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Miscellaneous discoveries:

On the wall (or off the wall?)
at the Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA)
Bicycle Program

Coincidence or conspiracy? The fish and the bicycle are artworks which the City has made available to decorate the office of the Cambridge Bicycle Program.

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Seen during the "Senator's Ride"

The "Senator's Ride" was Massachusetts (USA) State Senator Thomas Birmingham's cross-state, multi-day bicycle tour, conducted as part of his campaign for Governor. The bicycling community and the community of senior citizens commingled as the tour made its lunch stop in Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts on August 29, 2001. This is not a posed photo!

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In the background of the photo is the World War II battleship Massachusetts, only one of several historic ships at the museum. Another is a big "fish" -- the World War II submarine Lionfish, also in a remarkable state of preservation. During a Cub Scout troop visit to Battleship Cove in 2001 -- including an overnight stay on the battleship -- the guide on board the Lionfish was a surviving World War II submariner. All in all, Battleship Cove is a remarkable museum, a real must-see.

Bagels and Locks

The image below is of a 1985 poster from the Kryptonite Corporation, manufacturers of bicycle locks. The item underneath the lock in the lower left corner is a bagel -- a traditional Jewish baked good shaped like a doughnut, but unsweetened and chewier. So what does all this have to do with fish?

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Lachs is the Yiddish word for smoked salmon, commonly served with bagels.

Lachs more or less melts in your mouth. On the other hand, neither the Kryptonite Corporation nor the Webmaster of this site will accept responsibility for any attempt to eat bicycle locks. Or the keys.
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except Kryptonite poster, by permission,
Kryptonite Corporation.