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Ran up with Farmer Joe today while out hammering the back roads on the Eagle.\u00a0Last time I saw him I was on my recumbent. On the HiWheel this time, I got a picture of \u00a0him with his beautiful wife Kathleen, who he went to the same one-room\u00a0schoolhouse with. You can hear his amazing story HERE<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n
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Ran up with Farmer Joe today while out hammering the back roads on the Eagle.\u00a0Last time I saw him I… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1qZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":560,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/29\/82-yo-irish-farmer-tom-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5517,"position":0},"title":"82 yo Irish Farmer Joe","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"September 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0A couple of days ago I was out riding when a herd of cows blocked my way. 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