President’s Day History Ride – Monday, February 19th

[Kitty]

Fun Fact: This ride will roll out roughly 12 hours after I roll off of my flight home from Japan. Despite this I am so there, and ride marshalling! (Nothing helps with jet-lag like forcing yourself to spend the day outside on the local schedule). As such, I am a maybe on the pancakes.

So long as I’m not falling asleep by that point, I’m looking forward to the museum visit. Can there be an informal meal/beer afterward?

@Judd 173920 wrote:

Doing some route planning tonight and I managed to drag to Google Street View precisely at this spot to see a delivery robot.

The best part of this photo is the bro waving(?) to the robot.

[Judd]

@Kitty 174197 wrote:

Can there be an informal meal/beer afterward?

YES! Last year the ride ended in Alexandria and a bunch of folks stuck around to have dinner and beers on Komorebi’s patio. We’ll play it by ear again this year but I’ll be ready for food. Given the start time of the ride, I recommend people bring some snacks to bridge them to a late lunch.

[Judd]

@Kitty 174197 wrote:

The best part of this photo is the bro waving(?) to the robot.

I was trying to figure out what was going on in this picture. My first thought was that the dude was taking a picture of the robot, which is what I would do. My second thought was that he was actually a robot trainer, since there were people following the robots around when they first hit the streets.

[Kitty]

@Judd 174204 wrote:

I was trying to figure out what was going on in this picture. My first thought was that the dude was taking a picture of the robot, which is what I would do. My second thought was that he was actually a robot trainer, since there were people following the robots around when they first hit the streets.

If it weren’t for the fact it’s probably 95% paperwork, robot-sitter sounds like a fun job…

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[streetsmarts]

@Judd 174191 wrote:

Bring the whole family! This ride will mostly likely have zero swear words.

Unless busses behave badly!

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[Judd]

@streetsmarts 174224 wrote:

Unless busses behave badly!

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If I get buzzed by a WMATA bus again, there will be like 4 times as many swears as tonight.

[LhasaCM]

@Judd 174204 wrote:

I was trying to figure out what was going on in this picture. My first thought was that the dude was taking a picture of the robot, which is what I would do. My second thought was that he was actually a robot trainer, since there were people following the robots around when they first hit the streets.

I still see people following them…almost seems like the observer in driverless car tests…ready to spring into action if anything should be in peril.

[LhasaCM]

@Judd 174225 wrote:

If I get buzzed by a WMATA bus again, there will be like 4 times as many swears as tonight.

She (likely) wouldn’t hear the swears over the Kidz Bop, so it’s all good. Except for the bus thing.

[Kitty]

If she ends up in my marshal group, she’s going to get exposed to a lot of Midwestern “okie-dokie” and “alrighty”

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[Judd]

@Kitty 174233 wrote:

If she ends up in my marshal group, she’s going to get exposed to a lot of Midwestern “okie-dokie” and “alrighty”

Whole lot of Osh Kosh B’gosh going on in Michigan.

[bentbike33]

@Judd 174240 wrote:

Whole lot of Osh Kosh B’gosh going on in Michigan.

Oshkosh is in Wisconsin, not Michigan.

[LeprosyStudyGroup]

I was recently disappointed to learn that oshkosh bgosh doesn’t make overalls in adult sizes anymore ???

[LhasaCM]

@LeprosyStudyGroup 174248 wrote:

I was recently disappointed to learn that oshkosh bgosh doesn’t make overalls in adult sizes anymore ???

Makes sense, given that they were bought by Carters (baby/kids clothing company) and sales for adult sizes weren’t that great. Still a healthy selection available on the “vintage” market (e.g., Ebay)…and probably at Goodwill and Salvation Army Thrift Shop locations throughout the Midwest.

[LhasaCM]

And to get this back on track(?) – here’s Ronald Reagan being presented a pair of Oshkosh B’Gosh overalls when visiting Oshkosh WISCONSIN in 1985.

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[Judd]

@bentbike33 174247 wrote:

Oshkosh is in Wisconsin, not Michigan.

All Michiganders love to look west across Lake Michigan and wish that they were from Osh Kosh so they could talk even more funny.

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