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[BleeckerSt_Girl]

RedR- most hives won't give honey enough to take from until their second year- and this is the second year for this hive (another will be a first yr hive)...so I'm hoping for some honey by this coming Fall...if my luck holds...knock on wax. lol

[Biciclista]

don't knock on the wax too hard, it might upset the bees. :eek::eek:

[spokewench]

Hey X! Good to "see" you! I don't see anything wrong with giving the the old boss a call, he may be super happy to hear from you.

What herb did Kit try for sleep? I found valerian helped me, even though is smells like socks. :rolleyes:

Valerian = DIRTY SOCKS! We used to have this growing in our yard. One of my nieces, when she was quite young, brought some in and put it in a vase on our coffee table. Everyone that sat down there with my niece started accusing the poor little girl of having really stinky feet until we figured out where the smell was coming from!:D

[Xrayted]

Ahhh, off to fix Kit's car. It left her sit by the side of the road the other day on the way home from her clinicals at the hospital. It was just the alternator. She had it towed through a tow service that the police told her to call. They charged her over $200 to go 4 miles!! (turns out, it costs extra for the kickback to the police when they are involved) Then the shop calls me the next day and tells me that it's going to be $600 for the new alternator to be put in. ???? (an alternator is usually in the range of $150-180) So, I added the roadside service to our insurance yesterday, (my fault for not having it on there to begin with) we will have it towed home today for the premium of $13, and we have an alternator from AutoZone for $180 to put in ourselves today. I won't go into what I said to the shop guy when he called me "missy" on the phone as he was telling me how hard it was to do this, thus the $600 bill. I just showed up on my Harley, paid the $50 for the diagnosis (which is free at any AutoZone and most other parts places, just so you know) and told him it will be gone tomorrow. (today) I did add that I work for the largest employer in Portland and he won't exactly be getting an endorsement from me.

Time for an adventure we weren't planning, once again. :rolleyes: *sigh*

[Trek420]

X! Welcome back! :D

[Xrayted]

X! Welcome back! :D

Nice to see you, too. :cool: How's that hot wife of yours these days? Tell her I say hi and send a hug her way for me, please. :D

Bikes are all tuned up, aired up and, and, and... we gotta go fix a cager. :( :p

[Trek420]

Yes she is hot, isn't she :p :) :D and brilliant. I was just up there, she'll be down here in a couple weeks. My job at the antique store cough cough is being an absolute Richard Head about any transfer/promotion/movement. I've read somewhere it's bad form to post about your current job especially whilst seeking another somewhere else even in the anonymity that is our very own TE TD. So I will spare you all the details at least publicly. It's tough but I remain cautiously optimistic.

[Xrayted]

Wow. It works and we fixed it! We still like each other, too. :cool::D:D I need a nap.

Brilliant! I somehow left that out. I apologize. She truly is brilliant in marrying you, among other things. :D

[Trek420]

I often forget about the brilliant bit. It's easy to just get dazzled by the beauty. :D Enjoy your nap. :cool:

[Kitsune06]

Hey ladies!

I was using an herbal tincture with catnip, passion flower, valerian and chamomile in it. It was pretty potent and really made me tired, but I could never get to sleep right. I suspect part of it is just having a lot on my mind, though.

We never did get to nap... it was too close to supper time so we went out to thai (mmmm Zeb thai!) and maybe later I'll show X the commute route I've plotted to school. I haven't really been riding in *mumblemumble* so I'm wondering if it's necessarily wise to jump into a 5 mi one way commute... I hadn't really commuted before to this campus because I either had work right after class (too far to commute there/back/up the hill in a timely manner) or it was the first and 2nd term of the program, where literally everyone stops running/jogging/eating right/sleeping right because there's just so much going on.

Ladies, I'm gonna try to get my groove back. :P

[Pax]

I've missed you gals, and I miss riding a dang bike. Stupid knee. :mad:

[OakLeaf]

Hey Pax! We've missed you too. Bummer about your knee. :( :( Hope you're finding other things to keep you busy.

[Trek420]

Valerian = DIRTY SOCKS! We used to have this growing in our yard.

So I tried it. Made tea with dirty socks. It had no calming effect :confused:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Hey Pax...i'm sorry about your knee. I hurt my shoulder this winter and it's so slowly healing- amazing how much such things can curtail your activities.

I did a 3 hour contra dance last night- wonderful full body exercise that's never boring.

Today I finally got back on my bike after this dreary winter and did an easy 6 miles to ease my rear back in gear slowly...Spring Sitbone Soreness isn't much fun. :cool:
I was surprised I made it up our steep hill without any major trouble. Nice to get back on the bike again, and nice to feel my legs burning afterwards.

[kelownagirl]

So nice to see updates from people in here again!

I got out on my bike for the first time today - it's been a loooooong winter...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I got out on my bike for the first time today - it's been a loooooong winter...

Hey, you and me both today! :p

[kelownagirl]

Hey, you and me both today! :p

Yay!!! It was loverly but my butt is mad at me now.... :rolleyes:

[crazycanuck]

Good Monday greetings

The few days I took off my bike came back to haunt me yesterday in the first few km's of dirt...:( I didn't come off but it took me quite a while to warm up. Being awake whilst mtn biking is just a weeeeee bit important :rolleyes: :eek:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yay!!! It was loverly but my butt is mad at me now.... :rolleyes:

I feel your pain as well. :o Good thing I kept it limited to 6 miles! Gotta work up slowly.

[spokewench]

I feel your pain as well. :o Good thing I kept it limited to 6 miles! Gotta work up slowly.

Ooh, i know what that feels like. I got on my road bike (I think it was the first time in two years) last Wednesday and took a 2 hour ride! Wow, I did not know how hard my butt must have been! Not anymore!

[Kitsune06]

I feel your pain as well. :o Good thing I kept it limited to 6 miles! Gotta work up slowly.

I hear ya, our 6 mi ride yesterday was 'bout enough for me, too. :o:rolleyes:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Wow, I did not know how hard my butt must have been!

a few years ago when i rode 2500 miles in one year, I swear I could play phonograph records on my sitbones! lol!

Now I'm just a softee, but still way better than before i started biking at all. I'm going for a happy medium now at age 57. ;)

[Kitsune06]

PAX! I didn't see you there! How did I miss that?! How're you?! Sorry we haven't been on TWF much, either... you know how life is...

Trying to find a shop locally that has either pentosin chf7.1 or finishline mineral oil... my hydraulics have a leak and need bled and the fact that Shimano charges 'bout the same whether you're buying 50mL or a quart doesn't sit right with me.

[Xrayted]

I got nothin'. I wanted to post something, but... eh. :rolleyes:

[Kitsune06]

didn't even try, did you?
I have something.
http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bn4dIbo_vAA/s/800/640/MA024-07.jpg


(c)Rob Lang photography, whomever he is. I was just looking for a nice bike but that works, I suppose.

[Xrayted]

Oh well, if you want to go that direction... :D:D:D


http://fattiegossip.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/bicycle_race.jpg

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

didn't even try, did you?
I have something.

Spoke reflectors. He probably has a pie plate too. Doesn't want to drop his chain on the rails to trails path. lol!

[Kitsune06]

ha! but he does manage to look pretty good on those rails to trails trails... the windswept hair, the sweat, apart from the fact he's obviously color blind, he's doing pretty well. :D

[kelownagirl]

I feel your pain as well. :o Good thing I kept it limited to 6 miles! Gotta work up slowly.

I foolishly rode 3 hours, 68 km.... But it was SO nice to be out again!!!

[kelownagirl]

a few years ago when i rode 2500 miles in one year, I swear I could play phonograph records on my sitbones! lol!

Now I'm just a softee, but still way better than before i started biking at all. I'm going for a happy medium now at age 57. ;)

My sit bones are feeling ok - it was more the girly bits. I had a bike fit last week and think I may have to do a little tweaking. I don't want to go back until I'm sure it's not just be being wussy... ;)

[kelownagirl]

didn't even try, did you?
I have something.
http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bn4dIbo_vAA/s/800/640/MA024-07.jpg


(c)Rob Lang photography, whomever he is. I was just looking for a nice bike but that works, I suppose.

Like.

[snapdragen]

Hello sir! How do you feel about older women? :rolleyes::D



didn't even try, did you?
I have something.
http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bn4dIbo_vAA/s/800/640/MA024-07.jpg


(c)Rob Lang photography, whomever he is. I was just looking for a nice bike but that works, I suppose.

[Kitsune06]

He just told me it really depends on how they feel. :P He's so subtle and shy. :lol:

[Kitsune06]

Ugh. I'm supposed to be doing homework and don't "feel like it". :p If it weren't due tomorrow I would SO be blowing it off. :rolleyes:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

ha! but he does manage to look pretty good on those rails to trails trails... the windswept hair, the sweat...

That's not sweat, it's drool ...obviously from admiring himself in a reflecting pool way too long. lol!


I foolishly rode 3 hours, 68 km.... But it was SO nice to be out again!!!

Hope you aren't going to be sorry tomorrow! ;)

[kelownagirl]

That's not sweat, it's drool ...obviously from admiring himself in a reflecting pool way too long. lol!



Hope you aren't going to be sorry tomorrow! ;)

It was yesterday and I didn't go hard, just long. Felt fine to swim today. Tomorrow I run and Wednesday, biking again...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

It was yesterday and I didn't go hard, just long. Felt fine to swim today. Tomorrow I run and Wednesday, biking again...

You are amazingly disciplined! :eek:
Great that you weren't in pain! my sitbones are fairly sore today, but not too bad since I kept it to the 6 miles for the first ride. Next one will be another 6 or maybe 10 miles. :)
But really my main goal is pretty realistic- to simply use my bike more often on errands into town and back- oour hill going home is only 1/4 mile but steep, and it works my legs out pretty well.

[kelownagirl]

You are amazingly disciplined! :eek:
Great that you weren't in pain! my sitbones are fairly sore today, but not too bad since I kept it to the 6 miles for the first ride. Next one will be another 6 or maybe 10 miles. :)
But really my main goal is pretty realistic- to simply use my bike more often on errands into town and back- oour hill going home is only 1/4 mile but steep, and it works my legs out pretty well.

Yeah I hear ya. I'm sad that commuting and cycling for errands just doesn't work for me where I live. In another life, I will live in a small town and be able to walk or ride to everything... Sigh....

At any rate, I have to be disciplined right now - I'm training for a Half Ironman on June 5 and I have a lot of work to do. I've been riding the trainer on and off since January, but nothing more than 90 minutes a couple times a week. It was big difference getting out and riding the roads for a change...

[Pax]

Hey Pax! We've missed you too. Bummer about your knee. :( :( Hope you're finding other things to keep you busy.

Hiya OakLeaf! I've been swimming and weight lifting, bu man I miss my bike!

[Pax]

Happy Birthday KG!!

[DebW]

Nice to see some old-timers popping their heads in here again. Hi X, Kit, Pax!

My latest keeping-me-too-busy thing is organizing 2 teams of 10 for a local canoe relay race on Apr 30. I've done this race with my company for many years, and decided to put together an all-women's team this year with a women's outdoor organization I belong to. There has been only 1 team in the women's division of this race, and I thought that was sad, so now there will be competition. It seem that lots of people will join a race if you tell them that they are guaranteed to finish in the top 3! I had 21 people signed up, registered 2 team of 10, and am now struggling to replace those who have dropped out. But it's all coming together. We had a great practice on the river last Sunday with 9 team members paddling.

[Pax]

Deb, that sounds like a great time!!

[Trek420]

That's not sweat, it's drool ...obviously from admiring himself in a reflecting pool way too long. lol!

That's not his drool, I think it's Zen's ;) :p :D

[kelownagirl]

Happy Birthday KG!!

Haha thanks Pax! How are you???

[Pax]

Haha thanks Pax! How are you???

I'm good thanks, life got majorly weird for a while after my dad passed, but things are finally leveling out.

[Kitsune06]

(((Pax)))

It's almost like a family reunion in the TD these days. :)

@ school right now, finished up a journal that will be due... now I need to go look over some xrays and critique them (basically we fill out a form saying what's right and what's wrong with the positioning, what different body parts are in the pics, etc) lots o' fun. :D Was talking to a fella in my class, he rides his Soma (Doublecross?) in from Mt. Tabr area every morning. It's funny, I'd walk past his bike and admire it every morning... now I know who its owner is. :D

[Pax]

Kit!! Glad to "see" you, hope all is well with school and such.

[Kitsune06]

So far, so good. I'm getting all good grades, have my clinicals at a really great local hospital and have class with some really cool people. :D Life is good.

Finished up my critiques, now time to feed kitties, make dinner, finish my homework and maybe have a beer.

[Kitsune06]

UGGHHH. Where Brooks go to die...
http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/bik/2300620233.html

[OakLeaf]

"good condition" :D

[Crankin]

Deb, the canoe race sounds fun.
It makes me sad that we hardly use our very nice canoe. Every year less and less. I only do flat water paddling, but it's not like there's a lack of places to do that around here. The bike just gets in the way.

[Fredwina]

Great to see this place hoppin' agaian:)
Meant to pop in earlier, but been working too much OT. on the other hand , I do go on vacation friday:cool:

[Pax]

Great to see this place hoppin' agaian:)
Meant to pop in earlier, but been working too much OT. on the other hand , I do go on vacation friday:cool:

SWEET!!!!! I'm jealous, we don't go until June 10th, but at least then I'll be in Key West for 10 days... vacation rawks! :D

[Kitsune06]

wooWOO! And here I was excited about getting to go to a convention with a bunch of my classmates this weekend... :p Ok, I'm still excited, but Key West! Count me in the 'jealous' party. :D

[Pax]

wooWOO! And here I was excited about getting to go to a convention with a bunch of my classmates this weekend... :p Ok, I'm still excited, but Key West! Count me in the 'jealous' party. :D
We go every year and spend a week or two doing nothing but laying by/in the pool, riding scooters around town, eating amazing seafood, and enjoying free happy hour every night. Ahhhhhhhhhh.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Have fun in Key West! :D
I remember when I was 18 (about a hundred years ago) riding a scooter around in the Bahamas, buying a woven palm leaf hat, eating pigeon peas and chicken- what fun!

DH and I are oddly getting swamped with patent drawing work right now- looks like maybe we won't get a chance to get away anywhere for fun- just an obligatory family trip in June we don't really want to do but have to. :cool: We'll try to make it as enjoyable as we can.

But I do have my big veg garden and my beehives to tend, and that can feel like a sanctuary right in my own little neighborhood back yard. When i'm digging the soil and sowing bok choy and cucumber seeds in the sun with my bees flying around me, I feel like i'm a thousand miles away from my desk.

[Pax]

BSG - your yard sounds heavenly.


My SO finally got word that her position at the U will be ending in the Fall due to budget cuts (ahh the joy of being non tenure track faculty). We've been anticipating this for a couple of years and we've been working things out financially so when it happens we'll be okay. We will be able to live on my salary and I can but her on my benefits.

I'm happy for her as she's been burned out in her field for some time, I hope she'll just take some down time and rest/refocus.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

You are very smart to have prepared for that possibility. She'll have time to recoup her strength and then figure out a new and better path.

[Pax]

You are very smart to have prepared for that possibility. She'll have time to recoup her strength and then figure out a new and better path.

That's what I'm hoping for. She's VERY driven and has never had time to just sit and contemplate the future... I hope after a couple of weeks she'll be able to settle and breathe and rest.

[Fredwina]

SWEET!!!!! I'm jealous, we don't go until June 10th, but at least then I'll be in Key West for 10 days... vacation rawks! :D

well, technically, it more of a "Workcation"
I'm writing a historical novel in my copious spare time, so I'm go to Fort Wayne :eek:eek: to do some research.
I think you've got me beat with Key west there...

[Pax]

well, technically, it more of a "Workcation"
I'm writing a historical novel in my copious spare time, so I'm go to Fort Wayne :eek:eek: to do some research.
I think you've got me beat with Key west there...

Agreed, Fort Lame is not my idea of a vacation hotspot. :p But writing a historical novel is cool as all get out!!! I read a lot of those (my favorite genre), when you're ready please share the title!

[OakLeaf]

Dang, I didn't even know Ft. Wayne was big enough to have a nickname outside its immediate environs! Sure it was the big city to my ex when he was growing up in Van Wert...

[Kitsune06]

'Afternoon, ladies! What's happening?

Back from classes, errands and such. Trying to get up the energy to do the cleaning etc before we have guests over. X hung my painting this afternoon before I got home from class, so that was great. :D I think Sunny might go on the trainer so I can 'practice' a bit even when the weather's icky.

[maillotpois]

Wow - it's like old home week in here.

Hey Pax - you still riding? I am even more moto fickle than I thought I was and just traded the monster (that I had traded the bonnie for) for a 2006 multistrada. The monster was way too cramped for the trip we did to Seattle, so I have been keeping my eye open for an old multi. So far I love it. So comfy.

[Pax]

Hey maillotpois! Yup, still riding. I have a scooter for commuting to work and I' a Moto Guzzi Breva motorcycle for everything else... gotta love the Italian bikes!! :D

[Kitsune06]

Wow - it's like old home week in here.

Hey Pax - you still riding? I am even more moto fickle than I thought I was and just traded the monster (that I had traded the bonnie for) for a 2006 multistrada. The monster was way too cramped for the trip we did to Seattle, so I have been keeping my eye open for an old multi. So far I love it. So comfy.

oooh. Luck to you! Multis look gorgeous!

[Pax]

Dang, I didn't even know Ft. Wayne was big enough to have a nickname outside its immediate environs! Sure it was the big city to my ex when he was growing up in Van Wert...

I have a buddy who's from there, he refers to it as Ft. Lame all the time. :p

[Fredwina]

Agreed, Fort Lame is not my idea of a vacation hotspot. :p But writing a historical novel is cool as all get out!!! I read a lot of those (my favorite genre), when you're ready please share the title!

It may be a while. I haven't even written the bodice ripping chapter yet (Although I do I have a breechcloth ripping episode)

[kelownagirl]

It may be a while. I haven't even written the bodice ripping chapter yet (Although I do I have a breechcloth ripping episode)


Speaking of bodice/breechcloth ripping - I'm part way through the third book of the Outlander series. Jamie - sigh.... ;)

[crazycanuck]

Oooooo..it rained today...:eek: First rain Perth's received in just over 3 months...I can't believe they actually record .6mm of rain...ha aahaaa...

I don't know if our dams will be full by the end of our rainy season...:(

[Pax]

Speaking of bodice/breechcloth ripping - I'm part way through the third book of the Outlander series. Jamie - sigh.... ;)

LOL!! I'm reading Drums of Autumn right now.

[maillotpois]

Hey maillotpois! Yup, still riding. I have a scooter for commuting to work and I' a Moto Guzzi Breva motorcycle for everything else... gotta love the Italian bikes!! :D

I have always loved the look of that Moto Guzzi! It is beautiful. Our local Guzzi/BMW dealer went out of business. The only moto store left in the county is our Ducati/Triumph dealer. Fortunately they are a fantastic shop and we love them.

The Multistrada is absolutely hideous, but cool hideous in my opinion. And I really do like the look of the old multi rather than the new one. And it's funny but I feel more confident riding it than the monster - I find that odd because it is bigger and a little heavier, etc. But the riding position is more comfortable and it corners so well.

I really miss having a scooter. You felt like you could run it down to the grocery store and you didn't have to get all leathered up.

Anyway here's the Multi:


http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/maillotpois/IMG_0573.jpg

[Pax]

Very cool bike!! Here's me on mine:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb217/Deepliquid/HPIM0477-1.jpg





I really miss having a scooter. You felt like you could run it down to the grocery store and you didn't have to get all leathered up.



Agree 100%. We run all over the place on the scooters, the motorcycles are for gearing up and going for a RIDE.

[maillotpois]

Pax great photo!

[Kitsune06]

If anyone's looking, I'm kind of thinking about selling this one...
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/cbmickey/motorcycle/Photo0079.jpg

[OakLeaf]

droooooooooool

[Pax]

Oh Kit!!! You put heart and soul into that build. :(

[Kitsune06]

Oh, My heart and soul went into Delilah's build. The 350 doesn't even have a name, so much. I really wanted it to be nice, but one can only really ride one motorcycle at a time... It would break my heart more to have it look like that and be good to go like that and languish in my garage just so I can say I "have" it... instead of someone who would ride it every day and love it for what it is. I'll be picky about the buyer, though. Old, fast bikes in young, male hands turn into old,dead bikes pretty quickly, unfortunately.

[Pax]

Understood. The young guy that works for me is jonesin' for an old CB... it will be absolutely thrashed in six months.

[maillotpois]

Wow - that is beautiful!! Wonderful work, Kit! I'm really impressed.

[Trek420]

Kit, that's beautiful!

Hey biker chicks, one of you fast women should win the raffle for this bike:

http://www.motosafetycrew.com/motosafetycrew.com/Welcome.html

[Pax]

Kit, that's beautiful!

Hey biker chicks, one of you fast women should win the raffle for this bike:

http://www.motosafetycrew.com/motosafetycrew.com/Welcome.html

That is an AWESOME bike!! Although my knees would have liked it 20 years ago, now, not so much. :p

[Pax]

While we were at the gym this morning I hopped onto an upright exercise bike (first time I've pedaled in over a year), went a slow and easy quarter mile... it felt amazing!!!!

[spokewench]

If anyone's looking, I'm kind of thinking about selling this one...
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/cbmickey/motorcycle/Photo0079.jpg

What year is it, kit? How much do you think you want? I have a scooter to commute to work; love your 350! Just the type of bike I like! PM me if you want

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I've always wanted a scooter, but probably not in the cards. :o
Nice looking motorcycles!

I did do errands in town today on my (pedal power) bike though, and did a 10 mile joy ride afterwards before heading home.

[Pax]

I've always wanted a scooter, but probably not in the cards. :o
Nice looking motorcycles!

I did do errands in town today on my (pedal power) bike though, and did a 10 mile joy ride afterwards before heading home.

Just before I sold off my bikes last summer, we did a wheel count in our garage... 24 total wheels!! :eek: Now we're down to 18. :(

[spokewench]

Just before I sold off my bikes last summer, we did a wheel count in our garage... 24 total wheels!! :eek: Now we're down to 18. :(

Is this motorized wheels or does it include non-motorized?

[Pax]

Is this motorized wheels or does it include non-motorized?

It was both; two vehicles (car and truck), two motorcycles, two scooters, and four bicycles. We got rid of three bicycles... but that may change. muahhaaaa

[Trek420]

That is an AWESOME bike!! Although my knees would have liked it 20 years ago, now, not so much. :p

How could a motorcycle be hard on your knees? You're not pedaling. :confused:

[Pax]

How could a motorcycle be hard on your knees? You're not pedaling. :confused:

The footpegs on a true sportbike are tucked up very high so you scrape them less on tight corners, you sit the bike like a jockey with a long forward lean, very hard on the knees and shoulders/wrists.

I loved them when I was young, now the knees can't take that bend for more than a few minutes.

[OakLeaf]

How could a motorcycle be hard on your knees? You're not pedaling. :confused:

You steer by shifting your weight from side to side. So you're basically in a squat with most of your weight in your quads, and the bike dictates the alignment of your feet and knees - which changes as you go from left to right. It can be hard on iffy knees.

[spokewench]

It was both; two vehicles (car and truck), two motorcycles, two scooters, and four bicycles. We got rid of three bicycles... but that may change. muahhaaaa

We have 22 wheelsin the garage. 2 motorcycles, 1 scooter, a car, a small truck and 4 bicycles.

[spokewench]

Dang - it snowed last night - got up and there are at least 4-5 inches with more snow coming! We are in for it today. The whole state is covered in clouds!

Kitty is sitting in my lap as I type. He is soooo warm! He'll probably get mad when I get up.

[OakLeaf]

Are we only counting the wheels of vehicles that are actually running/operational? And does the garden tractor count? ;)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

You steer by shifting your weight from side to side. So you're basically in a squat with most of your weight in your quads, and the bike dictates the alignment of your feet and knees - which changes as you go from left to right. It can be hard on iffy knees.

Same as when you ride a horse- you use your knees a lot. :)

[spokewench]

Well, a few hours later and we have a foot plus of snow! It looks pretty. I'm being lazy though, haven't been out to shovel at all. I'll wait till later I guess. I think I'll watch tennis on TV.

[Pax]

Well, a few hours later and we have a foot plus of snow! It looks pretty. I'm being lazy though, haven't been out to shovel at all. I'll wait till later I guess. I think I'll watch tennis on TV.
I think if I saw snow at this point in the spring I would curl in a ball and weep.

[Trek420]

You steer by shifting your weight from side to side. So you're basically in a squat with most of your weight in your quads, and the bike dictates the alignment of your feet and knees - which changes as you go from left to right. It can be hard on iffy knees.

Thanks for the explanation. Is there such a thing as WSD motorcycles?

This one looks fast parked by the farm market :)

[OakLeaf]

Is there such a thing as WSD motorcycles?

Nope, just smaller ones. Narrow in the seat area helps too (single and twin-cylinder), since the more your legs are bowed out, the lower you need the seat height to be, to be able to touch the ground and support your weight and part of the bike's when you come to a stop.

Some women use aftermarket shock linkages and drop the forks in their bracket (called a triple tree) to lower the seat height ... but if you don't know what you're doing, that can really mess up the handling.

Then there's my nice light and low Honda 230 - overall very friendly to a small rider - which comes from the factory with a brake lever so far from the handlebar that Beowulf would have trouble with it. :confused: Luckily I was able to track down a very nice adjustable lever on the aftermarket, but I had to scour Japanese sites, make an educated guess about model names, and telephone the US distributor, who didn't list that part number on their site, to actually get one. :rolleyes:

[Trek420]

Somebody here needs to become the Georgina Terry of motorcycles :cool:

[Pax]

Somebody here needs to become the Georgina Terry of motorcycles :cool:

Her name would be Karen Davidson (of Harley Davidson), not as concerned with the best fit of a motorcycle for women, but very involved in getting women into the sport.

It took me about four months and a $800 to get my SO's bike to fit her.

[Kitsune06]

+1, Pax. My 650 got shorty shocks put on it so I could flat-foot it, lowering the rear 2". Front went about 1/4" up through the tripletrees, which makes it super stable on straightaways and a little slow to corner, but that's ok. I'm no rocketeer. :D Changing out my fork springs was actually the greatest handling improvement.

X's harley got shorty shocks and I think we lowered the front, too, but I don't remember offhand.

[Xrayted]

You steer by shifting your weight from side to side. So you're basically in a squat with most of your weight in your quads, and the bike dictates the alignment of your feet and knees - which changes as you go from left to right. It can be hard on iffy knees.

Might I suggest counter steering instead of leaning for steering? If you learn this technique, you have much greater control over your bike, keep your balance centered over the midline of bike where it should be, much faster response to obstacles at speed and, together, that can save your life. :)


Kit's bike is a 1972 Honda CL350 Scrambler. It's a ton of fun. :cool:

Was at a radiology conference for the last 2 days. Very informative speakers. Especially the panel of women with disabilities. They are trying to educate health care workers to be able to deal with their individual needs in a caring, non-condescending manner. I was crying in much of it. Fantastic. I followed up with the lady who introduced them all. She works at my hospital. I'd love to have them present directly to our whole radiology dept sometime. We have such a high rate of pts with disabilities of all kinds that we work with and as much as we've learned, there's always more and better ways to handle situations. Sometimes, techs can get too wrapped up in getting the exam done within a certain amount of time that they forget there is a person involved.

[crazycanuck]

:D Awesome day at our 4hr today :D Funkily fun time all round ya!!!

Pics to come.

[OakLeaf]

Might I suggest counter steering instead of leaning for steering? If you learn this technique, you have much greater control over your bike, keep your balance centered over the midline of bike where it should be, much faster response to obstacles at speed and, together, that can save your life. :)

I do both of course, and definitely steering with the bars is quicker, but deep into a turn, the more you can shift your weight, the more your bike stays upright, the more grip your tires have, and (psychologically very helpful) the more your eyes and face are pointing in a direction that makes sense to your brain gravitationally.

Obviously on a bike like the 230 I mentioned, I'm countersteering a whole lot more than on the 600 or the 650 ... riding position has a lot to do with that, too. But even on the Sportster I learned on - maybe especially because the thing was so heavy - there's a point where you just have to move your body.

[Xrayted]

Edit: the whole thing. It just isn't worth it.

[crazycanuck]

X...:D

A pic from tooodayyyy...

[Pax]

cc- Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! :D

[Xrayted]

Wow CC, you have so much more guts (and legs ;)) than I do. It looks like a ton of fun! :D

[Kitsune06]

uh oh! it's monday again! Quick, everyone, look busy!

[Pax]

uh oh! it's monday again! Quick, everyone, look busy!

Not a problem, the roof on the older part of the library is taking on the characteristics of a sieve... and it rained last night. :mad:

[Kitsune06]

Ohhh. Eeek!

[Pax]

Ohhh. Eeek!

Very annoying, we've had contractors working on the HVAC on the roof and they've made the leak problem much worse. I guess they can't figure out that water and books don't mix well... we lost over a thousand books last time. :(

[Kitsune06]

I was about to say "At least they're absorbent" but I suppose that's not quite an advantage in this situation.

[Xrayted]

How are you all doing, today? I've got OT Tu-Th this week so this is probably one of the few moments I'll have on here all week. :(

[Pax]

How are you all doing, today? I've got OT Tu-Th this week so this is probably one of the few moments I'll have on here all week. :(

Stopped the leaks and got to take a breath, sorry you've got OT, that has got to get old.

[Xrayted]

Hey, just to give a heads up for any of you looking to get a bargain... I have 5 pairs of bike shorts that I'll be putting in the FS section soon. I uploaded them into my netbook so I can send them from where ever since I have the OT this week. They are all mediums and that seems to be a sought after size. All are next to new or brand new. 2-PI, 1-TYR, 1-Descente, 1-Zoot. I'll do my best to get them in there soon. 1st come, 1st gone so just giving you advanced warning. I want to measure the inseams and padding so I can give better descriptions but then, they'll be posted. thanks. :)

[spokewench]

Dealing with tennis issues all day; people having trouble registering for sectionals, teams defaulting at the last minute on a slightly snowy morning, drama queens, control freaks, etc.

Finally, someone emailed me to play tennis tomorrow. yeah I just want to play tennis not mess with all the politics!

I am trying to keep my promise to me today to ride my bike after work! It is hard to stay motivated, it still isn't very warm and it is kind of windy! I am just a weather wimp in my old age!

[Kitsune06]

I was good today!
I did an hour on the trainer. Not all at once, but I was watching a show on the science channel and stretched/drank/made dinner during commercials. Now for homework... yayyyy...

oh and my brooks b17 saddle's for sale if anyone's interested...

[kelownagirl]

I finally saw a real brooks saddle and a lugged steel bike on Sunday. I instantly thought you TE.... :D

[maillotpois]

Oooh - just got my new frame!!! Mercian, steel, lugged - blue and green. It is going to be fun to build this up. (My rando bike has a crack in the seat/top tube weld. I will do a 400k on it this weekend, but it really needs to be retired to a permanent spot on the trainer.)

Pics to come, but not soon. Too much work and not enough time. :)

SadieKate was instrumental in the design/color choice. :cool:

[Pax]

We're picking up a 1971 Raleigh Sports for my SO tonight, lugged frame, beautiful detailing, just needs some serious TLC. Really looking forward to working on it with my bike buddy.

[crazycanuck]

I ate lots of dust this evening at our dirt crits...apparently the dust wasn't as bad this week :eek:. Tons of fun & am confused about how i missed a few sections of the trail :rolleyes:.

[Xrayted]

I'm regretting all of this OT now that I'm in the middle of it. Last night, I had to be the lead too. What a mess they left us. I'm glad I'm off the hook tonight. :D

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Spending today doing drawings of a 'moderne' looking lunchbox from 12 different angles for the patent application.
Tonight, we go to a friends' house for dinner and playing music. Fiddle, banjos, Swedish tagelharpa, goat hoof rattles, and tambourine! :D
Tomorrow, gotta shade all the 12 drawings, then show a friend how to hammer together the wood frames and wax foundation for his first beehive.

[Pax]

I keep thinking I want to learn a musical instrument, maybe cowbells?

[DebW]

We're picking up a 1971 Raleigh Sports for my SO tonight, lugged frame, beautiful detailing, just needs some serious TLC. Really looking forward to working on it with my bike buddy.

5-speed, upright bars, Huret Alvit derailleur?

I wish my short-term memory was as good as my memory for 40 year old bike parts.

[Pax]

5-speed, upright bars, Huret Alvit derailleur?

I wish my short-term memory was as good as my memory for 40 year old bike parts.

Three speed, not sure of maker yet, upright bars. It's been banged up a bit but other than tires and seat it is 100% original.

[Crankin]

Lisa, I'd love to see that "moderne" lunch box!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa, I'd love to see that "moderne" lunch box!

Sorry, but patent illustrators have to sign confidentiality agreements. I'd be out of a career pretty fast if I showed people designs for things that were in the process of getting patented! :eek: lol! You'll have to wait til it's in the stores. ;)

[DebW]

We're picking up a 1971 Raleigh Sports for my SO tonight, lugged frame, beautiful detailing, just needs some serious TLC. Really looking forward to working on it with my bike buddy.


Three speed, not sure of maker yet, upright bars. It's been banged up a bit but other than tires and seat it is 100% original.

OK, then. Sturmey Archer 3-speed hub, probably the AW. Those things last forever. Just put some oil in the hub (there should be a rubber cap over the oil hole) every few weeks.

[Pax]

OK, then. Sturmey Archer 3-speed hub, probably the AW. Those things last forever. Just put some oil in the hub (there should be a rubber cap over the oil hole) every few weeks.

Just got it home and it going to need some work. The previous owners mom bought it new in 1971 and they NEVER put oil in the hub, now they say it won't stay in gear. They paid a guy to fix it but it still does the same thing... I'm thinking WD40 in the hole to loosen up the old grease???

[Kitsune06]

oh, that could be a bad idea if it dissolves the old grease. It'd be better to just open it up and clean it thoroughly to see if there was significant damage from running unlubricated.

[snapdragen]

Busted Chloe dog out in back, eating lemons that have fallen off the tree. My dog is weird.

[Kitsune06]

She has good taste. :D Ach, I still can't think about drinking Lemon Drops though... :p

[Pax]

oh, that could be a bad idea if it dissolves the old grease. It'd be better to just open it up and clean it thoroughly to see if there was significant damage from running unlubricated.

It was suggested by some internet Raleigh guru, wd40 to loosen it all up then add some oil. I'll have to wait to see my buddy to open it up though, not a clue how to do that. Well, more truthfully, I can get anything apart... just not necessarily back together again. :p

[Kitsune06]

Oh! Well, I won't supercede a guru. :D Carry on!


Happy Wednesday! It's an easy downhill coast from here to the weekend!

[Pax]

Oh! Well, I won't supercede a guru. :D Carry on!


Happy Wednesday! It's an easy downhill coast from here to the weekend!

I'm actually too chicken to mess with the hub, it'll have to wait until we take the trip to my bike buddy. :p

Happy Wednesday to you too!!!

[maillotpois]

Got my work email down from 178 to 97. That's progress...

Happy hump day. :rolleyes:

[Pax]

Got my work email down from 178 to 97. That's progress...

Happy hump day. :rolleyes:

I've been thinking about work email, it would be GREAT if they could design the email system so when the sender hits submit the email returns to them in a few hours without actually being sent. If they still think it needs to go out, then they could resubmit and it would go to the recipient. Should cut down on the endless stream of silly email I get... and if anything was really important, they could call me.

[DebW]

Just got it home and it going to need some work. The previous owners mom bought it new in 1971 and they NEVER put oil in the hub, now they say it won't stay in gear. They paid a guy to fix it but it still does the same thing... I'm thinking WD40 in the hole to loosen up the old grease???

If it won't stay in gear, it probably just needs an adjustment of the cable tension. It also could be that if it was ridden alot without oil that parts really are worn inside. First, I'd just oil it and play with the cable tension and see if you can get it working. Pull on the cable by hand and see if you can find 3 distinct gears. I have disassembled Sturmey Archer 3-speeds, but it's a big job. There is a thread on here somewhere with pics of all the innards. You can find adjustment directions on the web.

[Crankin]

Deb, your comment about the Sturmey Archer 3 speed brought back memories of my first real bike (I had Schwinn before that), a Raleigh. It was black, with a generator light, a bell, and the curved bars, with a Brooks saddle and saddle bag. I rode that bike up huge hills in Newton. It really irks me that I don't have it, because apparently, it was stored in my aunt's basement until 1977 or so, after I left it at her house. I think I actually may have had 2 of these bikes, because I grew after getting the first one...

[Pax]

If it won't stay in gear, it probably just needs an adjustment of the cable tension. It also could be that if it was ridden alot without oil that parts really are worn inside. First, I'd just oil it and play with the cable tension and see if you can get it working. Pull on the cable by hand and see if you can find 3 distinct gears. I have disassembled Sturmey Archer 3-speeds, but it's a big job. There is a thread on here somewhere with pics of all the innards. You can find adjustment directions on the web.
Thanks Deb, I'll oil and play with the adjustments, shouldn't be able to do much damage with that. :p

Most fun thing about this is my SO; when we met she was a cyclist, rode centuries all the time and was really into the sport. Since I wasn't (I was into scuba back then and she doesn't "do" water) we both drifted away from those passions. This Raleigh seems to be rekindling her passion for bikes, she's really excited about researching it and helping work on it... very fun time.

[Fredwina]

well, gals, I survived fort Lame. (more like I survived O'Hare airport)
Now to rewrite all my geographical details:eek:
I made aside trip to the Bike Museum in New Bremen, and bought a Vera Bradley Handbag at Fort Wayne airport.
Back to my day job tomorrow, thouigh

[maillotpois]

I've been thinking about work email, it would be GREAT if they could design the email system so when the sender hits submit the email returns to them in a few hours without actually being sent. If they still think it needs to go out, then they could resubmit and it would go to the recipient. Should cut down on the endless stream of silly email I get... and if anything was really important, they could call me.

Great idea. Heavy sigh. I triage email throughout the day on my phone, but there's always so much that has to be dealt with, filed online, actually responded to, when I get back to the office. I should not complain. In this economy, the business I started on my own last year is crazy busy. And that is a very good thing.

[Pax]

well, gals, I survived fort Lame. (more like I survived O'Hare airport)
Now to rewrite all my geographical details:eek:
I made aside trip to the Bike Museum in New Bremen, and bought a Vera Bradley Handbag at Fort Wayne airport.
Back to my day job tomorrow, thouigh
O'Hare AND Fort Lame??? Which one of the gods did you piss off?!?!






:p



Great idea. Heavy sigh. I triage email throughout the day on my phone, but there's always so much that has to be dealt with, filed online, actually responded to, when I get back to the office. I should not complain. In this economy, the business I started on my own last year is crazy busy. And that is a very good thing.
Wouldn't it be great if we could have some balance, not out of work and not insanely busy (but still having to be grateful for work)???

[Kitsune06]

Ahhh Pax, that'd be a beautiful thing.

[Fredwina]

but the airfare was soo cheap. and I wouldn't get there at 11:45. PM, like I would going thru DFW. of course, I got there at 11:35. saved a whole ten minutes (was supposed to get there a t 5:45_

[Kitsune06]

I have a lot of ...interesting memories of O'hare. Glad you made it through more or less intact!

Heading to bed soon, here... Gotta get up early and get brighteyed and bushy tailed so I can go to the OR 'til noon... then I get to go to the school and torture... er... no... encourage...yes... encourage the new recruits.

:D :D :cool: They really shouldn't allow people like me to be in positions like that. :D :D

[crazycanuck]

Fort Lame??? Can you give me more info on that...i googled it & didn't get any valuable links...

I need to ask....If you donate your body to science, do they recycle you each time for medical students or are you only used once??? I've always wanted to know but was afraid to ask.

[Xrayted]

Well, it depends on how well preserved you are and how much smell they can handle. :D Aaaaaaannnnnnddddddd.... they don't necessarily keep you "all together" unless you specify that. Ie: while some of you is teaching eye docs stuff, some of you is teaching a hand surgeon, or spine surgeon, or etc... they only need the parts they work on. You help pioneer things before they get into live subjects. It really saves on the amount of times I hear "Ooooops!" in surgery. :p Yes, I do get involved with the cadaver study/new instrumentation/experiment stuff as a tech since I'm at a university hospital. It's cool and disgusting, all at once. :eek::rolleyes:

Mostly, we tend to prefer that people donate organs that can be used here and now, if they can. Then the rest to "science" if they so choose. :) You positively affect the present and future with your past.



Off to bed. It's going to be a long one tomorrow. The cat gave up and passed out on the computer desk an hour ago. Except for the light snoring, you wouldn't know he was alive. Little sweetie pie. :D

[crazycanuck]

Thank you de loverly X chickadee :). I've always wanted to know & think it's interesting stuff!

[Crankin]

Wow, no wonder you all are checking your e-mail on Smart Phones. I get maybe 0-5 work related emails a day :). It was maybe the same or a little more when I was teaching. This is another reason why I could never be in the business world. Most of my personal emails are the daily ads from all of the various sporting type web sites I buy stuff from.
I feel my life has been very balanced with work and fun, since I started cycling. In order to make time for riding, I stopped doing a lot of "extra" stuff at work. I still did a good job, but my priorities changed. When school is done in 4 weeks, my main goal is to get a job where I can continue the kind of lifestyle I had before.

[Pax]

Fort Lame??? Can you give me more info on that...i googled it & didn't get any valuable links...

It's a nickname for Fort Wayne Indiana. ;)



Crankin - It sounds like you've got balance, what a wonderful thing!!

[Crankin]

Well, there's been a few instances of "do it now, because you never know," in my life... so that is very influencing. Also, I have a couple of friends who are work a holics and I see what it does to their relationships. I know my limits! My DH is lucky in that he has a very good job where he can be flexible... once he was established there as a good executive, he pretty much does what he wants, if he can. I was always stressed and busy when I was in my thirties and forties, with my job, kids, teaching at the gym. At one point, I was teaching high school, teaching 7 aerobics classes a week, teaching 1st grade religious school on Sunday, and on the board of the JCC. No wonder I weighed 92 pounds and was always sick with asthma... I am much healthier now.

[Pax]

Well, there's been a few instances of "do it now, because you never know," in my life... so that is very influencing. Also, I have a couple of friends who are work a holics and I see what it does to their relationships. I know my limits! My DH is lucky in that he has a very good job where he can be flexible... once he was established there as a good executive, he pretty much does what he wants, if he can. I was always stressed and busy when I was in my thirties and forties, with my job, kids, teaching at the gym. At one point, I was teaching high school, teaching 7 aerobics classes a week, teaching 1st grade religious school on Sunday, and on the board of the JCC. No wonder I weighed 92 pounds and was always sick with asthma... I am much healthier now.

My thirties and forties were similar, although I went in the opposite direction weight wise. Too busy to workout or eat right, on-call 24/7, never ending stress, I ended up with awful joint issues and wicked allergies (popped up all of a sudden). Four years ago (at age 46) I just stopped, all of it; quit my job and moved over to a civil service job where I work 37.5 hours a week, and now I can go to the gym and eat much, much better! I'm thinking my fifties will be my best years ever.

[crazycanuck]

Urm k....Two odd news stories for you today..

..http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/tonka-the-wombat-depressed-without-cuddles-at-billabong-sanctuary-in-townsville/story-e6frfku0-1226039063871

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/30/immigration-officer-sacked-for-putting-wife-he-didn-t-like-on-terror-watch-list-115875-22884828/

[Kitsune06]

It's a mad, mad world. :D

Back to the hospital today. yay!

[Pax]

Urm k....Two odd news stories for you today..

..http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/tonka-the-wombat-depressed-without-cuddles-at-billabong-sanctuary-in-townsville/story-e6frfku0-1226039063871


Awww, poor little Tonka was lonely, glad he's getting some loving now. :)

[bmccasland]

After Hurricane Katrina, some of the animals at the local zoo (Audubon Zoo) were out of sorts because they didn't have any visitors. The National Guard troops that were camped in the adjacent park were encouraged to visit, do their PT runs through the zoo, which helped lift the spirits of both humans and animals.

[Pax]

Went and test rode an old Schwinn Breeze today after work. It's a 1969 or 1970 model that rode beautifully! Needs a little clean up of the chrome, but that Sturmey-Archer hub ticks along like it's new.

[Kitsune06]

It's just POURING today... and I am soooo tired from my OR rotation. I geel really good about it, though. I got to 'man' the machines for a couple cases (with a lot of guidance) and the techs said they were impressed with my progress. That's a pretty big deal considering who was giving me the props. :D :D :D Finished out my day fishing stones out of someone's kidney. It was one of those things that's really strange and surreal. They actually glistened and shimmered like cut glass or polished amber. I said "Wow, it's like we're panning for gold!" to my tech. She laughed and said "Nephronuggets!" We had a good giggle. :D

[Pax]

It's just POURING today... and I am soooo tired from my OR rotation. I geel really good about it, though. I got to 'man' the machines for a couple cases (with a lot of guidance) and the techs said they were impressed with my progress. That's a pretty big deal considering who was giving me the props. :D :D :D Finished out my day fishing stones out of someone's kidney. It was one of those things that's really strange and surreal. They actually glistened and shimmered like cut glass or polished amber. I said "Wow, it's like we're panning for gold!" to my tech. She laughed and said "Nephronuggets!" We had a good giggle. :D

Gotta love OR humor. :p

[maillotpois]

Wow the OR humor is great!!

400k tomorrow and I just ate an entire pepperoni, sausage and linguica pizza by myself. I figure it's one of the 4 days a year I can eat like that and I am going to enjoy it. :D.

[Kitsune06]

Bless you, Maillotpois! Have a delightfully terrible dessert for me, too. :)

[Crankin]

I posted my resume on the university career services site; yesterday I got a call from one of the counselors to tell me I had a few little edits to make. There were 2 or 3 little spacing/punctuation things (embarrassing for a former English teacher, but nothing), but then she told me I needed to change my job experience from "inclusion specialist with middle school special needs children" to "inclusion specialist with middle school children with special needs." I "must change to person centered language." I think this is PC gone amok. I mean, this is a small private university that is known mostly as a teacher education school. If they have looked in the newspaper lately, they would see a lot of ads for special needs teachers... I almost said, gee, in other states they still say "special ed," not special needs. I did tell her I would change it, but that I thought it was silly, since no schools use that language. I'm a liberal Democrat, but geez, I felt like telling this person she needed to get out of Cambridge.
And then, she questioned my master's degree from ASU. She said, "I think you mean you have a Master's in Education (M, Ed), or a MS in Education. You couldn't possibly have a MA in Education."
My response was, "I am looking at my diploma right now and I definitely have a Master of Arts in Education. They might do things differently in other places..." To which she replied, "Well, I guess you know best."
She probably thinks I am some crazy birther, anti-immigrant Arizonan, but I was really pissed.

[kelownagirl]

I posted my resume on the university career services site; yesterday I got a call from one of the counselors to tell me I had a few little edits to make. There were 2 or 3 little spacing/punctuation things (embarrassing for a former English teacher, but nothing), but then she told me I needed to change my job experience from "inclusion specialist with middle school special needs children" to "inclusion specialist with middle school children with special needs." I "must change to person centered language." I think this is PC gone amok. I mean, this is a small private university that is known mostly as a teacher education school. If they have looked in the newspaper lately, they would see a lot of ads for special needs teachers... I almost said, gee, in other states they still say "special ed," not special needs. I did tell her I would change it, but that I thought it was silly, since no schools use that language. I'm a liberal Democrat, but geez, I felt like telling this person she needed to get out of Cambridge.
And then, she questioned my master's degree from ASU. She said, "I think you mean you have a Master's in Education (M, Ed), or a MS in Education. You couldn't possibly have a MA in Education."
My response was, "I am looking at my diploma right now and I definitely have a Master of Arts in Education. They might do things differently in other places..." To which she replied, "Well, I guess you know best."
She probably thinks I am some crazy birther, anti-immigrant Arizonan, but I was really pissed.

She's nuts.

I have an MA in Ed if that's any help... ;)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Sounds like she needs a new hobby. :rolleyes:

[Crankin]

OK, just checking to make sure it's not me.
DH helped me craft a letter to the dean of the Career Services office. I only addressed the degree issue, not the language issue... I was afraid I might get "sent to the dept. head." No joke, this happened to one of my friends who gave an opinion that is different from the majority. She almost got put on probation!!!
Here's a copy of my e-mail.

I am a student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling master's program and I had a most unsettling phone conversation with one of the career counselors yesterday. She called me to go over a few errors on my resume, which is appreciated; however, at the end of our conversation one question gave me cause for concern. The counselor doubted the fact that I have a Master of Arts in Education degree from Arizona State University. She was entirely convinced and repeatedly insisted that it is not possible to get a Master of Arts in Education, because at Lesley (and perhaps in Massachusetts in general) one would receive an M., ED or an MS. When I replied that yes, it's an MA in Ed., she continued to suggest that I must be incorrect. Finally, the only way I could convince her, was to state that I was looking directly at my diploma, to which she replied, "Well, I guess you know best," in a condescending tone.

As a native New Englander, who has lived in two other parts of the country for over half of my adult life, I feel this reinforces the underlying prejudice where New Englanders consider themselves to be at the center of the universe. Both of my degrees from Arizona State University have provided me a life time of value.

I make you aware of this, as I am sure others would feel the same as I do, under the same circumstances. I do not take issue with her concern over a mistake; however, the value of her assistance is diminished through the use of a condescending tone.

Sincerely,

[bmccasland]

As a native New Englander, who has lived in two other parts of the country for over half of my adult life, I feel this reinforces the underlying prejudice where New Englanders consider themselves to be at the center of the universe.

Might I suggest replacing, or rewording the last sentence of this paragraph? Maybe not "center of the universe" but perhaps to "superior to others".
But then I've never lived in New England. On the other hand, I've gotten the same impression from people who are privately educated, compared to us lower life forms that received a fine education from the various public school systems.

BS - University of Arizona

[Crankin]

Too late; it's already sent. And yes, this is an expression that comes from Boston being referred to as "the Hub of the Universe," which was written by Oliver Wendell Holmes in the 19th century when he referred to the MA State House as the "Hub of the Solar System." It's a commonly used expression around here.
Beth, you just about said it all. I am pissed. This is why people think my son is a moron because he graduated *** laude from U Mass Amherst. This state gives no resources to its public universities because of the lobbying efforts of the private ones. While I think I got the very best education in my field, in a program that was suited to me, this irks me so much. Lesley thinks it is so open and committed to diversity... but they don't understand that diversity includes more than just skin color or ethnicity.

[Pax]

Gotta love Massachusetts, I'm a native born Cape Codder, when I'm home and that fact is discovered in the course of conversation, I am treated 180 degrees differently than when they thought I was an outsider. Very weird.

[Crankin]

Pax, your story reminds me of the day one of the male teachers stopped me in the school parking lot, at my last job. He asked me how I got the 5 digit license plate that around here indicates you have lived here a very long time, and is even considered a vanity plate (I actually have to pay extra for this, lest people believe I'm a blow-in), since he knew I had moved here several years ago from AZ. I spun around and something like "that plate has been in my family since 1932 and my grandfather left it to me in his will." This was actually true; it was my dad's father's plate, who gave it to my dad, who then gave it to my mom. When we moved away, she gave it to her dad, who willed it to me. It's such a Massachusetts story :). Let's just say that townie azzhole never looked me in the face again.

[Pax]

Crankin - that is excellent!! :p

My dad was a Southie and was bound and determined my brother and I wouldn't have that accent... we got speech training so we wouldn't walk around saying things like "oh, yea he's wicked smaht". :D

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

*** laude

lol!

[Crankin]

Yea, I noticed that one... I should have typed "honors," but I didn't think of it.

[Catrin]

Gotta love Massachusetts, I'm a native born Cape Codder, when I'm home and that fact is discovered in the course of conversation, I am treated 180 degrees differently than when they thought I was an outsider. Very weird.

This also happens in small Southern towns - at least it did when I grew up in the South and suspect it still is this way in many places. There is something very...human about this.

[Pax]

This also happens in small Southern towns - at least it did when I grew up in the South and suspect it still is this way in many places. There is something very...human about this.

It's really odd for me because although I was born on the Cape, I was raised military and lived all over the world. The only place that feels like home to me other than here in Illinois, is Aviano Italy. We moved so often there was no sense of "belonging" anywhere, the human factor of that is something I'm just starting to feel in my adopted home in IL, it's pretty cool.

[snapdragen]

lol!

Glad someone else caught that :rolleyes: Sometimes the auto censor is a bit of a prude, eh?

[crazycanuck]

Can someone please assist meeeeeeee...If you're familiar with the Chicago referencing system, you may be able to help w this question. (The uni library help is only m-f....)

I want to reference a sentence from http://www.un-documents.net/ocf-01.htm

Would this be considered a conference proceeding or a document from the www......

Ta

[bmccasland]

Can someone please assist meeeeeeee...If you're familiar with the Chicago referencing system, you may be able to help w this question. (The uni library help is only m-f....)

I want to reference a sentence from http://www.un-documents.net/ocf-01.htm

Would this be considered a conference proceeding or a document from the www......

Ta

I would call it a conference proceedings.
Not a librarian, but I write reports for a living, with odd references.

[crazycanuck]

Thanks B! I'll reference it as a conference proceeding & keep my fingers crossed!

[maillotpois]

Bless you, Maillotpois! Have a delightfully terrible dessert for me, too. :)

Thanks! It was a fun 400k, but I skipped dessert. And had 2 helpings of chili instead. :)

[Xrayted]

Kit installed a vertical veggie/herb garden on our apartment balcony today. It's very interesting. She used a shoe rack, a spare bike rack, some PVC pipe and a few U bolts. Then she made an upside down tomato hanger out of a used 2 liter bottle of pop, some duct tape and a spare piece of rope. :cool::D Here it is...

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/cbmickey/Photo0190F.jpg

Kale, spinach, mixed salad greens, herbs... You can see we didn't use one of the spots. They didn't sew that one correctly. It's open on the bottom. We start watering on the top and work out way down the wall. Because it's the cloth kind it breathes, the excess trickles down and eventually ends up in the overflow tray, which will be recycled back to the top at the next watering. She used those gel crystals mixed with compost/planting mix to help keep the moisture in the soil.

We now have room in the longer floor planters for our beans, carrots and other things that need deeper or more vertical climbing space. That comes next. We're just waiting on the seedlings to get big enough to transplant.

[snapdragen]

X - tell Kit -- that is so darn clever!

I attacked a horribly overgrown meyer lemon tree today, the majority of the lemons were no good, I saved a few. I didn't realize Dad usually went out and thinned the blossoms each year. This year without him doing it, they were growing like clumps of grapes. Not enough air flow = rotten lemons. Those beasts have thorns too, I'm all scratched up.

[Trek420]

she made an upside down tomato hanger out of a used 2 liter bottle of pop, some duct tape and a spare piece of rope. :cool::D

At first I thought "looks like the plants are on an IV drip". Cool, ingenious.

[maillotpois]

Wow - that whole set up is amazingly innovative! Way to rock the patio garden!

[Kitsune06]

:D Thanks!

Not shown is the rest of the balcony with a big, bushy catnip plant (great for tea to help one sleep... oh and the kitties) spearmint, lavendar and rosemary. The beans, carrots and fennel are going in later after they've gotten big enough. We're figuring the beans will make a nice, green privacy 'fence' on the balcony rail. :)

[Crankin]

I hear musket volleys outside...

[Pax]

:D Thanks!

Not shown is the rest of the balcony with a big, bushy catnip plant (great for tea to help one sleep... oh and the kitties) spearmint, lavendar and rosemary. The beans, carrots and fennel are going in later after they've gotten big enough. We're figuring the beans will make a nice, green privacy 'fence' on the balcony rail. :)

That is so creative!! And here I have a whole yard to play in and I completely ignore it!

[crazycanuck]

Urm crankin, why do you hear musket volleys outside? What anniversary is it today..?

I know there was a 150th anniversary up in the US last week...

[DebW]

Urm crankin, why do you hear musket volleys outside? What anniversary is it today..?

I know there was a 150th anniversary up in the US last week...

It's Patriots Day in Massachusetts. Revolutionary battle re-enactments. Not to mention the Boston Marathon.

[marni]

It's Patriots Day in Massachusetts. Revolutionary battle re-enactments. Not to mention the Boston Marathon.

ah yes... Patriots Day- Good times, good times. We used to re enact in the battle road engagement going from Concord to Lexington by being one of the local farmers family who would follow the battle, drag off the "corpses" so that they could resurrect as new personae and run off to get ahead of the battle so that they could die dramatically again, preferably in the town square in Lexington.

This was always followed or preceded by a day spent being a colonial lacemaker (with sag guy as a colonial weaver) at the Battle Road museum in Concord right there by the bridge where it all started.

The kids usually did the big scout campout/ camporee and did the whole re enactment march/ placing of wreaths on the monuments through Acton, Boxborough, Stow and Concord and then raced back home to march and play with the ABRHS band in the Patriots Day Parade.

Unless you live in the area, you really don't get how involved everyone is in the day.

[Crankin]

We did our ride out towards the town of Harvard, and left at noon, to avoid all of the above activities, and being run over by the Acton Minutemen marching down Strawberry Hill Rd to the North Bridge, for the re-enactment there.
I marched in the Patriot's Day parade in Concord in 2008 and 2009, with the Military Family Support Group. It was really fun. Last year, I couldn't go, and I didn't get an email about it this year, so I guess my marching days are over. On Sunday, we were taking a walk and we stopped to see the renovations of the Colonel Barrett farmhouse, which is where the colonials were actually storing their weapons. It's about 2 miles from my house and it's only open 2 days a year. Very interesting; it's going to take a long time to finish this, as it's being done to strict historical guidelines. They actually extended the National Park to include this site.
Marni, I don't remember there being a parade that the ABRHS band marched in on Patriot's Day, unless they stopped by the time Josh was in the band.

[bmccasland]

Urm crankin, why do you hear musket volleys outside? What anniversary is it today..?

I know there was a 150th anniversary up in the US last week...


It's Patriots Day in Massachusetts. Revolutionary battle re-enactments. Not to mention the Boston Marathon.

As a southerner, all I have to say is: "There was nothin' civil about that wah"

The shots were fired on Fort Sumter. http://www.us-civilwar.com/sumter.htm April 12, 1861

[Crankin]

Ah, just to clarify, Patriot's Day has noting to do with the Civil War; it's the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord (The beginning of the American Revolution).
I find all history fascinating, though.

[Pax]

Ah, just to clarify, Patriot's Day has noting to do with the Civil War; it's the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord (The beginning of the American Revolution).
I find all history fascinating, though.
Have you ever read Back Bay, Harvard Yard, or Cape Cod by William Martin? All wonderful historical fiction that takes place in MA.

[DebW]

I like the new avatar, Pax. And cool planters, X and Kit.

Latest wrinkle on the canoe relay race team I'm organizing: someone dropped out, so now I'm paddling 2 legs :eek: At least it's legs 1 and 5, so I get a rest in between.

[Crankin]

I've read all of them. The last one published (I can't remember if it was Back Bay or Cape Cod) ended the exact same week I moved back here... the first week in June, 1990. I felt like the book had traced quite a few of the major events of my life. It was just a weird feeling to read an end of a book when the things discussed had such a current connotation to me.
I like most historical fiction. I guess it must be all of those Sunday drives my grandfather dragged me on, explaining all of the historical markers, etc.

[Pax]

I like the new avatar, Pax. And cool planters, X and Kit.

Latest wrinkle on the canoe relay race team I'm organizing: someone dropped out, so now I'm paddling 2 legs :eek: At least it's legs 1 and 5, so I get a rest in between.
Thanks, I'd love to have a Rudge chainring to hang on my wall.

How long are the legs you have to paddle??



I've read all of them. The last one published (I can't remember if it was Back Bay or Cape Cod) ended the exact same week I moved back here... the first week in June, 1990. I felt like the book had traced quite a few of the major events of my life. It was just a weird feeling to read an end of a book when the things discussed had such a current connotation to me.
I like most historical fiction. I guess it must be all of those Sunday drives my grandfather dragged me on, explaining all of the historical markers, etc.

I know when I read Cape Cod it was thrilling to learn the history of my birthplace. The even mention Bourne a few times in the book, pretty cool. :D

[DebW]

How long are the legs you have to paddle??


5 miles and 6 miles. Just got some 20"x5" signs with the team name on them laminated to tape to the boats.

[Pax]

5 miles and 6 miles. Just got some 20"x5" signs with the team name on them laminated to tape to the boats.

Wow, that's some paddling!

[crazycanuck]

:( I handed in the worst uni paper ever yesterday...Never again will I type such gunk :(...I thought I had the oomph but it seems to have taken a temporary vacation.

It's times like these that I wish I drank beer and bad bad junk food...:rolleyes::eek::p

[Kitsune06]

We all have days like that, CC.

[marni]

Marni, I don't remember there being a parade that the ABRHS band marched in on Patriot's Day, unless they stopped by the time Josh was in the band.[/QUOTE]

I am probably mixing that parade up with the memorial day parade and or thanksgiving parades, although the first couple of years that my oldest was in the band I'm pretty sure that they did some sort of musical tribute at the two wreath placements at the farm house up charter road from the hs and the monument on the town square. 3 kids each did 4 years in the ABRHS marching band and jazz band, all under Mr. Hickey, until the last three years of number 3 child, who got to finish out her band gig playing in the American School of the Hague International jazz band playing in places like Warsaw, Paris, Moscow and playing in interesting venues like a reception at the American Embassy, etc. Oh the hardships!

[marni]

Marni, I don't remember there being a parade that the ABRHS band marched in on Patriot's Day, unless they stopped by the time Josh was in the band.[/QUOTE]

I am probably mixing that parade up with the memorial day parade and or thanksgiving parades, although the first couple of years that my oldest was in the band I'm pretty sure that they did some sort of musical tribute at the two wreath placements at the farm house up charter road from the hs and the monument on the town square. 3 kids each did 4 years in the ABRHS marching band and jazz band, all under Mr. Hickey, until the last three years of number 3 child, who got to finish out her band gig playing in the American School of the Hague International jazz band playing in places like Warsaw, Paris, Moscow and playing in interesting venues like a reception at the American Embassy, etc. Oh the hardships!

[Crankin]

Oh yes, Mr. Hickey. I remember when Josh came home from his first day of band camp before 9th grade, very concerned that Mr.Hickey swore at them!
The ABRHS band was a huge part of Josh's life, even after he had sort of moved on to another social group. We told him he could quit if he wanted to, but he felt a very strong commitment. We saw them play at Symphony Hall, which was a huge thrill. In fact, that was on the same day that we saw Scott run the one mile fun run that the BAA sponsors for middle school kids on the Saturday before the Marathon. That's what got him started on endurance sports, the cycling, and ultimately, DH and I cycling.
Weird, huh?

[DebW]

I am probably mixing that parade up with the memorial day parade and or thanksgiving parades, although the first couple of years that my oldest was in the band I'm pretty sure that they did some sort of musical tribute at the two wreath placements at the farm house up charter road from the hs and the monument on the town square.

Did your town have a Veteran's Day parade? My son marched with the Middle School Band on Veteran's Day and they ended at the cemetary for a memorial service.

[Crankin]

The Memorial Day parade ends either at the cemetery on Concord Rd, between Rt. 27 and 2A, or the one just outside of west Acton, on Central St. I don't remember there ever being a Veteran's Day Parade. But, I think Concord has one and maybe that's what your son marched in, Deb?
I only remember Josh coming home from the Columbus Day and St. Patrick's parades in Boston, telling me about "the gross drunk guys who run out and try to pinch the girls' azzes," while they were marching :eek:.

[Kitsune06]

YAY! My B68 Imperial came in! :D

[Pax]

YAY! My B68 Imperial came in! :D

Cool! Pics when you put it on??

[Kitsune06]

We went for a toodle in the park further than I expected my sitbones to be happy with... I wore out before my butt did, which is a good sign. :rolleyes::p

Here's Sunny all dressed in her 'tank girl' outfit (aka the "omg-don't scratch my paint" special)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/5638871171_c43b6dffee_z.jpg Sorry 'bout the plastic bag but I'd put proofhide on and then thought "do I wanna wipe it off and waste it or just stick a bag on?" the PH was all rubbed into where my sit bones sat by the end, so yay for multitasking. :)

Out on my toodle I went way back in the woods (yay sorta-cyclo tires!) and picked some big leafy dandelions to steam for dinner.

I'm having a heck of a time just sitting here @ home after getting the news from X. :eek: :cool: ;) :D

[Pax]

Kit - I LOVE your bike!

[Kitsune06]

:D Thanks! It felt SO good to be out today!!!


edit:
Steamed the dandelions. EEEEEEk. Wow. Uh. Wow.
SO glad X got me seaweed salad for dinner to go w/ the eggrolls instead. :D

[Pax]

:D Thanks! It felt SO good to be out today!!!

Heard that! I'm still gingerly riding loops around the neighborhood, but I can't stop... every day when I get home from work I hop on my bike and take off. :D

[Kitsune06]

Heard that! I'm still gingerly riding loops around the neighborhood, but I can't stop... every day when I get home from work I hop on my bike and take off. :D

I know, right? I've been dying to get out but holding back because I was worried about the fork (it's an air fork and I had no idea how much air was actually in it, having sat for a while, but also, I'd never checked it. so I dunno if the shop had, either) and the mtb saddle I had on it to do trainer miles really sorta hurt, so I figured I'd wait 'til I had my ducks in a row to go out. My saddle and the all-important little air valve adapter for my fork BOTH came in today, so I took it as a sign and headed for the bike path. :)

[Pax]

That is excellent!

I swear this stuff is addicting, a month ago we had one bike in the garage, today we have four... and I talked with a friend at lunch today about possibly buying her road bike. :p

[marni]

Did your town have a Veteran's Day parade? My son marched with the Middle School Band on Veteran's Day and they ended at the cemetary for a memorial service.

Yes the town did have a Veterans day but not a parade. The wreath laying was actually in honor of Patriots Day- April 19th "the day of the shot heard around the world", the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the shooting of several patriots by the British red coats on Lexington green etc. and were laid in memory of the first patriots (whose names I am not remembering in a moment of mental pause) who died in the Battle of the North Bridge in Concord.

So yes it was in honor of Veterans, just not on Veterans day.

Probably far too much information.

[Crankin]

Just got back from the job fair. While most of the jobs (and there were plenty) were either working with kids or in places too far for me to consider/horrible commutes, I think I might have found one. It's in a clinic exactly like the one i am doing my internship at, but in a small city that is right next door to the town I used to teach in. It's a no stress drive *and* I estimate it's maybe 4 miles south of my old school... hence I could ride my bike. My school was 13.8 miles and maybe half a mile south of there I could get on a path that would take me directly into the down area where the clinic is. It's probably at the outer limit of a do-able commute, in terms of miles (17-18?), but since it's a flexible hours job, I could still do some riding during the day, as realistically, I might only commute once or twice a week. The woman and I hit it off and she said they need to hire someone "yesterday."
Keep your fingers crossed.

[Pax]

Fingers crossed for you Crankin!

[Kitsune06]

Good Luck, Crankin'!



Home sick today. :( I guess I get to work on workbook stuff before midterms monday. :P

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

These days I'm sorta getting more in the mood to hop on my bike for quick trips into town. It's only 1 mile round trip...but there is a steep 1/4 mile hill going back up to my house, so I actually get a little bit of a workout each time i go out. Plus i can swing around a few blocks or even go a couple miles more to the next town and back just to make the trip longer before heading back home. Depends on my mood and my schedule for the day. Usually i walk to town or take the car if I have to buy heavy stuff. But nowadays I'm enjoying jumping on my bike for small errands again, especially now with the rack and bungee cords on my Rivendell. :)

[OakLeaf]

Good luck Crankin!

[Pax]

These days I'm sorta getting more in the mood to hop on my bike for quick trips into town. It's only 1 mile round trip...but there is a steep 1/4 mile hill going back up to my house, so I actually get a little bit of a workout each time i go out. Plus i can swing around a few blocks or even go a couple miles more to the next town and back just to make the trip longer before heading back home. Depends on my mood and my schedule for the day. Usually i walk to town or take the car if I have to buy heavy stuff. But nowadays I'm enjoying jumping on my bike for small errands again, especially now with the rack and bungee cords on my Rivendell. :)

I put this basket (http://www.ebags.com/product/detours/town-and-country-handlebar-bag/121771) on my old Schwinn yesterday, just so I can errands on her. :p

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I put this basket (http://www.ebags.com/product/detours/town-and-country-handlebar-bag/121771) on my old Schwinn yesterday, just so I can errands on her. :p

That's a practical looking thing! What color did you get?

I used to have two panniers hanging on my rack...but they actually added weight and I wasnt filling them up with purchases. So I took them off and I just have the rack with two big bungee cords, and a little roll-up tote bag snapped on the rack. That seems to be just the right arrangement for me, for picking up a couple of things in town.

Once I put 25 lbs of groceries in my panniers and between that and the 35 pound bike w/rack, it was pretty unpleasant getting up the hill to my house. :o A bit much!
Now my goals are a lot more do-able for me.

[crazycanuck]

Is it my imagination or did a whole heap of posts from TE in the last few days just go "kawhoop" into the sunset?

[Pax]

That's a practical looking thing! What color did you get?

I used to have two panniers hanging on my rack...but they actually added weight and I wasnt filling them up with purchases. So I took them off and I just have the rack with two big bungee cords, and a little roll-up tote bag snapped on the rack. That seems to be just the right arrangement for me, for picking up a couple of things in town.

Once I put 25 lbs of groceries in my panniers and between that and the 35 pound bike w/rack, it was pretty unpleasant getting up the hill to my house. :o A bit much!
Now my goals are a lot more do-able for me.

I got the burgundy one, it looks really nice on my black bike. It's a quick release so it's only rated for 8lbs... but it should do fine for running to the co-op for a loaf of bread.

[snapdragen]

Is it my imagination or did a whole heap of posts from TE in the last few days just go "kawhoop" into the sunset?

Really? :confused: T'wasn't me...

[crazycanuck]

I'm getting my threads mixed up :o

carry on

[Kitsune06]

It's ok, Snap, I'll give you some work here eventually... I just need to work up a real good PMS rage and start posting inappropriately until some kind-hearted soul forces me to eat chocolate for the betterment of the world.

[Kitsune06]

Good lord there are so many posts that I would have commented on tonight wildly and freely back in the day... Alas, I have this little voice in the back of my head telling me "Oh you'd ruffle feathers".



I wish that voice would STFU. :p

[Kitsune06]

oh screw it, I went for it. :D Sorry in advance but I got a good giggle.

[Pax]

Rock on Kit! :p

[Xrayted]

I probably just pissed someone off in the car shopping thread. :o:rolleyes:

[Crankin]

Nah, I kind of supported you.
I've always hated American cars, anyway, and haven't had one since 1980.

[Catrin]

I love my Mitsubishi, all 100% Japanese made part of her.

[Xrayted]

Hehehe. Someone finally got my point over there. :D

[crazycanuck]

Whatever happened to Corsairmac?

I had a "whatever happened to ________ " moment...

[Pax]

I was reading some old threads and had a lot of those moments CC, what ever happened to Lise, Nanci, Spazzdog... ?

[Trek420]

Spazzdog I can update you. She is well and on her way back to Texas, near Dallas. She may already be there. I had brunch with her at Sauls last week before she left the Bay Area.

It's Passover, which makes me wonder whatever happened to Margo? And what about Bikingmomof3?

[Pax]

Thanks for the Spazzdog update, glad she's alive and well on planet earth. ;)

[Kitsune06]

We had a "How is BikingMomof3?" moment last week...

[kelownagirl]

I am loving seeing all this banter amongst the old guard. Keep it up ladies. So nice to see you all posting on TD again. :)

Spring has FINALLY arrived in Kelowna. Latest/coolest spring ever I think. Yesterday we drove down to Penticton and went for a long ride in the SUN! I even got a bit of a burn on my face - so nice to feel the warmth again...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Bikingmomof3 is ok last I heard. She cannot ride a bike ever since her stroke because of balance issues. She still jogs and yogas. She still battles bad migraines.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Rode my bike to breakfast this morning, then took the long way home to get in a couple of hills and a few miles. The weather was gorgeous for that!
Then I got home, saw that my native mason solitary bees had started emerging in their nest boxes- so cute, the males with their little white mustaches! The males emerge first and hang around the boxes like gangs of hormonal teenage ruffians, waiting for the females to hatch out so they can jump them. I did some checking in my honeybee hive (found the queen, she was laying ok), and as soon as I was done it started raining. D'oh!- there go my plans to finish cleaning the post-winter tomato/cucumber bed. :rolleyes:

[Crankin]

Margo and I emailed each other for at least a year during and long after my weird disease debacle... from fall 2007 until at least fall 2008. She and I even had some hopes of matching our children up... her daughter was in the Israeli Army at the time and we thought Scott might really go for that! Alas, I don't think I have her email anymore, since my computer had a melt down and I lost all of my addresses.
Didn't Lise reappear last year for awhile? Maybe it was the year before.

[Xrayted]

Knott!!! One more post and you hit 10K!!! Yay! :cool:

[Fredwina]

How is every one? This writing stuff is expensive! I should have never sent that e-mail to the reenacting group:eek:!

[Crankin]

I got an email from the woman I spoke to at the job fair, at the clinic near where I used to work. So, I guess my feeling that we clicked was correct. She sent me a list of "parameters" for fee for service clinicians, to make sure I was still interested. It was nothing unusual, so I emailed her back that I was *very* interested. I noticed she had cc'd the email to the clinic director, too. I recognized his name; I think I had applied for an internship there, but then I got the one I have before they called me. So, I have a feeling they like grads from Lesley. Yes, maybe it was worth the $ to go to a private university?
I will keep you posted.

[Pax]

Happy Birthday BSG!!!!