I am free! I am liberated!

[SadieKate]

Oh, the burdens we carry in life.

I was feeling ever so embarrassed by my chattiness. I don’t really know why, but I was. I mean, 6,762 posts! “Oh, my word,” you say as you roll your eyes. “She does talk a lot.”

But I no longer carry the burden of being the Princess of Prattle, the Rani of Writing, the Marchioness of Meander. I am free! Free to be a commoner! Free to marry the (un)common Bubba.:p

All Hail the new Queen Mimi and her Crown Princess, KnottedYet, with 7,136 and 6,803 posts respectively. I bow before your perseverance, your gift for chatter, and your ease at effecting my emancipation. You usurped my throne in a mere one and a half years to my paltry 4-plus.

I’m sure this new period in history is bringing a tear to multiple eyes.

I lift my beer to you. :D

[jobob]

pops head up

Someone say beer??



Many congrats to the new standard bearers. :cool:

[bmccasland]

Yes! A toast, with some good German beer (or wine) since it's October!

Me, I pale in posting. I am meerly a humble little poster. :o

[Trek420]

But I no longer carry the burden of being the Princess of Prattle, the Rani of Writing, the Marchioness of Meander. I am free! Free to be a commoner! Free to marry the (un)common Bubba.:p


Nah, you're just drifting to the back of the pack to draft for a while. That was one epic pull :cool: to carry the cycling/posting/writing thang waaaaaay too far. ;)

Have a beer, and chocolate :rolleyes:

[Trekhawk]

Yep a toast sounds in order...I even have a beer or two in the fridge and will crack one for you ladies and raise it in honour of the occasion.:D

[Veronica]

TH - you spelled honor wrong. :D

Do you really HAVE to go back to Australia? :( We're going to have to come visit.

V.

PS I celebrated 5 years on TE Oct. 12 and have 4,873 posts.

[SadieKate]

Piker. That's only 2.6 posts a day. :p

[Veronica]

Piker. That's only 2.6 posts a day. :p

Well...

[Veronica]

...i...

[Veronica]

could...

[Veronica]

Dang... did you know you need to wait 30 seconds between posting?

[jobob]

yes, go on, don't be shy ...

[Veronica]

Where was I?

[jobob]

beer & chocolate

[Veronica]

...be...

[Veronica]

...a...

[maillotpois]

...a...

royal pain....??

:D

I have beer in hand and salute all of you.

Except the deserter TH. Oh - and the deserter SK for that matter. All you soon to be ex-Northern CA people.

What...

[maillotpois]

What...

.... ever....

[SadieKate]

At least I'm in good company. Sorta. :p

TH seems to have her directions confused and she's going down instead of up.

[maillotpois]

yet the water circles the drain the other way....

I never understood that. When do we change our clocks, anyway?

[SadieKate]

:cool: ;)

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=19011&highlight=daylight

[crazycanuck]

v,sk,mp-i miss you ladies..please post more :)
can you do some more big rides? i want to hear more about the chief whiner or winer..

trek-when do you & yours fly back down yonder?

c

[maillotpois]

I have been spending too much time riding my new motorcycle and now enough time on the bicycle.

And SK hasn't been riding at all. Whatever. She hasn't been posting much either, but maybe this thread will coax her out of her reclusive little shell.

So 11/4 is the end of days? I mean the end of daylight savings? Crazy how freaking dark it is in the morning. Just between Death Ride (7/10 or so) and Knoxville (9/29 or so), the difference in how light it was at 7 am (whether you needed lights or not) was staggering.

While we're on November, 11/5 is my anniversary (13 years I think - MATH!). I know SK has one soon or happened already.

[SadieKate]

And SK hasn't been riding at all. Whatever. She hasn't been posting much either, but maybe this thread will coax her out of her reclusive little shell.Packing boxes and driving UHauls is soooo much more fun.

[crazycanuck]

sk-how far did you move? are you settled in?

mp-how is the new vroom vroom?

gee, i have an accident and i post more...he hee

c

[maillotpois]

Hey CC I think when I got sick last year I may have posted more. Somehow, you just have more time on your hands and need distraction. How you feeling, by the way? New vroom vroom is great. Having a lot of fun. I may ride to work tomorrow. We'll see - baby steps. Trying to really take it one bit at a time.

[Trekhawk]

Packing boxes and driving UHauls is soooo much more fun.

I was glad to see Bubba on Saturday night as I was worried that you might have packed him into a box in all the moving frenzy.:D

[crazycanuck]

mp-please tell me you've done a few motorbike safety courses..
do you see alot of idiots on motorbikes without helmets?

i'm getting there slowly. i'm sure physio will be more painful than how i feel atm. figuring out how to do stuff with one hand is actually very interesting.
just waiting for the swelling in my right knee to go down. that and i'm dying to go out of my house plus some warm weather.


c

[maillotpois]

CC - no worries! I took the 2 1/2 day MSF course and that's why I ended up with the motorcycle and the scooter ended up with my father in law...

No one rides here w/out helmets. It's the law.

Get better!

[Veronica]

v,sk,mp-i miss you ladies..please post more :)
can you do some more big rides? i want to hear more about the chief whiner or winer..


Well, I'm waiting for my knee to get better. You wanna hear about my flat 18 mile ride yesterday? In whence I was scared off the road by a maniacal farmer delivering hay to his cows?

V.

[jobob]

I'm having a glass of wine as I write this, does that make me chief winer?

Oh and what a coinkidink, it's a lovely chardonnay from South Australia. Very tasty indeed. :)

I'm just waiting to get motivated again.

[KnottedYet]

6,803! Cool. I'm not embarrassed. ;)

Who has time to keep track of stuff like that? Is there an automatic tally-list somewhere?

I'd better get crackin' if I'm gonna catch up to Mimi!!! :D

[boy in a kilt]

Look under your avatar.

[mimitabby]

Dang... did you know you need to wait 30 seconds between posting?

You would have known that if you were a heavyweight like Knot and I.

[KnottedYet]

Yeah, BinaK, I know about that thing. I never really pay attention and compare.

(hey, BinaK, you really gotta start pumping out the posts, dude... cuz yer like waaaaaay behind) :D

Knot, Princess of the P!ssing Contest

[crazycanuck]

hey, isn't aka_kim the chief winer?whiner?

v-i would love to hear your farmer story..what's up with your knee again?

c

[boy in a kilt]

I have to balance the fact that a lot of the discussions here are things about which I know nothing, and the tendency for my posts to become the death of a thread with my basic desire to run my mouth.

[KnottedYet]

Aaah, with another 6,600 or so posts, you could be the Prince of Provocation! (or the Prince of Paucity if you really *do* kill threads)

[boy in a kilt]

I'm sure that'll come in time.

TigerBoss is at Yoga so I'm watching the TigerSpawn. Always a good time to catch up.

I'm trying to get my head wrapped around my desire to do a 300km ride by the end of 2008. That much training time may reduce my time to catch up with you.

[Trek420]

I am free! Free to be a commoner! Free to marry the (un)common Bubba.:p

Uhm, SK, is there something we need to know? ;) I thought you are married to the (un) common Bubba.

Maybe a real wedding, like skydiving into Vegas with an Elvis impersonator minister. :D :p

V, more cowbell please. :D

[yellow]

You can also sort the entire members list by number of posts. Click on "posts" at the top and viola! Mimi comes to the top.

SK, so does this also mean that I am fogiven for pointing out oh-so-long-ago (http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=4805)that you were the chatterbox of this place?? I seem to recall you threatening me with some sort of bodily harm. :p

BTW, I saw Bubba with some strange woman (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/tasdan/Just%20for%20Fun/MysteryWoman.jpg) this weekend. I think she had a cute little faux leopard purse! I didn't know he went for wyld wymmin like that! :eek:

[Kitsune06]

Alas and alack, assuming anyone acknowledges my inappropriate three-month adieu from the forum, I could never make up... what... 4k posts in 3 months? Wow.

and here I was so proud of my 2.2k in a mere year and a half. :cool: All amusement aside, I rarely read anything outside TD or off topic things... :) but that's ok. :D I'm in 7th if you only count folks from 2006... ;)

[KnottedYet]

Keep postin' Kit, I'll let you be my ever so special protegee... ;)

[maillotpois]

V, more cowbell please. :D

Just perfect!

[maillotpois]

Oh my, Yellow. Wine out the nose is NOT a good thing!!! :D :D :D :D

[maillotpois]

I'm having a glass of wine as I write this, does that make me chief winer?


A "glass"??

Amateur!

[SadieKate]

You can also sort the entire members list by number of posts. Click on "posts" at the top and viola! Mimi comes to the top.

SK, so does this also mean that I am fogiven for pointing out oh-so-long-ago (http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=4805)that you were the chatterbox of this place?? I seem to recall you threatening me with some sort of bodily harm. :p

BTW, I saw Bubba with some strange woman (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/tasdan/Just%20for%20Fun/MysteryWoman.jpg) this weekend. I think she had a cute little faux leopard purse! I didn't know he went for wyld wymmin like that! :eek:You started this whole thing! Plain and simple. We can blame it all on you.:p

Yeah, another factor in the lack of posts. Making sure the wild wymmin roaming the countryside keep their distance.

The pup is sleeping with one eye open making sure I don't get near with a box, and ready to sprint for safety.

[aka_kim]

I'm having a glass of wine as I write this, does that make me chief winer?Dude, you've always been the chief winer, even if you didn't hold the actual title. But, it's yours if you're up to it. :p

(Ducking, running, etc.)

[Veronica]

I'm trying to get my head wrapped around my desire to do a 300km ride by the end of 2008. That much training time may reduce my time to catch up with you.

It doesn't take that much time. :D

V.

[Veronica]

v-i would love to hear your farmer story..what's up with your knee again?

c

I did something to my knee on the Knoxville Double - Sept. 22. It doesn't really hurt, but when I pedal or walk around a lot, it feels like a ratchet. It's slowly getting better. So I am not riding very hard. Hills bother it much more than flats, and I'm talking any little hill. :mad:

But I know I need to start training. My goal ride is at the end of April. So Sunday, I headed out with the intent of doing about 35 miles, most of which are flat, about 1800 feet of climbing overall. There are, however, two pretty steep, short hills in the middle of the ride.

The first little hill, I realize my knee still isn't ready for the steep ones later on. So in my head I start reconfiguring my route.

We have a road that has been closed to all but local traffic. Since there is only one house on it and a lot of cows, it doesn't get much traffic. My plan is to do it as an out and back twice.

As I was nearing the end of that closed road, on a long, half mile + straightaway, there was a truck loaded with hay, coming at me. Even though the road is closed, I still ride in my lane. But this guy, he's in the middle of the road and he keeps moving ever closer to my side of the road. I'm wearing a bright orange jersey and a bright yellow vest. There is no way he could not have seen me. He's not driving very fast, so I have lots of time to watch him. Eventually, he's totally on my side of the road. About fifty feet from me, he moves back toward his side, but still in the middle.

All I can think is either he had target fixation or he was trying to scare me. I decided I would rather ride with more well behaved traffic, so at the end of the road instead of turning around as I had planned, I went back a different way.

Of course later on, I also had a woman parked on the side of the road decide to pull out right in front of me...just as I predicted she would. No, she did not use a signal light or look over her shoulder. People can be so lame.

V.

[crazycanuck]

hey v,

for a strong endurance rider like yourself :cool: , i understand the frustration. I can't remember if you do yoga or pilates but would either help your knee?

What distance is your goal ride? are you going to be eligible for the triple crown award again? that jersey was cool.

i will be over the moon when i eventually get back on my bike or swim. I will work towards doing a 200km ride next year...actually i want to do the 100km off road event in march first.

Did you shake your head at the farmer?? what a dolt!

c

[Veronica]

Stretching definitely seems to help. I did 27 really flat miles yesterday - 499 feet of elevation. :cool: It felt really good too. The knee is a little stiffer this morning.

The ride I've been wanting to do for years... Devil Mountain Double. It's only 206 miles ;), I've done 209. But 20,000 feet of climbing.

V.

[HillSlugger]

Has this turned into the new "Thread Drift" thread?

[mimitabby]

It certainly could. The fog here is quite dense. can't see very far outside, and the trees near the road are kind of misty.
the name has a nice ring to it as well.

[jobob]

Has this turned into the new "Thread Drift" thread?

Does this mean we have to "hide" it someplace? :rolleyes:

[mimitabby]

it's already in a good place. Spin class was murder again today. Man... this lady doesn't know that there are numbers smaller than 6 or 7.

veronica, Devil Mountain Double sounds AWFUL!!! or awesome if you can do it.

[Trek420]

Has this turned into the new "Thread Drift" thread?

Everything turns into "Thread Drift", then we drink beer, then food and someone brings chocolate, then we play scrabble :)

[snapdragen]

I am here to announce that MRI's are not for sissies. I can see how someone who is claustrophobic would freak - such a tiny tube they stick you in! The technician gave me ear plugs and a blanket, I almost fell asleep. :rolleyes: It took about 15 minutes, my coffee didn't even have time to get cold.:cool:

[maillotpois]

Oh yeah - even my CT scan (which is just a donut like thing) and the weird nuclear test I had where I was partially in a tube were bad enough. I can imagine a MRI would be awful!! (I am a bit claustro.)

Mimi - Devil Mtn Double is fun!! (Sort of.) It's one of those rides where you have a constant dialogue going with yourself about why you're doing it and bargaining with yourself about just going "X" miles further and then taking a break. At least I did. :rolleyes:

[salsabike]

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that the Northern California Sadie Kate loss is the PNW gain. Thank you for donating to our cool women quota.

When are the rest of you going to move up here, anyway?

[SadieKate]

Aw, thank you.:o

[SadieKate]

Dude, you've always been the chief winer, even if you didn't hold the actual title. But, it's yours if you're up to it. :p

(Ducking, running, etc.)I think the world shook because The Chief Whiner broke 1,000 with this post.

[Trekhawk]

I think the world shook because The Chief Whiner broke 1,000 with this post.

SNORT!!!!
Such a chatterbox.:D

[aka_kim]

I think the world shook because The Chief Whiner broke 1,000 with this post.
Well, it wasn't technically the world, just Northern California. :D

When I hit 2000 posts the world will shake, hell will freeze over, and frogs will fall from the sky. Yeah, I'm that powerful. :p

[snapdragen]

When I hit 2000 posts the world will shake, hell will freeze over, and frogs will fall from the sky. Yeah, I'm that powerful. :p

Damn. Remind me never to pizz off Kim.....:eek:

[Happy_Wheels!]

I like this thread drift concept!

I was not happy today because my boss is a pathological liar and a scumbag!

But I went for a ride and I feel better!

I rode the same hill 5 times with my man friend and I kicked his butt!

He was not happy! :rolleyes:

I think I will make him cookies tomorrow!

What kind of cookies do you like?

Luv,
Happy Wheels!

[SadieKate]

I liked tonight's fortune cookie: "You will inherit a large sum of money."

Goody! But when, dang it!

[Veronica]

I think I will make him cookies tomorrow!

What kind of cookies do you like?


Buy him some Otis Spunkmeyer ones.

V.

[mimitabby]

coookies! it's almost lunch time here and everyone, EVERYONE has leftover candy at their desks. The sad thing is, in a few days, all that extra candy will be eaten.

[Happy_Wheels!]

mimitabby, Yes, it is always very sad when the candy is gone!

It's also very sad when the cookies are gone!

Veronica, I will try those Spunkmeyer cookies. They look yummy!

Luv,
Happy_Wheels!

[mimitabby]

It's also sad to see how much candy one can eat when it's everywhere!
:eek:

[bmccasland]

Halloween - candy
Thanksgiving - "homespun" pies and such
Christmas - more cookies, candy, cake
Valentines - CHOCOLATE!
and for some of us, it continues with
Mardi Gras - K i n g C a k e !


must bike through the winter

[Happy_Wheels!]

Ladies!

Where is everybody? Drifting elsewhere??!!

bmccasland, what is the "eating" for the end of daylight savings time?

Since some of us gained an hour or time, does that mean we have an extra hour to eat for? :D :D :D

What shall we eat??!!

Luv,
Happy_Wheels!

[Veronica]

Cookies of course. I made peanut butter ones this weekend.

V.

[snapdragen]

I need a pedicure.

That is all.

[aka_kim]

I'm enjoying Sharffen-Berger and a Pyramid Snow Cap right at this moment.

[DirtDiva]

No cookies here, but I am going to a Guy Fawkes barbie tonight. Something about eating burnt meat and blowing things up appeals to my primal self somehow. Heck, there might even be beer drinking. ;) :D :p

[mimitabby]

Dirt Diva, i want to know more about a guy fawkes barbie.
I am thinking this means barbeque, but what does that have to do with blowing things up?

[Xrayted]

Watch the movie "V for Vendetta", Mimi. I'm so lucky that Guy Fawkes' day is also my b-day. We are watching it tonight. :D

[Trekhawk]

Have a look at this Mimi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night

[yellow]

Yeow. I take a few days off and you ladies spin UTTERLY OUT OF CONTROL. :D

Snap, I am keeping my tootsies painted all winter this year. I noticed around the unpainted edge of the base of toe #2 on the left foot is looking quite black. I'm better off now knowing what's under there, I think.

Mr yellow is gone again this week so I'm having organic toaster pastries for dinner. One of my trail running Yodas said she ran her best ever ultra on a diet of Pop Tarts and Pringles. I have yet to buy the pringles but I just might buy them (and hide them) while Mr yellow is gone. MMMMMmmm. Salt and fat.

aka_kim...I love Snow Cap. Have one for me, 'kay? I'm off of alcohol until after the big run Dec 1 (but "toaster pastries" and Pringles are still OK).

Anyone heard from SK? Didn't she move this weekend?

[jobob]

Happy Birthday X !

oops wrong thread :D slinks away

[mimitabby]

oh okay fireworks thanks for all the edification. i feel bad because today i did not go to spin class. headache was overwhelming and i made lots of excuses. I did however, go for a walk and do my stretches. It seems like I have a drill sergeant in my head making me exercise... but i don't always listen.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Personally I like the idea of Sadie Hawkins Day better!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Hawkins_Day
http://www.ocolly.okstate.edu/issues/1997_Spring/970214/stories/sadie.html
http://www.lil-abner.com/sadiehawk.html