IveGotDMunchies

IveGotDMunchies t1_jbhtnuu wrote

Reply to In the summer of 1897, 20 Black U.S. Army infantrymen cycled 1,900 miles on fixed-gear, state-of-the-art bikes from Fort Missoula, Mont., to St. Louis. The Army ordered the grueling expedition to see whether soldiers could form a bicycle corps. by ploploplo

RIP paywall

Found several articles about the same subject. Here is one with no paywall: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-black-buffalo-soldiers-who-biked-across-the-american-west-180980246/

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IveGotDMunchies t1_jaohpf2 wrote

Reply to TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots. by meat-juice

"If life gives you lemons turn it into lemonade"

Lemons are not natural but a product of hybrid breeding by humans

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IveGotDMunchies t1_jaah99p wrote

Reply to comment by periphrasistic in Majority of drivers say aggressive cyclists threaten their safety – poll by Hall_C137

Most bike laws state that if a bicycle is on a road they must follow vehicle traffic laws. You're not supposed to ride two wide even as a motorcycle.

Furthermore laws usually state to ride next to the shoulder/curb so that vehicles can pass.

People doing the opposite are dicks. Am a cyclist

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IveGotDMunchies t1_jaaft2o wrote

Reply to LPT: We are heading into “Moving Season”, liquor and wine stores have a TON of boxes. by HeRoSanS

Shoe stores are better. Nice big thick boxes. Ask them ahead of time when they get their truck in and if you can call in that day to come pick them up. Dont ask them to save them for you. People ask that so often and never show up so theyll usually just decline.

GNC is another place for good sized boxes.

I used to do this as part time income. Pick up boxes from stores, put them in storage, then sell them on craigslist and facebook for half of what box stores charge.

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IveGotDMunchies t1_jaad0ay wrote

Reply to comment by UnluckyChain1417 in TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee. by jdward01

By "owner" I think thet mean the owner of that specific store as a franchisee

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