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Originally Posted by snapdragen

Just to guarantee my spot in H*ll:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...95289434928074

advance apologies if it offends anyone.....but I found it pee your pants funny.

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Well, since quite a few religions say you're going to hell if you don't follow them, and you can't really follow more than one, I think we'll have lots of company- but that's HILARIOUS.

(btw, if you write enough with 'OMG' and 'LOL' etc, you do end up accidentally saying them once or twice. It happens more often with IM conversations than just emailing etc (I think SKnot would agree...)

...so I admit, I actually have looked at someone in shock and disbelief, and without better words to express myself, said "Oh EM GEE!!! WTF?!" then we stared at each other in stunned silence that I'd actually SAID the acronyms. After that it became a joke among my friends, which only perpetuated the bad habit. :rolleyes:
I'm hanging my head in shame... I really am. ;)

Well I'm just back from holiday and there's too much TD to catch up with all at once so I'll just launch in - forgive my rudeness.:o

Prague was wonderful. It's a really beautiful city and any of you planning European breaks should certainly consider giving it a go. It is stunning to look at and full of historically interesting buildings, but it's also very cosmopolitan. Everyone speaks English which is great because Czech's not a language you can learn in a couple of days! The food was fantastic...due to the cosmopolitan influence it's not all meat and dumplings, not that there's anything wrong with meat and dumplings.

The weather was great also unlike here where it has been a horrible, grey day (very 'dreich', for those of you who want to learn Scots - a fine tongue if I may say so). Kitsun won the prize for pronouncing Edinburgh so I throw down the gauntlet again!

Extract from Scottish dictionary....
Dreich ADJ.
Description of the usual Scottish weather viz:
Damp, dreary, overcast, drizzling, threatening to pish doon, looks like it will stay like this for weeks....... :D :D:D

mimi, I forgot to say: Beautiful kitty babies! :D I'm glad they're getting more relaxed and friendly.

beta--thanks for the tip on Simple Green. I can tell you Target doesn't have it. I am not doing the North Shore Century after all. I am committed to the 1/2 marathon with my friend Jamie. I decided I could train effectively for one or the other, but not both. So I've been riding a fair amt--50 mi last week, 66 mi so far this week, but not enough to go out and ride 100 miles. How about you?

Bruno--my brother loved Prague. I understand the Scots' gloominess at times, being 1/4 Scots myself. Sometimes the sunshine is just too much! (not really. :p )

I get Simple Green at my local hardware store (LHS). Haven't seen it at grocery or at Target, but have seen it at Home Depot. Have to get some, actually, as my chain and cassette are a fright.

LHS reminded me: here we use LBS; I also knit, so in talking with knitters we use LYS (local yarn store), as well as other common acronyms (DH, DGF, etc.). I am fascinated by the evolution of such norms in such disparate crowds as cycling and knitting! I suppose it's due to cross-pollination from our interconnected communities of different interests.

I am psyched! :D Today the cute little mail carrier lady brought me a box from TE and my Amici Veloche s/s jersey! I was so regretting not having bought a s/s version (I got a sleeveless). I put the word out that I was looking for one, and someone who reads here, but hasn't yet posted, PM'd me. She sold me one she'd bought for a family member whom it didn't fit. Same price, she even priority mailed it to me at her cost. Thank you! It fits perfectly. Now I wish I were doing the ride tomorrow so I could wear it!

I also got my Zoic knickers and PI Sugar Knickers. I love the Sugar knickers. They feel wonderful, and it will be so nice to have my thighs and knees covered as it gets colder out. If I like the chamois, I'll buy a pair of the shorts, too. I'm not sure about the Zoics. I don't seem to have the extreme low-rise problem that others have mentioned. I've bent over, as I would on the bike, and they cover my butt :cool: . But they are so stiff, and a little shorter than I'd like. It might just be too much fabric up above, and not long enough down below. They also smell very strongly of moth balls! That could be washed out. I'm undecided about keeping them.

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Originally Posted by Bruno28

Well I'm just back from holiday and there's too much TD to catch up with all at once so I'll just launch in - forgive my rudeness.:o

Prague was wonderful. It's a really beautiful city and any of you planning European breaks should certainly consider giving it a go. It is stunning to look at and full of historically interesting buildings, but it's also very cosmopolitan. Everyone speaks English which is great because Czech's not a language you can learn in a couple of days! The food was fantastic...due to the cosmopolitan influence it's not all meat and dumplings, not that there's anything wrong with meat and dumplings.

The weather was great also unlike here where it has been a horrible, grey day (very 'dreich', for those of you who want to learn Scots - a fine tongue if I may say so). Kitsun won the prize for pronouncing Edinburgh so I throw down the gauntlet again!

Extract from Scottish dictionary....
Dreich ADJ.
Description of the usual Scottish weather viz:
Damp, dreary, overcast, drizzling, threatening to pish doon, looks like it will stay like this for weeks....... :D :D:D

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I'm going to guess "Dre(gargley ch sound, deep in the throat) but I could be wrong there. ;)

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Originally Posted by Kitsune06

I'm going to guess "Dre(gargley ch sound, deep in the throat) but I could be wrong there. ;)

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Nearly! Dreeeeecchhh (extended gargly sound). How come you're so good at this? You must have Scottish relatives you are not declaring...or you were Scottish in another life. Are you often grumpy and sullen? ??? That could be a sign.:D

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Originally Posted by Bruno28

Nearly! Dreeeeecchhh (extended gargly sound). How come you're so good at this? You must have Scottish relatives you are not declaring...or you were Scottish in another life. Are you often grumpy and sullen? ??? That could be a sign.:D

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My ex's parents are actually thinking of moving to Scotland, and put a lot of effort into getting us to move with them... I'm still considering it, but I'd probably have a hard time getting a proper job there.
...grumpy and sullen? I thought that just came with the PNW/Scottish weather! ;)

I only picked up little bits here 'an there...
Ah ken the blellum gey guid for ae daft lass...
coud be bletherin'. ;)

sk glad to hear about your dad.

knotted glad the bike made it.


personally if i had any mind at all i probably should just curl up in bed and never get up. went out eider banding again today (got a whole 2, yes that's TWO eiders). my neoprene waders have leaks in both boots so i had to wear the gortex ones. gortex in bering sea not good. i got so cold i had to jump in a gumby suite. couldn't feel anything. i was to cold to even shiver. once in the gumby suite for a half hour or so i could shiver again. the whole way back to the trucks i was cold. warmed up in the truck on with the heater on high and still in waders and gumby suite. tomorrow i'm wearing gortex waders under the neoprene. i will not be cold! i can always take layers off. you know how hard it is to move in a gumby suite? specially one that's really big. at least on the ride home when the waves kicked up if we went over i would float. always a bright side. now a very hot shower sounds nice.

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Originally Posted by maillotpois

Snap - save a seat for me. I'll do the same if I get there first.

That was funny!

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Better set up a couple of benches down there...

maillotpois, if were all headed down the road to H*ll are you bringing the tandem? Dibs on the back seat ;-)

you know i'll probably be down there with everyone too. is there an extra seat for me?

You can ride on my handlebars. ;)

Awwwww, shucks thanks :rolleyes:

This is, of course, assuming that even in h*ll I get my xtracycle, and dgf has my 'back seat'

...what is that line... I'm not sure where it's from:
"If we manage to find each other's company; even in h*ll, there will be joy for us all."

we can do this :D check the bikers on the right side.

www.dancepicturelibrary.com/viewcircus.php?id=5

... on your bike, right? ;)

well we need 3 bikes to do the stunt ....

...um... if we're doing this in h*ll, it might not be a good idea. I'm thinking murphy's law applies doubly in h*ll. i.e. we might not be all stacked up like that for very long. On the bright side, though, I don't think anyone could die...

How dark. :rolleyes:

So would it be crazy to try to ride a century tomorrow on the fixed gear? It's relatively flat from what I gather, and the gear is pretty easy for me so hills shouldn't be too heinous. Though downhill might be interesting....

Just toying around.

Sounds like h*ll will have a great group. I'll bring a bottle of wine and the parcheesi.

Some joke I read implied that the heat of h*ll was caused by the friction of the outer bounds expanding to allow space for the sheer number of souls going there every day. (allowing for all the various things that lead one to go there)

*shrugs* I'll bring the hard cider and porter. For all we know, anything stronger would ignite. ;)

On a merrier subject:
The weather today was pretty nice. Rainy here and there, but relatively warm. I managed to see it rain during a bright, sunny spell, blue, clear sky and everything. An old tale says it's a sign foxes are getting married :D

TE Seattle ride was great! Oh, so great. 52 miles and two meals (with alcohol of course!) on the ride.

I'm so tired I can hardly type.

I wanna do it again tomorrow...:D

It doesn't sound like my century will be as fun as your TE Seattle ride....

Lise - probably a good thing you decided not to do this one.

Forecast today is for strong storms to develop in the afternoon. That's not what's as depressing as the 15-25 mph winds out of the south for today. The route goes north into WI then back down. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. :D Gears will certainly be used today!

Enjoy your Sunday everyone.

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Originally Posted by Kitsune06

Some joke I read implied that the heat of h*ll was caused by the friction of the outer bounds expanding to allow space for the sheer number of souls going there every day. (allowing for all the various things that lead one to go there)

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But adiabatic expansion always leads to cooling. Is hell adiabatic? Does it have an atmosphere? Does it obey the hydrostatic equation and typical mass conservation laws? A new forefront for scientific investigation.

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Originally Posted by betagirl

It doesn't sound like my century will be as fun as your TE Seattle ride....

Lise - probably a good thing you decided not to do this one.

Forecast today is for strong storms to develop in the afternoon. That's not what's as depressing as the 15-25 mph winds out of the south for today. The route goes north into WI then back down. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. :D Gears will certainly be used today!

Enjoy your Sunday everyone.

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Yep, it doesn't look like a great biking day today. I know I made the right choice when I realized I just didn't have the training to do it enjoyably. I could ride 100 miles, but it wouldn't be as fun as it should.

I was at the UIC Pavillion last night, for the big anniversary celebration of that little 12 step group I'm part of. I have a service committment, and mainly stood, (sometimes walked) in heels, on a cement floor, for 5 hours. They were the lowest heels I own, but still. My legs and feet hurt. I must've kicked myself, too, because at one point I looked down and had blood on my ankle! I don't hurt myself this much riding a bike! :rolleyes:

Have a great century, beta. Looking forward to the report. L.

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Originally Posted by DebW

But adiabatic expansion always leads to cooling. Is hell adiabatic? Does it have an atmosphere? Does it obey the hydrostatic equation and typical mass conservation laws? A new forefront for scientific investigation.

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The scarey thing is that I understood most of that...

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Originally Posted by betagirl

So would it be crazy to try to ride a century tomorrow on the fixed gear? It's relatively flat from what I gather, and the gear is pretty easy for me so hills shouldn't be too heinous. Though downhill might be interesting....

Just toying around.

Sounds like h*ll will have a great group. I'll bring a bottle of wine and the parcheesi.

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why not? it's flat, the bike is new and sweet and light!

This is SKnot's latest fun thing www.sodaplay.com

Like the old geometry stuff we used to do with soda straws and lumps of putty. Very cool and it's keeping him entertained for hours.

Gee, you rode 52 miles, KY! after my 30 and after some nice man stopped and jumpstarted my car (the battery just didn't last 5 hours of sitting with the headlights on) i went home and... finished a book.

but first i went to Elliott Bay Bicycle to give them
the matching purple and black handlebar tape for our tandem. DH will have new handlebars with bar end shifters now. I took a look, they're pretty cool. (my handlebars already have the purple and black...)

:D

MimiT - Yup, we were like the Energizer Bunny out there.

I wanna do it again!

Glad you got your car jumpstarted. Next time we should go with you to your car to make sure you didn't leave your lights on again!

After I got home I realized that not only had I done my longest ride yet on the commutermobile, it may also have been my last long ride on it for a while. When I get Flosshilde back from RC the commutermobile will go to SKnot until he outgrows it.

Wonder how much faster I'll go on a road bike? (I'm sure the lavender tape will add a mile or two per hour!:D )

oh g*d, there she goes about the bar tape. :confused: ;) :cool:

OK, it's on my desk, to the left of my Mac, here, I'll put it in my bag so I won't forget it .... there ... in the bag. Happy now?

There's a shipping envelope on my desk at work (for the stamps that get donated to Easter Seals, long story) and a post office in the Kaiser Bldg.

On my lunch break the tape will be in the mail.

It won't make you faster, just cooler looking if at all possible.

Cheese and rice :cool:

I love you, Trek! :D

(cheese and rice! hee hee!)

I know you were just WAITING for me to mention the tape! I did! I did! <Knot bouncing up and down gleefully and giggling>

We want you, Trek. Bring the tape up yerself so you can ride with us!

Join us.... reisistance is futile... become one of us.... we will assimilate...

;)

KnottedYet

"I love you, Trek! :D"

HAH, yeah right, whatever, PNW TE and my dog loves me.

"Bring the tape up yerself so you can ride with us!"

I'm outa vacation time, but hey, there's a Sunday ride here next week :cool:

How'd you pick the name for the Waterford? :confused:

KnottedYet

"I love you, Trek! :D"

HAH, yeah right, whatever, PNW TE and my dog loves me.

"Bring the tape up yerself so you can ride with us!"

I'm outa vacation time, but hey, there's a Sunday ride here next week :cool: I'll be looking for a Waterford.

How'd you pick the name for the Waterford? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Trek420

How'd you pick the name for the Waterford? :confused:

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Well, from a book by Tom Holt called Expecting Someone Taller. It's kind of a spoof of the Ring Saga. There's a ditzy smartass (but sweet) character, Flosshilde the Rhine Maiden. My favorite.

So, in finest stream-of-conciousness, "Flosshilde" came to me as the right name for the Waterford. Wisconsin. Beer. Norse/Germanic. Water/Rhine. Blonde/Gold. Ditzy smart@ss. Sweet. Beautiful. Bugs Bunny.

Yup, Bugs Bunny. Singing. As in "oh Brunhilde, you're so lovely" (Elmer Fudd as Siegfried) "Yes I know it, I can't help it." (Bugs as Brunhilde)

Just switch the valkyrie Brunhilde for Flosshilde and you've got the soundtrack. And yes, I did sing it to her as I was getting her out of the box.

I'm a dork. But a sweet ditzy smart@ss dork.

I saw someone wearing a great t-shirt once. Had to talk to her about it. It looked very professional. Like you'd expect to see employees of a company wearing.

It said (in subdued professional printing over the left chest):
Fasoult and Fafnir
Construction
Rates Negotiable

I nearly peed my pants laughing.

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Originally Posted by KnottedYet

I saw someone wearing a great t-shirt once. Had to talk to her about it. It looked very professional. Like you'd expect to see employees of a company wearing.

It said (in subdued professional printing over the left chest):
Fasoult and Fafnir
Construction
Rates Negotiable

I nearly peed my pants laughing.

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Care to explain that? Even Google didn't help. :confused:

Odin hired two giants, Fasoult and Fafnir, to build Valhalla. In exchange for their work, he promised to give them his sister-in-law Frigg. Unfortunately, this was a promise he never intended to keep. Freyja gets mad at Odin for even PRETENDING to give away her sister...:mad: So the giants come to collect their due, Odin commands Loki to find *someone else*. So Loki does what Loki does best... telling the two giants about Alberich/Andarvi and the Rheingold. The promise of power and the ability to escape from the deal with the giants interests the gods, even Odin himself...

...and that starts the chain of events for Ragnarok.

...this all vrom a Wagnerian opera "Der Ring des Nibelungen"

...way, way, way too much time on my hands. :rolleyes:

except Wagner uses different names for the gods/goddesses... am I right, Knot?

Today was bath day for the queen - aka Chloe the wonder corgi.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1.../IMG_0427A.jpg

Awwww!!!!