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It is amazing because it was created entirely on my TV set without a computer, no Html, I have no scanner; AND
I am 86 years old!
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MY ELECTRIC BICYCLE
After 3 months I recharged it for the first time. So you see, I am using it as a bicycle 99% of the time and moped only 1%.
I call it my "BatmoBike" since it ZOOMS up the hill, and Electrobike's parent company was BAT International.
I TRAVEL OFTEN -- 4 or 5 times a year.
One or two bicycle tours a year mainly in
Europe, and more than 50 Elderhostels in the U.S. I have flown past Mts. Everest, Blanc, Fuji, Rushmore. Cruised on a Tall Ship, Mediterranean Yacht, French Luxury Barge, Twin-Hull Ocean Liner, and boarded a boat in a Palm Springs hotel lobby. Bicycled across Golden Gate Bridge, Continental Divide, along the Danube and the Erie Canal.
Walked Great Wall, London Bridge (both Thames & Havasu), across Grand Canal, and on the very first Olympic Games site. Climbed up Towers Eiffel, Pisa, Statue of Liberty, a rock wall on Camelback Mountain (at age 77). Walked thru Taj Mahal, Pyramids, Machu Pichu, Stonehenge, Acropolis, Pompeii, White House, Carlsbad Caverns, NYSE, Been in Squares Red, Tienaman, Sts. Marks & Peters, Leicester, Times & Herald. Been in Topkaki, Louvre, Prado, Hermitage, Sistine Chapel. Won a trip to Hawaii. Was in Branson, MO, for 5 nights, 6 days & 7 shows! Can ask for "a beer, please" in six different languages. Also walked 12 years to school in SD without missing even one day!
Kissed the Blarney Stone. waltzed in Vienna. found a Roman 3 B.C. coin in Italian ruins. Walked on hot lava and a glacier ice field. Ridden a camel, donkey, elephant, in a Ferrari, 4-door Lincoln convertible, limo, cable car, private train, gondola(snow & water), funicular, snowmobile, white water raft, hydrafoil, jet boat, kayak, Moscow subway and Eurostar-Chunnel. Flown in a Blimp, helicopter, hot air balloon, 2-seat Cessna; and had a manicure & massage while flying in a 747.
Managed to make it to 5 continents. Stay tuned! (When my Passport comes up for renewal, I will be 92 years old!)
BICYCLE TOUR IN SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
Here I am leading the pack. Of course, I was younger then -- only 73 years old!
BICYCLE TOUR in ITALY
We are waiting here for the chef's culinary demonstration before dinner. These are the tour leaders -- Carol on my right, and Michele on my lap!
This was a swell tour -- good bicycling & weather, posh digs, gourmet dining, and fun group.
........... MY FAVORITE ELDERHOSTELS ........... New York City & New Orleans
In NYC the theme was "Navigating Wall Street".
Here we paused for a picture as we WALKED across Brooklyn Bridge. I am the lowest one in the front row. Our hotel was in the World Trade Center, the tallest towers barely visible on the far right side (now, sadly, no longer there at all).
In NO the theme was Signature City. Our hotel was in the French Quarter. It was a wonderfully luxurious, gourmet, fun-filled week where the Good Times really did Roll! (Also, very sadly, no longer available.)
MY OTHER WHEELS
This is my 2003 Toyota - Hybrid (part gas, part electric. No plug-in needed, it charges itself.) It has an 8-year warranty; I don't even know if I will still be driving at age 88. ( I traded in my 36-year old Mustang convertible on this new car.)
TOYS in my APARTMENT
If you wonder why I don't have a computer, it is because I have a Starwriter Jet Processor with all built-in software including clip art (but no modem). I also have an Atomic Clock which sets the time daily by radio frequency.
To my ONE telephone line I have hooked up the world-wide-web & e-mail on this Webtv, which will never get a virus or worm and is updated periodically at no cost. My HDTV flat set also has TiVo; an 18-inch Satellite dish (200 TV stations); Fax; Emergency Response-System; Volume-enhanced phones and many assistive listening devices.
MY FLOWER GARDEN
I have a 2 x 5 plot under my steps in a sunny area. It is restocked frequently with flowers and plants (items discarded from a local nursery). It blooms all year around here in Southern California, and is very pretty.
SO LONG, for now.
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.....................Updated 03/MARCH/2009.................
