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Nanci

08-11-2006, 06:13 PM

Oooh, sugared pop sucks!!! Diet Coke!!

I made pork tenderloin, in jerk sauce, on the grill, and it was _perfect_. With onion roasted potatoes. With a bottom-shelf but still delicious Zin. I _did_ snuggle up to the expensive Ice Zin for a few minutes, though. Then put it back in the wine attic. I read on the Vineyard's website that that bottle I bought last night for $22 is MSRP $40. Should I go back and get the other bottle of it??? Or the 90 point-rated Orange Muscat for $14??? I love wine.

Tomorrow is my grandson's second birthday. I hate it that my daughter can't (won't) quit smoking. I had a pt this week who had tongue, larnyx and lung cancer, with breast mets. She likely won't live till her daughter's wedding in June. She's freakin' crying about it, right in the middle of her exam. I told Kelly about that, but of course, she's "trying." She can't quit when she has a child at home. Quitting gives her a headache. It makes her nauseous. (I pointed out that chemo would make her nauseous, too...) Whatever.

The Brooks just doesn't do anything for me. I borrowed my friend's Team Pro S (women-specific, which means obscenely short in the nose and pretty wide, too...) and I just didn't feel the love. So that's on the back burner and I am still pining away for the Terry Zero X.

I wish the bee job was in Florida.

Of course I have my long-lost friend (co-worker who has recently moved back to town after a 3 year absence.) She's wilder than ever. I just want to go home and go to bed. At bike (motorcycle) night last night, we set her up with a guy eight years her junior and ditched her. She pinched him in the nipple. I...let's just say, that she hasn't matured much in the last three years...(32)

Her six-year-old made a hula-hoop skirt for BF's beer, which he kindly put on it and took around and showed to everyone.

Austin Powers: Goldmember is on in the background. BF has gone to bed at 8:30.

Work today sucked- wait, need refill. I'm out of cheap Zin and on to BF's unattended Florida Muscadine Red. Very sweet. "Foxy," they call it. The only grape that actually smells like grape.

Man, was that perfect timing: I just caught Dr. Evil and Mini Me doing the music video "It's a Hard Luck Life." I am in love with Dr. Evil, and Scott Evil.

I can't wait to ride my bike tomorrow. We're starting at Conestoga's, the tiny-town steak restaurant, at 8Am, then returning after 40 or so miles for lunch. I love club rides that include a lunch. Otherwise, why bother??

I went psycho at my student yesterday. Not the perfect Napoleon Dynamite, but the next one. Josh. I wanted him to put away supplies, and he whines, "But I don't know where they go..." Well, josh, perhaps, if you did a little exploring in the rooms you are actually supposed to be working in, you might discover the mysteries of where stuff we use every day goes.

He was a lot better today. I even yelled his name once and made him jump. Some of them are perfect- like working with another tech. Others either take a lot of yelling at, or I just give up and let them go, and then, a year later, when they are applying for a job...

I won a major battle of wills at the hosp today. I'm not sure about how this affects pt care. Some service, say surgery or trauma, tries to push off a task on my radiologists that they could just as well do, up on the floor, with no radiation exposure. Because they are too lazy or scared or incompetent to do it themselves. Luckily, I threw a fit, a majot fit, in July, and my attending (permanently employed, not residents) radiogists backed me up on it. They come up with a million lame excuses, but the bottom line is, if you don't follow the protocol, you are wasting your/our time. So, while they are trying to bully us into doing the thing, (placing a feeding tube) they are _not_ doing it themselves. Their pt suffers. Sure, they could all come down to me. But- the nurses/interns are just being lazy, at the cost of a permanent radiation dose to the pt, not to mention me and the radiologist. Why are they like that??

Um, this might be enough thread drift for me for the moment- (wait, need refill of Vintner's Red)-

Mmm, it goes so well with crunchy peanut butter. I am so far off the diet wagon it isn't even funny.

I should have gone to school for being a plumber- that is what I -----------tested for, can't think of the word, what you'd be good at.

My kitchen sink leaks. I can't get the faucet tight enough. I can't get in there. My spare toilet leaks. My bathtub leaks in two places. My outside faucet had a bad frost plug, so it leaks. Oh, the second sink in the master bath leaks. WHY does it all LEAK???

Apptitude, that is the word I was looking for.

Beta, have you caught up yet?

Goodnight.

Nanci

08-11-2006, 06:15 PM

Here I was...

kelownagirl

08-11-2006, 06:32 PM

Nanci - love your mind wanderings. :)

And OMG you have a grandchild?!?! You do NOT look old enough to have grandchildren. Nov 18, 19?? (That's my youngest daughter's b-day too btw.)

I guess I could have some too, technically, (thankfully the girls are not considering having kids yet..) but I like to pretend I only have my 8 year old son and am still in my 30's... :)

I have not ridden my bike since the 100 k last saturday. Took me 3-4 days before I even felt like riding, but I've been a busy girl shovelling dirt, planting a couple hundred bucks worth of perennials, and building a lovely stone wall in my semi-finished backyard. We will spend the next two days hauling stone. At least O won't have to do my weights this weekend. :) I'm so glad the weather has cooled a bit - this would NOT be fun in 100+ temps...

I put on two batches of wine yesterday - one is a Cab Sauv which won't be drinkable for at least a year, and the other is a gwurtztraminer, however you spell that, which we can drink 6 weeks from now. I prefer "boughten" wine but it's nice to have the homebrew for back up. The cab sauv is actually really good.

Back to hauling rock...

DrBee

08-11-2006, 08:31 PM

Here I was...

I knew you were around here somewhere! ;) Nice drift!

snapdragen

08-11-2006, 08:36 PM

I may need to start breathing into a paper bag. I turned in my application Monday for a new position at work. I hate waiting.:(

SadieKate

08-11-2006, 08:44 PM

Heh, heh, heh. I just won the bet. We're watching "Rooster Cogburn" and I told Bubba that had to be the Deschutes River in Bend, OR. A little googling and I proved my point. OK, not that he really dissputed it but he's the one that remembers all the movie trivia.

Snap, breathe . . . In . . . . . Out. Ok, what position?

snapdragen

08-11-2006, 09:21 PM

Sounds impressive - Management Information Systems Analyst II.

And for those of you with high speed internet connections, I just saw this on my Yahoo page:

Dancing Skeleton (http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1333e1a7e921a769691d2674cd9704e6.666799&cache=1)

KnottedYet

08-11-2006, 10:19 PM

I need some action. DPITA is literally on the other side of the planet. This sucks.

Diet soda makes me sick to my stomach.

Beer is my friend. Wine is nice, but beer is friendlier.

I'm reading Greg Bear's "Darwin" books. Dang, I wish I'd stuck with my original plan to be a mad scientist. Mad healthcare worker doesn't cut it. Mad librarian might.

My nose ring insists on sitting in the front of my nose, intead of up the nasal passage. cool, if that's where it wants to be, so be it. But I've gotta get it rebent so it won't stick up above my skin. Folks keep saying my ring is coming out. (nope, stem is just too long for the way the hook likes to sit.)

Impressed my young pot-head neuveau-hippie neighbors tonight, as I was sitting on my porch in my rocking chair reading a Darwin book smoking a pipe and drinking a huge beer. One of 'em said I looked "very continental".

(don't look at me like that... I only smoke 3 or 4 times a year and my pipe tabacco is so old there's probably no nicotine left. yeah. Besides, it's better for me than the Dunhill red box cigarettes I used to smoke. I still dream about them...... sigh.)

Lise

08-11-2006, 10:24 PM

I am here, I am here, I am heeerrrreee!

Nice to be missed.

Well. Let's see. First I was working for a living and being aggravated out of my skull by this one staff member my co-worker calls "la diablita"....then that was over, and I went to the Sox game!

Now, I'm a Cubs fan from way back. It's genetic. If anybody knows Chicago, you know you're either North or you're South side, you're either a Cubs or you're a Sox fan. For example, a t-shirt tonight said, "Friends don't let friends be Cubs fans". You get the point. I felt like a foreign exchange student.

However. Free tix, friends. Elvis night. OMG. I have been corrupted.

1. Parachuting Elvises from the sky during the National Anthem, AND after the game.

2. The Sox shut out the Tigers, 5-0. Great pitching.

3. Fireworks after every homerun. Fireworks at the end of the game.

4. Many Elvises, Elvis contests, and a really good Elvis "tribute" guy at the end.

5. An AMAZING fireworks show at the very end.

You don't get a show like that at Wrigley.

We took the El (public trans. train) down and back. Now it's 12:20, and I'm getting up at 6 AM to go run 7 miles with Jamie. Uuuuuggghhhhh...:o

Going to bed. Love to all, L.

PS, KN, I hear ya about needing the action thing. ;)

Kitsune06

08-11-2006, 11:32 PM

So with my rampant hijacking, it only figured I find 'thread drift' eventually... I just always wish I could engage in a real conversation with you ladies, so you could ask me what sign I am, and when I say "sagittarius" some nuevo-hippy could roll her eyes, say "Figures" and then explain to everyone else that Sagges can't sit down OR shut up. :D

DPITA is literally on the other side of the planet. This sucks.
Sometimes it's that way... sometimes it only feels that way. Oh, just ASK me how I know... :rolleyes: I hear ya.

Beer is my friend. ..... My nose ring insists on sitting in the front of my nose, intead of up the nasal passage. cool, if that's where it wants to be, so be it. But I've gotta get it rebent so it won't stick up above my skin. Folks keep saying my ring is coming out. (nope, stem is just too long for the way the hook likes to sit.)

Impressed my young pot-head neuveau-hippie neighbors tonight, as I was sitting on my porch in my rocking chair reading a Darwin book smoking a pipe and drinking a huge beer. One of 'em said I looked "very continental".

(don't look at me like that... I only smoke 3 or 4 times a year and my pipe tabacco is so old there's probably no nicotine left. yeah. Besides, it's better for me than the Dunhill red box cigarettes I used to smoke. I still dream about them...... sigh.)

...*reads and gets fuzzy* I KNEW I liked you lots, Knotted. :D Noserings... I don't get to wear mine anywhere near as much as I'd like... silver with hematite bead... but now it's always the niobium retainer... that hates being in and at EVERY opportunity will slip down and look weird.
I still occasionally smoke Djarum Blacks... and for me, it's either dark beers, Hefeweizens or ciders.

Nanci

08-12-2006, 03:46 AM

Kelowna, you _make_ Gewurztraminer??? That's BF's fav white, and my second fav after Pinot Gris...

Kitsune, I thought you were here already.

Snap, good luck. Where I work, it could take months to find out if you have a new position, kind of like Fish's Bee Doc position. I rarely have to move around, fortunately. I love my position- just not all the lunch stealers and little babies (the adult ones) I work with.

The first time I took DD to see fireworks, she was about three or so, Fourth of July, and she says, "Mom, can we go tomorrow night?" Like it happened every night, and I'd just not been letting her in on it...

The first time she went trick or treating, I guess about two? (We lived in an apartment she called Butterfly House because I'd hatched out some Monarchs for her) she went into the first house and sat down on their couch like she was planning on staying the evening! No, honey, we just go door to door and hit as many houses as we can!!!

My coffee is _finally_ done.

crazycanuck

08-12-2006, 05:52 AM

LIse, thanks for being my cliff blok, lara/may bar dealer....I've always wanted a dealer..in a good way..

Fish-would you like me to send you some TimTams for you to share in SF with the other TE ladies???

We went mtn biking today and saw only one soul. Seemed like a nice gent-we met him at the top of Mt Gungin-he'd just biked up (read:uphill) the little oven circuit without a bike seat :eek: as part of his broke...(i'm probably getting a few :confused: looks when i talk about our trails here but i think it's easier than saying "up a certain hill & down a certain area..") Luckily for him he's going to be a father quite soon!!!
I would class him in the fit nutter brigade...he's done the 24hr in NSW three years in a row SOLO..:eek:

Great weather for a bike ride-rainy & muddy...
Anywho, KY-how long is DPITA away for??? Ya know, i do like the smell of a pipe..It's not that weird dear!

I haven't had any soft drink (pop to you girls up north...) and fast food (say from mc dork's or pretty much any place really) for about 5yrs now.

I would love tell you Ian's "pop" and "kitty corner" stories from Kelowna but i don't want to bore you...

:) c

DrBee

08-12-2006, 06:35 AM

Fish-would you like me to send you some TimTams for you to share in SF with the other TE ladies???

c

Ooh that might be nice! What are you craving from the US? I'll PM you my address :)

And - your body should be thanking you for keeping fast food out of it!

It's raining today! That's not so good because I was going to ride this morning. However - it's a steady rain (since last night - nice thunder last night) which we desperately need! Gee, how wonderful... now we get to clean the house. Oh what joy that will bring..........not. I'll just have to check in with TD :)

Nanci - I had a similar experience with FishJr last July4th (2005). It's great to see the wonder in their eyes when they see the fireworks, isn't it?

Snap - Good luck with the job application! I'll be thinking good wishes for both of us :D

maillotpois

08-12-2006, 06:44 AM

Gosh - I missed a lot of activity last night.....

Nanci sorry about the DD smoking thing. That's gotta suck. Tell her she can also get PEs if she smokes. (I don't but they're one of the risk factors....) Then she'[d have to join Team Embolism.)

Snap - good luck with the job app!!

Lise - a Sox game?? How sporty!! It does sound like it was an amazing show.

Well, gang, in a couple of hours I am OUTTA here. We're going to Yosemite for the week, and I won't have access to anything which will allow commuication with the outside world. Probably a good thing. But tell my office that... :rolleyes:

I didn't want you guys thinking my PEs had exploded or anything. Rumors of my death....

crazycanuck

08-12-2006, 06:47 AM

Fish-I'd love a pic of haight & ashbury in SF (that's where the hippy rev started in the 60's yes??)...Peanut butter M & M's...

I'm happy to send you tim tams to share...

Speaking of junk food-Ian eats KFC, m &m's, coke, v, etc & is healthier than I am!!! I don't get it...

Cleaning house...we must do that this weekend...after we bike....:(

Hey does anyone here use MSN messenger?? If you do, catch up with me...mscherylpr@hotmail.com...It would be really cool...

c

Trek420

08-12-2006, 06:47 AM

Knotted, question: why not take some vacation time and go see DPITA?

And Lise & KN I get the need to get thing. The things you learn from a workout log/journal. It's been 3 years since the Ex-PITA dumped me. 8-(

A lot has happened since then, thanks for all the support TE & TD.

Yes, TE there've been dates, more than probably the previous 47 years (which is not saying much). I'd date more but then I'd have to clean the house, which would cut into bike time ....

Snap, that sounds impressive! Inhale .... exhale ... repeat as often as needed.

CC, I use yahoo IM, Microsoft is giving me grief. It was working but now demands I download a new version each time which it promptly won't load ....

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 07:39 AM

Trek - saving up all my vacation time for moving her back here in December. (when she'll only be on the other side of the continent instead of the other side of the planet)

'course, that means I'm gonna have to clean the house some time in the next 4 months....

Need to get one of those spiffy Michaelangelo wall bike racks.

I should probably vacuum the floor and wash the dishes, too; but the bikes have priority! :D

Hey, Harda$$ Cutie Pie! Welcome to Thread Drift Land!

Veronica

08-12-2006, 07:40 AM

Dear Pain in the A$$?

V.

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 07:54 AM

yup, that's DPITA!

Hey, for Fish's sign at the airport hold up a card that says "Thread Drift"!

("Team Danger" might scare the National Guardsmen doing airport security detail.)

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 08:33 AM

I get home at 2am. Next thing I know, DPITA is getting ready to head out the door and the phone's ringing. It's 6. The call is from my parents regarding my car accident and the fact that my insurance company left me to the wolves, having me deal with the other company *myself*. ...aren't they supposed to go to bat for you?:eek:
We all chat for an hour... Mom calls me Cutie-Pie and I ask her suspiciously if she's heard anyone else refer to me as such... she says 'no' so I have to tell her about you ladies. She's laughing all over again.
I'm goin' back to bed, but I'll be back to harass y'all at a decent hour. (in the pm):cool:

DrBee

08-12-2006, 08:49 AM

yup, that's DPITA!

Hey, for Fish's sign at the airport hold up a card that says "Thread Drift"!

("Team Danger" might scare the National Guardsmen doing airport security detail.)

I'll be on official gov't travel - Team Danger may not be the best plan.

snapdragen

08-12-2006, 08:49 AM

I'll be on official gov't travel - Team Danger may not be the best plan.

Even if we use a picture of Danger Mouse?

DrBee

08-12-2006, 08:51 AM

Fish-I'd love a pic of haight & ashbury in SF (that's where the hippy rev started in the 60's yes??)...Peanut butter M & M's...

c

I'll do my best to convince the TE ladies to drive me there so we can take a pic for you :) I'm PMing you in a sec.

Kitchen's done - even wiped down the cabinets. Now - onto the living room. FishJr is doing her part in cleaning up toys. That's unusual!

DrBee

08-12-2006, 08:54 AM

Even if we use a picture of Danger Mouse?

That is awesome! I think we might have our mascot!

This site is not letting me type apostrophes again. Very frustrating. I have to talk like Data.

winddance

08-12-2006, 09:12 AM

I have to talk like Data.

Hee! It seems as though they would've been able to program contractions into an android, but it was just one of those things that made Data so lovable...

Wait...now you all know how big of a nerd I am...

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 09:27 AM

I just bought a Waterford! Sight unseen!

(but I got it from Limewave, so that's ok, right?)

Can't actually get it until December, cuz it's in Michigan. I'll pick it up when I'm in the midwest around Christmas.

(wanna see it? it's in the "for Sale" thread. I'll try to post a link)

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?p=108472#post108472

bikerz

08-12-2006, 09:27 AM

1. Parachuting Elvises from the sky during the National Anthem, AND after the game.
2. The Sox shut out the Tigers, 5-0. Great pitching.
3. Fireworks after every homerun. Fireworks at the end of the game.
4. Many Elvises, Elvis contests, and a really good Elvis "tribute" guy at the end.
5. An AMAZING fireworks show at the very end.

Poor Lise - all those fireworks, and no action :(

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 09:31 AM

Danger Mouse is cute - although I'm still partial to the toad lugging the tequila, my favourite drink. :)

CC - I have MSN - I added you. I've been using Skype lately so I can chat with my DD who just moved to Vancouver. :( :( It's a very cool program.
You can find out what funny accents all these Americans have. 'Course you probably have one too since you live down there. Mine, of course, is completely normal, eh.. Just don't ask me to say "about"

Nanci - This is our first batch of gewurztraminer. I'll let you know how it turns out. The good thing is DH will drink anything so if I don't like it, I get the good stuff from the liquor store and he drinks the home brew. That being said, we don't actually "home" brew - we make it at a Wine Shop. That means, I go in and order it, and 6-8 weeks later, we spend an hour bottling it. It costs about 1/3 of store bought wine.

Sorry that your daughter smokes - darn kids are always a worry, even when they are adults. My DD's will be 21 and 23 this fall. They are being good, for now, but one of them put me thru hell during her teens... I'm a lttle worried about the 20 year old who just moved to the big city with her boyfriend. She's got a good head on her shoulders so I think she'll be ok...

Housework - must do some today. You can always tell when I've been spending my time outside - this week it is landscaping. Oldest DD politely suggested I vacuum yesterday. I politely suggested that she lives here too (rent free!!!!) and is welcome to do it herself. She said they are not her dogs (dog hair-the reason we need to vacuum). Her little brother, bless his heart, asked her if she could please clean up her hair in bathroom because it clogs up the sink and tub drains.

I need to ride my bike but the allen blocks are calling....

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 09:33 AM

Think we should tell the water cooler girl about Thread Drift? :rolleyes:

Trek420

08-12-2006, 09:40 AM

That would be the polite thing to do ;)

Or do the usual TD thing of kvetch here about other threads, like the no caps thread...

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 09:44 AM

No, we don't need WaterCooler boy in thread drift. He's being icky. We don't need little stories about some dude masterbating a dog.

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 09:46 AM

If that thread stays, after my sig in support of equal rights got in trouble, I'll be mighty appalled.

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 09:47 AM

yikes, I didn't actually read the story. Went back again to check it out. My skin is crawling...

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 10:12 AM

I hit the spam alert. Ick. We don't need boys playing testosterone games here.

Meanwhile, back to happily humming over my new Waterford bike. Already thinking of names for her... (yup, I'm silly)

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 10:17 AM

You think it's a guy posting? It looks like a girl's picture and s/he started the "Who started you on biking" thread as well... Regardless, it's gross...

Nanci

08-12-2006, 10:49 AM

What the hell are you talking about???? What thread about a dog? About a water cooler??

Just back from 30 mile ride. Have errands to run, like getting SS things that have to go far away- she'll probably get them for Christmas, SORRY! I tried to do better this month, I really did...But I need a nap. BF is working till 11PM. I wish I had a good movie to watch. Maybe just some Gray's Anatomy Season One for the fourth time.

Lise

08-12-2006, 10:50 AM

Whaaa....? Jeez, you sleep 5 hours, run 7 miles, eat some crepes, go to Target, and TE goes berzerk! I'll go check out this thread, if it still exists.
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And yes, BZ, much fireworks. No action. But I'm such a north sider...I didn't see much eye candy at the Sox game. :rolleyes: Only a Chicagoan could get that, and a south sider would henceforth never speak to me again. I'm banking on no south side Chicago gals here....or...yikes! :p

chickwhorips

08-12-2006, 10:51 AM

wow i don't check this thread in a few hours and it exploded! you guys were busy while i was sleeping.

Phoenix to Alaska?? Talk about a climate change!

climate and people. i'm happy with where i went.

kit - i figured you would finially find you way to where you belong. in a drift... :cool:

snap - good luck. i'm sure you'll find out soon about the upgrade. until then dont forgit to BREATH! i think we should just get together for a drink, i'm sure that would make it lots better!

fish - with gov't travel have they cracked down on you with what you can take? we keep getting emails adding to the addional things we can or can not do with regular restrictions. by the time i travel again, it will be completely different. glad i live in the bush, no airport security here. going anywhere else, i dread it.

nanci - go back and buy all the wine you can. i was really jealous reading about it, so i think you should go back and enjoy more for me too. (and i have no idea about this water cooler thing either.)

crazycanuck - i added you on hotmail. i don't use it much, more yahoo, but i added you.

phew! i think i caught up on everything. if not. oh well....

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 10:56 AM

Nanci - it's in Open Topic, about 8 or 9 down right now. 34 views, 0 replies (Thank goodness. don't reply. that's what trolls want). very disgusting. I'm amazed Jeff hasn't nuked it already. Will more folks hitting the spam alert get it removed sooner?

Man, and look at all the flack from my sig "Gay rights don't threaten my marriage, it's those straight women sleeping with my husband." That was from a New Yorker cartoon, fer goodness sakes. Meanwhile that nasty man-masterbates-dog post keeps sailing along....

Nanci

08-12-2006, 11:07 AM

EEEWW!! Well, I would really hate to be sensored, and I think we do a good job of not causing that to happen, (except for your sig- that was weird) but that dog story, out of nowhere?

TROLL!!

It's not like buying two more bottles of really great wine is going to kill me...There were only one more of each on the shelf...Probably should taste them first, but I've NEVER met a dessert wine I didn't love. Not like- love.

I am so weak...I am going to buy the Zero X right this second if it is still on sale.

Bye!

Nanci

08-12-2006, 11:09 AM

I can't get to the Terry site, is it a sign???

Lise

08-12-2006, 11:13 AM

You think it's a guy posting? It looks like a girl's picture and s/he started the "Who started you on biking" thread as well... Regardless, it's gross...
I don't know. But it does not "feel" like a girl to me. Girls don't talk about "around the water cooler", do we? That's what guys do...anyway. It's a gross post, and I hope they pull it soon. Sigh. Thread Drift wasn't started as a "talk about inappropriate and rude stuff here" thread. And I have a feeling that if somebody started to post such things here, we'd isolate and eject them pretty quickly.
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I've decided I need a snuggli for my cat, Issac. When I'm on the computer, he sits as close as felinely possible, and purrs loudly. He often tries to sit ON the keyboard, and frequently drapes his tail over my wrist. Right now he's nearly falling off the desk to get closer to me. I'm sayin. Snuggli. Oh, but wait, then I'd be a crazy middle aged cat woman nut case. OK. Never mind. :rolleyes:
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fishdr--I love the idea of BikerZ meeting at the airport with a sign saying Team Danger Mouse . Although. She might end up face down on the tile with armed guys questioning her...on the other hand...a more benign sign might be in order.
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I cannot imagine flying without lipbalm or eye drops. I'm going into business selling q-tips with vaseline on them, one at a time, for $5 each, right after security. Whatdya think? Millionaire in a week? ;)
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Nanci, the stories about your DD are so sweet. I really love the walking in and sitting down at the first house on the trick or treat route. Maybe she saw their big bowl of candy, and said, "I'm good right here!" Sorry about the smoking thing. That one is so tough to watch.

Nanci

08-12-2006, 11:18 AM

Dill used to like to help type- he'd go running across the keyboard. I'd always just leave it in.

Still can't get to Terry...

Lise

08-12-2006, 11:19 AM

I can't get to the Terry site, is it a sign???
Just a sign to keep trying, sister! I have my Zero X, got it through LBS with my gift certs, haven't had any time to even put it on the bike. We can try them out together and compare notes.

I'm going to sleep now (I know, promises, promises...), as I am working tonight.

winddance

08-12-2006, 11:20 AM

You just reminded me that it's August, and time to order my Terry Bolero!!

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 11:25 AM

I ordered two Ibex wool t-shirts (a pink Q-T and a lavender Agate T) and a pair of Chaco fisherman sandals I can wear at work.

Oh, and I just bought a steel Waterford bike.

Dang, I gotta stop this computer-purchasing stuff!

Edit: oh, and airplane tickets! I also bought airplane tickets this week off the computer! Geeeez, Louise!!

Nanci

08-12-2006, 11:28 AM

Terry's server is definitely down. :( I am buying it from them because of the return policy. Or I should say the satisfaction guaranteed policy.

Nanci

08-12-2006, 11:28 AM

Knotted, what bike did you get?? What color?

Nanci

Lise

08-12-2006, 11:29 AM

apropos of nothing (as befits TD), I got a stand for my exercise ball. I have a fairly small apartment, and the danged thing rolls all over. Almost fell over it coming out of the bedroom this morning. If I wedge it somewhere, like in a closet, I forget about altogether. I don't use it enough as it is!

My niece and nephew LOVE to play with it when they come over. One day my nephew found my little free weights, and was really craving some of his own. I don't know that his folks will be thrilled, but tomorrow I'm giving him a small exercise ball and two 3# weights for his 7th b-day. In the aisle at Target, I saw this stand. It's a plastic ring you snap together. What a boon. Now the thing will stay put, and it will be easier to use it, too. I don't like all that rolling around when I'm lying on it!

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 11:41 AM

Nanci - It's Limewave's, she had it for sale in the "For Sale" forum. I just about hurt my self typing madly to send her a PM. It's my size and everything! And I can pick it up when I'm in the midwest at Christmas!

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?p=108472#post108472

I really have to stop buying stuff now. (until I get the Waterford... hee hee! She'll need some Frogs and a Brooks and seat bag and...)

Nanci

08-12-2006, 11:47 AM

That's such a great deal, I think you should be allowed to spend the savings!!!

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 11:55 AM

Ooooh Nanci! Bad! That's a dangerous thing to tell a madwoman with a new bike! I'll not take responsibility! AAAAAGGGHHHH!!!!!:eek:

hehehe
oooh. So DPITA actually remembered that she'd told me she'd get me that Brooks saddle as an early B-day present (um... 5 mos early?) so that's awesome. =) It was funny, saying "Honey, the ladies on the forum have had them close to 30 years. I mean... $67 investment for 30 years of enjoyment... if you wanted, I could give you two bucks a year for it!"
She said "That's silly. You're not even 30 yet! How would you know anything about 30 year old saddles?!" :confused: weird?
Someone's a little sensitive that 3-0 is getting closer every year. *huf* she needs to know I think she's beautimus the way she is, and I probably couldn't understand/mesh with her the way I do if she were 21. =P

Knotted--- DPITA won't kill you for the bike, etc? I want pics when you finally get her. I'm thinking of a black leather saddle bag for miss Cakes... the rough mtb meets smooth leather and functionality look... *sighs* I'm a nerd. At least you ladies understand me!:p

Bruno28

08-12-2006, 12:21 PM

"It's a gross post, and I hope they pull it soon. Sigh. Thread Drift wasn't started as a "talk about inappropriate and rude stuff here" thread. And I have a feeling that if somebody started to post such things here, we'd isolate and eject them pretty quickly. "

I'm with you on that Lise and everyone else! I'm pretty new here and couldn't believe what I was reading. :mad:

Bruno28

08-12-2006, 12:27 PM

PS - how do you do that quote thing where you get a blue box?

Trek420

08-12-2006, 12:36 PM

Man, I go to work for a moment, take a break and all heck's broken out on TD. I'd better stop working :p

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 12:37 PM

PS - how do you do that quote thing where you get a blue box?

Click on the word "Quote" in the lower right hand corner of the message you want to quote from. Then you can type your message above of below. You can also delete any part of the quote that isn't relevant - just don't delete the tags - [ie. quote etc]

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 12:37 PM

Kitsu - DPITA doesn't *know* about the Waterford, cuz DPITA isn't *here*.

What she doesn't know won't hurt me...

Bruno - I don't know how to do the blue box quote either, so I'm ready to learn, too.

Teach us, someone!

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 12:38 PM

Oooh, thanks. Now i know!

snapdragen

08-12-2006, 12:40 PM

PS - how do you do that quote thing where you get a blue box?

See just below the message you want to reply to, there is a little button that says "Quote". That will copy the entire message into your reply box.

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 12:40 PM

I would love tell you Ian's "pop" and "kitty corner" stories from Kelowna but i don't want to bore you...

:) c

Bore me :)

DrBee

08-12-2006, 12:43 PM

Terry's server is definitely down. :( I am buying it from them because of the return policy. Or I should say the satisfaction guaranteed policy.

Nanci - TE has a 90 DAY RETURN on the Zero X!!! That beats the 30 day by Terry.

DrBee

08-12-2006, 12:52 PM

Whoa! I took FishJr to a pool party for 2 hours and all craziness breaks loose here.

The water cooler thread is still there??? Why! That's nasty. I agree - must be a guy. It's not worded right to be a woman. Trolls...

Lise - sounds like you're having a full weekend so far! Get on the bike, will you? I can't wait to hear how you like the Zero X! I hope it works for you!

Nanci - did you buy it yet? I hope you saw my post about the TE return policy.

Knotted - very cool about the Waterford! She's purty!

At the pool party, one of our friends gave FishJr a hand-me-down Easy-Bake oven. It's pink - she's so excited. Everything must be pink these days. She and her dad are at the store buying mixes for it right now. Oh my - we're going to have an interesting night!

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 12:53 PM

D'OH! I just got my new tires in and need slimmer tubes in 'em! GRRRRAAARGH!
gotta go to the bike shop. Oh, Darn.

Knotted- Well... the best part of arguing is making up!
(it's hard to stay mad at me long, so that's how I get away with the gross amts of stuff I do!):D

Bruno28

08-12-2006, 01:05 PM

See just below the message you want to reply to, there is a little button that says "Quote". That will copy the entire message into your reply box.

Thanks, and thanks to kelownagirl too. KnottedYet - glad it wasn't just me!

DrBee

08-12-2006, 01:06 PM

FYI - troll thread is gone.

snapdragen

08-12-2006, 01:50 PM

You just reminded me that it's August, and time to order my Terry Bolero!!

Do it now! I just got mine that I backordered in June!

chickwhorips

08-12-2006, 01:55 PM

Well... the best part of arguing is making up!
(it's hard to stay mad at me long, so that's how I get away with the gross amts of stuff I do!):D

and this explains so much.....

Nanci

08-12-2006, 02:11 PM

No, the site is still down. Is 60 more days worth $30? I think I'll know (if I love it) in a couple weeks...I could even ride it in a 200k in less than 30 days- my next one is September 9th.

Bought a cool mug thing for SS, and some drinkable stuff, and spent $40 on potholders/oven mitts and some reversable silicon wedged stirrer dealy in a gorgeous olive/apple green. The four potholders/mitts are all different but matching patterns.

I _barely_ resisted buying two Portmerion Botanic Garden food/water dishes for Dill, mainly I am afraid to say because my favorite had a slight chip...Someday I will get them for him. I think they are really creme brulee cups.

I should make creme brulee. I think all you need is eggs, vanilla and sugar...

winddance

08-12-2006, 02:23 PM

Do it now! I just got mine that I backordered in June!

I just ordered it, and they're still in stock. I was just glad for the reminder. I've been wanting one since spring!

Lise

08-12-2006, 02:29 PM

FYI - troll thread is gone.
Andale!
(Spanish. It literally means something like "walk on". The Mexican use it to mean everything from "there ya go" to "whoo-hoo!" to "now that's more like it".)
Slept pretty well for 2 hr, and still don't start call for 5.5 hr. I'm going down to put on the Zero X, and take a shortish ride. :D

DrBee

08-12-2006, 02:35 PM

Nanci

08-12-2006, 02:42 PM

winddance- see my avatar? See the dashing Terry Bolero? (Over the Terry Presta Tank!) I LOVE my Bolero.

Site still down. I forgot to mention, during my ride today, the Pres of the cycling club had his first ever crash, right in front of me, and I didn't hit him!! He touched wheels with someone who was accordioning. He's ok.

In other news, though, an A rider had a stick go through his wheel last weekend and endo-ed over the front and smashed out his front teeth!!! Yowch!! He's ok, too, except for the teeth.

snapdragen

08-12-2006, 02:48 PM

Nanci, I'm not having any trouble with the Terry site, is that the site you're talking about?

winddance

08-12-2006, 02:49 PM

So pretty. I have the feeling this is going to be one of my favorite pieces of cycling clothing. I have arm warmers but I'm not a huge fan of all that elastic. Now I just need to find myself a good pair of knickers, and I'll be set. (until I find something else I "need"...)

That's so strange that you can't get to the Terry site, when I ordered my bolero earlier today!

chickwhorips

08-12-2006, 03:02 PM

i checked on the terry websight and i can get into it also.

DrBee

08-12-2006, 03:04 PM

Me, too. Nanci - are you having problems with any other sites?

Lise

08-12-2006, 03:12 PM

I wonder if she has it installed yet??? Okay, yeah it was only a couple of minutes, but I'm not that patient.

FJ has made her first cookies in the Easy Bake Oven. Ooh yum. She had lots of fun with it! She even let her little brother stir the icing.

I think I'll stick with the homemade brownies from the other night.
No! I haven't even gone to the basement yet! I'm stuck in the vortex that is Team Estrogen Women's Cycling Discussion Forums!

I am so envious of fishjr. I always wanted an Easy Bake oven. Funny thing is, now I have the adult version. I live in a cool old building, but my kitchen will only accomodate one of those small ovens. And it only has one rack, because it's so old that nobody can find a rack that size anymore. So. I can bake 8 cookies at a time. Eight. That's it. I even had to find an extra small cookie sheet! When I buy a place and have a real oven again, it will be the height of luxury. :p

Now I'm going to the basement. Bye.

Nanci

08-12-2006, 03:18 PM

EEERRRRR. I can get into any other site, just not Terry. Can't get to it through google. Can't get to it through the cache. Can't get to it on BF's computer, or with IE or Firefox...

Nanci

08-12-2006, 03:25 PM

Rebooted the DSL, and now I can get in. Thanks for telling me!

Nanci

08-12-2006, 03:35 PM

Lise, I love my toaster oven! I miss my old one, though. It never got hot to touch. The new one, even though it says it doesn't, still does, so I have to move the toaster off the top before using it. I love it for baking a small batch of those refrigerator cookies...

Got my saddle! Probably on sale because it is 2005. Less padding.

I'm escaping the vortex right now and going outside. I already have my leftover pork tenderloin and oven-roasted potatoes out there, with a gloass of a previously untasted Alice White Chardonnay, which smells very fruity, and my wine log, and my Palm with my wine software, and my 23 Days in July book, and my pen, and a Sierra Trading Post catalog, and some other catalog. Now all I need is the torts and Dill, who is already packaged up to go out. I can hear him hooing for me.

It's 94F, 40% humidity, dewpoint of 66F, sunny, SW wind at 13mph.

winddance

08-12-2006, 03:38 PM

That's great, Nanci!

Lise, I have a mental list of things I want in my next place, too. This time it's more storage and a kitchen I can actually move around in, plus an oven that isn't 75 degrees too hot (I burned some things before I figured that out.)

My senior year of college, a shower was first on my list. The building I lived in was so old that it had plaster on the walls and not enough water pressure to have showers! I thought at first it would be relaxing, but it was the worst. When there was no hot water, a cold bath was pure torture. I was the RA for that building, so it wasn't like I could move. The things I did for free rent...

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 03:39 PM

*drools at the thought of the white Chardonnay* Nanci, because you seem so experienced with wines- have you tried petit verdot? It's pretty interesting... Sakes too. Esp. Ginjo Junmai.

CWR... are you implying something? *squirrels away bike receipts to a place that may or may not be found and waits for DPITA to come home* :D

snapdragen

08-12-2006, 03:58 PM

Now I just need to find myself a good pair of knickers, and I'll be set.

Witches Britches (http://www.groundeffect.co.nz/product_detail.php?style=WIT&category=WOM)

No gripper elastic on the legs, warm fleecy stuff on the knees. :)

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 04:04 PM

Happy wool, with tighter wool at the knees to keep the breeze out.

http://www.ibexwear.com/S06/View_Product.php?GarmentID=514&thePhoto=../Photos/S06/2087_5347.jpg&Category=&CategoryLine=1022

(Ibex should give me comission, or at least free goodies, for all the times I mention them. ;) )

Edit: Mimitabby has these, too. And Quillfred wants a pair. Join us... resistance is futile.... join us.....

Nanci

08-12-2006, 04:11 PM

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 04:19 PM

I don't believe I've had Petit Verdot- although I may have had it in a blend. But tomorrow I am having a Pinot Meuniere! It will probably suck...

As does the Alice White 2005 Chard- all I can taste is oak- no fruit at all. I tried it cold and warmer- sucks at both temps. Too bad- it smelled so good!
Zero acid, too.

gruh. I hate it when they oak it too much. dpita's ex was a home brewer, made meads and wines of all sorts. Oaked the h*ll out of pretty much everything and as I like it light 'n fruity (NO PUNS, Knotted or CWR!) it totally ruined them for me.

If you ever try Momokawa sake, (with names like Diamond, Ruby, Pearl, and then the fruits) I actually work only a couple miles from their sakery. =)

Nanci

08-12-2006, 04:36 PM

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 04:43 PM

Kitsune, do you like Pinot Gris? That is currently my favorite white. VERY different from Pinot Grigio. I also like Gewurtzraminer and Viognier and Gruner Veltliner a lot. And some Sauvignon Blanc. And of course Riesling. Oh, and Chenin Blanc! I hadn't liked Chardonnay until recently, because of the oak, and the Alice White typifies what I hadn't liked perfectly...

I LOVE Gwurtz. I'll have to look up the Gremlin Gwurtz... it's made locally, I think... very nice art, very spicy, fruity taste. I'm alright with Pinot Gris- it depends on the brand and the year, though... I'm a riesling freak, though. =D
As much as I like whites, in the winter, there's nothing like a rich, syrupy Tawny or Ruby Port to warm you up. =)

Nanci

08-12-2006, 05:16 PM

I alternate, white one night, red the next. Sometimes a dessert wine on a special occasion. Although Bonny Doon makes an AWESOME Viognier dessert wine in a 500ml bottle that I can NOT resist. OMG!!! I like the fortified wines, too. I have only drank Florida native ports (750ml bottle for $8!!) but am hoarding a Quinta do Noval "real" port. For reds I love Shiraz/Syrah, Petite Sirah, sometimes Zinfandel. Sometimes Pinot Noir. Less often Merlot. Almost never Cabernet Sauvignon. Like Cabernet Franc and Lemberger and Malbec. Only tried one Rioja, didn't impress me. I am sitting on a Barolo, but haven't ever tried it. I like red blends a lot, too, and some white blends, particularly Rhones.

I'm going to do the Pinot Meuniere tonight, since the Chard sucked...

Nanci

08-12-2006, 05:38 PM

Ok, that sucked so much I poured it out!!

DrBee

08-12-2006, 05:50 PM

Liiiissseeee - are you back yet???

We're getting ready to eat dinner. Tonight we're having a one-dish meal. It's shrimp (seasoned with Old Bay of course), zuchinni, squash, stewed tomatoes, and corn - over rice. Chicken works well in this, too. It's totally easy and yummy.

Mr. Fish is waiting for me - he's running through the XM radio stations on Direct TV. FishJr seems to do interpretive dance to any kind of music. She's currently dancing to Queen (We Will Rock You). Yes, this is entertainment in our house :)

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 05:59 PM

Ok, that sucked so much I poured it out!!

Boo.

Was it oxidized or just over-oaked? You know, if you can stand the wait, you might actually really enjoy making your own.

Lise

08-12-2006, 06:11 PM

I'm back! Had to get dinner in the oven. I'm making something super easy, too. Chicken with green enchilada sauce, baked. I was going to make rice, but then thought--hey I love corn tortillas, I have corn tortillas, therefore: no rice, no extra pot to wash! We need a "therefore" symbol on the computer. You know, the three dots in a triangle.

So. The saddle. I like it. I'm reserving judgement a bit until I've ridden more. Also, I was so excited to get out on it that I forgot to take off my undies and put on Chamois butt'r before I pulled on my bike shorts! :o I'm riding, thinking, oh, crud. That feels like seams. It is seams. It's my undies. Shoot!

The saddle is firm. If it agrees with my sit bones, I will be very happy. I like the narrow nose. I did not feel any pain under my pubic bone. I hated the Serfas tri saddle because it made my pubic bone hurt so much. I took the allen wrench with me, and stopped a couple of times to move the seat back, then forward, tried it out for a couple of miles each way. I like it all the way back. That makes sense, as I'm pretty long legged. When I got home, I tilted it down a smidge, and will ride it that way next time. Rode 13 miles this evening. If it's a quiet night on call, I'll ride some more tomorrow. Without undies.

Nanci, you know I'm not supposed to drink when I read "that sucked so much I poured it out", and I thought, "you wasted alcohol?!@!" :rolleyes:

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 06:14 PM

What's Pinot Gris on the sweetness meter?

Nanci

08-12-2006, 06:15 PM

It just tasted weird. The cork looked good. It was a 2002- I think the amount of "brownness" it had was probably normal. It didn't taste _bad_, just icky. it smelled vaguely of fig, and I oculdn't relaly name what it tasted like. it was _almost_ fizzy.

Oh well. Two strikes, I'm out. Strangely, that's the second of three bottles from the same shop which was bad. The other had something major wrong with it. I have left, from there, one bottle of 2000 Gewurtz from Germany. It all came from a small shop in Blue Ridge, Georgia. The other bad wine was a German Pinot Noir Rose. Totally bad. Actually, I had a Martin and Weyrich Muscat from California, from the same seller. It was ok, as in not bad, but not something I would buy again. But my two bottles of Dahlonega gold were wonderful...

I wish I had room for a proper wine cellar.

Nanci

08-12-2006, 06:18 PM

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 06:26 PM

Do you store them sideways to keep the cork wet? It tends to prevent shrinkage and still maintain the wine's ability to breathe... Oh, and use a little shot of C02 to blast out any oxygen-rich air that gets in the bottle before corking it... (unless you do all this already.) :D

Nanci

08-12-2006, 06:26 PM

Pinot Gris is about 21-24 brix. About 13-14% alcohol.

Nanci

08-12-2006, 06:28 PM

Lise, do you cook rice a lot? One of my best kitchen purchases ever was a rice cooker. Absolutely perfect every time.

Lise

08-12-2006, 06:29 PM

Lise, I hated doing it- but- it was so bad...I only poured out the glass- the bottle will get to breathe tomorrow night and get another chance.

Cripes, I _still_ feel my lungs lunging out of my chest in longing when I see someone light up a cig on TV- and I've quit for maybe 15 years. It totally disgusts me, but the addiction is there waiting for the slightest weakness.
Yeah, you know, these guys I went out with this spring/summer, some of them really questioned me about why I don't drink *at all*. Like maybe I just over-reacted when I got sober 22 years ago. I wanted to ask them, "Really? You want to sign on for that little experiment? I drink 'socially' so you won't be uncomfortable on our date? How much insurance do you have?" :rolleyes: Take my word for it. It's for the best, me not drinking! Hmm, let's see, I'm also allergic to certain antibiotics. Or shall I take some tonight and just see what happens?

I want to find a guy who's fit, smart, spiritual, and couldn't care less that I don't drink. Oh, yeah, and really digs me.
(Just in case the universe forgot what I'm requesting :p )

Lise

08-12-2006, 06:32 PM

Lise, do you cook rice a lot? One of my best kitchen purchases ever was a rice cooker. Absolutely perfect every time.
I do cook brown rice a fair amount. I love the taste of white basmati rice, but I believe its nutritional value is about...nil. How's the rice cooker for ease of cleaning?

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 06:37 PM

Pretty good. Just lift out the little metal bowl for the rice/water/etc, wipe it out and throw it in the dishwasher (if you have a REAL dishwasher, you might be able to skip the pre-wash, but ours is sorta wimpy) but I've never tried making brown rice in mine... so I'm with you... Nanci, how does it work on brown rice?

Nanci

08-12-2006, 06:37 PM

Lise

08-12-2006, 06:41 PM

It has a little aluminum pot, non-stick? that lifts out and is simple to clean. The rice gets into a little crust thing on the pot that flakes right off.
Have you ever had brown rice with French's Freeze Dried Onion Rings crumbled into is??? OMG- it's _so_ good.
Oh, now that sounds delish. If I can manage to not eat all the onion rings right out of the can! OK, I'll pick up a little rice cooker. I like the "flakes right off" and "throw in the dishwasher" parts. I don't really like that instant rice in bags, and I hate scrubbing out the pan when I cook rice. I really do like corn tortillas, but sometimes, you want rice! Thanks for the tips.

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 06:50 PM

Pinot Gris is about 21-24 brix. About 13-14% alcohol.

brix? Hmmm.... The only gauge I know is 00, 01, 02 etc. I am trying to learn to lik white wines but so far I only like the sweeter ones (02's). Gewurtz, reisling, ehrenfelser fall into that category so far.

Lise - there are guys like that out there and you will find one. I chose not to drink for about 20 years and got so sick and tired of the pressure to drink. What business is it of anyone's if I don't want any? Why do they even care? I figure it just made them uncomfortable about their own drinking. It wasn't like I was being high and mighty about it. I got the most pressure from my own family... They all thought I was just being anti-social. (In actual truth I avoided it because it encouraged my ex to drink and that was not a good thing.) And they were all so happy when I started drinking again after I was separated... People are weird.

Brina

08-12-2006, 06:56 PM

a rice cooker is the best kitchen investment we ever made. it is so easy to clean, the rice is always perfect and it can keep rice hot for hours. this is great when dd wants rice for lunch and dh and I are planning stirfry for dinner.

brown rice works will in the cooker as well. yes, it takes longer, and you have to play around a few times to get the rice to water ratio perfect, but, you can definitely do brown rice.

Trek420

08-12-2006, 07:04 PM

Lise "I want to find a guy who's fit, smart, spiritual, and couldn't care less that I don't drink. Oh, yeah, and really digs me. (Just in case the universe forgot what I'm requesting :p )"

Yes, just in case the universe needs reminding I wanna find his sister.

Also it seems I need to be more specific to the universe, she should be single. Not like the gal who asked me out recently and (I think I'm safe here, she doesn't bike and never will) says "Oh, I should tell you my GF of 4 years? I thought we were breaking up but now she wants to get back together and I'd just like to have someone neutral to talk about this with"

First off darling that's called a therapist, our time is up now, you'll get my bill. :cool:

Secondly it's called "matchdotcom" not "ijustwannabefriendsdotcom", although it can be "iwannabefriendsfirstbeforeanyonebooksauhauldotcom" but .... sheeshkabob.

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 07:28 PM

Well I worked my a$$ off all day and the wall is almost finished. I am bagged, but we're going out to the little restaurant down the road for a late appie supper and to listen to a live blues/jazz guitarist. H'es supposed to be really good. Hope I can stay awake.

Lise - here's a picture you can probably appreciate. My cat "Allie" in her favourite sleeping place...

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n244/kelownagirl/alliemac.jpg

Lise

08-12-2006, 07:35 PM

Trek: HA! Tell me about it! I've got an open mind if said guy's sister is more up my alley...:p

kelowna: Yep, that would be Isaac, if I didn't have a flat screen monitor! I have a great picture somewhere of him conked out on my desk with my master's thesis up on the computer screen. There's a bag of pretzels and can of Diet Coke on the desk. Sums up my grad school experience. Oh, and driving up to Madison, Wisconsin and spending a gazillion dollars on the phone with this ...well, we'll just say ex. This was before anybody much used email. Imagine how much I could have saved. Imagine what I could've learned in grad school if I weren't obsessing about that "relationship" nonsense!

Dinner's finally done. Did you know that chicken takes longer to bake when it's half-frozen going into the oven? :confused: What's that about? :cool:

Trek420

08-12-2006, 07:37 PM

kelownagirl, Allie uses a Mac! smart cat.

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 07:38 PM

Dinner's finally done. Did you know that chicken takes longer to bake when it's half-frozen going into the oven? :confused: What's that about? :cool:

Similar to my frozen pizzalast night no doubt? Dark crust, cold center...

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 07:39 PM

kelownagirl, Allie uses a Mac! smart cat.

Is there any other computer? :cool:

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 07:43 PM

Kelownagirl- is that a mac with OS9 or OSX jaguar/panther/tiger? Such a cute kitty... looks a lot like Tigger from my childhood. =) Could ya give miss Allie-cat some ear scritches and jaw rubs for me...? :)

kelownagirl

08-12-2006, 07:47 PM

That's my old imac - I think it had the first version of OS10 and OS9 on it. I have a cheapo eMac right now but it serves its purpose. Would love a flat screen but .... sigh... I'd rather buy bike stuff. :D

Trek420

08-12-2006, 07:54 PM

kelownagirl "Is there any other computer? :cool:"

nope :D everything else is just a toy. I have a G4, it's almost 10 years old, running OS 10.2 and purrs like a kitten. It works fine, running DSL sure I'd like a flat screen too but I need to revamp the kitchen and there's bike stuff....

and that would have to be OS jaguar/panther/tiger/kitty cat.

Lise if she has a brother I'll let you know. You may have the fit-smart-spiritual-couldn't-care-less-that-you-don't-drink-and-really-dig-women guys. Not that there's anything wrong with them that is, some of my best friends are guys :D

DebW

08-12-2006, 07:56 PM

Spent my day on the Appalachian Trail harvesting rocks to build steps. When we want nice rectangular rocks for steps, we plant them and water them and cultivate them for 2-3 years until they are the size and shape we want. Then we harvest them. Unfortunately, we can't plant them on the trail because being stepped on constantly by hikers would deform their symmetry during the critical growth phase. It would sure save alot of work if we could plant them where we want them. Instead we have to wait until they weigh 300-500 lbs and move them with a grip hoist. This devise is a cross between a hand winch, a zip line, and an aerial dog leash. Since we had about 40 feet of downhill in our 100 foot hoist line (1/2 inch steel cable) today, the rocks enjoyed a speedy run until they contacted the rotten birch log on the ground. Then we did the dog leash thing and walked them along the line to their drop point. The final drop required three people to tug the line as the cable relaxed it to the ground. Three new stone steps installed today.

Maybe I should have said that I spent my day havesting rocks and dreaming up tall tails. But most of that story is actually true.

Tomorrow I'll be riding. No more time for silly dreams.

snapdragen

08-12-2006, 08:00 PM

*Standing and applauding DebW*

Bravo! Bravo! Perhaps we need a story telling thread......:D

Lise

08-12-2006, 08:16 PM

*Standing and applauding DebW*

Bravo! Bravo! Perhaps we need a story telling thread......:D
Hear! Hear! (or is it "Here! Here!" I don't think so...)

Great story, great effort, and I'll bet, great steps! :D L.

snapdragen

08-12-2006, 09:11 PM

Bugs!

I think I got bit by a spider or something. I've got a red bump on my right shin, not quite quarter sized. It doesn't itch, but it does hurt if I touch it. :mad:

Poor Chloe got stung on the nose today. It was bound to happen, she's always sticking it in places it doesn't belong. She finally p!ssed off a bee or something. Now she's got a red dot on top of her nose.

Lise

08-12-2006, 09:44 PM

OOoh, I hate that. Sounds like a spider. Itch, no, hurt, yes.

I lived with an ex and her German Short-Haired Pointer once. We were in the kitchen after a walk one evening, and saw drops of blood on the floor. After we ascertained that neither of us were bleeding, we checked out the dog very carefully. Turned out that when she'd nosed around in some bushes and backed out with a "YIPE!", it was because a cat had swatted her on the snout! She had a long scratch. Poor pups!

How is Chloe post-shots?

snapdragen

08-12-2006, 10:00 PM

Post shots - three nights of Benedryl, she's fine. Her normal barky self.:rolleyes:

KnottedYet

08-12-2006, 10:06 PM

I'm carbo-loading. Beer and nachos. Beer counts, right?

and I'm being smart, carbo loading in advance. A week in advance... but who's counting?

Gotta go to bed now, cuz I have a date with the algae and milfoil at 8:30 a.m.

One last look at the Waterford before I go.

G'night!

Kitsune06

08-12-2006, 10:33 PM

I want to thank you ladies for keeping me company for a good chunk of my shifts... I'm here 'til 11 tonight, but 1 on weeknights, and the boredom's pretty painful.

*hugs!*

kelownagirl

08-13-2006, 12:16 AM

Just got home from seeing an awesome blues guitarist. Jack Semple. Probably a Canadian so none of you will know him of course...

Knottedyet - beer does count as carbo loading. I'm sure of it. And sips don't count as calories, no matter how big they are. I'm sure of it. :D

Kitsune - what do you do for a living at midnight? I really enjoy your sense of humour - nice to have you here...

DebW - your rock collecting story is ever so much more interesting than my wall building. Wish I could write like that. You need to post on Kits' Lit thread...

kelownagirl

08-13-2006, 01:01 AM

You are just 5 days younger than my daughter.... Born on her due date....

Nanci

08-13-2006, 03:41 AM

Brix
The measurement of soluble solids in grapes at harvest, taken with a refractometer and expressed in degrees. In unfermented grapes, degrees of Brix are approximately the same as percent of sugar. After fermentation, the alcohol concentration is roughly half the sugar concentration of the juice. Thus, grapes harvested at 22.5 degrees Brix will produce a wine with an alcohol content between 12.5 to 13.5%.

DrBee

08-13-2006, 06:34 AM

Good morning!

I'm still undecided on my new shorts. I like the length and they wick really well, but my girlie bits went numb after about 10 miles. Uh - that's not good.

Lise - glad to hear you at least tentatively like the Zero X. MWBR, I suppose!

FishJr starts school tomorrow! That's so freaky! I can't believe it. I hope I don't cry.

chickwhorips

08-13-2006, 10:33 AM

good morning good morning! another beautiful coudy rainy cold morning here. i am going to attempt my first brick today no matter what the wind. just might take me a bit longer than usual.

fishdr good luck tomorrow with dropping off fishjr. i'm sure she'll take it ok. if you do cry, don't worry there will be a bunch of others crying too, and the teacher looks the other way. or just go back to your car and sob. is she excited?

KY i do agree beer counts as a carb, does wine count as fruit?

snap glad chloe is good.

now to find that modivation i had last night.

Trek420

08-13-2006, 10:43 AM

omg, there's womens mountain bike races on TV on KPIX 5 in the Bay Area,

kelownagirl

08-13-2006, 10:44 AM

Fish - So sweet that your daughter starts school tomorrow! You'll be fine. Funny, I never cried when my kids started school - I was just so happy to have a half day to myself. Now at work, when I see moms dropping off their kids on the first day, I do get teary-eyed...

Chick - wine is a fruit - good one!! I have to remember that. I had more than my fair share if fruit last night at the concert....

Trek420

08-13-2006, 10:53 AM

wine is fruit and hydration all at once

beer is carbs and hydration all at once

very efficient!

KnottedYet

08-13-2006, 10:56 AM

And coffee is bean soup!

so good, and so good for you!

DrBee

08-13-2006, 12:24 PM

FishJr is excited and really starting to get nervous now. We're going to put her name in all of her school stuff this afternoon. I'm curious to see how wierd it's going to be with Mr. Fish. He'll only have her brother home with him now. I'm sure his days will be easier, but he'll miss having her there. I'll be at work, so time will pass more quickly for me.

Bruno28

08-13-2006, 12:33 PM

Just got home from seeing an awesome blues guitarist. Jack Semple. Probably a Canadian so none of you will know him of course...

...

I just bought tickets for the Be Good Tanyas who are coming to Scotland in November - they are Canadian and one of my favourite groups. I've heard Neil Young and Joni Mitchell are quite good too. :D

PS Good luck to FishJr!

Sorry just to break in like this...but this thread is fascinating.

DrBee

08-13-2006, 12:44 PM

Bruno - yeah, but you have to catch up by reading the entire thread. ;)

Did Beta ever get through it?

snapdragen

08-13-2006, 01:21 PM

I think poor Beta is buried somewhere on page 50. Bruno, if you see her, please guide her out.....

I went out and bought new towels and rugs for the bathroom. I hate them. Ugly, ugly, ugly. Back to Bed Bath and Beyond.:rolleyes:

Lise

08-13-2006, 01:29 PM

Bruno - yeah, but you have to catch up by reading the entire thread. ;)

Did Beta ever get through it?
Oh, and there's a test. If you start reading now, you'll get to the part about the test in a week or so. Just take notes. That's all I'm saying. :eek: :D

Welcome to Thread Drift!

I delivered a little baby boy in the wee hours of the morning. His parents are from Togo, West Africa. I get to meet people I would never, never know if it weren't for this job. Very cool.

Fish--you sending the minnow off to school made me picture your mom, lo these many years...now you with a PhD and your fishlet on her way to begin the adventure. I'm happy for you.

chickwhorips

08-13-2006, 02:39 PM

I'm here 'til 11 tonight, but 1 on weeknights, and the boredom's pretty painful.

*hugs!*

don't forgit to tip your watiress!

girl you work some weird times. we really need to work on a new job for ya.

DrBee

08-13-2006, 02:58 PM

The school supplies are all packed up and labeled. I've ironed her clothes (that won't happen often) and the camera is ready. She's currently standing on my bed singing her heart out. Fishfry is sitting on my lap with his blanket. Life in my house. FJ is looking forward to getting homework. Problem is - I'm not sure she's going to get any. We told her we'd buy her a new workbook and she can do that every afternoon.

Ooh - this thing in my lap has started to smell a little funky (Fishfry... not the blanket). Be back in a bit. Fun.

Kitsune06

08-13-2006, 03:14 PM

don't forget to tip your watiress!

girl you work some weird times. we really need to work on a new job for ya.

No kidding, CWR. Ugh.

Kelownagirl- I'm officially a security guard, but due to office politics and the "I don't want to do it, let's have Security do it" drift of things here, I'm more an office assistant and receptionist in a funky uniform. I don't mind the job, it's just the hours...
...oh, wait, I hate the job, too. :rolleyes:

*clings to CWR's leg* Help! I wanna go somewhere I like!

DrBee

08-13-2006, 03:19 PM

Kitsune - do you have any other job prospects? Those hours sound lousy, especially if you don't like the job to begin with.

Nanci

08-13-2006, 03:28 PM

Snap, I went to a kitchen store yesterday to buy something for Secret Sis. I also spent $40 on new oven mitts and potholders. I love them!! I don't think I've had new kitchen stuff since I moved to Florida in 1998. My towels, though...BF has some sweet towels, just for him. Big and soft and cuddly Egyptian Cotton. I like a bath sheet, such as from Company Store, and a pretty small low-pile bath towel for my hair.

Speaking of 1998, I am tasting a Reserve Rioja from 1998. I am not impressed. I must be a young wine only liker. I'm not that into the old leather, pepper, dust, coffee taste. Give me wild overbearing fruit any day.

So while I was at Sam's Club, I scored a Muscat dessert wine from Australia, a Temperanillo rose, from Spain, a California Chard I hadn't heard of, imagine that, and a Riesling from Australia. Also about eight dinners. We're having lasagna tonight.

I took the torts out to graze, but it began raining. 81F and raining here, 87% humidity.

I rode 30 miles with my group. I caught a Rough Green Snake! Picture to follow some day! This is the only green snake in Florida, very sweet, likes to climb trees, never bites. In less than five minutes it was so calm anyone could hold it just by letting it crawl through their fingers- no need to grasp on to it. Released back into the tree.

I found out a girl in my group has left her husband. MWBR. She has lost a ton of weight, I noticed today. Her jersey is hanging on her. You can see what her face is supposed to look like. Lucky. She rode 50 miles today. I love seeing people's mileage go up. I hope she loves riding. She's the group's TDF expert.

It's really raining now.

I had a three hour nap.

I think I'll go watch Seinfeld.

New saddle should be here Wednesday or Thursday. Fish, you have it, right? Is yours 2005 or 2006? Are the shorts you don't love the Shebeast pretty expensive ones that I got, but didn't keep?

I'm still loving the RS Flexes. I should buy another pair before they are changed. I suspect they are changing the fabric. I wish Susan would tell us what exactly is being changed. I love the light fabric. I heard rumors that it didn't hold up well- spontaneously disintegrated or something. I haven't had mine long enough to comment.

Kitsune06

08-13-2006, 03:53 PM

Kitsune - do you have any other job prospects? Those hours sound lousy, especially if you don't like the job to begin with.

I spent two years as an Administrative Assistant and was pretty good at it. It was a little dull (typical office job) but I really liked that I could settle into what I was doing and just do my job or just do what my mgr told me, without having to worry about this, that, or the other thing... that and the hrs and pay were way better. =P

After all my call center and office work, I'm hoping I can get back into that... just not that many prospects in my area. Not to worry- I'm always hunting Craigslist.

The worst part about my job is that my DPITA works morning shifts generally, so if I don't see her for an hour before work, the only time I do see her is for a couple hour overlap while we're sleeping or a little on our one shared day off. *sigh*

So... yeah. Since I spend 8+ hrs a day behind a desk, glued to the computer and radios so I can start firing off pager messages etc in case of a chemical spill or injury, I tend to always have this window open and another for job hunting. Yay. :rolleyes:

Nanci- I'm with you. I can enjoy the leather/oaken/peppery flavors, but only in moderation. I *really* like the fruitjuicey ones, or just straight out mead. There are people who would laugh at me for saying I like hard ciders and Zima, but I just like the flavor and a mild fuzz... strongly flavored wines and beers I *really* have to be in the mood for... Hefeweizen, though...;)

Trek420

08-13-2006, 04:01 PM

Oh, so that's why I don't wear these bike shoes.

I can clip in but not out :eek: Good thing the ride is inside while watching the game. It's freaking gorgeous outside but much to do so rode inside. In this case....good thing :cool:

Off to plant some begonias.

KnottedYet

08-13-2006, 04:03 PM

Gotcha on the morning/night. Sucks.

DPITA worked nights 8 hr 4/3 split for years. We had 2 nights and 2 weekends together a month. Yech. That was a rough spell. She got switched to 12 hr 3/2 split, which was much better.

chickwhorips

08-13-2006, 04:13 PM

*clings to CWR's leg* Help! I wanna go somewhere I like!

i'm trying to pimp you out the best i can. keep an eye out on those websights. you get your foot in the door and the rest is history i tell ya.

chickwhorips

08-13-2006, 04:16 PM

well i did my first 'brick'. wasn't as bad as i thought i was going to be. then again i didn't go that far. didn't want to kill my owie leg.

i ran for 2 miles with the dogs.

mtb for 10 miles without dogs (they took a nap).

then ran for another 2 miles with dogs.

i think it was harder on the dogs than me! they are currenly still downstairs sleeping while i clean up the house. i wish i was a dog.

all i know is i feel good about life right now. to bad i still have to finish cleaning and figure out something for dinner. i think its going to be an easy salmon dish with rice. maybe i can get BF to grill the salmon, even better for me.

Nanci

08-13-2006, 04:34 PM

Kitsune, you must love Moscato d'Asti, then, and possibly lambics?

Still raining.

snapdragen

08-13-2006, 04:54 PM

Nanci - love egyptian cotton! That's what I bought, and actually the towels look pretty good. It's the rugs that are ugh, ugh, ughly. :D I'll keep looking - I think Penny's carries the same brand, maybe they have better rugs.

I had a 2001 Rioja - that dear daddy opened up on a whim one night:mad: It was really good though.

**brag alert** I've managed to stay on Points (Weight Watcher talk) all week long! AND...I have 20 flex points left 'til Tuesday's weigh in. Happydance Happydance Happydance Happydance Happydance Maybe I've finally broken through and will stop losing and gaining the same 2 pounds!

kelownagirl

08-13-2006, 05:17 PM

Yay Snap! I've been trying to stay on my diet all week but fell off big time last night. I don't do WW (sparkpeople instead) but it's all the same in the end. Anyway, I have been gaining and losing 2 lbs all summer too! What a pain...

Kitsune06

08-13-2006, 05:31 PM

Knotted- I know. it drives me crazy. Especially since something always *has* to happen/come up/go wrong those two days.:mad:
Nanci- I do like lambecs, but sometimes they're not sweet enough for me. No experience with the other...
CWR- I'm not sure that DPITA would be okay with you pimping me, but if that's what you think is best...;)
Got apps in to Pacific U.'s Arts Dept. I'm excited. That would be an awesome job...

DrBee

08-13-2006, 07:59 PM

Yeah Snap! Keep it up! You'll have to save some up for my trip to SF! ;)

crazycanuck

08-14-2006, 04:54 AM

De do de do..*wanders in* Oh hello there...This is the "how long can a post be post"?

I've been attempting to keep track of what's going on....:eek: SO much happens while i'm at work or asleep...the joys of time zones hey!

Anywho, I have a story....Please don't take this the wrong way ladies k...:eek:

I was at my favorite cafe this morning ordering my regular coffee & there was this large dude looking at the menu...He was SO loud & rather rude I thought to the 2 cool chicks( claire & steph) & dude (brayden) that run the place..I just had to ask him whee he was from as I thought he may have been American...He said "YEAH, I"m FRUM TALAHASSEE FLORIDA"...errrr ok..end of conversation...He complained that the cafe didn't have pancakes (noone does here really) and WHO eats BAKED BEANS for breakfast...What a complete freak...I had to tell claire "i'm really sorry you have to put up with americans like that...however you have a regular like me from a friendlier place up north". Rant over & I have no idea how i find all the LOUD americans who don't seem to get it...

Right...
I went for a ride tonight in the hopes of finding headwind...Well i got a bit more than I bargained for..Headwind, tailwind, sidewind & salt on my glasses..I rode down to the fremantle area via the train line that runs beside the beach...I have no idea how to judge how well the ride went. All i can say is Woeeeeee..sidewinds!!!! :eek: Freaky at 30km/hr downhill with cars next to me! It woke me up!!!

Ian and I are putting an offer on a house tomorrow night..We've been looking and man are there some nice places just WAY WAY too big...One place we looked at on the weekend was ok inside for space but we could have built a mtn bike skills course in the backyard...!!!!! No thanks, too big & too much maintenance..We'd rather bike on the weekends....
If you want to see the place we like: http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=103297634&t=res&ag=&cu=fn-rea
Not sure if that will work???

Back later kids. Kitsune-be careful when you work late...Do you work far from home & do you bike to work???

Fish"-does fishjr wear a uniform to school? Kids in the US & Canada should be happy...Kids here HAVE to wear uniforms...I remember our jr high & high school having the "uniform" debates..

c

Nanci

08-14-2006, 04:54 AM

I posted a pic of the little snake I caught yesterday up in Adventure Stories: What Wildlife...He's very pretty!!

Lise

08-14-2006, 05:22 AM

:D HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FISHJR!:D

CC--it was fun to see your picture up on Open! I've got the Bloks, am picking up the Lara bars today, and will have them in the mail tomorrow! The house looks very nice. Isn't the internet amazing? Not only do I have a friend in Oz, but I can look at the house you're looking at. Cracked me up that you went looking for headwind. Here on the prairie, it comes looking for us! :p

I am already waking up early thinking about what to pack for the tri! It's also that I worked Sat night and didn't get much sleep. When I get "off" with the sleep at all, it's hard to sleep through the night for awhile after that. Given that I work at least two night shifts a week...well, you see how that goes! But this morning I kept waking up thinking about my plans for the day, plans for the tri. Finally got up at 6:30. I've got the day off. I'm going to head out for a ride, in hopes of missing the rain. On the Bianchi, with its narrow tires, I'm skittish about riding on wet pavement.

Nanci--I'm off to look at your snakey!

Nanci

08-14-2006, 05:36 AM

Crazy, they call Jacksonville, FL- just east from Tally- Freakville...

I was gonna say, last weekend, did you know that if you wear light blue/light gray bike shorts, with no panties, you can see _everything_??? Nice...I spent hours staring at some girl's butt a week ago Saturday. TMI!!!! It showed through pink!!

Lise

08-14-2006, 05:49 AM

I was gonna say, last weekend, did you know that if you wear light blue/light gray bike shorts, with no panties, you can see _everything_??? Nice...I spent hours staring at some girl's butt a week ago Saturday. TMI!!!! It showed through pink!!
Eeeewwww! I look at girls' butts for a living. I shouldn't have to look at them out in public. :p It's especially embarrassing when you know the other person isn't aware of it. What are you going to say? "Hey, your bike shorts are totally transparent?"

CC- I take no offense when someone says they met a rude, loud American. I meet them every day! :rolleyes: You just don't see the thoughtful, quiet ones, because we blend in and don't demand pancakes.

crazycanuck

08-14-2006, 05:53 AM

Lise-yikes i have to get to the bank quickly! Somehow i don't think virtual money will do....:D (Nice try, thank you and have a nice day.. )
I don't always have to search for headwind, tailwind, sidewinds in perth...!!!

Nanci-i'll tell claire & somehow i think she'll understand...:)

The internet is a wierd place...I have to share this website with you guys just because of how...interesting it is..
http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/ -it's Mr Ahmadinjad's(the leader of iran) weblog..i guess when he's not insulting the rest of the world he has time to post his thoughts...I think it's interesting reading about the Shah & The Ayatollah Khomeni....It's now on my news favorites...
Too funny...

Another interesting Crazcanuck & Iggy (ian) thing-we're biking to the real estate agent's office tomorrow night...people think we're a bit nuts...

Good night kids

c

Trek420

08-14-2006, 06:25 AM

crazycanuck,

I'm sorry you had to put up with "my fellow American".

Please tell the two cool chicks and dude for us that not all Floridians are like that, Nanci for example.

Note to loud dude, let me connect the small dots for you. It's called travel. That's why we go. The goal is to see different things, experience stuff stuff, meet cool people and BROADEN our tiny little mind.

Dude, you've spent too much time in Disneyland where it's "International area" and "It's a Small World After All". The world is not like that (French like facade, see show, get a happy meal).

If you want to eat the same stuff each day...stay home...puhleeeze.

Edited to add Duck on Wheels and I are now great aunts! Jalen Jacob arrived 8:27pm last night 7lbs8oz 20 3/4in

Lise

08-14-2006, 06:59 AM

Edited to add Duck on Wheels and I are now great aunts! Jalen Jacob arrived 8:27pm last night 7lbs8oz 20 3/4in
Congratulations! What a beautiful name...he's a long tall drink of water, isn't he? :D Does he live near you? Ahhh...the next generation is a lovely thing. L.

KnottedYet

08-14-2006, 07:20 AM

While I was wandering around in NZ I occaisionally ran across other Americans. Obvious ones, anyway. I avoided them when I could. They were embarrassing.

Luckily for me, I sounded Canadian. No-one ever guessed. Oh, and I was polite, which is NOT what was expected or noticed.

Yup, us polite ones fade into the background.

DrBee

08-14-2006, 07:27 AM

:D HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FISHJR!:D

Thanks Lise! She's at school! Wow! She walked in and immediately started playing and making new friends. She didn't hug us good-bye - just said "Bye Mom, Bye Dad, Bye Ben"...and that was it. Here's a pic or 2. She said she felt taller this morning. I think she looks taller, too. ;) And CC - no uniforms - and it's private school. Wierd, huh?

For some reason it's showing the link to the attachments and not the pics. Oh well, you'll have to click if you want to see her.

Veronica

08-14-2006, 07:30 AM

She's adorable!

V.

DrBee

08-14-2006, 07:33 AM

New saddle should be here Wednesday or Thursday. Fish, you have it, right? Is yours 2005 or 2006? Are the shorts you don't love the Shebeast pretty expensive ones that I got, but didn't keep?

Cool on the rough green snake - they are sooooo pretty!

I think I have the 2006, but I'm not sure. I can check when I get home. The shorts are the Performance Ultra (2005) which have a chamois that looks remarkably like the one in the Shebeest SSS shorts and the Terry T-shorts. I should be able to squeeze in a ride tomorrow - I'll see how they do then. I'm still going to get myself the Sugoi RS Flex shorts if I get the job.

I was late getting in today - gotta go dissect fish. All day. Fun. Not.

Trekhawk

08-14-2006, 07:40 AM

Fishdr - love the pics. Your kids are so cute. My youngest starts school on Wednesday and is very excited (so am I more biking time).

Just thought I would let you American girls know that my sister-in-law just returned to Australia after visiting us here in the USA for three weeks. She couldnt get over how nice the people were here. She has traveled all over the world and did say she didnt have the best impression of Americans traveling but after being here in the States she couldnt say enough nice things about you all.
It unfortunate when a few create a bad image for the rest. Yep Australia sure has that problem too with the bad mouth beer swilling traveler.

Have a good one ladies.:)

Kitsune06

08-14-2006, 08:55 AM

Back later kids. Kitsune-be careful when you work late...Do you work far from home & do you bike to work???

I work about 10mi from home, but wouldn't bike there for my life. To get there, I'd have to go through neighborhoods I don't especially trust in the daytime. Drivers are terrible here, if they were ever officially licensed in this country, and/or have insurance :rolleyes: so if I ever DID get hit, I could put my money on it being a hit and run. so... no way. Even driving I get nervous, because I can't go home at night without seeing at least one cop car with his lights on.

...and it's a small town!

Anyone in hillsboro/Forest Grove might understant my sentiments...

chickwhorips

08-14-2006, 09:03 AM

cc sorry about the loud americans. any more i really don't have patience for them. when we went down to PI it was really nice. mostly aussies down there. i was about the only white girl, got many looks. i was worried they would think bad of me down there (don't really like americans), but i had this very old lady who was on the jeepny look across at me and just started chatting away like we were old friends. then whenever i was walking down the street all the lady's would catch my eye and smile and nodd at me. made me feel so good. i can't wait to go back this december!

fish both of your little ones are so adorable! i think jr's backpack is bigger than she is! how did you do with dropping her off? can't wait to hear of first day stories and all the fun she had.

question: what are lara bars?

everyone have a great week! happy monday!
http://www.smileypad.com/v224/Happy/Crowd-Grin.gif

chickwhorips

08-14-2006, 09:07 AM

btw snap good job with the points! i loved being on ww. it help me BIG time. now though, not so good. i have a hard time out here bc i can't get ww friendly stuff. so now i just try to watch what i eat and just work out more. the nice thing is i'm so much more active now than when i was on ww so i just stay the same weight, granted i could lose 5 lbs, but i keep it for warmth. http://www.smileypad.com/v224/Happy/Wink.gif

Kitsune06

08-14-2006, 09:47 AM

*maniacal laughter* HA!!!!! I FINALLY got a pic of my bike!
http://pics.livejournal.com/arynsylverfox/pic/00005pxw/s640x480

Careful! She bites!
Those are the new smoothie tires... =)

chickwhorips

08-14-2006, 09:49 AM

very nice bike kit!

Tater

08-14-2006, 10:47 AM

Sweet bike, Kits!

DrBee

08-14-2006, 11:19 AM

CC - I love the house! It is so cool to be able to see the house! Thanks for posting the link.

I talked to my hubby this afternoon - the little one is not handling a day without his big sis too well. He's been mopey all day. At least in the afternoon he takes his nap. When he wakes up, he'll be able to go pick up sis from school. Poor baby!

Bruno28

08-14-2006, 11:23 AM

Jeez - I'm scared just looking at your bike Kitsune.

I don't know why it is that the loudest most objectionable amercans seem to wash up on foreign shores. I had a real eye opener after visiting the USA having been subjected to american tourists in Scotland. I couldn't believe how polite and helpful people were stateside.
As for Scots - just because we don't smile, it desn't mean we're not pleased to see you....we're just kind of understated.

Fish your kids are sooooo cute.

Lise

08-14-2006, 11:44 AM

Fish, the kids are so cute you could bottle and sell it!!! I'll bet the little guy really misses her. Ah, change. If you get the bee job, when would you move?

If you want to meet some seriously polite Americans, go to Salt Lake City, Utah. Almost creepy to someone from Chicago. They are nice, nice, nice. Worried me a bit.

Kitsune, your bike is very cool! I know you love her.

I just got back from a 30 mile ride, during which I decided I wanted a liver sausage and egg sandwich. I recently found this "low fat" liversausage at the Jewel. I loved liver sausage as a kid--who knows why?! But it's so salty and tasty. One day I saw this Oscar Meyer reduced fat braunsweiger (same thing, to me), and bought it. YUM! So I just boiled some eggs and chopped them up with the remainder of the liver sausage. A little mayo to hold it all together, and some minced onion. Yumolicious. Isaac the cat ate a couple of bites, too. He's a big fan of the liver as a food group.

Lara bars are energy bars, along the lines of Clif bars. They are made of only nuts and dates plus flavorings. Very good, and not overly sweet. CC and I really like the Cocoa Mole. I *think* it's the same people that make Maya bars--all of the flavors are based on chocolate.

Kitsune06

08-14-2006, 11:47 AM

:D Thanks for the bike comments- I'll probably love that bike forever... can't wait 'til I can put a brooks saddle on her!

Fish- AWWWW!!!! Such cute chillins. :D I hope FishJr has a good 1st day

Bruno- My exinlaws visited Edinburgh (my spelling's probably horrendous) but stayed in Scotland their entire trip and loved it...

SadieKate

08-14-2006, 11:48 AM

Lara bars are made by the Clif bar people. They are made of only nuts and dates plus flavorings. Very good, and not overly sweet. CC and I really like the Cocoa Mole.Lara bars or Nectar bars? I love Nectar bars. The cranberry almond or whatever it is. I just recognize it when I see it and buy it.

Lise

08-14-2006, 11:51 AM

Yeah, I went back and edited that. Nectar bars are made by the Clif bar people. Lara bars are made by the Lara bar people. Whoops! :rolleyes:

Here's the site: https://www.larabar.com/secure/index_.php

I love Nectar bars, too.

The Maya bars are good. I really liked the Chocolate Orange one when I first tasted it, so I bought a case when they went on sale. Now, for some reason, they taste like something you'd use to clean a car engine. As I am pretty cheap about somethings, I'll still eat them until they're gone. But I will not enjoy them. :rolleyes:

chickwhorips

08-14-2006, 11:53 AM

did you know odwalla now makes bars? i love their superfood drink, so considering i can't get that here i got the bar. not bad tasting at all. found them on drugstore.com

Bruno28

08-14-2006, 12:01 PM

:My exinlaws visited Edinburgh (my spelling's probably horrendous) but stayed in Scotland their entire trip and loved it...

Spelt like a native - but I'd like to hear you pronounce it - you folks just don't get that 'burru' thing.... No not 'Edinboro'. Jings! (- that's Scottish for 'Jeez' btw) :rolleyes:

Lise

08-14-2006, 12:10 PM

OMG. I just saw that Maya bars make a Chocolate Coffee bar.

I must say that cutting back on the caffeine has helped with the irregular skipped heartbeats. So it's worth it. By next week, I will have cut out caffeinated coffee all together (sniff :( ). Probably still engage in the occasional diet Coke. I will miss caffeine. I love caffeine. But this feeling of my chest about to collapse on itself is most unpleasant. Decaffeinating does help. I am going for the echocardiogram tomorrow.

Trek420

08-14-2006, 12:12 PM

Lise "Congratulations! What a beautiful name...he's a long tall drink of water, isn't he? :D Does he live near you? Ahhh...the next generation is a lovely thing. L"

Berkeley, not far. Is that tall? His Mom's short but Dad's reasonably tall. And they both bike a bit so he's already got the "future cyclist" outfit from Terry from great Aunt :D

Lise

08-14-2006, 12:18 PM

Yep, for his weight, that's a pretty long baby. :D How wonderful that you'll get to be around him as he grows up.
..........................
Isaac is trying to dig his way to freedom by clawing at the rug in front of the door. He may get his wish when I pitch him out the window. JOKING! :eek: :rolleyes: :p

Brina

08-14-2006, 12:51 PM

fish, such cute kids? is she starting K or JK? (or do you call it Pre-K?)

Kit - cool ride. looks well loved and like a lot of fun

As for Americans, somehow travel seems to bring out the worst in them. I have met so many Aussies and New Zealnaders when they are taking their year abroad after college and they are always nice and respectful and willing to try new things. Americans just, I don't know, get scared and that act buffoonish in trying to hide their fear. DH and I were in Florence about a million years ago (well, a couple of years before the boys were born, which feels like a million years ago) and there was this guy berating the waitstaff because none of them spoke english. DH and I wanted to just melt into the wall.

DrBee

08-14-2006, 02:34 PM

They're cute - most of the time...

Lise - If I get the job, they said I could start at my earliest convenience. We're thinking Thanksgiving, but that feels long. We would need to sell our house and buy a new one, so that'll take at least a month or so. If they include extra relocation costs (buying my house), that'll speed things up significantly. I have lots to wrap up here at work, too. So - sometime in October or November.

Trek - congrats on the new member of the family! I love the name!

Brina - it's 4K (4 year old Kindergarten). Apparently we have to supply the snack tomorrow. The joy of being at the beginning of the alphabet. :rolleyes:

DebW

08-14-2006, 02:45 PM

*maniacal laughter* HA!!!!! I FINALLY got a pic of my bike!

Careful! She bites! =)

She won't bite me. I have a 12 inch crescent wrench and some sharp cable cutters (they cut spokes too). :p Seriously, she looks like a great bike. I won't call her adorable or cute, but harda$$ might be appropriate. Is she what you call Miss 'Cakes? You must tell us how she got that name.

Trek, congrats on the new nephew. I have a new one too, born Aug 5, 8 lb 9 oz, 21 inches. His brother, now 3, has already been backpacking and bicycling with me. Truthfully, I'm only an honorary aunt (no real relation) but I love these kids and their moms are special friends.

Kitsune06

08-14-2006, 03:19 PM

She won't bite me. I have a 12 inch crescent wrench and some sharp cable cutters (they cut spokes too). :p Seriously, she looks like a great bike. I won't call her adorable or cute, but harda$$ might be appropriate. Is she what you call Miss 'Cakes? You must tell us how she got that name.

She bites constantly when I'm careless with the screwdriver and it slips etc. ;)
I was riding with a Eugenian MTB group, and my exdh and I were talking about how pagan folk in Eugene talk about woodland spirits. We decided it'd be funny if there were one named "B*tchcakes" who clomped around the woods in heavy steel toed boots (not unlike me and mine) and one guy in the group heard the name and thought we'd attributed it to my bike. It caught on with us quickly, and soon she was the woodland spirit that clomped through the woods with beefy, knobby tires.

Since then, I've had a hard time talking about the bike or her name because some people are sensitive to such words... and as I've grown more attached to my bike and less militantly "Grr, boots/leather/grease!" er... (less militantly *cough*d_key*cough*) she's gotten the title "miss" and her name abbrevriated.
... and that's the story of the name Miss 'cakes. If I'm a hard-a** cutie-pie, I must be the cutie-pie on the hard-a** bike.:D

snapdragen

08-14-2006, 06:10 PM

So Bruno - it's pronounced Ed In Boo Roo? :p

Kitsune06

08-14-2006, 07:05 PM

I'm thinking "Edinbuurah"

Lise

08-14-2006, 08:03 PM

As I started out on my last 30 mile ride before next Sunday's tri, I thought I'd strip the bike down to the bare essentials. I wouldn't carry all my keys, they wouldn't fit in the bento box with my phone and Clif blox anyway! I cleverly hid them in my storage locker in the basement, closed the door, and locked the padlock!!! :eek: OH NO MR. BILL!!! That's the padlock I *never* lock, it just sort of holds the door shut, didn't the slip of paper with the combination on it get lost long ago?!?!? Yes. Argh! Sloth never pays! I keep meaning to put another lock on there, one to which I know the combo! Our basement is so secure that I don't bother with actually locking the storage locker. My bikes are locked up separately.

Now I have a real problem. Hmmm. I scrounge around the basement and find a metal file. Use that to cut through the screening on the front of the locker. Reach in and get my keys. Go up to my apartment for my hammer and screwdriver. One more look around to make sure I don't have that combo anywhere. Nope. Back downstairs, pry the entire lock thing out of the wood door. Sigh heavily.

Go out on my ride. Have a great time.

Come home, go to Home Depot, buy wood putty and a new hasp for the door. Install it the wrong way (of course), take it off, reinstall it. Patch up the gouges in the wood door. This is when it pays to live in an old building. Easy to break into my own storage locker!

Make an appt to take The Green Hornet in for her pre-tri tune up. Decide to bite the bullet and clean my chain. For the first time. For some reason, it has intimidated me. Get it pretty darned clean, and wash down the whole bike. She's gleaming. Then I notice my poor, beloved Marin Larkspur, who's never once had her chain cleaned. I clean her up too. Everybody's clean, dry, lubed and locked up safe. My hands are filthy.

Oh, and I bought a rice cooker! Haven't used it yet.

Going for echocardiogram in the AM. Going to bed now. Sleep tight, TD!

Trek420

08-14-2006, 08:16 PM

keep practicing Dad, first of many diapers ....

Lise

08-14-2006, 08:23 PM

Awwwwwwwwww!!! Thanks, Trek! I love how little Jalen's right hand is going so fast it's just a blur!

Even with as many of these little guys as I'm privileged to see, I delight in each one! :D

winddance

08-14-2006, 08:56 PM

I just ordered my replacement laptop battery. :) because apparently the one I have might start on fire...

Dell battery recall (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060815/D8JGIMO00.html)

snapdragen

08-14-2006, 09:17 PM

Oh goodie. I'll have to check my battery too.

bikerz

08-14-2006, 09:29 PM

RATS - 2 batteries going back to Dell :mad: :mad: (but thanks for the heads up, WD).

Hey - how was day 1 at the new job?

Trek420

08-14-2006, 09:33 PM

Snap got the job!! Congrats! We knew you would.

Kitsune06

08-14-2006, 09:46 PM

WooWOOOO!!!!

Go SNAP!

Now lemme rub your helmet for good luck... I need it!

KnottedYet

08-14-2006, 09:50 PM

Used to live near Kirkaldy....ker KAW dee. In a little town called "By Freuchie" (cuz it wasn't Freuchie, but it was close to Freuchie)... by FROO hkhkhee.

Often we'd go to Aughtermuchty. (let you figure that one out yerself)

(Bruno, no hints now! Let 'em suffer a bit!):D

Kitsune06

08-14-2006, 09:54 PM

There's always Weyauwega (where I went to HS) and Oconomowoc :eek:

snapdragen

08-14-2006, 09:58 PM

Snap got the job!! Congrats! We knew you would.

Huh? :confused:

Oh I see, bikerz's comment. I think that's for winddance - I'm still waiting.

KnottedYet

08-14-2006, 10:12 PM

I think I knew somebody from Oconomowoc. Wisconsin, right?

She and her wife had the first baby of 2002 or 2003. (born at midnight on New Years) Some wag posted online about how they'd had the baby at midnight on purpose just to get publicity.

Ummmm, I don't think childbirth works like that....

Kitsune06

08-14-2006, 10:13 PM

oh... hm. Well... good luck, then, I hope things come through for you. OTOH, Congrats, Winddance!

She and her wife had the first baby of 2002 or 2003. (born at midnight on New Years)

Knotted- Why do I grin all silly and feel happy when I hear things like that? :D But yeah, Wisconsin. =) I think near either Manitowoc or Milwaukee but I might be waaay off.

Bruno28

08-15-2006, 02:15 AM

I've decided to ditch caber tossing guy and adopt a new avatar that's more expressive of the inner me....grumpy and basically antisocial.

What do you think of the new look, or does no-one really care?

I'm skiving...must do some work now, but work is so boring. Still I should have guessed that a life in accountancy would not be full of daily thrills. Roll on 5pm (its only 10 am here).

margo49

08-15-2006, 02:47 AM

Like...dour
aw come on Bruno
ya don't haff ta be lak tha' wi' us

anyway, if you want daily thrills... try the Middle East

btw do you know the Fort William/Glen Nevis/ Rannoch area?

Bruno28

08-15-2006, 03:00 AM

Like...dour
?

Aye - exactly like dour!

"Ya don't haff ta be lak tha' wi' us" - I'm guessing Yorkshire???

It's Scotland - how big do you think it is??? I know it most of it. Yes I know Fort William etc. It always rains in Fort William - based on extensive personal research.

PS now I feel really bad about complaining of boredom!

Lise

08-15-2006, 04:52 AM

Bruno28

08-15-2006, 05:21 AM

Lise - I visited your toddlin' town a few years ago and loved it (apart from the bit where North West Airlines ate my luggage:( )

Skye is beautiful - your ancestors must have been hardy tho'. They were probably crofters or fishermen.

Nanci

08-15-2006, 05:27 AM

My daughter was born at 12:02 AM...But I didn't get any publicity!

I had a bad day yesterday. We went to see World Trade Center. It was a good movie. I didn't know how it was going to end.

(Lise, don't listen) I poured out THREE bottles of sucky wine- the Pinot Peunier that was awful- possibly spoiled, the Rioja I hated- never again, that's the second one I hated, and the Chardonnay that was all oak and overpowering.

(Ok Lise) Then I had a mammogram after work. So I have a strong family history. Because I am so paranoid, I have to have a specific tech do it, and then a specific rad read it on the spot and tell me. Well, this year, how it works is the rad reads it, then a Computer-Aided Detection program reads it, and of course, it found a bunch of stuff, which the rad then said was nothing. So I had nightmares all night, then talked to another rad this morning who reassured me that the sensitivity wa set way way high, and I could trust the rad, especially since this one called more things than anyone else, so if she thought it was fine, then I shouldn't worry. But I still am...He also said that mom getting breast cancer in her 70's didn't increase my risk statistically. I didn't know that.

I just feel drained, though.

DrBee

08-15-2006, 05:32 AM

Bruno, I think of all Scots as my long lost relatives (my mom's maiden name is McQ.... from the Isle of Skye, the ancestor left the old sod over 200 years ago). Grumpy, of course! I like your new avatar.

I like the new avatar, too. My mom's side of the family is McPherson. We still have land in Leetohatchee, Alabama that was owned by the first of the McPherson clan that settled in the US (Angus McPherson). I love that name - we named our first cat Angus.

DrBee

08-15-2006, 05:35 AM

Nanci - the mammogram experience doesn't sound like too much fun.

Lise - Good luck today! Do you still like the Zero X?

Bruno28

08-15-2006, 05:58 AM

Hi nanci - we haven't spoken yet but I'm getting to know a bunch of folks here. The mammogram and all that related stuff sounds awful. You deserve a big glass of good wine...but it's probably early morning there - but hey, what the heck! ;) (this time thing's so confusing when your on the other side of the atlantic.)

I share your views on rioja - I've never tasted one I liked. I also hate chardonnay because its nearly always over oaked. I've had some good Chilean reds recently. I've gathered you're quite a wine buff. Over in the UK Chilean wine is cheap and big and fruity and delicious for everyday drinking...so to speak.

crazycanuck

08-15-2006, 06:11 AM

Bruno-I'm antisocial too and understand the time difference question as well...living down here...

Nanci-i'd like to go & see Flight 93 but question whether i'd learn anything-is that the movie you're on about???
I think i'll drag ian to go & see "Kenny"-new australian film, supposedly as funny as The Castle...

Actually if you want your child born at a certain time, would sending subliminal messages to it every day help?

My dad was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire & my great uncles/aunts still live in the area...NOt too fond of Paisley though...:eek:
I loved the Shetland Islands..ohh so quiet...

If you'd like strange place names, feel free to look at the NZ/Australia map...or for unpronounceable names, please look at place names in the provinces of Nunavut & Labrador.

Examples-Waikikamukau, whakatane(nice place)-NZ
Australia-Dunnydoo,Kooylanobbing
Canada-Conception bay, Dildo, Come by chance,-Nfld

One of my favorites in the US is Intercourse, PA...been there too...

Well...we put our one & only offer on the house we like tonight...:eek: We''ll find out in a few days if ít's been accepted. If not..oh well & we'll keep looking...blurchhgh..

Off to bed kids..An early morning bike ride with strong winds awaits me...We're in the midst of some really crap weather...but there'll be mud on the trails....mmmm...muddd...

c

Trek420

08-15-2006, 06:21 AM

snapdragen "Huh? :confused:

Oh I see, bikerz's comment. I think that's for winddance - I'm still waiting."

oops, that's what I get for not reading all 350 pages of TD as required. :cool:

Here's to exciting new jobs for all and boredum for Margo.

bikerz

08-15-2006, 07:02 AM

Huh? :confused:

Oh I see, bikerz's comment. I think that's for winddance - I'm still waiting.

Sorry for the confusion!!!

I should have been more specific, prefacing each line with the person to whom it applied ! I guess I don't post enough in TD to have the habit yet! :o Yes, Winddance started a new job yesterday -

Snap: we know you'll post here first yourself about the job, right?

Trek420

08-15-2006, 07:12 AM

There will be no deviation from the TE TD format :cool:

KnottedYet

08-15-2006, 07:12 AM

I want my new bike. I want it now. Want, want, want.

I am not patient. Having little daydreams of getting it shipped here so I can ride while the weather is still good.

Hmmmmmm, spend $$ shipping or spend $$ changing gear ratios so I can ride on our hills. (I'm very good at pushing bikes up hills as I walk demurely beside them. Lots of practice has perfected my technique...)

Dunno which will be more exciting in December: getting DPITA or getting the Waterford! "Hi honey, great to see ya, I'm going for a bike ride now, back in a couple hours ok?"

I see neurologist #2 tomorrow. The medical history paperwork is huge and thorough, which makes me happy. My entire MRI fits on a CD, which is also cool. Dang MRI cost more than a bike.

Yup, I've got ALL my priorities straight!:D

Nanci

08-15-2006, 07:25 AM

I have seen both movies- Flight 93, which was pretty emotional, and World Trade Center, which was good, but not that emotional for me.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

It is about #18 and #19 of 20 survivors who were pulled out alive.

Nanci

08-15-2006, 07:32 AM

I don't know if we are supposed to learn anything, or supposed to not forget. I will never forget the sickness I felt at our coutry being attacked. It must be how our parents felt at Pearl Harbor. I will also always remember the instinctive fear I felt upon seeing the first plane in the sky after days of planes being kept on the ground. You can't go back to the innocence of the time before 9/11.

What I learned from Flight 93 was, I thought they, the passengers, tried to crash the plane, but in the film, they tried to get rid of the terrorists and crashed by accident. They had someone all set to try to fly and land the plane.

Lise

08-15-2006, 08:29 AM

Whatdya say, party when we hit page 500? And to think, Nanci's the Mother of Thread Drift. :D

Let's see...so much to respond to...

First, the echocardiogram. The guy (I say "guy" because I don't know his title, I guess I'd call him sonographer, Nanci can correct me if I'm wrong) who did the echo was very nice, very chatty, but I know we each develop our own style of interaction with patients. He said at the end that it looked "pretty unremarkable". The cardiologist will render a final verdict, and my doc will call me with the report. I could probably look it up myself tomorrow when I'm at the hospital...<slap on wrist> Bad health care provider! Be a patient! :p

All in all, good news. I was turned away from the screen for most of it, but I did see some. It is very strange to watch my own heart pause in its rhythm just when I feel that pressure in my chest. I wanted to smack the screen and get it going again! Of course it gets going again on its own. Everything I've heard and read says this (the premature ventricular contractions or PVCs I'm having) is a benign condition. Annoying, but benign. I'm doing OK with cutting out the coffee. I want it, of course, but I notice how many more PVCs I have after drinking it. Makes it not worth it.
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Bruno--my revered ancestor, Alexander McQ--, was a younger son on a croft on Skye, as far as I know. He signed up to come over and supress that little uprising we had over here back in the late 1700s. I don't know that he ever saw any action, but King George paid him off in a plot of land in Nova Scotia. Probably stolen from the MicMac Indians. Some of my cousins on my mom's side have a definite MicMac look to them. The older generation swears there was no mixing with the natives, but...I'd be interested to see a DNA analysis! George McQ, my great grandfather, headed south to the colonies as a young man. As far as I can tell, they all married Scots (except for the MicMacs in there somewhere), so my grandpa Devon McQ was pure Scots. He married a Swedish/Danish lass, and my mom married a German/English guy, so I'm your basic Northern European Mutt. :D
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The movies--don't want to see Flight 93. I think it would give me more PVCs than MP's 5 shot latte. I do want to see WTC. Newsweek pretty much told the story, and I could handle that.
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The saddle--still kind of undecided. I rode 30 miles on it yesterday. The uncomfortable part was the crease of my legs. That might be from the shorts, rather than the saddle. We'll see how it feels with the tri shorts on Sunday. I just keep thinking, "$110, that could go a long way toward a bike stand."
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WD--congrats on the new job! Snap--good luck. We've all got our fingers crossed for you. L.

snapdragen

08-15-2006, 09:00 AM

Lise - I'm with you, I don't want to see WTC, watching it live on TV was enough for me thank you.

Still waiting on the job. I must be patient.

Today is weigh in day. Fingers crossed.:D

DrBee

08-15-2006, 09:51 AM

Snap - good luck with the weigh in! It's tough being patient about a job, isn't it? I can totally sympathize!

I'm working at home today on my slides for my interview seminar. I just can't put it together right. I'm the type that will be changing the slides the night before. That's usually when it clicks. 1 week from today - my interview will be happening! Eek!:eek:

Lise - sounds like good news on the echo! Very good! Let us know the official results (I'm sure you will).

And - I agree with Snap - no WTC movies for me. TV coverage was more than enough.

Nanci

08-15-2006, 10:00 AM

It's major trouble if you look up your own results where I work. Yes, they can catch you...As I understand it, if they catch you twice, you automatically get fired. People probably wouldn't do this if they got their results in a timely fashion.

Lise, I read in the paper just now that a Florida woman was driving to the hospital in labor at 5AM, and a strong contraction caused her to crash into a water-filled ditch, where she proceeded to give birth, all alone, with a broken leg. A deputy found her later, trying to escape from her car. Mom and baby, Myracle, are fine.

chickwhorips

08-15-2006, 10:06 AM

good thing today: get to get out of the office and do some berry surveys in the field, as of right now anyhow, suppose to go in an hour, weather could change that.

bad thing today: i just want to strangle everyone in the office including the one i'm going to do surveys with. i think everyone took a crabby pill this morning before work! :eek:

i can't say i'm interested in seeing any of the WTC movies. to me that day still is only a blurr. i was in the hospital and on LOTS of morphine at the time. all i remember thinking is, 'that doens't look right. hmmm what a wierd dream. i'm actually watching the news. is it time for more morphine?'

Kitsune06

08-15-2006, 10:41 AM

I want my new bike. I want it now. Want, want, want.

I am not patient. Having little daydreams of getting it shipped here so I can ride while the weather is still good.

Dunno which will be more exciting in December: getting DPITA or getting the Waterford! "Hi honey, great to see ya, I'm going for a bike ride now, back in a couple hours ok?"

:eek: After not seeing SWMBO for THAT long, I can't imagine I would be able to think about the bike that much... I'd have long burned myself out completely obsessing over every little bikey detail. ...but I'd have to hug my bike and tell her I wasn't likely to see her for... oh... six or seven hours.;)

All in all, good news. I was turned away from the screen for most of it, but I did see some. It is very strange to watch my own heart pause in its rhythm just when I feel that pressure in my chest. I wanted to smack the screen and get it going again! Of course it gets going again on its own. Everything I've heard and read says this (the premature ventricular contractions or PVCs I'm having) is a benign condition. Annoying, but benign. I'm doing OK with cutting out the coffee. I want it, of course, but I notice how many more PVCs I have after drinking it. Makes it not worth it.
Yeah... every time I've gone in for testing, etc, on the same problem, my doctor has either said "It's totally benign, don't worry about it" or "What pause?" because the crushing vacuum simply doesn't happen when I'm being examined. GRRR. I've been told it could be MVP in my case (Mitral Valve Prolapse) but even then, my PCP said "Oh, well, lots of people have that in such a minor way that treatment would be more painful and dangerous than the disease." and waved it off... So I understand how you feel. Esp. after a long, really hard ride, when I'm laying in bed and feel the weight of antimatter spontaneously jump into and out of existance in my chest cavity. And I used to be the sort to have 2+ Red Bulls a day. No more. :(

Grumpy pills
Grumpy pills? I know those! Little fibery ones you find in little piles in the snow in WI here-there-and-everywhere around fields? They get especially grumpy when you tell 'em what they are!