Check out the guy's photo with his bike (last image)

https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/mcdonalds-ax-attack-suspect-michael-palacios-freed-without-bail/

Unexpectedly sharp machine.
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Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 8:00:02 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
> Check out the guy's photo with his bike (last image)
>
> https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/mcdonalds-ax-attack-suspect-michael-palacios-freed-without-bail/
>
> Unexpectedly sharp machine.
> --
> Andrew Muzi
> <www.yellowjersey.org/>
> Open every day since 1 April, 1971
I'm sure the axe was pretty sharp too.

On Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:59:58 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>Check out the guy's photo with his bike (last image)
>
>https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/mcdonalds-ax-attack-suspect-michael-palacios-freed-without-bail/
>
>Unexpectedly sharp machine.

Just wanted to say that I enjoyed your customer pics on State Street.
Years ago I commuted on a bike to downtown Madison from Monona and
McFarland. Years later I spent a fair amount of time on the Military
Ridge Trail which I lived very close to for a while. I stopped at
Riley a few years ago. Boy, has that place changed.

On 9/19/2022 11:18 AM, Catrike Rider wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:59:58 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>
>> Check out the guy's photo with his bike (last image)
>>
>> https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/mcdonalds-ax-attack-suspect-michael-palacios-freed-without-bail/
>>
>> Unexpectedly sharp machine.
>
> Just wanted to say that I enjoyed your customer pics on State Street.
> Years ago I commuted on a bike to downtown Madison from Monona and
> McFarland. Years later I spent a fair amount of time on the Military
> Ridge Trail which I lived very close to for a while. I stopped at
> Riley a few years ago. Boy, has that place changed.
>

The neighborhood around Klevenville-Riley Road hasn't had
any hatchet-wielding manics this week AFAIK. This could change.

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Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:40:30 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 9/19/2022 11:18 AM, Catrike Rider wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:59:58 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Check out the guy's photo with his bike (last image)
>>>
>>> https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/mcdonalds-ax-attack-suspect-michael-palacios-freed-without-bail/
>>>
>>> Unexpectedly sharp machine.
>>
>> Just wanted to say that I enjoyed your customer pics on State Street.
>> Years ago I commuted on a bike to downtown Madison from Monona and
>> McFarland. Years later I spent a fair amount of time on the Military
>> Ridge Trail which I lived very close to for a while. I stopped at
>> Riley a few years ago. Boy, has that place changed.
>>
>
>The neighborhood around Klevenville-Riley Road hasn't had
>any hatchet-wielding manics this week AFAIK. This could change.

Years ago, I myself yeilded an ax not far from that segment. That and
a chain saw and a splitter...

Going up there this coming weekend.

I say again, Andrew: a "fixie" is a small injection of morphine or heroin. A fixed-wheel bicycle is called just that, and only began to be called a "fixie" when fixed-wheel bicycles began to be popular among the airhead Gen X'ers. And please don't try to justify or rationalize the use of such a dummy term, Andrew; I don't want to hear your R & J shit again. Please quit insulting your readers by using that term. As a long-time bike shop owner you should know better. Thank you.

William Crowell wrote:
> I say again, Andrew: a "fixie" is a small injection of morphine or
> heroin. A fixed-wheel bicycle is called just that, and only began to
> be called a "fixie" when fixed-wheel bicycles began to be popular
> among the airhead Gen X'ers. And please don't try to justify or
> rationalize the use of such a dummy term, Andrew; I don't want to
> hear your R & J shit again. Please quit insulting your readers by
> using that term. As a long-time bike shop owner you should know
> better. Thank you.

Sorry for your drug-centered mindset. Would a change of diapers help
comfort you?
<https://image.windeln.de/windeln-media/f1/bf/09/8a/564cbbade4b0529c8a09bff1.1000x1000.jpg>

On 9/19/2022 12:08 PM, William Crowell wrote:
> I say again, Andrew: a "fixie" is a small injection of morphine or heroin. A fixed-wheel bicycle is called just that, and only began to be called a "fixie" when fixed-wheel bicycles began to be popular among the airhead Gen X'ers. And please don't try to justify or rationalize the use of such a dummy term, Andrew; I don't want to hear your R & J shit again. Please quit insulting your readers by using that term. As a long-time bike shop owner you should know better. Thank you.
>

You have your sources but in some neighborhoods where I'm
familiar, that's a 'fix':

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fix
Noun, def #4

'fixie' unknown:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixie

Cambridge: 'fix' refers to drugs in both verb and noun:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fix

Only one definition shown for 'fixie':
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fixie

that being fixed gear bicycle.

Are there regional meanings? Probably. I was unaware of that
usage.

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Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On 9/19/2022 12:33 PM, Sepp Ruf wrote:
> William Crowell wrote:
>> I say again, Andrew: a "fixie" is a small injection of
>> morphine or
>> heroin. A fixed-wheel bicycle is called just that, and
>> only began to
>> be called a "fixie" when fixed-wheel bicycles began to be
>> popular
>> among the airhead Gen X'ers. And please don't try to
>> justify or
>> rationalize the use of such a dummy term, Andrew; I don't
>> want to
>> hear your R & J shit again. Please quit insulting your
>> readers by
>> using that term. As a long-time bike shop owner you
>> should know
>> better. Thank you.
>
> Sorry for your drug-centered mindset. Would a change of
> diapers help comfort you?
> <https://image.windeln.de/windeln-media/f1/bf/09/8a/564cbbade4b0529c8a09bff1.1000x1000.jpg>
>
>

+1
bien sur le mot juste!

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Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:57:53 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 9/19/2022 12:08 PM, William Crowell wrote:
>> I say again, Andrew: a "fixie" is a small injection of morphine or heroin. A fixed-wheel bicycle is called just that, and only began to be called a "fixie" when fixed-wheel bicycles began to be popular among the airhead Gen X'ers. And please don't try to justify or rationalize the use of such a dummy term, Andrew; I don't want to hear your R & J shit again. Please quit insulting your readers by using that term. As a long-time bike shop owner you should know better. Thank you.
>>
>
>You have your sources but in some neighborhoods where I'm
>familiar, that's a 'fix':
>
>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fix
>Noun, def #4
>
>'fixie' unknown:
>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixie
>
>Cambridge: 'fix' refers to drugs in both verb and noun:
>https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fix
>
>Only one definition shown for 'fixie':
>https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fixie
>
>that being fixed gear bicycle.
>
>Are there regional meanings? Probably. I was unaware of that
>usage.

There's also an alternate spelling of "fixey":
<https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fixey>
<https://www.google.com/search?q=fixey&tbm=isch>

I once had someone bang on my office door asking to talk to the
"fixie" (noun). Apparently, that was his term for the person who does
repairs. I didn't persue the matter with him as he seemed to be
intoxicated. I only heard it once, so I assume the term didn't gain
general acceptance.

Church of Saint Antoine de Fixey:
<https://www.angelus.online/angelus-online-may-june-2021/the-church-of-saint-antoine-de-fixey>
<https://www.google.com/search?q=church+of+fixey&tbm=isch>

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PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 1:08:41 PM UTC-4, William Crowell wrote:
> I say again, Andrew: a "fixie" is a small injection of morphine or heroin.. A fixed-wheel bicycle is called just that, and only began to be called a "fixie" when fixed-wheel bicycles began to be popular among the airhead Gen X'ers. And please don't try to justify or rationalize the use of such a dummy term, Andrew; I don't want to hear your R & J shit again. Please quit insulting your readers by using that term. As a long-time bike shop owner you should know better. Thank you.

I've never used the term 'fixie' for a fixed gear, but I don't have any issue with those that do. I've never heard 'fixie' used in the context of drugs though, always as 'fix'. I'd hardly call myself naive - especially if you knew of my rather sordid past in my late teens and early 20's before I got my shit together.

On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 05:40:24 -0700 (PDT), "funkma...@hotmail.com"
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 1:08:41 PM UTC-4, William Crowell wrote:
>> I say again, Andrew: a "fixie" is a small injection of morphine or heroin. A fixed-wheel bicycle is called just that, and only began to be called a "fixie" when fixed-wheel bicycles began to be popular among the airhead Gen X'ers. And please don't try to justify or rationalize the use of such a dummy term, Andrew; I don't want to hear your R & J shit again. Please quit insulting your readers by using that term. As a long-time bike shop owner you should know better. Thank you.
>
>I've never used the term 'fixie' for a fixed gear, but I don't have any issue with those that do. I've never heard 'fixie' used in the context of drugs though, always as 'fix'. I'd hardly call myself naive - especially if you knew of my rather sordid past in my late teens and early 20's before I got my shit together.

I've heard medical people refer to "fix" in reference to a single dose
of medicine.

Or even to a temporary repair on a car or bike as in "It's a short
time fix but it will get you home".
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Cheers,

John B.

On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 10:08:41 AM UTC-7, William Crowell wrote:
> I say again, Andrew: a "fixie" is a small injection of morphine or heroin.. A fixed-wheel bicycle is called just that, and only began to be called a "fixie" when fixed-wheel bicycles began to be popular among the airhead Gen X'ers. And please don't try to justify or rationalize the use of such a dummy term, Andrew; I don't want to hear your R & J shit again. Please quit insulting your readers by using that term. As a long-time bike shop owner you should know better. Thank you.

t bicycle messengers over in San Francisco used to all ride fixed gears because it was 100% reliable. I never heard any of them refer to them as "Fixies" but since the term has gained popularity who cares?

Tom Kunich <cyclintom@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 10:08:41 AM UTC-7, William Crowell wrote:
>> I say again, Andrew: a "fixie" is a small injection of morphine or
>> heroin. A fixed-wheel bicycle is called just that, and only began to be
>> called a "fixie" when fixed-wheel bicycles began to be popular among the
>> airhead Gen X'ers. And please don't try to justify or rationalize the
>> use of such a dummy term, Andrew; I don't want to hear your R & J shit
>> again. Please quit insulting your readers by using that term. As a
>> long-time bike shop owner you should know better. Thank you.
>
> t bicycle messengers over in San Francisco used to all ride fixed gears
> because it was 100% reliable. I never heard any of them refer to them as
> "Fixies" but since the term has gained popularity who cares?
>
Language is always on the move, certainly I’ve heard fixed and a fixie used
to describe bikes for quite a few years now, though they are less common
again.

Roger Merriman