Holy schnikies! Those calves are a work of art.
Fish - Sorry to hear about your dog. That's never easy news to take.
The movie "Magnolia" is on. One of my favorites. Even with Tom Cruise in it. It was before he went really crazy.
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Holy schnikies! Those calves are a work of art.
Fish - Sorry to hear about your dog. That's never easy news to take.
The movie "Magnolia" is on. One of my favorites. Even with Tom Cruise in it. It was before he went really crazy.
Fish family, I'm so sorry to hear about your pooch. Sounds like he is a much loved dog and I'm sure he knows that. :o
Knotted, let me know if you need an illustrator for that book.
Trek- can you and I take turns on illustrating?
Knot- Can you and I take turns on stories?
I write entirely too much.
sure, I don't write at all. First we need a working title perhaps;
She'd Tri anything once (twice if it was good)
"You Only Ride the Ones You Love"
A story of a woman, her bike, and their adventures...
Brooks on a Cobblestone Road
Have you ever come this way before?
:eek:
Flirting with banishment, every step of the way...:o
stop, there's tea all over the monitor :p
there's the simple "She Tri-d it on a Brooks"
I have other title ideas I'm afraid if I try to top those we'll get TE TD locked.
Off to choose a bike .... and jersey for tomorrow ahem.
Trek and Kitsune, you have some lovely ideas for titles (eh-hem!) So, I take it there is another ride tomorrow, Trek? Your own Rhide-Maiden?
Y'know, if you contract with one of the romance publishers, they send you an outline that you follow?
Oh, Fish, I hope Roux is ok. It's so tough when our critters are sick. My friend's golden is having health problems too.
going to bed to get some rest, it's Bike Agains the Odds tomorow
Think up some storylines for us while you're out tomorrow.
I like the idea of a ride along the coast, a chance meeting of bicyclists on a bluff above the tide line, a sunset decision to rent a room in a seaside b+b... and the next day they continue their separate ways, one northbound one southbound.
I don't have the concentration and endurance to write a novel. Short stories are more my speed. (Ever read any collections of "Sudden Fiction"? those're fun!)
I looked at some cornsnake pages the other day and the colorings are just spectacular. I asked Mr. Salsa what he would think about having a snake and he thought for a minute and said "...I'm not sure..." Which seemed a not unreasonable first response. Neither of us could quite figure out how our two cats, ages 15 and 16, would feel about this.
Here's my favorite so far:
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Nanci, is there someplace on here, or elsewhere, where you've listed all the critters you have?
Fish...I am so sorry about Roux. MP has it right--hard not to be able to explain to them. So we just love them with our whole hearts instead, and they do seem to know that.
Fish-sorry to hear about your doggie not being well. Big hugs to you and your little ones. :) :) I'm sure Roux appreciates the love you;ve given him.
Salsa-interesting snake..I said to ian how about a snake for a pet..I received a :eek: :confused: response...He said we'd have no problems with insects, cockroaches (they're horrible for everyone in the summer in WA because we're surrounded by sand...) and it'd keep the weird people away. "Yes come in,by the way this is our pet dugite...:eek: " I took that as a no..
He said no to a lizard too. We can just look at the nice bobtailed lizards when we go biking.
We are thinking of a ferret but the dogggieeee is still winning.
I played with my bike seat & now I can't get it to the exact spot it should be..had to stop a few times today to play with the height..I know i just need to move it a smidgen...
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CC, do you have the flying kind of cockroach? In Florida here in the States, they call them palmetto bugs but they are definitely roaches. When I traveled around Japan in 86, I stayed with some friends who had vastly impressive roaches. They were HUGE. I made a deal with myself---I could live with it as long as I never woke up with one on my face (sleeping on a tatami mat gets your face damn close to cockroach crawling range). And I never did. Although I used to hear one of the friends, Thomas, thundering through the apartment in the middle of the night going after the roaches with his tennis racket.
So do yours fly in WA, or spin around, or do other such tricks?
Salsa,
We have flying cockroaches, flying ants & i think marchbugs (bugs that appear in march...no kidding..!!!) You name it, I think we have it..bugs, snakes, spiders, kangaroos, funky reptiles, jellyfish/ stingers (not as lethal as in QLD though :eek: ), sharks, dolphins, whales & who knows what else in the ocean..
I can't say if the flying cockroaches do any other tricks but would rather they do the disappearing trick...:D
I loved sleeping on tatami mats. I remember trying to keep them clean but the dust bunnies kept settling in.
I went for a ride this afternoon to try and see if I could find my new house. I was close...Came home & conferred with Ian about the distance. I have two distance choices for my soon to start commute-22km or 30km.(headwinds & side winds but most of it's on a brand new bike path with lights and a few hills)
I prefer the 30km ride as i'm doing swimming and running as well during the week. I'm off to the commuting section...
c
A page ago I felt like I was sitting down to read the latest copy of Penthouse Forum.... :p
Hmmm....Bikehouse Forum.....
Dear Forum,
I was out on my typical ride today when suddenly, out of nowhere, this beautiful....
rider with calves like this .....
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...0614/Par912353
Fish, sorry to hear about your pup. That's sad. Is it too late to treat? I have a people friend who just got done being treated for his second bout of lymphoma- he had to have that bone marrow transplant where they make you grow a bunch of stem cells, then take them out, then kill off all your bone marrow, then put the cells back in.
Salsa, that looks like the Okeetee Corn from North Carolina.
I rode a 200k down on the mid east coast of Florida yesterday, and saw the shuttle take off! I also had my best 100k time ever, 3.5 hours, but then the second 100k was 4.5 hours. It was windy- very strong wind from the east all day, so since the route was south to north to south, crosswinds all day. Pretty, though.
Nanci
Great ride Nanci. How cool to see the shuttle take off.
I just spent too much time on iTunes using a gift card I got. Best song I downloaded:
Ca Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand :D
the last thing I got from iTunes was "How we operate" by Gomez. I heard it on the radio at work, and HAD to get it. A banjo in a pop song! (well, it was a pop radio station. I guess that counts)
You can get Bones episodes from iTunes. Bones and House are the shows I try to catch on TV. I first saw them this summer in re-runs. Now I wanna know what's going on.
And I missed the 1st episode of House this season. Why in 'ell is House RUNNING and WALKING and SKATEBOARDING?!?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZkhdFH2vJU
Hi Beta - Plastic Bertrand - enjoy.
I was 21 when I bopped to this. I feel very old....I'm off to lie down in a darkened room.
We leave for Hawaii in one week... Yay!!!
Oh shaddup!:rolleyes: :D What island?Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
LOL Bruno. Thanks.
Those wacky French. My first exposure to the song was back when European Vacation came out. There's a fine film.
Ditto :DQuote:
Oh shaddup! What island?
Hey Lise and other Chicago ladies....
What a FINE day weather-wise we're having eh? :rolleyes:
And yet, I see people out riding in it. WHY? It's Sunday! Go back to bed! That's my plan! :p (for those who don't live here: 62 and raining. In the spring, that sounds like heaven. At the end of summer, it sounds like....:( )Quote:
Originally Posted by betagirl
I'm uploading my Blair Witch Space Shuttle video to YouTube right now. It's ok. Here's my explanation- I'm riding along, riding along, watching for it, then, yikes!! It looks like a fire in the sky- it takes me a moment to stop, get out the camera, decide whether to take a picture or a movie, oh no, it's set on macro, does that matter for a movie, thrash around, finally start.
I did so much yard work this morning- killed weeds in sidewalk cracks, poisoned I mean fed the fire ant mound that had to start up right in my new little flower I planted, take the torts out to graze, mow about an acre around the house, weed out my poor azaleas in the front that couldn't even be seen for the weeds. Got two thirds of the way through before the weed wacker died. Two loads of laundry. Trimmed pine that was almost reaching the ground. Why, in the south, do trees grow down, not up? Found a slug for Fagalo. Got the last nightcrawler out of the fridge for Fagalo. Found a Katydid for Fagalo.
Maizey shed last night, now she is prowling around looking hungry and gorgeous.
I forgot, on the way to Indian Harbour Beach Friday, my friend drove. We left about three hours later than I wanted to. Got a flat just out of reach of calling her DH to help. She calls AAA. I locate the spare and tools, just in case. She calls AAA back- after 30 minutes (we were supposed to be "red-flagged, at the top of the list" since we were on the shoulder of the Interstate, not even pulled off, which, BTW, is what caused the flat in the first place, pulling off to get her bike seat off because it was starting to rain. I can't stand waiting, so think I will just take the lug nuts off the tire. And get the spare out. (It's one of those stupid spares that you can only drive 50 miles on, at 50mph...) So then I get the jack, and can't find a good place, and finally get the jack under the _round_ axle, which is where the manual says to jack it up, change the tire, friend is amazed because she has never shanged a tire in her life, an hour after getting the flat we call AAA to say never mind. Head to the only gas station there is, a truck stop, they don't do cars, and hem and haw and finally locate a guy who knows how to do car tires, and finally get it fixed, and the manager says it's free, so we give the surly mechanic $20 anyway...Then we get there, at 8:00 PM, and she discovers she has forgotten her entire bag of clothes- all bikeclothes, pajamas, cosmetics, etc. Calls someone to borrow bike clothes from his wife. Goes to Publix to buy lotion, a T-shirt to sleep in, socks, etc. Then, in the morning, discovers the missing bag stuffed down between two seats and is very happy.
We get to pick up the new baby tonight!!
So we will have:
Two feral pigeons- Dillbird and Milly
Cornsnake- Maizey
Eastern Box Turtle- Fagalo
Two Desert Tortoises- Koko and Buttercup
Glass Lizard- Russell Junior
California Kingsnake- not named yet
Phew. I am back in Seattle after a month in Albany NY with my mom in hospital. I think and hope she is stable and a little better, although she has no appetite and accepted a feeding tube last week in the hopes it would let her rebuild strength, energy, get some exercise, maybe get hungry again, and get out of there to a rehab place. Had many 10-12 hour days in the hospital seeing very scary stuff happening to her and tugging on staff sleeves whenever necessary. Was feeling awful about having to return here and asked her over the phone this week if she needed me to come back, and she said, enunciating clearly, "It is not necessary." Made me laugh--it was clear she meant it. Came back here to Seattle having to start work last week (school psychologist) and move out of the house this week as they are taking off the old roof and putting on the new one in this crazy house expansion we're doing. And then Mr. Salsa left at 0:dark:30 this morning for an east coast work trip. Wonder how I'd score on that stressful-events point system? Don't want to know.
Fish, we lost a really beloved cat named Sara some years ago, at a very young age. Our vet, who also adored Sara, sent us a card with this on it: "We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own live within a fragile circle, easily breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan..." The Once Again Prince from Separate Life Times by Irving Townsend. The card made us cry, of course (still does), but was also a great comfort, so I offer it up here hoping the same.
Got several 50 mile tandem rides in over the last month and got back on my own single bike on Thursday, was very glad to see I could still do that hill I added to my ride without a lot of difficulty! Thought in the last part of the 28-mile ride, "Damn. I really, really need to be back on the bike. This feels so good."
Sheesh.
SK and chickwhorips, thinking about your dads...
Nanci, that is an Okeetee. Snakes look like some kind of fantastic jewelry to me, except for that ewe-eating boa, which looked more like a hog. What an oinker.
Yeah, which Hawaiian island?? I plan to get to the PO tomorrow to send out that TD book to you so you can read it on the beach!
By the way, my extremely convenient brother in law, who is in the State Dept., has just become Deputy Chief of Mission in...JAMAICA!!! Hallelujah. I'm a big reggae addict. Can't wait to visit. (Previous visits to him have included Paris and multiple trips to London. Sadly we were grad students when he was stationed in Ankara, so missed Turkey totally). WE'RE JAMMIN'...JAMMIN'...I WANNA JAM IT WID YOU...WE'RE JAMMIN'...JAMMIN...HOPE YOU LIKE JAMMIN' TOO
Yippee - I've finished packing and am off to Prague on vacation tomorrow.:D
All of you with health issues, sick relatives and pets - take care and I'll be thinking of you.
It's been a beautiful sunny day here (quite uncharacteristic for the time of year). I was out for a gentle bike ride with my 75 year old mum who is fearless and, therefore, quite scary sometimes.
Y'all be good while I'm away.:cool:
Nanci - very cool!
(dang, Florida is FLAT!)
Hee hee, as I was watching that I was hoping your camera would point back down to your bike again so I could scope it out... :D
Sure looks desolate, too, doesn't it? Oh, you should have seen the jungly neighborhoods by the Indian River, which is what is between the mainland and the sand spit islands like Satellite Beach and Indina River Harbour. I can't even imagine how many millions most cost. I saw two peacocks out in someone's fornt yard!
Florida is such a different landscape. When I was travelling by train from Paris to Brittany, I remember thinking, "It looks like Wisconsin." I wonder where else in the world looks like Florida? Things must grow down there at a rate we northerners can scarely imagine. Glad to hear Maisey's doing well!
Salsa, glad to hear your mom's stable enough for you to come home. You, SK, and CWR remain in my thoughts. If you go to JA, we expect a full report! I spent two months there in 2001, at a birth center project in a town called Oracabessa, east of Ocho Rios. No bike riding--the roads were perpetually torn up by the weather and salt water, and the cars drove all over the road to avoid the potholes. I'd just get in a car and close my eyes until we got there! :eek: :p Beautiful country.
MP, why Hawaii? Vacation? Work? Have a great time packing this week!
You're gloating... ;) I'm sooooo jealous! I could use a vacation right about now.Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
MP - you hit it on the head about not being able to tell your pet that you're doing everything possible and about the added stress. I may explode. It's a real possibility. I need to get out to ride. And - I really want to try my new shorts!!!!! The in-laws are here this afternoon, so that might not be a possibility.
Thanks to everyone for your thoughts on Roux. We're not sure if he's treatable. From what I've read online, the treatment is miserable and may only extend the dog's life for a few months. I'm not sure I want to make him miserable for just a little more time. If there was a remote possibility of curing him - I'd jump on it. We'll know more about specifics (diagnosis, treatment options, etc.) on Monday or Tuesday. This came on so quickly that I'm hoping it's early. This dog doesn't show he's sick until he's really really sick, so we'll see. The doc said lymphoma (most likely diagnosis) moves very quickly.
Back to happier conversation of pornographic bike literature and vacations. Where would be you most favorite place to vacation???
Nanci - very cool video! I've heard the space shuttle re-enter - the sonic boom. It flies right over Lafayette, LA (where I went to grad school) on re-entry. It was totally overcast, so we couldn't see it - just heard it.
Hey fish, I just noticed you were the 4000th reply to this thread.
Holy schnikies!
My friends and I are planning a trip to Ireland for next May. Going to visit the motherland. :D May bounce over to Edinburgh for a few days.Quote:
Where would be you most favorite place to vacation???
Hmmm, my most favorite place to vacation? Depends on what I need. Relaxation: some all inclusive resort in the middle of nowhere where my highest priority is to find the perfect beach chair and the right flavor of mixed adult beverage. If I want to do/see things, I really enjoy Europe. I want to go to Thailand, but time and money constraints won't let that happen right now. Japan too.
Just when I think it's cleared up enough to go for a run, the rain starts again! I think this will have to be an invountary rest day ... and a gloomy one at that!Quote:
Originally Posted by betagirl
Bike Against the Odds....done.
I did the 47 mile 4,000 foot route. I'm done in. I saw Cindysue.
The new baby, Choco, is home safe and sound. He's not the meanest snake in the world, he's a pussycat.
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Originally Posted by snapdragen
The big island for about 5 - 6 days and then Oahu for 1 night. 2 nights on Oahu for DH; Em and I will leave a day early do DH and his parents will stay for the TNT bike ride. I have to get her back to school for a 3 day overnight class trip to Walker Creek. Rough life she has...
We've been to the big island before and when we had a week to play with, we decided we just wanted to go back. THere's so much variety in terms of terrain and stuff to do. We are renting a friend's condo, which is nice.
(My daughter used to think they were singing "Pajama").Quote:
Originally Posted by salsabike
Salsa - welcome back!! Sounds like you have had a rough time. You are a good daughter. I am sure that I won't be at all happy about going across the country to take care of my mother if the need arises. We have a more strained relationship it seems.
Anyway, welcome back - I'd be happy to have something to read on the beach...