In Between Seasons --- Backyard Olympics!
April 10, 2008 - When you live where there are four seasons, there are usually a couple times of year when things are stuck between, hung up in the middle, not one thing but not yet another. What to do then outdoors?
I do the Backyard Olympics. And our kids love it. Even Martha gets in the swing (she's mostly a gung-ho Focusarian).
Personally, in the winter I... > Read Article
Atomic Zombie's "Bike Builder Bonanza" How-To Book $25.00 (inc. S/H) Purchase |
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Velo Vision: includes JP's Dock Porter story! : ) $10.00 (inc. S/H) Purchase |
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The Cross Country Ski, Cook, Look & Pleasure Book, by Hal Painter $20.00 (inc. S/H) Purchase |
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UNLIMITED! --the only DVD of year-round sport! $30.00 (inc. S/H) Purchase |
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OYB News...and a Few Handy Items
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The Blue Sun: blues with Guthrie/Kerouac twist
May 08, 2008 - Welcome to "The Blue Sun"! Here's new music. Original American music the likes of which you haven't heard before but which will add to your life. Rich, twangy swamp blues with worldclass lyrics. The better stereo the better these songs will sound.
You can buy downloads for a buck apiece, check out the lyrics, taste-t... > Read Article
What is OYB? --An HQ for Indy Action & Sundries
December 24, 2007 - Hi, I'm Jeff Potter and I herd the cats here. OYB is a celebration of independent general interest culture...offering hard-to-find, high quality stories, links, books and products (luggage, too!) that have the Vision Thing for everyday life.
OYB was a zeen back in the 90's that grew to become available on hundreds of newstands nationwide. If infrequently. Today it's mostly an ezine as well as a book publishing press, releasing books on significant but neglected topics of cultural impact. The ... > Read Article
The OYB Bag --The World's Only 5-Way Bag!
December 23, 2007 - [$37, postpaid in US] The 5-Way OYB Bag is ready for action! Get yours now! Cheap! (Other leather-canvas daybags are $80-100. And do much, much less.) Click on the PayPal button to the left under the picture!
The OYB Bag is the only bag that converts in a jiffy into a Shoulderbag, a Saddlebag, a Handlebar-bag, Small Pannier (front or rear... > More Info > Purchase
The OYB Lunchbox Pannier --Classy!
December 22, 2007 - ($44.95 postpaid in USA) Presenting the OYB Lunchbox Pannier!
Dang, they're sharp. I was able to scour the land and find a couple dozen of the base "cases" at various military-surplus places and then I repurposed them just for you!
First response! "Thanks! It's one of the best pieces of design I've ever ... > More Info > Purchase
All-Leather Daypack
September 15, 2007 - [$75] Here's an all-leather, full-grain daypack. This is a classic, vintage high-end item. Very well built. It's 15" tall, by 12" wide by 4" deep. Fairly small---good for around town. For about 10 lbs of goodies. But it could comfortably hold much more---it has two thin internal back ribs (flat steel, flexy, sewn-in) and a contoured metal waist-fra... > More Info > Purchase
German Rucksack
September 14, 2007 - [$30, postpaid in US]
Here's a brand new German military-style rucksack. Most of my offerings are vintage but this pack has vintage styling, so it counts. This is a very handsome, effective unit. Tough canvas body, rubberized bottom, solid snap-clips. About 17"x14"x6". It's smaller than the Austrian pack. 2 side pockets. Interior pocket. Rubber... > More Info > Purchase
Free Sample OYB! ...& Secret Gift!
September 07, 2007 - OK, just to show you that the web isn't everything and that PAPER rocks, too, I'm offering a FREE SAMPLE issue of OYB to anyone who ... is willing to pay the postage.
Just click the PayPal order button and it'll only bill you $2 which covers most of the postage.
The freebie is big, tasty issue #8. It's not the newer thick issue #10 but I wa... > More Info > Purchase
Classy Travel Hat: the Roll-up Panama
May 07, 2008 - If you travel, even just for a short car trip, and like to do so with some kind of style, you might want to bring a real hat along. They look good and work good. A Panama is especially nice in the summer sun and heat.
But bringing a hat box along to keep a good hat safe can be ridiculous or at least annoying. It takes up a lot of space.
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Mtbiker does it his way: camping without sleeping bag
April 19, 2008 - [bump up from 4/07] A biker by the handle of "Lef-T" has put up a couple trip reports over at the Mt-Biker Forums. Thousands of folks have appreciated them, been engaged by them, or at least amused.
Lef-T goes on simple bike tours from his back door. He tries out new things he hasn't done before. He practices them first, though, I think.
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Canoe Sailing & Little Proas Ahoy!
April 07, 2008 - We have lots of little rivers here in Michigan, but lots of big lakes, too. I really like my super lightweight canoes and kayaks. I can haul em, afford em and handle em, no problem. But I'd like a little more speed and versatility.
A sea kayak is a great way to explore about 10 miles in a day down a Great Lake shoreline or across a bay to the n... > Read
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Design an OYB jersey---get a free one!
April 06, 2008 - I'd like to make up some OYB jersies. I suppose they'd be mostly for biking, but because OYB is about more than biking maybe these jersies could be used for more than biking.
My inclination is to have them cut a bit loose and for them to use heavier, nonshiny, non-skin-tight fabric.
They'd be made by Young Originals of Detroit---this is a sh... > Read
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Pruning the Wild Berry... How?
April 06, 2008 - I'm digging into the topic of berry management.
Here in our Michigan yard we have tons of wild black raspberries, often called "blackcaps." Our neighbors have wild blackberries. Not blackcaps! Very different!
The blackcaps leave a little "hat" behind after you pick them and the picked berry is hollow. The purplish canes have mild, bristly th... > Read
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Last Ski Best Ski...and a new YouTube video!
March 25, 2008 - We had a big Easter week snow-dump this year. I went to Stinchfield the day after Easter and brought my little digicam and took some video of a couple of the best downhills there. By the time I got my video skills warmed up the snow was also so warm that the hills had slowed down, but they were still fun. So here's a vid clip showing the Hardwoods ... > Read
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