With the attending on Grey's Anatomy that Intern Grey slept with in the first episode. He looks kind of like a younger, better-looking Sean Penn. I am really enjoying this series.
Nanci
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With the attending on Grey's Anatomy that Intern Grey slept with in the first episode. He looks kind of like a younger, better-looking Sean Penn. I am really enjoying this series.
Nanci
So if there are no paper towels in the house, how am I supposed to dry off the mice that I am thawing in hot water? Toilet paper???
Nanci
Hair drier? They'd have nice fluffy fur :confused:
Do you have to dry them? How do they kill the mouse before it gets frozen?
V.
I don't want to know the answer to that question...
But, I want to go on record as saying, if I ever donate my organs, I want it to be a time of joy, not of sadness...
Nanci
Watching Grey's Anatomy, probably had one too many glasses of Sauvignon blanc...
PS, Maizey ate 'em both- dried to perfection with Puffs Plus.
Okay, just because I'm morbid and wanted to know... According to rodentpro.com they use CO2 to euthanize the mice. That makes sense, you want to be humane and you don't want something that will endanger the snake or whatever is having lunch. :D
V.
I always figured they gave 'em a good whack. Huh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
We should probably have an entire section on the board for "drift"! :o
I figured a whack would not fly with the humane police. :D Plus it wouldn't be very cost efficient to whack them individually. Can you imagine having that for a job?! Sadly, I think I actually have a few students who would think that was a cool job - Head Mouse Whacker. :(
V.
"Head Mouse Whacker. :("
looks good on the 1040EZ.
well, now I know what to do if attacked by mice on a ride, break out the CO2.
I used to work with mice during a statistics class...
We were testing thier ability to learn/perform after having brain surgery.
I was the lucky person who got them out of the cages every day for 2 months and made them swim in a maze.
I don't want to go into great detail, but let it suffice to say that it was
N-A-S-T-Y!!!!!!!!!!!
So, really thread drift is like free associaton???
The cost efficient thing is true. The humane police--it's funny--you're killing them so snakes can eat them... makes me think of a scene in one of those two movies about the Dalai Lama that came out at the same time years ago, where the monks were frantically saving earth worms at a construction site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
I had little lizards as pets many years ago. They ate crickets. Occasionally a cricket would escape, and we'd have chirping throughout the house until it reached the end of its natural life. Fortunately, that's not very long! :p
And the best part is, this is the triathlon board. So I guess we've just scientifically proven who are the athletes with the loosest screws on the TE board! :p :eek: :rolleyes: :pQuote:
Originally Posted by JoyfullySo
aren't crickets good luck??
I don't have ADD- I am just misunderstood. Hey!!! Look at that chicken!!!
About 20 years ago I worked in a lab which used fresh mouse eggs. Like, really fresh. The researcher would take a live mouse and hold it on the table on its tummy, put her thumb on the back of the mouse's skull, wrap the mouse's tail around the index finger of her other hand, and....
Lets just say I think of her every time I pull a light switch cord or a ceiling fan cord.:eek:
My boss is the coolest boss ever. See the Daffodil ride thread in OT.
I am lovin' my job today.
No mice.
Lise "And the best part is, this is the triathlon board. So I guess we've just scientifically proven who are the athletes with the loosest screws on the TE board! :p :eek: :rolleyes: :p"
I was wondering about that, why it's here. So do we randomly move the thread drift to other sections from time to time?
But if we intend the move, is it random? On a quantum-mechanical string theory of the universe level, what IS random? What would Brian Greene do?
Speaking of books (yes, I was! Really!!) I'm reading "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar" by Margaret Starbird right now. Very interesting.
If I'm stretching my hamstrings while meandering through the TE boards, does that count as my triathlon workout for the day?
Anybody know why only tall people seem to have Sevens? I love the way Sevens look, but I have yet to see anyone of my height (and let's face it, diameter) on a Seven :( Does a short round gal stand a chance?
When I was a kid, my sister was in school out in Berkeley, and when I went to visit, I got a little cricket cage made out of bamboo or something, from China Town. I had a series of black crickets that lived in it. They ate dog food.
Now I have store-bought crickets that live in Russell Junior the Glass Lizard's tank, and they even reproduce a bit. They eat expensive store-bought Cricket cubes, that look kind of like orange Clif Bloks!
Nanci
Jimney cricket! I'm going to have to visit florida when i go home next...the plane ticket price....:eek:
(perth-singapore-vancouver-edmonton-calgary-new york(bro in ny state)-miami-arizona-van-....)
I like mice...can make a mickey out of them...!
c
bikerz
hmmm, never noticed that pattern.
I don't see why a short strong gal can't have a Seven, maybe start a trend :)
You've been to see Chris aintcha? It's that new bike smell.
I took some time off work this week, left work early yesterday, arriving late today just to de-stress a bit. Interviewed a dogwalker last night, she seems good. Anybody use a dog sitter? How do you and more important your dog like it?
Think I'll bike to work. I just got the umpteenth e-mail petition from a friend retired to Florida and it's always something to not buy gas on this day or that, or not buy gas from this co or that so I sent her a patiently worded response celebrate national bike to work week by:
trying a bike ride and or....
not hitting us, learn to see bikes ;-) see what happens.
I love mountain biking! :)
(just had a really nice ride on the singletrack here in my neighborhood)
Z, I think tall people have Sevens because perhaps it's harder for them to find a stock bike that fits. On the group ride I did last weekend, there was a REALLY tall (as in close to 7') guy there with a Seven. He said it was really his only choice as his arms were much shorter in proportion to the rest of him (his legs are very long). The head tube on that bike was the longest I've ever seen. He said when he was ordering it Seven made the bike shop remeasure because they didn't believe it. The 700 wheels look tiny on his bike.
Get a Seven if you want. I want one too. Wonder if we could get a TE volume discount?? :p
When I first started riding, I didn't really "get" how people could be so enamored of specific bikes - I just thought - oh, look - a bike - it's blue or it's red. Then I saw a Seven on a ride in Marin and it really caught my eye (super tall guy riding it...) Since then, I always notice them. My LBS is a Seven reseller, and he gave me the catalog, and I look at it sometimes, and sigh... But I think I need to ride a couple more metrics and at least a full century (this summer or fall?) or two before I get another bike so I really understand how I ride. (oh yeah - and budget for it!)
I like the idea of a TE volume discount!
So Nanci - what's going on with the birds? I can't seem to get any video. It's too busy.
I have a good "stupid injury of the week" - smashed my back into the bottom rail of my daughter's top bunk after getting up from the bottom bunk after reading her bedtime story. Right across the spine - middle of my back. Big bruise, nice cut (size of nickel at least) and sore muscles. Ouch - I'm out of commission for today at least. :(
It's funny that, eh? There are plenty of bikes I'll look at and go "Ooo... Nice." Then every so often I'll see something that just makes me go "I WANNA RIDE IT!!!!!" :D
Sorry to hear about your "stupid" injury. Bunkbeds are dangerous for all sorts of reasons, I guess!
My daughter (age 4) only sleeps in the top bunk. She used to nap (no long naps) on the bottom only. Wierd. I'd like to take it and throw it out the window at the moment (the bed, not my daughter). I'm walking around like a slug. I'm usually a bit more like a hummingbird - or so Mr. Fish says. I have issues with sitting still :)
Me, two!!Quote:
Originally Posted by tlkiwi
I think if you start to look around at all custom bikes you'll see that a lot of tall people have them as well as the other extreme. Around here, you see a lot of short women on Steve Rex, a local Sacramento builder (think Steph or Terri, yellow, one of 'em has one). Also, people who don't fit production bikes for many reasons - torso to leg length ratio is far off average, back, neck or hip issues, etc. etc. My friend, Candy, is a novice rider and we took her in for a fitting. The production frames just weren't right and she's about 5'7", a very avg height. Joe fitted her up with an all steel Seven with 105 components for not a huge amount of money and she just rode her PB this weekend, 40 miles at the Bike Around the Buttes, and I think she's been very comfy from day 1. The issues she relates have more to do with not riding much than the bike.
I think those people at either end of the height spectrum will be driven to a custom bike sooner than the rest of us but those of us in the middle could be well-served by custom fit and the custom tubesets.
Bubba could fit a production bike, but has been lusting after a Seven for years and years. The ride characteristics of the steel and carbon combo were intriguing and he wanted the front end higher than many production bikes now have without the compact geometry. Old school purists tend to prefer a horizontal top tube from an aesthetic point of view (not anything about the functionality). What many people also don't realize is that Seven keeps many, many different tubing sets in stock so they can tune the ride, so to speak, as you wish. You want incredibly stiff and to heck with comfort? You got it. You want stiff enough for efficiency but compliant for a day in the saddle? You got it. You're a little rider? Lightweighter tubes than those used for Bubba's frame. So many reasons to go custom.
BikerZ, if you are serious about wanting a Seven sometime in the next year or so, you should come up for a ride and spend some time at Wheelworks. You may even want to set an appt with Joe for a full fitting. A bike like this can take a lot of planning and fitting. Maybe the cost of a fitting will be credited back. I don't know. Do shops do that? I'll go with you and provide the peppermint mocha delivery service.;)
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Originally Posted by Nanci
OMG I love that wine - it has the bottle with the little bug drinking out of a straw. That is a happy wine. I shall have to have some.
They're all happy wines until you wake up dehydrated. ;)
SadieKate "A bike like this can take a lot of planning and fitting. Maybe the cost of a fitting will be credited back. I don't know. Do shops do that? I'll go with you and provide the peppermint mocha delivery service.;)"
SK, I know that Chris and Tim at Robinson Wheelworks "throw in" the custom fit and more. They did that on my custom bike, and the "customised" i rode before. Plus 7 has their whole interview/fit process right? So all their bikes are full custom. Sabrinos coffee shop is next door to Chris but... I have never been provided peppermint mocha delivery service.
May have to complain to the LBS owner.
Sure, the fitting is thrown in if you're committing to buying a bike right there and then, but if you're just looking for consultation for the future with no commitment to buy from that shop, no, and I can't imagine asking a shop to do that.
Yes, Seven has their whole process but I can tell you from experience and from others' experience you need your LBS to do the fit. They can see you on a fit bike; Seven cannot.
Trek, I wasn't under the impression that your Mondonico frame was custom built. I thought that was a production frame with the parts custom spec'd. Or are you referring to a different bike?
We've got a whole thread to talk about anything and everything in, and what do we end up gabbing about? Bikes! :rolleyes: ;) :p
stop this right now :D
SK, I got to meet with "Chairman Bill", Antonio Mondonico, and Antonio's son, had him measure me, he reccomended the parts and stuff...it was so much fun. He's retired now but I think his son will still travel to the US every other year or so and if you happen to be around, and want a Mondonico or Torelli can get it cutom measured.
Otherwise it's off the rack or go to Italy ... which would not be a bad idea, going to Italy that is.
Stop talking about bikes here!!!
Pretzels? Corn tings? Pirate booty? Nothing?! I am reduced to making microwave popcorn! I have eaten all my other salty snax! Shelves filled with sweet stuff, untouched by me!
(Thought I'd get us off that bizarre bike theme :p )
You know you really prefer the biking when you go for a run and are jealous of everybody on a bike. I was going to ride to work this morning, but it was 33 degrees when I got up. Bah, humbug on the midwest. Warmed up beautifully--next week starts bike to work season for me.
I bet there's good wine in Italy. i have a 1998 bottle of Barolo, but I amafraid to open it.
Nanci
I had a Barolo once, but I can't remember who it was made by - YUM!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
...and a segue into food.
My new job is going to kill me! :eek: :eek: They made me take home three leftover choclate easter eggs today (marshmallow, caramel, and orange cream). I hope hubby gets home soon...otherwise I may have to drive somewhere and throw them off a bridge! I don't like chocolate! At least that's how it USED to be.
They also force-fed me caramel today when I was doing some dishes. Just walked up to me and put it in my mouth while my hands were sudsy. I think it was the best caramel I've ever had...had pecans in it. But now my tummy hurts.
Lise has "shelves filled with sweet stuff, untouched by me!"
could always salt it, or drench in soy sauce.