Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Tailwinds and Yellow Jerseys

Early summer ride…
Jacques: We’re organizing a bike ride tomorrow. Interested?
Filippo: Thanks but alas. Would if I could but I can’t.
Jacques: Busy?
Filippo: Preparing for the big move. Stuffing fifty years of Japan into fifty boxes.
Jacques: What to keep, what to throw?
Filippo: Oh yes. Dilemmas, big time. Hey, I found a forty year old envelope from Oikaze, the cycling group that used to send out notices of rides by post.
Jacques: Pre-internet I guess it was more cumbersome getting a peloton of riders together. Now it’s an email or a LINE message.
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Voice-over
TQ Durban
But expressions like tailwind and yellow jersey survived the digital transition.

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