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[mtbdarby]

Good one Knot - I like it!

Snap, I have an older Palm, but I've lost the stilus, broken the cover and have reverted back to a paper planner:(

Kit, congrats on the new job! Can I ask what it is??

Thanks for the kind words on the profile ladies. What's a girl to do with so little spare time? I don't know how else to meet people so I'm committing to more road bike rides next summer - now that's good strategy!

I haven't done squat at work today. The boss is gone and I'm spending too much time here. Not that it's bad, just a good way to get fired, you know?

Off to lunch, maybe I can get motivated to work after this. I can't exactly log 3 hours of TD on my timesheet for the day!

[chickwhorips]

CC come on you know you want to join the humor thread... you just want to. you hear that little voice that says "join in on the fun". see you must listen to the voices!

X what is wrong with a lap dance? they are fun.

Dar i do swear, but i can't see your page because of work and damn gov't blocks! how did you find out about me and kit? who told you?

Kit ssssshhhh! only you know about those pictures. kinda funny you bring that up though because of snap saying WW. guess what my first thought was.

Snap hold out, its not worth eating away those WW points in one sitting. trust me, been there done that and felt like cr@p afterwards.

ugh. 8 days till massage. neck and back need it now. pain still lingers, not fun. i know its something serious and its never lasted this long. i'm getting worried.:(

[Lise]

Kit, congratulations! Will this be regular, day-time hours? Wahoo! :D :D :D

Dar, I love your pledge. I remember seeing some interesting looking guys in the Wisconsin area, I just didn't want to date anybody that far away from home. Stick to your guns, say no quickly to the ones you don't like, and you'll be clearing the space for the one you really do like.

KN, get going on that grad school application! My mother is a librarian, will retire this year. Hers is a "Master's of Library Science", a degree that no longer exists. My dad was a teacher, one g'ma a librarian, the other a teacher...you get the idea! I think Science Librarian sounds like a great job.

I haven't seen J. for three whole days. We get to spend most of tomorrow and Sunday together. Really looking forward to that. Tonight I'm going to see Inherit the Wind, the play, with my mom. I've finally admitted that I have a cold. I have been calling it "allergies" all week, and I've been so tired from working all the call shifts that I figured I felt lousy from fatigue. This is not changing any of my plans, btw, just the meds I'm using to treat the symptoms! :rolleyes:

Back to work at the clinic.

[maillotpois]

CWR - sorry about the neck. That stinks.

[chickwhorips]

oh ya... how could i forgit. bad me.....



CONGRATS KIT!!!!
i'm so proud. *sniffle*

[KnottedYet]

B*GGER B*GGGER B*GGER!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

DO NOT buy airline tickets through Frontier Airlines!!!!

KEEEEEEEEEE-RAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!

I thought my ticket was with Southwest, (I did travelocity, which I can't get back into, it says I don't exist). I called SWA and explained that I wouldn't be doing the travel I planned after all, and they were nice and wonderful and helpful and said I could have full credit toward any ticket anywhere SWA flies, no problem that I got it through Travelocity. SWA loves me anyway.

Ooops, but when we investigated further we discovered my ticket was with Frontier Airlines.

Called Frontier. Bite me. No refunds, tough tiddles. You got it through Travelocity, that's policy.

I just wanna cry. It's not the money (this has been an expensive break-up, but it's worth it), it's just that I feel thwarted. Frustrated. And I am hurting financially, dammit. And SWA was so nice to me on the phone and ready to help me right then and there, and Frontier was so not-nice.

I know, I'm whining. I gotta go do errands and get off my butt. Damm. <sniff. whimper.>

[chickwhorips]

sorry Knot. i know how frustrating that is. wish i could help.

[Bikingmomof3]

X- Sounds like a super hero...:D I have had a spinal tap, what is spinal pressure? Sounds nicer. Hold On! Why is tonight a special one? Lap Dancer? Is it your Birthday??? Inquiring minds must know.

Snap- I am glad to see you are back with the living. I do not have a PDA, not surprising, I have a cell phone I never use.

CC- The humour thread is just too much fun to ignore.

Knot- How is the grad school application coming along? I too need to pay bills.

Kit- Congratulations!!

Dar-Every time I "make" my eldest run with me, he runs me hard. I swear he is out to give me heart failure. Okay, okay, we passed a cute teen girl running the other day and maybe, just maybe, I spoke a tad too loudly about her to him....
OPERATION FROG: Your bio is awesome and you are very pretty. :)
No holding back, I said the pledge, now who is Mr. IL??
Hey, there is no shame in spending 3 hours in TD. :D

CWR-remember, you are not counting the days. Now go home and take some medicine and lie down.

Lise-I saw Inherit the Wind years ago and loved it. Have fun! 3 days without J? :eek: I am sure you two will make up for lost time this weekend. :D I too have a nasty cold-darn. Nyquil-Cold seems to help. I wish it would allow me to sleep.

[Bikingmomof3]

B*GGER B*GGGER B*GGER!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

DO NOT buy airline tickets through Frontier Airlines!!!!

KEEEEEEEEEE-RAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!

I thought my ticket was with Southwest, (I did travelocity, which I can't get back into, it says I don't exist). I called SWA and explained that I wouldn't be doing the travel I planned after all, and they were nice and wonderful and helpful and said I could have full credit toward any ticket anywhere SWA flies, no problem that I got it through Travelocity. SWA loves me anyway.

Ooops, but when we investigated further we discovered my ticket was with Frontier Airlines.

Called Frontier. Bite me. No refunds, tough tiddles. You got it through Travelocity, that's policy.

I just wanna cry. It's not the money (this has been an expensive break-up, but it's worth it), it's just that I feel thwarted. Frustrated. And I am hurting financially, dammit. And SWA was so nice to me on the phone and ready to help me right then and there, and Frontier was so not-nice.

I know, I'm whining. I gotta go do errands and get off my butt. Damm. <sniff. whimper.>

Knot-any chance you could pay a slight fee and maybe transfer the ticket to another destination and date?

[KnottedYet]

Yup, and it would be more expensive than just buying a ticket flat-out on Southwest. Frontier only goes through Denver, so it gets expensive to go anywhere.

When I need airline tickets, I'm going to get 'em through SouthWest because they were nice to me. And they are amazingly cheap.

[maillotpois]

Yeah, Southwest rocks. Their customer service is just the best. Sorry about Frontier.. :mad:

[Kitsune06]

Let me see if I have this correct, Trek is our illuminate dealer (cuz of her shining personality) and Knot is the apparel dealer? This could push some of us buying junkies over the edge ya know!
Now, I think we need a project name. Any ideas?

God help us if Trek and Knot ever start working together on the apparel pushing front... sssssttt! Knot! Trek! o're here... Oregon home-grows some pretty nice rain apparel, ya know... I can get as much as you want...


Excellent news, Kit! :) :) :) Obviously you didn't tell your future employer about TE, or that security check might not have gone through. Oh, the stories we could have told! :D
*cough* What're you talking about? I don't know what you're talking about! eek! :D


Operation FROG: Find Really Ok Guy
Operation CHEESEHEAD: Check His Eccentricies, Expect Sweetness, Equal Happiness, (and)Erroneously Admire D.... you know what? FROG works better. :D

Kit, congrats on the new job! Can I ask what it is??
Admin Assistant to a Financial Advisor. Lise- normal hours 9-5 or 6, M-F... no more 3-11, f-tues stuff. Woohoo! It doesn't pay as well as I'd like to start, but more than my current job, and much more possibility of advancement. AAANNNND I can bike to work!



Dar i do swear, but i can't see your page because of work and damn gov't blocks! how did you find out about me and kit? who told you?

Kit ssssshhhh! only you know about those pictures. kinda funny you bring that up though because of snap saying WW. guess what my first thought was.

ugh. 8 days till massage. neck and back need it now. pain still lingers, not fun. i know its something serious and its never lasted this long. i'm getting worried.:(

Chica, is this one of those "Omg, it was so funny when you flashed that guy at the party last night!"
"I did what?!"
"Don't you remember?"
moments? Even if "I" only know about those pics, you DID tell the whole forum awhile ago where to find those pics... ;) hahaha. ;) I'm not gonna forget *that*. Oh, and there were pics there that I hadn't even seen... ;)
AAARRRGGGGHHHHH ! NNOOO don't abuse me! *runs!*

:D :D :D :D :D :D

[KnottedYet]

What pics!?! Where!?!?

(any coconuts?)

[chickwhorips]

Even if "I" only know about those pics, you DID tell the whole forum awhile ago where to find those pics... ;) hahaha. ;) I'm not gonna forget *that*. Oh, and there were pics there that I hadn't even seen... ;)
AAARRRGGGGHHHHH ! NNOOO don't abuse me! *runs!*

:D :D :D :D :D :D

i know that, and you know that, but do they know that? now they do, but do they really?

and you better run, but guess what?! i run faster. :p

[CyclChyk]

Ok thanks guys, I'm now dizzy again. Here I am, bustin my arse at work, and log on to see if you guys are working or f'n off, and guess what?? You are all f'n off!!! Geezz, and I wasn't even invited! So I guess DARBY, just posting here does not make you cool..... <disappointeddeepsigh>

KIT - YAYYY!!!! Congrats on the job! Lets hope you don't end up working with a bunch of idiots like I did.

CWR - Pictures, smittures.... I'm just looking for some new underwear. Honest.

KN -grad school? Good for you!

X - just say YES to lap dances

.oh crap. Here comes my boss.... gotta shrink the screen..........

[CyclChyk]

i know that, and you know that, but do they know that? now they do, but do they really?

and you better run, but guess what?! i run faster. :p

Oh yeh. I know. I know all.

[snapdragen]

Yeah, Southwest rocks. Their customer service is just the best. Sorry about Frontier.. :mad:

Gotta agree there! Four of us are going to Vegas, booking through SW Vacations. Three of us got our reservations at The Orleans, but when the fourth finally got around to it, the website said they were booked. She ended up somewhere else, so I called SW Vacations to see if they could move us all to the other place. The guy checked around, then came back with "I found a room at Orleans, should I just move her there?" I "heart" Southwest too.

[Kitsune06]

Chyk, I log 6+ hrs of TE every work day, I kid you not.
CWR- You've gotta come to OR first! ;) they don't know "really" yet, but I'm sure I could tell them... :D FTR, I can't really bring those pics up on my computer. The monitor steams up from the inside. :D
X- Say yes to lap dances!!!!!!!!!

[chickwhorips]

now why do i feel like i'm between a rock and a hard place?

[CyclChyk]

You made your bed. Now take it like a lady and suffer the consequence.

Of course I mean this in the best possible way. :D

[chickwhorips]

uh hu sure you do.

kit your gonna pay for this one BIG time!http://www.smileypad.com/v224/Funny/Flushed.gif

[Kitsune06]

Petra, that's originally a Ben Franklin quote, actually... :D

Amber- Where am I going, and what's this handbasket all about!? :D

*puts on her security guard uniform and cap* "Okay, ladies, show's over... CWR might be betwixt a rock and a hard place, but unfortunately, no coconuts in said pictures."

[mtbdarby]

Cuz I'm working so hard here...I was looking at Chicks old posts trying to find the portal to said pictures (sorry Amber!) when, to my shock:eek: I found out that Kit.....is gay:eek: I just don't know what to do now!! Good Lord people, even us cheeseheads are more opened minded than some people.

So, happy Kit, where in Wisconsin do you hale and wish your ashes-in-a-peanutbutter-jar to be scattered (I thought that was funny, btw)? Oh, and just for you, that humor thread had me ROTFLMAO! What a hoot you girls are having over there.

[chickwhorips]

kit let me spell it out for you: H-E-Double hockey sticks

cocunuts hey... maybe i'll have to work on that one.....

good luck Dar ;)

[mtbdarby]

Thanks man. I switched gears and did some shopping for my SS. Almost done and look - it's almost time to go home!

[chickwhorips]

dar if you really did order those north face pants (http://www.backcountry.com/store/TNF1100/c12/s36/The-North-Face-Paramount-Porter-Convertible-Pant-Womens.html?id=3dAkBoEL) you are going to be in love!

i just got mine, after my wonderful postie boss called to tell me they came in, and tried them on and Ohmygod! :eek: they are a dream!!!! now i want another one in a different color. i got the asphalt grey thinking about the classic khaki.

[Lise]

Dar--good luck with IL guy! I'll be off line most of tomorrow-Sun, but expect a full report! :D

[Trek420]

Kitsune06 "God help us if Trek and Knot ever start working together on the apparel pushing front..."

if smartwool socks are tossed up over the phone line does that mean it's a corner where you can buy outdoor apparel?

"Operation CHEESEHEAD: Check His Eccentricies, Expect Sweetness, Equal Happiness, (and)Erroneously Admire D.... you know what? FROG works better. :D"

operation needle in a haystack?
operation pick o' the litter?

[KnottedYet]

Pants.

I just got a pair of pants this afternoon for work. Dressing and undressing and dressing and undressing.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate shopping? I love ordering through catalogs, but I hate *going* to the store and *shopping* for clothes.

and some people do that for FUN?!?!

Anyway, they are Columbia Edgewater Chinos. Not as sexy as the North Face pants. Size 10 fit just fine, and gave me the nice "perky buns" look, but I got 12's so I'd have room to move at work. I'll have to put a belt in 'em to keep 'em up, but that's ok. At least Columbia has short, regular, and long inseams. It's hard to find that in women's pants, but men's seem to always come in lengths. Why is that?

Hopefully I have enough work pants now (3 pr) that I won't have to do that again for a while.

Knot-would-rather-wear-Levis-to-work

[chickwhorips]

is it only me, but i find it interesting that Trek420 was the first one to post on page 420. could it be a sign?

Knot i'm the same way. i rather shop through internet or catalog, but not in a store, i don't have that much patience and hate dealing with people! and i rather be wearing something else besides a uniform that is all brown. ok so i shouldn't complain, i have a good job. thank you uncle sam.

[Xrayted]

**stomps into TD, looking around wildly, hair all wind blown and JF'd looking **

What the heck is going on in here tonight? I go to work for a few hours and y'all go ape sh*t! :D


Xray[/B] - hanging upside down already? I hope the morning light didn't bother you too much! What kind of mess are you creating today?
Cute, very cute. :cool: Mess? What mess? **as I close the closet door behind me** I have to admit, the "sunshine" did get to me a bit. (This is a family forum, keep it clean X.) All I gotta say is... I mean... I just... Nope, no way to keep it clean. I guess I'll just stop there.


SO! It's OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL!!! I got the call last night that I'm officially hired at my new job! WOO! I should start the 13th, as long as my current job oks it, otherwise the 20th (that's when the full 2 weeks is)... but man, I want 'out'. :D SO EXCITED! W00t!

Woohoo Kit!!!!!
Never a doubt in my mind. But are they gonna actually expect you to work? Geez, this may really cut into your TD time. Oh, I guess we'll all just have to learn to adjust. :rolleyes:


Operation FROG: Find Really Ok Guy
Never thought I'd see you write that in a sentence.;)
Sorry about the tix. I agree with the SWA assessment. They're great. Good customer service and cheap to boot. I've been online lately looking at where I can go with them for my next vacation. (since I actually have time and money for one again) Lots of choices in the US. Can you try to sell your current tix on Craig's List or Ebay?

Dressing, undressing... do we get to choose which?:cool: :rolleyes: ( Oh, that's gonna cause problems.**slaps forehead**)


X- Sounds like a super hero...:D I have had a spinal tap, what is spinal pressure? Sounds nicer. Hold On! Why is tonight a special one? Lap Dancer? Is it your Birthday??? Inquiring minds must know.

With the tap, they probably took a sample of cerebral spinal fluid and tested it. While they were there, they should have checked your pressure. Since the spinal fluid runs into your ventricles of your brain, they can look to see if it's too high, causing undue pressure. It can affect you with headaches, migraines, dizzyness, pains all over your body, syncopal episodes... If they find you run very high normally, and taking some out relieves symptoms, they may be able to do a shunt type of thing. Just a thought.

i know that, and you know that, but do they know that? now they do, but do they really? :p

CWR and Kit - hmmm... intriguing. You know I'll investigate and find out, don't you? I've got infinite patience.

Aww, crud. Pesky patients. I'll be back after the blowout tonight. Be good kids!

[Kitsune06]

...why a brown uniform? My dad's a postie, and he (though having some restrictions) can wear normal people clothes...

Knot- I feel your pain. (I think that's where the "I feel ya" phrase came from...) hadda go shopping for business casual clothes (d*mn not being able to wear cargos to work!) only two freakin' brands in the store managed to fit my hips/butt without being huge in the waist or having lots of excess (for whatever reason) in the waistband near my kidneys. D'oh! And shirts/sweaters! Ugh! RRR!!!! Oh, and I tore my earpit yesterday trying to fight a turtleneck off. it hurt. :(

Page 420. Woohoo! Um... only special to me because I really like 1620 the time and Trek's model 420 road bikes are very stylish. :D

[chickwhorips]

postie job = normal people clothes

fws job = because i'm in a "field station" we have to wear the uniforms.

[KnottedYet]

Page 420. Woohoo! Um... only special to me because I really like 1620 the time and Trek's model 420 road bikes are very stylish. :D

I'm tickled too that dear Trek420 was the first to post on page 420.

Kit, those pants boochy out at the waist/kidneys because you and I have hourglass figures. Curvaceous hips and slender pinched waists. Most women's clothes are made with wider waists than we have, cuz most women have wider waists than we have. Or is it that we have wider hips?

Anyway, if you need business casual, try Columbia pants. I have fairly good luck with them. Waists are still a little big, but not impossibly so. Coldwater Creek chinos aren't too bad, either. Horny Toad is pretty decent, depending on the style. Some Royal Robbins are ok.

[chickwhorips]

horney toad.... hehehehehe.

what am i going to do? they are cutting off my internet for "updates" in 10 mins! i'll still have an hour of work to go. :eek:

[KnottedYet]

I love my cleaver.

Other cooks may have their Wusthof cook's knives, their Wetckersbach (sp) their beautiful expensive makume gane. Me, I've got a $14 ancient nicked and re-sharpened Chicago Cutlery cleaver. I can do just about everything with my cleaver. Delicate chocolate shavings, great whacking chicken dismemberment. My cleaver can handle it.

And I sharpen it myself on a flatstone.

I am Butch Island Girl cook, hear me roar!

[Kitsune06]

NOOO!!!! CWR!!!!!
Updates for Windows systems can mean that your computer will NEVER WORK RIGHT AGAIN!!!! (can you tell I'm a mac fan?)

I'll look into Columbia etc, but while I'm working on a tight budget for now, I'm just going to have to try on a million different things, I think... =P

*glances upward* Not going there. This is a family forum. *pulls out a fire extinguisher just in case*

[Bikingmomof3]

Kit, those pants boochy out at the waist/kidneys because you and I have hourglass figures. Curvaceous hips and slender pinched waists. Most women's clothes are made with wider waists than we have, cuz most women have wider waists than we have. Or is it that we have wider hips?

Let me join in the curvaceous hip club, please, since these hips are not going anywhere. I like the idea of a "slender pinched waist" instead of a wide bum. :p

The only jeans I have found to fit without the pooch are Gap Long and Lean (the 100% cotton ones with button fly).

[KnottedYet]

Mac Rulz, Windows Droolz!!!!!!

[Kitsune06]

I don't know how I could *manage* a big butt/wide hips at my size. It's gotta be that hourglass figure thing.

My ex is such an a**. He had the audacity to tell me I didn't have "a feminine figure"... just b/c his gf is a belly dancer and has big t*ts. ARGH.

[Bikingmomof3]

I have had it. Here begins my mini rant-feel free to skip this part.

I cannot find/choose a jacket for running.

I layer. I luuuuuuuuve Under Armour. I have a sick obsession with it. I cannot help myself, it feels so good. :cool:

Maybe I will just buy their jacket and get it over with.

Cold never used to bother me until this year. Now I find running in damp 20 degree weather chilly.

Rant over.

DH is bringing home donuts. Yes they are fattening and completely devoid of nutrition, but I have been craving them for 2 days now. I even dreamed of eating them. I caved. :o

[KnottedYet]

Let me join in the curvaceous hip club, please, since these hips are not going anywhere. I like the idea of a "slender pinched waist" instead of a wide bum. :p

The only jeans I have found to fit without the pooch are Gap Long and Lean (the 100% cotton ones with button fly).

Good old fashioned shrink-to-fit button fly Levi 501's will work, too. As will Levi 560 (men's, they don't make women's anymore)

I wear 31w 32L men's 560s, or women's 12 long 560s (still have one pair left from 5 or 10 years ago)

What I wear in s-to-f 501s is, of course, very different. But they do shrink, and they do fit. Though mine get so loose after a couple days that I have to wash and dry them again to get them snug enough. Next time I'll get smaller ones.

[Bikingmomof3]

I don't know how I could *manage* a big butt/wide hips at my size. It's gotta be that hourglass figure thing.

My hips came with each delivery. Prior to kids I had no figure to speak of.


My ex is such an a**. He had the audacity to tell me I didn't have "a feminine figure".

What a horribly cruel thing to say. I am sorry he said such a mean thing to you. :( And what exactly is a "feminine figure"? I like that we all come in various shapes and sizes. Imagine if we all looked the same.:eek:

[Bikingmomof3]

With the tap, they probably took a sample of cerebral spinal fluid and tested it. While they were there, they should have checked your pressure. Since the spinal fluid runs into your ventricles of your brain, they can look to see if it's too high, causing undue pressure. It can affect you with headaches, migraines, dizzyness, pains all over your body, syncopal episodes... If they find you run very high normally, and taking some out relieves symptoms, they may be able to do a shunt type of thing. Just a thought.


(Shudder), that sounds painful. I will eat my donuts (they are almost here) and hope the neurologist only has pleasant things planned for me.

[CyclChyk]

BOM3 I am pretty sure that with all the other stuff on your plate the donuts will be void of calories so you should feel no guilt for caving. You deserve to eat them.

And as for the jeans thing, I must offer my rant: I loathe (yes loathe) that I can never find jeans that fit both my waist and hips. Is it a rule that if a woman has even a smide of "junk" that the waist will be big too?? Jeans for me are always too big in the waist. This is why I usually wear low rise. They at least come close.

[Bikingmomof3]

BOM3 I am pretty sure that with all the other stuff on your plate the donuts will be void of calories so you should feel no guilt for caving. You deserve to eat them.

That is what I told myself, now I feel ill. One too many donuts.


And as for the jeans thing, I must offer my rant: I loathe (yes loathe) that I can never find jeans that fit both my waist and hips. Is it a rule that if a woman has even a smide of "junk" that the waist will be big too?? Jeans for me are always too big in the waist. This is why I usually wear low rise. They at least come close.

I forgot to mention the jeans I am wearing (smacks head). Lucky Brand Button Fly. They go by waist measurement and so far have never failed to fit me. I refuse to pay the high price charged in stores, especially since I kept losing weight (YAY ME) and then when I began cycling my shape changed. I buy all my jeans off ebay (new with tags).

[Xrayted]

I lied. I'm back already. I'm getting quicker at positioning and technique, what can I say? (Oh, you know what I mean.)
You're a real bunch of chatty Cathy's tonight aren't ya?:D
BMo3 - actually doesn't hurt except for a needle pinch. For the pressure, they go in at L3-4 level of your spine, below the cauda equina. There is no spinal cord there, just "shooters". No chance of paralyzing or damage. They use a manometer (barometer) to measure mm of mercury of pressure. (I say "they" but I actually help with these.) Takes about 30 minutes. Can tell them a lot. But like I said, they probably did that when you had the tap. It's standard to do it while you're there.

Eat the donuts and don't look back.

Knot - Looove my BF Levis. I've got the hourglass curves too. I'm getting looser in my 8's and heading back to a 6 I hope. Next year maybe. 29 inseam tho so I'm right in between a short and a medium length. I'd really love to pull out those old, comfy, tore up, broken-in size 6 BF's and take 'em for a spin. Of course, I don't have the cut abs you've got.:rolleyes: And NO, it wasn't just the lighting and ya know it. You earned 'em so show 'em off.

Kit - don't let him get to you. Big ones just become looooong ones anyway.

Oh, I see you're wondering about last year's "dance", huh? It was hilarious and crazy and totally unexpected. I'm not gotten easily and they got me good. But not telling on here. Sorry. **blushing**

I'll check back later if I'm not too plastered. (cheap date=early night:o )

X.

[Fredwina]

Couldn't resist:
http://www.rogerkramercycling.org/HTML/Donut.htm
and
http://www.tourdedoughnut.com/
I've been told that One rest at El Tour De Tuscon is stocked with Krispy kremes. Maybe I'll report in a couple of weeks when I do the ride

[Kitsune06]

My last post suddenly seemed really dumb after recent events. I'd just posed it when a lady comes crying to my office and says a man is outside "who shouldn't be here."
Who is he?
Her ex, who said he'd kill her new boyfriend and her if he saw them together. He's pacing the parkinglot looking for her.

I go over our policies and procedures because I've been written up enough for not using policy (and instead, *gasp!* using logic...)
Policy says: If you're the only officer on duty and there's a suspicious person on property, take the cell phone and radio and call a manager to inform them when you're leaving and ask them to check in on you every 5 minutes.

The manager on deck instead comes to the office and says he wants to speak with me in person, will check in, but will also watch to see when I come back. I could kiss him.

One of our emergency personnel overhears this and says "I'm going with you- you're not going alone." I could kiss him, too. He calls a big bear of a guy over and says "You come with us." Bear-guy nods. The woman points the guy out and we start out. Me in front (though at my size, I'm not all that excited about this...) and the two big guys behind me. I ask him if he works here, no, he's looking for his wife... well your wife starts shift now, she's not available for discussion... ...well, she doesn't know what she's doing, ending our relationship I need to talk to her... well, you have her phone number... you can speak to her outside of work with a mediator...
He keeps stepping toward me and then backing away a little as we converse. The big guys behind me get closer. He assures me his life is over and gets in his truck.

Eventually he leaves, telling me I can't possibly understand, and all the while I'm thanking everything Good that my divorce wasn't that way, and that things didn't go bad. The guy burns rubber out of our parking lot and I'm standing there in the pouring rain watching to make sure he leaves the property without hurting anyone.

I'm positively shaking as I come back into the building, thanking the guys who went out with me and the manager who waited.

Now I know I face getting written up (again?) for violating procedure because when the ERT guy volunteered to go outside with me, I should have said no and recruited a manager to go outside with me instead (liability issues) and probably also that I called a manager in the first place (who knows?)

Security officers are some of the most sh*t on people out there... 9/10 of the time if something bad happens, it's either my *ss or my manager's if things aren't done *exactly* the way people want them done, regardless of the situation. If I'd have taken the time to call another manager down, I'd get pinched for taking unnecessary risk in allowing him to be on the grounds longer than necessary. If I'd have refused the guys' help, I'd be pinching *myself* for going out there alone to inform a 6'8" bull of a guy that his (ex) wife no longer wanted to speak to him.
I kinda want to cry. I wish I didn't have to write that f*cking report. Thank god I'm leaving this place.

[DebW]

Good old fashioned shrink-to-fit button fly Levi 501's will work, too. As will Levi 560 (men's, they don't make women's anymore)

I wear 31w 32L men's 560s, or women's 12 long 560s (still have one pair left from 5 or 10 years ago)


Most of my wear-to-work pants are men's Dockers 30x32. Great fit with just a little extra in the waist (should remember to wear belt). In Levis I got 31x32 but they're always drooping. I have given up on women's pants because they either don't have pockets, don't have enough pockets, or the pockets are so shallow that things fall out. I don't really like the front pockets on jean because you have to put your hands in from the top, and they cut off your circulation if you leave your hands there very long. The side-entry pockets of Dockets are much better.

[KnottedYet]

Kit, honey, you are a brave woman. You did the right thing. I don't care what the managment thinks, I know you did the right thing.

Gold stars for you, my dear.

[KnottedYet]

Ok, girls. I've got a huge crock pot of very yummy chicken stew. Who wants dinner?

[Kitsune06]

me! me! just gimme a sec to squeak out of this place!!!
(((Knot)))

[CyclChyk]

X- glad to hear it was mostly pain free.

KIT - Glad it all turned out ok. I too would have done the same thing. But I am a non-conformist.

BOM3 - I too keep dropping the lb-age (yay for us!) so I am all for cheap right now as I have been changing a size about every two months. Lee Riders seem to be working for me right now and they are only about $16 at Wally World (high waisted but they will do). Once I drop two more sizes I will look into the Lucky Brand. Sounds like they would be exactly what I am looking for. (I love Ebay - Ebay is my friend). :)

[Kitsune06]

What's going to get me is a catch-22. If I say the guys came along for my safety, I'll get pinched b/c I didn't call the police. ...though I didn't believe the police to be really necessary. The guy was upset, yes, but it would've been worse to have the police there just to confront him and say he wasn't to be there... I'd have rather called once he proved himself threatening. Then again, if I didn't feel threatened, then why did I let the guys come with me in the first place?

...because I'm freakin 5'4 and barely over 100#... EVERYONE threatens me!!! *sigh*:(

[Trek420]

Kit, so did you ever kiss the manager on deck and your emergency personnel?

I'm 5'1"....I'd be scared too!

You did the right thing. That was very brave.

chicken stew party at Knotts house!

[KnottedYet]

Not gonna say who'd I wanna kiss after that kind of stress.

(wouldn't be the manager... But I might give him and the emergency bears a big plate of cookies.)

Kit, lemme getcha a beer and a big ol' bowl of piping hot chicken stew. Sit right here in the rocking chair. Trek, will you rub her feet while I get her a blanket? Oh, wait, I'm the therapist; ok honey, you get the blanket while I rub her feet.

Oh, look, SKnot is giving you the remote for the TV. And the dog is bringing you his favorite toy.

You did the right thing.

And we all know it. No matter what.

[Kitsune06]

No, I didn't kiss 'em, but I think the tone in my voice when I tell him I'm leaving in a week will say it all. :D

It's sad when good deeds and acts of bravery are punished or prevented by fears of legal or managerial repercussions... :(

[crazycanuck]

Kit...You did the right thing.:) YOu're leaving the bunk of a place anyways.

Oh and I could be at Knotted's place with some Australian wine, tim tams, some Cold Chisel, AC/DC, Eskimo Joe, Kylie and Robbie music.
(btw..do stations play Eskimo Joe in the US?? Did ya know they're from Western australia!!! The song title is "black fingernails, red wine")

Umm i'd like some stew for dinner, do you have a container to send me some? It's only 1145am atm so i'm sure it'll still be ok for dinner.

Kit, I don't quite get some of the numbers you're posting on the humour board...I feel a wet fish slap is in order...

Must go and finish cleaning house and repair bike.

c

[Bikingmomof3]

Kit-you definitely did the right thing! I am so glad you will be leaving that place soon.

X-the procedure still sounds icky (have I mentioned I hate tests?)

Fredwina-I loved the links. :)

Knot-I would love some chicken stew. I would need to eat in a separate area, so I would not spread my cold to all of you.

CyclChyk-I am finally down to where I want to be, a size 6. (yippee). Now I just need to keep building lean muscle and lower my body fat %.

CC-I did not understand the numbers either. :o

[snapdragen]

You did the right thing Kit - who knows how that guy might have behaved if you went out there alone.

I like the term emergency bears.

Chicken stew sounds a whole lot better than the Lean Cusine I had tonight. :( But the good new is, I've avoided the cookie trap so far today!

My friend is getting me up at the crack o' dark tomorrow to go to the flea market again. Maybe I'll bring my camera for chits and giggles.

OK - who asked me about retiring? It will be anytime between March 2007 and March 2012 :rolleyes: . It will really depend on how thing go at work in the next year. I am truly bored right now, and can't imagine staying until I'm 55.

[Kitsune06]

My waist's a 5, my hips are a 7, and I'm 116#. Where IS all that?! Last time I was 116, I was a size 3! :eek: (even though that was 9th grade...)

I'm glad you guys support me in this... I just spoke to the lady who was so upset... she confirmed my feelings in that the police weren't necessary, but that it was a good idea to have someone go with me. I told her that if she was so concerned, she needed to get a restraining order in place. I'm not sure how much they cost (working here, cost is a definite concern for anyone) but if she was so concerned for her safety, it would help her a lot...

You guys are great, btw... I really love being able to post here.

The numbers are 'leet' speak... 5 for s, 3 for E and the like... It helps to just glance at it and pretend they're all just characters without making the distinction between letters/numbers. It's all well and good until you start trying to print things quick and throw numbers in where they don't belong... :P

[KnottedYet]

Knot-I would love some chicken stew. I would need to eat in a separate area, so I would not spread my cold to all of you.


There are two entire heads of garlic in my stew. Ain't nobody catchin' no colds after eatin' my stew!!!! :D

Songs for the evening:
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins
Bad Things by Jace Everett
Elevation by U2
Meet Me In The Back by Melissa Etheridge
Oh Yeah by Yello
Galaxy Bounce by The Chemical Brothers (I swear that's a clip of Freddy Mercury in the vocals!)

Whoooo hoo! Let's dance! It's FRIDAY!!!!!

BTW: my waist is an 8, my hips are a 12, and I weigh 145 lbs. I know exactly "where all that is"... the badonkadonk! I'm a whippet with an a$$!!!!

[Kitsune06]

*resists urge to comment on Knot's booty*

The perfect 'a$$-tap' can be achieved by very slightly cupping the hand and making contact with the lower part of the fingers, making a flicking motion of the wrist rather than a full-arm motion. The sound achieved should be a nice, sharp "tap" instead of a "fwap", "putch" or "Ca-RACK!"and while loud enough to be audible, be nearly painless.
Much practice is recommended. As much as necessary. :D

There we go, a lesson for the TD TOC :D

[mtbdarby]

Kit (((HUGS))) let me echo the "you did the right thang" here missy. Cuz you're an intelligent woman darlin'. And if you had your glasses on you could have given him the Linda Hamiliton Terminator look - that would have scared me.

Knot, can I have a bowl? Pretty please? I only had a piece of string cheese and some Sun chips for supper. OK SNAP - I cracked and had one cookie! drat it all.....

Tonight is one of my on the road bringing my baby to his dad's trips so that's why supper is cruddy. I only have enough time to run to dc, pick him up, run home and let the dogs out while B goes potty and if I'm lucky I can get a sandwich in him before we hit the road. Tonight he wanted Sun chips and I cracked.

Half way there my ADORABLE son says he want's to stop at the bike store:D (that's my boy!) and when we get to the drop off place he crys and won't let go of my leg cause he wants to go back home with me. Breaks my heart when he does that.

BMo3 - I think you've earned a donut. Just don't let it become a habit or we'll have to send Super Kit over to remove the donuts and no one gets hurt. I haven't tried under armour yet but I did buy some polyprop long undies and a balaclava on my way home. I'll be running this weekend and some ya-hoo is calling for snow flurries tomorrow. Whatever.

X **sighs** the places I could go with your post - it's almost too easy so I'll let it go.:p Have fun and remember, you may be cheap but you're not easy. You must have standards!

Lise, I will give a full report but we need one from you too! Have fun at the play with your mom and enjoy the J/family meeting.

Alright, I'm cold, tired and hungry (apparently Knot's stew doesn't just magically appear upon thought). So I'm off to bed. Alone. Again. Wait, I see a border collie who wants to snuggle:) Zeus, Xena and I are off to get some beauty sleep. Sweet dreams TD - I'll check back tomorrow.

[KnottedYet]

CC - iTunes tells me Eskimo Joe isn't available in the US market. I am bummed.

My two favorite songs of all time: (play 'em at my wake, ok?)
Black Water by The Doobie Brothers
Dreams I'll Never See by Molly Hatchett
Brandenburg Concerto #3 by J.S. Bach
(I subscribe to the Douglas Adams theory of counting)

Sorry my stew doesn't flow freely through the internet. I will make more... <Knot wields cleaver with gusto>

[mtbdarby]

P.S. Do not get me started on pants fitting (or not). I too have the hourglass (actually, I got the pear thing going on). That's why I'm skeptical on the north face pants CWR. I can NOT find a pair that fit. And I'm so sick of my shape these days it's just depressing. So I really am off to bed so I can wake up a wee less crabbier and with some energy to work out. I have had absolutely no energy after work this week.

[Trek420]

mtbdarby, so I was able to see your match.com profile without the men in the black suits at work carting me away.

Nice! You're a catch. If I was a guy ... and younger.....and in the midwest....I'd date you....but I'm not any of those things :rolleyes: ;) :cool: so nice profile. :) :p

[KnottedYet]

Hey!!!!


(Edit: my thoughts pretty much exactly, I was just too restrained to say it.)

[Kitsune06]

*coughs* Oh! Look! A guy without a name badge! *runs away from the ensuing conversation*

[Lise]

Kit--good job, well done. Kudos to the emergency bears, as well. A restraining order doesn't cost anything. She can call the cops and ask how to file one. I contemplated getting one against my ex.

Had a good time at dinner and the play with my mom. In a funny tie-in to Kit's story, Mom asked me when I changed my license plates. They used to include my initials, and now they're just numbers. About 5 years ago, the Great State of Illinois finally issued new plates. Some plates were 15 years old and totally rusted. They gave us the opportunity to get a new plate number, which I did, since my ex was known to call me after we'd broken up and say, "I know where you are", when she spotted my car/plates. I call my current plates "the anonymizers". Even though S. hasn't given me trouble for years, I feel safer with my anonymous plates and non-descript American made car. With the "End Domestic Violence" ribbon on the back.

[crazycanuck]

Knot..If you wanna hear the song you can always listen to www.mix.com.au, (one of my favorite stations in Perth) and you might hear it.

c

[Xrayted]

Oh, there's trouble a brewin' on TD again. Hi, y'all I'm back and feeling very happy. (No, I didn't drive.) A good time was had by all. I had a great Pom Martini and one of the best Cosmos ever. More than enough to rock my world. I still have all my clothes on and no one's in jail so that's good. (I think.;)) They couldn't do too much to me this year because of the tasteful setting. (Thank you, O Gods of Public Decency.)

I've never had a hangover in my life but tomorrow is still gonna be a tough wakeup. I'm meeting up with AllezGirl for a 30 mile group ride and lunch. She's loaning me a mtb for the trail. Very cool of her.

Kit - You did the right thing. Always protect yourself first. You can't help anyone if you're hurt or dead. A job is NEVER worth getting hurt over. Good head on ya there.

Darby - Whaaaaat? It was a completely innocent post.:D BTW, cheap and easy - there's a difference? I'm kidding, kidding. Swear.

Knot - Great taste in music. Except, I just gotta ask, there's actually a song called Honky Tonk Badonkadonk? (or am I still that drunk and cross-eyed?) I'd love some stew but I'm stuffed. What time is b-fast? Can I come in my jammies?

Trek - I had to read your post 3 times. Don't scare me like that. I was literally sitting here with a silent scream in my head, "Pleeeease don't become a guy, I really couldn't handle it tonight!":p I'm better now. Close call tho. Thought I was gonna have to stage an intervention. ** just zip over on a SW flight, do a drive by and grab Knot, (to help out, figured I better clarify that ;)) snag some stew then hop another jet across a few more state lines to kick ya in the shins** (Yep, still drunk. Sorry.)

I'm sitting here realizing that I still haven't posted a pic of myself. I meant to do it sooner but forgot. Since Knot was wondering how I surf the net while I ride on the trainer, I dug one up that my friend Carrie shot - when I wasn't ready. (She cooked for me, isn't that nice?) It'll have to do for now I guess. (I know I'm gonna regret this one in the morning when I'm sober.) I feel an edit coming on already.

Well, I've bugged ya all enough and I've really gotta get some sleep now. Take care and pleasant bike dreams.

X.

[KnottedYet]

<eeep!>

Now, y'all take note: THOSE are abs!!!!!

[CyclChyk]

<shakinghead> I'm not positive X but I'm pretty sure thats cheating!! You are supposed to work up a sweat and get your heart rate pumping! All surfing TE has ever done for me is make me feel old and LMAO. No way could I do it while exercising!

[DebW]

I think X is just trying to make some of us feel bad because she can read a computer monitor from that distance while pedaling. If I tried that I'd get off the trainer with sore legs, sore butt, eye strain, nausea, and a crick in the neck. Grrr, bifocals.

And yup, those are abs.

[Trek420]

Xrayted eep :eek: , now those are abs.

Yes, we only comment that you should concentrate on the HRM instead of TE TD because we the presbeopic (sp?) generation can't see our HRM display.

And yes Virginia, there is a song called:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0TbkS1VYcE

Also don't worry Xray, Dar & TE TD I have no gender identity issues.

Oh yeah, I'd make a great guy a 5'1" short chubby guy with hips and teeny tiny hands :eek: Yeah that'll work. cough cough. Don't worry, joking, kidding, never gonna happen....every body sing "I enjoy being a girlllllllll...."

But you could still zip over on a SW flight, do a drive by and grab Knot and stew then hop another jet across a few more state lines.

Bring the bikes! I don't think my bikes'll fit either of you lanky gals.

Kit again, safety first always. You did the right thing. I'm especially disturbed by that guys comment as he left about his life being over.

I'm a black belt, I'd have done the same thing and that's get back up, keep it calm and verbal only. At least I hope I'd be smart and brave enough to do that.

Lise, the license plate stalker thing....ewww, just ewww. Enjoy the steath. Some people just need to move on.

[Xrayted]

Oh, my what have I done? Shoot, no time to edit now. Gotta head out to meet AllezGirl (finally, someone to ride with!) but just had to comment that I only surf when I'm warming up and cooling down. (10 min both) It keeps me at a slower, softer pace until the muscles are properly warmed up/cooled down. I noticed that when on the trainer, I was pushing it too far too fast and hurting my bad leg so this helps me keep it under control. And, I get plenty of laughs to reflect on as well.

Have a wonderful day ladies and I hope you all get a chance to ride today! Be safe!

X.

Oh, and uh, thanks. But this one really is just lighting. Knot's is much more cut.

[KnottedYet]

X honey, I tried the "it's just lighting" thing, and I'll tell ya right now it doesn't fly with these ladies!

Trek, that video is ridiculous! Yeah! The "country" version of that song sounds better to my ear, but that video is a hoot. I heard an interview with Trace in which he discussed his reasons for writing that song. Mainly it was just for fun. And ya just gotta have silly fun sometimes.

[Bikingmomof3]

Note to Self: Do not sleep, you miss WAY too much on TE TD.

X-it is not lighting, you have nice abs. :cool: Enjoy your ride.

Well off to miss more TE TD fun. Time to be a responsible parent and buy food to feed my family. Augh, I would rather play. Have a great day ladies.

[KnottedYet]

Bah, who needs food?

Send the hungry ones to my house for chicken stew. I still have half a chicken and can make another pot.

Then get some of your friends together and go do something fun! SKnot and I will keep the boys entertained until you get back!

[DebW]

Bah, who needs food?

Send the hungry ones to my house for chicken stew. I still have half a chicken and can make another pot.


Me! Me! I need foooood! So hungry. I want chicken stew to appear. I don't want to go to the grocery store or cook. Must feed the stomach, then digest awhile, then go riding. Raking leaves all morning has only made me hungrier.

[chickwhorips]

i missed dinner again at Knot's. i could've really used some girl time last night too.

dar those pants will be good. i'm very hippy and curvy. i'm the typical wisconsin/german/farmer girl body type. does that help? and i always have problems fitting into pants!

x now thats talent!

kit you definatly did the right thing. i'm so proud.

i'm currently avoiding packing. i really need to, but haven't gotten around to it yet. i keep using the "i need to do laundry first" excuse, but that's been done since yesterday. why is packing so hard? maybe its the 30 hrs of travel i'm not dreading, but hey at least i have cool new travel pants to wear.

[Kitsune06]

Cuz I'm working so hard here...I was looking at Chicks old posts trying to find the portal to said pictures (sorry Amber!) when, to my shock:eek: I found out that Kit.....is gay:eek: I just don't know what to do now!! Good Lord people, even us cheeseheads are more opened minded than some people.

So, happy Kit, where in Wisconsin do you hale and wish your ashes-in-a-peanutbutter-jar to be scattered (I thought that was funny, btw)? Oh, and just for you, that humor thread had me ROTFLMAO! What a hoot you girls are having over there.
I hail from smack dab in the center of Waupaca county (about 10 miles east of Waupaca) and my ashes-in-a-peanutbutter-jar will be scattered near Big Falls, at the northern edge of Waupaca County. I thought pretty much everyone *knew*! Then again, it's nice to see/feel like people can be surprised.


kit let me spell it out for you: H-E-Double hockey sticks

cocunuts hey... maybe i'll have to work on that one.....

good luck Dar ;)
I'm not sure how you'd incorporate coconuts into those pics, but I have to say... those flat abs rock so hard.... you make me want to take similar pics to compare!


i missed dinner again at Knot's. i could've really used some girl time last night too.

dar those pants will be good. i'm very hippy and curvy. i'm the typical wisconsin/german/farmer girl body type. does that help? and i always have problems fitting into pants!

kit you definatly did the right thing. i'm so proud.

i'm currently avoiding packing. i really need to, but haven't gotten around to it yet. i keep using the "i need to do laundry first" excuse, but that's been done since yesterday. why is packing so hard? maybe its the 30 hrs of travel i'm not dreading, but hey at least i have cool new travel pants to wear.

only 30 hrs? That's not so bad. ;) Maybe you'll manage girl time tonight. I hope so. :D Packing is just a pain. Trying to anticipate everything you'll need without overpacking. Ugh!

Take care and have a good trip, okay?

[KnottedYet]

It is afternoon, and I'm STILL IN MY JAMMIES!!!!!!

Oh, yeah... livin' la vida loca... :p

[mtbdarby]

Knot - so where is this pix of you? It'd be nice for all you nice ladies to post pix for me you know - so I can catch up since there's no cliff notes or anything for TD.

CWR- I am anxiously awaiting my new pants! Have fun on the trip. Oh, and I am one screen away from YOUR pix young lady! Dang dialup and people pc mumbing appropriate words under my breath

Lise - glad you had fun with your mom. My subtle changes on match has caused a stir - I'll keep you posted.

Trek - I'm glad you don't want to be a man sweetheart! We love you just the way you are! And thank you for the kind words.

Deb - I'm with you. I'm hungry, I don't want to cook or shop right now (cuz it means dishes). I just want some of Knot's stew.....

X - you hot tamale you! Glad you had a good time. Enjoy the biking today.

So I slept in until 10am this morning! Of course, I still had to get up at 7am to let the dogs out. And the weather dude was right on - snow flurries. I took them for a walk/run and now I'm getting ready to tackle paperwork and the mess that is my house. So is there a computer gadget I can wear running/walking to tell me how far I've gone? I ran mostly in the woods today cuz it's easier on my shins. I've penciled in a 5K for Nov. 26th so I need to get crackin'.

Project FROG update: IL guy (who lives in WI btw) left me a message last night. He's supposed to call today. My friend S. (who I'd love to be more than friends with), called and we chated last night. And a 47 yo Italian guy from Madison wants to talk to me and emailed me his phone number. I'm such a chicken sh*t. I need to just call and chat with him right?

Off to do paperwork, I'll cbl.

Dar

[KnottedYet]

I have always loved this song, and now I've seen the video! I was laughing and hooting so loudly SKnot made me promise NOT to do it again!

Man, I didn't know about YouTube. (guess what I'll be doing all day)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBoNpIJ8WPI

[Kitsune06]

Uh oh, Chica, Darby's on to you! :D You can't fake abs like that. ;) I had the gallery up in a firefox tab until I got tired of my gf stealing peeks at them. :rolleyes:

OK, so today I tell the manager that next Friday's my last day. Whew. I hope. Unless something else crappy happens. Oh, and it's 1 and I'm still in my pjs... well... sorta. It's chilly to wander in my 'pjs' so I just keep thermals near the bed.
Looking into hard drives and ram for my poor, overused, under-maintained laptop. it's only got an 18gb hd, (hence the small price tag) but I want to throw a 40-60gb hd in and maybe max out the ram... Yes, the processor is only 700mHz but it tries. I need to replace the battery, too, so it'll hold a fsking charge... but if my new mgr wants me to use it for work, then it needs all the work... AND if the new mgr is willing to pay for a new battery, then hey! :) I'm in business.

I love this little computer, too, so we shall see...

[DebW]

Knot - so where is this pix of you? It'd be nice for all you nice ladies to post pix for me you know - so I can catch up since there's no cliff notes or anything for TD.
Dar

Is anybody going to tell Dar where the cliff notes are? The Knot pic is on here at least twice.

[Kitsune06]

all my notes are at work, but I suspect around the 380s... (though we move way faster than I ever think...)

[KnottedYet]

The picture of my saddlebags, which turned into the saga of my belly.

the original is on page 135.

*someone* has special feelings for that picture, and reposted it a couple weeks ago. (page 363) I made the happy comment that I am a size smaller now than when I took that pic.

there is no pic of Butch Island Girl. (halloween costume):(

[CyclChyk]

CC - iTunes tells me Eskimo Joe isn't available in the US market. I am bummed.

My two favorite songs of all time: (play 'em at my wake, ok?)
Black Water by The Doobie Brothers
Dreams I'll Never See by Molly Hatchett
Brandenburg Concerto #3 by J.S. Bach
(I subscribe to the Douglas Adams theory of counting)

Black Water by far is on the top 5 list of my all time favorites. Along with it are Manfred Man Blinded by the Light; REO Time for me to Fly; BOC Don't fear the Reaper; and about 10 others that are vying for the 5th spot.....


What you want from Eskimo Joe girl? I hook ya up <doingmybest dealerimmatation>

Petra <~~~former queen of the Honkeytonk Badonkadonk.... donkey kong don't hold nothing on me

[CyclChyk]

I think X Grrr, bifocals.

Starting at the age when glasses could be held on my face with one of those dumba** stap thingies I had to wear bifocals. AND A PATCH OVER MY GOOD EYE.

No - I'm not bitter. I'm homicidal.

[CyclChyk]

I have always loved this song, and now I've seen the video! I was laughing and hooting so loudly SKnot made me promise NOT to do it again!

Man, I didn't know about YouTube. (guess what I'll be doing all day)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBoNpIJ8WPI

OMG I sooooooooo hate this song. Sorry but I really do. HOWEVER I do love his Swing BattaBatta Swing song... that one ROCKS :D

[CyclChyk]

The numbers are 'leet' speak... 5 for s, 3 for E and the like... It helps to just glance at it and pretend they're all just characters without making the distinction between letters/numbers. It's all well and good until you start trying to print things quick and throw numbers in where they don't belong... :P

<shakingheadandsayingTSKTSK> KITKITKIT - / \ / \4|<3 7|-|3/ \ / \
\ / \ /0|2|< F0|2 17!!!

:D

[KnottedYet]

new ab photo. Look quick, cuz I'm taking it down in an hour.

I wanna be sexy like Ms. XRayted. (or x-rated like Ms. Sexy)

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/KnottedYet/DSCN0299.jpg

the tattoo is fake, by the way.
And that's my new "Mad Plaid" Terry skort. One size smaller than the one I wore in my old avatar, thank you very much.

[CyclChyk]

Oh - one more thing. Now that I have been enlightened to know that I have what is fondly referred to as a "Tramp Stamp" :mad: I was thinking that once I obtain my hot new look, I would get a bikini to show it off. Anyone here have experience with the Wicked Weasel line???

hehehehhee

[DebW]

Not only ABS, but she's got RIBS!

[Kitsune06]

new ab photo. Look quick, cuz I'm taking it down in an hour.

I wanna be sexy like Ms. XRayted. (or x-rated like Ms. Sexy)

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/KnottedYet/DSCN0299.jpg

the tattoo is fake, by the way.

*Faints dead away and falls out of the chair*
...*eventually comes-to*...

You better take that down- Mrs. Fox would start catching on to why I spend so much time on TE ;) *wolf whistle* :o :p :D

[Kitsune06]

Oh - one more thing. Now that I have been enlightened to know that I have what is fondly referred to as a "Tramp Stamp" :mad: I was thinking that once I obtain my hot new look, I would get a bikini to show it off. Anyone here have experience with the Wicked Weasel line???

hehehehhee

Aww it's not a 'tramp stamp'...
it's azz antlers!

but seriously,
I really admire anyone who can do a tattoo at the base of their spine like that- it's all bone under that skin, even if you've got fluff, there's generally not a lot there. It's hard for pple w/o tattoos to really understand, but that makes for a really painful tat. Mine was on my shoulder and still hurt enough.


<shakingheadandsayingTSKTSK> KITKITKIT - / \ / \4|<3 7|-|3/ \ / \
\ / \ /0|2|< F0|2 17!!!

|F | L37 7H3^^ W0|2|< 2 #4|2d 4 |7, 7H3Y ^^4Y |\|07 3\/3|\| 7|2Y!!!
J00 W4N4 #4V P#uN, 7|2Y |31N4|2Y~

01001000 01100001 00100001
00100000 00001101 00001010 01001100 011011110
11101100 11001010 01011000 0001101 00001010 01001011 01101001 01110100 01110011 01110101 01101110 01100101
... It takes a lot to say surprisingly little...

[KnottedYet]

*Faints dead away and falls out of the chair*
...*eventually comes-to*...

You better take that down- Mrs. Fox would start catching on to why I spend so much time on TE ;) *wolf whistle* :o :p :D

And I used to weigh 200 pounds.
(no, I'm not ever posting THAT picture!)

[Bikingmomof3]

new ab photo. Look quick, cuz I'm taking it down in an hour.

I wanna be sexy like Ms. XRayted. (or x-rated like Ms. Sexy)

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/KnottedYet/DSCN0299.jpg

the tattoo is fake, by the way.
And that's my new "Mad Plaid" Terry skort. One size smaller than the one I wore in my old avatar, thank you very much.


You look fantastic! :cool: And very small, much smaller and taller than me. Mixed emotiones about that one-happy for you :D , sad for me. :o I will be stuck in 6's forever. :(

BTW, the sport bra looks SO much better on you than on me. Is there an envy smilie?

[Bikingmomof3]

Well I still have not found a jacket, but I did splurge and buy my self some Under Armour. I luuuuuve Under Armour.

My big purchase was on Under Armour Frosty Tights: http://www.underarmour.com/ProductDetail.cfm?site_id=2&dept_id=1&coll_id=2101&pf_id=1001525
I had a fantastic run in them. :D

Do you think my medications are making me more cold than usual?

It was 45 degrees, no real wind, and overcast. I wore a LS UA compression (cold weather) top, a fleecy lined Sugoi half zip top, UA Frosty Tights, Smart Wool socks, and my Ibex hat. I started to feel comfortable at mile 4. It must be the Coumadin and Calan mixture. I have not been able to get warm for the past month. :(

Anyway, any suggestions for more layers would be awesome. I still had a fantastic run. :cool:

[KnottedYet]

BMo3 - I'm a size 10/12. I don't really look that good, it's just the pose. SKnot is a good photographer, even though he complained the ENTIRE TIME he took the pic.

The new CW-X doesn't have the gray trim, and I think being solid black does make it look nice. Did you order the new one with trim or without? I think there was one with pink or lavender trim on TE, too.

I'm so glad Susan decided to carry the CW-X line. That's some good stuff!

http://www.teamestrogen.com/brands.asp?brandID=119

The top in my pic is the "Sport Support". Bar none, the best I've ever worn.

[Kitsune06]

Aww and here I was going to tease that you managed to figure out the timer on your camera... ;) Self-photography is an art.

BMo3- I did some shopping too, but yesterday. finally got waterproof gloves and a blinky-light/reflective commuting vest. I looked 'em up on froogle.com and they were $19! that's like $20 cheaper than everywhere else! Wild!

[Bikingmomof3]

BMo3 - I'm a size 10/12. I don't really look that good, it's just the pose. SKnot is a good photographer, even though he complained the ENTIRE TIME he too the pic.

You do not look like a 10/12. I would have guessed a 4, so you must be tall or wearing baggy clothing. Seriously, you look hot! I love the skort. I keep hoping for a growth spurt, I have always wanted to be around 5'7. Sigh. Dang genetics.


The new CW-X doesn't have the gray trim, and I think being solid black does make it look nice. Did you order the new one with trim or without? I think there was one with pink or lavender trim on TE, too.

I bought the white one. Ummmm, when sweaty it is see through. I did not think of that. :o My oldest may need therapy sometime in the future. ;)


I'm so glad Susan decided to carry the CW-X line. That's some good stuff!

I need her to carry Under Armour. Better yet, I need to find someone who can get me discounted Under Armour.

I am freezing, I must go make coffee and take a hot, hot shower.

[Bikingmomof3]

Aww and here I was going to tease that you managed to figure out the timer on your camera... ;) Self-photography is an art.

They have timers??? Note to self, read the manual.


BMo3- I did some shopping too, but yesterday. finally got waterproof gloves and a blinky-light/reflective commuting vest. I looked 'em up on froogle.com and they were $19! that's like $20 cheaper than everywhere else! Wild!

Brands, links, I must have more details. I live to shop online.


Fingers are now frozen, off to the hot, hot shower.

[KnottedYet]

I luuuurve the under armour compression shorts. I wear 'em as underwear. Very comfy. No lines, no creeping around.

A pair of them with my CW-X is my swimsuit/trisuit.

[Kitsune06]

They have timers??? Note to self, read the manual.



Brands, links, I must have more details. I live to shop online.


Fingers are now frozen, off to the hot, hot shower.

Hm... The gloves were the neoprene waterproof variety from Nashbar for $17, and the vest was $20- the Nathan Reflective Cyclist's vest... not sure on the store, actually... one of the many hits from froogle.com.

[KnottedYet]

I'm gonna need a better swimming suit one of these days. What's that brand everyone is talking about?

[Kitsune06]

Nothing is sacred!

Boobs are overrated! I'm counting my blessings. I have a nice butt, pretty face (or nice face, pretty butt?) taut abs, and the knowledge that this may not always be so (just so life doesn't catch me by surprise...) I'm good. :)

[DebW]

Aww and here I was going to tease that you managed to figure out the timer on your camera... ;) Self-photography is an art.


An art, or an unpleasant self-revelation. Do you all remember the pics I posted after my hike in early October? There was one from a rock high over a valley, showing fall foliage and my boots. The ones from that spot that I did on the timer with me in them were really good pics except that it was all too obvious what I WASN'T wearing under my shirt. :eek: :eek:

[Kitsune06]

Aww, Knot made good on her "one hour" promise. D'oh!

Good thing I saved it. ;)

*opens up trench coat* lissen up, I got what you want. Bootleg pixx0rz of hot chixx0rz...

[DebW]

Aww, Knot made good on her "one hour" promise. D'oh!

Good thing I saved it. ;)

*opens up trench coat* lissen up, I got what you want. Bootleg pixx0rz of hot chixx0rz...

Still 2 copies on the previous TD page, since 2 people quoted her post. Now you're in trouble, Knot. Can't run for Congress or President.

[Kitsune06]

noo she removed it from the *server* (because TE only links to images, it doesn't host them)...

I wonder what she'd think if I put it back up on my image host and changed the [IMG link to reflect mine? ;)

[DebW]

Just ran across this old B&W photo of myself from 31 years ago taken in my college frat. I only post it because of the T-shirt. One of the perk of working in a bike shop at the time.

[Bikingmomof3]

I luuuurve the under armour compression shorts. I wear 'em as underwear. Very comfy. No lines, no creeping around.


Now I need a good reason to convince DH that I absolutely *must* have these.

[Bikingmomof3]

Nothing is sacred!

Boobs are overrated! I'm counting my blessings. I have a nice butt, pretty face (or nice face, pretty butt?) taut abs, and the knowledge that this may not always be so (just so life doesn't catch me by surprise...) I'm good. :)

I will gladly switch you. I never had boobs until after kids. I wish they would shrink away....

edited to add, I meant the boobs, not the kids.

[Xrayted]

I'm finally back from my ride with AllezGirl. What a wonderfully warm person. She let me borrow a mtb for the trail ride. That girl has long legs. I had to drop the saddle about a foot. What I wouldn't give for long legs like that. Got to meet some very interesting people including one guy who knows Susan O. Good stories. We got a few women turned on to TE I think. They are definitely gonna check it out. Great day but man am I shot. Going out to dinner tonight yet too. (9pm - who eats that late anyway?) Hope I don't fall asleep in my Seafood Mornay. Too tired so no martinis tonight. We're going to Bube's Brewery in Mount Joy. We're eating down in the Catacombs Restaurant, something like 60 feet below ground, where they used to brew/bootleg booze back in the day. I love that place.

I'm looking through TD, catching up and, and, and, ...
*Ahem.* I just don't know what to say. You were supposed to be looking at the lap top since that was the initial inquiry. You are a very disturbed bunch of ladies and I love you all. BTW, I'm wearing my glasses in that pic so chill out. Astigmatism in both eyes. (With glasses tho, 20-10 vision. Hah, take that! :D)

I also just found out that Knot chose today to display her famous torso once again (for only an hour :confused:) and I MISSED IT?!! Aaaaaahhhh!!! Miss Knot, I'm very disappointed. I expect a PM no later than 10pm EST tonight with full disclosure of the pic. Nope, no excuses. Don't make me come out there woman! ;) :D

Gotta go get dressed for dinner. See ya later tonight, TD.

X.

[Bikingmomof3]

I'm gonna need a better swimming suit one of these days. What's that brand everyone is talking about?

Dull me, I wear Speedos.

[KnottedYet]

Forgive me, TD, for I have sinned....

I poured a beer down the drain. It was ICKY. Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic. I really tried to like it. I did.

But I just couldn't feel the love.

Buh-bye. Life is too short to drink icky beer. (though sausage and mashed potatoes does go much better with beer, some sacrifices are more difficult than I am willing to make.)

[KnottedYet]

Deb - cute pic. Nice shirt! Great nose and wrists. yeah, I notice weird things.... What were you studying? Adiabatic cooling?

[Trek420]

Kitsune06 "Aww, Knot made good on her "one hour" promise. D'oh!

Good thing I saved it. ;)

*opens up trench coat*"

dang she deleted it.

Kit? You got the stuff?
Yeah I got the stuff.
Dave?
Dave's not here.

so much for one-hour photo. I have no abs, my 6 pack is more of a keg. Hopefully by June though....take a picture then. I might even ahem have figured out the self timer included in my camera. Yeah, right I'm training enough.

[Kitsune06]

Pssst... Trek... gimme five minutes with my LJ pic host and hook me up with some smartwool or Ibex and we'll talk...
Oh! HI Knot!
*shuts trench coat, pictures make all kinds of noises in internal pockets*
Howya doing?
*a polaroid of someone in a bikini falls out the bottom of the coat, she steps on it to hide it*
MMmhm... Trek and I were just talking about... um... the weather. Hehe. Very, Very nice weather.
:D
*runs away!*

[Trek420]

Knot, nice bike hee hee. :p
very nice weather we're having Kit.

[KnottedYet]

Kit, did you just STEP on a picture from a beach in Hawaii? How could you!!!!

[Kitsune06]

I! It... buh... uh... but... *blushes* um... *shame* :o It was a digital pic... so I don't think my digital boot hurt it much... :p

[mtbdarby]

Deb - I'm starting to feel like the short kid at school who's jumping at the cliff notes the others kids are tossing just out of my reach:mad: , so although the picture was deleted, I was able to look back on pg 363 and see! All better now......nice picture of yourself btw!

I called the Italian guy. He was just getting done with a bike ride (in his favor). He preceeded to call me 3 times today so we talked for several hours. Very easy to talk to, asked very good in-depth questions, very inciteful and cultured. Older than I would have looked for (9yrs older than me) but hey, it's all relative right? Then the darn cop's daughter in me looked him up on ccap and found some financial problems and a charge against him from the state that was later dropped. So now I'm leary...

Wicked Weasel?? That just sounds wrong to me...

[CyclChyk]

Aww it's not a 'tramp stamp'...
it's azz antlers! but seriously, I really admire anyone who can do a tattoo at the base of their spine like that- it's all bone under that skin, even if you've got fluff, there's generally not a lot there. It's hard for pple w/o tattoos to really understand, but that makes for a really painful tat. Mine was on my shoulder and still hurt enough.

Mine is merely of an ahnk so its not big or imposing and I can hide it easily. It actually hurt less than the tat on my back shoulder.


7|2Y |31N4|2Y~
01001000 01100001 00100001
00100000 00001101 00001010 01001100 011011110
11101100 11001010 01011000 0001101 00001010 01001011 01101001 01110100 01110011 01110101 01101110 01100101
... It takes a lot to say surprisingly little...

Ieinary??? I concede. You are the uber cyber chick. :p

[Kitsune06]

OK cliff's notes TD:

Pages 1-135 can be basically summed up in the following life lessons:

1. Don't poop on the floor. Ref. p. 96.
2. Lise's dating life is ALL IMPORTANT.
3. Peter Reid has neck wattles. ...according to Nanci. Lise still thinks he's hot stuff. It's an ongoing thing between them...
4. "Coke Alert" means "Don't read this drinking something, you'll spray your keyboard/monitor!"
5. Port goes with chocolate, but chocolate goes with everything!
After that, I've had to be a little more picky (and even then... since I do this at work I lose a lot of ground, and a lot is banter, too...

p. 138- brain bucket helmets
. 139- B18 saddles- Downing St.
141- nopale salad
142,143 asst'd bird info...

Ongoing jokes, running gags, and recurring topics:

Peter Reid
Herpes and Avian creatures
Wines/Beers/etc
Various states of intoxication
Australian delicacies that Americans can't get (or were briefly made illegal)
Lise's dating life
Trek's dating life
The idea that Road IDs should have Lise's and Trek's numbers on them. (after rescuing so and so, if you're a nice, single boy, call # or a nice, single girl, call #) (Reference page, anyone?)
(these seem outdated, though...)
Bike erotica (as in the delicate art of describing one's bike in suggestive ways)
the occasional cattiness
The possibility (via Margo) that I'm either lying about my age or purposely jumped through the hole in the fabric of space/time that I was *supposed* to be darning.
(Anything else?)

[Kitsune06]

Mine is merely of an ahnk so its not big or imposing and I can hide it easily. It actually hurt less than the tat on my back shoulder.



Ieinary??? I concede. You are the uber cyber chick. :p

Binary, actually. First of all, you need to be able to covert decimal to binary, if you don't go there first. The way ASCII is laid out, it's actually not that hard. Lowercase letters start at 97 and Uppercase start at 65, which may not look significant in base 10, but it is in base 2. For lowercase letters you write 011 then a five bit number for the letter number ("a" is 1, "b" is 2...). The reason it has to be a 5 bit number is that ASCII is 8 bits per character, just get the number in binary and add as many padding zeros as you need (for example, "b" is 10 in binary, with padding zeros it's 00010) So "b" would be 01100010. "g" is 01100111. For uppercase you just do the same thing, but with 010 instead of 011.

Now you just have to remember that 00100000 is a space and 00101110 is a period, and you can read and write whole sentences!

[margo49]

OK cliff's notes TD:

Ongoing jokes, running gags, and recurring topics:

The possibility (via Margo) that I'm either lying about my age or purposely jumped through the hole in the fabric of space/time that I was *supposed* to be darning.
(Anything else?)

I cannot imagine you lying - even flirtatiously
I might (just might) concede that you fell through accidentally.
That was my original hypothesis actually; but then I realised things may be more complex than even I imagine
btw do you need more wool or a bigger needle. And keep it neat - it should look just as neat on the inside as the side we see

[Kitsune06]

Margo- Me? lie? Especially not flirtatiously! :D
Actually, I think we're seeing the inside of the continuum. The "outside" as it were is *behind* us, just as much as the "inside" is in front of us and we're all wound within through-out it. Trippy, huh?

It's actually done with rather fine needles and thread... the whole thing is smaller and more intricate than you'd even know... :D You look right at it and unless you're looking *real* close, you just see the whole thing and not all the little patterns that make it up. Groovy, huh? :cool:

Cyclchyc, I give up. I've looked at your avatar every day now and tried to figure it out. I don't think I can. If it's a bizarre piece of rorshack work, I can't really tell you what I *think* it is, then... (a worm on a fishing hook, with bubbles?) ... oop, my cheese head's showing! ...

Is it modern art? It doesn't look like letters hidden in an interesting way...
:confused:

[KnottedYet]

String theory meets fractal geometry in a Klein bottle.

Where are Brian Greene and Stephen Hawking when you really need them?

[kelownagirl]

Hi all, I spent countless hours today reading TE and catching up on TD. Hubby is away and I am alone and incredibly bored.

Anyway, I found a great site with 2500+ ideas for cycling/sports related t-shirts. Thought I'd sahre it with you.

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/cycling/-/pg_1

I would post some of my favourites but can't seem to download the thumbnails...

Anyway, it's worth a look if you're looking for biking Christmas gift ideas.

Not all are bike-related though, this one made me think of Trek...

[Kitsune06]

*hacks, coughs and spews pepsi out nose* Oh My God. Kelowna!
...where can I get one?

*checks watch* what's seven hours 'left' of the west coast? Wait... no... we want to go to... the future! It's near 4 AM somewhere to the east, right?
Hm...
God Bless Canada.

[kelownagirl]

Kits - really. It's only a *suggested* time.... :D Hang on a minute, think I might have one stashed in a glove in my underwear drawer. Not sure who I'd be hiding it from since I got it from my one of my kids...

Much safer up here though. Not sure it's a good idea down there in "3 strikes and you're out" land....

[Kitsune06]

I know. Well... Eventually I plan on moving. ;)
A glove? use one of those film canisters with a lettuce leaf in it to keep it moist and sticky.
1620 is actually quite an awkward time. You're either still at work or it's just waaaay too early and you're shot all day. ... so I hear. ...on TV. ...and in Canada. Blame Canada!

*shuts up and goes back to mending space/time and humming Pink Floyd*

[kelownagirl]

Yeah but it was the "right" time when I was in high school...

Doesn't happen very often these days and it's SO much stronger now. Found that out the hard way... :)

barb

[Kitsune06]

No kidding. That's what happens when people start to specialize in growing/breeding. If average folks just had wild plants in their yard, I can guarantee it wouldn't be half as strong (on average... there'll still be weird strains like blueberry, orange, skunk and purple alaskan)... The sheer amount of work and time alone to force budding etc is crazy. I had a friend with a card who was allowed to grow his own and he said the combination of science and eastern philosophy that went into it was fascinating. I didn't pay as much attention as I could've b/c that stuff doesn't interest me a whole lot... I just like knowing as much as I can (i.e. just enough to get me in trouble) on as many different weird subjects as I can... ;)

[kelownagirl]

Oooh, I like this shirt... Not sure if I could wear it to school though...

[Kitsune06]

I've got that one on my rear rack. :D I can only imagine how weird it'd be for my mgr to see that... :eyeroll:

[kelownagirl]

Grow-ops are big business around here. I live in a fairly nice neighbourhood and we had one two doors down. Brand new house. Sold for about $50,000 less than it should have.

[Kitsune06]

I thought it was still illegal in CA to grow one's own? (is it CA or CN?) something about "illegal to possess with intent to sell, illegal to distribute" but...? I'm not up on Canada's laws concerning that necessarily. just thinking that with the legal risk involved, the start-up costs and the possibility of entire crop wipe-outs (hermaphrodite crops from the wrong temp/light combination, not enough CO2, spider mites...) I can understand those costs as much as (probably more than) artists' high prices... :rolleyes:

[Xrayted]

Ok, kelowngirl, just back slowly away from the cafe press site and no one will get hurt! I love that site. I've bought a cool shirt on there that says "Underneath it all I'm pretty much just naked." Gets some interesting reactions.

Hey Kit!
01011001 01101111 01110101 00100111 01110010 01100101 00100000 01101010 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110100 01110111 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01100100 00100000 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110101 01100111 01101000 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01100011 01110101 01110100 01100101 00101100 00100000 01001011 01101001 01110100 00101110

00001101 00001010 00101101 01011000 00101110
I mean that from the heart.:D

[Kitsune06]

01000001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01110011 01101001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110101 01100111 01101000 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100101 01101110 01101010 01101111 01111001 00100000 01100101 01110110 01100101 01110010 01111001 00100000 01101101 01101001 01101110 01110101 01110100 01100101 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100001 00001101 00001010 00101101 01001011 01101001 01110100
I'm touched. :)
I cheated and used NickCiske.com |Binary- it's digitalicious!

[Xrayted]

ROTFLMAO - Oh yeah baby!!!


(I don't believe in cheating but in this case, I did too.)

[Kitsune06]

X, I don't think I could mean that any more than I do. :D

[kelownagirl]

kit - growing it is definitely illegal. The consequences just aren't tough enough to stop people. There are lots of stores that sell all the equipment growers steal electricity so their power bills don't look out of whack. Indoor grow-ops are beginning to outnumber the outdoor ones out in the bush. And you certainly can't tell by looking at a house that it has a grow-op although there are a few tell tale signs like fences, dogs, security systems etc. Big bucks - must be tempting but not worth it in my opinion...

I am too lazy to try to translate your binary code. Got more garble when I used the online translators. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow when the wine is outta my system...

TD is too funny. Thanks for the laughs, all of you...

Oh and also wanted to say YAY!!! to Lise. I'm so glad you have found someone! My guy and I have been together for 2 years and we're still giddy in love. What a great feeling!

[Xrayted]

Kit - Whew! When you finally get to truly showcase all of your talents in a job situation, you'll end up being CEO. No doubt. When I got my first degree (too many years ago) I had to learn binary, ASCII, hexadecimal... Blech! Of course, we didn't get to have this kind of fun with it. And we had to figure it out ourselves. No internet cheats. (Oh, and we walked uphill through 4 ft of snow 8 miles to get to class too. :D)

No wonder I'm an x-ray tech now. :rolleyes:

I'm sitting here on the couch all bleary eyed, after a looooooooong day, watching Mary Poppins on DVD while surfing TE. Hmmmm.... Not sure what that means but it can't be good. Maybe I should go to bed now. Yeah, that's it.
G'night TD.

[annie]

Hi, TE TD,

It's too late, I'm too tired, and too far behind to catch up on TD. :( Just want to say "hi" and hope everyone is as well as can be......? I will try and catch up after election day.

annie

[crazycanuck]

Kit..Can you please post a translation of
01000001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01110011 01101001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110101 01100111 01101000 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100101 01101110 01101010 01101111 01111001 00100000 01100101 01110110 01100101 01110010 01111001 00100000 01101101 01101001 01101110 01110101 01110100 01100101 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100001 00001101 00001010 00101101 01001011 01101001 01110100
Please :eek:

I have no freakin clue and would like help.

Hey annie, how's the campaign going?

Hydration pack woes today..please help...

I'm trying to remember the type of shorts nanci raved about...something about micro sensors, did a search but i don't think they're them...anyone remember?

Must go clean road bike and iron some clothes for tomorroooooowwww...

c

[CyclChyk]

01000001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01110100 01101100 01100101 00100000 01100010 01101001 01110100 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101011 01100101 01110011 00100000 01101101 01111001 00100000 01100101 01111001 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100011 01110010 01101111 01110011 01110011

OH YEH! I definately cheated on this one!:rolleyes:

[margo49]

Margo- Me? lie? Especially not flirtatiously! :D
Actually, I think we're seeing the inside of the continuum. The "outside" as it were is *behind* us, just as much as the "inside" is in front of us and we're all wound within through-out it. Trippy, huh?

It's actually done with rather fine needles and thread... the whole thing is smaller and more intricate than you'd even know... :D You look right at it and unless you're looking *real* close, you just see the whole thing and not all the little patterns that make it up. Groovy, huh? :cool:
:

trippy, groovy, cool
what a vocabular-ic give-away

and who is this "we" and "us" of whom you speak?

Yes, I am familiar with the in-trick-ate structure and the delicate tools required. You made the hole in the first place, so I as your elder am asking you just to Far-king fix it, that's all . You think the Universe is made for these kind of anomalies?

Just make sure you are on your proper side when you tie it all off (*with* your bike and anything else you want to have with you )

[Kitsune06]

Margo- *sigh* Yes, Ma'am. :o But... the Universe is strong... it can take it! The "we" is actually all of us... I think.

CC- "And sick enough to enjoy every minute of it! -Kit"

Chyk- I know what you mean. I posted one without spaces and screwed up the formatting of the thread (the box for my post extended waaaaaaaaaaaay out) so I had to go back through it to get 8 chars/char. ugh. Talk about crosseyed!

Xrayted- I was working as an admin for a little software company and had to learn HTML from scratch so I could do the contact list (Openoffice's doc-to-html leaves a lot of waste, so the doc was getting too big to pull up easily) then it was "well... why don't you learn PHP? How about ASCII?" **** people, you make me start as a *JANITOR* and now you're making me learn ASCII?! *HATE!* but it went well... I've just forgotten 9/10 of everything. Thanks for your kind words... maybe someday I'll prove myself not to be some kind of idiot savant at work :rolleyes:

Oh. The smarta** way to convert binary to english:
zeee-roh.... wohn.... zeee-roh... ;)
oh, and there are 10 kinds of people in the world:
those who understand binary, and those who don't. ;)

[KnottedYet]

I definitely need some coffee...

[KnottedYet]

Nope, got my coffee (black, I'm off putting milk or cream into it anymore) and I still can't make sense of what y'all were posting.

Geez, kids these days...


(Oh, and Trek my dearest, you may not want one of those 4:20 t-shirts...)

[Kitsune06]

hmph. I can hardly ever make sense of what I'm posting... ;)
I can't think anymore. grog. I told DG that I'd go back to bed, but I'm thinking about coffee and breakfast now. ugh. and I crashed at midnight. ugh. Stupid full moon.

odd factoid:
people injure themselves relatively often where I work, but on full moons, the injuries often result in at least one transport to the ER. yaaay

argh. and I miss it by 3 hours!

[CyclChyk]

I used to see the devils face in the full moon. Got to where I couldn't look at it cuz it would freak me out so bad. Last night looking at the moon, I say an eagle on a rock, beginning to take flight.

Growing up can be a good thing.

[KnottedYet]

I can't see squat in the full moon. Everyone goes on and on about rabbits and man in the moon, etc, and all *I* see is the d@mm moon. :rolleyes:

We have new neighbors. They moved in last night. I told SKnot that we probably shouldn't tell them that one of 'em is sleeping in a room where some dude blew his brains out all over the wall and floor and ceiling and inside of the closet....

[Trek420]

KnottedYet "(Oh, and Trek my dearest, you may not want one of those 4:20 t-shirts...)"

nah. My TE name refers to my old bike.

like this randoneir bike seen on
http://www.pathcom.com/~ppiltch/randobikes.html

Mine was a '97, purple to green fade. 47 cm if you see it just nail the guy who stole it.

but when I found out that "420 friendly" refers to pot :eek: Like when I was surfing Craigslist looking for roomates (waaaay back in the day that I was considering roomates vs the living alone vs find a GF thang) and saw all these ads "420 friendly" ah, cyclists :D "doh! Oh, that's what you mean. No thanks"

[Bikingmomof3]

but when I found out that 420 refers to pot :eek:

I am SO old and out of it. I had no idea that 420 was another name. Sigh. I am off for coffee, must find more coffee....feeling very old this morning....great now I am muttering to myself.

edited to fix the typos I could see. I need more strong, black coffee.

[snapdragen]

odd factoid:
people injure themselves relatively often where I work, but on full moons, the injuries often result in at least one transport to the ER. yaaay



When I worked in the business office for the psych unit, our admissions aways increased during a full moon!

[Bikingmomof3]

When I worked in the business office for the psych unit, our admissions aways increased during a full moon!

I worked on the psych floor of a nursing home for years and the patients always acted up when it was a full moon.

[Xrayted]

I can't see squat in the full moon. Everyone goes on and on about rabbits and man in the moon, etc, and all *I* see is the d@mm moon. :rolleyes:

Maybe your looking at the wrong kinda moon, Knot! (ya know ya walked into that)

[Bikingmomof3]

Maybe your looking at the wrong kinda moon, Knot! (ya know ya walked into that)
HA-even my old, caffeine deficient brain saw that one. ;)

ummmmm X? Is today your BIRTHDAY?

[Kitsune06]

ok quick question... I've been 'borrowing' my landlord's wifi for the past year, but the unpredictibility of the connection is really driving me nuts. Anyone have a nice, cheap dialup provider?

[Xrayted]

HA-even my old, caffeine deficient brain saw that one. ;)

ummmmm X? Is today your BIRTHDAY?

Naw, that was 37 years go. Keep up woman. I think it's Nanci's again tho. :p

[snapdragen]

ok quick question... I've been 'borrowing' my landlord's wifi for the past year, but the unpredictibility of the connection is really driving me nuts. Anyone have a nice, cheap dialup provider?

Some "thrifty" friends of mine use People PC, but I can't say how good it is. I got a special deal from SBC/Yahoo - $12.99 a month for DSL. Is there anything like that in your neck 'o the woods?

[Xrayted]

ok quick question... I've been 'borrowing' my landlord's wifi for the past year, but the unpredictibility of the connection is really driving me nuts. Anyone have a nice, cheap dialup provider?

You've been borrowing? **shakes head and just smiles, wondering why I didn't know you sooner** I've got Verizon DSL at $14.99/mo. You can go to their site and put in your # to see what specials they have for your area. Or you can get a booster to plug into your computer to crank up your current "connection".

**muttering to myself** (If I ever start my own business, I'm hiring that girl. Couldn't afford to have her working for the competition.)

[Bikingmomof3]

Naw, that was 37 years go. Keep up woman. I think it's Nanci's again tho. :p

Yes, I knew it was your birthday. :D

Any special plans?


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, X

[Kitsune06]

X- You know it, sweety. :D Rules are suggestions at best. ;)

Eugene had an actual free dialup system, paid for by donations by the users (run by EUGLUG, the Eugene Linux Users Group) and I loved it... wondering if there are any geeksquads in Portland that do the same thing... :P After that, I might consider athenet (my parents used it for awhile) or NetZero....


Woohoo! Post 1000!!!!

[CyclChyk]

We have new neighbors. They moved in last night. I told SKnot that we probably shouldn't tell them that one of 'em is sleeping in a room where some dude blew his brains out all over the wall and floor and ceiling and inside of the closet....

I think by law the person who sold the house to your new neighbors is required to divulge that sort of info, but I say tell 'em just in case.... thats the kinda stuff that that makes for good psychotic episodes.....:D

I need therapy.

X - party hearty gurl! HBD!!

KIT - 1000! You go wit yo bad sef! (and I think you were right about sometimes they just don't try - my Wicked Weasel reference was totally overlooked.... maybe CWR will pick up on it after her vaca ;) )

[KnottedYet]

It's a rental apartment. Literally "next door". Maybe they've already been told, but i wouldn't count on it. and they seem like nice neighbors so I don't wanna scare them off.

Dear Trek, I'm so sorry your Trek 420 got stolen. But Menace is there for you now. Sometimes we have to move on, even if we didn't want to. (and sometimes the new things are pretty nice, too.) :D

[Kitsune06]

Yeah, Chyk, the walk-through would go like this... "Here we have the kitchen- new fridge, nice, eh? ...walk through here and we have the dining room, a window into the courtyard... nice? and the bedroom- refurnished, carpeted and redecorated um *COUGHCOUGHHACK*becausethelasttenantdecidedtospraypaintwithgreymatter... *HACKHACKCOUGHHACK* Oh!Look! Over here's the built-in closet..."
Smooth, Chyk. ;)

CWR will be likely to comment on WW, actually. she's just busy in freakin AZ. ;) I hope she's enjoying the weather. :D

My sig used to be "hard-azz cutiepie" but I thought it was pretentious... :o Though... don't get me wrong, I totally love having all kinds of ladies tell me how cute I am... ;) :D

[Xrayted]

CyclChyk - Thanks! How's this for excitement. I'm cleaning the house, raking leaves, finally stacking firewood I cut 2 days ago, already shampooed the carpets, gotta run out to look at a new vehicle I saw online, fixing a scrape on my car (before I trade it in), wash and wax said car, maybe ride the trainer and get in some Pilates time (stiff today), check TE occassionally in case y'all get nutsy (don't wanna miss what I missed yesterday ;)) and then I finally get to vedge out on the couch.

Pretty good day I'd say. :cool:

[CyclChyk]

I was thinking more like "here's the room you won't want your kid sleeping in because the previous owner felt the need to decorate it with chunks of his brain, unless, of course, you like that sort of thing...."

Did I mention I need therapy?

I don't think I've ever been referred to as a cutie pie. "Girl Next Door" was the closest I ever got.....must be the german bones.....

[Kitsune06]

CyclChyk - Thanks! How's this for excitement. I'm cleaning the house, raking leaves, finally stacking firewood I cut 2 days ago, already shampooed the carpets, gotta run out to look at a new vehicle I saw online, fixing a scrape on my car (before I trade it in), wash and wax said car, maybe ride the trainer and get in some Pilates time (stiff today), check TE occassionally in case y'all get nutsy (don't wanna miss what I missed yesterday ;)) and then I finally get to vedge out on the couch.

Pretty good day I'd say. :cool:

Thanks loads, X. You reminded me that I need to rain-x my windshield (yay oregonian rains...)
...you cut firewood?
A woman after my own heart! <3! How're you going about fixing that scrape on your car? Is it in need of bondo/sanding/painting or just a light little nailpolish touch-up? Go have a happy birthday. I'll be thinking good thoughts for you today. :D

I look forward to the day before I start commuting to work. I'm going to wash/wax my car so it's perfect. ...then park it in the garage for (hopefully!) a very long time. :D

Chyk- only people I know online call me 'cutiepie'. Anyone else just says I'm cute or whatever. They're usually teasing me- I know it! the worst is trying to talk to people on the phone. I have a soft little voice. DGF makes fun of me and tells me I have to "use my big-girl voice" I tell her she'd be beating men and women alike away from the front door if I did. ;) She laughs until her sides hurt, but I'm sure that deep down, she appreciates my efforts. :D

[Trek420]

KnottedYet "Dear Trek, I'm so sorry your Trek 420 got stolen. But Menace is there for you now. Sometimes we have to move on, even if we didn't want to. (and sometimes the new things are pretty nice, too.) :D"

Yes, even though I'm poly now (that's Menace, Bradley & Mixte Fixie) you never forget your first........bike :p

Snap whoo hoo! You got the online deal from SBC/Yahoo - $12.99 a month for the first year.

ATT formerly known as SBC formerly known as Pacific Bell formerly known as ATT...might not provide local basic service in Kits area.

Kit I can find out if you can get "naked DSL" (flashes inside of trench coat which has 5 dozen fake Cartier watches and Polaroids of Knots abs)

Get your minds out of the gutter TE TD, that means DSL without a phone line.

[Kitsune06]

KnottedYet "Dear Trek, I'm so sorry your Trek 420 got stolen. But Menace is there for you now. Sometimes we have to move on, even if we didn't want to. (and sometimes the new things are pretty nice, too.) :D"

Yes, even though I'm poly now (that's Menace, Bradley & Mixte Fixie) you never forget your first........bike :p

"You can't have just one."

[CyclChyk]

Thanks! How's this for excitement. I'm cleaning the house, raking leaves, finally stacking firewood I cut 2 days ago, already shampooed the carpets, gotta run out to look at a new vehicle I saw online, fixing a scrape on my car (before I trade it in), wash and wax said car, maybe ride the trainer and get in some Pilates time (stiff today), check TE occassionally in case y'all get nutsy (don't wanna miss what I missed yesterday ;)) and then I finally get to vedge out on the couch.

Pretty good day I'd say. :cool:

And all that on your Birthday??? WOW X! You really know how to live it up don't you??? ;) I'm tired just from reading your post!

[Trek420]

Kitsune06 "You can't have just one."

You have just...one....bike, right?

And yet you manage to keep it exciting, riding the same bike day after day. How do you manage?

Just who are these women who are true to just one bike? How do they cope with the thought that this might be the one and only bike. :p

Sure you might look at other bikes, take V.s mid-life-crisis-convertible-sports-car-red-leggy Legolas for example (hubba hubba:p ). Sure I tell Menace I will never look at another bike, she's my lifetime bike but after all I'm not dead yet. :p

Of course there's always the same bike and toys, look hun, a Topeak mini-tool :rolleyes: ;) :cool: :p

[Kitsune06]

M thoughts exactly, Trek. Sure you can have a CX bike. She does everything... but does she do everything *exceedingly well*? If she's not the jealous type, why not tarry a little longer with that rough and ready stud muffin of a FS MTB? Enjoy a quick sprint with that super-light track bike that says "I'm too good for you." though her slim tires whisper "well, maybe not for fifty miles..."

After all, life is long. Why not have one tried and true, whose bearings you'll change out until she can no longer be repaired... ...but play with other, more specialized models on the side? Odds are, you'll still be incredibly happy to see your special one at the end of the day... and she gets to share with you what the others never will- real life, every day.
oh, and new outfits. "Look, Miz Cakes~ waddya think of these new shorts?"

[chickwhorips]

phew! 30 hours later here i sit in west virginny. made it. after two flights were late and i barely made the shuttle to the training center. but, i'm here. if you have time to spare, fly by air. the next stop is phoenix kit, so far it is nice here. i think low 40s possible and no wind. it was in the teens in achorage last night. i'm slowly getting warmer.

chyk oh trust me i caught those comments more than once.

x happy birthday!

i tried to wave to all of you while i flew over. had a lay over for a while in chicago and waved to you chicago girls, and those up in wi.

time to settle in for a bit, but i did have to quick read over TD first to make sure i wasn't missing anything important.

[Kitsune06]

phew! 30 hours later here i sit in west virginny. made it. after two flights were late and i barely made the shuttle to the training center. but, i'm here. if you have time to spare, fly by air. the next stop is phoenix kit, so far it is nice here. i think low 40s possible and no wind. it was in the teens in achorage last night. i'm slowly getting warmer.

chyk oh trust me i caught those comments more than once.

x happy birthday!

i tried to wave to all of you while i flew over. had a lay over for a while in chicago and waved to you chicago girls, and those up in wi.

time to settle in for a bit, but i did have to quick read over TD first to make sure i wasn't missing anything important.

I used to think I was good with geography, but maybe I'm not as good as I thought. WTF are you doing in WVA if you're supposed to be going to AZ?!

[Bikingmomof3]

CWR- I am pleased you made it to WV. Do you see me waving to you? :D

[chickwhorips]

the trip is for work training here in wv. i'm making the side personal trip to az after this.

i did see you BMof3, did you see me?

[Trek420]

chickwhorips "i tried to wave to all of you while i flew over. had a lay over for a while in chicago and waved to you chicago girls, and those up in wi."

you didn't wave to us :mad: betcha didn't even fly over here ::::hands on hips, scowls::::

kit, it gets so confusing keeping muliple bikes happy I could never do it.

This one likes Pedro citrus degreaser that one's allergic to citrus, this one lusts after a carbon seat post that one can't have one because she's steel, try to make up for it and I'd show up at the door with a boquet of the wrong spokes ("these are black aero spokes with blue nipples, you know darn well my nipples are green:mad:" )

...it would be a disaster for me.

[Kitsune06]

ohhh. Ok. Well... you know, I get easily confused. :) Glad everything went well. :D

[Bikingmomof3]

i did see you BMof3, did you see me?

Yup! :D I am going running in about an hour and a half. Shall I run for both of us?

[chickwhorips]

i didn't fly over you trek, but i did do a really long wave. i still need to get my arm back from how far i stretched. i think i pulled my shoulder out of the joint.

BM3 i'm going for a run right now through the woods on all the neat trails here so you don't need to. i need to get on this time schedule. thanks for the thought though.

[Bikingmomof3]

Enjoy the trails. :) I am off for my run.

[Xrayted]

Well, I'm taking a break. Got everything done but wash and wax on the car. Too cold and now it's getting dark.

So, CWR is on her way from AK to AZ by way of WV, huh? Makes total sense to me, although it probably shouldn't I guess.

HI CWR!!! **looking skyward and waving like a mad woman**

Kit - It was very superficial. A while ago when I was parked, someone must have tried to pull into the space next to me and caught the corner of my back bumper. They dimpled it way up in. It took some McGuyver-type rigging (you wouldn't believe me if I told you) and I popped it back out on my own but the scrape was still there. I have touchup paint for my color so today I just cleaned it up, painted it and buffed it smooth. Not too bad looking. You really gotta be looking closely to see it. I also repaired some tiny paint chips on the hood and front bumper.

CyclChyk - I take the 5th. (for once :rolleyes: )

Heading out to find a cute little Jeep next. The lots should be closed by now and I can peruse without getting harrassed. My bro D. is gonna hook me up with a hitch and do all the custom rack work for me when I'm ready. He made some small adjustments to my design to incorporate a bike and kayak setup. He's doesn't quite get why I love this stuff but he supports me 100% without questioning. (((D.))) One of my favorite people in the whole world.

[Kitsune06]

I think I'd get it, actually. The repair, that is. Some dumb-*** rearended my metro a few years ago so I had to undo all the clips holding the interior facade in place and use my hand (and a rubber hammer) to put everything back where it should be. I was lucky it didn't stretch the metal beyond a good popping, but it did leave a crease there forever afterward. :mad:

That was nothing next to installing the car audio system, though... (audiophile!)
It's worth it to crank DG's techno, look into the rearview and see the speakers thump with the bass. Woo! :D

[chickwhorips]

the trails are so nice to run on here. though i could barely hear anything else besides the crunch of the leaves. ahhhh.... fall. saw over a dozen deer. all females. they just watched me run by, didn't even think twice of running away. a couple i guess i wasn't entertaining enough for them because they went right back to eating. well phewy on them too!

bad thing.... feet are really hurting. :(

[mtbdarby]

You crazy girls with your binary schminary stuff!

Happy Bday X! I'm impressed with your auto body abilities;)

CWR, glad you made it to WV. Thanks for the wave - gottcha.

I was a good girl today and went to church *pats self on back*. Then I went for a run and dog #! poos. Next corner dog #2's turn. Geez. Then 2 boys new to the hood HAD to pet the dogs so I stopped again. Actually, I had such a knot (no, not you dear) in my left calf I had to stop anyway. What causes that? We ended up doing 4 miles then I hopped on the bike and rode 22 miles. Now I'm tired. And hungry. So I'm off to eat and then hitting the road to get my little guy back. Yippee!!

Cbl.

[chickwhorips]

dar just checked out your match.com sight, and i think it looks great! if i find anyone to fit operations FROG i'll let you know.

[KnottedYet]

Went to church, did the non-creedal faith thang; then ran errands like a madwoman.

Finally home, too tired to do much of anything but make dinner. (Do you hear the laundry calling me? No? Well, neither do I. Back to TD.)

Tonight's repast:
Jambalaya. Chocolate and fruit for dessert.

How many places should I set at the table?

And there's still a little chicken stew left if anyone would rather have that.

I love the smell of Jambalaya cooking. Just turned it down to simmer. It's such a nice autumnal cozy-food smell.

[KnottedYet]

Oh, by the way, I made the Jambalaya with brown rice, which will automatically negate any ill-effects from the chocolate for dessert. Right?

I need somebody to be prep cook for me and chop up the broccoli. Before I let you use my cleaver, though, you have to pass the all important "does she know the CORRECT way to hold a knife?" test.

One of my many jobs in my past was prep cook/dishwasher in a tiny little expensive seafood restaurant. I know how to hold a knife...:D

[chickwhorips]

i can prep for ya Knot. i'm good at chopping things, i mean food, but if you need something else have your people call my people, we'll do lunch.

[Fredwina]

01011001 01101111 01110101 00100111 01110010 01100101 00100000 01101010 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110100 01110111 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01100100 00100000 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110101 01100111 01101000 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01100011 01110101 01110100 01100101 00101100 00100000 01001011 01101001 01110100 00101110
Boy, talk about a blast from the past! Binary code!
I should explain,
My first "professional" job was an assembly language programmer. For non-geeks, this is language where you say if bit 6 is on, go to this instruction, only a bit less elegantly (i,e BBST 6(R1),L0101) The company had managed to lose a tape that the mnemonic version of some program that they were having a problem with. I was assigned the task of reading the Binary (or our case, Octal) code, producing a human readable program, and finding the error.
One day, one of the senior programmer dropped by my cube and asked what the boss had me working on. She thought for a while, and finally said "Oh, that old so-and-so was working on when Committed suicide:eek: )
I did get that one fixed . (hint. a bed scheduling program shouldn't call the Indiana state payroll tax deduction calculator;) )
Only two more day till the election here in states. I'm glad I work late, two days of
"My opponent is a lair and a weasel"
"Are Not"
"Am Too"

[Bikingmomof3]

Oh, by the way, I made the Jambalaya with brown rice, which will automatically negate any ill-effects from the chocolate for dessert. Right?


You make the best dinners! I so wish I lived closer. I am great at clean-up...will clean for food. :D


Besides a great run, today cannot be over soon enough. I did send DH on a SB hunt. Yum!

[Kitsune06]

Fredwina- Was that with or without punchcards? I don't want to overguess the era, but the concept of computers using punch cards is just wild to me... The things you miss, jumping through space-time... :rolleyes:

[DebW]

Fredwina- Was that with or without punchcards? I don't want to overguess the era, but the concept of computers using punch cards is just wild to me... The things you miss, jumping through space-time... :rolleyes:

Punchcards were fun. Your could make the holes spell things and use them as Christmas cards.

[Xrayted]

(sigh) No Jeep yet. :( But I did see something that caught my eye... A decrepit Yugo with a Univ. of Notre Dame Alumni license plate on the bumper. I truly love ND but that had me rollin'.

Well Kit, close but no. I warned you. Here's the story...
So you know what kind of car we're talking about, I have a Chrysler Sebring Conv. I didn't take off the bumper or quarter panel. (the clips were about impossible to get at) I hoisted it up on a floorjack and chocked all the wheels good. (If it fell on me, would that qualify me for an "X marks the spot" sign? Or better yet, "spot marks the X"? :rolleyes:) I crawled under there and tried using a rubber mallet from the inside but, you guessed it, not enough room. Walked around muttering under my breathe for a few minutes. I hate paying some guy to do something that I should be able to figure out. Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner! I got my crudy little scissors jack out of the trunk, cut some small 2x4 wooden blocks and went back up in there. I placed the blocks up in the dimple, (I love duct tape!) and put the jack in between them and the frame. Then I just screwed the jack open until the blocks pushed the dimple out. I had to reposition a few times to get it all but it worked. I'm not a big beer drinker but I certainly needed one after that. **shakes head** Told you you wouldn't believe me. :D I swear I do everything azz backwards just to punish myself.

I've personally installed every car stereo I've ever had except for one car cuz I ordered it that way. No massive woofers for me. I like to hear more than just the base line. For me, the heart of a song comes from the layering, shadows, inflection...

Hey, CWR! Sounds like you had a great run. How long you in WV for? do a drive by up here and pick me up. I can't seem to escape on my own. :D

[Kitsune06]

Well Kit, close but no. I warned you. Here's the story...
I've personally installed every car stereo I've ever had except for one car cuz I ordered it that way. No massive woofers for me. I like to hear more than just the base line. For me, the heart of a song comes from the layering, shadows, inflection...

*BIG SHINY EYES*
I do declare...
You, X, are givin' me the vapors!
:D

How have I not met you yet?! PA?! That's much too far. That won't do at all. We'll have to fix that. CWR? Could you pick X up and drop her off in Portland on your way back? Thanks!

We're gonna play with my little blue racecar. :D

[KnottedYet]

Punchcards were fun. Your could make the holes spell things and use them as Christmas cards.

Oh, yeah! Great piles of old punchcards with "x" over them, and use the other side for scribbly notes.

I remember scheduling for classes, you'd go to the gym, stand in line for the class you wanted, hope there was still a punch card left for that class when you got there.

After you got your cards (and often you had to change your schedule, cuz if there weren't cards left the class was full) you took the stack to the scheduler, who fed them into the machine and then gave you your official schedule.

[CyclChyk]

KNOT - I love jambalaya!! Eat some for me??

KIT - you are too young to know about vapors. Next you will be telling us you know nuthin 'bout birthin' no babies!

X - ya gotta have woofers, at least in the south. (Its a redneck thing.....;))

CWR - I almost used my Photo Editor to crop incriminating evidence and post the remains but my DH said it would probably NOT be appreciated..... he's so much more considerate than me.... Glad your trip was safe!

[Kitsune06]

*huffs* It's *not* a redneck thing. :mad:

It's a techno thing. And if your rearview mirror doesn't vibrate just a little, your system needs TLC. ;)

[DebW]

After you got your cards (and often you had to change your schedule, cuz if there weren't cards left the class was full) you took the stack to the scheduler, who fed them into the machine and then gave you your official schedule.

That was far more sophisticated than MIT in 1974. You picked classes (on paper) and turned in the list. The computer printed your schedule. If it couldn't fit you into the classes you requested you got a schedule that said "one hour for lunch unless unavoidable conflict". I think about 20% of the students got that schedule. Yes, MIT was on the forefront of the computer age :rolleyes: But everyone ate lunch without fail.

Back to punch cards. If the card punch machines weren't enough to make you deaf and fray every nerve in your body, then there were the card readers. They made lots of errors. They failed in the middle of a 200 card deck. But the worst one I ever used was the one that bent your card every time it read them, and then would not read them again because they were bent. You had to store them in a card drawer with objects inserted at various points to try and bend them back overnight so they could be read again. And almost as bad as the cards and readers was JCL for IBM 360/370 computers. This was a computer language consisting of "//DDxx" and things like that. I never did understand it.

[Xrayted]

I swear I was born on the wrong side of the country. :D See CWR, Kit agrees, do a drive by or fly by or whatever!

***quietly the Animals are playing in the backround on an old 45***
We gotta get out of this place
If it's the last thing we ever do...

Nah, no big woofers poundin' me in the chest. I trust my heart to pick it's own pace, thankyouverymuch. I pretty much listen to just about anything. I'm always up for something new with few exceptions... just can't handle Rap or Hip Hop/boy group type of stuff. Or hate rock. Blech.
Overall, I'd rather have music on anytime than the tv. I literally go days without turning the tv on. (50" w/ s-s setup) I haven't watched a current tv show in I don't know when. Couldn't tell ya what's on these days. I used to help create TV Guide and I had no idea if I was putting the right pic on the cover. :o Loooove Seinfeld and Fraser reruns tho. Intelligent comedy that doesn't make you more stupid for having watched it.

[CyclChyk]

*huffs* It's *not* a redneck thing. :mad:

It's a techno thing. And if your rearview mirror doesn't vibrate just a little, your system needs TLC. ;)

Yeh but picture 2 bookshelf type subwoofers mounted in the back window of a 1971 Fastback Mustang....... REDNECK!!!.....thats what my brother did to his and I am the lucky car keeper while he retires from the Army in Germany..... go figure. Oh, and let's not leave out the centerline rims. :eek:

and X - there IS a better life. It involves winning the lotto...... and you still use a turntable?????????????

[withm]

[QUOTE=KnottedYet;141548]Tonight's repast:
Jambalaya. Chocolate and fruit for dessert.


mmmmmm. I love Jambalaya!!!! Care to share the recipe? It gets cold here too.
Martha

[Kitsune06]

Love Fraiser, hate Seinfeld. Dunno what it is. We have *a* TV, but it doesn't have an antenna (just DVDs for that TV) so I'm 'with ya'. I don't like "hate rock" but I love Manson (that is *not* hate rock. It's not.), old-school Punk (Ramones, Sex Pistols, Revolting Cocks, Bad Religion -esp. their '80-85 album-) and then the old-old stuff that's just timeless- Beatles, Stones, Jimi, Janis and Jim... ;)

Economy, technology, does it really work?
The guy running the government's another jerk
Try to teach some values and they all erode away
You're lucky if they listen to a single word you say.

What is right and what is wrong, government decides
You don't have to like the laws as long as you abide
We're all being oppressed by the upper-middle class
The government you vote for is the one that you possess.

I'm so tired and now I'm through, I'm through and so are you
Oppressive fear from presidents, it's us, not the government
We control the masses of the whole entire race
Soon our streets will all get filled without a happy face. Bad Religion- Politics- '81

You could pick up and move, I'm sure St. Vince's here could use an X-rayted technician... ;)

And we will *not* start the vinyl vs. CD "discussion" here... ;)

[Xrayted]

CyclChyk - OMG, you know what a 45 is? Ya old woman. :p Think I got a turntable (or record player as they were called back in the day) stashed somewhere in a closet. Not sure.
And on the 'Stang, I'll be there at dawn for a spin. What he don't know won't hurt him. We'll just turn back the odometer like Ferris. :cool: Oh, wait, that didn't work, did it? Shoot. Well, I know how to unhook the cable so we're still golden. Do you have keys or do I need to bring my "tools"? :D :D

[Xrayted]

You could pick up and move, I'm sure St. Vince's here could use an X-rayted technician... ;)

That's X-rayted Technologist, dear. St. Vince's huh? Do I have to be Catholic? Cuz I just don't think my knees could take it. Maybe I could just listen to confessions? :eek:

[Kitsune06]

*suppresses awful urge to make an awful joke* X, thou leadest me to temptation.

I don't think you have to be Catholic. Sorry I messed up your title... I still want you to help me install the turbo chip in my little blue racecar and maybe take 'er for a spin sometime... ;)

[Xrayted]

Turbo huh? Ever try Nitrox? Nah, better not, we'd get arrested. Would be fun tho.

I'm gonna ignore what I think you were gonna say cuz I'm nice like that. ;)

[Kitsune06]

Thanks. :) I've been told I could try Nitrox, but the risk of blowing seals (Neons and head gaskets... it's a love-hate relationship...) and cracking the engine block are just... not things I want to do. The cold air intake and flo-thru exhaust system *coughsemiillegalmufflercough* help up the HP too. It's my baby. Now I wanna bike commute so I never have to drive 'er. :D

[KnottedYet]

Are you doing all this sh*t to a Geo Metro!?!?!?!

[Kitsune06]

HA! No. *sniff* The metro was my baby and my first car. This is a '01 Dodge Neon. yeah, cheap, I know, but cheap and with minimal modding you can make it one of the fastest Dodges on the market (aside from the SRT-4, Charger and the Viper)... so... yeah. :) I've never been clocked, but I did have a good run on I-5 with a Camaro where we both topped out at ~120. :D

[Xrayted]

OMG!!! Kit you just kill me! I may as well just sell the tv. This is so much better.

Flo-thru... I knocked out the baffles on my Harley to get a little sound. Then went to straight pipes, rejetted the carb and ZOOOOM! Sadly, I'm supposed to be a grown up now. S**ks.

[Kitsune06]

"grown up" just means you haven't managed to kill yourself before reaching maturity. Either tone it down or try harder. ;)

You should *hear* the purr the engine makes. It idles at a G flat and coordinates remarkably well with Tool. :D

[crazycanuck]

OI..What is it with you ladies? OI..Stop posting so much. Those of us at work can't keep up with yers..:(

Hawumph I say..:(

It's so hard to come to TD and try not to giggle whilst working...

Yummmyy lunch...Want some fruit salad?

c

[CyclChyk]

CyclChyk - OMG, you know what a 45 is? Ya old woman. :p Think I got a turntable (or record player as they were called back in the day) stashed somewhere in a closet. Not sure.

Yeh well my first record player played 78's, 45's AND 33's.... Now if I had a Victrola THEN I would be old ;)


And on the 'Stang, I'll be there at dawn for a spin. What he don't know won't hurt him. We'll just turn back the odometer like Ferris. :cool: Oh, wait, that didn't work, did it? Shoot. Well, I know how to unhook the cable so we're still golden. Do you have keys or do I need to bring my "tools"? :D :D

Come on down - I got keys and we have to get the manual choke warmed up but Man does that baby purr!!! You ok with Skynard??
(We just can't crash it like Cameron did.... Frank might get a little pissed if I did that )

[Kitsune06]

You ladies promise me you'll pick me up on this little joyride, okay? :o

[CyclChyk]

Flo-thru... I knocked out the baffles on my Harley to get a little sound. Then went to straight pipes, rejetted the carb and ZOOOOM! Sadly, I'm supposed to be a grown up now. S**ks.

OY X!! You killing me here with the memories. My DH's first bike after we got together was a Kawi Classic 800 (he later upgraded to the 1500; looked alot like a Fatboy) but anyhoo, we knocked out the baffles too and dam* was that thing LOUD! I still have the scar on my calf from the pipe when I "dismounted" from the wrong side of that baby.....

Sigh - those were the good ol days.

Ok KIT but you and X get to fight over shotgun cuz I'm driving first!

[Fredwina]

Fredwina- Was that with or without punch cards? I don't want to overguess the era, but the concept of computers using punch cards is just wild to me... The things you miss, jumping through space-time... :rolleyes:

Kit, that job was really back to the future. In 1984, we had a hospital with CPU that used Vacuum tube memory....
Punch cards: It was decided that I had promise as a systems programmer, and they could not get parts for the punch card readers, so I was given the task of making the punch card drivers read a tape drive. The instructions we sent to the sites was to read the cards we sent first, then read the tape with my programs. you can guess which order the operators followed. fun job, but the company went bankrupt.
anyway, Monday, I go back to being a career dinosaur... COBOL is so much fun.. not Maybe I can get some more Java studying done.

[Xrayted]

CyclChyk - South Carolina, 71 'stang, Skynard... ah, I think I'm home! :D

I went to a Skynard concert last year. First concert in a looong time. They still kick azz. Nuthin' like a little southern fried rock to get the blood pumpin'.
Get this... SO fell asleep during the show!?! (Yeah, I know. :confused:, right??) SO also got bored at the Earth, Wind and Fire/Chicago concert. Started nodding off so was sent for a nice cleansing walk. No more concerts w/ SO. Period! **shakes head** At least I don't have to sit still anymore. I can get up and rock as hard as I want when I go with my GF's. What happens at the show, stays at the show. :D

[CyclChyk]

Ok X, I can accept that you fell asleep at an EW&F concert, but Skynard??? :eek: How is that humanly possible??? Do you have an "L" tat on your forehead?? ;) I realize Ronnie is no longer with us (may he rest in peace) but we still have Johnny and Donnie.......

I can't believe you feel asleep..... just for that KIT is riding shotgun and you are banished to the back seat......:D

(my last concert was in July - it was Def Leppard and "Journey" (if you can still call them that). I tried to rock out but my DH got a lil embarassed so I have to "act like an adult" - GAG )

[Kitsune06]

Bad chyk. You misread it. But for that, X's SO doesn't get to come along. I'll still take the back (it's closest to the speakers!)

[Xrayted]

***comes stomping in, all wound up*** Are you kidding?? Me fall asleep at a concert?? Puhleeease!!! I'm incapable of sitting still around music.
I think Kit drives, (you get to control the volume, Kit) I'm shotgun and you get back seat. And ya gotta order and pay at the drive thru. Backseat rules. :eek:

**walks away mumbling*** the nerve of some people... suggesting... well that's just crazy... never heard of such a thing...

[Kitsune06]

*wraps her arms around struggling X* Shh. Sit. Still. Deep breaths- I said RELAX!
OK. :D This is a Mustang? .... I'm not driving a Ford. Nosirreebob. Uh-uh. Someone else can drive. How 'bout you, Ms. X-citeable?

[CyclChyk]

GEEZZ PEOPLE! Cut me some slack! Its 1:30 in the a.m. cuz I can't frickin sleep and apparently I can't read either.... Fine. I will ride in the back seat :mad: just crank it up for me. And fine, I'll order too.... :mad: geez. You guys are tough!

(Of course after I went back and re-read (yehyeh S.O. not SO) I realize Chicago was at that concert...... UGHHH!!! Everytime I hear that stupid song "Does anyone really know what time it is?" its like nails on a chalkboard. I HATE CHICAGO :eek:

There. I said it. :p And I'll say it again. I hate Chicago :p

And FYI KIT - Ford's don't have cooties! It's just a rumor started by Chevy owners out of jealousy!!

[Kitsune06]

I stand by that whole 'fix or repair daily' thing, m'kay? ;)

and neither Ford nor Chevy will EVER be Subarus. ;)

Ha. Sagges strike again. Talking to Felix- this silver-tongued sweety @ work. He says "Well, you know, I like to.. um... explore a lot."
I say "You mean you flirt with everything in sight."
he says "Yeah... kind of. There's a better word for it, though..."
"Saggitarian?"
He looks at me :confused: "How'd you know?!"

:D

[Xrayted]

I'll drive. Hope it's stick. Get to burn rubber in at least 3 gears with stick. Seatbelts are a must when you ride with me. All the same, I'll plant ya firmly in your seats. :D

BTW, Chyk - I don't like McD's. I'm a Wendy's kind of gal. And that means frosties. So you're holding. ;) That's what you get for saying that about Chicago. :D

Actually, I just went to see EW&F mostly. Incredible artists. Oh, the horn section is killer. I especially love the song September. Just gotta groove when I hear it. Yup, in public too. Hey, don't look at me like that. I've got rhythm. :D

Oh, anyway, it's almost 2 am here so I'm gone. (Thanks Kit! I really appreciate you know what. ;) :cool:)

Go to bed Chyk. It's a school night.

X.

[Kitsune06]

It's nothing, Ms. X. I'm always good for you know what. Anytime. :cool: Burning rubber in 3 gears... :D I like how you talk, X. I like it lots.

Take care and have a good night. It's midnight here, but since I've been up since 6, I'm going to bed.
Take care, all.
CWR, I expect an email tomorrow w/ your cell # in it so I can harrass you on your trip. :D

[crazycanuck]

Pooey..I always miss out...CWR waves to you guys but not mee...*sniff*

*sniff* gulp *sniff* snort *sniff* :( I wanna someone to wave to mee..Can't you see me waving to you? '
sits in corner and whinges

A co worker is selling gold seats for the Robbie concert..(do you guys know robbie williams?? Songs like "Rock Dj", " Angels", "Kids" "strong" etc) but they're $120 each :eek: ...I saw robbie with Duran duran in 2000(?) and would like to see him again...

I'm still rather annoyed at Andy T leaving DD again...Just as long as roger doesn't leave we're ok. Ahhh...roger...not as cute as roger T from queen(wayyyy back in the early days of queen when he had beautiful long hair, nice behind and such a cute smile...Is it getting hot..*waves hand*)

What's the best concert you've ever been to???

Hey can you guys text overseas? Text me, I promise safe text.

c

[Lise]

Lise - glad you had fun with your mom. My subtle changes on match has caused a stir - I'll keep you posted....Project FROG update: IL guy (who lives in WI btw) left me a message last night. He's supposed to call today. My friend S. (who I'd love to be more than friends with), called and we chated last night. And a 47 yo Italian guy from Madison wants to talk to me and emailed me his phone number. I'm such a chicken sh*t. I need to just call and chat with him right?
Dar Yay for the new profile! How'd the rest of the weekend go?


OK cliff's notes TD:

2. Lise's dating life is ALL IMPORTANT.
Only to me, Kit, only to me. And those who chose to experience the thrills and chills vicariously through me. Anyone else, feel free to continue to ignore! :rolleyes:

I had a wonderful weekend with J. My sister did a great job with her lecture at the Humanities Festival! I am so proud of her. J. came with me, met my mom, sister, and BIL, and everybody liked each other. It's so good to bring happiness to my family. Hard to leave him to come to work tonight.

It's 4:56 AM here in labor and delivery, another little person on the planet, born at 3:53. Paperwork done, now I'm going to go see my other laboring lady. I will admit, I skimmed this weekend's TD! Greetings to all. :D L.

[chickwhorips]

ahh breakfast (lunch and dinner) are even better when someone else makes it for you and you don't have to pay for it. i love training!

X i'm here till thursday. i didn't get a car, i just took the shuttle down here to NCTC (http://training.fws.gov/).

chyk sounds like you have a good DH. i don't mind the picutres. quite proud of them actually. want the body back, but not that tan. though some of those pictures might get TD pulled. :eek: we wouldn't want that to happen.

cc i did wave to you too, just you might not have seen it. i'll be able to wave in december and it not be that long of a wave. you should see that one. actually i could wake up every morning and wave to you gals down there.

off to try and learn something. doubtful. we just mostly joke around here at training. ciao!

[Lise]

CWR--when's your massage?!?

[Nanci]

Finally caught up.

Snap, this is how you write "heart" in IM language: <3

If you want to _say_ that, it's "I less than three Choco!" I learned that on a Podcast.

IM FL was long...and cold...I saw Momelisa finish in her skirt. That was very creative. BF swam faster, biked slower (wind was horrible) got a chiro adjustment in T2 (add 10 minutes!), and ran a lot faster (than last year) for a grand total of something like 13:43. He was hoping for sub 13, but that didn't happen. I got to taste two $150 bottles of cab, (vertical tasting Hundred Acre- 2000 and 2001, had to stop before I got to 2002) which I thought I hated, but apparently had just not had expensive enough stuff. OMG!!!!!!!! 26 people quit during the swim, and I think five didn't make the swim cut off. A guy may or may not have died during the swim, and another got hit by a car. The double lung transplant guy finished this year on his third attempt. The blind guy also finished. I think I saw him last year, too. He rides a Guru tandem! All the other people I was there with finished- most had done an IM before, one was on his first time, and he was 11 something! The field was 48% first-timers.

Two days till Inez! Going to go shopping for her additional furnishings today, and try to renew my plate, which can't be renewed on line because it's personalized (PID GIN) and the website will only take a numerical PIN, and mine is alphabetical. Nice.

So I only have to work Tuesday and Thursday this week, Friday is a holiday and I am driving to Cape Coral for a 200k Saturday.

I got home last night, and had to check on all the new pets. Mr. Toad was very happy to get a fresh bowl of water to soak in. The anoles were pale grey when I turned the light on, then two turned dark brown and one turned bright green when I gave them fresh water. They still had crickets left. Choco and Maizey came out for petting. Milly had knocked over his food container (which has a hole he sticks his head through, so if it's tipped over, he's out of luck- but I had taped it to the wall of his cage, and had someone check on him Saturday since I was afraid he'd do that- it's his new thing...) Torts and frog and Addy were sleeping.

I bought Gatorskins for Lava today. I first had Bontrager Race Lights, which were perfect for several thousand miles, then got Michelin something or other race, which looked shoddy from the beginning and have a ton of slits and nicks in since April, so I won't be buying those again. With 650's you don't get a lot of selection.

I found the final elements of October SSs gift while at IM FL. I had forgotten about the stationary part, or would have been done weeks ago. I am not sure even what the theme for November is. Holiday/bike gadgets???

Guess I'd better go get ready to stand in line at DMV for hours...

Nanci

[Xrayted]

Welcome back Nanci!!!

[Xrayted]

crazycanuck - I love Queen. May dear Freddie RIP. There will never be another voice like that. I never got to see them in concert, sadly. I hear their concerts were legendary. Not the same now.

Is it just me or did any of you experience needing less sleep when you started biking and getting back into shape? Before riding, etc I was still struggling with as much as 6-7 hrs of sleep. Now, I have all kinds of energy and prefer to sleep about 6 hours. Maybe it's cuz I regularly sleep 6 now instead of 4 hrs all week and 7 on the w/e. Just curious.

Uh, gotta go to work soon. Have a great vacation coming up to pay for. :D :cool: :D I can't wait for spring!!

[CyclChyk]

What's the best concert you've ever been to???

Unfortuantely I never got to see anyone too cool as the cools ones never came to Augusta, but my two most favs were the 'Scorps on my 16th bday at the Omni in Hotlanta (BonJovi opened with their Runaway debut); and Tom Petty at the Lakewood Ampitheater also in Hotlanta........

Worst concert I will admit to would be Quit Riot.... told you I had issues.:confused:

[snapdragen]

Yeah Nanci - I knew about <3. I just like to be obnoxious sometimes.

Concerts....best? Probably any of the Bowie concerts I've been to.
Haven't been to anything lateley (5 days to Mick and the boys...)

Queen
Aerosmith
Bowie
BeBop Deluxe
Yes
Bette Midler
In Cold Blood
Peter Tosh
The Tubes
Kiss
Elton John
Rolling Stones

I forget who else.

[chickwhorips]

lise it is in 5 days. then i have another one 2 days after that.

welcome back to the daily grind nanci.

[Lise]

Nanci, welcome back! Glad BF finished strong. Sounds like lousy conditions. Looking forward to Inez pix! Remind me about Mr. Toad. At one point I thought he was for a snake to eat, but now I'm thinking you rub the pinkies all over him to make them smell toad-ish?

CWR, I love your avatar more every day. Those bears have quite a dance going on.

I'm pooped. Going home, going to bed. What It Takes, the DVD, shipped on Sat! I should have it soon! :D

I saw Tom Petty in concert in the mid 80s--he was great. I saw U2 three times on their last tour through the US. Love those guys. 'specially the Edge. :p

[Kitsune06]

X, Chyk, do you EVER sleep?!
DGF got me in the habit of >7 hrs b/c she feels like she needs close to 10 hrs/night. I admit I don't get sick as often, but I feel a little 'slower' when I sleep over 8 hrs. How is that?! Trying to break myself of the habit before I start having to commute to work. I don't *need* rough mornings then.

Best concerts:
Orgy/Godhead
Kan'Nal (gotta say it, I met DGF there!)
Not sure if the Cirque de Soleil counts because it was both live music and stage performance but it was *good*. Delerium's music is just wild.
Trapped in a Minivan (amazing show. Good vocals/music/etc, and the frontman was 15!)
Oh, and the Boston Docks Oister Boys

The rest I don't remember much of b/c they were mostly just local punk concerts with moshing etc which was fun but not conducive to actually knowing the bands' names.

[Tater]

Well, I finally found out why all the ladies have been raving about Scharffen Berger chocolate! I actually found some here in Podunk, Idaho (at the co-op, no less). WOW! I picked up a Nibby Bar and a Semi-sweet; the semi is good. (I also found and purchased a bar of Green and Black's Maya Gold). No, I am not on a chocolate kick lately...not at all.

Hmm, best concert...so far it has been Rush, both times. But Styx comes close. Going to see Trans Siberian Orchestra next month.