I thought you got some?Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
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I thought you got some?Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
One day only and now it's back to warm and dry.
This is insane. It was 44F at 5:45 am today.
Dear seller from whom I ordered my stats book:
Please give me the actual ship date (because I doubt you shipped it an hour after I placed the order) and the tracking information? I sort of need this book so I can do the homework in it...
Dear friend:
No, liquor does not have "zero calories". :rolleyes:
I suppose it does if you get drunk and vomit up enough calories to make up for the calories consumed......:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Owlie
Personally I consider this a GOOD thing ;) I've suffered through several "typical" Indiana winters with tons of snow and lots of cold temperatures, so am happy to get a "southern" winter for a change. Yay for La Nina! This is, so far, very much like a Tennessee winter - bitter cold for a few days, snow for a few days, warm for a few days...let's just skip the amount of ice and ice storms that is also part of "southern" winters...Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
I am actually surprised at how happy I am with this weather, but it means our bodies never get a chance to adjust to winter. However, I get to plan outdoor rides for Friday - Sunday, and to be able to do that in January is just plain awesome!
Amen sister!!! I am loving this winter, it's going to be 53 tomorrow!! After the last two winters of being iced in by the first week of December, I'll take it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
Dear Salsabike
well, not just rain but HOWLING WIND! (gasp)
Rememer that you get rain year around. The arid West does not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
We don't get our snow pack, BAD things happen. Lots and lots of bad things.
Dear Mimi,Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Is it just me or has it been extra windy this winter?
Catrin, I agree, I wish my body could acclimatize to winter. It was freezing yesterday and the day before and I, too will be riding outside tomorrow and Saturday, in January. I so want to be on my x country skis, this is killing me. I need a mental break from riding, so I feel fresh in March. It's not like I am a racer, or anything, but I look forward to focusing on something else.
Poor timing for me, though. I'm getting over a cold, so I've got the hyper-reactive airway thing going. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
It's just you.Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
I actually think we have had fewer strong windstorms than usual.
and now... BRRRRRR it's cold!!
Dear body:
I'm sorry that I gave you coffee after 2pm. Funny that you don't handle NOT having caffeine well, but you don't handle having caffeine well either. I'd like more than five or six hours of sleep, since I'm getting over the plague.
Dear friend:
Is your religion really the only thing you can think of to talk about on Facebook? How's your job? Your dog? Are you still playing the cello? Hung out with anyone from high school recently? No "look at this cute animal doing something cute!" videos? Talk about one-dimensional...
Dear other friend:
I'm afraid you're not much better. Your updates consist solely of medical school and Zumba. :rolleyes:
Dear boyfriend:
I can't listen to Coldplay or the Barenaked Ladies any more without thinking of you. I don't know what to think about that... :/
No kidding. I've ridden 12 of the past 14 days, all outdoors. I NEED A BREAK! Snow already, wouldya???? Please????Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
SheFly
:) I am going to go on a big hike tomorrow on a couple of the longer mountain bike trails in my favorite park. I've not seen those trails yet so this seems a good time before the winter weather returns. With OUR like, winter will stay away until Superbowl week - or worse yet - it will rain that week :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by SheFly
I have a friend that is BEGGING me to do some outdoor rides with her. I just can't bring myself to do it. This is my non-bike season. Yeah, I do some interval trainer or computrainer rides, but its my cross-training. Tis the season for running. And trying new classes at the gym. And strength training. And skipping workouts to read novels and soak in the tub.
I too wish the snow would come! I would love to be xc skiing and snow shoe running. And the kids are DYING to make a snowman and to go sledding. I'm sure it will get here soon enough :)
I need to move to the beach, if I never saw a snowflake again in this lifetime I'd be a happy woman.
Pax, you're very welcome to switch places with me. Although I don't know how you'd feel about tropical rainstorms that feel like you're getting pelted with marbles when you get caught on the bike in one... :p It's been blazing hot lately hereabouts, I walk out to get lunch and return with heat induced headaches. Just two weeks ago, it rained for days and days. :eek: Is it me or is the weather getting more extreme these days??Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
I lived in Clearwater FL for a few years, so I know what you mean about tropical rainstorms; they were insane!Quote:
Originally Posted by alexis_the_tiny
But I'll take those over Central IL ice and snow. :p
Dear package gods:
AGAIN? Seriously? This is the third thing that's gone missing. :eek::mad:
At least it wasn't one of my textbooks.
Dear mail carrier:
Why is it that you're able to read the note on the door (the one that tells you to take packages to the office) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (the days when I get home before the office closes), but not on Tuesdays or Thursdays? This is getting really irritating.
Dear Weather Goddess:
I am sorry.
I see from the other posts on this thread that this has actually become a nationwide issue and I have to say I feel wholly responsible. Yes, I installed full fenders on my new Volagi. I'm sorry that I presumed that because spring brevet season is usually quite rainy that it would be the same this year. I know you are wildly unpredictable and can do whatever you like with the weather. So of course one should never presume or assume anything where you are concerned.
I took the fenders off. They rattled. Please give us some rain.
Love,
Overly-Prepared MP
You probably have 2 mail carriers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Owlie
Many years ago, we stopped getting mail MWFSat (most weeks). Mail came in small volume the other days. We then got a note in our box asking when we wanted our mail. Turns out they confused our house number with someone else's. They were holding our mail and delivering theirs (when theirs was supposed to be held). We were NOT happy, and neither were the other people. Sadly, I doubt anything was done to keep it from happening again.
MP: LOL!
Yikes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blueberry
That might be it. The tracking information for the missing package says that it was out for delivery yesterday, but now says "status not updated" or something and has an expected delivery date of 1/6. And it's not here, because a number of other things arrived today and it wasn't in there. Geez.
Dear self:
Please stop obsessing over some thing that's probably in your room at home. Go back for a weekend and look thoroughly...though hopefully when mom's not around, as it will involve stuff ending up everywhere!
Dear Weather Goddess:
Sorry about buying the Swix ski table legs yesterday. I ordered them long ago before I knew you were feeling so out of sorts (I understand, believe me).
What can I do? Leave my car out in the driveway with the sunroof open?
~SK
That's it!!! I will park the convertible with the top down!Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
Please don't. I'm enjoying our lovely weather. Rain will come soon and then we'll have it for DAYS on end.
Veronica
Rain will arrive with a vengance, in the Bay Area at least, starting a week from tomorrow.
You're welcome. :rolleyes:
It's the fault of those crazy rando people... Has there EVER been an SF 200K that did not get rain? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jobob
Veronica
I know, I know - and then the fenders go back on. But seriously, as much as I am enjoying summer in January, out reservoirs, snow pack and farmers need rain.
You guys doing the SFR brevet? I am doing the SRCC ones because of brewery proximity. And not sure I want to do a 200k 2 weeks in a row.
We're not. All of our training rides are some part of the DMD route. This weekend is Patterson Pass repeats. :eek:
Veronica
Bummer. I love the camaraderie of the brevets for training. And did I mention the breweries? ;)
Going to do a 30-40 mile ride today. The last time I did this in January (it was 70 and I was wearing a ss jersey), DH and I crashed because the ride leader had sucky skills, slowed without signaling, causing us to go down. We actually rode our bikes into the vestibule of the local ER.
Not-remotely-dear electric company:
While I realize my apartment has no insulation (and that the heating is electric), I fail to see how it is physically possible to use $100 worth of electricity in a 1-bedroom apartment in 33 days, especially considering that I wasn't in said apartment for 14 of those days, and the heating was off.
You suck.
USPS:
I like you guys, normally. I've never had a problem with you until now--the rest was caused by jerkfaces swiping things off my doorstep. This time? I'm getting suspicious that this never made it off the truck or something, and there's no way for me to contact you to ask what the heck is going on. :mad:
Dear TE ladies
The DH and I hopped on our bikes and light rail and managed to get downtown, eat donuts and hot chocolate and get home. We rode 7 miles. he's really beat, I'm ecstatic, but DARN it's so HARD to get him to eat enough!!!
He's happy that he did 7 miles, but is grumping about how weak he feels. He's really doing well, considering.
that is all.
Dear Owlie REALLY! electric heat is extremely expensive. wear more wool. You and your packages, it is a constant source of entertainment for the rest of us.
You must have a lot of neighbors with sticky fingers!
Dear Mimi,
That's AWESOME!
~SK
Dear Owlie:
Move?
7 miles= good. Doughnuts too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Or something. Since I've been directing packages to the office, I think this is a screw-up on the post office's end.Quote:
Dear Owlie REALLY! electric heat is extremely expensive. wear more wool. You and your packages, it is a constant source of entertainment for the rest of us.
You must have a lot of neighbors with sticky fingers!
I'll stop griping about it. :o
(And yes, I've contemplated moving, but my lease ends during move-in time for undergrads--poor timing. Most of the rent around here is a fair bit higher too, and the lower electric bills won't offset that. If there is a difference, it's only by a few dollars and not worth the hassle of moving.)
Mimi, that is fantastic!!!
Owlie - complain all you want to, it's cathartic for you and in a small way, funny for us. :D
Dear Bengals,
Not again. :( Really, you don't make it easy to be a fan.
Dear Mimi and Don,
Yaaaaaaaayyyyy!