what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

For-ty /fáwrtee/ noun

things are gonna change I can feel it

Maintaining a professional appearance with consistent locknut lip clearance. Sweet & sour pork triple clamp fork front suspension of disbelief. Loose balls, bearing jars of pickled herring. Brass nipples shits and-or giggles. Crank arm extractor. Ask Vogel about the chicken tractor.  Nine dollar Madrona cupcakes. Poorly adjusted cantilever brakes. Headset press. Barefoot summer dress.

Cycling computer. Psycho commuter. Hose-clamped milk crate douche bags expecting respect from bungee-corded pickle bucket Dexter Avenue warriors. Fluorescent yellow jackets lineup. That light was red suck up. Heads up. On your left all around. Fixed gear conversion virgins whack track standing. Vehicular cyclist charade. Early-June chuffer parade.  

Thin ice. Poor advice. T-shirt tan. Window fan. Be kind please rewind. Your credit card has been declined. Forget full retailing smooth sailing. Forty hour work week too much tongue in cheek.

It will all make sense behind a white picket fence.

23 Comments

Happy Birthday pilderwasser!

Dude, you're name is Scooter now. Not Jace. Everyone: Treebeard rides a scooter for work, and that is his new nickname. Scooter.

dude you forgot to say happy birthday to the sons a bitches that makes this website possible to nickname people. ghaw! p.s. scooter has been my 4th backup nickname for-like-ever. Oh yeah happy birthday matt.

It's your birthday? Cool. It's my birthday, too. Along with George H. W. Bush. It's also O. J. Simpson murder day.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

take it in a bottle, 40, quart or can

happy birthday 40 is the new 30

happy birthday dude. i'd buy you some donuts but i'm far away.

Happy B-day!

happy birthday oldtimer sorry i missed you suprise party . how about a special edition of kickstand to commemerate the 40. thanks for all you do mark. 19 aka 20

Awesome poem! Gotta be one of my favorites of yours. Dude, are you FORTY?! Well you don't look a day over 30. Happy Birthday from from the Warlocks in Boise.

Happy Birthday Pilder. I'll bring you a 40 from Mass for the Friday night pre ride bus parade. Cheers to you.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Pilder. BTW all those old guys you see in the bar when you duck in for a mid-afternoon beer, when they find out your a bike messenger and forty they make you an honorary old-fart. By this time next year you should have as many bar buddies in their sixties and seventies as you do in their twenties and thirties. At least that's what happened to me.

thanks to all y'all for the birthday wishes and gifts and beers. Sincerely. For real. Really.

Hey Chopper, remember last night at Pilder's party when you were so intoxicated you were unintelligible? Hey Pilder, Happy Birthday. Hey is for horses.

no baby Schnauzers

I don't get get intoxicated, and I'm fairly sure I was intelligent.

You're 40?! Welcome to the best decade of your life!

when is the last time you saw 20 comments on this site?

I think it was october or november of last year. Somewhere in the 30plus. Maybe you could research it and put up a link. Just let me know what you come up with.

9/16/08

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