Tazo Calmo tea works.
I'm headed to bed
Hugs & butterflies,
~T~
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Tazo Calmo tea works.
I'm headed to bed
Hugs & butterflies,
~T~
I paid $3.70/gal for gas.
I need an Xtra-cycle. And a tandem. And a doggie trailer.
and more muscles..... :D
we're doing drunk bowling for next weekend for a birthday party. should be interesting. i'll have a lemondrop for you snap.Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
mmmmmm lemondrops...
Knot - We're gonna spend time this weekend trying routes from our new place to work so we can start bike commuting. There is something about $3 a gallon gas that just makes something click in my head...I am NOT going to pay that kind of money out when I have a bike that only takes my muscles to operate.
We're paying $4.50 Canadian for a gallon of gas right now. :eek: :eek: :eek:
I'd like to find gas for $3 a gallon! Last night the local news showed a Shell station that was selling gas for $3.98!
If it weren't for the kiddo just learning to ride, hauling the bassoon, the after-school carpool, etc, I think we'd be doing a lot more by bike.
Excellent!Quote:
Originally Posted by chickwhorips
I need to start bike commuting too - it cost $48 yesterday to fill up the Suby!:eek:
Well we managed to commute 4 days out of 5 this week. The little guy did the ride home twice out of the 4 days. One day he had a cross country run after school so we didn't make him ride home. It's a 455' climb home so he's doing well!
On top of the gas savings, I find that when I have my bike at work, I tend to go the long way home and end up with a 20-40k ride most days. It's doing wonders for my mileage. This week I burned over 3000 calories riding and running. And I saved gas too!
$350 gets me a Kona Smoke
$400 gets me an Xtracycle kit
$100 gets me a few extras
So, for around $850 I'd have a commutermobile that would haul SKnot (on the flats) AND his bassoon AND a bag of dog food.
At about $50 per tank, and at about one tank a week, that's about 4 1/2 months of driving to pay off the Xtracycle.
Hmmmmmm...
I'm way behind on my vow to bike to work twice a week and with the ride looming in June I should step it up and get the extra saddle time.
This is my plan on BTW day to maximize SWAG. :D :cool:
Standard route to South Hayward BART pick up SWAG
Swing over to Hayward BART to get more, take train to Macarthur exit train and more SWAG
ride to Piedmont Ave (stop at Peets)
Up and over Linda down to Grand and down to a LBS which is also a refresher station
then down to City Hall.
I'll miss the pancakes but that's my plan.
This $200 trailer does 100 lbs. http://www.burley.com/products/flatbed.html The doggie trailer only does 50 lbs. My dog weighs more than that. I could put him in his crate and strap the crate to the flatbed, et voila! One panicked dog on a wide trailer taking up lots of room on the side of the road.:eek:
But I'd get some juicy muscles from hauling him to the dog park!
My commuter could tow a trailer. But if SKnot is using my commuter, I'd need to get a new commuter for myself, right? So, buy another bike, right? I like where this is leading... :D
This gas-reduced lifestyle could cost me some bucks!
(Nobody's driving home afterwards, I hope?)Quote:
Originally Posted by chickwhorips
Or maybe have it turn into a pajama party so everyone stays safe....
Ooooh! A pajama party! We need a TE pajama party! We could look at bike magazines and watch bike movies and drool over expensive bike catalogs and and and...
don't think I've done a pajama party since high school. snif.:(
Yeah, we could cut out pictures of the women and clothes in the Terry catalogs and make paper dolls out of them, trying the different bike apparel on them!! :p :p Party favors would include teeny Easter baskets with peeps and Sport Beans. Watch movies with bikes in them....El Postal, etc...Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
i'm all about the TE pajama party, but don't we do that all the time anyhow, or is it just me in my jammies?
no need to worry, i have responsible friends who get cabs or don't drink at all. its so nice not to worry about my friends anymore with drinking and driving.
I am reading this in my jammies.
Where *is* everybody??
[off to see Who's Online]
Yoooh!
Lotsa peeps - incl my special friends Colby, DebW, KG, Queen, Trek420 and Tuckervill...
What a good idea this party is...
Just got in from a bike ride (an errand, not a big ride) and am now dyeing my hair. Isn't it traditional that *someone* at a jammie party has to be messing with her hair and have a towel wrapped around her head?
do I get extra points cuz my head is covered in green goop that smells and looks like rotted spinach?:D
I've busted into a bottle of red wine (my reward for putting up with green goop for 2 hrs), so lets get out the glasses and toast our bikes!!
A toast to green goopy spinach hair!
Knot, I'm hoping the color of your hair isn't slimy green, just the goop. :rolleyes:
Finally got Kit moving so we are out of here for a late dinner and to see if we can still catch up with Mimi and Raleighdon at the Lodge after his Seattle to Portland ride. :eek: :cool:
We shall be partaking of some alcohol this evening as well, just not in our jammies. (don't worry, no drinking and driving will occur)
Have fun ladies!!
DH is about to start dying my hair for me, then we need to pack up his gear and such for the race tomorrow.
He got his haircut today, and it's pretty much as short as possible without being completely shaved. He looks sexy! :D
I was really really happy we got up at 7:00 this morning because, just after we'd eaten our waffles, the phone rang and I was invited on a ride with a couple of women - one who has chronic arthritis in her knees and is new to biking, and one who has several disc problems and is new to biking. I really really enjoyed our ride, and I felt well enough after to do a few things and shop even, before I layed down on the couch with my cold magic bean bag. Oh, and DH insisted I renew my wardrobe at my friend's consignment store. I bought 3 skirts, 2 pairs of pants, 4 shirts, and a pair of pointy burgundy snakeskinish high heeled ankle boots...for $120 CDN. Most of it is work or home wear, and most of it works very well with clothes I already have. It's like a whole new wardrobe for the price of a fancy jersey! Sad, but I have to buy those types of clothes too.
I still need to cook hash browns so we don't have to be up at 5:00 to make breakfast, so I'd better go....but I"ll check in on the pj action a little later.
H&B,
~T~
uh, no, her hair is neither slimy, green nor goopy :cool: :rolleyes: ;) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Xrayted
At the moment (and for the next 1 1/2 hrs) my hair is QUITE slimy, green, and goopy!
But the wine is good, and my spaghetti was yummy, and SKnot is at a Euchre party (what is Euchre?), and I have my TE for frolicking good fun.
Factor in a few oil changes (or "pay" yourself the federal mileage rate - which lots of people would argue doesn't cover the cost of driving), and you'll be there a whole lot more quickly!Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Food for thought:)
X you waited too long! we're long gone. the folks i was with were not real exciting. they were so sleep deprived that conversation was loopy.
no one could make sense to each other. I think there's a reason people sleep at night. .. well, they were happpy sleepy people anyway. the party's over at 930pm.
oh, they rode 242 miles..
well i am now in my jammies after two margaritas. don't know how i got the second one, peer pressure i tell ya! happy cindo de mayo!Quote:
Originally Posted by margo49
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1323/drunk.gif
Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
$350 gets me a Kona Smoke
$400 gets me an Xtracycle kit
$100 gets me a few extras
So, for around $850 I'd have a commutermobile that would haul SKnot (on the flats) AND his bassoon AND a bag of dog food.
At about $50 per tank, and at about one tank a week, that's about 4 1/2 months of driving to pay off the Xtracycle.
Hmmmmmm...
Factor in a few oil changes (or "pay" yourself the federal mileage rate - which lots of people would argue doesn't cover the cost of driving), and you'll be there a whole lot more quickly!
Sorry, haven't figured out how to quote properly but wanted to say... don't forget to add in insurance costs and wear and tear (things like tyre changes). Xtracycles are awesome.
A DH who dyes your hair for you and "insists" you buy more clothes??Quote:
Originally Posted by LBTC
Hey, pretty good score, girl! :eek: :p :p
P.S. WWAAAAHHHH....I missed the pajama party!!! :(
Knotted- green and goopy? Are we talking henna here? If so, I always thought it smelled nice, like hay, not like rotting spinach! ...Going red?
G'morning party go'ers! How's the head? :cool: I stuck to cola, Kit had a couple of drinks with dinner and was very happy when we left the lodge. :D Everyone got home safely and no hangovers. I'm about to make b-fast then we are heading over to Forest Park for a hike and a picnic. It's beautiful outside today. I'm not sure if we will take the mtb's or not. Kit says it's a lot of climbing with bikes.
Knot - looks like there will be a double Henna party here tonight. I'm a Henna virgin so Kit is in charge. :eek: She promises I won't look too alien. I trust her. (ssshhh... she's right over my shoulder reading this... :rolleyes:)
LBTC - I'm so glad you had a good ride with those ladies. You told them about TE, didn't you? :D
Have a great day and be safe. :)
No party for me - unless you count big fun with Advil and an ice pack.:o I did catch an interesting film on PBS last night - "Screaming Queens - The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria". San Francisco in 1966, when a group of transgender and gay folks fought back against police harrasment.
My arm is very sore today, I don't feel like doing much of anything. I'm not sure the bruises aren't going to turn a lovely shade of purple.
Noon to 1:00pmQuote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
Oshun Center
June 22, 2006
101 Taylor Street,
San Francisco
There will be a commemoration reception and a short program to honor Officer Elliot Blackstone followed by the unveiling of the historical plague at the corner of Turk and Taylor.
Officer Blackstone, a pioneer in community policing acted as facilitator between the police and Gay community.
I remember (Trek shakes cane at youngsters) back in the day every Gay bar had a peephole at the door, couldn't just walk in, a bouncer checked you out because you never know.
The person could be a cop wanting to shake down the bar for payoff or worse, or harassment in general from the public.
In these days with Ellen and Rosie on TV and even *gasp* LGBT bike clubs let's not forget how far we've come because of men like Officer Blackstone.
Be careful with that henna. I found out years ago the hard way that though natural henna adds wonderful warm reddish highlights on top of brown hair, it can produce a brilliant shade of orange when applied to blond hair. :eek: :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Xrayted
Mahogany henna is my friend. On top of my steel-gray and white hair it brings me back to the deep mahogany reddish brown I had in my 20's, with bits of strawberry blond.
I've taken the first dangerous steps toward Xtracycle ownership.
SKnot decided he wants to take over my Kona Dew. He doesn't want a new bike of his own, he likes the Dew and wants it.
So I need a commuter.
Went to the LBS (which was very busy) and examined a Kona Smoke and had a discussion with one of the guys about turning a Smoke into an Xtracycle. There was an enthusiastic response on the part of both parties.
I didn't ride one as they didn't have one upstairs in my size, I didn't really have time at that point, and I didn't want to make the LBS dude go searching in the basement storage for one.
But Monday I'll go back.
Love that tax return...
Knot - New bike? Very cool!!
After my commute today I decided if it "takes" and I start riding daily...I'm gettin' a new bike! Now I have to decide between the Breezer Uptown 8 and a Trek 7.5, decisions decisions. :D
Knot,
tell us about what you are going to do with your bike?
My commutermobile is going to become SKnot's bike, which he will take charge of.
I am thinking of getting one of these www.konaworld.com/bikes/2k7/SMOKE/index.html as my new commutermobile. It's steel, and it has juicy fat tires, comes with fenders, plenty of braze-ons, and a sqeaky horn.
Eventually I want to add one of these www.xtracycle.com so I can be the coolest mom in the carpool.
ah very cool! you are getting ahead of me with new bikes, ya know... you're already on your second and i'm still waiting for my first (not counting my bianchi of course)