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What really blows me away about this milestone is that Darrell lives in Minnesota where most people spend 6 months out of the year hunkered down for the winter. Imagine what the number would be if he didn't live in snow country!!! Well done Darrell. |
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#5 | RE: Congratulations Darrell On Riding 800,000 BMW Miles
Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:44 pm (Last edited: Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:47 pm)
Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:44 pm (Last edited: Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:47 pm)
Zitat von Rotorwrench im Beitrag #3 What should also blow your mind, is Darrell's average speed. These are quality miles. A real motorcyclist, he can tell you about every road with 2 lanes or less, between points A and B. And outside of possibly Lee, he has logged more stops at balls of twine and other bits of Americana than anyone I know. My thanks again, for setting the good example. (Believe it or not, with Darrell in mind and before I knew about the award, I tried to follow his example by snapping this one off yesterday. Note the snow and salt.) Horeshoe pitchers museum.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) “A good man always knows his limitations.” |
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First of all, I find it really impressive what Darrell did. Congratulations Darrell.
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Zitat von Holger im Beitrag #6 Darrell likes to stop at any and all points of interest when he is on the road. In the case of "Balls of Twine", it is just a saying meaning that if there were a museum for twine, he probably stopped and checked it out. |
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I did stop there.
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#9 | RE: Congratulations Darrell On Riding 800,000 BMW Miles
Tue Nov 20, 2018 1:22 am (Last edited: Tue Nov 20, 2018 1:34 am)
Tue Nov 20, 2018 1:22 am (Last edited: Tue Nov 20, 2018 1:34 am)
Zitat von Holger im Beitrag #6 There is no question, that with that many miles behind him, Darrell has seen a lot of things.... Most, I suspect, are not this frivolous, but also perhaps not as much fun. I'm almost sorry you asked for an explanation, because I don't want the focus away from Darrell's accomplishment. If I remember the folklore surrounding Darrell, he has actually stopped at 3 of the balls of twine promoted by communities around the US as, largest in the world. I note the one for which he has the picture was referenced in a song title by Wierd Al Yankovic (you can look it up). I simply use the biggest ball of twine as an almost absurd example of the type of destinations and waypoints we enjoy in the United States. For those who feel the need to have a destination when out touring their way to 800,000 miles (1,290,000 km), I offer the following from Wikipedia: Largest ball of sisal twine built by a community In Cawker City, Kansas Largest ball of sisal twine built by a single person Twine ball in Darwin, Minnesota (2006) (see photo in Darrell's post) Heaviest twine ball In Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin Largest nylon twine ball In Branson, Missouri The following is from the Atlantic Monthly 2014 on the battle to be the world's largest ball of twine - we take these things seriously here. Twine Atlantic lead_720_405.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) “A good man always knows his limitations.” |
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Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #9 What are we doing now in Europe - I think there are no twine balls here  Well, alternatively we can go to the IKEA's and look at the piles of sesal carpets 
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Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #5Zitat von Rotorwrench im Beitrag #3 A Lupin looks good from any angle in any weather
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Zitat von AZGeek im Beitrag #13 Ooohh .... have to jump ahead in my backlog of magazines to read this issue ... Congrats again Darrell. Of course I will help you with some of those miles in June.
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