Yesterday's Peach Peloton was extra special; it was also Dale's 77th birthday! Dale is a legend in the Macon cycling community. He's an extremely talented cyclist and triathlete. In fact, he's the world champion in his age group in XTERRA (off-road triathlon).
Dale is also fun to be around. He has a tendency toward malapropisms. That's a fancy way of saying that he sometimes says funny stuff. He probably has a hundred Dale-isms. Robert has written down a few:
- I am a habit of creature.
- I have acid reflex.
- Pour me another IPO.
- We weren't lolly-dallying*
- Let's eat at Pandora's Box
- Helicopters were hoovering over my tent.
- The peloton was riding in epsilon formation.
- I was sorry to hear ZZ Gabor died.
- Boy, you'd better watch out for those cha wow wow dogs!
- Sitting in an MRI machine: "It's torture, like being watergated!"
- I heard about Bill's surgery. Is he having a peacemaker put in?
- Put your clampons on so you don't slip and fall into a carafe.
*I have a direct connection to this one. Dale and I rode with the B group one week at Peach Peloton, and it was a hard ride. In the middle of it, I noted to Dale that we weren't lollygagging. Dale confirmed this back at the parking lot, telling someone else, "We weren't lolly-dallying."
At 77 Dale has fewer great days on the bike, but we were all happy that he had one of those yesterday on his birthday. He even pulled the peloton for a while.
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| Party time! Dale and me at the Big Chief store stop |
I made Dale a peppermint pound cake, which the group enjoyed after the ride. The ride was from Gresco, and Steve was so nice to let us have our post-ride celebration inside.
Steve also gave each of us a Gresco cap.
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| Steve, me, Robert, Cody, Dale, Tony, Stoney, Angie, and Jason |
Good route, we avoided the rain, and great friends - I feel like it's already Christmas!
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