saddlebum Posted September 20, 2012 #1 Posted September 20, 2012 The tree is on Vashon Island, which is between Tacoma and Seattle, Washington. Quite amazing! http://venturerider.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=71713&d=1348117744
Red1 Posted September 20, 2012 #2 Posted September 20, 2012 My understanding is that since this pic went public some years back, a dirtbag has removed/stolen the front wheel of the bike.
Prairiehammer Posted September 20, 2012 #3 Posted September 20, 2012 The tree is on Vashon Island, which is between Tacoma and Seattle, Washington. Quite amazing! http://venturerider.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=71713&d=1348117744 Perhaps. But US didn't enter World War I until 1917.
Pegasus1300 Posted September 20, 2012 #4 Posted September 20, 2012 This is true but many felt that the US neutrality stance was unreasonable and joined the Canadien or French Forces.Lafayette Escadrille a French airforce Squadron made up of US fliers is only one example.
chabicheka Posted September 20, 2012 #5 Posted September 20, 2012 Snopes has different version about the picture...
Motorcycle Mike Posted September 20, 2012 #6 Posted September 20, 2012 Snopes has different version about the picture... And just WHO is fact checking Snopes?
motorcycle_1300 Posted September 20, 2012 #7 Posted September 20, 2012 Whatever the case may be trees do not lift things off the ground. if you drive a nail into a tree at 3 feet off the ground that is where nit will always be 3 feet. the tree may grow out arround the nail but it will not lift it. Al
MikeWa Posted September 20, 2012 #8 Posted September 20, 2012 Perhaps the boy hung his bike on a branch. Mike
SilvrT Posted September 20, 2012 #9 Posted September 20, 2012 Canadien or French Forces. "CanadiEn" .... ??????? are you from Quebec?
chabicheka Posted September 20, 2012 #10 Posted September 20, 2012 (edited) And just WHO is fact checking Snopes? Never said Snopes is a truer version...i said 'different' version. you can believe WHAT you want.. Sounds like a fairy tale to me...surely he had to go home to pick up an extra pair of underwear or something.....why wouldn't he ride home with the bike? Edited September 20, 2012 by chabicheka
Dragonslayer Posted September 20, 2012 #11 Posted September 20, 2012 Someone should notify the American Pickers on TV Mike and Frank love finding those old vintage bikes.
mraf Posted September 20, 2012 #12 Posted September 20, 2012 Looks like a 20" bike to me. He must have been really short.
BOO Posted September 21, 2012 #13 Posted September 21, 2012 Looks like a 20" bike to me. He must have been really short. Also appears to be a "girls" bike. BOO
BradT Posted September 21, 2012 #14 Posted September 21, 2012 Looks like a 20" bike to me. He must have been really short. Also appears to be a "girls" bike. BOO 1914 maybe that was his only option
jimc1031 Posted September 21, 2012 #15 Posted September 21, 2012 Perhaps. But US didn't enter World War I until 1917. THE WAR STARTED IN 1914 every one knew that:no-no-no:. at we would be involved in the conflict-THE YOUNG WARRIOR NEVER CAME HOME !!!!
jimc1031 Posted September 21, 2012 #16 Posted September 21, 2012 Snopes has different version about the picture... Who in the hell cares about snopes-its a GEORGE SOROS FUNDED ORG.
Grump Posted September 21, 2012 #17 Posted September 21, 2012 what gives here ? i thought i was the negitve one on here . i was even getting a tear in my eye and you had to screw me up.
Gray Ghost Posted September 23, 2012 #18 Posted September 23, 2012 A search on google will return a lot more sites than snopes that say this isn't so. Some even have photos of a local newspaper that tells an entirely different story. A site called Discover Washington agrees with snopes. A couple of links: http://www.discoverwashingtonstate.com/the-tree-bike-fact-or-fiction/ http://www.mortythedog.com/2011/07/vashon-island-bicycle-in-tree-mystery.html Newspaper article from 1993: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19931117&slug=1732351
az1103 Posted September 23, 2012 #19 Posted September 23, 2012 I like the Puz version on that Washington site......is that where the "puz" expression came from? I always thought it was putz and came from Yiddish....
dacheedah Posted September 23, 2012 #20 Posted September 23, 2012 http://www.adventure-journal.com/2012/07/the-daily-bike-july-10-2012/ We have fact checked snopes and they have been wrong alot. Here is another version though
Squidley Posted September 23, 2012 #21 Posted September 23, 2012 Reguardless if it's true or not, the message that the pic represents is a very powerful and sobering one....
Pegasus1300 Posted September 23, 2012 #22 Posted September 23, 2012 I like the Puz version on that Washington site......is that where the "puz" expression came from? I always thought it was putz and came from Yiddish.... Puz is the last name of the lady who told the story of her son losing the bike. Putz is a descriptive word from Yiddish I think/\.
Mr.G Posted September 23, 2012 #23 Posted September 23, 2012 Reguardless if it's true or not, the message that the pic represents is a very powerful and sobering one....
MikeWa Posted September 23, 2012 #24 Posted September 23, 2012 Reguardless if it's true or not, the message that the pic represents is a very powerful and sobering one.... Yes. Don't fall asleep in a tree. Mike
mraf Posted September 24, 2012 #25 Posted September 24, 2012 Yes. Don't fall asleep in a tree. Mike :rotfl:
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