Car-Free Daze on The Drive

I have a camera, and I cycle. 

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Sightings

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Everything's ducky and going along swimmingly.

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 The Red Baron rides again!

A guy walks into an antique store and notices a brass rat sitting on one of the top shelves. He asks the clerk, "How much for that brass rat?". The clerk says "Well sir, it's 25 dollars just for the rat, and 50 dollars if you want to hear the story that goes with it. Take my word, you'll want to hear the story." The guy says "No, I believe I'll just take the rat for 25 bucks."


So he takes his brass rat and heads down the street. Right away he notices that a real rat is following him, so he makes a quick turn down the next street. He passes an alley, at which point about a half-dozen rats come out and start following him. The guy is getting pretty panicked at this point, so he starts heading out toward the outskirts of town. When he passes the town dump, hundreds of rats stream out and follow him. Our hero is beside himself at this point, so as he passes the river that winds around town, he tosses the brass rat into the drink. Every last one of the real rats follows the brass rat into the river and drowns.

Relieved, our protagonist heads back to the antique store where he purchased the brass rat. "I knew it!", says the clerk, "You're back to hear the story about the rat, aren't you?". "No sir", says the guy, "I just wanted to find out how much you're asking for that brass accordion I see you've got up there."

 The definition of optimism: a sundial in Vancouver.  
A crow marks the time.

 Race ya?

For people who live in glass boxes in the sky: a glass box on the sea.   The view changes but the song remains the same.