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From: Tapio Antero Osala <tapio.antero.osala@gmail.com><br>
To: NY/NJ/CT/PA Metro Area Recumbent Society (MARS) <bent@list.marsride.org><br>
Sent: Mon, Dec 21, 2009 8:36 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Bent] Tapio from Finland visiting NYC<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>I landed happily yesterday afternoon on JFK and the snowtorm was over.<br>
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Snow is melting fast in Manhattan. Not much left.<br>
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I have been emailing with Shelly and we are going to meet and perhaps<br>
take a ride. Exaxt time and place has not yet been settled.<br>
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If we wait until Wednesday, most of the snow/slush perhaps has melted away?<br>
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Central Park Wednesday 1 PM?<br>
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(Every time I visit New York, I come with snow. Last time I was here<br>
Jan 2003 and then there was even more that this time).<br>
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Tapio Osala<br>
from Santa Claus - home country<br>
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2009/12/22 Martin Smith <<a href="mailto:CStrek97@aol.com">CStrek97@aol.com</a>>:<br>
> Hi Shelly,<br>
> I'm Marty from up in Waterbury, CT...central part of the state. (with<br>
> Vision R40)<br>
><br>
> I was really hoping to get out of work and drive down to NYC to go for a<br>
> bike ride with you, Tapio, and<br>
> any other recumbent riders. BUT....I'm not a snow rider. Cold is somewhat<br>
> OK as long as it's not a long<br>
> ride (20+ miles in cold weather = ugg.) So...I'm going to back out because<br>
> of 2 things: snow/slush,<br>
> and a busy work schedule. I have 1/2 vacation day left....my idea was to<br>
> work until 10:30 AM one of these<br>
> days, then fly (drive fast) down to NYC and meet you guys sometime around 1<br>
> PM for an afternoon ride<br>
> with Tapio this week. But I just can't after all, as I had hoped.<br>
> Out of curiosity, what's it like down there in the City? Do you have snow<br>
> there? Any area there rideable?<br>
> Definitely not so here. Here, we have at least a foot of snow on the<br>
> ground, and "slush" on the sidewalks and roads.<br>
> There are no bike paths, and sharing a road with cars, trucks and snow banks<br>
> is not possible.<br>
> Have you touched base with Tapio yet, or is he still in the air? If you<br>
> do ride, hope you have a good one.<br>
> I hope to do some rides in the future with other Marsians. In the<br>
> past...the City has just seemed too far and<br>
> too expensive (tolls, gas, etc), but now, I've decided to venture outside of<br>
> my cocoon here.<br>
> Marty Smith<br>
><br>
> =<br>
> 5-boro this year<br>
> bike BEFORE I got hit by a car on 9-1-09<br>
><br>
> ...ok now. me and the<br>
> bike fixed.<br>
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Tapio Osala<br>
<a href="mailto:tapio.antero.osala@gmail.com">tapio.antero.osala@gmail.com</a><br>
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