{"id":2103,"date":"2011-07-08T18:37:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T17:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2011-07-08T18:42:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T17:42:01","slug":"left-to-their-own-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/2011\/07\/08\/left-to-their-own-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Left to their own devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenfamily.org\/sam\/avatars\/chorus.jpg\" alt=\"avatar\" title=\"I wonder what they talk about\">I took this shot when collecting <a href=\"http:\/\/andygates.livejournal.com\">Munky<\/a> from Waverley Station on his way up for the Dumb Run. These double-layer cycle racks must be pretty new because I hadn&#8217;t seen them before. Mind you, I use Haymarket most of the time and am rarely at that end of Waverley even when I do use that stop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ravenbait\/5916143076\/\" title=\"Cycle cr\u00c3\u00a8che by Ravenbait, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6144\/5916143076_ee6cc23dda.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Cycle cr\u00c3\u00a8che\" align=\"center\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think this is a great way to store bikes. They can have a natter while their owners are away doing whatever it is their owners do, and the individual storage units keep them sufficiently apart to minimise fighting. Mine have a tendency to get into arguments when left stacked together and there&#8217;s no one around to keep an eye on them, which I assume is because they&#8217;re bored and have already said everything there is to say to one another. I&#8217;m pretty sure Blackbird has been chewing Fingal&#8217;s bar tape recently.<\/p>\n<p>I notice there&#8217;s a bike there with pink wheels, which is rather swish. I&#8217;ll bet that one&#8217;s quite precious, in a princessy way. The sort of bike to complain about vegetables in the bedding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s perverse.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took this shot when collecting Munky from Waverley Station on his way up for the Dumb Run. These double-layer cycle racks must be pretty new because I hadn&#8217;t seen them before. 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