I HOPE ..
MAKE NO MISTAKE .. I FULLY REALIZE HOW BLESSED AND HOW LUCKY AND HOW FORTUNATE I AM TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AS I DO. THE ENTIRE POINT OF MY WEBSITE HERE IS TO REALIZE MY DESIRE THAT .. IN SOME SMALL WAY .. ONE OF MY POSTS OR ONE OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS WILL MAKE ONE PERSON'S DAY JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
TO FEEL GOOD .. DO GOOD !I HOPE THAT SOMEONE VISITING MY WEBSITE WILL SEE SOMETHING ON IT THAT THEY WILL NOT EVER BE ABLE TO SEE OR TO DO OTHERWISE .. AND THAT THIS EXPERIENCE WILL MAKE THEIR DAY OR THEIR LIFE JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER !
IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH AND ADEQUATE MONEY TO FOLLOW-YOUR-DREAM .. WITH DISCERNMENT .. FIND THE COURAGE AND HAVE THE GUTS TO DO WHAT GOD IS CALLING YOU TO DO!
TRULY THIS IS MY DOXOLOGY .. MY PRAISE TO GOD!YOU CAN ALSO VISIT .. http://babakaps.net .. TO SEE MY OTHER WEBSITE.
I have shown you Autorickshaws and I have shown you Tempos .. I thought that it was time to show you a Bicycle Rickshaw!
Note the black and yellow Autorickshaw behind the Bicycle Rickshaw.
It's not time to call the Bicycle Rickshaw a 'dying breed' but here in Pondicherry there are relatively very few of them.
For one thing .. they are regulated as to their routes. They are NOT allowed on the busy streets because they do 'tie traffic up'. For another thing .. people seem to want 'rapid' transportation! The Autorickshaws and Tempos travel much faster and go much longer distances!
"What's that 'Zilla? You have forgotten what a Tempo is!" .. "No problem look below!"
"What's that 'Zilla? The Tempos look 'stuffed full'!" .. "They ARE STUFFED FULL 'Zilla!"
Smiles .. Cap ..
CHANGE .. CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT IN LIFE !
In the below POST .. FWIW (BICYCLE).. 203.. May 7, 2012 .. I write about .. and I show you .. a number of photos of my bicycle ..
Last Wednesday the 9th of May .. I set out for a serious ride on my bicycle .. as I left Patti's Condo here in Anchorage .. I immediately 'sensed something was wrong' .. and something WAS WRONG .. the rear tire WAS flat .. I was riding on the 'wheel rim' ..
So .. back I went (all of about twenty feet !) and examined the situation .. well the 'flat' rear tire was 'shot' .. it had experienced significant 'dry rot' and was cracked and mis-shapen .. it was out of the wheel rim in fact ..
Upon further inspection .. so too was the front tire 'shot' .. badly dry-rotted and I mean BADLY ..
Into the trunk of Patti's Ford Escort the bicycle went .. and down to our local 'professional' bicycle shop we went ..
In addition to having two completely 'shot' tires (and I assumed inner tubes also) .. the bicycle HAS NO FENDERS .. a bad situation since it rains a lot here in Alaska in the summer .. so in addition to having the tires and inner tubes replaced .. I decided to have new fenders installed .. front and rear .. despite the fact that I opted NOT to go for a chain guard .. I really wanted a chain guard also ..
The 'professional' bicycle shop staff said .. "Two New Tires .. Two New Inner Tubes .. Two New Fenders one in the front and one in the rear .. with labor .. will cost you 'about' one hundred and thirty ($130) dollars ..
KNOWING estimates are GUESS-timates .. I mentally priced the package at one hundred fifty ($150) dollars MINIMUM ..
"Without-Passing-Go" I immediately went to our local Wal-Mart Store ..
While in the bicycle section of Wal-Mart .. I noticed a man was examining a SPLENDID new bicycle .. priced at one hundred and one ($101) dollars ..
I expained to him my bicycle 'situation' and for FREE I GAVE HIM my former bicycle .. he REFUSED TO TAKE IT FREE .. FORCING UPON ME thirty seven ($37) dollars ..
So out of Wal-Mart I came with a 100% BRAND NEW BICYCLE THAT has fenders and a chain-guard and new tires and new everything .. at a bottom-line cost to me of sixty four ($64) dollars .. its cost of $101 less the $37 the man paid me for my former bicycle ..
Isn't she pretty ? ..
You better believe I wear a helmet ..
When out-on-the-road .. I look like the below two photos ..
Serious visibility protection .. head-protection .. eye-protection .. hand-protection .. a nice horn .. my very life depends upon drivers seeing me ..
Quite a bicycle CHANGE from where I was last Monday to where I am today .. going forward THIS is my bicycle !
You all have to know this fact .. I am LOVING having my two web sites .. this photo web site for all of you who want to look at photos .. Bobba Caps Doxology .. and my text or my writing web site for those of you who would like to READ (reading is becoming a lost art Sports Fans !) some of my thoughts .. Baba Kaps Doxology ..
This web site you are now looking at .. is a GIFT FROM GOOGLE .. and I have 'nicknamed' this GOOGLE web site as my 'blogspot' web site ..
Now let me talk a little bit about my other web site .. Baba Kaps Doxology .. which I have 'nickamed' as my 'dot net' web site ..
"What's that Godzilla?" .. "Yes you have it correct 'Zilla" .. "I have my 'dot net' and I have my 'blogspot' web sites" ..
OK back to my 'dot net' web site .. Baba Kaps Doxology ..
I have a web master .. Andre .. in the United States of America State named Michigan .. Andre and I have been working together recently getting me 'up-to-speed' in the art and in the science and in the 'voo-doo' and in the awesome skill that it takes for me to post photos on Baba Kaps Doxology ..
This being said (written) .. I think I can now do both .. put photos and put text up on Baba Kaps Doxology ..
"What's that 'Zilla'?" .. "So What?" you ask .. "Well 'Zilla .. I don't want YOU or anyone else confused IN CASE I put the same photos on both web sites" ..
So here we go with sort of a duplicate post .. this one here on 'blogspot' and over there on 'dot net' ..
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As those of you who know me on a personal and on an in-your-face basis .. I tend to be a 'physical fitness nut' .. yes still and yes even at the age of 75 years .. I watch .. my health which includes .. my weight .. what I eat .. what I drink (a lot of healthy liquids such as water .. Gataorade .. Ensure mixed with water..) my sleeping pattern from day-to-day .. my overall fitness .. my spiritual life .. my mental health and my mental state-of-being one-day-at-a-time ..
IN ADDITION to WATCHING them (watching them is an IN-active passtime) .. I ALSO TRY TO DO something about them as well ..
SADLY .. long ago .. I blew up my knees so I can NO LONGER run .. which I loved to do .. so now I BICYCLE all I can .. and I CAN also 'run' on the treadmills when they are available ..
"What's that 'Zilla?" .. "To the point?" ..
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SO IT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR ME TO 'FIRE-UP' MY ANCHORAGE BASED BICYCLE RECENTLY ..
Here are some photos .. taken by Patti .. beside Patti's Condominium in Anchorage .. Alaska ..
"And now .. please hand me the envelope .. the SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR QUESTION ? " .. Are YOU Ready ? ..
"WHY DO SO MANY BICYCLISTS .. AND WHY DO SO MANY RUNNERS .. WEAR BLACK AND OTHER DARK COLORS ?"
I am one of two (2) things .. I AM visible and TO BE AVOIDED by others .. OR.. I AM an excellent TARGET for a 'mis-behavin' someone who likes to 'scare' bicyclists (and these folks DO seem to exist !) ..
A little up-close-and-personal .. a nice photo thanks to Patti ..
Hey ! It is two-for-the-price-of-one DAY ! ..
HERE IS YOUR SECOND (2nd) SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR QUESTION ..
"Does Patti REALLY exist .. and IF Patti really exists .. what does Patti LOOK LIKE up close?" ..
Obviously Patti exists since you have already seen her in FWIW (ANCHORAGE).. 196.. April 17, 2012 .. but those were NOT close-up photos ..
(It took some 'doing' .. but I 'captured' Patti in a VERY NICE photo or two !)
I will wait awhile for Patti to 'proof read' this post so if she does not want her photo up on the web site .. some of you will have already seen her .. giggle ..
Well there you have it Sports Fans .. Patti just awoke and came out here so I will post this and have her 'proof it' later .. smiles ..
