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[snapdragen]

Zen, what kind of PT? I've been out of touch......

[salsabike]

Zen, what kind of PT? I've been out of touch......

And what lawyer games?

[Biciclista]

You're supposed to have the card as your "offical" proof.
Biciclista, does he still have the reciepts(assumimng they used reciepts for controls) and will the organizer accept them?

He has his receipts, i'll tell him you suggested he ask.

[snapdragen]

Just got back from my walk - I'm not sure how far I went, maybe a little over a mile. I walked to my acupuncturist's office for a visit, then came home.

Adults look sideways at me in my collar, little children run up and say hi and start talking. I love little children. :)

[Zen]

Zen, what kind of PT? I've been out of touch......
My gait is reminiscent of Frankenstein but he's much more graceful.


And what lawyer games?
Divorce!
After five years of living apart.
He was supposed to have a quit claim deed to sign in September. I tried to be nice but I'm tired of living like a squatter on these cement floors and putting up with leaky windows. What he did with the insurance money from the flood I don't know.

I just got fed up (and I have the money to pay a lawyer now :D)

[salsabike]

Progress! I love to hear that everyone's making progress--Fredwina. Snap. Zen. Forward motion...good.

And yup. Little kids are the best. It's why I still do my stressful job--I really like those kids. They think everything's interesting. Kids always love seeing our tandem go by. Although come to think of it, most adults do too. There's something about a tandem that just makes people smile.

[Aggie_Ama]

Snap- Your signature makes me happy, it makes me laugh. Little kids usually see us for our strengths and love us. I love kids my nieces think I rule the world and am the most beautiful woman alive, they are brilliant.

Kids are completely in love with bikes and motorcycles. I like that.

I had to do an "I'm thanksful" turkey for work. I am thankful for my family's health, end of Aggie football season, carbon fiber and sunny days with no wind. They won't get it. :p

[divingbiker]

Congratulations on hiring a lawyer, Zen!

[Biciclista]

good morning everyone. I am having 15 more minutes of fame today. I posted a painting I did on a political forum today, and everyone loved it.

I am beside myself. I couldn't sleep last night. And all because I wanted a picture to hang up in my office of the next president!

[OakLeaf]

Mimi, I don't think you'll offend anyone if you post a link! I'd love to see your painting.

[Tuckervill]

If you think nieces and nephews do it for you, Ama, wait til you have grandchildren! Oh, I'm melting just thinking about it.

And by the way, he calls me Ama!

Karen

[Biciclista]

http://mimitabby.blogspot.com

Just to be sure, I will post a link to my blog where it is featured.


Tucker, yeah, i wish i was going to have grandkids before I'm too old to enjoy them.

[Aggie_Ama]

If you think nieces and nephews do it for you, Ama, wait til you have grandchildren! Oh, I'm melting just thinking about it.

And by the way, he calls me Ama!

Karen

LOL- I don't have kids! But we might have one someday. My parents would probably like a grandkid even though they say they don't care and my big brother is divorced and not dating so it is my burden. My husband's brother and step siblings are filling his parent's homes with plenty of grandkids but his grandmother wants one from our house. Doh!

Mimi- Your work is beautiful! Giusseppe looks like an old friend we had. He loved to cook and talk. He died last fall, all the world lost a friend.

[Biciclista]

my cousin Giuseppe is one of the kindest men I've ever known, and boy does he like to talk. And eat :D:D Thanks Aggie for your kind words, and you too, Oakleaf.

[sgtiger]

Gorgeous work, Mimi! I'd like a copy of the Obama painting, please. I'll send you a PM.

[Pax]

Mimi, that is beautiful work!! I had no idea you were so talented!

[jobob]

Mimi does some amazing work. :cool:

I especially love her landscapes & her whimsy kitties.

And that Obama portrait is really something special.

[katluvr]

Mimi....awesome! I am always so impressed (and envious) of such talent!:p

[crazycanuck]

Mimi-cool painting! :cool:

I'm really really annoyed :mad: :( I have no idea if i slept some funny way or bumped my neck or it's just from not using my core as much but the dizzy spells have returned. I had BPV (there's an old thread in the health section somewhere about it) and the exercise my dr provided made it disappear. I guess the particles in my brain settled and all ok.

Yesterday, I got out of bed my normal way & found the whole room spinning. That's how it was last time..

Hopefully the massage i'm booked in for today (Subi Sports Massage) will knead some of the kinks out of my arms, neck & back.

Arhgh

[Pax]

Mimi-cool painting! :cool:

I'm really really annoyed :mad: :( I have no idea if i slept some funny way or bumped my neck or it's just from not using my core as much but the dizzy spells have returned. I had BPV (there's an old thread in the health section somewhere about it) and the exercise my dr provided made it disappear. I guess the particles in my brain settled and all ok.

Yesterday, I got out of bed my normal way & found the whole room spinning. That's how it was last time..

Hopefully the massage i'm booked in for today (Subi Sports Massage) will knead some of the kinks out of my arms, neck & back.

Arhgh

Weird CC, we must be connected somehow, I had a BPV episode at my desk today. Haven't had one in years!

[crazycanuck]

Someone mentioned it might have to do with stress as well..

[chicago]

I have frozen Snicker's bars... and it's evening...best combination:p

[kelownagirl]

good morning everyone. I am having 15 more minutes of fame today. I posted a painting I did on a political forum today, and everyone loved it.

I am beside myself. I couldn't sleep last night. And all because I wanted a picture to hang up in my office of the next president!

You should email it to him.

[Biciclista]

You should email it to him.

do you know his email address?

[Trek420]

do you know his email address?

Not exactly :p ;) . And a recent article said they are wrestling his blackberry from him. As president he can't be online.

That's why I'm not running ;) Can't access TE from the Oval office, yeah right. ;)

go to http://www.change.gov

In the middle of the page you see "American Moment"? Click there and is a space "share your story" and or "share your vision"

Looks like as nice a spot as any to share your hopes and dreams, and how his victory inspires you're art and us all.

[crazycanuck]

Ahhhhhh :D I had a 1hr massage on my shoulders, back & neck this morning. Ahhhh. The dude mentioned that although most of the knots have been kneaded out, it's just a start. I've booked myself in for a few more massages over the next few weeks.

Hopefully i can keep reminding myself to use my core muscles more :o. I know I make a conscious effort to do so when swimming.

Don't know if the massage got rid of some of the dizzy spells but i might find out tonight when i do some night laps.

[kelownagirl]

do you know his email address?

I'd imagine you might find it here (http://www.barackobama.com/index.php) someplace.

I have him as a friend on Twitter. Want me to ask him? :rolleyes::D

Update: OK, I did ask him on twitter. Maybe one of his 'handlers' will see it and like it and pass it along? Good luck!

[salsabike]

Pass the frozen Snickers, Chicago...and I sure wish I liked sewing as much as you do. It seems silly for me to be a weaver and not be comfortable with sewing.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Good morning TD'ers! :D

Mimi good luck with your painting and marketing it....it's just wonderful, you are SO talented.

It's 19 degreesF right now, but sunny.
I think I'll take my grocery bike down into town, lock it up on MainSt and have breakfast at Ralph's, then go for a brisk 4 mile fitness walk, then pick up some food goodies across from Ralph's at the Health food store, load up the bike and head up the hill back home.....thus combining a biking food run with a fitness walk!
I've never combined my biking and walking activities before....duh! Seems like a perfect combination for an outing. :rolleyes:

[uk elephant]

Have a nice outing and enjoy the sunshine, bsg.

I'm off to Norway for the week-end...and there's snow!!! Yay! I get a taste of winter!

[OakLeaf]

I have to drain my carburetors for the winter.

I put it off hoping I'd get a ride in while it was warmer - and now it just keeps getting colder. I've been sick with a bad cold and haven't wanted to work outside in the garage. I don't even know where my Carhartts are.

Then I have to wash my bicycle. Hope DH won't mind if I do it in the shower. :rolleyes:

[crazycanuck]

Dizzy spells are still round but not when biking *phew*

Ian bought a helmet cam the other day & i'd love to show you guys the track we ride for the 12hr event. How do i post it?

Oak-i'm sure it's ok to wash your bike in the shower. It needs love too :p

[Aggie_Ama]

CC- I have occular migraines and I get tunneling vision and dizzy spells. I got to play guinea pig with an EEG, EKG, Holter Heart Monitor and blood tests before my latest neurologist and my current eye doctor diagnosed them. Oddly neither has suggested a treatment, maybe I should ask about that. They are bizarre but short lived. Mom gets vertigo so I guess I am lucky not to have that.

BSG- Your day sounds nice. Is that kind of a brick? :p

OL- I thought you were a snowbird, you have winter?

It is cold in Texas today and I hate it. Only supposed to get to 55 today, I need to move to the tropics it is too cold. :o

[Biciclista]

CC, do you have low blood prressure? I get faint when i get up too fast sometimes, sometimes a LOT! and have low bp.

Bleek, thanks. I've already sold 8 prints, I can't believe it!

Kgirl, i've been to those websites and left messages already. Maybe someone will write back to me some day?

today's my 5th commute not riding my bike. I'll be ready for Raleighdon when he gets back home. He's my security blanket. who knew!

Trek, i'll go back to that website again and see if there's a different crack in the door..:confused:
OH cool, Trek, actually i was able to submit the photo on that website!!!

[katluvr]

BSG- Your day sounds nice. Is that kind of a brick? :p



Good Morning all!

I agree, sounds better than my day (but it is FRIDAY).
Done w/ running (for now) so may get in rides this weekend. But I,too, have a bit of the stuffy nose/sniffles and fear a cold has hit! But it's not bad! Chilly (ok, by my thin blood) here in Florida...but sunny. Would be perfect bike riding temp for north of here.

Big decision today...eat healthy soup I brought (canned) or go to cafeteria and be tempted! Soup would be good for the cold, but so would comfort food!:D

Have a great Friday to all!

[crazycanuck]

I have an interesting bike shopping thought to solve. First I have to peek at the cycling facilities available at Curtin and what types of bikes are stored. I'm not riding my good bike there :eek: Noone touches me bike :mad: arrrrrr..

I know of a cheap shop on my way to the beach that may have me answer. Uni will be twice a week & it's a short hop from my house :)

[Biciclista]

CC, you're going to ride a UNICYCLE? :eek::eek::eek:

[crazycanuck]

Umm i think my post may have not made sense :o. Uni is the short term for university here in Australiaaaaaaaaaa

I don't think i'd be fast enough on a unicycle :rolleyes:

[Aggie_Ama]

CC- I knew what a uni was, I had a friend from the southern hemi.

Last time I was at the Walnut Creek Trail I saw a whole team of unicyclists mountain biking. They were on the extremely difficult Endo Valley. Didn't look like they knew what they were doing but they were having fun doing it.

Enchiladas and Dos Equis for dinner with my parents and handsome DH. I feel fat and mellow. Tomorrow is a 1st birthday party for my "niece". College roomies baby girl who is so stinking cute it might be a crime, should be fun.

[LBTC]

CC - a nice cheap commuter bikes sounds like just what you need.

mmmmm. Friday night. A wee tiny drink of pineapple juice with a dash of raspberry vodka and malibu coconut rum. Then off to jiggle at belly dancing!

For once, we are staying home this weekend. The plan: reclaim the carport so we can park in there again! :o

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Hi everyone,

CC yes a cheap commuter or even a used mtn bike might be just the ticket for leaving locked up on campus. Get a heavy U-lock and cable or it may get stolen. :( Not sure how things are over there where you are but here the "unis" are hot spots for bike thieves.

Mimi- keep selling, and don't charge too little! :)

LBTC- hope you had fun jiggling in class. :D

I found as I started getting a bit older that it is wiser when i get out of bed to just sit up first with my feet on the floor and let my blood redistribute for about 8 seconds or so before I actually stand up and get out of bed. A couple of times the too-sudden change made me a bit dizzy, so now I ease the transition by a few seconds and let my blood adjust first. :rolleyes:

I did do my walk and bike food run this morning very successfully. My right knee has been acting up though and I think I need to avoid the fitness walking (and certainly the jump roping) for a week or more now until it heals up. The biking doesn't seem to bother it, oddly enough. It's probably more of an impact induced stress. I think it's on the front side ligament on the inner side of my kneecap. Resting will help it.

We played music at our town's farmer's market/food co-op this afternoon, 5 of us. It's all inside now with this cold weather in the 30's every day. This is the new food co-op's first year open as a market for only locally produced foods- very exciting!
We ate home made real Mexican burritos with roast chicken and black beans, lovingly made by Magdalena. I bought a shopping bag full of local NY apples and I'm going to make some apple butter tomorrow for DH who just loves it on toast. Also got some fresh local organic apple cider, rye bread, beets, pea shoots, kale, potatoes, and red cabbage. Think I'll make a vegetable soup tomorrow too, while making the apple butter. That should be fortifying against the cold! :p

[Bruno28]

Hey CC I'm off to Aberdeen to see Canada play Scotland at rugby....well - Mr Bruno is going to the game and my friend and I are going to the pub:D

It's snowing in Aberdeen apparently.

Anyway - off to get the train.

Salsa - everytime I think of Aberdeen I think of your toothache.


C'mon S-C-O-T-L-A-N-D

[crazycanuck]

I'm sure Canada might have a chance at scoring a few try's :). If they were playing The Wallabies or The All Blacks, it might be a bit different.

Good luck Scotland!!!

I think I may have found meself an older mtb frame to convert into a singlespeed commuter. :) :eek:

Full Metal Jacket is on SBS. The fist half of the film is hilarious! Many classic lines one can't repeat here...

[Pax]

So Bruno, who won??

It's a gorgeous sunny morning here in IL, and a balmy 14 degrees!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yes it's in the teens this morning here in NY too! :eek:
I walked into town and back and had many layers of wool on. Stayed cozy.

[Tuckervill]

It's icky gray overcast at my house, the kind of gray that leads to me wanting to stay in bed all day, and eat. But I did get out of bed!

Karen

[Aggie_Ama]

It is ugly in Texas, grey and looks cold but I think it is 60. DH wants to go ride, I want to stay in the flannel pajamas all day.

[Trek420]

Then compromise! Isn't that so important in marriage? :p

Ride in your flannel pj's ;) :) :D

[Xrayted]

It looks sunny from here. I have no idea how cold it is. I'm still on the couch. I just woke up about an hr ago. I had a late work night last night.

Kitties are busy snoring, just as their job description says they should.

Kit is at work. I'm debating getting a shower and actually leaving the apartment today. Or, I could clean, put a few things out of the way and put up the Christmas tree. Is it too early to put it up? It's fake. I'd really like to come home to lights and sparklies... well, I have the whole week off to contemplate.

Has anyone ever made Cornish Hens? My Mom has done them, but I have not. I am thinking of making some for the holiday since there are just two of us. Anything unusual I need to know about? Do ya think I could stuff them? Kit likes stuffing. They seem pretty small. I don't know what it would do to the bake time, if anything. Just curious.

[Tuckervill]

I wouldn't stuff them, just use lots of chicken broth in a pan of stuffing on the side. They won't hold enough stuffing to make a good serving!. And make more than just two! You need leftovers. :)

Karen

[Xrayted]

I thought about just making turkey breast. I just love turkey. Kit thinks it will still be too much. I don't have any idea how you can possibly have too much turkey though. :D
With the homemade mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, lima beans, corn, noodles, biscuits, cranberries... http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2444.gif

[Bruno28]

For all you rugby fans I have to report Scotland thumped Canada 41 - 0.

we even laid on some snow for them:rolleyes:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Has anyone ever made Cornish Hens? My Mom has done them, but I have not. I am thinking of making some for the holiday since there are just two of us. Anything unusual I need to know about? Do ya think I could stuff them? Kit likes stuffing. They seem pretty small. I don't know what it would do to the bake time, if anything. Just curious.

My advice would be to cook a small chicken instead.
Cornish Game hens are very yummy, especially with a fruity sauce, but if you think they are small when you buy them, then wait til they cook and shrink even more! Way too small to stuff, and they are a bit like eating squab. The drumstick has like only one bite of meat, for instance. :rolleyes:
I always make roast chicken for Thanksgiving and Christmas because my family asks for it rather than turkey. They really like my roast chicken.

Try looking for one of those "natural" or vegetarian-fed chickens they sell nowadays. Even better, look for a free-range grown chicken. They are smaller (perfect for two people) and taste wonderful and are moist. Not cheap, but they are SO much yummier than those icky greasy fatty giant yellow Perdue chicken cannibal mutants that taste like stale plastic. :cool: eeeeewwwwww

A small natural chicken would be wonderful roasted, with stuffing on the side and cranberry sauce, sweet potato, maybe asparagus, and chicken gravy.
I make twin chickens this way for holiday meals, and then I have lots of good chicken meat left over for all kinds of stuff. At the very end, I pick over the last of the chicken and freeze little sandwich size bags of the meat pickings to make chicken soup later on.
If you like to try my roast chicken recipe, it's very easy and very good- I just sprinkle the whole chicken all over with equal parts paprika and Cajun seasoning (McCormick) and roast it at 350 for about an hour and 15 minutes. I don't stuff it because I'm paranoid about cooking meat thoroughly.
I make Stovetop stuffing separately, adding some celery, extra sage, and apple to it, then put the stuffing in a roasting pan next to the chicken, with a piece of foil covering the stuffing very loosely so it won't burn.

[snapdragen]

Has anyone ever made Cornish Hens? My Mom has done them, but I have not. I am thinking of making some for the holiday since there are just two of us. Anything unusual I need to know about? Do ya think I could stuff them? Kit likes stuffing. They seem pretty small. I don't know what it would do to the bake time, if anything. Just curious.

I've never made game hens, it's something I've wanted to try. Here's one recipe:

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/game_hens_brussels_sprouts.html

Cook's Illustrated (http://www.cooksillustrated.com/search/searchcooks.asp?searchtext=cornish%20hens&rsearch=default_collection_cio&rfrom=msearch&sortOrder=srelevance) has a whole article on hens, along with recipes for two. I'm not sure the link will work, let me know and I'll send the recipes to you. They have Roasted Stuffed Hens for Two, Roast Butterflied Hens, Wild Rice Stuffing with Carrots, Mushrooms, and Thyme for Two, Wild Rice Stuffing with Cranberries and Toasted Pecans --- dang these are making me hungry! :)

[Xrayted]

I'm not into stuffing birds either for that very reason BSG. Just say no to pink chicken meat. :o I don't even like stuffing for the most part. I make it for Kit. I love roasting chickens. I have an injector and like to really inject a lot of the juices back in. I tend to brown the chicken first to sear in as much juice as possible and then cover it. Then inject back in what I can over the last 1/2 hr or so. I usually slide a few cloves of garlic and dash some spices on top too. It works for me. I really need some turkey though. I may just go the route of buying just the breasts and baking that. We have a lot of natural ones to pick from here. That's a plus living here compared to where I'm from. Back there, they love additives and fat.

I may keep the game hens for another meal just because I really love turkey leftovers for Thanksgiving. We went to visit friends last year and I tried the tofurkey. It tasted good but the texture was a little offputting. I knew it going in though so it didn't affect me too much. I've definitely come to like tofu more over the last year.

Tons to do on my week off and I still haven't left the couch. *sigh* Off to clean and make room for the tree...

[Blueberry]

A reasonably sized turkey breast won't be too much for 2, if you like leftovers. That's what we usually do. I do love cornish hens - my mom has a recipe where they're stuffed and quite yummy. Roast chicken is good too - but for Turkey-day you really need a turkey:) At least if you like them:)

We just cooked a tofurkey (as an experiment). I didn't mind the "meat" - I eat tofu, tempeh, etc all the time - but I really didn't like the stuffing. I've never seen a non-stuffed version. And I LOVE stuffing (but usually cooked separately).

CA

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Snap, those recipes titles make me drool too! But- any stuffing you make for cornish hens would mostly have to go on the side since the stuffing cavity inside a cornish hen is about the size of a small chicken egg! :eek: :D


I love roasting chickens. I have an injector and like to really inject a lot of the juices back in. I tend to brown the chicken first to sear in as much juice as possible and then cover it. Then inject back in what I can over the last 1/2 hr or so. I usually slide a few cloves of garlic and dash some spices on top too. It works for me.

Well you sound like you already know your way around a roast chicken! That sounds really yummy. Just go with that and add cranberry sauce, gravy, etc. I'd say!



I really need some turkey though. I may just go the route of buying just the breasts and baking that. We have a lot of natural ones to pick from here. That's a plus living here compared to where I'm from. Back there, they love additives and fat.

I know what you mean. Whenever I drive through your old home state the whole state seems to smell like french fries and/or sugar. :cool: (hope I'm not offending anyone, but hey) :rolleyes:



We went to visit friends last year and I tried the tofurkey. It tasted good but the texture was a little offputting. I knew it going in though so it didn't affect me too much. I've definitely come to like tofu more over the last year.

I'm afraid Tofu and I are arch enemies. :D

[Pax]

For all you rugby fans I have to report Scotland thumped Canada 41 - 0.

we even laid on some snow for them:rolleyes:

Good lord, how embarrassing for them. :eek:

[Pax]

I thought about just making turkey breast. I just love turkey. Kit thinks it will still be too much. I don't have any idea how you can possibly have too much turkey though. :D
With the homemade mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, lima beans, corn, noodles, biscuits, cranberries... http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2444.gif

That's what we do whenever we're away from the family for turkey day. Perfectly cooked white meat, all the trimmings, and plenty of leftovers for the four-day-weekend-lay-on-the-couch-fest! :p

[Zen]

Cornish game hens, "just cut them up like regular chickens" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBpd5xy-vCY). A caution though,not for the faint hearted.

[Biciclista]

what the heck was THAT? I actually watched that video. Someone PLEASE explain.

[Zen]

That was Thanksgiving dinner at my house :D

Lisa knows where that's from. One of the greatest cult films ever produced.

[OakLeaf]

Trust me, that's not even close to being the most disturbing footage from that movie :cool:


I'm just gnashing my teeth because we have to go to the inlaws for a catered affair. These days I'll eat the turkey, so Thanksgiving has become a four-day orgy of meat for me. I'm actually very disappointed that we won't be having leftovers this year :p

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

That was Thanksgiving dinner at my house :D

Lisa knows where that's from. One of the greatest cult films ever produced.


Eraserhead ...one of my alltime fave films! :D :D :D :cool: :cool: :eek: :eek:

(actually I didn't even have to watch the clip to figure out what it was)

("They're not even sure it IS a baby.")

[Biciclista]

the things (i'm glad ) I missed!!:eek:

[Zen]

Come to the surreal side, Mimi. At least for a short visit.

[Biciclista]

oh Zen, life is too short. Although I am sure i would have enjoyed it

[crazycanuck]

I've never seen Eraserhead..:o

Happy Birthday dear Salsabike :D:cool:

[snapdragen]

Me either cc, and I thought I'd seen all the bizzaro cult films....

Happy birfday salsa!

[Biciclista]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALSA BIKE! I didn't know you were a sagittarius!
(hm, maybe you're a scorpio?)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Hey HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! SALSA!!!!! :D :D :D

[Xrayted]

Happy Birthday Salsa!!! :D:D:D:D:D

[bmccasland]

Hippo Birdy to Ewe!!!

[Tuckervill]

Happy day!

Karen

[katluvr]

Love the diverstity here....
So I started reading from the last time I visited...the drift went from Cornish Hens to a birthday wish. (Happy B-Day Salsa!). Oh w/ a smattering of rugby and Eraserhead. Awesome!

Just happy it is a 3 day work week.
Just getting over a cold (well, almost)
And looking forward to the dysfunctional family Thanksgiving event!

[salsabike]

Hello, gang. Thanks for the birthday wishes---much appreciated! And greetings from Albany NY, where we are spending T'giving with my best friend and her spouse. It was a brisk 26 degrees yesterday but more Seattle-like today, at 39--I can deal with that. Going into the city for two days starting tomorrow to do the museums---the redone Greek/Roman parts of the Met, the new Museum of Art and Design, and the Museum of Modern Art. It's a little strange and a little hard to be back here with both parents now gone. But I seem to want to be here anyway. I get to see both of my long time best friends, and some other friends and relatives.

Sagittarius, not Scorpion--just.

Hope everyone's doing well.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Wow, Albany is only 40 minute drive from me!
Have a good time and enjoy NYC!

Yes, yesterday was COLD here. My cheezy 3 yr old original car battery died on me and my car wouldn't start yesterday at 20F. Today I bought a new HEAVY DUTY battery so I shouldn't have that problem now. :)
Still trying to let my knee heal and I hate not being able to go for a cold ride or walk. :( Getting more work done because of it though. :rolleyes:

Ruby has been sneaking some other little lost souls in here, I suspect they are coming to the back door for handouts in the cold and Ruby is inviting them in quietly. I've been practicing tolerance and charity and pretending not to notice....these are hard times, after all. Portions of bread and cheese now regularly go missing from the pantry. sigh....I can always stretch the soup out. Trying to come up with makeshift clothes for the lot of them is proving to be a challenge however.

[Aggie_Ama]

Happy birthday Salsa!! Sounds like you have a great couple of days planned, think about all of us that are working okay?

My father-in-law called yesterday to say he would be having a family thanksgiving Saturday to accomodate my BIL and his family. DH told him we will cancel our planned getaway to the coast to come. And so it continues this year. I often feel that we are an after thought but expected to not have plans. Hello we are DINKS, we have an active schedule part of the joy of being kidless we often do fun stuff on a whim and travel at least once a month. Mumble mumble. I wonder if my father in law will make some comment about how his other son only had daughters so I must have kids because I am the only hope of carrying on the family name by having a boy? :eek:

BSG how kind of you to open your heart and home to wayward guests. ;)

[Biciclista]

Bleek, maybe it's Salsa stealing the bread and cheese? 40 miles only 40 miles!!! wow.

[LBTC]

Happy b-day , Salsa! Have fun out there!

Sending supportive butterflies to all of you with dysfunctional families that are getting together and proving it again this Thanksgiving. I admire your loyalty and tolerance in getting together despite your differences. I'm not being sarcastic, either. I didn't have it in me to keep up the charade, so I've been family-free for about 10 years now. I have actually chosen my family now. :o

Also sending happy butterflies to all of you who have happy families to celebrate the day with! You are blessed!

For me it's a regular work week, since we Canadians had thanksgiving last month. :)

Work is busy and interesting and changing all the time. Riding on the trainer is much harder to get those km's in, but I have finally broken the 3200 km mark this year. Next week we're going to 2 concerts (Metallica and Nine Inch Nails) and DH's Holiday party. We'll spend the weekend after that recovering and putting the tree and decorations up. whew.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[pardes]

Ruby has been sneaking some other little lost souls in here, I suspect they are coming to the back door for handouts in the cold and Ruby is inviting them in quietly. I've been practicing tolerance and charity and pretending not to notice....these are hard times, after all. Portions of bread and cheese now regularly go missing from the pantry. sigh....I can always stretch the soup out. Trying to come up with makeshift clothes for the lot of them is proving to be a challenge however.

First I thought Ruby was your cat. Then I thought it was your daughter. Then I thought it might be your bike. Then I searched TE for "Ruby and BleeckerSt_Girl" and came up dry. Then I found your mandolin website. Then I thought Ruby must be your imaginary friend.

I give up. Who is Ruby? Photo please. So I can stop trying to imagine you making winter clothes for the neighborhood field mice.

[OakLeaf]

Happy birthday Salsa!

[Pax]

Happy Birthday Salsa!!

[Zen]

I'll tell you this much, Ruby scares me. Stephen King could have a field day with her :eek:


we have an active schedule part of the joy of being kidless we often do fun stuff on a whim and travel at least once a month.
You're not kid-less, you're kid-free!

I wonder if my father in law will make some comment about how his other son only had daughters so I must have kids because I am the only hope of carrying on the family name by having a boy?

Does he also wear a suit made of chain mail (or velveteen breeches)?

andHAPPY BIRTHDAY, SALSA
from a fellow Archer :)

[Xrayted]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the Ruby files were on OTA, which is now all gone. Ruby is... quite a character. :rolleyes: I hope the saga of Ruby is brought to TE once more. It's quite entertaining. :D

My 2nd T'giving in OR and I'm happy to have a very "functional" dinner with my sweetie. My 2nd year of not dealing with my one brother. I miss my Mom and much of my family back in PA but that kind of drama I can live without. I feel bad for them because I know I will hear all of the stories of how horrible it went and who got mad at who and stormed out... I choose to be happy. From the whole way across country. :o ;)

Heading out soon to check out an entertainment center we found on craig$li$t. We want something smaller than what we have but built in such a way as to be more useful for the components we own. This one should work well for us and save some space while having room for everything in one place. We are going to put ours out for free to someone who could use it. Recycle, recycle... :cool:

[Blueberry]

I miss OT: Australia. I think I missed where it went and why:(

Ruby was quite a character - hopefully BSG will post a pic of her again:)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I give up. Who is Ruby? Photo please. So I can stop trying to imagine you making winter clothes for the neighborhood field mice.

This is Ruby.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/3057948072_a4aa18e2e1.jpg

[Zen]

SEE!?
She's learning how to set people on fire :eek:
But kudos to her for knowing German :D

[salsabike]

Now I'm going to have birthday nightmares...boy, did you ever open a can of worms, Pardes. :D:D

Who remembers "My name is Talking Tina"?

[Zen]

Ooo- wasn't that a Twilight Zone episode?
ETA- Why, yes it was... (http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/living-doll/episode/12711/summary.html)

[crazycanuck]

Umm..i think that i live in the twilight zone some days :rolleyes:

[Xrayted]

Ah, that was the unmatched voice of June Foray. She voiced so many different characters over the years. She is still alive as I understand.

Edit: Looked her up. She's 91 and still active. Incredible. Wow, I thought I caught her voice over the years here and there but she did a TON of characters that we all grew up with. :cool:

Still, she didn't do every character. Mel Blanc was another icon of voices... like this one.>>> (warning: cuss word. don't view at work.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoOJ7FeSQDI
One of my favorites. :D:D

[Zen]

may I present this cinematic gem (http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/df44660815/dog-rape-from-that-happened). I just wish they had been more imaginative with the title :(

[Bruno28]

From the bbc news web-site this morning...

'As with so much in the economy, that has several local knock-on effects, not just for construction industry jobs but to Falkirk football club. Keir Homes had to withdraw its sponsorship of the club's north stand and the team's shorts. '


On top of everything else, now I'm worried that my local football team will be playing without shorts :eek:

[Pax]

On top of everything else, now I'm worried that my local football team will be playing without shorts :eek:
That mental image made me laugh out loud! :p

[OakLeaf]

Oh, Twilight Zone :D

My favorite episode is the one with Robert Redford as Death. That one like NEVER comes on. Who remembers it?

And I'd better not show anything about June Foray or Mel Blanc to DH. He'd be going on in voices for days. He claims that when he was 7 years old he used to amuse his older relatives with his dead-on Louis Armstrong impression. I believe it, too. And as for the music, when we were dating, he made me a compilation tape that included a Bugs Bunny soundtrack (Carl Stalling). This was in the antiquated 1990s when you couldn't just download that sort of thing from YouTube... he had it on CD and everything.

[bmccasland]

Saw Mel Blanc in college. What a riot that preformance was!

[Aggie_Ama]

Does he also wear a suit made of chain mail (or velveteen breeches)?


Great, now I have to worry about my head if I don't produce boys. :rolleyes:


This is Ruby.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/3057948072_a4aa18e2e1.jpg

I am scared.





On top of everything else, now I'm worried that my local football team will be playing without shorts :eek:

I needed that mental image, quite funny!

Inderal has been making me nauseated. My neurologist personally returned my call and said "Well that isn't a normal side effect. Don't take it for a week then try again." :confused:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the Ruby files were on OTA, which is now all gone. Ruby is... quite a character. :rolleyes: I hope the saga of Ruby is brought to TE once more. It's quite entertaining. :D

Damn, you're right. It's all been wiped clean off. I have spare copies of the pictures on my computer of course, but I am really bummed out that all the elaborate accompanying story descriptions I wrote for each adventure are now just totally GONE. :( That is really a downer for me, I put my heart and soul into those little scraps of literature. :(
If only I had had warning I could have tracked them down and saved the texts on my computer. I'll have to see if I can find 'anything' on the Wayback machine, but all the multiple trails of links to other defunct pages will pose a big problem there.

[Biciclista]

work has started a bit off. the first 3 people in the lab didn't know how to turn the lights on (Including me) it seems our new test engineer figured out a new way to turn them off, so we all sat here in the dark until he got here.

Raleighdon is home, so I got to see his new "gold" medal. oooooooooooooo

[Blueberry]

I'll have to see if I can find 'anything' on the Wayback machine, but all the multiple trails of links to other defunct pages will pose a big problem there.

I tried last night. Google has part of the thread cached, but the way back machine doesn't seem to have actually archived the threads - just the main pages:(:(

I was really shocked it just disappeared. Was it a glitch? Was it deleted? It if was deleted, that seems really odd to me. Did something offensive get posted? Just curious....

CA

[Biciclista]

it was deleted by mutual agreement with the thread starter and the adminstration here. There was personal stuff i guess.

[snapdragen]

I tried last night. Google has part of the thread cached, but the way back machine doesn't seem to have actually archived the threads - just the main pages:(:(

I was really shocked it just disappeared. Was it a glitch? Was it deleted? It if was deleted, that seems really odd to me. Did something offensive get posted? Just curious....

CA

The persons that started the threads asked that they be deleted. Sorry, but I must follow their wishes.

[sgtiger]

Those Ruby posts were awesome. Too bad they're gone.:( BSG, maybe Ruby needs her own thread/blog?

Happy belated birthday, Salsa! I hope it was a good one. May it be the start of a wonderful year!:D

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

The persons that started the threads asked that they be deleted. Sorry, but I must follow their wishes.

So many of us had personally meaningful things on that thread, it would have been nice to get a 48 hour warning or something, so we could have each gone in and saved certain personal posts that meant a lot to each of us individually. :(
Can we get a second chance so we can each have a chance to save a few personal things off that 'historic' thread?
Sort of like when your house catches on fire and you get one minute to grab a few precious things on your way out the door...

[Bruno28]

The loss of the Ruby postings is a tragedy on an epic scale.

I mean, this is just the kind of thing that could tip her over the edge. (I mean Ruby not BSG - although you never know:rolleyes:)

[dex]

I mean, this is just the kind of thing that could tip her over the edge. (I mean Ruby not BSG - although you never know:rolleyes:)

Just keep Ruby out of the Drambuie. Or at the very least, away from Bruno. (Admit it, Bruno. If you were in the vicinity, you would *so* be slipping her little thimblefuls of Drambuie. :eek::p;))

[crazycanuck]

Aggfhghghghghghghgghghh.. & more aghghghghgghhggh

I had the worst mtn bike ride ever last night. I have no idea what planet I was on but somehow things just didn't quite click in my head. I had to stop & ponder my thoughts as I was getting frustrated. :( I was ok at the beginning then something just went *poof*. My legs were fine!

I had to get that out of my system before the 12hr on Saturday :mad:

If you can spare any EPO butterflies, clear head, focus etc on the weekend, it would be appreciated.

I have another AGHGHGHGGHGHGH to do with work but need to actually do some. URGH..

[Aggie_Ama]

Happy thoughts CC. I think it is normal just to have everything go to heck somedays doesn't mean it will happen this weekend.

[crazycanuck]

Thanks amanda :) ((AggieA)

How are you feeling these days? I wanted to give you some support in the thread where you mentioned those icky shakes returning, but had no idea what to tell you! I hope that everything improves & your neurologist will be able to assist in finding a reasonable health improvement plan!



I will be looking for a new job at the end of January. To make a long story short, one of our PA's is leaving to study full time & our admin team has to shuffle things around. Since they can't say when they'll find a replacement, the company won't let me go part time. :rolleyes::mad::( My boss is totally cool about everything & we've been discussing when to throw my cv out to the market. Hey, we even had a peek at a few job sites!

The excitement never ends :rolleyes:

[LBTC]

CC, you will probably have a great ride on the weekend exactly because you had a lousy ride today. Things have a way of working out :) I'll send lots of butterflies, anyway!

That's quite the bombshell at your work! Yikes! :eek: But once you get over the shock, I bet it's going to be a great move for you! Sending job finding butterflies, too!

Hugs,
~T~

[Aggie_Ama]

Thanks amanda :) ((AggieA)

How are you feeling these days? I wanted to give you some support in the thread where you mentioned those icky shakes returning, but had no idea what to tell you! I hope that everything improves & your neurologist will be able to assist in finding a reasonable health improvement plan!




I am okay but going drug free at the moment since the Inderal wasn't working. A little furstrated but trying to be upbeat because there are so many worse things I could have. I asked my parents for a weighted pen for Christmas because the hand writing is what really gets me and a weighted pen supposedly helps. I was able to address all my Christmas cards for family though and they are legible. ;) Thank you for asking.

Hope the job search goes well for you, that is quite a bomb to drop on you but at least they sound supportive at the moment in helping you find something.

[Trek420]

The persons that started the threads asked that they be deleted. Sorry, but I must follow their wishes.

Snap, I'm sorry, I understood that you wanted it locked, you'd discussed moving it, advocated starting a new TD ...



If'n you want to start a new drift, we could ask Susan and Jeff to lock this one. Then it is saved for "posterity" I didn't realize the massive post counts would go down when the other 2 threads went poof.

To those who want snippets of the old TD OTA (flashes copy in my raincoat) is is available online somehow in snippets or entire if one knows how/where to look.

I understand it's available in a coffee table sized book for reprint. :p through Time/Life books, only 9.99 a month and you can cancel at any time! :p

Philosophicly I feel maybe it's best that TD move on and begin anew. But I do ask that those who miss original drift respect my/our wish for privacy.

Long live TE & TD (of any sort) :cool:

[bmccasland]

I understand it's available in a coffee table sized book for reprint. :p through Time/Life books, only 9.99 a month and you can cancel at any time! :p

Does it have glossy color photos? :D Black market books, oooooooh, and I'm CERTAIN we can trust Trek. :cool:

[Trek420]

Yes! I just need your credit card numbers, bank account, I can also take any and all of your 47 cm bikes ... you can cancel at any time but the bikes are non refundable. :p ;)

[snapdragen]

Snap, I'm sorry, I understood that you wanted it locked, you'd discussed moving it, advocated starting a new TD ...


Trek - check your PM's please.

I'm finished with this discussion.

[Duck on Wheels]

BSG: Didn't several of us tell you to turn Ruby's adventures into a book??? But you had so many other projects that took priority. Oh well, as my grand-nephew says. When I lose text during a writing project (which happens from time to time) I always console myself that if it was worthwhile, it will come back to me, very likely in improved form. So I start again, and sure 'nuff, the reconstructed text is often better than the draft I lost. So get those Ruby photos collected in a file and start turning them into a book. :cool: And remember to let us know when it's available at local bookstores near us. :D

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Major bummer.


To those who want snippets of the old TD OTA (flashes copy in my raincoat) is is available online somehow in snippets or entire if one knows how/where to look.

Not true for OT:A I'm afraid. WayBackMachine cannot access anything but the first page of OT:A. If you know differently, or can help me out here then please let me know. I would really like to save some of my old Ruby mini-stories back from oblivion. :(

[Xrayted]

Yeah, that was cute storyline. You have a great imagination so I'm sure it won't be the end of the Ruby saga... :D

Well, we moved our new-to-us entertainment center in last night. We ended up renting a small uhaul enclosed trailer to haul it home. It came with a 32" tv. That thing alone almost killed us getting it up the stairs to our 2nd story apartment. Any future tv purchases will be of the much lighter, flat screen kind. :p We decided our best course of action was to partially disassemble the center for move in. We took off the top, sides, shelves, glass doors... still almost killed us. It's nice though. The old adage is true... never go yard saleing in a poorer neighborhood than your own. Or craigslisting for that matter. :D We ended up putting the tv in and then putting the top on. It was a lot easier that way. We put our old center out for free. I hope someone can use it. It's still nice just not what we needed.

In all of this, we reorganized the whole living room, dining room, closet space... for optimum space saving, storage... we have an entire closet for bikey stuff now. The bikes are up on wall racks, the computer desk is downstairs now so Kit doesn't have to feel so far away when she is doing her homework. The loft is a total mess. :eek::o That will be dealt with after the holiday. My arms are still shakey and weak from yesterday. We won't even discuss my back and my arse and how bad they hurt. I'm so glad I'm on vacation this week. :cool:

[LBTC]

Some vacation, X! There are those among us that might call what you've been doing "work"! :p Glad you're liking your re-org. Has me inspired to get going on more of ours. We have a friend staying with us next Thursday night (Nine Inch Nails concert), it would be nice to have some of the messier parts of the house in some kind of order. :rolleyes:

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Xrayted]

There just isn't enough ben-gay somedays... *creak, moan*

I need some nice but CHEAP picture frames.



And more printer ink. Dangit. :( Why do they make the cartridges so small these days? I wonder if there are other sizes I can use on that one. I have to look this up. We have a refill place up the street but they just don't end up working too well. *sigh*


Time to get out the bike and go for a ride I guess. Yippee!!!! Any excuse is a good excuse. :D

[Xrayted]

Well, they do make higher yield cartridges, just NOT for the USA. :confused:

[Fredwina]

Happy Birthday Biciclista (at least Plaxo told me so):):):):):):):):):)

[Zen]

Mimi? Your birthday?
Have I finally found my separated at birth twin sister?

[Biciclista]

Plaxo is wrong. I habitually lie about my age/birthday to entities that i don't trust. having said that, on Friday I will be 57.
and for almost a week, my husband and I will be the same age.

[kelownagirl]

Major bummer.



Not true for OT:A I'm afraid. WayBackMachine cannot access anything but the first page of OT:A. If you know differently, or can help me out here then please let me know. I would really like to save some of my old Ruby mini-stories back from oblivion. :(

I accessed some of the old pages of OT:A using that site but it was hit and miss.

[Biciclista]

Mimi? Your birthday?
Have I finally found my separated at birth twin sister?

That's why I was curious about your birthday. we're close anyway. We can't be twins, i don't know how to match my clothes! :confused::D:p

[Zen]

We can't be twins, i don't know how to match my clothes! :confused::D:p

Not true!
You do know how to match your clothes, but you have reached the level of enlightenment where these things are of no concern :)
The zen of fashion, if you will.

[salsabike]

Not true!
You do know how to match your clothes, but you have reached the level of enlightenment where these things are of no concern :)
The zen of fashion, if you will.

Oh, nice one, Zen! :p:p

[Xrayted]

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/134.gif

[Biciclista]

Not true!
You do know how to match your clothes, but you have reached the level of enlightenment where these things are of no concern :)
The zen of fashion, if you will.

lol! thanks, Zen. I'll take that as a compliment.

[crazycanuck]

Hello?

Don't abandon me! :( It's friday :)

[Biciclista]

Hi CC, want to see a photo from Iceland?
http://www.sersale.org/boothby/tomhair.jpg

[crazycanuck]

Is that your son??? Doesn't one of your sons have long hair???

[Bruno28]

Happy Birthday mimi


Have some shortbread:D

[Biciclista]

Hi CC, want to see a photo from Iceland?
http://www.sersale.org/boothby/tomhair.jpg

yes, that's my son, the mathematician, on his honeymoon in Iceland. It only took 4 months, but we finally got to see the photos. (of course we think he's adorable)

Thanks for the happy birthday wishes.

[Biciclista]

gee, I hope my kid didn't scare you all away! he was just being silly.

good night.

[LBTC]

Naw, life just keeps us busy. It certainly has its ups and downs!! DH was fired without cause today. This one doesn't have anything to do with the current economic situation, more like maniacal management.

It will take a few days to process this, get his resume updated and all that, during which I reserve the right to be occasionally p***ed off and irritated about it. But I am sure that very soon we will see the opportunity that he really needs to follow. Ultimately, this will be a good thing. Not sure when it's going to start *feeling* like a good thing....

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Biciclista]

oh, LBTC, what awful timing! sorry to hear.

[Pax]

T - I hope his company/boss gets into some sort of trouble for doing something so rotten. :mad:

[Xrayted]

Pax - they just have to give "no reason in particular" and they are off the hook. If they give a reason, that is when you can fight it. Weird. :(

T- Sorry to hear about your DH's job. It sucks but it would have sucked to stay working for a kind of company that does that without warning or explanations right before Christmas. What cowards. :mad:

Have been busy on my week off, rearranging the apartment, having some fun, quiet time... :)

[Tuckervill]

Oh sheesh, I'm sorry to hear about that!

I'm afraid we're going to hear more and more stories like this.

Karen

[Zen]

I've been fired before and it was a case of bad management (or psychosis).
So sorry this had to happen at this time.
One door shuts, another door opens...

[bmccasland]

LBTC - Hugs and butterflies back at you and your DH. May he find a better job with better management very soon.

[Xrayted]

I've got a rattle in the rear view mirror of the subaru. I have to say, rattles drive me up the wall. Online looking to find if it is a common complaint and what has worked for others. It is common apparently. Subaru apparently could care less. Looks like we will have to pry the two pieces apart and put some schmutz in there.

Then messing with Kit's motorcycle. Putting on some tighter hose clamps on the gas line. Putting a new fuel filter in the tank. Gas 'er back up and take 'er down the road for a spin. Nothing like rebuilding an old classic bike and getting 'er back on the road. :cool:

[Zen]

Call Click and Clack (http://www.cartalk.com/)

[Biciclista]

not sure whether to put this in today's ride thread or here, but I'm here so...
We went out to Sammamish Cycles to finally get the new salmon brake pads for my bike. THey always have a clearance rack and I was looking for stuff for Raleighdon who has a birthday coming up in a few days. There were no helmets his size except yellow and grey combo (doesn't go with red and black) Then i found castelli shorts! After much rifling through the xxl's and the smalls I found ONE MEDIUM and it was marked $40.00 sweet! I brought them to Raleighdon who said he liked them, and the clerk range them up. $140!! :eek::eek::eek::eek: what? that $ isn't really a $ it's a 1~! And they're marked down from $200.00. Isn't THAT a great deal ? well, then Raleighdon gets a 15% discount which still didn't get the price below $100. ouch. So I bought them anyway. !!!
(because he's worth it and all of his shorts are starting to look bad)

[LBTC]

Thank you, ladies!

Pax, X has it correct. They did the right things to be within the law.

Tuckerville, the boss went around to the crew after DH left the site and told everyone that it has nothing to do with the economic situation. That part is very likely true. Nothing much has decreased Meyer Sound's business in the past, they are probably fairly insulated.

The thing that really stinks is that when DH asked why, they told him they decided to go in a different direction. Fine, whatever. But when co-workers asked his boss why he was fired, they were told that he had been reprimanded twice and made no moves to correct whatever it was. This is an outright lie. Very unfair. He's thinking of making a move into real estate. I know, the market isn't great (really, it's not that bad up here, but definitely slower than it was), but it kind of sounds like what he really wants to do. And I think that it's about time he does what he really wants to do!! :o He's got a meeting with a guy on Thursday.

X - I know about those rattles, and, like some other people we know, I can just block them out, but they drive DH batty. My answer is to turn up the stereo. :p

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[OakLeaf]

T, that stinks. Hoping something better comes along for him pronto.

Ugh, rattles. I can't take them either. Our 'Rus were always rock solid though - ... where the Prius has been a total rattletrap from brand new.


I'm exhausted from the family thing and it's only going to get worse for the next few days. I'm just hoping I don't get sick which is what usually happens when I have to see the family. We just got over colds so our immune systems aren't the strongest already.

[Xrayted]

Well, I just bought another bike. *ahem* The motorized kind. 2006 Harley Sportster 883. I need to do some more OT I think. :rolleyes:

[Pax]

Well, I just bought another bike. *ahem* The motorized kind. 2006 Harley Sportster 883. I need to do some more OT I think. :rolleyes:

VERY nice, pics please. ;)

[Xrayted]

Today I'm hoping. Have to go get it on a trailer. :D

[Velobambina]

Well, I just bought another bike. *ahem* The motorized kind. 2006 Harley Sportster 883. I need to do some more OT I think. :rolleyes:

That's one way to solve your rattling mirror problem!;)

I'm surprised Subaru doesn't care about the mirror issue. Both of our cars are Subarus and we always have had great experiences w/the company & the dealers. Do you make use of mysubaru.com? I'm tracking everything there--mileage, service, etc (they send you coupons and it's great for warranty issues). Maybe you can try to contact the company directly and see if they will make it right.

[Bruno28]

Happy St Andrews Day!!!

8042

[Pax]

Happy St Andrews Day!!!

8042

Okay, Happy St. Andrews Day! Now what am I celebrating?

[OakLeaf]

That's one way to solve your rattling mirror problem!;)

where's the ROFL icon?

That's one way to go from having ONE rattling mirror, to having THREE...

I can talk, I used to ride a Sportster.

[Xrayted]

So there is a subaru forum and the mirror thing is mentioned often. They have a good, permanent fix but it does require that I take the mirror apart. This should be interesting. :o Subaru has been less than helpful with this car. I've had some really huge issues, mostly stemming from the less-than-honest dealership. Subaru basically told me the dealership was wrong and then backed them up and let me hang big time. I like the car, not the car company. 'nuff said.

The Harley is like from factory so not much vibration. It is quiet, smooth and will stay that way. ;) It's actually much quieter than our Honda and our Suzuki. I can't wait to get her home today and start messing. It's a long story but I got her for almost nothing compared to what they normally cost. It needs new tires, ignition, rear blinker light, battery cover and pop up oil cap. Title is free and clear. No payments. I like that part. :D

Time to take a nap. As I'm sure you can understand, I had a hard time sleeping last night. :rolleyes:

[Biciclista]

Happy St Andrews Day!!!

8042

Happy Saint Andrews Day to you too, so what ARE we celebrating?

Raleighdon and I and our kids went on a haunted Seattle downtown tour last night after our kids BOUGHT OUR DINNER. yes, that's right for the first time in their LIVES they took us to dinner. Happy Saint Andrews day!!
That was our joint birthday celebration.
woohoooo. The tour was fun, I admit I got a little spooked and now I know where Princess Angeline used to live.

[Bruno28]

St Andrew - the patron saint of Scotland.

For the really keen - more info here:

http://www.scotland.org/about/history-tradition-and-roots/features/culture/history-of-saint-andrew.html

[Biciclista]

So am I really keen? :D:D

[Bruno28]

So am I really keen? :D:D

It was you I had in mind!

[Biciclista]

Around midnight on November 29, it was traditional for girls to pray to St Andrew for a husband. They would make a wish and look for a sign that they had been heard.

A girl wishing to marry could:

* throw a shoe at a door. If the toe of the shoe pointed in the direction of the exit, then she would marry and leave her parents' house within a year
* peel a whole apple without breaking the peel and throw the peel over the shoulder. If the peel formed a letter of the alphabet, then this suggested the name of her future groom


did this work for you, Bruno?

[Bruno28]

Yep - that's what did it :D

[Xrayted]

hahaha! Plus some Drambuie. Every toe is turned up because you inevitably end up on your back from that stuff. :D

Hiya Bruno!!! Happy St Andrews Day!! :D

Off to see a man about a MC trailer. I'm getting good at backing those things up. Ya know, until I moved out here, it never occurred to me how often I must have borrowed/switched vehicles with my brothers. I've always had a pickup truck at hand to do my hauling. Now I have to keep renting a trailer.

[Velobambina]

X - Sorry about your bad experiences. :( What model do you have? We have an '03 Outback and an '08 Impreza. The latter is "my" car---5 speed red vixen!! I learned to drive and passed my driver's license exam in a 1977 Subaru, so I have a weak spot for 'roos. Also love that their emblem is the Pleiades (Seven Sisters).

Anyway, you got a Harley! ENJOY.

[LBTC]

Happy St. Andrews day, Bruno!
Congratulations on your Harley, X!

What a strange weekend. It's being hard to keep the positive perspective that the new adventure will be so much better! We'll get there.

I think we should walk the doggies pretty soon. They might like that....
and we might be motivated to actually clean the house if we do that. We just put together a new cabinet at the top of the stairs, but we did not organize first. We have 2 little cabinets to clear out and find a home for, etc..... so not in the mood at the moment!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[crazycanuck]

I'm not sure if i'm completely awake...I slept very well last night :D & woke up early to go swimming. It took me a while to be "awake" though.

We got home yesterday around 930am & then slept until 130. Bed at 730.

Ian's still sleeping :mad: & i'm at work..

[LBTC]

CC - recovering from an endurance race takes time! Be easy on yourself and do what you can to stay awake at work! ;)

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Xrayted]

thanks. :D

Well, we have a 2006 Subaru Impreza Outback. It is a good car, we just went through some major crap with the stealership and, in the end, Subaru backed them up. We called Subaru to find out what we could do in the situation, was told the stealership was wrong, fight it, don't sign anything... then they called the stealership to let them know what we were about to do, that we knew what they pulled... gave them time to start to cover their tracks. In the end, we ended up with a Lemon Law Buyback car that wasn't disclosed to us beforehand. Nothing we can do, they sell them all the time and know how to cover up pretty well. It's on the registration and other papers but we are out of luck. Turns out, the original complaint was the passenger airbag. It has since been a recall issue but our car is still labelled Lemonlaw. Drops the value a ton. We paid full Kelley blue book. Lost a lot on that one. Wouldn't have bought had we known it was a Lemon. Subaru assisted them in pushing the cars without public knowledge. Went to the BBB, lawyer for lemon cases... nothing. :mad:

Honestly, we can't afford a diff car because it would be a massive loss. So, I guess we're keeping this one until it blows up. It is a nice car. Don't get me wrong. We like it and it does what we need it to but we just have a bad taste in our mouths over the whole thing. It has taken us since Feb to start to embrace this car. It hauls a motorcycle like a breeze though. :D

[crazycanuck]

AGHGHG...I'm not prepared for this weekend's 1.6km open water swim. I've heard it's nice n easy because it's sheltered :)

I'll probably be one of the last ones to finish but it's my first one :D

Stingers..stay awayyyy please..!!!

[kelownagirl]

AGHGHG...I'm not prepared for this weekend's 1.6km open water swim. I've heard it's nice n easy because it's sheltered :)

I'll probably be one of the last ones to finish but it's my first one :D

Stingers..stay awayyyy please..!!!

You doing a tri this weekend??

[LBTC]

Hey, X. I remember your car story. Totally hate that! We had a lemon in a very expensive van - Toyota Sienna. One of the issues we had is that *all* of the rear lights would randomly not work with no warning.

So yesterday on the lower mainland, 2 children were killed and 3 others are in critical condition. They were driving a Sienna in the HOV lane and had to stop because of smoke in the car. Not sure what went wrong mechanically, but I would not be surprised if the woman driving dutifully put on her hazards and believed they were working. The person in the car that hit her from behind and the other car that hit them did not have serious injuries, and they haven't commented about whether there may have been flashing lights or not. I just have a hunch. And it's exactly the reason I refused to drive the van until we had every single electrical system replaced in the car. I"m sending some serious butterflies to that family. What a shame! And I hope they sue Toyota for it!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[crazycanuck]

KG-nup, just doing one of the many open water swim events happening :)

[kelownagirl]

KG-nup, just doing one of the many open water swim events happening :)

Kewl - have fun then!

[Biciclista]

Hey, X. I remember your car story. Totally hate that! We had a lemon in a very expensive van - Toyota Sienna. One of the issues we had is that *all* of the rear lights would randomly not work with no warning.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

um, that would seriously keep me from wanting to drive the car! looks like you made the right choice.

[LBTC]

Yup, that's why we drive a Mazda now.

Dishwasher repairman comes this morning. I hope it's not a costly visit. :(

And off to work to get as much done as I can. I'm off tomorrow for 2 days to go see Metallica in Vancouver. Not feeling terribly festive about it, but it will be fun, I'm sure. :D

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Aggie_Ama]

:rolleyes:Something to ponder, it is chilly out and the building management is running the air conditioner not the heater. It is no wonder I constantly get colds here.

[katluvr]

LBTC...so sorry to hear the news about DH and job...not a good time of year or w/ the economy. Best of luck for something new and better!

AA...just getting over my 3rd cold of season. Although might might be due to my schedule and travel. I am off to fly the friendly skies AGAIN on Thursday...going to cooler/dryer weather. I plan to take my Airboren adn Emergen-C! Not getting another darn cold. Luckily, my office is pretty much draft free!

Now if I could just get focused on work! Having some stress and anxiety over the holdidays, the upcoming trip and my X-mas party the weekend afer I return. The house is NO WHERE near ready...the cooking is the easy part!

Anyone else having a bad X-mas shopping season. I need to give it all up and just donate to charity in everyone's name!

[Biciclista]

Katluvr that's what i keep telling people to do for me. I don't mind tiny trinkets (or chocolate) but i just don't need anything, and lots of other people all over the world do!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DH and I agreed to only give each other a handful of small items this year- socks or gloves, and maybe gourmet treats like cheese or chocolate that we can eat up. I told my daughters to please not buy us any gifts, and not to expect anything but a couple of small things this year.
I did find a wonderful gift last week though- at the farmer's market, our local alpaca farm was selling beautiful 100% alpaca gloves for $10 a pair. (!!!) :eek: Soft and warm, great as glove liners too. I got 3 pairs for my 3 girls and a pair for DH for Christmas. Got to feel good about buying locally too. :p

I mailed a check yesterday to our local abandoned/abused cat rescue organization, knowing that their donations must be seriously falling off about now.
It's time to start doing things a little differently.

[Fredwina]

Is there such a thing as e-caffine? I need some.
My flight got back at 11:00 - just fine. But due to fog, the FAA had closed LAX , Long beach, and San diego and diverted all the flight to ontario. My shuttle was "too buzy" with the diverts to take me home, and at 12:45 I got a taxi. Then I had Physical Therapy at 6AM:eek:
Could be worse, A fight from El Salvador landed at midnight and they did'nt get off the plane till 6 due to a lack of customs inspectors.

[salsabike]

Oooh...nothing like a seriously extended plane flight, Fredwina. Where were you coming from? And I think I also got about 10 hours of sleep total for last week, not sure why.

For anyone who needs to know, the Greek and Roman galleries at the Met are full of spectacular stuff (although you have to wonder exactly how they got that stuff). The new Museum of Art and Design is FABULOUS! Has all my textile art heroes in it--Kay Sekimachi, Mary Lee Hu, Lenore Tawney, Rebecca Bluestone--and I acquired a bunch of NEW craftsmen to love as well. Will post some pictures if I can and you all are interested, and you can also google them to see their stuff. Boyoboy. Then we went to MOMA as well. My feet hurt. I got to buy roast chestnuts on the street, which I love passionately. Got to see the Christmas lights at Rockefeller Plaza and the Saks building and windows. I do love NYC.

[Aggie_Ama]

Lisa- I love Alpaca wool, that is one great gift you got there.

Fred- ICK. That is all I can say!

This year we are going much smaller on gifts as well. We always are pretty frugal and that makes us be creative. I am making everyone homemade sweets box to go with their individual gifts. My wonderful (at least I am told) iced Christmas cookies, cookies in cream fudge and maybe some truffles or homemade candy will await them. :)

[Biciclista]

you went to Manhattan? WOW, how cool was that!
I think i beat you on the chestnuts thing though. When I was in Italy, they were selling GIANT MUTANT chestnuts, twice the size at least, like plums!
they called them marons glace (sp?) My hosts were not planning to buy chestnuts but i was so boggled by them that they did. and for 5 euros we got 8 nuts that filled a bag!

[Fredwina]

I was coming from St. Louis via Denver. Both flights were fine, it was getting from the airport to home was the problems - Maybe I should drive next time.

[salsabike]

Yeah, at least it would be more scenic and might not take you that much longer--scary thought, huh?

You KNOW how much I love chestnuts! Marrons glaces are the ones that are soaked in a sugar sauce, so not sure why they called your jumbo ones by that name. But doesn't matter. Roasted chestnuts are the best (although I like marrons glaces too).

We also got to see relatives and friends we care about a lot, in both Albany and NYC. Cousins of Chris' whom we love but don't get to see much, AND my late mom's 84-year-old best friend, still as sharp, funny, and cool as ever (her mother was a socialist, her father was an anarchist, in the early decades of the 20th century, and she's a liberal political fire-eater too).

Manhattan looked good and it was easy to find our way around on the subway--better maps than they used to have. And we found a $150/night hotel in Chelsea, for the one night we stayed over! There's another thing you guys might want to note. It's the Chelsea Lodge. $150/night is incredibly cheap for the city--rooms are small, clean, nice, and the location is great. Chelsea's a cool, very vibrant neighborhood. My sister lived there years ago.

Still trying to wake up and do something today.

[Biciclista]

yes,$150 is a pretty good price for Manhattan.

I have no idea why they called them Marrons Glaces (thanks for the spelling!) but they are definitely a different breed from the standard castagna/chestnut . My favorite way to eat them is roasted too.

did you know you can reheat them and they come away from the skin?

[salsabike]

Please explain that---you did tell me how to cook them last year, but I don't remember seeing anything about the reheat-pull away from skin thing. And I get very frustrated when chestnuts DON'T pull away from the skin so you can't eat the whole thing, so please elucidate! I'll take all the chestnut info I can get.

[Biciclista]

my cousins cook their chestnuts in a 24 hour sit in a big bread oven. Then they store them like we'd store rice or beans.
When they want to eat them, they just put them near the coals of a fire
for just a little bit. then eat.
So i tried the same thing on my electric stove top.
It worked! Stay right there and watch them of course, and turn them over and over.

[crazycanuck]

Hello..how are you lovely folks doing today?

:)

[Biciclista]

nutty as ever, why do you ask?

[Zen]

I got an LED headlamp from SAC and I'm wearing it right now.
Sure would have been handy for that camping trip :o
But it's also good to wear while hooking cables to the back of the TV or computer :)

[salsabike]

Good thinking, Zen. :)

I haven't had a cold since the Bruno party! That's over a year ago. And no, it WASN'T the Drambuie.

[Pax]

Zen - I bought an LED headlamp to use camping and I use it for EVERYTHING around the house. Sorting out stereo/TV/router cables, replacing batteries in the smoke detector, hanging blinds... It's just so dang handy!

[Bruno28]

I haven't had a cold since the Bruno party! That's over a year ago. And no, it WASN'T the Drambuie.

I think you'll find it was the lack of Drambuie. I was drinking it purely for medicinal purposes.

[Aggie_Ama]

DH got a LED headlamp two Christmases ago, finally used it to hang Christmas lights after dark. Not sure why he never hangs them in the day time.

[OakLeaf]

Mmmm, our family trip to Manhattan this week was VERY different from yours but I got some of those chestnuts too! Yummmy!

I just wish I could have stayed another day to attend the rededication Mass at St. John the Divine. But I guess that's the thing about cities... there's ALWAYS something to stay an extra day for.

[Biciclista]

St John the Divine is the most incredible church in the entire US of A! It is on the scale of the Duomo in Florence and the Vatican in Rome!!

now, I'll continue on with my yawning and groaning (par for this hour of the morning)

[crazycanuck]

Hey, this is good news!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10546292

[chicago]

I took this pic on the way home from work today... I see it about every block or so walking to the train...it always makes me laugh and then look up, LOL!!

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l143/pigfinn/ice.jpg

[Aggie_Ama]

We get so little ice in Texas it is usually just my butt falling to the ice! :rolleyes:

[salsabike]

My parents' house in Albany NY had this little part of the roof over the side porch where huge amounts of snow would gather and periodically slide off. We used to call it "the avalanche". Over time during the winter, it would get really high and turn into a big ice mountain. You took your life in your hands going under that thing.

I also remember an incredible ice storm in Albany when I was about ten years old. I had to walk out to the drugstore to get something essential and the ice-encased limbs were cracking and falling all around. It was really beautiful and really scary. I've never seen anything like it since, even though I lived in the NE or Midwest till '83.

I don't miss northeast winters ONE BIT. Long live the Pacific Northwest!

PS Medicinal Drambuie. Huh.

PPS I write here that I haven't had a cold in over a year. That was last night. Now I'm sneezing. Bruno, you better get over here with that damn Drambuie.

[Tuckervill]

You wished yourself a cold. Yuck. I've had a little sinusy-cold thing but it's going away. I try not to succumb. I hope you don't get worse!

We get ice storms more than we get snow storms. Although, we did get about an inch of snow yesterday--very unusual for early December. It was not unusual that it melted before noon. But the weatherman was predicting "flurries".

It is a scary thing to walk around with the ice covered limbs. Our house is in grave danger from falling trees during ice storms, so we try to leave if we can.

Karen

[Zen]

I also remember an incredible ice storm in Albany when I was about ten years old. I had to walk out to the drugstore to get something essential and the ice-encased limbs were cracking and falling all around.


Ten years old...essential item....Snickers Bar!

[Aggie_Ama]

My husband's stepmom is from Missouri and tells of the cold icky winters. Her sister will not drive so she walks to work in the snow. How very green of her, I think it is 1 mile.

A couple years ago we went to Memphis for my birthday so I could see the pandas. It was dreadfully cold (my b-day is 2/17) and there were snow fluries. The locals said it was odd weather, I think it was the ugliest birthday ever but I bundled up and saw the pandas in the snow fluries! The polar bears weren't fazed. :p I find fluries exciting, they are so exotic to us Texans.

Sometimes I wish we had seasons here but right now it is 40 in the morning and 65 in the afternoon. I went for a run in shorts and a tee last night. I got to look at Christmas lights, it was nice.

[Biciclista]

the essential items I used to go to the store for when I was a child was cigarettes! (for my parents) no kidding!
and they cost less than 25 cents a pack.

[Pax]

the essential items I used to go to the store for when I was a child was cigarettes! (for my parents) no kidding!
and they cost less than 25 cents a pack.

When we moved home from Italy my parents sent me to the store for a bottle of wine, I set the bottle on the counter along with the money (I was 13) and the store owner just laughed at me.

[Biciclista]

I was able to buy wine at the store for my parents too, I must be older than you? (I only did it once and was not questioned!)

[Pax]

I was able to buy wine at the store for my parents too, I must be older than you? (I only did it once and was not questioned!)
I'm 48. The drinking age back then was 18 so he just thought I was trying to buy it for myself, his attitude was perplexing after several years in Italy.

[Biciclista]

oh, okay, I was clearly too little to be drinking the wine I bought. It's quite different in Italy, isn't it. :p I am 9 years older than you!

[Pax]

oh, okay, I was clearly too little to be drinking the wine I bought. It's quite different in Italy, isn't it. :p I am 9 years older than you!

In Italy it was the youngest childs job to run to the market for whatever was needed for dinner. It wasn't unusual for me at 8, 9, 10, 11, years old to be running down to get cherries, wine, a loaf of bread... It's just in the States where it was weird.

[Biciclista]

In Italy it was the youngest childs job to run to the market for whatever was needed for dinner. It wasn't unusual for me at 8, 9, 10, 11, years old to be running down to get cherries, wine, a loaf of bread... It's just in the States where it was weird.

Very cool! In NJ in the 50's we did the same.

[Bruno28]

Mr Bruno flew back to Calgary this morning. I don't get to see him again till boxing day - boo hoo :(

[Biciclista]

ah Bruno, I'm sorry to hear he's gone. When will you two be permanently in the same country?

[Pax]

Bummer Bruno. When is Boxing Day?

[Bruno28]

Boxing day - 26th December.

Traditionally when the aristocracy gave the contents of the poor boxes to the less well off. A national holiday in the UK.

I spend Christmas with my folks then fly out to Calgary.

I don't think we will be permanently together in the same country for at least a year. This is really through choice as neither of us wants to totally uproot.

We are lucky to be able to make this choice.

[crazycanuck]

Bruno, you'll be with your man soon :)!

I know what it's like to not see your lovely love for a while due to being in different countries. Ian & I spent 6months apart in 04/05 whilst waiting for my NZ citizenship..:rolleyes: It doesn't help that I applied & two months later Ian was promoted plus transferred to Perth.

The artwork he did during his time alone over here is sad :( but he made some hilarious home videos ;)

We had another stint between leaving Japan & moving to NZ..

It'll sort itself out dear..

[LBTC]

Hi, everyone. Sorry, feeling low at the moment. DH is struggling with the whole job loss thing this evening, and I am having an allergic or stress reaction on my face (!) that is terribly itchy and rather ugly.

We enjoyed the concert, but it's over and we are back to reality. We have friends coming tomorrow who I really want to see, but not right now and not like this. Some days, life is hard.

I'm having trouble drumming up the butterflies needed to keep that positive attitude that is supposed to help it all be easier and better.

Thanks for listening,
~T~

[kelownagirl]

Hi, everyone. Sorry, feeling low at the moment. DH is struggling with the whole job loss thing this evening, and I am having an allergic or stress reaction on my face (!) that is terribly itchy and rather ugly.

We enjoyed the concert, but it's over and we are back to reality. We have friends coming tomorrow who I really want to see, but not right now and not like this. Some days, life is hard.

I'm having trouble drumming up the butterflies needed to keep that positive attitude that is supposed to help it all be easier and better.

Thanks for listening,
~T~

How 'bout we send some butterflies *your* way for a change, LBTC. Hope things turn around soon. :)

[Pax]

How 'bout we send some butterflies *your* way for a change, LBTC. Hope things turn around soon. :)

+ 1000's

Herds/flocks/plethora's of butterflies headed your way T.

[sgtiger]

((((((LBTC)))))) Hang in there. I'm returning some of your butterflies that you've sent my way (gently used) along with some new ones.

http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:OlNOyZo1BfrqVM:http://www.onethread.org/arise/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/two-monarch-butterflies.png

[crazycanuck]

T-many many butterflies & happy thoughts coming your way :) ((((T & J))))

I can't thank you enough for all your butterflies!

[Blueberry]

Ah T -

I've been there. I've learned the hard way to open up to good friends and let them be there for me. Not something I'm good at doing, but we've had a rough year.

Many butterflies headed your way - beautiful golden ones to lighten your mood and lovely lavender ones to comfort you.

CA

[Bruno28]

LBTC - I hope things get better for you and your DH soon.

[chicago]

for some reason... I am finding taking pictures on my way to work is helping me heal with the break-up. I am enjoying the 2 mile walk to work from the train... and am enjoying the cold and wind in my face. I am not sure why, but it just feels good this year.

so here's a pic from yesterday... this is the Chicago River that I cross everyday on my walk to work

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l143/pigfinn/river.jpg

[LBTC]

KG, Pax, SG, CC, CA, Bruno - Thank you for the much-needed butterflies and well-wishes!! :o Things will get better, but I guess they have to hurt for awhile first. I so hate seeing my DH feel so low and so wish I could just take that all away from him....

Chicago - taking photos is like therapy. Finding beauty, especially in unexpected places and times, is like butterflies - healing.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Pax]

T - you deserve every happiness, here's hoping things lighten up for you soon.



Chicago - I LOVE that city, I need to get up there more often. My niece works in the Hancock, are you anywhere near there?

[bmccasland]

T - here you go, lots and lots of butterflies stopping by on their migration to flitter about you and cheer you up.
http://www.monarchlab.umn.edu/Research/images/flying_butterflies.jpe

Good juju coming at you from the Big Easy too! :)

[chicago]

T - you deserve every happiness, here's hoping things lighten up for you soon.



Chicago - I LOVE that city, I need to get up there more often. My niece works in the Hancock, are you anywhere near there?

actually yes!!... I work north of the river, and am very close to the Hancock. I like working up here... it's nice... and the walk from the train is great exercise.

If you come up... give me a holler... and we'll dinner or lunch or something :)

[Pax]

actually yes!!... I work north of the river, and am very close to the Hancock. I like working up here... it's nice... and the walk from the train is great exercise.

My niece lives just north of Wrigleyville and catches the bus downtown each morning, if she's not running late she'll get off a few stops early to enjoy a walk.


If you come up... give me a holler... and we'll dinner or lunch or something :)

Sweet. Will do.

[Bruno28]

I've been to Chicago. I liked it :D

Emmm....that's it.

[Pax]

I've been to Chicago. I liked it :D

Emmm....that's it.

Come back for another visit, I'll head up and we'll do a Midwestern TE dinner!

[Bruno28]

Sounds good.

But unlikely to happen this year, what with wedding plans and all....:p

[Pax]

Sounds good.

But unlikely to happen this year, what with wedding plans and all....:p

Well...Canada is kinda near Chicago ya know. :p

[Duck on Wheels]

A gazillion high-energy butterflies to all who need some. F'rinstance, these should help T's DH put together a zinger of a job app, thus landing an even better job soon, with only barely time to get through the "honey-do" list before he's back at work.

[Aggie_Ama]

dUCK- What is that lovely photo? I love it!

[OakLeaf]

((((((((T)))))))) Flocks of butterflies to you and your DH.

[chicago]

pics from today... first just a standard Chicago street with the L (EL.. elevated train) going through the city... but I kind of like the L... I like the roaring sound it makes as it's passing.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l143/pigfinn/train.jpg

and then the Trump (building on the right) tower that is near finished. The 2nd tallest building in the U.S... Sears Tower (in Chicago) being the first... why we needed another skyscraper is beyond me... but here it is.:rolleyes: Once finished, it will be the world's highest building with residence above ground. I personally don't like it... I think it looks like a shotgun pointing into the sky...

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l143/pigfinn/trump.jpg

[salsabike]

Chicago, I love these pictures you're posting. Thanks.

[crazycanuck]

Chicago-how do you bike on those roads??? Doesn't look like there's alot of room.

My knowledge of Chicago comes from watching ER :o (that's when it's actually on!!!)

[Pax]

Chicago - Back in 1993-1994 I drove for Airborne Express and delivered the Loop. I bet I've driven every inch of downtown Chicago (and all the "lowers") and been in a huge number of the buildings. Man, I love Chicago!

[Zen]

I personally don't like it... I think it looks like a shotgun pointing into the sky...


It kind of looks like a silo

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

It does look like a shotgun, especially with the square thicker section at the bottom.

CC- people has been bicycling on crowded city streets for over a hundred years. Those Chicago streets look like a piece of cake compared to cycling in say Shanghai:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44145000/jpg/_44145891_bike.jpg

:eek: :eek: :eek:


A balmy 25F degrees this morning.... :)

[Aggie_Ama]

I am enjoying the Chicago shots, only been to O'hare never the city. I do like cities but then again I hate being in one too long.



A balmy 25F degrees this morning.... :)

It is that cold in Texas, I protest that it isn't colder up north! I do hate cold but then again I get miserable with 20+ days of 100. Maybe I am just never going to be happy with the weather. :p

[Biciclista]

where's the snow!!??? a coworker was just in Chicago and said it snowed 6"

[chicago]

Chicago-how do you bike on those roads??? Doesn't look like there's alot of room.

My knowledge of Chicago comes from watching ER :o (that's when it's actually on!!!)

haha... that's the city... i live in the suburbs... 25 miles southwest. i commute to work via the train and then walk 2 miles to my job.

there's lots of room out here in the burbs... and further south and west and north and northwest. one cannot bike effectively in the city... unless you're on a fixed gear and are a bike messenger:D

[Xrayted]

Happy Birthday Kitsune!!!!!! :D:D:D:cool::D

Wanna go camping? :D

[chicago]

where's the snow!!??? a coworker was just in Chicago and said it snowed 6"

it did not snow 6"!!... we had a few inches the other day, but certainly not six.

it's cold today though... but i'm off work:D... and in my p.j's... having tasty coffee. as soon as i get my lazy butt up... i'm going to go put the border on my latest quilt and bring it in for quilting:D

[Xrayted]

Happy Belated Birthday Allez Girl!!!! :D:D:D

I hope yesterday was a good one. :cool:

[chicago]

It does look like a shotgun, especially with the square thicker section at the bottom.



it really does look like a shotgun from a different angle. i will take that angle next week when i go to work. i think it's ugly... and he's building another skyscraper in 2012 or something in our city... ugggh...