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Brina

09-22-2006, 03:45 PM

oh my gosh getting caught up on this thread is work. We went away for labor day and I just didn't get back into reading it. I am now 20 pages behind and making a little progress each day. another 2 or 3 I should be all up to date.

We just had the freakiest weather come through. I was taking my little swimmer to practice and it was raining. Suddenly, it was coming down so hard i had to pull over cause the wipers were useless; then the hail started. I have heard the phrase "golf ball sized hail" and always thought it was an exageration - it is not. the hail was pounding so hard on the roof of the car it sounded like an angry mob was punching the car over and over. The hail stopped and I continued driving towards the pool and stopped at the drive-thru starbucks for a latte (cause swim practice gets dull quick when you are not actually swimming). the girl at the window told me that a tornado had been spotted about 10 minutes away and was supposedly heading in our direction. I headed home. Trees were down all over and I had to back down more than one street to find an alternate route to my house. Wowser.

Kitsune06

09-22-2006, 06:44 PM

Yeah, I hear ya, Brina.
I set out for a little ride Wednesday, and sure it was sprinkly here and there, but no *real* biggie, right?
Wrong.
Cue hard, fast, angled rain. I throw on my rain jacket and pants and tough it out. Then the wind kicks up, and I'm getting *cold*. I look at my arms; Instead of beading like it did the first five minutes the raindrops are now soaking right through the shell. Great.

I get home, over hills etc etc, put the bike up on the futon frame for a cleaning before locking her up, and lo and behold, the sun comes out, it's all shiny and warm and nice.

Great.:rolleyes:

Lise

09-22-2006, 07:04 PM

Brina, you've confirmed what I heard. I was in a car with friends, driving south to the Mexican Fine Arts Museum, for the opening of the Day of the Dead exhibit. My sister called me on my cell to tell me that a tornado had been spotted on the north side. My friends and I kind of laughed, "Oh, you'll never see a tornado in the city!" It sprinkled a bit of rain, got a little chilly, but by the time we came out of the the museum, nothing. We laughed again about the dire weather predictions. Then I come home and read your post! Amazing! Scary. I'm glad you got home OK. And you, too, Kitsune.

I had a great time at the Dia de Muertos exhibit. http://www.mfacmchicago.org/

I've adopted some Mexican customs, and this is one of them. It's nice to build an altar every year to honor the beloved ones who've gone on ahead. The exhibit this year was the best they've had in at least 5 years. I'll go back a couple of times before it comes down in December. Check it out if you can. I am sure that the SW and CA gals see some amazing Dia de Muertos altars and ofrendas.

KnottedYet

09-22-2006, 08:22 PM

Playing "compare the bikes" before I've even been able to ride Flossie. The seat is 4 cm higher than the Kona (gotta cut the seat post, can't lower any farther) and the bars are 10 cm lower.

The seat feels too high, but the drop bars feel fine. Reach feels fine, too. (this is without riding, mind you)

I'll go for a ride tomorrow, stop at LBS to get seat post trimmed, and see how things go.

The beautiful lavender tape Trek sent will wait until I'm sure what I'm doing with the bars and stem.

It's so much fun to have an obsession....:D

Edit: SKnot is at church camp for the weekend, and I miss him already. (Mind you, this is Unitarian church camp, so clear your mind of any preconcieved notions of "church" camp...)

maillotpois

09-22-2006, 09:14 PM

Beta - Well, crud!!! Let's have a non-cyclists' drinking binge party. It'll be great. Really. I'm 2 1/2 months into my 6 months off the bike. I am REALLY not a fun person to be with, and I don't see it improving. However, I am on vacation in hawaii so I can't complain that much. :D

(However, I just read a post from my PE support whatever group where the guy had to be off the dugs for a week before he could ride - so that's an extra week, there - but YES SK if that flat 200k is my first ride ever I will still do it).

Yay Roux - I hope you're home.

I can't catch up on everything. You guys are great.

crazycanuck

09-23-2006, 03:08 AM

Hey kids,

I've tried to keep up with TD this week but have had no luck.

Kiwi_in_ OZ & I went for a short ride this morning as I had errands to run afterwards etc. I invited another friend of mine but dunno what happened to her :( . It was nice to catch up with Anna (kiwi in oz) and will see her again at the tour de pink in October

My running partner & I are doing a 10km fun run tomorrow in Freo. All the proceeds go to the Royal Flying DR Service :)

I'm tired of headwinds but it's probably good training.

We're getting ready for my dad's arrival on thursday. We had the car professionally cleaned inside and out today :) We have a new mattress coming on thursday (the hassles to get items delivered-Western Australia caters well for the unemployed, shopping hours are backwards & service can be crap if you can't be home during the day for a product to be delivered )

I'm sending out an imaginary search party for cyclists on the bike routes here in Perth. I don't know where everyone is but it seems quite quiet out there.
Even on my commute home I might see around 4-5 cyclists in a certain 10km area.

I'm not sure if you are into theatre sports but there's an Australian show called "Thank God You're Here" that's worth a look. They have a website www.tgyh.com.au. I've heard there's a pilot on one of the channels in US/Uk/Europe. It's one of the only shows I make a point to watch.

Have a good day kids
:)

c

Lise

09-23-2006, 04:37 AM

Isn't this inspiring?! From a story about the landing of the space shuttle:

Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, a 43-year-old from St. Paul, Minn., is a commander in the Navy and was a mission specialist and cosmic electrician aboard the shuttle. She carried out two of the spacewalks, joining an elite club of only six other U.S. women and a single Russian woman who have made spacewalks.
I love that! A "cosmic electrician". :D

betagirl

09-23-2006, 06:42 AM

MP: dang that's right, you're off for a long time. I guess I can't b*tch about 6 weeks :) I think I need to go to Hawaii to feel better. Thanks for the tip, I'll suggest it to the BF. :D

snapdragen

09-23-2006, 06:45 AM

Lise

09-23-2006, 06:54 AM

I feel that both MP and beta require prolonged Hawaii time, with a licensed health care professional available at all times to monitor their well-being. ie: me. And I'll need a team of support people. ie: TE/TD gals. Let's go! MP, you just stay where you are. beta, get packed, I'll pick you up on the way to O'Hare. At the rate y'all are going to be drinking, somebody will need to apply cool cloths to your foreheads! :p

KnottedYet

09-23-2006, 07:02 AM

Oh, you'll need me to be on the health care team! It's very important to keep those muscles loose and limber during the off-bike time!

Trek420

09-23-2006, 07:07 AM

... You"ll need comic relief :rolleyes:

betagirl

09-23-2006, 07:16 AM

I like the way you all are thinking. :D

We can have these

http://www.mauibeverages.com/images/coconut-drink.jpg

betagirl

09-23-2006, 07:24 AM

Hey Lise

I was at Lalos on LaSalle with some friends getting liquored (you know, my new habit) when the sirens went off. We were like "are those the weather sirens?" It didn't look all that windy, but was pouring. Resume drinking. :) It's obviously an effective system because nobody in the restaurant moved.

Here's what they had in the trib today:

"Thundery deluge delivers record rain, 70 mph gusts

With a 140 mph jet stream directly overhead, a strong influx of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, and a warm front just to the west and south of Chicago, all the ingredients were set for a severe storm outbreak late Friday afternoon. Heavy downpours hit in eastern Kane, northern DuPage, and northern Cook counties. St. Charles and Mount Prospect reported over 3 inches of rain in an hour and a half. Those areas and many others reported flooded streets and paralyzed traffic. O'Hare's 1.73 inch total far exceeded the previous record (1.09 inches in 1965) for Sept. 22. Aided by instability created by the diverging jet stream flow aloft and the converging winds at the warm frontal boundary below, towering storms built to 58,000 feet tall. Downdrafts resulted in widespread hail and wind damage (70 mph reported at Hanover Park and 60 mph near West Chicago). Funnel cloud reports and Doppler radar signatures prompted at least seven tornado warnings."

Lise

09-23-2006, 07:37 AM

Bi-zarre! I can tell you that the Mexican Fine Arts Museum is a very solid building. We neither felt nor heard anything. It's at Damen and 19th, perhaps south of the big weather. Out on my run this morning, I saw lots of big puddles and small branches down. Sounds like N of us really caught it.

Yeah, KN, I forgot about your crucial skills in the Hawaii team! And we could all go over to Kona for the Big Triathlon. :D Anybody find a pile of money lying around recently? :p :rolleyes:

Xrayted

09-23-2006, 07:40 AM

Hey ladies... could you use an EMT/X-ray tech there in Hawaii? If ya fall off the bar stool and break yer arse, I can immobilize/splint, start an IV (afterall, a little more alcohol at this point couldn't hurt? :D ), transport, and xray ya. :)

KnottedYet

09-23-2006, 07:54 AM

Oh, yeah!!!

KnottedYet

09-23-2006, 07:58 AM

I'm going on a bike ride, I'm going on a bike ride! (on Flossie!)

See yas!

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 08:15 AM

Let's all go to Hawaii to feel better!!!

I have to go into cleaning frenzy mode; my brother and sis-in-law arrive tonight for a week+ visit. We're going to throw a party for Dad's 80th birthday next weekend.:cool:

I'll be the group's personal bartender. Grasshoppers, anyone?;)

Knot- let us know how your ride went!
Flossie-
Be a good girl!

snapdragen

09-23-2006, 09:59 AM

I like the way you all are thinking. :D

We can have these

http://www.mauibeverages.com/images/coconut-drink.jpg

and these:

Lise

09-23-2006, 12:58 PM

This is a woman? I don't think so. I think it's some creepy guy who came out of lurkdom to get more jollies.
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=10370

and
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=10357 , reply #9

Hey, if I'm wrong, then "my bad". But I don't think so. :mad:

Trekhawk

09-23-2006, 12:59 PM

This is a woman? I don't think so. I think it's some creepy guy who came out of lurkdom to get more jollies.
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=10370

and

YIKES - a few creepy posts......Im thinking guy for sure.

Lise

09-23-2006, 01:01 PM

YIKES - a few creepy posts......Im thinking guy for sure.

Yeah, you replied before I got to come back and edit with his other post link. I started to "alert" the admins, and then thought, geez, Lise, show some character and challenge him! :rolleyes:

Trekhawk

09-23-2006, 01:01 PM

Lise

09-23-2006, 01:09 PM

Oops forgot to add I love your pic on the bianchi page

Thanks, Trekhawk! :D

Lise

09-23-2006, 01:17 PM

Yeah, you replied before I got to come back and edit with his other post link. I started to "alert" the admins, and then thought, geez, Lise, show some character and challenge him! :rolleyes:

Quoting myself, a new low in TE posting! :rolleyes:

He's since made three more posts about bodily functions and riding commando. I've alerted the admins.

snapdragen

09-23-2006, 02:19 PM

Quoting myself, a new low in TE posting! :rolleyes:

He's since made three more posts about bodily functions and riding commando. I've alerted the admins.

He does appear to be a bit of a sleezebag eh? Put him on ignore until Susan or Jeff make a decision. Unfortunately all the mods can do is delete inappropriate posts; can't prevent him from posting.

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 02:34 PM

GRR that guy irritates the h*ll out of me. Funny, I just had a 'discussion' with my ex over chauvanistic tendencies, what it is to be a 'man' etc, and here's one right in my own back yard, making an *** of himself.

Please tell me there's a little island out there somewhere, where only pple with XX chromosomes are allowed to live?

...that doesn't erupt into catfights every five minutes?
...that doesn't have about 2 weeks of anger and crying when the island is PMSing?
...you know what? Maybe I'm okay right here.:rolleyes:

Lise

09-23-2006, 02:39 PM

He does appear to be a bit of a sleezebag eh? Put him on ignore until Susan or Jeff make a decision. Unfortunately all the mods can do is delete inappropriate posts; can't prevent him from posting.
Can't they block him from posting? Perhaps wishful thinking on my part.

After years of living as a nearly-separatist, I've become convinced that there are some fine, decent, kind, funny, respectful men out there. Lots of them, in fact. Which is why very few men ever come and post here. They treat us with respect.

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 03:05 PM

I hate to be the one to play devil's advocate, but despite his lurid fascination with women's bodily secretions and functions, in premise he was just a guy who came onto the forum and poked around. True, he went to all the wrong threads first, but the urination one started out as an honest question (not that I like or approve of where it went...)

He had some valid points about women checking out guys in lycra (the avatar with the boys in red shorts comes to mind) etc.

However, being a man, he couldn't understand the whole "WOO! I passed a GUY!" sentiment. It's a big thing for us. We all know it. To a male, though, that might be taken as rather sexist.

*shrug*
just saying, we do have a very protective female community here, and the moment someone raises questions about maleness without openly saying so, we do become very suspicious of them and their motives.

DrBee

09-23-2006, 03:35 PM

At least he's finally admitted he's a guy!

Lise

09-23-2006, 03:42 PM

I wonder if his girlfriend really does post here.
What a dork.
Evidently he's not a triathlete. Another fine reason for keeping Thread Drift hidden right here!
Heaven help us if he discovers "Humor"! :rolleyes:

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 03:43 PM

man, if his GF did post here, she must be humiliated. Poor girl.:(

Trek420

09-23-2006, 04:00 PM

Lise "I started to "alert" the admins, and then thought, geez, Lise, show some character and challenge him! :rolleyes:"

but none can challenge him (her?) and none can defeat him (her). hee hee.

I just got back from a bike ride!

Lise

09-23-2006, 04:03 PM

but none can challenge him (her?) and none can defeat him (her). hee hee.
Har-de-har-de-har! Oh, wait, is Talk Like A Pirate Day over? :p

Trek420

09-23-2006, 04:05 PM

Every day should be Talk Like A Pirate Day :p Maybe we should talk like pirates all the time on TE?

Lise

09-23-2006, 04:25 PM

Oh, lord, I can barely handle "Talk Like A Person Day" sometimes! :p

Looks like L.A. has been washed off the boards. Thanks Admins. I bow down to your power!

Unless of course he, himself repented, and went back and deleted all 25 of his obnoxious posts....NAH! :rolleyes:

KnottedYet

09-23-2006, 06:01 PM

Glad I missed L.A. (Lance Armstrong?).

Hooray for our beloved admins.

Lise

09-23-2006, 06:02 PM

Glad I missed L.A. (Lance Armstrong?).

Yeah. Not so much. Except in his own pea brain.

Knotted, how was the ride with Flossie? Tell all! :D

Trek420

09-23-2006, 06:13 PM

Kitsune06 "man, if his GF did post here, she must be humiliated. Poor girl"

don't you talk that way about my BF ;) ;) ;) :D hee hee

Lise

09-23-2006, 06:14 PM

I'm on-call today. Some days I work my butt off, non-stop, for 12 (or 24) hours. Then there's today. Started off briskly with 5 phone calls from patients, but none that needed to "come in" to the hosp yet. And then....almost....nothing....all day. Thank goodness L.A. came along to up my adrenaline. :rolleyes: You may rub all this in if I whine about how hard I work on my next shift. :p Problem is, I don't get paid if I'm not "in house" (in the hospital). Having just used up 80 hr of vacation time, I want to conserve the remaining hours. I get a pay-out of up to two weeks' unused PTO at the end of the year, so I want to be sure it's there in my bank!

So, here I sit, the big health care conglomerate paying me to surf TE and answer the occasional page. It can be a gooood life. But now, I am going home! Back on again tomorrow night for a 24. Will the quiet hold...? MWBR. :cool:

Lise

09-23-2006, 06:16 PM

Kitsune06 "man, if his GF did post here, she must be humiliated. Poor girl"

don't you talk that way about my BF ;) ;) ;) :D hee hee

HA! The true Trek revealed! All that "batting for the other team" stuff? A clever ruse to throw us off the track of her obnoxizoid 24 year old boyfriend! :eek:

Trek420

09-23-2006, 06:26 PM

now you caught me! you can be anyone on the internet :D

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 06:33 PM

"man, if his GF did post here, she must be humiliated. Poor girl"

don't you talk that way about my BF ;) ;) ;) :D hee hee

:eek: Trek! I am shocked and appalled! I can understand accidentally going home with a '10' at 2 and waking up with a '2' at 10, but honestly, really, truly... Mr. L.A. is a question of taste!

I'd be mortified if my bf asked some stupid question about girls peeing while riding their bikes... and ftr.... I can't IMAGINE anyone peeing in their chamois. OMG. :eek:

KnottedYet

09-23-2006, 06:53 PM

I'm in the depths of the most incredibly passionate crush! Like a teenager! Huge obsessive crush! I can't stop thinking about her! I look at her, and she just seems to sparkle. She makes me laugh out of sheer giddy happiness. I could spend hours with her, a whole DAY with her, and still want to spend more time with her! I can't imagine ever being bored with her company.

When I want to ride fast, she doesn't mind going fast. When I want to putter along and admire the view, she does, too. A ride with her is the highlight of my week. I don't want it to end.

I touch her, and I can just feel my body temperature rising. She makes me sweat, and gives me chills. She makes me weak in the knees (or is that the tall seat post?). She sends tingles up and down my spine (or is that the short stem?). She makes my hands shake (or is that the 42 cm Cinelli bars when I really need 38 cm "Short and Shallow"?)

The ride today was stellar. I have some things to work on (bars, stem, tape, core strength, shoulder strength, self control) but then the fit should be just about perfect. I need to learn to STOP when my neck and scaps start spasming, though. But riding was such fun! But I hurt so bad right now. Too bad I can't teach the dog to walk on my back...

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 07:04 PM

You make her sound so... so...
...wow...
I had to see that pic you posted-
I can almost see her lithe, gazelle-like frame moving in effortless grace. From the delicate, ladylike curve of her handlebars to the smoothness and infinite curiosity and intricacies of her derailleurs... her smooth, strong crank arms...

...ok ladies, going for a quick smoke break. :D J/k. Was afraid the smoke detectors would go off, though!

Beta- I'm working on coming up with the TD Drinking Game (for your new hobby).

To do it, you need to have a group of people (at least two, anyway) and switch off reading post-by-post.

Everytime Knot mentions 'Flossie' 'Waterford' or deletes an entry, take a drink.

Every time I make a comment others are too intelligent/polite to, make a know-it-all comment or use the "...", take a drink.

Every time Lise mentions a date, take a drink.

Every time Nanci mentions Choco or Maizey, take a drink.

Every time Chick who Rips has a near-death or a "THAT'S SO COOL!" experience, take a drink.

Every time Bruno writes something that 'sounds' Scottish- take a drink.

...pass out!

Lise

09-23-2006, 07:13 PM

KN, so happy she's so wonderful! And you get to improve her, without her ever whining that you're trying to "control" her and wanting to go to couples counseling! :p If you could train the dog to walk on your back, you'd have a serious money making side-job there. PT Dogs. :D

DebW

09-23-2006, 07:18 PM

I'm in the depths of the most incredibly passionate crush! Like a teenager! Huge obsessive crush! I can't stop thinking about her! I look at her, and she just seems to sparkle. She makes me laugh out of sheer giddy happiness. I could spend hours with her, a whole DAY with her, and still want to spend more time with her! I can't imagine ever being bored with her company.

When I want to ride fast, she doesn't mind going fast. When I want to putter along and admire the view, she does, too. A ride with her is the highlight of my week. I don't want it to end.

Do we detect some hyperbole? Happy to hear that Flosshilde has fullfilled all your dreams.

I have a new crush today. She's a Stihl MS250C. She started every time I needed her today and roared like a banshe (especially when I forgot my ear protectors). She sliced through 8-9 inch logs with ease. And used less than 1 tank of gas. She is a might heavy at 13 lb and I had to carry her for 4 miles. But if she starts every time, I won't complain about a little weight. She has an innovative starter with a spring coil, so that when you pull the starter cord you are winding up the spring rather than spinning the cylinder. So starts are always consistent. Now her chain is ready for some sharpening, and I'll take care of her soon. And give her plenty of bar and chain oil.

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 07:24 PM

Sounds a lot like my dad's Husquevarna. Does your Stihl have any built in shock-dampening bells and whistles?

DebW

09-23-2006, 07:32 PM

Sounds a lot like my dad's Husquevarna. Does your Stihl have any built in shock-dampening bells and whistles?

I think they all have shock-damping bells and whistles these day. My old Husqvarna was really tempramental about starting. Sometime I'd carry it a mile up the trail and then it wouldn't start. That was the pits. It lacked a starter coil spring and it got flooded easily.

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 07:35 PM

:rolleyes: Sounds like the Mini Mac Dad taught me on. Funny, he got the big one with shock dampers etc... I got the little devil that didn't always start, etc. Sure as heck taught me how to use it, though. ;)

Trek420

09-23-2006, 07:36 PM

Kitsune06 :eek: Trek! I am shocked and appalled! I can understand accidentally going home with a '10' at 2 and waking up with a '2' at 10, but honestly, really, truly... Mr. L.A. is a question of taste!

I'd be mortified if my bf asked some stupid question about girls peeing while riding their bikes... and ftr.... I can't IMAGINE anyone peeing in their chamois. OMG. :eek:"

yes he's rude, annoying, insentive, arrogant, missogynist .... but he's mine all mine. :rolleyes: ;) :rolleyes:

Knotted, glad to hear that Flossy is all that. Now isn't that just like a crush? "I love you, you're perfect....now change!"

Lise

09-23-2006, 07:38 PM

yes he's rude, annoying, insentive, arrogant, missogynist .... but he's mine all mine. :rolleyes: ;) :rolleyes:

Heck, Trek, if he's 24, 6' tall, and as strong of a cyclist as he says, *I'd* take him, if he could just shut up....! :p

Trek420

09-23-2006, 07:39 PM

You can have him :D

Lise

09-23-2006, 07:42 PM

You can have him :D

Nope. As we've all seen, he's incapable of shutting up! :cool:

But thanks, ever so, for the offer! :p

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 07:46 PM

Knotted, glad to hear that Flossy is all that. Now isn't that just like a crush? "I love you, you're perfect....now change!"

Sounds like a marriage to me. :rolleyes: ;)

Xrayted

09-23-2006, 07:47 PM

Your new Stihl probably has auto chain and bar oilers on her. Check your book to make sure what after maint you need to do. Just like with a bike chain, too much oil can be bad. Drags a lot of extra gunk into the housing. They kind of fool proof them these days. (for fools like me) The handle is wide enough to put your foot in to hold it down when starting. (Had a neighbor guy about 12 yrs ago slice the heck out of his thigh starting one - eeewww. Oh, the stories I could tell about him.) I like the easier starter too. I've got a 270, runs like a champ. I like that I don't have to take the fuel cap off to see how much I've got left - nice little window on the side. The carb shouldn't flood or vapor lock either - there's a wonderful little sensor to keep it in check.

<<scrape, muffle, screet>>
The dragging of little feet as Cindy ushers her inner tomboy back in it's cage... :D

KnottedYet

09-23-2006, 08:01 PM

let the tomboy out to play with us!

I'm gonna take a hot shower. (or do I need a cold one;) ) and try to get my muscles to calm down. I'll do some chamomile tea and Excedrin and put on my jammies and try to decide if my shoulders will handle kayaking tomorrow afternoon.

I wanna go kayaking. And go bike riding. How do I do both AND go out to dinner with my old college roomie AND volunteer at the church coffee hour?

(and do laundry and dishes and vacuum and take the dog for a walk and go get some groceries and scrub out my shower which is calling to me right now)

KnottedYet

09-23-2006, 08:02 PM

ick. that L.A. person just posted in "Getting to Know You". I'm not gonna look. I'm gonna go take a shower. Ta-ta!

Xrayted

09-23-2006, 08:06 PM

chuck it all and jump in the hot tub - that's what I do. As a matter of fact, it's out there on the patio looking awfully lonely right now... hmmm. Gotta go. See ya all tomorrow!

(By the way, L.A. is back and I've reported him again! They didn't boot him, they just erased his stuff.)

cindy

Trek420

09-23-2006, 08:12 PM

KnottedYe "ick. that L.A. person just posted in "Getting to Know You". I'm not gonna look. I'm gonna go take a shower. Ta-ta!"

Too late, I looked, he called me a name, in video no less. Just going to put him on ignore.

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 08:17 PM

I reported him on it. He's all sore that we made him leave, so now he's just shamelessly insulting. He went to the low-rise jeans thread next. We need CWR here to kick him in the shin. :(

Trek420

09-23-2006, 08:20 PM

And in "first time comando" but I don't see what he wrote, he's on ignore.

Kitsune06

09-23-2006, 08:22 PM

Sometimes it's harder to be the bigger woman.

...though that sounds really weird in this situation.

salsabike

09-23-2006, 08:27 PM

DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS

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salsabike

09-23-2006, 08:39 PM

Isn't Nanci doing a big ride this weekend? Called "Six Gaps", I think.

We are back in the hotel since we didn't really have a roof---just trusses (rafters). Will probably be here another week since we redefined in a long discussion with contractor today what "livable, move back in" condition really is. Poor cats are still at the neighborhood cattery, a very nice cats-only boarding place with a little playroom that all the guest cats rotate through each day. I always want to start working there whenever we drop them off because there are so many gorgeous cats to play with. We went to visit ours today since they will be stuck there another week, poor guys. So anyway...back to airplane watching out the hotel window.

It's gorgeous fall weather now here in Seattle. 50-mile tandem ride coming up tomorrow. Hurray!

KnottedYet

09-23-2006, 08:52 PM

I think this is the fewest users (23) I've ever seen on TE. Well, and a couple hundred lurkers and 'bots, but they don't count.

I'm out of spam. I'm reduced to healthful food now, like low fat/low salt chicken breast pesto and red pepper sausages.

sigh.

salsabike

09-23-2006, 08:56 PM

It's the hour. Those East Coast folks are sacked out.

What on earth is a red pepper sausage?

We went to Whole Foods on the way back to the hotel this afternoon and spent a bundle on various things, especially cheeses, as a sort of stress consolation prize. It was great. I have a thing for new Manchego.

KnottedYet

09-23-2006, 09:05 PM

Got 'em at Costco. White meat chicken with red bell pepper and the tiniest bit of pesto, made into a pretty decent sausage. I threw out the wrapper, so I can't tell you the brand.

Nuke 'em for 2 minutes, add a baked potato with olive oil and pepper, and you have Knot's Dinner.

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 12:10 AM

Every time Bruno writes something that 'sounds' Scottish- take a drink.

Noo haud on a meenit - I put up with all your yankee talk and the fact that none of yous can spell colour or humour and just quietly go about my business.....

I've invented a new game for myself - everytime I say something Scottish I'm going to take a drink. I'll be blootered in nae time. :D

I think this is the fewest users (23) I've ever seen on TE.
sigh.

Try living in the uk. Just now there's 9 people on including me.

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 12:18 AM

I'm totally depressed I got up early to go out on my bike and the rain is stoatin' aff the pavement here. And its so dark that I'd need lights and bright coloured watrproof clothing and I don't have either. I'm jist goin' tae hiv to bide at hame and eat haggis.

Ah ken, whit aboot we have a talk Scottish day?

Noo there's only 7 folk on TE including me....is it something I said?

crazycanuck

09-24-2006, 03:27 AM

Ahey bruno, I understand eve'ting ya're seyin. Ye didn scare meh ewey.

I did my first 10km fun run today!!! :) My friend and I took our time and did it in 1hr10min. My goal was to go at my own pace and finish.

I'm a Canuck & i speeeeel Colour, humour and all dem udder words correctly!!!

Wayyeyeeyeyey...it was 27c today!!! Summer's a comin

Hey how come I can't edit a post??? I want to edit my christmas card post...

c

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 03:36 AM

Ye didn scare meh ewey.

You've been tae Paisley...nothin's gonna scare you!

betagirl

09-24-2006, 04:18 AM

Not even this? (I found it doing a google image search for paisley)

http://math.bu.edu/people/einnhoj/halloween/pics/paisley-karen.jpg

Lise

09-24-2006, 04:21 AM

BETA! Good Lord, woman! You scared me! I was composing the post that follows, and when I hit reply, first thing that popped up was that picture! YIKES! :eek:

Och! Y'er talking leek m'ancestors! (It's hopeless. I have too much Swedish, Danish, German, and yes, I'm sorry, English blood mixed in here. :p ) But leave t'haggis be! It can'na be gud fer ya!

So sorry to hear L.A. popped back up overnight. What a big, fat baby. Oh, that doesn't sound right, coming as an insult coming from a midwife... But seriously. Thanks, salsa, for educating me as to trolls and sock puppets. I will feed neither. Somehow I'm doubting he's 24 and a competitive cyclist, eh?!

Salsa, also sorry to hear that you have a contractor who believes that "no roof" is habitable in the PNW. :rolleyes: Glad you have a good cattery, and your little guys will be fine. Enjoy your Hilton experience.

I miss Nanci, SK, and, hey, fishdr's been pretty scarce this weekend, too! I know Nanci's riding, maybe SK's caring for her dad and mom, and the fish family is in the throes of packing for the move.

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 05:26 AM

Beta - they all look like that in Paisley. Ask CC.

I just know it - someone's from Paisley's gonna register and I'm gonna get it. If you don't hear from me for a while contact the Polis.

Xrayted

09-24-2006, 06:08 AM

Oh! My eyes, my eyes!

The inhumanity of it all. :p

Gotta admit, scrolling down, that scared the h*ll out of me. That wouldn't be a pic of L.A.'s gf, would it?

KnottedYet

09-24-2006, 06:50 AM

My Scottish accent only comes back if I'm: around Scots, or extremely stressed, or watching a movie filmed in Scotland.

Which made drama class and giving presentations pretty funny.

Otherwise if people notice anything, they think I'm Canadian, which is ok with me.

Be'y bough' a bi' of bu'er
Bu' she found the bu'er bi'er
So she bough' a be'er bi' of bu'er
To make the bi'er bu'er be'er

Ah, Scottish public school. You WILL pronounce your "T"s, children!

Bikingmomof3

09-24-2006, 07:07 AM

[QUOTE=betagirl;126180]Not even this? (I found it doing a google image search for paisley)

I have silently read all 306 pages (I could be off by a page or two) and nothing brought me out of lurkdom (I am shy) until I saw this photo and choked on my coffee.

I have been silently cheering everyone on, worrying about ill parents, and hoping Lise's dates go well. Welcoming new additions, such as Nanci's baby (even I thought it cute and I am not a snake fan), worried about Roux, cheered when Fish's house sold and they found a new one, a lovely one at that. Yet, I have stayed silent, for fear I did not belong (oh goodness that sounded so Junior High).

Anyway, this picture brought me out of my lurkdom. If I am interrupting what appears to be a very friendly group, I will slink back into obscurity.

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 07:14 AM

Welcome Bikingmomof3 - but today is talking Scottish day so you have to give it a go, ken whit ah mean. Ah, dinae be shy.

I've been in touch with the appropriate authorities and confirmed that everyone has to at least have a go. Who are the appropriate authorities I hear you ask...welll, um, you know...well anyway they said it was definitely official:p :o

snapdragen

09-24-2006, 07:17 AM

I'm afraid if I try to talk like a Scot, I'll sound like the guy from Highlander.

L.A. is exhausting me. What a bore.

KnottedYet

09-24-2006, 07:18 AM

Yay, BMo3!!!!!

You know you belong here!

And you've already passed the initiation ceremony (reading all the pages of TD)

Glad to see you! Jump on in!

Bikingmomof3

09-24-2006, 07:23 AM

Bruno-I am with Snap on attempting to sound Scottish. Think Highlander at best. Not good. However I do spell colour and flavour "properly, does that count? :p

KnottedYet-I was beginning to wonder if reading all of TD was a bad sign of some illness yet to be diagnosed, then realized I just loved it here. :D

I have not looked around yet today, is it true LA came back. I confess, he is my boyfriend. :rolleyes:

salsabike

09-24-2006, 07:26 AM

Och, lassie, we are all Thread Drifters chust nae. Although I expect I'll be having nightmares in paisley tonight...whoof. A sight to behold, that was.

KnottedYet

09-24-2006, 07:34 AM

Buyer's Regret: The Morning After

Ok, I was so frustrated over being unable to find a taller riser quilled stem ANYWHERE that I bought the first one I found.

Girls, it's butt-ugly.

I held it up to Flossie this morning and just felt ILL. I can't put this thing on her!!! It's powdercoated black, which is fine, but the gooseneck is this HUGE flattened aluminum tube which is wider than any tube on Flossie and just looks awful with a huge H2O logo on it to boot.

So today I will be getting in a bike ride, after all. I'll go back to LBS #2 and return the fugly stem and ask them to order me a Nitto (kinda like what Lisa has on her Riv, from what I see in her pics)

Flossie deserves better. Even though I don't like the looks of a dropping gooseneck, the classic small-diameter steel will suit her better.

And I'm not too sore today, so maybe the ride will be more comfy this time. (only about 30 miles to the shop and back)

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 07:44 AM

Be'y bough' a bi' of bu'er
Bu' she found the bu'er bi'er
So she bough' a be'er bi' of bu'er
To make the bi'er bu'er be'er

Ah, Scottish public school. You WILL pronounce your "T"s, children!

Ah - the glottal stop - very common in Scotland. Put the t's in where KN has put apostrophe's and you'll be able to read what it says nae bother. The glottal stop (missing 't') and the dropped final 'g' in words like runnin' and goin' are characteristic of Falkirk, the town in Scotland where I live. Am I starting to bore people now...yeh, that's what I thought.:o

KN public school - you must be a posh burd then?

Bikingmomof3

09-24-2006, 07:49 AM

KnottedYet,
I am sorry to hear the stem is butt-ugly. You are right, it is best to buy one befitting Flossie's true beauty.

KnottedYet

09-24-2006, 08:03 AM

Ah - the glottal stop - very common in Scotland. Put the t's in where KN has put apostrophe's and you'll be able to read what it says nae bother. The glottal stop (missing 't') and the dropped final 'g' in words like runnin' and goin' are characteristic of Falkirk, the town in Scotland where I live. Am I starting to bore people now...yeh, that's what I thought.:o

KN public school - you must be a posh burd then?

Also characteristic of Fife. Mind you, that was 30 years ago, but I betcha they still sound like you folks.

I'm not posh! There was one school in the village, and I went there for free. That's public, right? Well, at least here that's "public".

Kitsune06

09-24-2006, 08:09 AM

I've invented a new game for myself - everytime I say something Scottish I'm going to take a drink. I'll be blootered in nae time. :D

An ere Ae get on inkin' 'a's whit jonick Scots dae? ;) :D B/c my muminlaw has never been able ta describe Irn Bru proper, would you fancy a try? She said I'd like it. :rolleyes:

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 08:39 AM

I'm not posh! There was one school in the village, and I went there for free. That's public, right? Well, at least here that's "public".

No - confusingly 'public' schools in Scotland are really private schools. Normal schools are state schools. Aye Fifer's sound quite like us. But remember - it takes a lang spoon tae sup wi' a Fifer.

Irn Bru is the nectar of the gods. It is the only recognised hangover cure over here. It's orange and tastes incredibly sweet. IMO it has become sweeter over the years but I might just be getting older. It's advertising slogan is 'Made in Scotland from Girders'. For a while it traded on its health giving qualities as it has iron it but the amount is neglegible and its not allowed to make those sort of claims anymore. It's really the Scottish person's Coke.

If you like sweet Scottish things, you'll like it :D :D :D

Kitsune06

09-24-2006, 09:04 AM

'ell, Ae ken thare wis a Scottish loun tha' stealt ma hert ance.... ;)

That is hou Ae ken gif Scottish lads ootrig thairsels an' thair kilts 'traditionally'. ;)

Lise

09-24-2006, 09:07 AM

And if you like sweet Peruvian things, try Inka Kola. If you hurl after your first swallow, too bad, pass the can to me. I love it. Because I first drank it when I was 16. Otherwise...barf! :p It tastes sort of like bubblegum soaked in Mountain Dew.

BMO3! Welcome! Unlike some people (beta) you read everything before you posted? :p Wow. It's actually fun to go back and dip into, oh, say, pg 34 of TD. What seemed so important on that day, and is now forgotten... So, yeah, all TE gals are welcome, but you have to find us, we don't advertise! A nod o' the head again to Nanci for starting us off last April.

Knotted is Scottish?! Whoa! More Has Been Revealed! :D So. Next event, bog snorkling triathlon?

http://llanwrtyd-wells.powys.org.uk/bogtriathlon.htm

What say you, KN?

Kitsune06

09-24-2006, 09:13 AM

Ae ken! TE TD Highland Games! Wif Caber toss an' Highland Wrestling. ...

:D

...and I love Inca Cola! Anywhere to find it in the states? It's not terribly different from some of the energy drinks now, I think.

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 09:16 AM

Noo yer talkin...and am sure the lassie's wid like tae be in the know aboot how the kilt is worn....'traditionally':p

Bikingmomof3

09-24-2006, 09:24 AM

BMO3! Welcome! Unlike some people (beta) you read everything before you posted? :p Wow.

Next event, bog snorkling triathlon?

http://llanwrtyd-wells.powys.org.uk/bogtriathlon.htm

Thank You. Yes, I read every single page. :) I needed something to liven up a routine life. Besides the regular "mom' things; I bike, run, swim, read, knit, and when I do watch tv it is usually PBS or BBC.

The bog snorkling triathlon sounds fun! I am a triathlon wannabe.

Kitsune06

09-24-2006, 09:39 AM

:o

Lat me juist say...

Whan he wis bikin' down'own, (Haunds off'a the bars an' no helmet onnis noddle) an' hit 'the curb, wen up o're e hannlebars, 'e gave 'e hail causey a shaw 'a 'is weddin' 'ackle! :o

Lise

09-24-2006, 10:17 AM

...and I love Inca Cola! Anywhere to find it in the states? It's not terribly different from some of the energy drinks now, I think.

Here ya go: http://www.mexgrocer.com/6280.html

There are several Peruvian restaurants in Chicago, and a little Peruvian grocery store on Fullerton, just east of Central Park, where I've found it. I've even found Diet Inca Kola. Not quite as tasty.

Lise

09-24-2006, 11:00 AM

I have not looked around yet today, is it true LA came back. I confess, he is my boyfriend. :rolleyes:

BM03, what an exciting secret life you lead! Married mom of three, carrying on clandestine affair with boorish lout. Ah, heck, dump him, hang out with us here! :p

Bikingmomof3

09-24-2006, 11:22 AM

BM03, what an exciting secret life you lead! Married mom of three, carrying on clandestine affair with boorish lout. Ah, heck, dump him, hang out with us here! :p

But the boorish lout is such an excellent cyclist, it is so difficult to let him go. His knowledge on cycling is so helpful. :eek:

Alright, you twisted my arm, he is history. TD is so much more. :cool:

uk elephant

09-24-2006, 11:39 AM

Just had to say...all this Scottish is making it very hard for lurkers like me to keep lurking... Despite BF's best attempts and a year in the UK (he is British and very good with accents) I still have a hard time understanding Scottish accents. Except for those few words that are similar to Norwegian, like "bairn" and "kirk" and a few others. And trying to teach BF Norwegian, he has discovered that putting on a Scottish accent helps.

Trek420

09-24-2006, 11:44 AM

Bikingmomof3 "Alright, you twisted my arm, he is history. TD is so much more. :cool"

ah, at last he's free, he must be mine all mine, I must have him. And now the truth is revealed. It's not women I love, I can't resist boorish louts.

Lise

09-24-2006, 12:00 PM

ah, at last he's free, he must be mine all mine, I must have him. And now the truth is revealed. It's not women I love, I can't resist boorish louts.But Trek, some of the best boorish louts are women! :p

Kitsune06

09-24-2006, 12:04 PM

If she's thoughtful, intelligent and nice- and can out drink me, my heart is hers. :D

That reminds me... gotta go get more cider! ;)

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 12:05 PM

I still have a hard time understanding Scottish accents. Except for those few words that are similar to Norwegian, like "bairn" and "kirk" and a few others.

Ach dinna worry aboot it. Strangely my home town is Falkirk and the inhabitants are known as 'Bairns', so ye've got a heid start.

You'll all be glad to know it's 9pm here so talking Scottish day will soon be over. But don't worry - I've made a note of who has and hasn't taken part. :D

uk elephant

09-24-2006, 12:08 PM

Ooo! Time for "Midsummer Murders" on TV. Time to go for the usual Sunday evening of tea, good British drama and possibly some ice cream.

Brina

09-24-2006, 12:20 PM

highland games could be fun, but I WILL NOT eat Haggis.

BMof3, welcome to thread drift. i have just returned from a few weeks and 50 pages absence. Cathing up is hard. I keep wanting to reply to something, only to realize that the question was asked a coulple of weeks ago and is probably no longer relevant - although relevant and TD really have little to do with each other. I was your Aug SS, I know I got your coffee sent really late and I am sorry.

Trek420

09-24-2006, 12:23 PM

Bruno28 "You'll all be glad to know it's 9pm here so talking Scottish day will soon be over. But don't worry - I've made a note of who has and hasn't taken part. :D"

I'm doing Scottish sign language, you can't hear me :cool:

Lise, the bubble is burst, I'm shocked :eek: You mean we're not all thoughtful, intelligent and nice? Who knew?

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 12:31 PM

I'm doing Scottish sign language, you can't hear me :cool:

Yes I can. We have this special Scottish radar...I'm sure you know the kind of thing I mean;) (Crikey- Ahm fur it noo):D

Brina - Haggis is delicious. Just don't think about what it's made of.

Bikingmomof3

09-24-2006, 01:28 PM

BMof3, welcome to thread drift. i have just returned from a few weeks and 50 pages absence. Cathing up is hard. I keep wanting to reply to something, only to realize that the question was asked a coulple of weeks ago and is probably no longer relevant - although relevant and TD really have little to do with each other. I was your Aug SS, I know I got your coffee sent really late and I am sorry.

I love TD! The mug is wonderful. The coffee was delicous. I did not notice it being late at all. Thank you so very much.

Lise

09-24-2006, 02:06 PM

Lise, the bubble is burst, I'm shocked :eek: You mean we're not all thoughtful, intelligent and nice? Who knew?

Oh, dear. And I was the one to clue you in. :o I feel just terrible. Don't give up Trek! The right non-boor, non-lout woman is out there for you!
Och, a right (insert Scottish perjorative term) ah be!

Is talking like a Scottish bairn day over now? (And I thought "bairn" meant child) Has the sun set on my ancestral homeland? Anyway, I'm not really channeling my ancestors, but the esteemed "Scotty" of StarTrek fame.

Brina, welcome home! Are you kidding me? 50 pages of TD? My, how we do go on.

Kitsune06

09-24-2006, 02:11 PM

Yes I can. We have this special Scottish radar...I'm sure you know the kind of thing I mean;) (Crikey- Ahm fur it noo):D

Brina - Haggis is delicious. Just don't think about what it's made of.

I thought Haggis was mostly oats, with meat stuff etc... and the 'casing' isn't any groser than what brats etc are cased in... :p Wi' neeps an' tatties!

The Haggis Song:
The haggis season has begun
All over Scotland every gun
Is taken down with loving care
Though some prefer the haggis snare
For haggis are a wily lot
That's why they are so seldom shot
"We're the haggis, aye, hooray;
We'll live until next Hogmanay"

Its flying upside down and low
The guns all fire, but they're too slow
And though it's rather old and fat
It's awfully hard to hit like that
And as it flies off in the mist
Great hairy clansmen shake their fists
And scream their curses to the crags
And stamp on empty haggis bags
And so the haggis gets away
To live until next Hogmanay

"We're the haggis, aye, hooray;
We'll live until next Hogmanay"

:D

Trek420

09-24-2006, 02:19 PM

Lise "Oh, dear. And I was the one to clue you in. :o I feel just terrible. Don't give up Trek! The right non-boor, non-lout woman is out there for you!"

Now next you're going to tell me there's no Santa :confused:

"Anyway, I'm not really channeling my ancestors, but the esteemed "Scotty" of StarTrek fame."

Beam me up Scotty, no inteligent life here :D someone had to say it.

Lise

09-24-2006, 02:46 PM

Oh, not to worry. Santa and Hannukah Harry, both very real. :rolleyes:

Bikingmomof3

09-24-2006, 02:49 PM

Oh, not to worry. Santa and Hannukah Harry, both very real. :rolleyes:

Thank Goodness!

Bruno28

09-24-2006, 02:50 PM

Bairn does mean child Lise. No-one really knows why Falkirk folk are called bairns. People from Paisley are called 'buddies'.

Liked the haggis poem kit.

Ahm awa' tae ma scratcher - yous have got 15 minutes left til midnight....but dinnae worry, ah hiv got this marked in ma diary for nixt year:eek: :eek: .

See yous later. :D :D :D

Lise

09-24-2006, 02:53 PM

OK, you guys. Tell me what you think. You know I'm back on the dating thing. I've gotten emails from several guys in the 60-62 yr old range. That is to say, 14-16 years older than me. They seem like really interesting men, but they're closer in age to my mom than to me! Interesting older men, but not men I would date. Am I being foolish in declining to get to know them because of our age difference? Or am I just going with what I find attractive...and there's no over-riding that.

One guy I said "no thanks" to based on his distance from Chicago. Mr. FarAway lives equally far away, in the other direction, but is 'only' 51. (We have our second date next Saturday) And I have my doubts about such a distance in dating--limited time as it is, and then the travel. Anyway. The age question. I want to ride and xc ski and run with a partner. Not saying a 62 year old wouldn't, but...and then the plain ol' attraction factor. So. Whatdya think?

Kitsune06

09-24-2006, 03:11 PM

Attraction means a lot but you really shouldn't discount someone merely on age. I'm probably going to be strung up and shot for this, but I'm thinking the only concern as far as men and age would go is his compatibility with your desired sex life. As it is, older men tend to be on the 'right' side of the balance of 'confident and self-assuredness' and 'concieted and arrogant' that all men seem to be on, maybe due to age, maybe due to just experience. Who knows?

Then again, between having a husband 6mo older than myself, and a boyfriend 14 years older than myself (not at the same time) the older guy was still more immature and more insecure than XDH. *shrug*

Regarding the distance thing; if it *really* works out, and you decide to cohabitate, someone would end up moving anyhow. Make it be him ;)

Brina

09-24-2006, 03:11 PM

lise, I went through an older man phase when I was single - I think the oldest was 20 years my senior - I was 23 at the time. See, there is your problem, the guys in their 40s are dating women in their 20s. I was in a bar rest room one day and this woman was complaining to her friend about this problem - and then went on talking about this guy that she really likes, but, "I hear he is hooking up with some 20-something bimbo" I was the 20-something in question and really resented the bimbo label. Now at 40 I can understand while she was pissed - although I still resent the bimbo comment.

Anyway to answer your actual question, yeah, I would probably date an older guy - i think about 15 years would be my cut-off.

Bikingmomof3

09-24-2006, 04:02 PM

Lise,
I have been married forever, so for whatever it is worth, I say try dating an older guy, who knows, you may find him quite attractive and athletic.

DebW

09-24-2006, 05:42 PM

KnottedYet

09-24-2006, 06:41 PM

salsabike

09-24-2006, 07:36 PM

Yes I can. We have this special Scottish radar...I'm sure you know the kind of thing I mean;) (Crikey- Ahm fur it noo):D

THAT was funny.

Kitsune06

09-24-2006, 07:57 PM

Lise - I'm not a good one to talk about age differences. Everyone I've had a crush on/dated/"married" has been older than me. All of them.

I'm sure there's some deep and meaningful insight there.

(probably that I'm just so much more mature and spiritually developed and intelligent than everyone my age. ;) *snort*:rolleyes: )

Heh. I tried that one.

After the peals of side-splitting laughter and tears finished, she asked if I really thought that was the case.

...cue more laughter. :p

What?! Was it something I said?:rolleyes:

KnottedYet

09-24-2006, 08:04 PM

Kit - actually, in your case I think it's probably true.

Kitsune06

09-24-2006, 08:06 PM

:o
You might think so, but you don't have the pleasure of trying to live with me. ;)

Trust me, after a year of bike-soiled dish towels, bike/mechanic/outdoorsystuff cluttered house, drama, money issues, mania and mayhem, I understand the laughter, and you might, too ;) In lotsa ways, I'm 'very' 20.

SadieKate

09-24-2006, 08:11 PM

Lise, Bubba is 10 and a half years older than I. He's 58 and going strong. He chases me up the hills and I chase him down. Comes out even in the end. May it go on forever. Those that have met him can tell you if it's just my rose-colored glasses but I think he's a young 58. Our regular ride friends, both road and dirt, span 4 decades and sometimes 5, depending on the current year's crop of twenty-somethings (living in a college town they tend to grow up, get real jobs and move away).

We met when we were 24 and 34. I don't think it would have worked if we had met when I was younger. I think the years mean less as you grow older. I have always been attracted to older men which, of course, was a big problem in high school but my parents and I made it safely through. Whew! :eek: :D I think each person wears his or her age differently. My parents were born old. Bill's mom has been young until recently - she's 96. We were starting to wonder if she is bionic.

If the guys are 62 and play golf at most, I probably wouldn't go out of my way to meet them. If they're going to the senior olympics in swimming/cycling/whatever -- I'd be ringing 'em up at least for a cup of coffee. I know some older guys that can wax my Amici Veloci axe on the bike.

snapdragen

09-24-2006, 08:16 PM

Those that have met him can tell you if it's just my rose-colored glasses but I think he's a young 58.

As a FOB and FOSK - friend of Bubba and SadieKate. You are not wearing rose colored glasses - he is a young 'un. :D

snap "50 is the new 30" dragen

kelownagirl

09-24-2006, 08:19 PM

310 pages.... wow... I've been busy back to work and got behind on reading TD. Was going to skip it but saw that BMO3 managed to entire thing so thought I'd better get caught up.

All I can say this evening is:

"'tis a braw, bricht, moonlicht nicht t' nicht." Not sure if the spelling's right though... My dear Scottish Grandpa taught me how to say that when I was a wee bairn. I remember my favourite movie when I was a kid was about some Scottish kids who find a baby and try to look after it themselves. Can't remember what it was called. Mid 1960's? Anyway, I LOVED the way they said "wee babby".

Lise - my ex and my SO are both 10 years older than me. Kelownaguy is 56 and is very athletic and active. We do tons of active things together and although there's a chance I will spend some years alone after he's gone, you never know. I'm certainly not going to let something like age stop a good relationship. I'd take a mature man over a young idiot anyday.

KnottedYet

09-24-2006, 08:55 PM

Bicyclette

09-24-2006, 09:08 PM

Anyway, I'm not really channeling my ancestors, but the esteemed "Scotty" of StarTrek fame.
.

"Just before they went into warp, I beamed the whole kit and kaboodle into their engine room, where they'll be no tribble at all." -- Scotty

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Kracko: I got rights!
Scotty: You got nothing. You mind your place, or you'll be wearin' concrete galoshes.
Kracko: You mean cement overshoes?
Scotty: Aye.

Lise - I would date an older man - but if he was old enough to be my father - umm... no - that would be just too wierd for me - my daughter is starting a relationship with a man who is older than ME :eek: - and I'm totally wierded out by the whole thing!

Haggis - oh man - you don't EVEN want to think about what's in it! :D - although there is a vegetarian version

Kitsune06

09-24-2006, 09:56 PM

"Just before they went into warp, I beamed the whole kit and kaboodle into their engine room, where they'll be no tribble at all." -- Scotty

BEST. EPISODE. EVER!!!

Bicyclette

09-24-2006, 10:06 PM

Kit -

Yep - The Trouble with Tribbles was the best episode, wasn't it .... LOVED it!!

best movie?

The Wrath of Khan - Ricardo Montalban and his prosthetic chest :D

KnottedYet

09-25-2006, 05:02 AM

And Kirstie Alley as "Saavik". And the cootie-thingies that crawled into people's ears.

The woman who wrote the novel "Wrath of Khan" lived near me many years ago, and I used to see her in the grocery store.

DebW

09-25-2006, 05:20 AM

SOMEBODY is practicing the organ LOUDLY in an apartment building at TEN OCLOCK IN THE FRIPPIN' NITE!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAG!

(and their playing sucks) I'm about ready to track them down and give them a pair of earphones and say "stick these in your organ!!!"

Speaking of organ music, there was a time I was sleeping in the woods and had to put up with someone's organ music. I was laying in my hammock between 2 trees about a mile from a road listening to bad organ music. Kind of strange. That sound really carries.

margo49

09-25-2006, 07:52 AM

The Trouble with Tribbles was the absolutely worst episode. The beginning (the Shore leave conversation and the spaceport bar scenes) was brilliant but it went downhill fast from there and that final line of Scotty's was just the worst

Btw, in the light of this post of hers ;I repeat my statement of a few pages ago that Kitsune is not 23 at all and propose (again) that she fell through the hole she was supposed to be darning in the fabric of the Space/Time Continuum.
She probably even jumped in on purpose. These accidents don't just "happen".
I should know. They "happen" to me too.

Lise

09-25-2006, 08:03 AM

The Trouble with Tribbles was the absolutely worst episode. The beginning (the Shore leave conversation and the spaceport bar scenes) was brilliant but it went downhill fast from there and that final line of Scotty's was just the worstBUT. You have to love the Klingons! They were just sort of vaguely Arab prince-like bad guys. Worf would never have recognized them. It's like they went to the Klingon Discount Warehouse for those characters. Then they got some money later, and upgraded. :p

DrBee

09-25-2006, 08:58 AM

I've been swamped with house stuff and work stuff, so not much time to post or catch up. I'm trying, though!

Lise - It can't hurt to see what these "older" guys have to offer. I wouldn't rule them out just because of age. Would you want someone to rule you out just because of age? They may be quite handsome and will likely be more mature and together. You never know! MWBR - right?

Update on Roux... He's home and doing great! His eyes are bright (and not runny and more), the blisters/tumors on his nose are gone, he's chasing cats, scarfing up the kids' food, and greeting us at the door and wagging! He's still breathing a bit fast and is sleeping a lot, but all in all he loos great! He's gone through 4 days of chemo at the Vet hospital and now is on oral chemo for 30 days and gets injections of two other drugs once a week for the next month. Then - we see what happens! The side effect of this is that he has carcinogenic/toxic poop! So - we have to use gloves to clean up after him and the kids can't go in the yard. It's worth it, though. They can play in the front yard! Thanks for the healing thoughts for him - it seems to be working!

Appraisal was done on the MS house this morning - no problem there! Now - I'm waiting for the movers to call, so we can schedule the move! Yikes I'm busy!

Nanci

09-25-2006, 08:59 AM

Whew! Finally caught up. I was gone from Friday till midnight Sunday up in Georgia. I am too tired to contemplate writing about it. Not too tired for manual labor (putting my brick "landing" out by my truck, in its tree garage, underground so I can get the lawnmower over it) and reclaiming my front little landing thing from the giant grass and fireants. A fellow TEer found me on the ride and recognized me from my avatar, pic to follow!

DrBee

09-25-2006, 09:09 AM

Can't wait to hear about the ride and the meeting Nanci!

Lise

09-25-2006, 09:47 AM

Cool Nanci! Looking forward to reading all about it.

Thanks, everybody, for your thoughts about the "older men" thing. Part of it is that "older" men, at my age, are also called "old" men! But, as SK points out, you'd hardly call Bubba that. (Funny thing, snap, calling yourself a "FOB"--in my business, that's the abbreviation for "Father Of the Baby". I was momentarily confused! :confused: :o ) Before I came in on call last night, I emailed back the 62 yr old professor. He's tall, widowed, and sounds pretty active. He wrote me back about going to spectate at the Accenture tri, and made some good observations. The other guy, Mr. FarAway, is also a widower. As I say, their marriage didn't end because they hated each other! Annnnd, no "evil ex-wife" in the picture. MWBR.

Up all night with a laboring lady who ended up with a c-section at 4:30AM for a 9# 3oz baby. Then I actually got a few hours sleep. :D On tonight until 10 PM.

Fish--wonderful news about Roux. Isn't it amazing how they bounce back from things that lay us so low? (((Roux)))

chickwhorips

09-25-2006, 09:52 AM

whoa! it was hard to catch up this morning. you girls were busy posting over the weekend.

BMof3 welcome to posting on TD. glad to have you here.

glad i missed LA's posts this whole weekend. i would've loved to kick him in the shin with kit's steel toed boots! the nerve of some people!!!! i caught enough of his posts that others quoted to hate him. sheesh!

lise as far as dating older men, if they have the same things in common with you and are still as active and can keep up with you (if that's possible) i say go for it!!!

i had a great weekend. spent the whole weekend with BF. we actually had two great days off together. (with his work schedule it one day rarely happens, let alone two.) both sat and sun were beautiful. sunshine and little wind. hiked around and spent both days outside. it was great! (except for the slight sunburn i got.) you can tell fall is here. it got down to 28*F (-2*C) on saturday morning. nice and crisp morning. i hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great week!

Kitsune06

09-25-2006, 10:05 AM

Btw, in the light of this post of hers ;I repeat my statement of a few pages ago that Kitsune is not 23 at all and propose (again) that she fell through the hole she was supposed to be darning in the fabric of the Space/Time Continuum.
She probably even jumped in on purpose. These accidents don't just "happen".
I should know. They "happen" to me too.

I'll agree with you that I'm not 23... and I'm probably 'very' 20 for all the reasons lots of other TE'ers here could be '20' ;)

Was Wrath of Khan the one where Scotty's nephew got killed and smeared blood on Kirk's dress uniform, and through the rest of the movie, the smear changed size, shape, and location?

"KHAN!!!!"

KnottedYet

09-25-2006, 11:31 AM

yup, that's the one.

Gotta love continuity flaws.:D

Lise

09-25-2006, 11:32 AM

SadieKate--how're things with your folks? It seems to me you've been around a little less than usual (although thanks for the Bubba + SK story!). Makes me wonder if you're doing more caretaking. Take care of you, too. L.

SadieKate

09-25-2006, 12:04 PM

Yeah, I know I haven't been around. TD can be fun but overwhelming. I can't keep up with all the story lines when my family stories keep shifting also. Not that I don't care about yawl, but I'm sure salsa and others can relate. Sometimes you have to focus on the immediate issues and hope you don't miss anything critical otherwise.

Dad is back in the hospital we think due to some side effects of the chemo. He was doing great once they got his calcium levels down. They put him back in the hospital for the first round of chemo and then he came home before his immune system started to go down but was doing so well.

At home, he became suicidal but Ativan seems to have solved that. We don't know at this point whether it is a side effect of the drugs or sleep deprivation. They took out his Foley when he was still on huge amounts of fluids. He can't get out of bed unsupervised at the moment. You can imagine what the lack of sleep was doing to him and my mother with now provisions for incontinence. So, they got that somewhat under control as he's re-Foleyed (new word there :p )

However, over the weekend his ankles started swelling, his temp went up and he became a bit confused again so he was readmitted yesterday. His regular onco is back in town today and will see him. So, current crisis averted but he is still in there and we have a bunch of unknowns.

My brother is driving me nuts. He lives in the same town as they (about 60 miles from me). He is going to have to deal with crisis needs for transportation or physical help. I make plans and rearrange my work appts, etc., etc., to be there for the non-crisis help times. But my brother will show up even when my parents have told him not to. He's taken over control. So, I'm just staying out of it for now and when he next calls me because I haven't been there "enough" in his view, he better be wearing armor. Though I probably shouldn't waste my energy. My brother (a 49 yr old confirmed bachelor and workaholic) knows what everyone else should do, how they should behave and how his mother and sister are so dense that we need everything explained to us in 10 paragraphs even though others can answer our questions in 10 words or less (and don't dare try to stop his soliloquy).

Whew, thanks for letting me vent. I did try to keep it below 10 paragraphs myself.

Lise

09-25-2006, 12:24 PM

I say, vent away, SK. Here you've got sympathetic ears and a lot of support and good will. Don't even bother to keep up with all the stories, you know you'll hear about anything important! When my mom was hosp'd three years ago, I wasn't on TE yet, but everything else went on hold. You kind of go down into this cave, and all of your attention and energy is spent spelunking the current crisis.

My heart goes out to your dad, you, and your family. I'm glad your dad's regular onc doc is back in town. BTW, we call it "Foleyized" around here, as in, "Did you foleyize her?" "oh, yeah, she's been foleyed for awhile." :rolleyes:

I hope your health's holding up, too. I know change of seasons can be a challenging time. I'm eating a square of extra bittersweet Ghiardelli chocolate, and wishing the same for you. It has remarkable sustaining powers. Take care (((SK))) L.

Bikingmomof3

09-25-2006, 01:04 PM

Fishdr- wonderful news all around. I am continuing with my healing thoughts for Roux and for a stress free move. We have lived in 4 states, I hate moving!

Nanci- I am looking forward to reading about the ride and who your met. I do not think there is anyone from TE anywhere near me.

Lise- I am glad you decided to write to the 62 year old professor. Let us know what happens. Oh, what does he teach? I am married to a professor. :)

Chickwhorips- TY for the welcome. I told DH where you lived and he keeps wanting to move us to Alaska. Apparently a position has opened up in the Fairbanks chemistry department.

SK-I am so sorry to hear the trials your father and your family has been going through. My continued prayers.

maillotpois

09-25-2006, 01:15 PM

Hey SK - you can have way more than 10 paragraphs with that story. What a roller coaster. I'm so sorry.

Should I bring over my green bar of Scharffenberger....?

chickwhorips

09-25-2006, 01:32 PM

i called my stepmum last week to wish her happy birthday and had the best conversation we ever have had. i asked her how she was doing with everything going on with my dad. she's having a hard time. school has started back up and no one to help her. the parents want to help, but not do the 'grunt' work of sorting papers, copying or anything like that. makes me very :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: they want the fun part of sitting in on classes. thats the 'easy' stuff, its behind the scene that where all the work is done and where the most help is needed! argh... i need to step off this soap box now.....

my stepmum said my dad has been moved to a rehab center that specializes in brain problems, dysplasia and such. he has been taken off all meds to see what happens. my stepmum says he is more alert, depressed a bit, but walking around better. there is hope that he will be able to come home soon. once he does he will still need fulltime care, but should be able to function in his home setting. good news there.

my brother and sister-in-law are adopting two more childern. one is almost two and the other is 9 months i think. super cute kids! not sure if anything is wrong with them or not. they were taken from their parents because they were unfit (not sure if drugs were involved or not). they have adopted a total of 4 so far. two are out on their 'own' and the other two will never be able to live without assistance. they are freaking out about having two babies around the house. (the other two kids that are left at home are 14 and 27 i think.) i think its cute.

my sister... well she still isn't talking to me, but her kids are so thats good.

thats my family in a very small nutshell.

Nanci

09-25-2006, 01:43 PM

Many Gainesville riders chickened out after the weather report. My friend Barb came up, but went home Saturday. Others just didn't come up. I planned for warm rain and cold descents and hot climbs. I wore a sleeveless tank, bolero, sandals, socks, Pearl Izumi Calientoes- semi-waterproof toe covers worn over my socks but under my sandals. I carried my Showers Pass rain jacket, and extra dry gloves. I _should have_ carried a big ziplock for my bolero to keep it dry when I wasn't wearing it.

I think it was 70F at the start. It started raining almost immediately, but slow and steady, not pouring. The ride starts out with rolling hills, about 15 miles worth, trending upward, then an eight mile real climb. I made this climb at an average speed of 5.5 mph. The top of the first gap (Neels) is at 25 miles- most of that climbing- so I wasn't cold- though wet. As soon as I stopped, it began to pour. I grabbed my jacket and helmet cover and ran under an overhang. I ran into Pedal Wench from TE there! The really hard rain only lasted a few minutes. I did the descent with my jacket on- it's cold anyway even if not raining because of the speed, but I really didn't get going too fast because I was afraid of the wet roads. I had my usual Michelin race tires and never had a traction problem, even on paint. I also had the new cassette which I think allowed me to climb about 1 mph faster, plus spin faster even in my easiest gear. I averaged about 22 on the descents. I got up to 38 at one point, but my bike, I thought, made a weird noise, so I never went that fast again, and never heard the noise again. I usually descend with my hands on the hoods, on the brakes. I felt like I couldn't brake enough. I had the revelation that if you are in the drops, the braking power increases quite a bit- enough to feel in control again, although I didn't feel like I had nearly as much control over the bike, since I never ride in the drops. Before I figured that out, at one point on the first descent, I had to stop to let my forearms rest from braking. I ended up riding with my hand on the left drop for the front brake, to get the most braking power, and my right hand on the hood, and the rear brake, so enough to keep from skidding, but not much stopping power, but enough steering control to be somewhat comfortable at 22 mph. It's kind of scary when you see speed limit signs for cars that say 15 or 20, and I'm having a hard time holding the bike down to that...At one point on this descent, the wind was very, very strong- I could see it blowing the trees sideways! I comforted myself with the fact that I was already more than halfway done.

I would have made the time cut off to do Six Gaps, but continued on with three as planned. I had thought, Saturday, that the storms would come through about noon or one, and I wouldn't have to deal with rain. I was wrong, and it rained from the start till the second descent. I took my rain jacket off for the second climb, Wolf Pen, which is the second hardest climb of the six. It starts immediately after the descent from Neels Gap. It is only a couple miles, but as steep as Hogpen, with numerous switchbacks, even the hairpin turns! It's gorgeous and shady, though. My average speed on this climb was about 3.8 mph. It was raining, again, but I thought, well, I'm not cold, I'm not hot, my feet are a little cold but not bad, I am not hungry, not thirsty, my legs don't hurt, I can ride the climbs without stopping to rest!! What more could I ask for? Who cares about the rain??? On the second descent, it was so foggy I could only see about 100 feet ahead. Cars were VERY courteous. At the top, I stopped to get some pretzels. The first hundred milers hadn't come through yet. I put my jacket back on for the descent. I still wasn't cold, and my feet were wet, but not cold. On this descent, the leaders of the hundred mile ride began to pass me. I can't believe how they can _pedal_ descending like that!! Just about every single one had encouraging words for me.

After the second descent, there are about 15 miles left, trending down. I stopped to remove my jacket for the last time, and take off my toe covers and socks. My feet were like prunes- they liked being out in the sun instead of cold wet shoes. I was happy I chose sandals. The climb to Jacks Gap is not bad. Then there are about 10 miles of mostly descent back into Dahlonega. My riding time was five hours, and my total time was about six hours. My average speed was 10.5 mph. I think last year I did 9 mph. BF did the hundred in eight hours total. Since we were parked right at the finish line, I had a nice nap in my chair with Dillbird while waiting for him to finish. (They have showers and spaghetti dinner at the high school, too.) Oh, the weather cleared up about noon and didn't rain again until we were leaving at 4:30 PM. There were still riders out...

Friday evening we went to a winery, then out to dinner with BF's chiropractor who moved up there, in Helen, which is in the middle of Oktoberfest.

Saturday, we went to the expo, and two wineries. (Brought home ten bottles of wine!) Ran into a few of the hardier Gainesville people at the expo.

It was tough driving home at 5PM Sunday. I'm glad I had today off.

Here's BF at the start.

Nanci

09-25-2006, 01:44 PM

Me and Pedal Wench share a moment in the lovely weather!

Nanci

09-25-2006, 01:53 PM

Why am I experiencing camera lust? I love my camera. But now it comes in 10 MP with anti-shake technology, which you can see from my movies I seriously need.

Dillbird was an absolute angel, for once. I made him a nest on the bed at the hotel similar to what he lives in at home- towels on the bed, fenced in by pillows, and he just stayed there! Didn't have a flapping, panting, frazzling frenzy like he usually does when I try to get him to just _sit_ somewhere. I left him there for the expo, came back to check, and he was fine so I left him the rest of the day. The alternative is to keep him in his sleeping bag and carry him everywhere with me in a mesh purse. I think he _likes_ that, but being out is more relaxing in the long run.

Nanci

09-25-2006, 02:03 PM

I am quite familiar with your type of fistulas, unfortunately. At work one of the things I do is find out where they are going from the skin side in (fistulas can tunnel their way out to the outside as well as connecting things inside...) or try to find where they are going from the inside. What a mess. I feel very sorry for anyone dealing with them. I really don't see how cycling could aggravate them, though. Going to ask at work.

Nanci

09-25-2006, 02:04 PM

Where is my WOOT wine? I have been waiting for you since 8AM, trapped at home, doing yard work and laundry...

SadieKate

09-25-2006, 02:05 PM

Thanks all. We all have family issues such as these to deal with. It's part of life. I don't ever want to trivialize someone's own family issues, but I feel guilty at times about not responding to others with similar challenges, like Chick. So, please don't ever think I'm ignoring anyone. I think Lise's spelunking metaphor is perfect.:D

Should I bring over my green bar of Scharffenberger....?Did I tell you that I made Bubba hide his green bar while he was in Idaho? I knew I couldn't be trusted. He opened it the other day and we had a few pieces. It has been re-hidden. We've been together for 22 years; the man knows me so well.

I think we need to send our closest TE member to Scharffen Berger to get more. Ann? BZ? Don't you need lunch at SB? The calories don't count when you're running an errand for friends? :o

chickwhorips

09-25-2006, 02:07 PM

Should I bring over my green bar of Scharffenberger....?

and what is this?

Bikingmomof3

09-25-2006, 02:10 PM

and what is this?

It is devine chocolate which I am now craving. There is no chocolate in the house! :eek:

maillotpois

09-25-2006, 02:18 PM

and what is this?

It's some special edition version of wonderful Scharffenberger dark chocolate which we had on our recent chocolate factory tour. I am pretending mine isn't there in the cupboard right by the 2 bags of Carambars caramel candy I brought back from France 2 years ago and have successfully ignored since then. It's my "ignore" shelf.....

Maybe I should give these items to Bubba to hide for me.

Brina

09-25-2006, 02:26 PM

SK and Chick, sending good thoughts for your family members, and for you. it is not easy dealing with a sick parent. chocolate helps. I am going to have to look into this green label stuff.

Lise, glad you emailed the old man. Could turn out to be the best thing you haver ever done.

jobob

09-25-2006, 02:29 PM

Lee & I had lunch at Sharffen Berger a couple of weekends ago and took the opportunity to re-stock the green bar supply. Didn't get enough though. :rolleyes:

If memory serves, both Z and winddance work near the Ferry Building, where there happens to be a Sharffen Berger shop. Just sayin'.

Here's the green bar, btw
http://www.scharffenberger.com/prodinfo.asp?number=3+OZ+KUMASI

SadieKate

09-25-2006, 02:31 PM

You suppose they can be bribed?

jobob

09-25-2006, 02:33 PM

but of course

Bikingmomof3

09-25-2006, 02:40 PM

Chick-Adding prayers for your family.

Nanci-Wow you had an awesome weekend. You wrote it so well, I felt as though I was there, without doing any of the work, of course. :p Fantastic photos, everyone looks great. DH likes your BF's jersey.

SadieKate

09-25-2006, 02:48 PM

Here's the green bar, btw
http://www.scharffenberger.com/prodinfo.asp?number=3+OZ+KUMASI

Jobob, have you read my signature line? Huh? Huh? Because YOU posted the link, I just ordered 3 green bars and one gold Jamaican bar (a limited edition we didn't get to try). Thanks for leading me into . . . . Oh what the heck. I might as well admit it. I was thinking about mail order before you even posted the link.

I am so weak.

jobob

09-25-2006, 02:54 PM

Oh blame ME, willya huh? Okay. That means you'll have to share.

Lise

09-25-2006, 03:03 PM

Nanci, what an incredible ride! I love that you bedded down DDB (dear Dillbird) and he just stayed put. And that you met Pedal Wench. I'll say it again, too, fine looking BF! That ride just sounds incredible though. What tenacity, to keep going in the wind and rain, when sometimes your best speed is 5 mph. I know how hard you had to be working for that 5 mph, too. Wow. The wine is well-deserved. Does your BF not have an IM approaching?

Here's the green bar, btw
http://www.scharffenberger.com/prodinfo.asp?number=3+OZ+KUMASI

Oh, mah goodness. That looks heavenly good.

Dang this perimenopause (I guess). That plus the 24 hr shift. PVCs, hot flashes, cold flashes (did I invent this?). I've been diligent about almost no caffeine, my only source being the 1 square of dark chocolate per day in which I usually indulge. So last night I started a bottle of Diet Coke ~2:30AM just to sharpen up my mind while we were trying to decide when/if to c-section my lady. Drank 1/2 of it (10oz?), slept a few hours, got up, saw patients, finished the Diet Coke over a few hours. Ate two, count 'em TWO whole squares of extra bittersweet dk chocolate ~ 3:30 PM. Then I was freezing cold, tried to nap, kept getting up to turn up the heat in the call room. Got paged a few times. Heart flippity-flopping with PVCs. Now suddenly hot and sweaty. I know it's nothing new to many of you. It's just disheartening to think that one slow diet Coke and two squares of choc. could get the heart so jiggery. Blech. where's the "blech" icon?

I concur that the CA TE gals need to support SK with frequent chocolate deliveries. And, in solidarity, I will continue to eat dark chocolate, no matter the personal cost to my jittery heart. Cuz I'm just that kind of friend. :p

SadieKate

09-25-2006, 03:04 PM

Jobob, I knew you'd be willing to share in the calories, I mean, blame.:cool:

Psst: It's 2-day shipping.

SadieKate

09-25-2006, 03:06 PM

I concur that the CA TE gals need to support SK with frequent chocolate deliveries. And, in solidarity, I will continue to eat dark chocolate, no matter the personal cost to my jittery heart. Cuz I'm just that kind of friend. :pWhat a gal! That's true sacrifice! :D

Lise

09-25-2006, 03:09 PM

I am so weak.No, no! This is a theraputic course of action! You'd be denying yourself essential, uh, anti-oxidants if you didn't, uh, order AND eat fancy dark chocolate from around the globe, and, uh, also, think of the world economy, um, Darfour, wait, that has nothing to do with this, but, surely eating more chocolate will contribute to world peace over all? And! To return to the point! To your own well-being and then you can help your family more. Ha! See! I can justify anything having to do with chocolate! And I'm a licensed health care provider, so there you have it. :p Enjoy.
...................
CWR, I *love* your new avatar. Very brave of you to post a picture of the Landlord dancing with his charming wife. Your brother & SIL sound like some awfully big-hearted parents. You've lifted my day with that story. I hope your mom finds some folks who get it about the kind of help she needs, and that your dad can be in better shape and home soon.

Lise

09-25-2006, 03:11 PM

What a gal! That's true sacrifice! :D

Like jobob, I'm just sayin'....:rolleyes:

chickwhorips

09-25-2006, 03:17 PM

It's some special edition version of wonderful Scharffenberger dark chocolate which we had on our recent chocolate factory tour.

i always miss the fun stuff.

Nanci

09-25-2006, 03:18 PM

That green bar is way over my head. Kind of like me trying to explain Zinfandel Ice Wine and why I must hoard it and ignore it.

I bet I could learn to appreciate green, though.

And my Jepson quadruplets have arrived safely!

Pork tenderloin, jerked, is on the grill, with onion roasted potatoes in the oven. I have 54 bottles of wine to choose from! The excess is being stored in the Tortoise Table Basement (as opposed to the wine attic on top of the fridge). Someday, I hope to have a real wine fridge.

Lise- my day is coming. I hope I am holding it at bay with Depo.

I am so grateful to not have Family Trouble.

BF has two jerseys- the other is the Canari Rat Fink- but he only loves Angus. I don't get the whole Angus thing.

My August SS gift has finally made its way to Australia! And I scored double on the September gift up in Georgia. Now I just need to gather the extras...

Bikingmomof3

09-25-2006, 03:36 PM

I am so easily swayed. I just sent my DH to our local DLM for any of these he can find. http://www.dlmmailorder.com/search.pl?terms=scharffen

I guess I will need to double up my exercising.

Just pathetic, I know.:o

Lise

09-25-2006, 03:56 PM

Hey, BO3, I just noticed the change in the line by your avatar! :D When you joined us here at TD, I thought, "when she hits 1,000 posts, she's got to change that 'new to cycling' line!"

It's not a very far stretch from "triathlete wannabe" to "triathlete", as many here can tell you. Good on ya.

Nanci: "Lise- my day is coming. I hope I am holding it at bay with Depo." I don't know, Nanci. I'm using the Nuvaring, so I've got a continuous low dose of estrogen and progesterone, but I'm having these symptoms anyway. The only way to "really" know would be to go off the ring and see what happens with my period, but I'm not willing to risk that kind of pain. I'm planning to stick with the ring until I'm, oh, 50 or something, and then try going off. What the heck. But I'm not going through that pain/bleeding/pain cycle (some call it a lifestyle) again if I can help it. Sometimes I feel like I "should" know what's happening with my body because I'm a women's health care provider. And yet, I remain the same mystery as other women. :rolleyes:

Nanci

09-25-2006, 04:13 PM

I let my Depo wear off, and there it was, like something evil- no, my period isn't gone yet...

50 for me is in two years. Yikes.

Lise

09-25-2006, 04:29 PM

50 for me is in two years. Yikes.
Tell me about it. I've got 4 years to go. And even then, will I be done? Quien sabe. All my female relatives had their uterii yanked in their 30s/early 40s for endometriosis. So I'm avoiding major abdominal surgery, and that, as Martha Stewart would say, is a good thing.

maillotpois

09-25-2006, 04:47 PM

... and one gold Jamaican bar (a limited edition we didn't get to try).

There's a gold bar... ? So GLAD I know about that... :rolleyes:

Hey Nanci - Great ride report and great pics!!! Your BF looks like a great guy - and it's always fun to see another TE'er in a picture too!!

Lise - Ditto on the recommendations to not give up on the older dude. And I can second the whole "Bubba's a cutie pie" type sentiment, as well.

Finally somewhat caught up from the week gone. To top things off, my paralegal severely injured her ankle last Monday night - the first day of my vacation - so she was out all week as well. There was a mountain of paper to go through this morning. Got through most of it, and I have 2 of the 3 animals picked up from their respective hotels. Have to get the gecko at some point.

Okay animal psychologists - WTF is up with my CAT??? I got him home from the kitty hotel where he goes all the time and now he won't SHUT UP. He's just walking around meowing and I am about to throw him off the deck. (It's a good 30 foot drop). Could it BE that he realizes the PP isn't here and misses her?? (she has a 4 day school field trip). I can't imagine that he's anywhere near that aware of his surroundings. Is he punishing me for boarding him? For having them give him a bath?

SHUT UP YOU STUPID CAT!!!

:mad:

Hawaii was great, by the way...! ;)

maillotpois

09-25-2006, 04:50 PM

That green bar is way over my head. Kind of like me trying to explain Zinfandel Ice Wine and why I must hoard it and ignore it.

Oh - sorry - it's not actually green. The wrapper is. All their wrappers are a different solid color. Our favorite is yellow - bittersweet. But the green was a special limited edition.

maillotpois

09-25-2006, 04:55 PM

I'm using the Nuvaring, so I've got a continuous low dose of estrogen and progesterone, but I'm having these symptoms anyway. The only way to "really" know would be to go off the ring and see what happens with my period, but I'm not willing to risk that kind of pain. I'm planning to stick with the ring until I'm, oh, 50 or something, and then try going off. What the heck. But I'm not going through that pain/bleeding/pain cycle (some call it a lifestyle) again if I can help it. Sometimes I feel like I "should" know what's happening with my body because I'm a women's health care provider. And yet, I remain the same mystery as other women. :rolleyes:

Lise - I know you've got the endo issues and I am sure that the nuvaring has been great for that - but that was what I started using at the end of February. And then - oops! Pulmonary emboli!! I figured out they started developing in there probably by the end of March. And now when I see their TV ads for Nuvaring they mention clotting TWICE in the ads. Like "You may clot because of BC hromones, but you may clot even more because of our specific combo of progestin", etc.

YIKES!

I am sure it is safe for MOST people, and the fact that you've been using it for a while means it is probably great for you. It sure was convenient, I'll give you that. But please be extra super aware of leg pains, etc. And be super careful flying or long car trips - walk around.

I am wondering if I should report to Nuvaring that I think they contributed to my PE? Not like I'm mad at them or anything - I just feel they should know.

Lise

09-25-2006, 05:07 PM

I am wondering if I should report to Nuvaring that I think they contributed to my PE? Not like I'm mad at them or anything - I just feel they should know.

YES
They need to know. Absolutely. Can't believe I didn't think to ask you. Actually, your doc should inform them, but if s/he doesn't seem to be doing that, you can, by all means.

I am aware of the risks with the estrogen (E2). I also get migraines, and really debated about that, as E2 + migraines with neuro symptoms + over 35 yo = increased risk of stroke. I don't have neuro symptoms, and my migraines have not increased in frequency or intensity since starting on the ring. I talked about it with my doc, read up on it, went to a conference at which it was discussed by experts, and decided that the risk:benefit ratio was worth it to me. Life has all sorts of risks. So far, the benefit of the control of my endo pain outweighs the risk of blood clots & stroke for me. (Not making any recommendations for anyone else here. Let me be very clear).

And, your story, MP, is a cautionary tale for me. I am very mindful of walking on plane flights, and stretching/flexing my legs. Pregnancy is a highly estrogenic state, so I'm always counseling women about that.

Thanks for your concern, too. I hope to have no tales nearly as exciting as yours to tell. How're things, btw, with your health?

Nanci

09-25-2006, 05:13 PM

MP, I think you cat is just expressing his happiness at being home. DDB has been very vocal all day, too. i have to type with one hnd because Choco is in the other. I love Choco!

Bikingmomof3

09-25-2006, 05:17 PM

[QUOTE=Lise;126835]Hey, BO3, I just noticed the change in the line by your avatar! :D When you joined us here at TD, I thought, "when she hits 1,000 posts, she's got to change that 'new to cycling' line!"

It's not a very far stretch from "triathlete wannabe" to "triathlete", as many here can tell you. Good on ya.

I am working on it. :D I am hoping to find a training program that will work for me this winter.

maillotpois

09-25-2006, 05:18 PM

Lise - you hit it right on the head - it works for you, and everyone's different.

And the funny thing is even if something works great at one point in your life, later on it may not. I took the pill for years in my 20's - no problem. After the kid, I was off the pill for 10 years (IUD) and it was when I went back on (the nuvaring) that I had a problem. No clotting problems before this, but before I was 12 years younger, hadn't popped out a kid, hadn't developed an autoimmune thyroid disorder, etc. My body is a completely different place than it was 10 - 15 years ago. We're always evolving.

As for the health - thanks for asking. I feel okay, and according to the last echo, the clots are getting smaller. (My pulmonary artery pressure is down, ergo the clots are smaller). So that's good. You should have seen the look on my doctor's face (my internist) when I told her I was doing a marathon, though. It was as if I'd suddenly lapsed into Mandarin Chinese or something. I prefaced it by saying that I wasn't having any more chest pain for the last few weeks and she was still reeling from the fact that I'd been having chest pain at all. But man, what a funny reaction - she has no idea what to do with me.

In my defense, the pulmonologist said I would have some chest pain for several weeks - and I was telling her it had improved... :rolleyes: And besides, she told me I could walk and that I should simply listen to my body as to how long, what intensity to exercise. Oh well.

Bikingmomof3

09-25-2006, 05:20 PM

MP,
My cat is very vocal. I seriously thinks she believes we are her kittens. She will scold and "bother" the boys until they are safely in their beds. If one is out of town or spending the night at a friend's home she gets all aggitated and will not come to bed and makes sure I do not get much sleep either. She is happy when we are all where we are supposed to be, especially at night. She makes a brilliant alarm clock each morning. :)

Kitsune06

09-25-2006, 05:29 PM

MP,
My kitty Tsuki used to be very vocal. I mean wandering from room to room muttering to herself, then coming back to whatever room I was in to "tell" me whatever conclusion she came to. Very interesting. Probably because I talked to her. I'm thinking your cat is having "issues" with having been away from home for so long, and maybe was used to hearing all the other cats at the cattery.

Lise

09-25-2006, 05:31 PM

You should have seen the look on my doctor's face (my internist) when I told her I was doing a marathon, though. It was as if I'd suddenly lapsed into Mandarin Chinese or something.
I'm sure my patients have seen that look on my face sometimes. It's a result of :eek: + :cool: Trying not to let you see that you have just freaked me out! Hah! We do try not to say, "WHAT?! ARE YOU CRAZY?!" I can just see it: "Oh. Well, Ms. Pois, that is interesting. Are you running this marathon? How's your training been? Have you lost your freakin' mind? Have you cleared this with the pulmonologist? Are you aware that you could have died, woman??" And so on. Good for you. Glad to hear things are improving. And yes. No more E2 for you, missy.

salsabike

09-25-2006, 05:40 PM

So I'm reading through today's TD and thinking many things, foremost among them, "What the hell is this special chocolate?" Then I think, well, I have a little chocolate I bought during aforementioned stress consolation Whole Foods trip from Saturday, walk over to get it, and it's...SCHARFFEN BERGER! How funny. I had no idea; I just grabbed some little bars that looked good. One bittersweet, one semisweet. So I'm not SB deprived at all.

Re the spelunking----yuh. I've been at full battle stations since Mom went into the hospital August 1. For the first couple of weeks, I barely saw this board at all. Lots of things have gone by the wayside, and that will continue. I'm just hunkered down.

Go Roux!

SK--arggh. Difficult siblings are just exhausting during this stuff. Bleah. You have my TOTAL sympathy. Wish we humans could have this part go just a little easier. Know it's an obvious comment, but damn, it's hard to watch someone you love go through this tough stuff.

CWR--Nice to know things are a little better with your dad.

Nanci, GREAT ride report! The braking info is really, really interesting and useful to me. And the BF is tres cute.

Lise---No, I got alternating hot and cold flashes too. So we go find Nancy Kwan, let her start singing "I Enjoy Being A Girl", and then give her a zetz upside the head.

Mr. Salsa is on his third consecutive week of East Coast business trips. First week, Syracuse. Last week, Pittsfield Mass. This week, Florida. Don't know how he's staying upright and conscious.

I went by our house today at 3:30 pm and the plywood sheeting was completed on the roof, but not a soul was working. Sure hope I didn't get to pay them to work overtime on Saturday and not work today at regular rates.

Mom is about the same, the nurse at the rehab place says. Which is better than worse, but not as good as better would have been, if you see what I mean.

The laptop we bought so I'd have computer access at this hotel has a keyboard short somewhere that makes it suddenly jump into other lines while I'm typing. That's really, really annoying. And its wireless switch lasted all of eight days before dying early this morning. I can't WAIT to return it.

But the weather here is absolutely gorgeous and is going to be like this all week long. In addition to all the Boeing planes, I can see Mt. Rainier from my hotel window, and Mt. Baker from the parking lot. And we did have a great tandem ride yesterday.

Went to see the cats at the cat hotel again today, and Beeper the Siamese yelled constantly too. Just means they miss you.

KnottedYet

09-25-2006, 06:19 PM

Salsa - would you consider an Apple MacBook for your hotel? (after you return the laptop that's busted)

I highly recommend the Apple store at Alderwood Mall. Ask for Ericka, Jack, or William.

Kitsune06

09-25-2006, 07:29 PM

I 2nd iBooks. They're very well-worth the money and are great little computers. Mine's second-hand and has had a bowl of ramen spilled in the keyboard... (not mine!) but is still running just fine...

Brina

09-25-2006, 07:34 PM

KnottedYet

09-25-2006, 07:36 PM

Kitsune06

09-25-2006, 07:44 PM

b...b...b...
b...
*high pitched whine* Noooo!

Aren't the Macbooks the ones with Intel processors in them? The ones most Mac geeks said wouldn't happen and/or were a sure sign of the apocalypse?

My iBook has been an oldie for some time- the G3 icebook... the version of the icebook that had a clear plexiglass outer shell painted with white on the inside, so if you were a total nerd, you could take off the shell, strip the white paint with isopropyl alcohol and paint it however you wanted...

Mine's transluscent blue, with all the RF shielding visible. :D
The mouse matches, with the clear shell on it painted blue in some spots, silver in the center, with a cutout so you can see the insides and optical laser from the top. ...but this isn't a computer forum.
*locks her inner techienerd into the closet again*

Sorry. I won't let that out for awhile, I promise. My uber-deal jacket should come in the mail tomorrow! Yee!

SadieKate

09-25-2006, 07:48 PM

I'm sure my patients have seen that look on my face sometimes. It's a result of :eek: + :cool: Trying not to let you see that you have just freaked me out! Hah! We do try not to say, "WHAT?! ARE YOU CRAZY?!" I can just see it: "Oh. Well, Ms. Pois, that is interesting. Are you running this marathon? How's your training been? Have you lost your freakin' mind? Have you cleared this with the pulmonologist? Are you aware that you could have died, woman??" And so on. Good for you. Glad to hear things are improving. And yes. No more E2 for you, missy.See, MP! I told you the doc's thought process was "I'll be in jail for assault and battery if I throttle this patient." So, frozen lack of response is just a self protection manuever.

Lise

09-25-2006, 07:53 PM

So, frozen lack of response is just a self protection manuever.
As are so many of my responses in the office, triage, and labor and delivery. (Must not respond...must not respond...)

Lise

09-25-2006, 07:57 PM

I love freaking doctors out. I wish there had been a camera in my doctor's office the day we called and said, "we are in Botswana and I think I am hyperstimming". It wasn't my doctor, who is used to my antics, but his associate, who I had not yet met. The poor guy sounded like he was going to pass out. My doctor now tells this story as a cautionary tale when patients ask, "is it okay to travel during fertility treatments?"
I've had patients call me with stuff like that. Well. Not quite like that! But my usual response is, "There's nothing I can do from here. If x,y,z, then go to the closest ER." In the case of Botswana, though, I guess I would've said...."I'll light a candle for you! Make an appointment when (if) you return!" :eek: :eek: :eek: (All the while thinking, "Did I document that I told her not to go to Botswana? Crap!")

kelownagirl

09-25-2006, 08:06 PM

My mind is blank but someone must be online here and you're all so creative... I need an Entertainment Reporter pseudonym suitable for an elementary school newsletter. I have to use it for the next 4 months so it has to be a good one. (I am writing tidbits of info every month leading up to our breaking the news that our staff is doing a benefit musical for our school in February.)

Any suggestions?

snapdragen

09-25-2006, 08:10 PM

Hey SK - you can have way more than 10 paragraphs with that story. What a roller coaster. I'm so sorry.

Should I bring over my green bar of Scharffenberger....?

I still have one green bar left too - shall I bring it?

Kitsune06

09-25-2006, 08:12 PM

Pseudonyms are always interesting. If nothing jumps out at you right away, you can try coming up with an anagram (http://www.mi.uib.no/~ingeke/anagram/index_eng.html) of your name, or something else related, or the old "Fun Name" game... 1st pet+ the street you grew up on... Nothing too 'close to home' because those can be bizarre ways people get your personal information.

It sounds weird, but people remember the *darnedest* things.

KnottedYet

09-25-2006, 08:46 PM

Hey, ki-tsu-nay, will you have to take a drink if I say I took FLOSSIE'S new fugly stem to the LBS this evening just as the owner locked it up and walked out the door. I accosted him and said it was a bad stem for a WATERFORD and she needed something prettier. He said to bring in the bike on Wednesday so we could order a good one and really work out the size. So I get a bike ride.

Now I'll put in some bad words about how miserable I feel that I didn't get to hang out in the LBS and that my beloved is languishing, yearning for new stem and bars. (add your favorite Sarah Maclachlan yearning lyric here.)Then I'll DELETE them and you'll have to drink again!

I used to play "Bar Trek" but I think "TE-TD" could be a drinking game to rival it.

Kitsune06

09-25-2006, 08:53 PM

Yup. Rum'n coke for me when I get home... and three drinks of it just for Knot and Flossie. (tasteless joke here and ellipsis above, so two more drinks for me!)

This is assuming we play the socially-friendly style of the drinking game, where it's a drink of an alcoholic beverage per incident, instead of a shot per offense. The former takes longer, the latter usually ends badly.

bikerz

09-25-2006, 11:03 PM

I think we need to send our closest TE member to Scharffen Berger to get more. Ann? BZ? Don't you need lunch at SB? The calories don't count when you're running an errand for friends? :o
Send me your orders, ladies - I'm happy to make an SB run for you! I do work just a block from the Ferry Building store, ya know.

SK - I'm signed up for the Foxy Fall metric Oct 15 up in your neck of the woods, I'll bring along all the green bars you desire (and hand them directly to Bubba for safekeeping)!

Veronica

09-26-2006, 04:07 AM

Bikingmomof3

09-26-2006, 04:22 AM

Kit, take a deep breath... say "ommmmmm" a few times...

ready?

Apple doesn't make our beloved iBooks anymore. The iBook has been replaced with MacBook.

Our iBooks are now collectors items.

(hey, MacBook has a built in camera!)

In our house we have: Bondi Blue iMac (a real oldie), 2 Powerbooks, 1 iBook G4 (MINE), and 1 Macbook Pro (DH's newest acquistion).

Of all the Macs we have owned and do own, the iBook G4 is my favourite.

Bikingmomof3

09-26-2006, 04:34 AM

I love freaking doctors out.

I do this all the time and it is not usually intentional. I tend to get doctors with no sense of humour and I have been told by those near and dear to me that I am sarcastic. :rolleyes: My favourite thing to bring up in an appointment is how I will never know if I am having a stroke. This seems to upset my doctors greatly, but hey, it is true. I have migraines which mimic strokes and I have had two TIAs. The looks on their faces is wonderful. When I mention exercise, at first they are excited (they imagine I am walking). When I mention running and what I get my HR up to, they go ballistic. The mere mention of my wanting to begin training for a tri at my last doctor appointment made him squirm. Granted he was sending me off for more tests, personally I think they just like looking at my beautiful brain. :p I go see a new neurologist on Thursday, maybe this one will have a sense of humour.

Bikingmomof3

09-26-2006, 04:38 AM

See, MP! I told you the doc's thought process was "I'll be in jail for assault and battery if I throttle this patient." So, frozen lack of response is just a self protection manuever.

So that is what is going on. The silence and odd looks are preventing them from throttling me.

DebW

09-26-2006, 05:49 AM

Hey, ki-tsu-nay, will you have to take a drink if I say I took FLOSSIE'S new fugly stem to the LBS this evening just as the owner locked it up and walked out the door. I accosted him and said it was a bad stem for a WATERFORD and she needed something prettier. He said to bring in the bike on Wednesday so we could order a good one and really work out the size. So I get a bike ride.

Now I'll put in some bad words about how miserable I feel that I didn't get to hang out in the LBS and that my beloved is languishing, yearning for new stem and bars.

Maybe I should post pictures of my two (count them, 2) beautiful Cinelli quill stems (80 mm and 100 mm) so that Knotted can drool. But then her iBook keyboard might get all gunked up with drool, and they don't make iBooks any more. So that's a bad idea.

KnottedYet

09-26-2006, 06:38 AM

DebW - do it anyway. I'll lean away from the keyboard.

KnottedYet

09-26-2006, 06:49 AM

DebW

09-26-2006, 07:13 AM

Drop bars are better than flat bars because it gives you more places to hang your laundry.

Flossie looks very festive with my wildly colored underwear draped all over her ears.

(objects I own generally serve more than one purpose)

I love it. The multipurpose bike. Mine only gets that treatment in my office with shorts and jersey (no undies).

DrBee

09-26-2006, 08:19 AM

Ooh - green SB bar. I wish I would've picked one of those up. I did get a brown bar and a blue bar. Yummmmm. I still have a few of the pieces left from the box that BikeGoddess gave me. I'm savoring them!

chickwhorips

09-26-2006, 08:28 AM

Send me your orders, ladies - I'm happy to make an SB run for you! I do work just a block from the Ferry Building store, ya know.

i may have to sign up for this offer. to good to pass up.

DrBee

09-26-2006, 11:10 AM

MP - I was wondering when you were going to let the doc in on the marathon ;)

I just got back from my first ride in one month! My legs felt suprisingly good and I rode at about the same pace as usual. I think it was these great new shorts I bought when I was shopping with MP in SF! Sadly enough - this was my first test ride with them. Unreal! Life gets busy, doesn't it?

Tater

09-26-2006, 11:54 AM

Flossie looks very festive with my wildly colored underwear draped all over her ears.

(objects I own generally serve more than one purpose)

Including said underwear, KYet??? :D

Nanci

09-26-2006, 03:20 PM

While I'm in the house, reading about the cougar, because I can't just sit out there and read the super-boring French Revolutions, oh, no, I have to come in for more blackberry wine and more cold pork tenderloin, though I haven't even eaten dinner yet, (FATTY!!!) I go back out, and a freaking feral cat is two inches away from Dillbird, on my patio! Oh, I wish I had a gun...Never happened before. Zero tolerance for feral cats. No more leaving my bird unattended. I feel almost as violated as when some loser tried to break into our house a year ago...

Kitsune06

09-26-2006, 04:30 PM

...What's this about Knot's multi- use underwear???

Ahem!

I get my jacket tomorrow... it came in the mail this morning, and the landlord picked it up (they get the mail and packages first, as they're the 'official' address owners) but I saw the package sitting on their table (no one was home, though) so I've gotta wait.

Doing 'om's to try to settle down before the big evac drill tonight. The whole plant- evacuated. :eek: EEK!:eek: My mgr and his mgrs will all be there, so I can't screw up... not that I think I would, but it's really intimidating.

Then the interview early tomorrow... hoping that works out well. No reason why it shouldn't, right? ...right??? 2nd interview, so I made it through the 1st... just keep doing what I'm doing.

I'll be happy to make the bike to my optometry appointment after that, though... it'll help me chill. Excited to get contacts again after years of not having them... then I can use my nice glasses and maybe not tear up as badly as I go down hills/into wind/below 50F! =D That and wearing goggles at the pool and actually being able to *see*.

Trek420

09-26-2006, 06:10 PM

KnottedYet "Flossie looks very festive with my wildly colored underwear draped all over her ears.
(objects I own generally serve more than one purpose)"

oh no no no, Flossies sole purpose in life is:
* on the bike rack as bike porn.
* keeping you happy.

You can't hang laundry on a steel n' Campy bike :eek: Have we taught you nothing?!? :::sigh::: Maybe an AV jersey, that's it.

kelownagirl

09-26-2006, 06:18 PM

Excited to get contacts again after years of not having them...

Margo49 - another clue! (20 yo's don't usually talk about not having something for "years"...)

Thanks for the anagram website - had a lot of fun there. Ended up having to pick something today before the newsletter went to print so we chose the first name of one of the characters in the play. I am now AKA Ms. Loretta Star... Go figure...

Nanci - yikes, scary that a cat almost got poor Dillbird!!

I need somewhere to hang my clothes. Maybe I should bring the bike up into the bedroom?

Trek420

09-26-2006, 07:18 PM

P*mp my bike:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXGM4Ru9Y-4

margo49

09-26-2006, 07:19 PM

Margo49 - another clue! (20 yo's don't usually talk about not having something for "years"...)
?

Yep, spotted that one too
We'll get her yet!

Kitsune06

09-26-2006, 07:24 PM

Just you ladies wait and see- when I finally get my M-F schedule, I'll arrange a Portland(ish) TE ride, and at least a few ladies will be able to vouch for me...
er...
one way or another. ;)

DirtDiva

09-26-2006, 07:56 PM

OMG - I've been without an internet connection since Saturday. I've developed an eye twitch. I'm at the library trying to at least catch up on email. Don't think I'm going to make it through 200-odd TD posts before my time runs out. Gak! I always knew I suffered without the internet, but I didn't realise I spent quite as much time online as I actually do. :eek: Hopefully it'll be sorted tomorrow. :confused:

KnottedYet

09-26-2006, 07:57 PM

oh no no no, Flossies sole purpose in life is:
* on the bike rack as bike porn.
* keeping you happy.

Drying my laundry IS keeping me happy! Seeing her with red and green and leopard print and pink stripes and purple and hot pink undies makes me laugh, which also means I'm happy. Plus I get to use her even when I'm not riding her, and that makes me happy, too.

Maybe i should take a picture, but no-one gets to see my undies except me, Flossie, and SKnot when I force him to fold laundry under duress. (he won't fold my "things", he pushes 'em into a little pile and leaves 'em for me) (teenage boys are such fun!) :D

Trek420

09-26-2006, 08:02 PM

well ok, put it that way. You could hang them on the spokes and whoopeeee, spin dry :D

KnottedYet

09-26-2006, 08:29 PM

I wwwwwwaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnttttttttttt doc's bike chain tattoo!!! Left bicep, man!! Left bicep!

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?p=127342#post127342

(all my body modification is to mark events, so if I made a tattoo like that permanent I'd have to have a darn good life event for it to mark. My first century? My first double? STP in one day?)

I've gotta figure out PayPal so I can by 10 of them. Is PayPal safe? I don't trust the internet for money stuff. I'm a curmudgeon.

Kitsune06

09-26-2006, 08:39 PM

You could get something waterford-esque to mark the dawning of your new love affair...

Lise

09-26-2006, 08:43 PM

I've gotta figure out PayPal so I can by 10 of them. Is PayPal safe? I don't trust the internet for money stuff. I'm a curmudgeon.

I'm a curmudgeon, too, KN. I resisted getting an ATM card for the longest time. PayPal seems safe. I've used it for a number of things. It's a way that "normal" people can exchange money safely. It seems better than mailing/accepting a check. It's not hard to set up. Really. Take it from me. :rolleyes: I'm getting tatoos, too! One for me, one for 71 year old mom, one for brother, one for his soon-to-be wife. Helllloooo, Christmas stockings! :D

Trek420

09-26-2006, 08:46 PM

Knotted, you need a Campy tat'

www.campyonly.com/tattooed.html

Kitsune06

09-26-2006, 08:55 PM

Whew! Evac drill done. Watching mgr and his mgr on the camera-sorta so I know when they come in (thou shalt not be online when mgrs of rank come by...!)

Cute mgr might be relieving me @ the end of my shift. :p

Knot- if you decide to get a bike chain tattoo on your bicep- a real one- hold up and I'll save a little money up and have one done, too. Maybe even a TE tattooing event. ;) It's been way too long since I've had any modding done, and I need another tattoo!

Bikingmomof3

09-27-2006, 04:39 AM

May I please whine? No one needs to listen, I just need to complain. It was a PITA to get a cycling club t-shirt for my swap partner. I was glad to do it, not complaining about that, it was dealing with my club. They were slow, screwed up, ect. I finally got the shirt and they changed the colour scheme :eek: but I took it to the PO, placed it in a priority envelope with some extras, asked for a tracking number, which they stuck on it and gave me a copy, paid, and left my SS package in the hands of the USPS. Well, after half a day calling, the conclusion is, it is most likely lost. :mad: How could it get lost in my tiny PO? It is possible no one scanned it, but I am not holding out hope. With luck she received it and has not posted. I am so ticked and bummed at the same time. The PO told me to give it 14 days. :confused: What for? They lost it, I doubt they plan to find it. Unless she somehow received it and it was never, ever scanned, which I doubt. :(

Thanks for letting me vent.

DrBee

09-27-2006, 04:52 AM

BMo3 - I've had a SS that did not post whether or not she received my gift. I just assume it's there. I've had issues before with the USPS tracking system. You cannot tell where it is, usually only if it's been delivered. I've had items that I know were delivered, but never showed up as delivered on there site. You can always ask the SS coordinator to PM her as ask if the gift was received.

Bikingmomof3

09-27-2006, 04:56 AM

Thanks Fishdr! Hopefully she has received it. I have not seen her around the boards , maybe she is out of town. I will wait a little longer. Patience is not a strong quality of mine.

DebW

09-27-2006, 05:30 AM

KnottedYet "Flossie looks very festive with my wildly colored underwear draped all over her ears.
(objects I own generally serve more than one purpose)"

You can't hang laundry on a steel n' Campy bike :eek: Have we taught you nothing?!? :::sigh::: Maybe an AV jersey, that's it.

I though the laundry was on the handlebars and brake levers? Those parts are aluminum. No danger of rust. Now I do like the spoke idea for socks. Take some old wheels, mount several horizonally one above the other, 36 socks per wheel, works like a lazy susan to load and unload. Hmmm... what spoke pattern would work best? 3-cross would be a pain. Maybe radial.

KnottedYet

09-27-2006, 05:40 AM

Flossie sits in the livingroom/diningroom of my apt, leaning against the wall about 5 feet from the table where I use the computer.

I'm getting a crick in my neck from turning to look at her all the time.

She is so PRETTY!!!!! The way the gold paint glows and the lugs catch the light just blows me away.

Extra motivation for a PayPal acct: I could then order those bike name stickers for Flosshilde. Haven't decided which of their script options would look best. Something Norse-like, but still elegant and lady-like.

(Flossie is much more a femme than I am) (though she IS a cyclocross-femme. Hmmmm.) (a graceful beauty with a butch side)

SadieKate

09-27-2006, 06:31 AM

Send me your orders, ladies - I'm happy to make an SB run for you! I do work just a block from the Ferry Building store, ya know.

SK - I'm signed up for the Foxy Fall metric Oct 15 up in your neck of the woods, I'll bring along all the green bars you desire (and hand them directly to Bubba for safekeeping)!Ooh, yum!

I broke down and placed a mail order for a few green bars. Haven't told Bubba though.:rolleyes: I ordered one of their limited edition gold Jamaican bars. It'll be given the test run immediately so we may need a special run for these. Will report later. Thank you for the offer!

I'm so glad you're coming up for Foxy's Fall. There's going to be an AV invasion again. I haven't signed up because I don't know what the day will bring. It's my dad's b-day. Also, if it works out I'm going to ride the hills portion of the 100-mile course (about a metric in distance) so I could time things to see yawl.

Brina

09-27-2006, 06:45 AM

SK, everytime I read about the gold jamaican bars I keep imagining the secret ingredient in them.

My dd is getting a passport! Which is good, since we are going to Canada on Friday. originally they told me that the paperwork was incomplete because the title of one of the documents was not translated into English, even though the body of the document was. I was totally sweating that we were going to have to cancel this weekend. I sent in what I thought was more documentation then neccessary figuring that there maybe a problem with one document but the others would cover it. Late yesterday CIS called back, and it turns out we were right, documentation is suffiencient, so The Empress (my friend's nickname for my daughter) now has an American passport. whew.

mimitabby

09-27-2006, 06:56 AM

I went onto their website (Scharffen Berger)
and I want a nibby bar. or several nibby bars.
But i don't know what COLOR that bar is.

I am having a super tough week at work. So that crazy ride last night was great for relieving some of the stress and tension. I just hope my backside heals quickly.

I now know that our "fun ride" is going to be a dead serious race and my tandem partner in the race/ride is one of the ones most serious about it.

eeeek!!

Nanci

09-27-2006, 06:57 AM

MO3, I think it's very very very rare for something to get lost.

I just noticed this morning that I have a Nuisance Alligator Hotline magnet on my fridge. (I didn't put it there.)

I do not like touching willies as part of my job!

KnottedYet

09-27-2006, 06:59 AM

I get to go for a bike ride, I get to go for a bike ride, ALL DAY if I want, cuz I DON'T HAVE TO WORK TODAY!!!!

The sun is up, the sky is blue, the leaves are changing colors!

I have errands to run (all just off the bike trail) and I get to go hang out at one of my LBS's and order goodies for Flossie!

Then, depending how sore the current stem and bars have made me, might ride to the lake or the ocean or maybe detour onto the campus of my alma mater and see how many students we can run over! (jk)

Wooo-hooo! A whole day with nothing to do but ride!

(and low traffic on the trails because it's a weekday)

SadieKate

09-27-2006, 07:07 AM

SK, everytime I read about the gold jamaican bars I keep imagining the secret ingredient in them.
Shhhhhh. :D

mimitabby

09-27-2006, 07:09 AM

Hey Nanci
call your local feral cat ladies and tell them you want them to come trap the cats!
there are scores of dedicated ladies (and a few guys) who will trap unwanted cats and have them neutered and place them somewhere else where they are safe and wanted.

Those cats got there because someone else didn't take care of their pets.

snapdragen

09-27-2006, 07:11 AM

mimi - nibbi bars are excellent!!!!

I wrote my work "manifesto". It's quite the bitter tale, I printed it on a very pretty background of the sunset in what looks like Monterey. In lovely script. People stop at my desk and read it, and walk away confused......:p

KnottedYet

09-27-2006, 07:34 AM

Post it so we can read it, too?

DrBee

09-27-2006, 09:16 AM

I went onto their website (Scharffen Berger)
and I want a nibby bar. or several nibby bars.
But i don't know what COLOR that bar is.

brown - very yummy stuff! Jo got me hooked on them!

chickwhorips

09-27-2006, 09:56 AM

I took it to the PO, placed it in a priority envelope with some extras, asked for a tracking number, which they stuck on it and gave me a copy, paid, and left my SS package in the hands of the USPS. Well, after half a day calling, the conclusion is, it is most likely lost. :mad: How could it get lost in my tiny PO? It is possible no one scanned it, but I am not holding out hope. With luck she received it and has not posted. I am so ticked and bummed at the same time. The PO told me to give it 14 days. :confused: What for? They lost it, I doubt they plan to find it. Unless she somehow received it and it was never, ever scanned, which I doubt. :(

it may not have gotten lost in your tiny PO but it does go to the main branch somewhere that it gets proccessed and my have been sent somewhere else. (i've gotten mail here for things on the east coast, computers scann the bar codes wrong sometimes.) there is a new update with the computer systems at the PO and we have to scann them funny. sometimes i even forgit to scann it a second time, yes its true. as long as they scann it when it gets delivered it will show up on the tracking websight.
don't give up hope on the PO yet. please.

BMo3 - I've had a SS that did not post whether or not she received my gift. I just assume it's there. I've had issues before with the USPS tracking system. You cannot tell where it is, usually only if it's been delivered. I've had items that I know were delivered, but never showed up as delivered on there site. You can always ask the SS coordinator to PM her as ask if the gift was received.

i agree send the person a note. she may not have gotten it. i didn't get one yet from august and it may have actually gotten lost in the PO or something. who knows.