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Nanci

05-31-2006, 02:13 PM

I thought popcorn was supposed to combine well with champagne/sparkling wine.

Another combination I like is any red/pretzels.

I heard, if you are worried about calories, and want wine and cheese and crackers, leave out the crackers!

I saw my neighbor out in the yard, so I brought KoKo and Buttercup over to introduce them, and to explain that, if he saw me, apparently sitting out in the middle of the (5 acre) yard, drinking wine, every everning, that I was actually taking the small torts, which he wouldn't be able to see, out to graze. He says "Well, that wouldn't seem strange to me, anyway."

Great movie combo- popcorn and Snowcaps!!

My daughter actually has two children. She got pregnant when she was 18 and did not keep the baby, but hand-picked adoptive parents who bring him to visit her and all up North relatives frequently, even though they live in Illinois and she is in Minnesota. Then, a couple years ago, she calls me to say "Mom, I'm getting married!" I say "Why, are you pregnant?" She says "Yes, but that's not why!" Married in June, baby in August (during Hurricane Charlie, the first of THREE that year). I got to go up to see him, and meet my son-in-law, who is absolutely PERFECT- I love Kelly dearly, of course, but I don't know how she scored such a wonderful husband...He continues to be perfect and they continue to be a blissful little family two years later, having recently purchased their first home for $5000 (!!!!!!!!??????????)

I gave a man with a sob story about $7 last night, when I was in the parking lot, alone, waiting for the ride to begin. He said it was for a hose in his girlfriend's car, but I wonder if it was for alcohol...He seemed so grateful and sincere and God Bless You...I told him to just pass on the kindness when he gets the chance. I NEVER give money to people. My punishment was not eating dinner with the group.

Lise

05-31-2006, 08:22 PM

II gave a man with a sob story about $7 last night, when I was in the parking lot, alone, waiting for the ride to begin. He said it was for a hose in his girlfriend's car, but I wonder if it was for alcohol...He seemed so grateful and sincere and God Bless You...I told him to just pass on the kindness when he gets the chance. I NEVER give money to people. My punishment was not eating dinner with the group.
I just look at it as entertainment tax. If they tell me a good story, I give them some money. People who really would need money for this or that would seriously be way too embarrassed to ever ask a stranger for it. IMHO.

Cool about your son-in-law. I hope that folks will soon be saying, "I have no idea how Lise scored such a great guy, but she did!" :p

winddance

05-31-2006, 09:23 PM

Bittersweet - http://www.bittersweetchocolatecafe.com/

Rockridge: 5427 College Avenue
looks like they have an SF store as well at 2123 Fillmore Street

...and a glass (ok, a glass and half!) of 1997 Matanzas Creek cab.

Oh, Bittersweet. Yum. It's so hard to walk by there every day.

I liked Matanza's Creek. They have such a beautiful vineyard. I went there last year when the lavendar was all in bloom. So pretty! I need to go back to wine country...

DrBee

06-01-2006, 04:36 AM

I have a conference in San Francisco in September (if I'm still working with catfish). I'm going to have to try to find this place!

My replacement tubes FINALLY arrived yesterday. I had too much other stuff going on when I got home, so I couldn't try the tire change. It was raining anyway. Ugh! We'll see how today goes - I might have to wait until Friday afternoon. That's going to be 2 weeks off the bike! I'm starting to get a little twitchy. :eek:

crazycanuck

06-01-2006, 04:54 AM

maillotpois

06-01-2006, 06:43 AM

I have a conference in San Francisco in September (if I'm still working with catfish). I'm going to have to try to find this place!

If you come to SF in September, I will drive you to the chocolate place.

Lise

06-01-2006, 08:55 AM

If fishdr (can't remember your name dear) doesn''t get to ride soon...stand back or else there'll be little pieces of an upset fishdr all over...!!!

I found out today from the Ironman WA volunteer cooridinator that i'm on the list to help at the event! No clue what one does volunteering on the bike leg but i hope it's more exciting than marshalling on the side of the road. I did this at the 1/2 and just about fell asleep....standing up!

Our friend is healing slowly, she'll be off the bike for about 5-8 weeks.

I had never heard of anyone dislocating their elbow until tues night...:eek: ouch!

c
WHAHOOOOOOO it's almost friday.....wahooeoeoeooeo...long weekend here in WA...

....goodnight kids
I love getting up and seeing what the folks from Oz and NZ had to say overnight! So, CC, I'm behind on my boards reading, but who's "our friend" who dislocated her elbow? Puke! That sounds awful.

Cool about volunteering at Ironman WA. Keep us posted on that one.

Finally warming up here--I understand they had quite a heat wave in Chicago while I was in Utah, wishing I'd brought more long sleeved sweaters! Is it getting chilly where you are? L.

DrBee

06-01-2006, 09:11 AM

CC - it's Lanie. Glad to hear your friend is recovering. I can't even imagine what goes into dislocating an elbow! Yeesh! If one more thing happens at work today they will be cleaning up pieces of fishdr from the ceiling! I need to ride!

MP - it's a date! :D Hopefully I won't be there, but if I am - look out chocolate!

Lise - welcome back!

Nanci - how's your bent friend?

Nanci

06-01-2006, 10:31 AM

I haven't made it to the post office...I will, though, I promise.

My bent friend is home. Apparently, after you have a seizure, you are not supposed to drive for six months, or you have to be evaluated by a neurologist, or something. The neurologist put him on anti-seizure meds, which makes no sense to me. It's not like he was having seizures before getting bent, so there's no reason why he would now. That's be like, your kid has a high temp, and has a seizure, so they put him on anti-seizure medication. When there's a one-time clearly explanable reason for it- whats the point?

Got my acting-up car stereo looked at and hopefully fixed today. Got a real connection for my MP3 player, not an FM transmitter!!! While I was waiting to have that installed, at Best Buy, I had to wait inside the store, so I bought a car cleaning attachment kit for Beloved Dyson. Tried it out when I got home- it works great!

Only one more day of vacation left- and I'm going riding on the General James Van Fleet paved trail. I hope it's nice and pretty and the person I tricked into going with me likes it. It's a 100 mile drive.

Time for a nap!!

DrBee

06-01-2006, 10:36 AM

I have a dyson, too. I love it! Fantastic!

Lise

06-01-2006, 02:07 PM

It'll be a treat whenever they show up!

My mom had a similar anti-seizure meds thing. I think her episode was undx'd diabetes. Finally got off those meds, since she never really had seizures!

I, too, love my Dyson. Hmmmm, a car cleaning attachment, you say? Tell more!

DrBee

06-01-2006, 02:09 PM

Yes - I must know more about this car cleaning attachment. Tell us more oh wise Nanci...

I could use it to get the doghair out of my CR-V:cool: . That is one of the joys of the Element - just sweep it out :)

maillotpois

06-01-2006, 03:51 PM

Wow. I bought a quiche for dinner at Whole Foods (i know, I know, it's more of a breakfast thing, but it looked good).

Now I can't get that B-52's lyric out of my head: "Quiche! Quiche Lorraine!"

DrBee

06-01-2006, 05:17 PM

Quiche sounds great! Sometimes I cook breakfast for dinner. We'll have blueberry buttermilk pancakes, bacon, the works! The kids love it!

Have you tried the white chocolate M&M's? They're quite yummy!

Trek420

06-01-2006, 06:59 PM

I think capris have arrived, the ones that will change my life. But the GT commuter is at LBS still so my life shall remain the same for now.

Off to walk the pooch, later maybe try them on.

Which I've now done and ..... aack, right outa the bag, zipper's stuck. Back they go. Life remains unchanged, no need to lock up the gorgeous hotties.

KnottedYet

06-01-2006, 07:51 PM

Ah, but my dear Trek, Susan posted that TE has 3 XL aloe Zoics now! We can get them! The gorgeous hotties will be on alert!:D

(did they fit if you pretended the zipper worked? Isn't the liner pretty nice? do you love the zippered thigh pockets? and they're COTTON!)

My too-small L's fit my friend soooooooo well and looked sooooooo good on her. I have high hopes. (she doesn't need the gorgeous hotties, she needs the gorgeous handsomes. hopefully she'll send the hotties my way :p )

crazycanuck

06-02-2006, 01:41 AM

Lise...

A whole bunch of us from the perth mtb site have moulded together and become biking partners/friends etc. Linda and her hubby are part of our mould...
We often go camping & biking and I just try and keep up....:D

Here's what tom posted about the incident-

At the hospital the doctors put her elbow back in, which would've hurt like hell, but she was doped up. She has a cast on her arm, which will be there for 4-6 weeks and then I guess she will have to undergo a bit of physiotherapy to help all those stretched / damaged tendons heal properly. She will see a specialist in a few days, so hopefully we will have a better idea of what the full deal is.

I saw the xrays and the lower arm bone had been forced out of the elbow socket and about 4cm back. It looked bloody painful. I am trying to get copies to post up. They don't have hard copies of xrays at Royal Perth.

Nanci

06-02-2006, 02:24 AM

Stiff Brush- like an upholstery brush.

Upholstery Head- not powered, but spins a brush really fast by magic or something- great for seats and floor mats.

Flexible Crevice Tool- (when I was shopping for the dyson, the guy at Best Buy showed me why this was a cool attachment- it's the size of a regular crevice tool, but pulls out so there is a black flexible section, so it can bend almosst 180 degrees and not lose suction!!) perfect for vents, radio, under seats, dash, seat cracks. My favorite of the three.

I just stand the whole vacuum on a mat outside the car door, then the hose reaches into the car.

DrBee

06-02-2006, 04:24 AM

Ooooh - I must find these attachments! They sound most useful.

CC - the elbow injury in detail sounds soooooooo nasty. I'm sitting here cringing just thinking about it. Does she remember any of it? I hope she was doped enough not to.

DrBee

06-02-2006, 06:33 AM

I am on an endless call with a sales/research person with a company that wants to develop some new technology with an assay I developed. That's all well and good, but this guy talks endlessly... about himself and all of his projects all over the world. Messagenistic (sp?) is putting it mildly. I've heard about the gas chambers where his family was killed in Europe, his great organizational skills on coordinating multi-national projects. This is painful... 1/2 hour of this!

Trek420

06-02-2006, 07:27 AM

Dyson, eh? How's it do on dog fur?

DrBee

06-02-2006, 07:59 AM

Fantastically well! I have the "animal" model - it's purple (an happy bonus). I have 2 dogs (both with long thick hair and around 70-80 lbs a piece) and 2 cats. The old cat seems to get stressed and denude himself a couple of times a year, so there's lots of cat hair around. The hair still gets caught on the beater bar, but that's expected. The suction power is amazing! I vacuumed the carpet and then cleaned it with a hoover steam cleaner and didn't pick up any other hair. Now that's impressive. I totally recommend getting one! Emptying the cannister is really cool - it detaches from the vacuum as a closed system and a door on the bottom drops open. No mess and no dust flying in your face. Very nice!

Dianyla

06-02-2006, 11:52 AM

Messagenistic (sp?) is putting it mildly.
Misogynistic. miso - hate, gyne - woman.

Trek420

06-02-2006, 12:08 PM

egocentric? Is he still on the phone?

Nanci

06-02-2006, 01:18 PM

I don't know about dog hair, but it will pick up four inch feathers and NOT clog and pull all the sticky little poofy white down feathers away from the baseboard and suck the feathers right out of Milly's cage when I vacuum underneath it. It's miraculous. I have the yellow one, The Ball. I think they make The Animal The Ball now, too. It steers way better with a ball. It took some getting used to. I tried it out in the store for an hour before deciding. The sales guy told me that all the different models are the same base vacuum- the only difference is which specialty attachments they come with.

Nanci

06-02-2006, 01:50 PM

I put a post and two pics up in the June 2 ride thread. Great day.

DrBee

06-02-2006, 06:08 PM

egocentric? Is he still on the phone?

Perhaps that is a better term. Thanks :) My mind was numb from listening to him go on and on and on and on and.... about his accomplishments. It was a 40 minute phone call with only about 5 minutes of relevant information. My ride this afternoon made it all go away! I'm energized and happy once again. I even did a ton of yardwork later this afternoon. The wind was howling by then - glad I went when the winds were only 15-20 ;)

DrBee

06-02-2006, 07:04 PM

Why does Walmart have to sell Clif bars and Luna bars for only $0.96??? Everywhere else around here sells them for $1.59. Why must they do this to me???

KnottedYet

06-02-2006, 07:12 PM

Trader Joe's has 'em for 99 cents.

I don't think they are as common as Mall-Wart, though.

DrBee

06-03-2006, 06:14 AM

There aren't any trader joe's anywhere near here. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

KnottedYet

06-03-2006, 07:40 AM

You could also order direct from Clif: http://www.clifbar.com/shop/clif.cfm?location=shop
$15 for 12

REI gives 20% off if you buy 12 or more of any sport-food: http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=2278&parent_category_rn=4500604&vcat=REI_SEARCH
$12.96 for 12

DrBee

06-03-2006, 08:47 AM

Still have to pay shipping. Good try! If I'm placing an order for something else - I'll see what deals they have at the time.

What's even worse - they have boxes of 6 for $5.47 which bring the price to $0.91 each. That's pretty hard to beat!

KnottedYet

06-03-2006, 09:39 AM

You could buy a whole bunch at Walmart, then make a monetary donation to a food bank or medical emergency fund or homeless shelter to help the folks who work at Walmart make it on the low wages and lack of benefits.

I lived in a little town that got a Walmart. It was pretty devastating. I've become a bit of a passive activist (is there such a thing?). I try to buy stuff only at places that pay living wages and give decent benefits to all employees even if it costs me more. I figure if I'm getting something cheap at Walmart, it's only because I'm ripping the food or medicine from one of their employees for the lower price.

Guilt. Guilt. Guilt. And I'm not even Catholic...;)

Lise

06-03-2006, 11:05 AM

I got so sick last night. Rode home from the clinic thinking I was going to puke the whole 3 miles. Wondered how someone like Corsair with a long, uphill commute would've done it. Started puking, etc, once I got home. My sister came over and helped, changed my sheets, etc. I was down for the count. Supposed to start a call shift at 7 am, called around, got someone to cover for me, last puked at midnight, got up at 5 am, ate some saltines and gatorade, came into work at noon, doing ok. Just feel tired and dryyyy. Drinking water, gingerale, gatorade. Praying for a pretty quiet day.

Plus...my DSL and phone lines are down at home. No computer at home. Cell phone OK. All of this will pass...blech.

KnottedYet

06-03-2006, 12:00 PM

Oh, you poor girl! Thank goodness your sister could come over to help you. I'm just amazed you went to work after all that!

DirtDiva

06-03-2006, 01:45 PM

Aw. :( Feel better Lise.

Lise

06-03-2006, 03:14 PM

Oh, you poor girl! Thank goodness your sister could come over to help you. I'm just amazed you went to work after all that!
Thanks, guys. The thing with being on call is that you can't just cancel it, like you could a clinic. The patients will go into labor no matter what. If I'd still been puking, my colleagues would've found a way to cover for me. We're into vacation season, though, and the half that aren't out of town this weekend are already working in a clinic or on call. I still feel like a wrung out dishrag, but the nurses are helping me, and (knock wood), I have only one pt so far, who's not needing much from me. Off call in 3 hr, 48 min!

I am so lucky to have my sister in town. It helped so much.

I don't know if it was a virus or food poisoning, but it's like that 300# gorilla. You stop dancing when IT says so! :eek:

DrBee

06-03-2006, 03:24 PM

I hope you feel better Lise - that's lousy, especially since you had to go to work. Good of the nurses to help you out. I'm wishing you a quiet rest of the shift.

KnottedYet - good idea on the donations. I detest Walmart, it's killing the local stores. We have the biggest Walmart in the state - in a town of 15,000 people. Go figure. I do my best to shop elsewhere and online when I can, but for some things it's either just way too much cheaper or it's the only option. That stinks, but that's how it is. Hopefully soon we'll be out of here and we can shop at better stores that treat their employees better.

I did tons of yardwork today - after my 28 mile ride this morning. I felt great after the ride, but now from squatting down and trimming copious amounts of myrtle-like vegetation, I can barely bend my right knee. My back isn't too happy either! Aargh! I'm going to do a short ride tomorrow morning more to recover from the yardwork than the ride. I WAS planning to run, but I'm thinking the knee won't appreciate that!

Brina

06-03-2006, 04:40 PM

Hope you're feeling better soon, Lise.

A friend of mine from NY used to be an OB nurse at your hospital. How long have you been there?

Trek420

06-03-2006, 06:03 PM

I got new Mavic wheels for my 10+ year old but much beloved GT commuter.

My LBS just e-mailed me that they are ready and I can pick them up tomorrow.

He says "PS She looks sooooooooooooooooooooo COOL!"

with exactly this many "o"s: ooooooooooooooooooooo.

'fraid now I won't be able to resist having her re-painted. He says he can get a nice professional powder coat, take her apart, strip, clean, repaint, back together for about $175.00.

But if I do that I'll do it in winter when I'm riding less I think.

Pink maybe?

DrBee

06-03-2006, 06:23 PM

Pink would be glorious!!!

Everytime I go to Walmart I curse and fuss about how much I hate the place. I try to go as little as possible. The difference in quality between the "real" products and the walmart version is just dispicable (sp?) to me. The Kryptonite lock is a classic example. Oops - sorry. I can't help but rant about it. Didn't mean to get you started ;)

DrBee

06-03-2006, 06:24 PM

Lise - did you survive?

Trek420

06-03-2006, 06:48 PM

fishdr "Didn't mean to get you started ;)"

doesn't take much these days ;)

Lise

06-03-2006, 07:50 PM

ugh.

I survived. I hate to say it, but I was glad when my patient ended up with a c-section, because the smells of birth were going to do me in. Plus, she's 4' 11", and the baby was 9# 2 oz. Not gonna happen.

I feel like my guts are on spin cycle, but no more puking (knock wood). I ate a little bit, am going to eat a little more now, try to sleep. Back on call for 12 hr starting tomorrow night at 10PM. blech.

I feel like I will never run again. I know that's not true, but I just can't even imagine it.

I've been at Masonic off and on for many years. I was a triage nurse at a womens' center there in the early 90s, then a student midwife in '93-94, doing births, and back as a staff midwife since Nov. 2003.

Brina, love your new avatar. Your pup? Name? Story? :)

L.

crazycanuck

06-04-2006, 12:04 AM

Lise, I hope you feel better soon.

Fishdr-i too hate Walmart & don't even live in North America...I hated the fact that it was the main place to shop where my mom was living when i last visited Canada...

I try so hard to buy at the small guy type businesses...I feel so bad buying at the big boys...I'll pay extra if it means a small business stays afloat...

c

Brina

06-04-2006, 05:06 AM

I've been at Masonic off and on for many years. I was a triage nurse at a womens' center there in the early 90s, then a student midwife in '93-94, doing births, and back as a staff midwife since Nov. 2003.

did you ever work with a nurse named Annie from NY? She was there for about 2 years, I want to way 2002/2003. I could be wrong, it may have been earlier.

Brina, love your new avatar. Your pup? Name? Story? :) .

Thanks, Lise. That is Brina, she from whom I stole my screen name. She is 10 years old now. She is a rott with an identity crisis - she loves to swim, play fetch and is incredibly friendly - apparently she thinks she is a lab. We also have a male rottie and a female mixed breed. Yeah, we are the crazy people with the three kids and three dogs.

DrBee

06-04-2006, 05:34 AM

Fishdr-i too hate Walmart & don't even live in North America...I hated the fact that it was the main place to shop where my mom was living when i last visited Canada...

I try so hard to buy at the small guy type businesses...I feel so bad buying at the big boys...I'll pay extra if it means a small business stays afloat...

c

I do, too. But in this case, we don't have any locals that carry Clifbars or Sportbeans. It's the lesser of three evils...They're all chains of some sort or other ... Kroger - grocery store, Walgreens - big pharmacy/and everything else store and do carry sportbeans, and Walmart - need I say more. IT's very frustrating.

We used to live next store to the owners of a local hardware store. We still go there for hardware, lumber, plumbing - even though they're pricier.

Lise

06-04-2006, 07:14 AM

did you ever work with a nurse named Annie from NY? She was there for about 2 years, I want to say 2002/2003. I could be wrong, it may have been earlier.
I don't think I knew Annie. I came back to Masonic at the end of 2003, so she may have been gone already, or just leaving as I was starting.

Lucky you to have three dogs! Brina sounds like such fun. I love Rotts. I have a fantasy of owning a bunch of dogs with the same coloring -- dachshund, Gordon Setter, Dob, Rott...not going to happen, but a fun idea.

I am feeling a lot better this morning. Just weak. The thought of food doesn't make me feel sick, though, so that's progress! And, of course, you know I weighed myself--down 4.5#--whoo-hoo! :rolleyes: L.

Nanci

06-05-2006, 05:29 AM

I figured out this weekend that I am _so_ lazy, I would rather wear a cycling tank than one of my cute jerseys, because then I have to pick a sports bra, and even though I got two new Patagonia bras which match just about everything, they now, for the summer, feel too confining. Then, on my feet, I wear sandals, so I don't have to coordinate socks, even though I have a huge collection of adorable bike socks that match everything. Sometimes I consider the amount of sun exposure I would be saving by wearing a jersey (sleeveless!!) but I just can't do it any more...

On my Sunday ride, four people wore Shimano sandals, and three wore cycling shoes. It's the trend!

Nanci

Lise

06-05-2006, 12:14 PM

I had to laugh at that. There's lazy, and then there's lazy. Lazy as in "I can't be bothered to wear certain clothes", and lazy as in "I just ran 50 miles through the swamp and dunes for fun, oh, hey, did you see my pictures from the 600 km bike ride I just did?" :D :p :D L.

I looked at my Shimano sandals this morning, and thought, sooon, soooon!
The weather is perfect for it, but I'm going out of town again this weekend, and who knows if I'll get in a ride before I go. But next week, let the summer begin. Lise stays home. And rides and runs. Wahoo!

Nanci

06-05-2006, 01:06 PM

Lise

06-05-2006, 07:05 PM

Lise, it was only 26.2 mles. The park isn't open late enough for me to do the 50 miles. Actually, the park wasn't open late enough for many peple, ncluding the RD, to do 50 miles...

But thanks for thinking I actually could!
Oh....pardonez moi, she only ran a marathon through the swamps and dunes. Now that is lazy! :p

I know you could do the 50 miles...if the park had stayed open, would you have given it a try?

KnottedYet

06-05-2006, 09:03 PM

Dear me, I wish I was that lazy! :D

Nanci

06-06-2006, 03:37 AM

I'm not sure. It would probably take 20 hours. I don't know if my knees/back would hold out that long. Sometime soon, though, I want to do 50k there.

I was all set to do a 50 mile race a few years ago, but my work schedule switched from 5AM-1PM to 6:30-Done, so I didn't have time to train adequately. And then I discovered road cycling.

LISE!! I'm putting the DVD's in the mail today!! Then I will no longer suck!!

And returning all three different pairs of the Performance shorts. Didn't like any of them.

Now, (not that I have any money anyway) I'm torn between the pair of shorts Susan recommended, Sugois, and a pair of Shebeasts someone else recommended, that have "cooling mesh" along the back, both ~$100, or the knickers in the cool print with a little black tank with a blue flower- about as much as the expensive shorts.

Whe BF went outside this morning, there were two huge packages. We don't know when they came- I went to bed at 8:30, he went to bed at 9:30- never heard anything.

One thing is a big wood and canvas wardrobe for BF, with room to hang stuff, and a bunch of shelves for the world's largest T-shirt collection.

http://tinyurl.com/gjdrj

The other thing was a really pretty off-white/yellow distressed wood "boardwalk cabinet" for Maizey, for her tank to sit on, instead of the super-cheap looks like crap white particle board shelves and falling apart never worked right drawer thing. She has all her stuff and the glass lizard's stuff and the torts' stuff inside, plus BF's cave diving lights and chargers, which needed a safe place to live.

http://tinyurl.com/hqhq8

I am so happy!! Can't wait to get home and assemble the wardrobe.

DrBee

06-06-2006, 07:00 AM

Cool stuff Nanci!

I was wondering how the shorts were working out for you. Thanks for the update! I have only 2 prs of shorts - both of less than great quality. They work for now, but I'm saving up for some good ones.

Lise - I posted the helmet info in the AV thread. I'd snatch that one on ebay. You might be able to pick it up in person.

General drift...

This sounds wierd, but it's odd how things are really going my way right now at work. I applied for that job, you all know, and since then everything has been falling into place. I have been trying to breed disease resistant fish. This is the first year to get spawns - I have 5 already! That's plenty. I've been searching for genes associated with resistance. I'm sitting here at home analyzing data from my most recent experiment and what do you know - I think I've found one! It's been like that for the past couple of weeks. There are more examples, but I don't want to bore you. I guess I've accomplished what I set out to do here and now it IS time to move on. Unbelievable! It's really a wierd feeling. Does that make sense?

Nanci

06-06-2006, 11:21 AM

I'm riding a 200k on Saturday. It's part of trying to earn the R12 award by riding a 200k or longer event for 12 consecutive months, as well as counting as the 200k ride for my Super Randonneur award, since I wasn't an RUSA member when I did my 200k in January...

I'm feeling strangely reluctant. It even includes segments of two of my favorite paved trails! I guess maybe it's because I suspect traffic and big hills. Plus it's a hundred miles away, starts at 7AM, and the host hotel is $100, so out of the question (especially when compared to the price of shorts!)

So as encouragement I've ordered the Shebeest Elite Distance 2 shorts. I had a hard time deciding between them and the Sugoi RS Flex shorts which the only reason I was even considering was because Susan recommended them to me- but, I've had two Sugoi shorts that I hate, and have never tried Shebeest (unless the icky knickers that I sent off to CA in NC were Shebeest, which she loves, BTW)

I hope they are nice.

DrBee

06-06-2006, 01:04 PM

Good luck Nanci! I hope the shorts arrive in time!

maillotpois

06-06-2006, 07:15 PM

Nanci - I just got the Shebeest shorts which are (I think) the ones you are getting. They are comfortable - BUT - that mesh area at the back of the shorts does NOT block sun. After the double century, I noticed the top of my butt hurt. Then yesterday my husband said "The top of your butt's sunburned!!" I hadn't really noticed it til he pointed it out.

So just a safety tip. Maybe stick some sunscreen back there. It could just be that mine are maybe tight and stretched out more - but heck, all cycling shorts seem tight.

Have fun on the 200k. I'll be doing a 200k myself on Sunday! (Roughly).

maillotpois

06-06-2006, 07:17 PM

Stiff Brush-

Upholstery Head-

Flexible Crevice Tool- .

I'm sorry, but taken out of context all of those sound like some bad submission to Engrish.com.

maillotpois

06-06-2006, 07:19 PM

Why does Walmart have to sell Clif bars and Luna bars for only $0.96??? Everywhere else around here sells them for $1.59. Why must they do this to me???

They're just trying to make your life miserable.

They're everywhere...

maillotpois

06-06-2006, 07:20 PM

Lise

06-06-2006, 07:37 PM

Hey, MP, I thought, "that is soooo over"! until I realized what you were doing! I just went to "last post" and read backwards from there. I also read magazines from the back. Books from the front, though. Thanks for your well wishes. It truly, truly sucked, but it's all over now. It is so wierd to be so repulsed by even the thought of food.

Fishdr, you truly are a fish doctor! Would that be an Ichthyphysician? :p

Nanci, Maizey and all her beasty brethern are surely the most loved beasts in the entire Eastern seaboard. No other snake ever had it so good. The cabinet looks really nice. Definitely my style. Isaac the cat is sitting at my left hand, purring and sniffing my elbow, now walking over and sitting at my right hand so his tail can rest on my wrist as I type. He would like to take a field trip to your house. To "visit" the snake and the birds...I thought that might not be such a good idea. I didn't tell him about all the alligators that would consider him furry sushi. :eek:

Good luck on the 200 this weekend! L.

Nanci

06-07-2006, 01:49 AM

Sarah,

I figured out I burn _through_ my jerseys, too. There's a whiter area where the sports bra is, and the rest of me is pinkish. Thanks for the warning, though- if I keep them, I'll put sunscreen there.

I _bet_ Isaac would like a field trip...All the cats in Florida like to "play with" the anoles that they find out in the yard.

Nanci

DrBee

06-07-2006, 04:35 AM

Welcome back MP - I was wondering where you were????

Speaking of cats and anoles...when I lived in Lafayette (LA) my cat was outside one day (I don't let them out often) and caught a green anole. I yelled at him to let it go. He promptly looked at me, looked at the anole and then ripped it's head off. I was horrified! Mr. Fish, of course, thought it was hilarious. Now I can laugh about it, but geez that was gross!

I have a critter problem at my current house. A rabbit. This rabbit and I are going to go at it one of these days. It has eaten all of my broccoli plants. I've protected my green beans, but I'm sure he'll figure out how to get in there soon. It has also eaten my bell pepper plants. Now come on - who has ever heard of a rabbit that eats bell pepper plants????? It ate 15 of them last week. I went to ... Walmart .... AARGH .... and bought more plants that were much bigger than mine that were grown from seed and... it ate 2 of them! I saw it doing it this time. I ran out into the yard screaming at it. I'm quite sure my neighbors think I'm nuts!

Lise - did you get that helmet? I thought about it last night - I should have PM'd you to reduce the chances of somebody else seeing the one on ebay. I hope you got it!

Lise

06-07-2006, 05:06 AM

Lise - did you get that helmet? I thought about it last night - I should have PM'd you to reduce the chances of somebody else seeing the one on ebay. I hope you got it!
Sheepish confession--I have no idea how ebay works. Plus which, how do I know it's new? I wouldn't give her one that was used. But thanks for your vigilance!

I actually got Isaac to drop a bird he caught on our enclosed back porch in a former apt. I put the bird on a broom and held it out the window, on its little perch, until it caught its breath and flew away. An anole, though? No, he'd just rip its little head off, I'm sure!

DrBee

06-07-2006, 05:17 AM

Lise - I have virtually no experience on ebay either. It says it's new. Maybe you could email the person. It says they are in Chicago. If not - I'm sure one of the LBSs should have it. Good luck!

We have to be careful with one of our dogs - the stray we picked up. He looks like a Golden Retriever, but is really flaky. Someone chopped his tail off - tragic. Anyway - he has a thing about catching fledglings and eating them. I've been seen chasing him around the yard yelling "leave it! leave it". We don't let him outside much at this time of year. He nearly caught an adult cedar waxwing one year. He leaped into the air to get it. Luckily he missed.

maillotpois

06-07-2006, 05:37 AM

Welcome back MP - I was wondering where you were????
!

I was at a double century over the weekend (see Eastern Sierra in Adventure stories). now I am in new hampshire on business, so I wll only be online sporadically.

Brina

06-07-2006, 05:51 AM

Sheepish confession--I have no idea how ebay works. Plus which, how do I know it's new? I wouldn't give her one that was used. But thanks for your vigilance!

ebay sellers have ratings that are based upon feedback left by previous buyers. Some people of thousands of positive transactions. If a seller has overwhelmingly positive feedback (say high 90s) and their negatives are for reasons out of their control (ie a buyer gave them a negative feedback because the post office lost a package and the buyer clearly declined insurance, but they are blaming the lost package on the seller anyway) then you can be reasonably well assured that the item is exactly what is described. I recently bought my husband some pedals for his moutain bike off of ebay. They were impossible to find anywhere else but were easily found on ebay. And they were new and sealed in the original packaging.

Nanci

06-07-2006, 07:02 AM

I've bought 147 things on eBay, ranging from a bike to a laptop to clothes, DVDs- everything.

One seller didn't send the item- a DVD, and another sent a DVD that didn't work. Otherwise, I've had only positive experiences.

Nanci

Lise

06-07-2006, 11:48 AM

DrBee

06-07-2006, 12:04 PM

I don't even have an iPod! Just bought a cell phone last year. My daughter is asking for an iPod, though. She's 4!!!!

Now - at work - I have all sorts of techy things - even a thumbdrive that uses bioscan (recognizes fingerprints for security) and such.

Brina

06-07-2006, 02:33 PM

OK! I'm going to give it a shot tonight! (Keep in mind, I was one of the last people to get an ATM card. Or an i-pod. Or a camera phone. I am something of a techno-phobe. Goes with being a midwife?) Thanks for the encouragement to enter the 21st century, guys! :rolleyes:

i think it is so cool that you are a midwife. I wanted to use one instead of an ob for my last pg (unfortunately it ended at 11 weeks). After my twin pg which was neccessarily high tech I really wanted a more natural experience.

Lise

06-07-2006, 05:48 PM

i think it is so cool that you are a midwife. I wanted to use one instead of an ob for my last pg (unfortunately it ended at 11 weeks). After my twin pg which was neccessarily high tech I really wanted a more natural experience.
Thanks...I think it's cool, too. I decided I wanted to be a midwife at age 20, but it took 'til 34 to achieve it. Now I've been doing it for 12 years, and aside from the hours...and the liability, I suppose...there's nothing else I'd rather do. L.

DrBee

06-07-2006, 06:05 PM

Very cool, Lise! It's great that you have a job that you love!

Lise

06-07-2006, 07:53 PM

Never got to ebay tonight...packing, washing hair, dying eyebrows (blonde is not all it's cracked up to be), emailing with plethora of potential Mr. Right, er, Wrongs...ok, one, but ...

Anyhoo. Going to Ohio tomorrow, back Sunday night, may NOT have internet access :eek: if not, will catch up with y'all on Sunday! Have a great weekend!

love, L.

maillotpois

06-07-2006, 07:55 PM

Hear hear! I think that is fantastic to be doing something you really want to do. I'm not, but it isn't bad and it allows me to ride my bike and work at school, field trips, etc. For my next career, maybe nursing. I don't know.

KnottedYet

06-07-2006, 09:13 PM

For my next career I want to be a bike mechanic. So i can fix my own dang rear derailleur. Or an acupuncturist. Or a librarian (again). Or a shoe sales-person.

Getting a little burned out on healthcare. Still love it, but I need a break. Haven't had a vacation since November. Need a vacation. Need to get l**d.

Bought a wetsuit today. From my buddies at the kayak shop. Figured I'd get a kayaking suit, cuz I kayak more than I tri. Now I can start swimming. Got 2 months to get good enough that i can swim 1/2 mile. Oooh, Nelly....

Nanci

06-08-2006, 01:57 AM

My daughter was delivered by a midwife- Steve.

I had a miraculous idea last night. You know I am into wine tasting and wine logging (at my bargain basement level I take it very seriously!) I have two books of tasting notes, with one bottle on each page. At first, I tried really hard to remove the labels and paste them on the pages- but most labels are really hard to remove, especially intact. BF got tired of 20-30 bottles lined up in the laundry room, waiting for their labels to fall off by old age, or something. Finally, I cleared out all the bottles, gave up, and settled for empty spaces where the labels were supposed to go. (I did think about drawing them, but decided that wouldn't work too well). So last night, I had the idea of photographing them!!! And it works!! I print them out on plain paper, three to a sheet, and they are about life-size. I am so happy! I wonder if the wine shop will let me go there and photograph all the bottles I missed...

Brina

06-08-2006, 03:36 AM

Knotted, I have coffee on my computer screen and it is your fault.

I love your knew sig quote!!!!!!!!!!

Nanci

06-08-2006, 03:51 AM

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- State wildlife commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to remove bald eagles from Florida's list of animals in danger of extinction and to downgrade manatees from endangered to threatened.

The commissioners also voted to upgrade the statuses of the Panama City crayfish and gopher tortoise to threatened species.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 7-0 to strip bald eagles of their threatened classification and to downgrade manatees because both populations have shown signs of rebounding.

Florida's three-tiered system includes classifications of endangered, threatened and special concern, the lowest level.

Wednesday's decisions won't go into effect until management plans are approved for each species, which could take more than a year, officials said. Eagles and manatees remain protected under several federal laws, including the 1973 Endangered Species Act.

The Gopher tortoise, which nests in dunes, has survived for 60 million years but biologists estimate their numbers have dropped by up to 80 percent in the last century due to coastal development.

Under a current state permitting process, developers are allowed to bury alive some of the reptiles as they make way for construction. Under the upgraded classification, a new management plan will be devised that will limit those live burials.

Lise

06-08-2006, 04:28 AM

The Gopher tortoise, which nests in dunes, has survived for 60 million years but biologists estimate their numbers have dropped by up to 80 percent in the last century due to coastal development.
What great news. 60 million years...vs...costal development. Yep, better get the law involved. Amazing. Nanci, do you have a picture of the gopher turtle that outran you on the recent marathon?

Nanci

06-08-2006, 06:01 AM

No, not of him. I posted, I think, a link up in the race report section in the Wickham Park thread, to a web page that has pictures of them.

Nanci

DrBee

06-09-2006, 07:19 AM

Ooh - I'm a bit on the PMSy side of things today. It always sneaks up on me. I get a bit snitty or impatient or whatever and then I go...ah, it's the Friday before. Yup. Usually recognizing why I'm a little out of character is enough to squelch it, but geez I cannot stand how it sneaks up on me or those around me ;) Just venting...

On a happy note - I ran again this morning. I felt good and ran further and faster than yesterday. That's not saying much, but hey, it's better than nothing. I'm working 1/2 day today (normal for me on Fridays) and I'm going to ride in the 90F heat when I get home. That'll be fun. This will be the first day that I'm going to run and ride in the same day. Should be interesting.

maillotpois

06-09-2006, 07:23 AM

So tired. I didn't get home from New Hampshire til 2 am. I hate flying. I hate connecting through Dulles. I hate waiting for the parking garage shuttle at 1 am when they hardly run any.

Sorry. Just whining.

I am really glad to be home!! :) It's nice to snuggle with the kid after being gone for a few days. And the dog was very demonstrative also! (So was DH, but he had to leave early this morning for work).

DrBee

06-09-2006, 08:37 AM

Welcome home! Sounds like glorious travelling ;) Dulles is the worst!

I'm heading home to go ride. It's going to be hot! I'm drinking tons of water in the car (1/2 hour commute) and eating a clif bar. Sport beans are going in the jersey with me. Gee, this is going to be fun.

maillotpois

06-09-2006, 08:44 AM

Have a great ride, FIsh !! I gather the tubes came in...

DrBee

06-09-2006, 11:09 AM

Yup! The tubes came in and I changed the tire (rear) in under 20 minutes on my own! I was dirty and oh so proud!

BTW - I love the saddle! I did a 28 mile ride last Saturday and all parts felt great! I'm planning to go longer tomorrow!

Ride today was super hot (90F/99F real feel) - uck! I could feel waves of heat coming off the road. It was really nasty. I quit at 10 miles because I didn't want to kill myself for tomorrow. I'm riding at 5:30am - it'll be cooler then!

Nanci

06-09-2006, 11:43 AM

It's been so long I forgot what the new saddle even was...

I noticed today- I still have my little Post-It Note up, with April 26 and April 30 on it, the days the eagle babies were supposed to hatch... :-(

DrBee

06-09-2006, 12:59 PM

That's so sad Nanci. Have the other ones fledged yet? I haven't had a chance to watch in quite a while.

The saddle is the Terry Zero X. It has little/no cushioning, a cutout, and is awesome. It feels very supportive and keeps the girly bits happy. There is no pain anywhere with this saddle! MP suggested it - she has the non-X version I believe.

maillotpois

06-09-2006, 02:48 PM

Indeedy I do have the non-X version. Got it about 4 years ago before they started making the X. Great saddle. Light, and not too much material going on.

My daughter and a friend are wandering around the streets outside barking. I can hear them echoing up the canyon. Kids are so weird.

DrBee

06-09-2006, 03:20 PM

My 2-year old would love that! He thinks he's a dog. It's particularly lovely when he comes up and licks my leg and then pants at me. :rolleyes: Right now he's singing in the shower. When he was outside, he decided to dump the bubbles on his and his sister's head - hence the early bath.

I wondered why you didn't have the "x" version. I did bike maintenance on all of our bikes this afternoon - cleaned them up, lubed the chains, stuff like that. It was fun - really! I had a blast!

DrBee

06-10-2006, 07:33 AM

Ouch! I crashed! (see thread in OT). I'm sooooo sore. Hopefully the shakiness will go away soon.

Any suggestions on how to clean the giant ugliness on my leg?

Guess I got out of doing yardwork today...

You know - I just had a "discussion" at work on Thursday about why you should wear a helmet while riding. I kept saying that you never know what will happen and that if you crash without a helmet you could die! A bit dramatic - but boy oh boy am I glad I had a helmet and gloves on today!

KnottedYet

06-10-2006, 09:23 PM

I love my helmet. It loves me. We both send love in your direction, FishDr.

Arnica is a good thing for bruises. Not so much for open wounds. I use Boiron brand arnica gel on bruises and strains. It's weird how well it works... (insert appropriate Twilight Zone music here).

Garlic cures everything (depression to eczema! Poverty to flatulence! Cures it all!). I've finally refined my guacamole recipe: one avocado. Enough lemon juice to fill the pit-cavity of one half the avocado. One clove of garlic (through a press) Salt equivalent to 1/4 the clove of garlic. Mash it all up with reckless abandon. Consume on appropriate carbohydrate loaded wafer. (rice cakes, tortilla chips, etc.)

Feel the love.

crazycanuck

06-11-2006, 12:04 AM

Hey knotted yet,

That recipie sounds yummmmmyy...I didn't know garlic cures flatulence & will let ian know as i'm often called ms smelly...sorry TMI

I do like your signature line at the bottom of your message-is that what it's called?? Where was your partner stationed in Vietnam??? I hope you don't mind me asking.

I still haven't read all of A bright shining lie...

c

DrBee

06-11-2006, 05:13 AM

That recipe sounds good - I'm going to have to try it!

And bruise medicine - never knew such a thing existed. I could definitely use it today. It seems that I rolled as I hit the pavement. I can feel ALL the bruises today. At least it helps me put the pieces together that I can't remember.

Trek420

06-11-2006, 05:45 AM

fishdoc

Good job of rolling outa harms way ;-)

We had this discussion elsewhere somewhere here: rolling vs sudden crash. And you can't ever control/predict/think which is right to do, happens too fast. Luckily your body just knew what to do.

I think it comes down to that sometimes, muscle memory.

Rolling you're going to bruise maybe a lil' road rash. But that heals. It's those sudden stops that cause real bad harm or worse.

Yeah, arinica is an herbal stuff that's available in gel, powder, even tea. You can take it internaly, externaly, my Aikido instructor says to do both.

It's never done much for me but millions of people I throw around in the dojo swear by it. :cool:

Hey Knotted, Garlic cures poverty?

KnottedYet

06-11-2006, 05:58 AM

Garlic cures EVERYTHING!

Crazycanuck - she was safely away on a navy base patching up wounded guys. She doesn't talk about it, and I don't ask.

DrBee

06-11-2006, 07:03 AM

Trek - thanks! It's wierd how the body just reacts. I'm grateful mine reacted well and didn't freeze up (like Bikeless said).

My mind feels better today, too. I was not myself yesterday. I felt so out of it all day. Just kind of wandering around in a daze. Today I got up, showered - it's not easy shaving legs with roadrash and stiffness - and made blueberry buttermilk pancakes with a dash of cinnamon. Yummm. All of the encouragement here can't help but improve my mood :)

And tomorrow - hopefully the bike will be fixed. I haven't named her yet. Gotta work on that.

Nanci

06-11-2006, 09:34 AM

Fishdoc, just got home from two days of riding/not forum reading. Hope you're feeling better! The bruise inside your leg probalby happened when you twisted your saddle around- that used to always happen to me MTBing!!

I got to sit on one of these yesterday- http://tinyurl.com/hmwbc

Absolutely no pressure on the squooshy bits, but I am not sure I like how it felt on the sit bones. I think it was contacting bones that had never sat on anything before! Great on the aerobars. Wish I could afford one...

Nanci

06-11-2006, 09:39 AM

I just checked in the "new" eagle babies. Not fledged yet, but one is almost as big as mom! Still have squeaky baqby voices. Oh wait, that never goes away, does it?

DrBee

06-11-2006, 09:47 AM

Hey Nanci - I'm feeling a bit better. The saddle caused the bruise - that sounds right. I hadn't thought of that as a possibility. That would explain why the left side (the side on which I landed) has a worse bruise.

That Adamo saddle is really bizarre looking. I'm not sure it looks comfy. I can see why there's no pressure on the squishy parts, though. The back end looks odd. Is it wide? Hard to tell from the pic.

I'll have to check out the eaglets. I'm kinda stuck sitting here working on hubby's woodworking website. Don't feel much like gardening today, ya know? I think the headache is finally gone!

Nanci

06-11-2006, 12:42 PM

What I especially liked about the Adamo (means pleasure in Italian!!) saddle was that it was obviously very well-made. Beautiful leather, titanium rails. The rear of the seat was perfect- not too wide, not at all spongy. The "nose" was wider than my Vitesse, which the owner had initially worried about too, but she said it wasn't an issue. It felt like my sit bones, but more like the more forward part of the ishiums, not the tuberosities (the part which you can feel sticking out) were perfectly aligned on padded rails. Quite a different feeling. Not uncomfortable. Just very different. The front stuff- suspended in air not touching anything.

Looks like a storm is coming! I hope so!!

DrBee

06-11-2006, 04:15 PM

Are you talking storm in the immediate sense or of the tropical variety? Mr. Fish told me there's one predicted to head your way, but I haven't had a chance to look at the models to see where exactly.

The saddle reminds me of a ship from Star Wars or Babylon 5 maybe. It does look really wide in the front. I'd be curious to see how if felt after a long ride.

Lise

06-11-2006, 04:16 PM

Hey, guys, I'm home! I am sooooooooooooooooo glad to be home. It was a good weekend, but (as always) very intense. It was the annual celebration of the start of AA 71 years ago in Akron, Ohio. I spend the weekend talking with friends from around the country, from London, from Tokyo, running around to meetings and stuff, eating baaaaad food, and it all gets a bit intense. I did get to go out for a run one beautiful clear morning.

Fishdr, sorry to hear about your crash. I haven't read anywhere else yet--came here, "home", first! :o Hope you're healing well, and I agree with k.n. about the arnica.

Nanci, the DVDs were here waiting for me, and, for the last time, you never sucked! Why don't you go to www.ironman.com and see which DVD you'd like to see--I'll buy it, and we can begin the lending library! I'll send it to you when I send yours back.

argh...what to do first? eat? unpack (unlikely)? read more TE boards? lie down on my bed with the cats and not get up for a good long time? that sounds good...:) Glad to be home.

L.

DrBee

06-11-2006, 06:22 PM

Welcome home Lise! Glad to hear you had a productive weekend - even if there was bad food and it was intense.

I have been thinking today about how much I want to get out and ride (once the bike is fixed) AND run and when I'll be able to do that. What is happening to me??? I really must have hit my head ;)

Nanci

06-12-2006, 01:54 AM

I was talking storm in general. But all that came was strong enough wind to blow the barbeque around the patio! Dill and I stayed out and just got sprinkled.

But, little did I know, Alberto is aimed right for us, but still only a tropical storm. We really need the rain. I think we're getting some today, and more tomorrow when Alberto goes through!

DrBee

06-12-2006, 04:33 AM

Alberto is up to 50K today and looking somewhat impressive. Looks like you'll get that rain you wanted. Might weight down the BBQ, though.

I'm about ready to leave for Jackson to get the bike fixed. I'm going to get my new pedals (clipless) and shoes while I'm there. I was waiting until my free maintenance visit in July, but that seems to have been moved up.

I keep feeling more/different aches and pains as time goes on. Today it's my right hip and my right wrist. Ugh!

Another wierd thing - I keep seeing scrapes and black pavement scuffs on the stuff I was wearing Sat. My Livestrong bracelet is all scuffed up, my roadID anklet is scuffed, my shoes, etc. Sort of eery as I realize how much of me hit the pavement.

Wish me luck today! I'm getting a new helmet, too. I can't decide on the color. hmmmmm.

KnottedYet

06-12-2006, 07:53 PM

Pink Helmet! Pink Helmet! (says the tomboy femme with the pink and white hibiscus print helmet)

Why is dark chocolate so much harder on the teeth than milk chocolate?

Nanci

06-13-2006, 03:15 AM

Lise,

I think 2005 would be the best!

I am having an intense craving for pot roast and vegetables. What roast cut is the best? I can never tell...

I like helmets that match the bike.

Nanci

DrBee

06-13-2006, 04:42 AM

Got the light blue/silver helmet (Giro Eclipse) - matches the bike. The shoes match, too :cool: (not on purpose - they fit the best).

Heading over this morning to get the reimbursement. I'm a bit anxious about this as she was not thrilled last night. But - I'm prepared. One bit of unhappiness from her and I have a whole load of things to say.

Nanci

06-13-2006, 04:59 AM

I decided today to order the wicked expensive LG shorts- but they didn't have my size in stock. It's a sign- so I ordered the Sugois that Susan recommended instead, and a tank that will go with the knickers that I want so badly. I hope I like them...

I took in this dog, one time, in the middle of a blizzard. It chewed the crap out of my bathroom. When I found the owners, they said they'd pay, but them got very reluctant. But they did.

Nanci

DrBee

06-13-2006, 05:44 AM

She paid! Smiled when I walked in. The smile diminished some when she started writing out the check. We're depositing it as soon as the bank opens. Then - this will be done!

DrBee

06-13-2006, 05:44 AM

Nanci - how's your weather??????

Nanci

06-13-2006, 06:11 AM

She should just be glad she didn't kill you!

Weather is nice- rainy but not too windy. They say the second rain band might miss us- that would be too bad.

Rhubarb wine tonight!!

maillotpois

06-13-2006, 07:20 AM

Rhubarb wine tonight!!

How was that???

DrBee

06-13-2006, 07:21 AM

Uh oh - I sense another wine discussion coming on. I'll go get my notebook so I can take notes ;)

What in the world does rhubarb wine taste like anway?

Nanci

06-13-2006, 07:25 AM

I don't know how it is yet- I'm going to have it with my pot roast tonight. If only I could drink wine at work...

maillotpois

06-13-2006, 09:06 AM

Oh sorry - I read "tonight" and assumed the post was from yesterday because I wasn't on line last night. Duh.

Well, tell us how it is.

Had a Conundrum last night. Yummy complex white blend.

snapdragen

06-13-2006, 09:07 AM

She paid! Smiled when I walked in. The smile diminished some when she started writing out the check. We're depositing it as soon as the bank opens. Then - this will be done!
Did she ever explain why she was driving on the wrong side?:confused:

DrBee

06-13-2006, 09:19 AM

Snap - She was looking at the softball fields (on my side of the road) - there were some teams prepping for a tournament. She works for the Park Commission - these were their fields. I don't think she saw me until I went past her window.

Brina

06-13-2006, 12:48 PM

Oh sorry - I read "tonight" and assumed the post was from yesterday because I wasn't on line last night. Duh.

Well, tell us how it is.

Had a Conundrum last night. Yummy complex white blend.

I have some friends with a serious Conundrum addiciton. I think for tonight I am going to open a bottle of vino verde. Little local wine shop just got in a really tasty one - and for $6.89 a bottle how could I say no.

Nanci

06-13-2006, 01:00 PM

Nice day...

First, I get a speeding ticket, $186, when I wasnt even trying to speed- I was just listening to hurricane news on my way to the grocery store. The cop's like, you just drove right by me! Well, no duh, I wasn't aware I was driving so fast.

Then, I get my package from Sierra Trading Post. I don't like the new Vitesse Saddle- it is synthetic, not leather, and fat and poofy.

Also included are my new Birks for work. Is it just me, or does this bother anyone else???

Lise

06-13-2006, 01:06 PM

uh...they look like somebody was drinking wine at work!

Sorry about the ticket. Can't you plead "hurricane distress" or something?

Stay safe and keep us posted. L.

DrBee

06-13-2006, 01:06 PM

I'm feeling a bit better this afternoon. Today was my telecommuting day, but I couldn't motivate myself to work - so I took sick leave. I've been reading my triathlon book and laid down for a bit. The kids just attacked me while I was laying on the bed - that was fun! We had a giant tickle fest while Mr. Fish took the dogs to the vet for their annual shots. We had way more fun than the dogs, or Mr. Fish for that matter. I also found more bruises/soreness in places I was unaware were hurt. Kid feet have a way of finding them, you know.

I think I'm snapping out of it! Now if only the wind would settle down, I could try out those pedals! :)

maillotpois

06-13-2006, 01:08 PM

Nice day...

Also included are my new Birks for work. Is it just me, or does this bother anyone else???

They're a little wallpaper-y. - Oh my gosh I didn't even notice the first time that they don't match!! Crazy. I think they are pretty cool - I thought at first one was darker - but it is totally different pattern.

Nanci

06-13-2006, 01:09 PM

Well, I ordered another pair in a different color/pattern. They just bother me. But they are also at a huge discount. But it didn't say anything like "shoes really don't match-" it just said closeouts.

Good thing I signed up for OT the next two Sundays...

Oh, and what REALLY makes me mad about getting a ticket is, why didn't he see the semi ahead of me who ran not one but two red lights???

DrBee

06-13-2006, 01:13 PM

Nanci - those sandals would drive me nuts! Are you going to send them back?

What's the latest on the weather???

I have a great recipe for Guinness beef stew that you should try sometime. It is sooooooooooo good - and easy! Crock pot! There's a little trick at the end that makes is smooooth and not too liquidy. Oh my is it good.

DrBee

06-13-2006, 01:14 PM

They never seem to see the people around you that are going faster. Why is that???

Nanci

06-13-2006, 01:15 PM

And, (can you tell I'm really angry???) he asks, "Were you on your phone?" No, it's right there, on the charger. But so what if I was. It's not against the law in my city/county/whatever. Was he going to drum up some additional bogus charges if I confessed??? Did he feel jipped because I _was_ wearing my seatbelt?

Nanci

06-13-2006, 01:18 PM

I would like either the right shoe or the left, but they DON'T MATCH!!! (But were $60 off...)

Weather is all calmed down to light showers and gusty wind.

DrBee

06-13-2006, 01:20 PM

I bet you wanted to throw it at him!

The last time I got pulled over, the cop missed the person in front of me that was going MUCH faster than I was. Then he had the nerve to complement me on how well my kids were buckled up in their carseats! Now, you can go to the Walmart parking lot at any time of day and see easily 6 cars with kids in them and no carseats in sight. Kids climbing all over the car! Why can't they go after those people??? Did you tell him you were listening to hurricane news and were distracted?

DrBee

06-13-2006, 01:23 PM

Good price, but the not matching thing would make me crazy. I guess just consider them whacky shoes and have fun with it.

Nanci

06-13-2006, 01:34 PM

Then, (thank God he didn't say "have a nice day" or I would have probably lost it) I SPUN OUT in the wet grass as I was angrily leaving.

I can't stand the not matching. I am getting into a super-whiney mood. Why can't ANYTHING just be nice??? (Well, the Shimano sandals were- I love them, and Maizey's cabinet. And my PI Gel Vent Pro gloves, and the Showers Pass jacket.) (But the last 25 pairs of shorts and knickers weren't.)

Did I mention that I hate my first ever event jersey, from Three State Three Mountain? It doesn't fit. I went through all sizes of everything, male and female, and it just doesn't fit. (Possibly if I opted for breast enhancement surgery!! Like to 40DDD) But I had to take it, because I pre-ordered it. Never again. And the stupid design looks like three penises, not three mountains or whatever really abstract thing they were trying to do. And my T-shirt is too large, and they didn't have any mediums.

Nanci

06-13-2006, 01:35 PM

I also hate my avatar. I need to change it. There, a nice grumpy picture with a biting pigeon on my head. That's perfect.

Selkie

06-13-2006, 01:38 PM

Did I mention that I hate my first ever event jersey, from Three State Three Mountain? It doesn't fit. I went through all sizes of everything, male and female, and it just doesn't fit. (Possibly if I opted for breast enhancement surgery!! Like to 40DDD) But I had to take it, because I pre-ordered it. Never again. And the stupid design looks like three penises, not three mountains or whatever really abstract thing they were trying to do. And my T-shirt is too large, and they didn't have any mediums.

Oh Nanci, I just adore you. Even in a cranky mood, you can make me smile and laugh!

I'll see if I have falsies in 40DDD that you can borrow. ;) I have the same "not enough bosom" problem w/my size small Shebeest jerseys. Size SMALL for chrissake. The final indignity.

DrBee

06-13-2006, 01:39 PM

I thought I was in a mood. I heard positives in there somewhere! You have been through a lot of shorts lately, haven't you???

3 penises? That's positively awful. Post a pic :D

DrBee

06-13-2006, 01:41 PM

Have you started on the rhubarb wine yet?

Selkie

06-13-2006, 01:41 PM

I also hate my avitar. I need to change it.

Don't you dare. I love it.

Nanci

06-13-2006, 01:57 PM

Too late!!

Voila, the penis!!

Nanci

06-13-2006, 02:14 PM

Rhubarb wine is AWFUL!!! It is so bad, there must be something wrong with it. I can't even describe it. It is going to be only the second bottle ever I poured out.

Luckily, I have backups...

The pot roast sure smells delicious, though!

DrBee

06-13-2006, 02:35 PM

I LOVE the new avatar!

The jersey is awful - what were they thinking???

Sorry to hear about the wine.

At least the potroast will be good. The day can pretty much only get better from here, right?

Ever see a bear while biking? See Adventure stories thread...in a minute.

maillotpois

06-13-2006, 03:45 PM

What a crazy jersey. That is totally a penis.

Sorry about the wine. Sometimes an experiment has a bad outcome. But you just have to try new things.

I do like the grumpy pigeon picture.

Nanci

06-13-2006, 03:56 PM

I'm sure there was something wrong with the wine- not that I just didn't like it. Now I'm drinking a Turning Leaf Chardonnay, which I will not buy again, because it has no fruit tastes- only velvety, thick butter- but, oddly, not very oaky taste.

It's still raining. Good. We need it.

I've had such a bad day- I'm considering opening a bottle of Three Sisters Dahlonega Gold- a dessert wine- irreplaceable- which I had put in the fridge for a day when BF was having an awful day at work, which we didn't end up drinking.

But no- not tonight.

I need to go to Target and get cool wrapping for my Secret Sister package. I had a great time with the last one.

I'm already worried about the July 200k. It's going to be hot- though how much hotter than 101F it can get, I don't know- but with all Clermont's hills, multiple times. The RBA is talking about starting at 5AM. That would be better- less time in the heat. Too bad because I frickin' wasn't paying attention today- I'll have even more trouble affording the hotel room.

But maybe some of the same cool people will go.

Jones

06-13-2006, 04:06 PM

Was that a bad picture or did the admin blur it? Or is that what the jersey looks like?

Nanci

06-13-2006, 04:32 PM

No, that's it, and there are two more- one on each side! All the previous years' jerseys have been really pretty...

But no matter how awful it looks- it still didn't fit.

(I was trying to hold it- stretched out- with my foot <since it's been stuffed at the absolute bottom of the jersey drawer since I returned from the ride>- <so you could see the penis in all its glory>-and photograph it at the same time).

Nanci

snapdragen

06-13-2006, 04:53 PM

I'm trying to think of an excuse to not go to Pilates tonight. Stupid, since it's the only exercise I seem to get lately......

DrBee

06-13-2006, 05:08 PM

Snap ... how's this... you have important things to discuss with your friends in the thread drift thread ;)

maillotpois

06-13-2006, 05:15 PM

I have been having such a hard time motivating to go to the gym during the week. Grr. The only time I can go is 5:30 - 7 am, and I was in a routine where I was going twice a week, and doing weights and spinning. In May I got in a rut because I decided I needed some "recovery" time after Davis double, then a super hard 110 miler, then ESDC double - 3 tough weeks in a row. And recovery is great but now it's like I am just doing a double century or hard 100 miler every week and that's it.

Need some consistency. I swear I am going to the gym tomorrow.

DrBee

06-13-2006, 05:17 PM

When I'm up at 5:30 trying to convince myself to go run - I'll be thinking of you and sending you motivating thoughts :)

maillotpois

06-13-2006, 06:11 PM

Thanks - that'll be what, 3:30 my time? Just when I should begin building my motivation.

So I went to the cough doctor today. Good timing. I'd gone off my inhalers after ESDC (just to see what would happen) and then couldn't do an easy ride Saturday without a complete attack of not being able to breathe. It was terrible. SO I guess I do have asthma. He also said I have a dust mite allergy. I wished I'd been allergic to my cat because that would explain a lot of the deep seated contempt I feel towards him.

Lise

06-13-2006, 07:15 PM

Like anybody didn't already know that.

Nanci, I am still laughing about the grumpy picture with the biting pigeon. The laughter was tapering off, and then I read MP's comment about her contempt for the cat. Whew! Good one!

I've got two more match.com maybes, one gave me his number, said he'd be up at 10PM, and...didn't answer when I called. Who knows, it's not like we made a phone date, life happens, the emails have been nice, he looks adorable, and I'm an eternal optimist, it appears. The other guy sounds good, too, and is sober 12 years, so at least I wouldn't have to explain, "no, I really don't drink. No. Not at all. Not even wine. Nope. :rolleyes: "

Watching the Ironman DVDs Nanci sent me, and feeling so inspired (not to do an IM, though, watching those complete Weebles totter over the finish line--YIKES :eek: ) Nanci, the anniversary one starts breaking up like a bad satellite transmission at about 40 min into it. Did it ever do that for you? The other one is fine, I put it in when the first one was going bonky, to make sure it wasn't my DVD player (we know my history with that, but it is a new machine...)

Oh, man. Still laughing about the grumpy avatar, penis jersey, rhubarb wine...contempt for cat. I think the cat + duct tape line was my favorite of all your sig lines, MP.

Yeah, I'm just chipper because the Green Hornet has two functioning wheels again. :D L.

PS, why do you think this site asteriks out "d*ck", but not "penis"? Sheesh!

DrBee

06-13-2006, 07:22 PM

I was making cupcakes and thought to myself - oops - 5:30am would be 3:30 for Sarah. I guess I'll have to think motivating thoughts for you when I get to work (around 6:45 here.

Talk in the AM

maillotpois

06-13-2006, 07:27 PM

The other guy sounds good, too, and is sober 12 years, so at least I wouldn't have to explain, "no, I really don't drink. No. Not at all. Not even wine. Nope. :rolleyes: "

Yeah, like "I am a vegetarian. Yup, I don't even eat chicken." Duh. People can be so dense. Hope the date works. I have a few friends who are married to their match.com matches.

Oh, man. Still laughing about the grumpy avatar, penis jersey, rhubarb wine...contempt for cat. I think the cat + duct tape line was my favorite of all your sig lines, MP.

Thanks! Like the new one? It's sort of an homage to evolution and to Star Trek. Was having an offline discussion with one of our friends and kvetching about some of the hypocrisy w/ the BJ folks and needed to find a Darwinian sort of reference...

PS, why do you think this site asteriks out "d*ck", but not "penis"? Sheesh!

Dunno. But **** Cheney will always make me smile,

maillotpois

06-13-2006, 07:28 PM

I was making cupcakes and thought to myself - oops - 5:30am would be 3:30 for Sarah. I guess I'll have to think motivating thoughts for you when I get to work (around 6:45 here.

Talk in the AM

Better, Fish. I have enough trouble sleeping through the night...

Lise

06-13-2006, 07:40 PM

Thanks! Like the new one? It's sort of an homage to evolution and to Star Trek. Was having an offline discussion with one of our friends and kvetching about some of the hypocrisy w/ the BJ folks and needed to find a Darwinian sort of reference...

I do like it. That guy who played "Q" was a friend of mine's acting teacher once. My brush with fame. Also, my aunt was named for my grandma's best friend, Ernest Hemmingway's sister. My middle name is "Carol" for my aunt. Six degrees, and all that.

Sorry, guys, but everytime I see "BJ", I think of the other thing that's an abbreviation for. :o

Sov got. (about all I remember of my Swedish. It means "sleep well")

Trek420

06-13-2006, 07:42 PM

maillotpois "Was having an offline discussion with one of our friends..."

off line? offline? :eek: like talking but not on the internet? :eek:

"and kvetching about some of the hypocrisy w/ the BJ folks...."

what's the scoop? Haven't updated my few miles in a while.

nanci, the wines that don't make the score, you ever cook with them?

maillotpois

06-13-2006, 07:57 PM

Lise - WOW. You know Q (indirectly)????!!! You are my hero! I seriously love that guy - the actor Delancie and the character.

Trek - long story. Got a wee bit censored at the BJ. AGAIN!!! (And not Lise's "BJ"). Online - offline. You're right. I am cyber-confused.

Trek420

06-13-2006, 08:09 PM

maillotpois "Trek - long story. Got a wee bit censored at the BJ. AGAIN!!! "

oh you troublemaker you :cool: so rowdy.

Lise

06-13-2006, 08:23 PM

Wait! Greatest hits of the 80s?! Is that included in my order, or do I have to order more AV gear to get that fabulous deal?

Hey! The cute guy from match called me back! I say cute...his pictures are cute. He has one that looks like him now, and one that looks like him 20 years ago. What's that about? He's a professional photographer. I had called the number for his studio instead of his cell number. At 10:30 he checked his messages at the studio to see if I'd called there. Wow. A guy waiting by the phone for *me* ;) Had a fun talk with him.

WHY two at once? The other guy seems cool, too, and the fact of him being in recovery could be a plus or a minus...oh, man, not enough info, yet trying to analyse. Trust the universe. It beats the "too many strange guys at once" phenomenon.

Just when I think I can't stand it anymore and don't ever want to meet any new guy ever again. OK, more will be revealed.

SadieKate

06-14-2006, 03:44 AM

Q? I haven't heard that name in forever. One of the best characters ever on serial TV.

DrBee

06-14-2006, 04:03 AM

Sarah .... oh Sarah..... Are you awake and heading to the gym????? I hope you had better luck than I did! I was lucky to get out of bed in time to get to work!

Sending you motivational exercising thoughts ....:D

Nanci

06-14-2006, 04:06 AM

No- I always drink them except for the two that were rotten- those I poured out. I kind of look forward to wine leftover night, when I finish off all the remnants of the past few days rather than opening a new bottle. I was just thinking the other day, though, that leftovers would be good to cook with. Except I rarely cook anything- it's either frozen or grilled.

SadieKate

06-14-2006, 04:16 AM

Sarah .... oh Sarah..... Are you awake and heading to the gym????? Thanks for the thought, but more like insomnia which is fine as I'm getting some work done early so I can head down to the LBS. I'm doing volunteer time so they'll get my bike work done today. Who knows what I'll be doing -- as long as it isn't cleaning toilets. Interval training again tonight and I need my bike with the aero setup.

DrBee

06-14-2006, 04:24 AM

Lise

06-14-2006, 04:41 AM

We were watching a ST-TNG episode last night (my daughter likes it already) that was a Q episode! Now that's a wierd coincidence. Q on TV...Q here... hmmm

Lise - that is too cool that you have a connection to Q. Good luck with the guy(s). When's the date(s)??? Supercool that he checked his studio messages to see if you called!
MP - I love the signature line! And - what did you do on BJ???
No date yet, but a nice talk. I'll give the other guy a call today. This stuff is hard--all of you with DHs or DPs or whatever--go give 'em a kiss! Go on! I'll wait here! Don't tell 'em why, just a big ol' smack on the lips, and come back to the computer... hold music playing...isn't that nice? Don't you just love him/her?

My connection to "Q" is soooo tangential...:rolleyes: ...but fun to have one at all, right?

And yes, MP, we all want to know what happened on BJ. I am too slothful to go read up on it myself over there. Or, more to the point, I can't even keep up with the TE posts. :o Off to work, hi-ho!

Trek420

06-14-2006, 04:52 AM

Lise "Wait! Greatest hits of the 80s?! Is that included in my order, or do I have to order more AV gear to get that fabulous deal?"

Isn't today the last day? Let the whining begin.

"WHY two at once? The other guy seems cool, too"

One of them is the back up offer? Oh wait, never mind, you're not buying a house :cool:

Nanci, grilled stuff could be real nice marinated in that wine.

MP, whadja do THIS time? I looked briefly but didn't see any closed threads

Brina

06-14-2006, 05:37 AM

Sorry, guys, but everytime I see "BJ", I think of the other thing that's an abbreviation for. :o

Can someone fill me in on the definition of this y'all are going by, cause the only one I know is the meaning Lise is referencing.

Nanci

06-14-2006, 05:50 AM

Brina, thanks for asking. I was just pretending to understand, and hoping it would clear up in context later :-)

Nanci

DrBee

06-14-2006, 06:43 AM

Bike Journal (bikejournal.com) - site to log your miles and also a bike forum.

maillotpois

06-14-2006, 07:53 AM

DrBee

06-14-2006, 08:19 AM

Tomorrow - I will do better ;)

Still nothing on what you did on BJ? Come on - give us a hint...

maillotpois

06-14-2006, 08:25 AM

We were watching a ST-TNG episode last night (my daughter likes it already) that was a Q episode! Now that's a wierd coincidence. Q on TV...Q here... hmmm

Lise - that is too cool that you have a connection to Q. Good luck with the guy(s). When's the date(s)??? Supercool that he checked his studio messages to see if you called!
MP - I love the signature line! And - what did you do on BJ???

We were probably watching the same episode. My daughter loves it, too!!

Basically, on BJ, SK mentioned an interest in the fact that Jonathan Boyer, first ever American in the Tour de France (also won RAAM in 1985) is riding RAAM this year. So I mentioned in a reply the heated debate going on on a Ultra cycling email list I belong to about Boyer - he was convicted of child molestation. I didn't really get into specifics, nor did SK BUT one of the Cyclonauts asked slantz the BJ administrator to remove all references to Boyer from the thread. So SK and I were a little bent about that. I mean we didn't get into huge specifics, and it's not like we totally hijacked the thread - we really didn't. Just a couple of emails about facts dealing with Boyer. It's not like we were taking a position on child molestation or anything (DUH), but the facts are the facts.

maillotpois

06-14-2006, 08:27 AM

And I'd previously had an email censored (nicely) by Slantz - I'd made some reference to one friend of mine "kicking everyone's @sses" in mileage and was told that inferred profanity was not okay. I really hadn't meant anything by it. I guess my time at the DA's office comes out every once in a while. They have a low threshold for profanity. Which is entirely their prerogative since it's their site - but we were a little miffed yesterday that if one person asked for non-offensive posts to be removed that they would do it.

SadieKate

06-14-2006, 08:40 AM

Yeah, my post was horribly offensive.:rolleyes: It essentially said that if you're acquitted (at the time I didn't know Boyer had been convicted) that one should be allowed to participate. Fer crying out loud, I thought this was America and once you had been found innocent you were allowed to resume your normal life or if not once you had paid your debt to society you were done with it. Somehow this was considered a negative in the thread. So maybe I did take a position - that the laws are the laws and they are what makes the USA a good place to live.

Nobody said anything pro or con about the facts of the case or Boyer's character.

Nanci

06-14-2006, 09:03 AM

Websites, or lists, or whatever that over-moderate are BS. I don't have time for that.

SadieKate

06-14-2006, 09:15 AM

In slantz' defense, he did it in response to a Cyclonaut's request.

DrBee

06-14-2006, 09:19 AM

It sounds like they're a bit heavy handed with the sensoring. I'm very surprised they gave in on a single request to remove references. It doesn't sound like you were taking sides or trying to totally hijack the thread to me. Craziness!

Lise

06-14-2006, 01:51 PM

It's a MADHOUSE!!!!!
--Charleton Heston, Planet of the Apes

(That's just one of my favorite movie lines ever, and I like to throw it in anywhere it occurs to me. I generally restrain myself. Except when it comes to that freakish monkey biking film from the 60s that beta posted...or excessive censorship on the BJ site.)

Trek420

06-14-2006, 01:56 PM

"what you need is stretching"

- From Time Bandits

Lise

06-14-2006, 03:15 PM

Alas, Dennis at the LBS appears to be taken. I went to their site to email John with thanks for helping me so much yesterday. I read the history of the shop...and it turns out "JoAnne and Dennis" own it. Wanna bet they're not just business partners? :rolleyes: Alas. Is this like women in labor adoring their anesthesiologist? heheheheheh! L.

DrBee

06-14-2006, 04:52 PM

Lise - how is photographer guy? Or the other one???

We are watching ST-TNG again - Ferengi. It is so funny to hear a 4 year old try to figure out what a Ferengi is. We have finally convinced her that Warf is a good guy. She says she does not like the ones with the big wrinkles on their heads.

Made spaghetti tonight - yummmmm!

Lise

06-14-2006, 06:24 PM

Ferengi are tough to figure out. Perhaps the most morally ambiguous characters in the ST roster. Do you remember early, early ST, when Klingons just looked sort of Middle Eastern (as I recall)? Must've had a small makeup budget for that season! I love ST. I never got into Voyager or the retro one very much. But a boxed set of TNG or DS9 would see a lot of action in my DVD player!

Photo guy--I wrote him this morning, he wrote back, sounding interested, I wrote back again...I realized I was feeling anxious about him finding out I'm in recovery, so I just took the bull by the horns and mentioned it in my last email. I haven't heard back from him yet. If that's something he doesn't want in his life, or makes him not want to get to know me further, then let's hear it now. Before I meet him and like him and kiss him, all the while thinking, "....yeah, but when you learn this about me, you'll be gone." The guy I was seeing in March stopped calling me after I told him. I don't know that's the reason, as he never told me. When I said it, fairly casually, he just said, "OK", no other response. Slept with me that night, kissed me goodbye in the morning affectionately, and ... into the wind.

The other guy sent me his number, and I emailed back that I'll call him tomorrow. I'm on-call for the hospital tonight. I just got report from the midwife ahead of me--she had 5 deliveries in her shift, so, by the numbers, I should have a quiet night. I took a 90 min nap, and didn't feel like having another "getting to know you" conversation tonight.

Moooore will be revealed. fish, how're your body and spirit feeling today?

DrBee

06-14-2006, 07:17 PM

Thanks for asking Lise! I'm feeling better every day. My bruises are looking quite awesome - nice tones of yellow and green. Very nice under the fluorescent lights at work. When I bend my right knee, the entire thing is bruised. It's hard to see that when it's straight.

I told the story a gazillion times at work today. Hopefully that will end tomorrow. My mind is doing better. I felt a bit more like normal today. I'm going to wait until Saturday to ride/run. I had my occupational health surveillance program checkup today and told the doc about my crash. He said that I very likely did have a concussion. I figured taking a week off after that would not be a bad idea. Saturday morning I ride!!!!! I keep looking at my new PI shoes and say good morning to my bike when I go through the garage. It's getting to be time to get back on and ride!

I hope you have an easy on-call night.

I grew up watching the original ST - from about my daughter's age. The old Klingons did look a bit different. At least they didn't have a pretty bob-cut like Warf. I never liked that look for him.

Talk to ya tomorrow!

G'night all!

Lise

06-14-2006, 07:22 PM

Yeah, I always thought Worf should have snake-like dreadlocks or something. Remember the "Trouble With Tribbles" episode from the very first season of ST? That's when the Klingons looked like Saudi Arabian royalty.

Photo guy wrote back with about three paragraphs of questions about recovery. We shall see.

DrBee

06-14-2006, 07:25 PM

Still here... Great news on photo guy! That sounds encouraging to me!

Yup - Saudi royalty - good one!

Now I really am going to bed! G'night!

snapdragen

06-14-2006, 08:20 PM

Yeah, my post was horribly offensive.:rolleyes: It essentially said that if you're acquitted (at the time I didn't know Boyer had been convicted) that one should be allowed to participate.

He wasn't convicted, he accepted a plea bargain. The discussion boards on the RAAM site have some "guest" posters talking about Boyer too. A few of his friends, and someone who works in the Monterey Co. DA office (where he accepted the plea bargain) all support him. Knowing someone personally that was wrongly charged as a sex offender, I try to keep my mouth shut until I hear all sides. Wish others would too.

Interesting thread - don't go here if the discussion will offend or p*** you off.

RAAM Forum (http://stats.raceacrossamerica.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0)

crazycanuck

06-15-2006, 02:12 AM

Long post but i feel like typing

Urhgth...I've been wandering around my house for the last 40min or so searching for my extra bike light...

The nightflux one i have on my roadie is going to burn out in an hour and i need another light to get me home or so...I've no clue where i left it and hate only riding for 40min as it's there's no point..Ian's not home tonight to make a light up for me-even if it was heavy i'd still go...(he makes bike lights and the night i'd like one he's not home...)

I came home ready to do a 2 1/2hr ride but i'll have to wait until tomorrow night i guess...

I am struggling to see at night even with the lights i have...Nanci do you have the cateye Double shots????

ONe more thing nanci...i'd like to do long distance rides with Audax (randoneurring in aust) but i know there are no shoulders on most of the hwys in Western aust (even if there were it would just be pea gravel) & i;'d have to contend with road trains (not sure what you call them in the states but transport trucks with two or even three trailers). Any advice???

off to search for the elusive light...

c

Lise

06-15-2006, 03:41 AM

Did you find the light? That's very cool that Ian makes bike lights. I know what you mean about being limited by time on a bike ride. I hate having to think, "I have to be home by such and such a time". That's the bike-riding little kid in me. :)

crazycanuck

06-15-2006, 04:21 AM

Hey lise,

I think it's morning now where you are...i'm off to bed soon so i can get up & join the group run in the morning...have to make up for not biking this evening...

Never did find the light..I have no idea where i put it...:confused:

Ian started making lights a few months ago...The batteries are wayy too heavy for me however we're working on it...I told him i'd try one & now that i have a MEC hydration pack (friend went to Canada & brought me back some items...) the battery may fit in it....HOwever-if it's still not what works for my eyes, we'll look at the cateye double shots..

I just find it really hard to focus at night...the streetlights on my fave cycle route make it worse-i often can't see corners & go much slower-but i still go anyways...night vision goggles wouldn't go amiss...

I"'m soooo excited....The Oilers won game 5...!!! Looking forward to game 6 & 7....There will be a game 7....GO OILERS!!!!!! Make Edmonton the City of Champions again!!!
c

good night kids & have a good day...Friday yayayayyayay!!!!

Nanci

06-15-2006, 04:42 AM

I just alternate two Cateye Microhalogens that I got for $9 each. They work great, have about a three hour burn time each, and I can really see no reason to get a more expensive light if these are ok. Actually, I have four- so I don't have to be switching batteries during the day. I numbered them with a permanent marker. So I use 1 and 2 in the morning, then 3 and 4 at night, and if night's going to be really long, then I replace the batteries in 1 and 2 during lunch. It's easier to just swap out the light in its mount than change batteries when I'm really tired.

I don't know what to say about the trucks, except wear a super-reflective vest, have several red LED taillights, make yourself impossible to miss. The roads I ride on are so rural it's very rare to see a semi. I guess I'd probably get off the road if they are crowding you. I guess that depends on how much oncoming traffic there is- if they can get in the other lane.

Nanci

DrBee

06-15-2006, 02:14 PM

I feel bleh today. Headache, tired. My office was 78 with no air circulation today. 78 doesn't sound bad, but it was like an oven in there! It's like that everyday lately, but today bugged me more. Just having one of those days. I need to ride! But - waiting to feel better first.

I hope y'all are having a better day!

Nanci

06-15-2006, 02:35 PM

My house is 84F with the AC running full blast...Feels pretty cool to me.

I had a pretty CF day at work today. My other tech wasn't watching the student, so every time I'd leave for two seconds, something would get effed up. Didn't get out of there till 4:30. But- the OT will help pay for the ticket.

BF said the cop who wrote me the ticket would have let me go if I had name-dropped BF's name. Exactly how do you do that??? Hi, I'm special, because my BF works with you. Who gives a cr*p you say? Ok, now I am REALLY embarassed...Yeah, can't see myself doing that.

Lise, sorry to hear he's taken.

I am the only non-Trekkie in the world.

But I love SF.

Though not as much as when I was a kid.

But my daughter met her perfect DH at some sort of anime or gaming conference.

BF and I drank a $22 half bottle of my most beloved wine ever last night. The fourth bottle I've had of it, and we have one left. There were only 1000 bottles bottled. Three Sisters Dahlonega Gold. Vidal Blanc dessert wine. Oh my.

I bought my first bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape tonight. I'm afraid to drink it. It's Grenache, Cinsault and Syrah, 55/25/20. The huge wine store only had two kinds, so I picked the cheap $20 bottle...I am curious. I love Rhone wines, so I should love this. Plus, when you ask a wine snob what their favorite wine is, this is quite often the answer. But, of course, obscure French wines are not in my database, so it's a total cr*pshoot. But I figure, if the giant wine store only has two kinds, they both must be pretty good, wouldn't you think?

BF is at some concert I wasn't interested in- so- quality time with the torts and Mr. Bird!!! I love evenings when I am on my own, at least till I go to bed.

My SS stuff is almost ready to go. Just needs wrapping now. I don't think she reads this thread, but who knows. So if it's you- I'm sorry I'm such a procrastinator- but you're getting a really cool present!! I even snooped through all your posts, so I could have inside info on what snack you'd totally love. I am so smart! S-M-R-T! (Remember Homer Simpson??) (I used to have that on my computer as the sound it played when I had to reboot...)

There, I've drifted enough for a while.

Nanci

06-15-2006, 03:25 PM

Or, maybe not! As I was saying, I am so smart!! I just cooked my Michaelangelos Ciabatta Bake for 20 minutes at zero degrees!! (While I was defiantly shaving everything!!)

DrBee

06-15-2006, 03:42 PM

We keep our house at 80F, but for some reason my office at 78 feels more like 90. Maybe 'cause there's no air moving. The guy next to me has ice cold air coming out of his vent! I have a corner office, so maybe I'm at the end of the loop and the walls and window make it hotter. I don't know. All I know is that it's yucky!

I was wondering how long it would take you to shave all that ;)

Enjoy dinner - once it gets cooked. We're having leftover spaghetti - FishJr requested it. Maybe I should call her Fry. That would better suit her brother.

Nanci

06-15-2006, 03:51 PM

Well, it sure didn't take 20 minutes!! Leftover spaghetti sounds wonderful. Anything that isn't the same old thing (like the last two nights' potroast) sounds wonderful.

I was just thinking, you know when you've worn your panties for the absolute last time, when they aren't even fit to be period underwear any more? Do you wash them one last time, or throw them directly in the trash? I wash mine! Is that weird?

I was also thinking, do boy shorts only look good on women who have butts like Tour de France riders? (tiny) I probably already know the answer to that.

I''m so glad tomorrow's Friday.

maillotpois

06-15-2006, 04:27 PM

Oh man - again, this thread rocks!

maillotpois

06-15-2006, 04:27 PM

Nanci -

Speaking of Frog wines - anything from Gigondas - yummy!!!!

Trek420

06-15-2006, 05:02 PM

Nanci & thread drift "you know when you've worn your panties for the absolute last time, when they aren't even fit to be period underwear any more?"

Suddenly soooooo glad I don't have to keep "period underwear" anymore

"Do you wash them one last time, or throw them directly in the trash?"

Straght to the trash before I forget and sort 'em again

"do boy shorts only look good on women who have butts like Tour de France riders? (tiny)"

you mean the boy style briefs? or real boxers? 'Cause boxers look good on any gal (which is probably tmi)

and aw c'mon, we're all beautiful women here, even if we don't have butts like Tour de France riders (I just want legs like a TdF rider, the butt would just look weird on me).

Nanci

06-15-2006, 05:10 PM

I have a note in my wine log that says "French Wine sucks!!!!!!!" Except for Banyuls, and some red Bordeaux cheapo thing from Publix. Why can't they just say what it is??? So what about "terroire," I just read a big article about a blind tasting that prove it was all BS!! Muscadette- sucks. White Bordeaus- sucks. Anything from France, including Goat Boy, sucks!!

This thread is like what I'd talk about, if I still lived in MN, if I still could call my girlfriend Sue that I miss more than anything in the whole world, and talk to her every night.

I think girlfriends, the kind you have for your whole life, through all BFs and DHs and kids and pets and jobs and school and cars and horses and houses and all, are the most irreplaceable thing ever, once you move away and things aren't the same, unless you go home to visit for a week every five years, when things just fall back into how they were before you ever thought of leaving.

I wish I had one here.

maillotpois

06-15-2006, 06:34 PM

Oh Nanci - I disagree with you on the Frog wine, but I'm glad that we all can just rant about anything and everything!!

And it was the underwear thing that I loved! I just decided a pair of bike shorts is dead (no holes in bad places, the chamois just turned counter-productive). Anyway I washed them before throwing them out - actually I may keep them to use some of the material to patch a hole in my new Shebeest pedal pushers....

KnottedYet

06-15-2006, 08:57 PM

Icky undies get washed, then become rags to clean the bathroom. Appropos, I think.

Any woman looks fabulous in boxers. Especially in knit boxer-briefs. UnderArmor. (girl-cut boxer briefs are best)

Boy cut undies.... cut like the old-fashioned tighty whities... not so good. Haven't seen them on a real woman looking good, just looking good on models. I've bought a few pair (ex officio, Jockey, Bali) cuz I'm an optomist. Used 'em to clean the bathroom.

My favorites: UnderArmor women's compression shorts. I think they have a 6 inch inseam. Man, are they comfy. My second favorites: Ibex Roaster Boxers (womens). Very warm, not the best for hot days but great on cold damp PNW summer days (50-55 degrees) when you really really want to wear shorts.

Seattle Summer Wear: sandals with wool socks, shorts, turtleneck with wool sweater, rainjacket.

I'm old enough to remember when we wore LONG underwear bottoms under our shorts in the summer. The height of fashion around here was blue polypro longies under khaki shorts. My longies were white, and I felt like a pre-adolescent pariah.

Today's summer wear here in north Seattle: I'm wearing wool socks, long khaki pants, wool zip-front Icebreaker shirt, and wore my Ibex wool sweater over it most of the day.

DrBee

06-16-2006, 03:58 AM

Underwear - I wash them, too! Usually they make it through a couple more rounds of wearing/washing than they should have and then I eventually throw them out.

I have a bathing suit with boy shorts. I DO NOT have a TDF butt. Hubby seems to like it! :)

I like what you said about this thread Nanci. It's a good comfort spot where we can vent what we like and whine and laugh all in one. Lise said it was like "home". I admit - it's the first thread I check on here when I log on.

DrBee

06-16-2006, 04:00 AM

Summerwear in Mississippi - tank top, shorts, sandals. Hot, humid, and mosquitos in the shade and at dusk that could carry you away!

Nanci

06-16-2006, 04:21 AM

As soon as I get home from work, I take a bath and put on my PJs. Cotton capri bottoms, tank top or, if cold, Mountain Hardwear Microchill Fleece top, which I could probably live in, if I had to pick only one top ever again.

I pretty much hate shorts, except bike shorts. Good thing I'm cold blooded!

Hoping the new Sugoi shorts get here today, AND I like them...

Lise

06-16-2006, 04:22 AM

I saw your avatar on the back of someone's car yesterday when I was out for a ride. I almost yelled, "fishie!", but realized the extreme unlikelihood that you were up in Chicago, driving south on Elston Ave. So...what does it mean?

Seattle, while beautiful, sounds too chilly for me. I know, who am I to talk, with Chicago winters, but we do get a bit of summer here. Two days ago I got a long lunch break at the clinic. A friend and I walked up to "Little Vietnam", ate in a storefront restaurant, walked around, picked up some pastries in a Vietnamese bakery, walked back. It was a beautiful, sunny day, not too hot, not too cool. I said, "hmmmm....June 14. One of the 5 days a year in Chicago when people say, 'I could live here forever!'." The problem is the other 360 days! It looks like it's going to be good today, hot this weekend. My problem is that the City fritters away its money keeping the clinic freezing cold somedays. Unpredictably! So I bring a range of clothes in my backpack.

At the risk of jinxing the Green Hornet, I'm saying it here: I'm riding her to work today! :D

DrBee

06-16-2006, 05:14 AM

Good luck Lise! I'll think good tire thoughts for you!

Nope - it wasn't me. The avatar - the ribbon is for the Louisiana Disaster Relief Fund to help rebuild after Katrina and Rita. Money from the purchase of the ribbon/pin/t-shirt go the fund. Of all organizations that could sell it - Abita Beer (a local microbrew) came up with the idea. They had a special beer, too. The motto is..."rebuild New Orleans one beer at a time". How cool that you saw one all the way up there!

Nanci

06-16-2006, 06:11 AM

I had Abita Beer at IM Florida last year- this guy from New Orleans brought it. I think they had a blueberry wheat beer or something that was wonderful.

NO guy had his house/bike/everything destroyed, so the forum he participates in rented a really nice Cervelo for him for IMFL.

I just had a patient who is a dairy cow vet. They get their C-sections standing up! Right out in the field! They get an epidural somewhere on the tail, which still leaves them able to stand, and then the vet just cuts right in through the side! Amazing!!

Nanci

crazycanuck

06-16-2006, 07:18 AM

Mooooo...I love cows...Moooooo...

Anywho, i didn't pass any mooo cows tonight...We rode to Fremantle & back on a social ride with some biking friends...(mtn bikers...) The ride there was alright temp wise...the way home....BRrrrrrrrrr....it was 3c!!! My knees were the coldest thing on my body & i felt so full on the way home i rode oh so slowly uphill...

Tomorrow & sunday are off road ride days...Dirt!!!!

c

DrBee

06-16-2006, 08:19 AM

Abita beer is one of my favorites. They make seasonal brews and then have their regulars as well. They have a raspberry wheat called Purple Haze - I like that one!

The guy I carpool with has a Ph.D. in Animal Science (Idaho) - he's handy when picking meat - I'll have to ask him about cattle c-sections! I've heard too many stories about preg-checking cows. Yick! When I was trying to get pregnant (for my 2nd), this guy (who is a good friend of mine, btw) predicted that I would "be carrying by July". He meant well.

CC - 3C???? Hard to imagine since it's in the 90's(F) here today!

Lise

06-16-2006, 08:41 AM

Thanks for explaining about the ribbon. You see so many of them these days, but that one really stands out.

I learned today that my ex-boyfriend, the cop, has married some Romanian woman and is helping her get her citizenship papers. Must've been a whirlwind romance. ~sigh~ Even though I didn't want to marry him, it kind of hurts that the guy who said, "I love you and always want you in my life", but "needed more freedom" although "it doesn't have to be forever" ... is now married to someone else. Reality check: I am really glad not to be settling for what that relationship had become at the end. And I truly do wish him well.

Both photo guy and sober guy want to meet me, and I them. And the beat goes on!

Best of all, the Bianchi rode like a dream this morning. There's a guy I see at the clinic occasionally who was walking out as I walked in. He said, "Great bike! I just told my wife that my next bike's going to be a Bianchi!" Decent of him to mention the wife, so I know we were really only talking about the bike. :p L.

Nanci

06-16-2006, 09:26 AM

Remember that line from "When Harry Met Sally" where she says (paraphrase- can't remember perfectly, but I sure know the feeling!!) "It's not that he didn't want to get married- he just didn't want to marry me." Story of my life.

DirtDiva

06-16-2006, 09:49 AM

I wash everything before it gets tossed.

Trek420

06-16-2006, 09:59 AM

Lise "Decent of him to mention the wife, so I know we were really only talking about the bike. :p "

yes, that's always decent of them to do :cool:

My Gay'dar works fine but my "single/available-dar" does not work at all. Solved that problem, just assume they're all taken. ;-)

Got to work today and my schedule'd been changed so I really did not have to start till 9, so...went to the gym and worked out on the elyptical trainer.

DirtDiva

06-16-2006, 10:33 AM

Oops. I put my pineapple juice in the freezer so it would get cold more quickly, but I forgot to take it out until just now. I'm thinking it might be tempting fate to stick it in the microwave to thaw... ;)

DrBee

06-16-2006, 11:17 AM

Put it in the blender and make a pineapple slushie :)

Lise - You didn't need that ex anyway! :) How's photo guy? Any more on that front?

DirtDiva

06-16-2006, 11:24 AM

I was thinking pineapple/vodka slushie actually. But alas, no vodka. I do have some tequila - I wonder how that tastes with pineapple..?

DrBee

06-16-2006, 12:18 PM

tequila might be good. hmmmm... what about rum? kind of like a mai tai?

DirtDiva

06-16-2006, 01:34 PM

Don't have any rum either. Curiousity did get the better of me and I have to say, the pineapple/tequila slushie wasn't bad. Not nearly as good as a margarita, but quite drinkable. :D

Nanci

06-16-2006, 02:22 PM

I'm so excited for dinner tonight!! Angel hair pasta, five cheese sauce, capers, sun dried tomatoes, grilled cut up Italian sausage, garlic bread. To go along, a bottle of Vintner's White and Rosa from San Sebastian, a local winery- so nice foxy Florida grapes!

The Susan-recommended Sugoi RS Flex shorts are here. They made it out onto the bike for a test drive, and passed! Full report after the ride tomorrow. Love the chamois. It isn't going anywhere. (Like bunching up, or halfway up my back, or out to the far reaches of my cheeks!) This is my reward for going on, and on, and on, and on about all the faults of prevoius shorts, and making my perfect shorts wish list well-known- Susan PM'd me a while ago suggesting the Sugois. I'd had two bad experiences with Sugoi, so was suspicious, but after the Shebeast whatever they weres didn't work, and the three pairs of Performance didn't work, and the wicked expensive LGs weren't available in my size any more (although I guess I could have ordered them somewhere else- I chose to take that as a sign) and the something or other gel chamois with the perfect chamois had the giant leg openings- I was willing to give Sugoi another shot.

Also got a Sugoi tank, black, with light blue flower, which has an open back, not the usual t-back, which is nice, and doesn't seem to allow _too much_ cycling cleavage, and is a weird silky fabric, and has a _black_ bra! For some reason the black bra excites me! Probably because I've never been a white bra fan, which carried over subconsciously to cycling tanks. So- new outfit tomorrow. Actually, I got the tank in hopes of it matching my imaginary Prana Knickers, which are still expensive and I have nowhere to wear them but I love the pattern. But I hoped that I would like it anyway- in case the knickers never materialized.

Ok, off to take the torts out for their evening grazing.

Nanci

Lise

06-16-2006, 02:56 PM

Nanci, glad to hear the shorts seem to make the grade! I know how you've suffered. And if you like 'em, I may give 'em a try.

The clinic admin who broke the new of ex's marriage to foreign bride told me, "she seemed really dependent on him". I remembered how he loved it when I needed something, like when I was crying over a car accident and he could comfort me...not that he enjoyed my suffering, but he really loves saving people. He's a cop, fer cryin' out loud. He likes to be the hero. Except that I don't need a hero. I need a partner. Who can occasionally be my hero. Deeper insight.

I went for a little spin after work, felt like a speed demon riding north, I mean 20 mph was no problem! I couldn't really tell which way the wind was blowing, since the leaves on the trees seemed to be going every which way. Then...I turned around. Ah, that's the direction of the wind! IN MY FACE! Had to work hard for 14 mph. :rolleyes:

Last night when I rode to volleyball, I saw this guy at an intersection. He had great yellow panniers, and seemed really strong. He took off at one angle, and I at the other. A few blocks from vb we met up again! I said, "Well that answers that question." He replied, "Darn! I always thought my route was faster!" We laughed, and I said, "yeah, well you're stronger and faster than me." "Nah", he said, "I'm sort of a weenie." Good looking guy, but wearing a bandana instead of a helmet. I figured he was gay (because of the weenie comment, not because of the no helmet). Today, riding home from work, he passes me and yells out, "I'm going to try harder today!" I catch him at another intersection, and say, "Love your panniers!" He replies, "Oh, yeah, all the chicks say that". So now I'm confused. Gay? Not gay? Doesn't matter, cuz he's not bright enough to wear a helmet? We flirt for a bit, and he takes off. No names exchanged. Whatever, it'll be fun to run into him around town!

Nanci

06-16-2006, 03:09 PM

Weenie is a pretty common term among cave divers, both to describe a person and as a verb, as in "I weenied on the dive when I was only a mile into the cave." So, I wouldn't count that as gay.

I just finished jury-rigging a toilet repair, since I really, really, really didn't want to rebuild it, although I have done it before. BF informs me this morning, at an inopportune moment, that "the dealy is broken." I didn't ask _which_ dealy, until I went to flush and nothing happened.

Apparently, the plastic dealy that connects to the flapper dealy that lets water out had broken off. At first I didn't see how it could be repaired, or even replaced without replacing _everything_, but it came to me as I was driving home and noticed the little pile of safety pins that I have in case I have to pin on a race number or somone else needs them.

So I stuck a safety pin through the end of the plastic dealy (which in normal tiolets is a chain, I believe) and through the plastic flapper dealy, and it worked!!! Ah, saved.

NOW it's time to take the torts out. Poor little guys are asleep.

Lise

06-16-2006, 04:00 PM

thanks for the 411, Nanci. I guess more will be revealed, if I keep running into and flirting with him!

Safety pins rule. Sad to imagine the world before they were invented.

Off to the residents' graduation party, at which I will eat good food, drink a lot of seltzer water, and watch my friends get drunk.

Date with sober guy tomorrow. Photo guy emailed me that he will call and ask me out, but he hasn't done so yet.

L.

withm

06-16-2006, 04:48 PM

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So I stuck a safety pin through the end of the plastic dealy (which in normal tiolets is a chain, I believe) and through the plastic flapper dealy, and it worked!!! Ah, saved.

Nanci

I found that eventually the safety pins, or in my case, picture wire) will rust out and you'll be back where you started from. I started using 2 tie wraps - one looped thru the other to replace the chain. That lasts for 6-12 months but eventually they break too. Go figure. I hate rebuilding the guts to toilets. Got one that does not make everything go away - sometimes takes 2-3 flushes. If I could afford it, I'd just get a new one.

Nanci

06-16-2006, 05:29 PM

I think, even if you bought a new one, you'd still have to install guts.

This one is a problem, because there is no chain, only a plastic thing that looks like those closures for trash bags, and then the flapper thing is also plastic, with no attachment point.

Maybe the safety pin will take a long time to rust through.

I think mine have problems flushing becuase of water pressure.

Trek420

06-16-2006, 06:02 PM

Lise "thanks for the 411, Nanci. I guess more will be revealed, if I keep running into and flirting with him!"

Sorry, can't help you Lise, I don't have long range gay'dar installed :)

The fact he has panniers that "all the chix like" bodes well. If gay he'd change them to the ones "all the guys like" whatever those are. :p

But batting for the team without a helmet? That'd be a dealbreaker for me.

Ooh, the famous Zoic Capris have arrived :D

DrBee

06-16-2006, 07:11 PM

Nanci - I had a similar thing happen in my toilet. The thingy that attaches the chain to the float dissolved into nothingness. Mr. Fish fixed it with something or other. Every so often in falls off, but seems to work most of the time.

Dinner sounded good! That doesn't sound like grilled or frozen. We had chicken, zuchinni, squash, and stewed tomatoes - over rice. Super easy and really yummy!

Lise - pannier guy (???) sounds intriguing. Keep us posted on your encounters. Geez - you could be dating 2 or 3 guys at once. You're going to be very busy! :p

DrBee

06-16-2006, 07:13 PM

BTW - you all are killing me with all this talk of new shorts! After spending the money on new pedals and shoes, I'm trying not to spend any more money for now. I only have 2 pairs of not-so-great shorts and am wanting a new pair so badly! Aargh! I guess I can live vicariously through you :)

crazycanuck

06-16-2006, 07:56 PM

Umm i should have said in my other post that it was 3c at 1130pm when we got home...

I still hate riding on the road at night esp on a friday....:eek:

I hate road riding in general..

Ahh...the beauty of mtn biking...all i have to contend with are kangaroos, rocks & pea gravel...I can handle that...

nanci...what's your pigeons name again?? How many creatures do you have now???

Is maisy poisonous???

Imagine someone with a pet tiger snake...:eek: err..no...nice try

c

KnottedYet

06-16-2006, 08:32 PM

Plastic thingy for toilet dealy: the miracle of zip ties! You can buy a mondo bag of assorted sizes for pretty cheap. They come in handy for lots of things, and they don't rust or dissolve in water.

Yellow pannier dude: I agree with Trek. Not gay.

Trek: Do tell about the capris!!!

Shorts: I wanna know how they turn out, cuz I might want a pair from TE, too.

I'm hungry, I'm out of beer, I want to ride my bike, and I need to clean my apartment.

snapdragen

06-16-2006, 08:47 PM

:o I just killed off a bag of Circus Animal Cookies:o

Lise

06-16-2006, 09:53 PM

Went to the residents' party, got to say nice things about them with a microphone in my hand, enjoyed the shocked looks on colleagues' faces when they saw how nicely I "clean up", and went for ice cream with another midwife and her husband when we realized there was no dessert at this buffet! Shocking. The food was great, though.

Pannier guy is cute, but the "no helmet" is a repulsive force. Maybe next time I see him, I'll say, "What's with the no helmet, dude? A head like that should be protected!" ;)

Meeting sober guy tomorrow. Photo guy emailed me that he's going to call and ask me out. He has yet to do so. I know, if I ended up actually dating two guys at once it would be pretty funny. In my spare time. Love coming here to talk about it though!

L.

crazycanuck

06-17-2006, 02:22 AM

Went riding today on what the guys call the blue tag trail...I don't know if it's my imagination but i think i'm getting slower not faster...what gives????:confused: :(

No roos today but i did see a red breasted wren (i think that's the name...)

My dad & his girlfriend are coming to perth at the end of september!!! Received an email yesterday confirming...Way cool...

Lise, Ã* hope you don't mind me asking this...You mentioned you've been sober for 15yrs (:D ) but why would you be considered recovering??? I have many questions but am not sure what you mind us asking you....

c

Nanci

06-17-2006, 03:05 AM

Ready for a ride today!!

Last night: before Memorial Day, I saw suspiscious bird activity in BF's truck. You know, those little square holes on each corner of a pickup truck bed? Well, there were the beginnings of a bird nest. I watched for a while, but didn't see anything else. We took the truck out of town for a few days to go to Wickham Park. he's been driving it, but minimally, since he can drive his squad for almost everything.

So last night, I'm going out to look under a big pot by the shed, for crickets for Fagalo, and I peek my eye into the hole. It is dark. It smells birdy. I don't see anything, and when I pull away to let a little more light in,m whoosh, a wren flies out. Nice. There are three eggs in there. Probably going to hatch soon, if they were laid the end of May/beginning of June...I don't know what to do. I asked on my pigeon rescue list, because a lot of the people on there are "real" all-bird rehabbers. I'm hoping there's a way to gradually relocate into a bird house then up into the tree...Should have kept a better eye on it, and provided real housing.

I have two pigeons, Dillbird, about 12, and Milly, who will be three in July.

One cornsnake, Maisey. Cornsnakes are non-venomous, and are the most commonly kept snake. To keep venomous snakes in Florida, you have to have a license, which requires 1000 hours of handling, and a property inspection among other things. Maisey lives in a 20 long tank, which is beautifully decorated with hollow logs and hollow stones and vines and a water crock. She likes to come out and visit, and watch TV, or go out in the yard, where she leisurely crawls about, or climbs trees. She never attempts to escape or resists being picked up again. She has never hissed or opened her mouth or coiled up to defend herself. She eats two thawed frozen mice every Sunday.

One glass lizard, which is a lizard with no arms or legs, named Baby Russell, or Russell Junior. We used to have Big Russell, but he died, presumeably of old age. He lives in a 10 gallon tank, underground, and we rarely see him. He eats crickets. His crickets eat orange cubes. Sometimes I dig him up if I haven't seen him for several months. Every time I think about releasing him, I see some dead on the road, and he comes out and is very active a few times, so then I decide to keep him. He really isn't handleable- too fragile and panicky.

One eastern box turtle, Fagalo, who lives in a pen outside, with shelters and a pool and a giant pile of grass/hay/Spanish moss called Fagalo's Mountain. He sleeps inside it when it's hot, and climbs on top to observe. He eats slugs, nightcrawlers, crickets, grasshoppers, but no fruits or vegetables. I caught him trying to run across a highway at mile 90 of my first Century, and threw my bike down and screamed we had to stop, and ran out in traffic to stop cars from hitting him. Then I put him in my Camelback and finished the ride.

Two Desert Tortoises, which were released from a vet med research project, and were to be euthanized if homes couldn't be found. I have a permit. They are endangered, and may only be obtained by adopting or from captive hatchlings, but may not be sold. Buttercup and KoKo. Three year olds. They are in a 40 long, but go out to graze every day and are only fed natural grasses and plants. They will be moving outside when I build a large protected pen and burrows.

One gopher tortoise, aobut four years old, living freely in a burrow twenty feet from our back steps. Cracker Chicken. Very wild- not at all pet-like. He appreciates the blackberries and purple flowers that mysteriously appear outside his burrow.

So all low-maintenance pets, except Dill. Sometimes I wonder if BF thinks we have too many animals. But a few days ago I got this e-mail.

"I would have never equipped the home with so many pets.
Every morning I realize that I'm glad you did!
Our pets R the coolest!"

Isn't that sweet?

Lise

06-17-2006, 04:50 AM

"I would have never equipped the home with so many pets.
Every morning I realize that I'm glad you did!
Our pets R the coolest!"

Isn't that sweet?
It sure is. And you are sweet for telling us about them. You have a descriptive gift. I feel like I'm walking around the place, looking at them. How did you build the underground space for Russell Jr.? How did you learn about building the habitats for all of the creatures?

CC, about recovery--I've been sober 21 years; really 22 this month, as my last drink was sometime in June, 1984. I count my anniversary from when I went to my first meeting in July. I think you're asking the "recovered" vs. "recovering" question. It can be debated either way. I say "recovering" because it implies the process of daily self-reflection and responsibility contained in the 12 steps of AA. It also means that my physical process of intolerance/craving with alcohol isn't cured, but arrested. I have not had the experience of drinking again after getting sober, but many have, and it's never gone well, that I've heard. Feel free to ask, and please remember that I'm only sharing my experience, and don't speak for anyone else.

Looks like a gorgeous day, probably really hot. Feels like summer at last. :D L.

DrBee

06-17-2006, 05:33 AM

I've been wanting to ask you more about your recovery, too Lise. Thanks for sharing with us. So........... when's the first date??? I say make some sort of comment to pannier guy about the helmet. I agree, though - no helmet, no date.

I hope you all have great rides today! Mr. Fish is at a woodturning meeting all day today, so no riding for me. I think another day will be helpful anyway. My headaches are pretty much gone now. It still feels like there's one lurking, but it's so far in the background that I only feel it every so often. Tomorrow morning - I ride (unless it's raining). It'll be my first ride since the crash and my first ride clipless... This ought to be an adventure! But today - yardwork (if it's not raining), clean, and play with the kids.

crazycanuck

06-17-2006, 07:27 AM

Nanci...I too like the descriptions of your animals...I am sitting here wondering if maisey has ever slithered into your shower or some other wierd place...

From what i can tell you would be an owner any anmial would appreciate. Have you ever owned a dog or a cat??? They seem too normal.....

Lise-I understand!

Fishdr-what's the coldest temp you've experienced in mississippi???

On the news tonight they said the temp last night was the coldest on record in perth...hahahaahhahahha...-.07c...
What's not so great is this time last year we had tons of rain..this year it's been really dry...poor farmers....

Game 6 for the canes & the oilers on sunday....Fingers crossed!

c

DrBee

06-17-2006, 07:55 AM

CC - I've lived here for 5 years and the coldest temp was 19F (-7C) (probably for about 2 minutes) ;). Our typical winter temps at night are around 32-35F (~0-2C). We had a bunch of frosts and a few freezes this year. Still didn't knock back the mosquitos. We even see them flying around in January and February.

In contrast - our summer highs are 35-40C. The highest I've seen was just over 40C. With the high humidity - that's pretty darned hot!

Right now it's around 30C, but feels like 35C. We're having one of those high humidity days where walk outside and just pour sweat. Riding on days like this is not fun. Lots of hydration needed.

How hot does it get for you in the summer?

crazycanuck

06-17-2006, 08:08 AM

Fishdr...is it lunchtime where you are??? It's midnight here, sat night, just came home from a housewarming,am wandering online & just realized you folks will be awake...

Well..in terms of heat...i've only really had 1 1/2 of a summer here in Perth..It's freakin hot man...max 45c....This summer the max for our region was 38c...no fun biking in...

Up in the northern part of the state it would be around 45c... that's not inland either...:eek:
On the news the temp today for broome was 31c-remember it's winter...

The day after i arrived in perth it went up to 42c...I'd just come from nz where it was 15c...
c

DrBee

06-17-2006, 08:45 AM

CC - Wow that's hot! You'd have to ride in the middle of the night in order to not keel over! It's about lunchtime here - 11:40am. The humidity is dropping a bit and the wind has kicked up, making it much nicer out. We're supposed to get rain today, but on the radar it looks like it keeps drying up right before it hits us. We need rain, too. The farmers here use long PVC tubing for irrigation - less evaporation. They've been using them A LOT lately.

DrBee

06-17-2006, 10:30 AM

Nanci - how were the shorts???

Nanci

06-17-2006, 10:51 AM

I'm in love...I posted a little bit about them in the June 17th ride section. Perfect. I also really liked the tank top:

http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=17606

I got the black and blue one. I was a little worried- black may have been hot, but the fabric was really wicking and cooling- I never felt sweaty. I enjoyed not having a T-back. I liked being able to move the straps around so I wouldn't get a line. No back pocket, but I never use that anyway. Comfortable bra. A _little_ cleavage, but not like you could see all the way down.

So, before I loved these shorts, I hated three knickers, and kept a fourth pair just because I was tired. Hated six different shorts models, from three manufacturers. Mostly what I didn't like was chamois-related, but the Canari Gels had a cool chamois- the rest of the styling sucked.

Maybe when I am ambitious, I will take a picture of all chamois in my collection together- perfect Sugoi, perfect Trashy Cat, bunchy LG, and quilty Primal.