Way back in my previous lifetime, we had to keep our brass polished up nicely, untarnished, used a lot of Brasso (I can smell the barracks now...). But eventually, you'd go buy an anodized version of all of those bits, so you didn't have to polish them. But, if they wore, they'd lose their coating, and you'd have to then treat them just like the older regular brass and clean them regularly (Brasso would strip that outer protective layer off). Have to admit, I just run w/ the patina'd look these days...
Speaking of bells.... Twice yesterday, while riding our local greenbelt, smaller kids (like, maybe three or four year olds, riding with their families), coming from the other direction, would ring their bells at me, just glad to ring their bells at anyone. Each time, I'd ring back at them, which astonished them in both cases... they weren't used to other folks having bells. Most of the time, folks are pleased and tickled with a bell being rung for them before you pass, but.... I've noticed an uptick of folks with either earbuds stuck in their ears, or, are so engrossed with their phones, that they never hear you ringing at them, then get offended when you pass them.... sigh..... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
