It’s mentioned that fortune favors the daring, however extra usually it usually appears to choose the ignorant and/or unwitting, like when somebody who doesn’t know something about bikes finds a pleasant one at a thrift retailer:
[Link to story is here, but the website’s kinda weird, and you’re better of just reading the Reddit thread on which the story is based.]
So what’s the bike? It’s a Kestrel 4000, the exact same mannequin upon which I bravely traversed the Swiss Alps:
And freegans all over the place rejoiced over this miracle:
I want I too might discover inspiration on this serendipitous discovery, however to me it’s simply proof that we dwell in an chilly and arbitrary universe by which the hapless are rewarded by random likelihood and people who attempt to be righteous should endure the trials of Job–or, to place it one other means, WHERE’S MY $35 KESTREL??? These bikes have nice significance in my private cosmology, and I’m in all probability the one bicycle owner left in the complete world who really appreciates them, and but I despatched the one I used to be using again to Basic Cycle in a virtuous act of self-denial:
Oh, certain, I’ve plenty of different bikes. And sure, classic highway bikes do exactly present up at my doorstep. Oh, and okay, somebody even provided me a free Kestrel 4000 body, although it’s a measurement too massive so I’ve been loath to assert it. Even so, I implore the Nice Lobster On Excessive, “Why hast thou fosaken me?”
By the best way, I’ve been worshipping a Lobster God since December of 2009, however now I’ve to cease, as a result of somebody’s taken that from me too:
[I wouldn’t recommend visiting the site, but if you insist feel free to utilize an Internet search engine.]
For 15 years I’ve been religious, and now right here come these false prophets with their crass commercialism and their “save the planet” crap:
That’s it, we’re via:
Simply kidding!
Thanks for studying, trip secure this weekend, and preserve a watch out when using previous these yard gross sales.
Love,
Tan Tenovo
