Sounds like a marriage to me. :rolleyes: ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
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Sounds like a marriage to me. :rolleyes: ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Your new Stihl probably has auto chain and bar oilers on her. Check your book to make sure what after maint you need to do. Just like with a bike chain, too much oil can be bad. Drags a lot of extra gunk into the housing. They kind of fool proof them these days. (for fools like me) The handle is wide enough to put your foot in to hold it down when starting. (Had a neighbor guy about 12 yrs ago slice the heck out of his thigh starting one - eeewww. Oh, the stories I could tell about him.) I like the easier starter too. I've got a 270, runs like a champ. I like that I don't have to take the fuel cap off to see how much I've got left - nice little window on the side. The carb shouldn't flood or vapor lock either - there's a wonderful little sensor to keep it in check.
<<scrape, muffle, screet>>
The dragging of little feet as Cindy ushers her inner tomboy back in it's cage... :D
let the tomboy out to play with us!
I'm gonna take a hot shower. (or do I need a cold one;) ) and try to get my muscles to calm down. I'll do some chamomile tea and Excedrin and put on my jammies and try to decide if my shoulders will handle kayaking tomorrow afternoon.
I wanna go kayaking. And go bike riding. How do I do both AND go out to dinner with my old college roomie AND volunteer at the church coffee hour?
(and do laundry and dishes and vacuum and take the dog for a walk and go get some groceries and scrub out my shower which is calling to me right now)
ick. that L.A. person just posted in "Getting to Know You". I'm not gonna look. I'm gonna go take a shower. Ta-ta!
chuck it all and jump in the hot tub - that's what I do. As a matter of fact, it's out there on the patio looking awfully lonely right now... hmmm. Gotta go. See ya all tomorrow!
(By the way, L.A. is back and I've reported him again! They didn't boot him, they just erased his stuff.)
cindy
KnottedYe "ick. that L.A. person just posted in "Getting to Know You". I'm not gonna look. I'm gonna go take a shower. Ta-ta!"
Too late, I looked, he called me a name, in video no less. Just going to put him on ignore.
I reported him on it. He's all sore that we made him leave, so now he's just shamelessly insulting. He went to the low-rise jeans thread next. We need CWR here to kick him in the shin. :(
And in "first time comando" but I don't see what he wrote, he's on ignore.
Sometimes it's harder to be the bigger woman.
...though that sounds really weird in this situation.
DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS
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Isn't Nanci doing a big ride this weekend? Called "Six Gaps", I think.
We are back in the hotel since we didn't really have a roof---just trusses (rafters). Will probably be here another week since we redefined in a long discussion with contractor today what "livable, move back in" condition really is. Poor cats are still at the neighborhood cattery, a very nice cats-only boarding place with a little playroom that all the guest cats rotate through each day. I always want to start working there whenever we drop them off because there are so many gorgeous cats to play with. We went to visit ours today since they will be stuck there another week, poor guys. So anyway...back to airplane watching out the hotel window.
It's gorgeous fall weather now here in Seattle. 50-mile tandem ride coming up tomorrow. Hurray!
I think this is the fewest users (23) I've ever seen on TE. Well, and a couple hundred lurkers and 'bots, but they don't count.
I'm out of spam. I'm reduced to healthful food now, like low fat/low salt chicken breast pesto and red pepper sausages.
sigh.
It's the hour. Those East Coast folks are sacked out.
What on earth is a red pepper sausage?
We went to Whole Foods on the way back to the hotel this afternoon and spent a bundle on various things, especially cheeses, as a sort of stress consolation prize. It was great. I have a thing for new Manchego.
Got 'em at Costco. White meat chicken with red bell pepper and the tiniest bit of pesto, made into a pretty decent sausage. I threw out the wrapper, so I can't tell you the brand.
Nuke 'em for 2 minutes, add a baked potato with olive oil and pepper, and you have Knot's Dinner.
Noo haud on a meenit - I put up with all your yankee talk and the fact that none of yous can spell colour or humour and just quietly go about my business.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
I've invented a new game for myself - everytime I say something Scottish I'm going to take a drink. I'll be blootered in nae time. :D
Try living in the uk. Just now there's 9 people on including me.Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
I'm totally depressed I got up early to go out on my bike and the rain is stoatin' aff the pavement here. And its so dark that I'd need lights and bright coloured watrproof clothing and I don't have either. I'm jist goin' tae hiv to bide at hame and eat haggis.
Ah ken, whit aboot we have a talk Scottish day?
Noo there's only 7 folk on TE including me....is it something I said?
Ahey bruno, I understand eve'ting ya're seyin. Ye didn scare meh ewey.
I did my first 10km fun run today!!! :) My friend and I took our time and did it in 1hr10min. My goal was to go at my own pace and finish.
I'm a Canuck & i speeeeel Colour, humour and all dem udder words correctly!!!
Wayyeyeeyeyey...it was 27c today!!! Summer's a comin
Hey how come I can't edit a post??? I want to edit my christmas card post...
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Originally Posted by crazycanuck
You've been tae Paisley...nothin's gonna scare you!
Not even this? (I found it doing a google image search for paisley)
http://math.bu.edu/people/einnhoj/ha...sley-karen.jpg
BETA! Good Lord, woman! You scared me! I was composing the post that follows, and when I hit reply, first thing that popped up was that picture! YIKES! :eek:
Och! Y'er talking leek m'ancestors! (It's hopeless. I have too much Swedish, Danish, German, and yes, I'm sorry, English blood mixed in here. :p ) But leave t'haggis be! It can'na be gud fer ya!
So sorry to hear L.A. popped back up overnight. What a big, fat baby. Oh, that doesn't sound right, coming as an insult coming from a midwife... But seriously. Thanks, salsa, for educating me as to trolls and sock puppets. I will feed neither. Somehow I'm doubting he's 24 and a competitive cyclist, eh?!
Salsa, also sorry to hear that you have a contractor who believes that "no roof" is habitable in the PNW. :rolleyes: Glad you have a good cattery, and your little guys will be fine. Enjoy your Hilton experience.
I miss Nanci, SK, and, hey, fishdr's been pretty scarce this weekend, too! I know Nanci's riding, maybe SK's caring for her dad and mom, and the fish family is in the throes of packing for the move.
Beta - they all look like that in Paisley. Ask CC.
I just know it - someone's from Paisley's gonna register and I'm gonna get it. If you don't hear from me for a while contact the Polis.
Oh! My eyes, my eyes!
The inhumanity of it all. :p
Gotta admit, scrolling down, that scared the h*ll out of me. That wouldn't be a pic of L.A.'s gf, would it?
My Scottish accent only comes back if I'm: around Scots, or extremely stressed, or watching a movie filmed in Scotland.
Which made drama class and giving presentations pretty funny.
Otherwise if people notice anything, they think I'm Canadian, which is ok with me.
Be'y bough' a bi' of bu'er
Bu' she found the bu'er bi'er
So she bough' a be'er bi' of bu'er
To make the bi'er bu'er be'er
Ah, Scottish public school. You WILL pronounce your "T"s, children!
[QUOTE=betagirl;126180]Not even this? (I found it doing a google image search for paisley)
I have silently read all 306 pages (I could be off by a page or two) and nothing brought me out of lurkdom (I am shy) until I saw this photo and choked on my coffee.
I have been silently cheering everyone on, worrying about ill parents, and hoping Lise's dates go well. Welcoming new additions, such as Nanci's baby (even I thought it cute and I am not a snake fan), worried about Roux, cheered when Fish's house sold and they found a new one, a lovely one at that. Yet, I have stayed silent, for fear I did not belong (oh goodness that sounded so Junior High).
Anyway, this picture brought me out of my lurkdom. If I am interrupting what appears to be a very friendly group, I will slink back into obscurity.
Welcome Bikingmomof3 - but today is talking Scottish day so you have to give it a go, ken whit ah mean. Ah, dinae be shy.
I've been in touch with the appropriate authorities and confirmed that everyone has to at least have a go. Who are the appropriate authorities I hear you ask...welll, um, you know...well anyway they said it was definitely official:p :o
I'm afraid if I try to talk like a Scot, I'll sound like the guy from Highlander.
L.A. is exhausting me. What a bore.
Yay, BMo3!!!!!
You know you belong here!
And you've already passed the initiation ceremony (reading all the pages of TD)
Glad to see you! Jump on in!
Bruno-I am with Snap on attempting to sound Scottish. Think Highlander at best. Not good. However I do spell colour and flavour "properly, does that count? :p
KnottedYet-I was beginning to wonder if reading all of TD was a bad sign of some illness yet to be diagnosed, then realized I just loved it here. :D
I have not looked around yet today, is it true LA came back. I confess, he is my boyfriend. :rolleyes:
Och, lassie, we are all Thread Drifters chust nae. Although I expect I'll be having nightmares in paisley tonight...whoof. A sight to behold, that was.
Buyer's Regret: The Morning After
Ok, I was so frustrated over being unable to find a taller riser quilled stem ANYWHERE that I bought the first one I found.
Girls, it's butt-ugly.
I held it up to Flossie this morning and just felt ILL. I can't put this thing on her!!! It's powdercoated black, which is fine, but the gooseneck is this HUGE flattened aluminum tube which is wider than any tube on Flossie and just looks awful with a huge H2O logo on it to boot.
So today I will be getting in a bike ride, after all. I'll go back to LBS #2 and return the fugly stem and ask them to order me a Nitto (kinda like what Lisa has on her Riv, from what I see in her pics)
Flossie deserves better. Even though I don't like the looks of a dropping gooseneck, the classic small-diameter steel will suit her better.
And I'm not too sore today, so maybe the ride will be more comfy this time. (only about 30 miles to the shop and back)
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Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Ah - the glottal stop - very common in Scotland. Put the t's in where KN has put apostrophe's and you'll be able to read what it says nae bother. The glottal stop (missing 't') and the dropped final 'g' in words like runnin' and goin' are characteristic of Falkirk, the town in Scotland where I live. Am I starting to bore people now...yeh, that's what I thought.:o
KN public school - you must be a posh burd then?
KnottedYet,
I am sorry to hear the stem is butt-ugly. You are right, it is best to buy one befitting Flossie's true beauty.
Also characteristic of Fife. Mind you, that was 30 years ago, but I betcha they still sound like you folks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno28
I'm not posh! There was one school in the village, and I went there for free. That's public, right? Well, at least here that's "public".
An ere Ae get on inkin' 'a's whit jonick Scots dae? ;) :D B/c my muminlaw has never been able ta describe Irn Bru proper, would you fancy a try? She said I'd like it. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno28
No - confusingly 'public' schools in Scotland are really private schools. Normal schools are state schools. Aye Fifer's sound quite like us. But remember - it takes a lang spoon tae sup wi' a Fifer.Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Irn Bru is the nectar of the gods. It is the only recognised hangover cure over here. It's orange and tastes incredibly sweet. IMO it has become sweeter over the years but I might just be getting older. It's advertising slogan is 'Made in Scotland from Girders'. For a while it traded on its health giving qualities as it has iron it but the amount is neglegible and its not allowed to make those sort of claims anymore. It's really the Scottish person's Coke.
If you like sweet Scottish things, you'll like it :D :D :D
'ell, Ae ken thare wis a Scottish loun tha' stealt ma hert ance.... ;)
That is hou Ae ken gif Scottish lads ootrig thairsels an' thair kilts 'traditionally'. ;)
And if you like sweet Peruvian things, try Inka Kola. If you hurl after your first swallow, too bad, pass the can to me. I love it. Because I first drank it when I was 16. Otherwise...barf! :p It tastes sort of like bubblegum soaked in Mountain Dew.
BMO3! Welcome! Unlike some people (beta) you read everything before you posted? :p Wow. It's actually fun to go back and dip into, oh, say, pg 34 of TD. What seemed so important on that day, and is now forgotten... So, yeah, all TE gals are welcome, but you have to find us, we don't advertise! A nod o' the head again to Nanci for starting us off last April.
Knotted is Scottish?! Whoa! More Has Been Revealed! :D So. Next event, bog snorkling triathlon?
http://llanwrtyd-wells.powys.org.uk/bogtriathlon.htm
What say you, KN?
Ae ken! TE TD Highland Games! Wif Caber toss an' Highland Wrestling. ...
:D
...and I love Inca Cola! Anywhere to find it in the states? It's not terribly different from some of the energy drinks now, I think.
Noo yer talkin...and am sure the lassie's wid like tae be in the know aboot how the kilt is worn....'traditionally':p
Thank You. Yes, I read every single page. :) I needed something to liven up a routine life. Besides the regular "mom' things; I bike, run, swim, read, knit, and when I do watch tv it is usually PBS or BBC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise
The bog snorkling triathlon sounds fun! I am a triathlon wannabe.