Most of the Marines that ask me about my camera are shocked at how expensive it is- about $1000, and then hundreds more for lenses. The first one I talked to that did not seem surprised was my Gunny.

I found out why recently. I knew he was a serious bicyclist. Serious enough that he didn't let his bikes get shipped over here by the regular movers; he had a special service send them over. The arrived about two weeks ago, and he's started riding in to work every so often. He's been riding his mountain bike vice his street bike, because the extra weight makes for better training. Extra weight? I picked up his bike, and it weight seriously less than half of what my old mountain bike does, and it has front and rear suspension and disc brakes.

After looking it over, we had to give Gunny some grief about it. "Gunny, how did you get stuck with such a cheap bike! Look, there's no kickstand! And the pedals are so tiny, it's like they could only be used with a special shoe. What a bum deal!"

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