mtansill 224021 wrote:
2/10/23: wild card
On this day in 1996, Garry Kasparov began a 6-round chess match against Deep Blue.
Now… Is my bike or George playing the role of Deep Blue?
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He is such a good sport about being your “poster person”!
@bikingjenn 223986 wrote:
2/9/23 #scavhunt (Flintstones lose lead to Simpsons)
Yabba-dabba-doo is done, Simpsons in the woody wagon stole your run! #socks Flying District TacosJennifer trivia: My Paw Paw used to take us to PakaSak in the Icee Mobile (woody wagon) to get Icees. I was the youngest and sat in the “Jennifer Seat” which was the armrest pulled down on the bench frontseat next to my Paw Paw. This was around 1967 when the Flintstones were on Saturday morning cartoons. “was originally broadcast on ABC from September 30, 1960, to April 1, 1966, and was the first animated series to hold a prime-time slot on television.[2]” per Wikipedia
Omg I love this story so much. I love the “Jennifer seat”[emoji38][emoji177][emoji1376][emoji1360][emoji1360] what a great memory
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