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Originally Posted by Nanci
talking wine of a bike forum - you are bringing back memories of the bike tour dh I did in Tuscany. I remember wobbling down a road in Greve at about 10:30am after barrel tasting Chiantia Classico Reserve
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Originally Posted by Nanci
talking wine of a bike forum - you are bringing back memories of the bike tour dh I did in Tuscany. I remember wobbling down a road in Greve at about 10:30am after barrel tasting Chiantia Classico Reserve
Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............
Last night we watched Sideways and drank Pinot Noir, two Rieslings and Moscato.
oooooh, I watched KQED performence of South Pacific and ate Trader Joes Jo Jo's.
Whatcha doin' right now?
[unfair!!! seriously, you should see all the wineries we ride through. it's too much. I don't like the idea of riding and wine tasting (2 great activities each best enjoyed alone), but it really makes you cut your ride short. at about mile 170 Saturday, one was having a port tasting.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
I'm multitasking right now - drinking coffee, doing laundry, writing this, pondering what to do about some coworkers who tick me off...
What do you do when a committee member does none of the work, but is always suggesting that we do rather grandiose things...
Our school disaster plan has me on the search and rescue team. I get to have a crow bar. Maybe I should practice mouse whacking on her...
V.
Control, V. Use the crowbar as it was intended to be used.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
I'm sure you've already done this, but next time she has an "idea" for something that isn't critical, delicately put her in charge. If it never gets done, then, well...who is to balme? And if that doesn't work, then you can use the crowbar. :p
I'm waiting for a doctor we can't locate. Pt was 30 minutes early, and now the doc is 30 minutes late for the appt.
I'm watching the eagles. It's raining.
I'm wearing my new 2005 Shimano sandals at work to break them in a little before their first ride Saturday, 30-40 miles on a paved trail. They are not as comfortable for walking as Birks, but other than that very cool.
Nanci
maillotpois and TE ,
Was just thinking only on TE do you hear "cut your ride short" and "at about mile 170" in the same sentence.
Must....stop...talking...about....bikes...in thread drift.
V hmmm, I'm on the safety team at work, don't think we have a crowbar. We do have hatchets with those wedge pry-bar thingies on them in the emergency supply rooms on each floor which could work as well for committee members.
V and 510 area TE gals, we put together a pretty exhaustive list of emergency POTS (Plain Ol' Telephone Service ie as opposed to 911) numbers in 510 area code for our committee.
When (not if) the big one hits 911 will/not might be down or overwhelmed for some time. You will/not might want the direct dial numbers to police/fire/medical. Remind me to PM you or I can post here if enough interest.
TE gals in huricane/tornado/earthquake prone areas, I hate to put my phone co. hat on when off work but in a major emergency stay the f*^% ing bleep off the phone unless it truly is a life threatening emergency. Both the POTS and cell network are not meant to handle everyone picking up the phone at once. If you simply must call, if you pick up the phone and there is no dial tone or poor or slow dial tone DO NOT HANG UP. Keep the phone on and up to your little shell-like ear and the dial tone may come on in a moment or two, then make your 1 (one) call see below.
So an essential part of your plan is a family/school/office emergency contact preferably out of your area. So when you are able to call and hopefully let that person know you or your family/school/office are ok ...or not.
That person has the contacts to notify others that you or your family/school/office are ok ... or not. Lines in your area may alllllllllll be down. Your cousin in Peoria, not so much. OK?
I'm in your area code, you want it? Remind me if I don't get that to ya by Friday ok?
Thanks - that's a good idea. I'm actually in 925, not 510.
I need to have a kid. As a Public Employee, I must stay on the scene if there is an emergency/disaster. Workers will be released based on their need. Gee... no kids, aging parents on the OTHER coast. Who gets to stay to the bloody end... moi. All because I chose to not add to the surplus population and to live far away from my relatives.
Yes, I know it totally makes sense that we do it that way. But we've got a lot of new mothers on staff... Geez they got a party, they don't have stay if there's a disaster, all 'cause they chose to reproduce. :D
V.
V, I remember "in the old days" when I finally had to explain to a boss that he could not expect me to put in more over time because I did not have a child or that approvals for vacation/time off could not be based on whether the employee had a child. My kudos to everyone who has children but they're not for everyone and we are not lesser beings because of it. Ah, well, he was an alcoholic jerk.
It's all part of the Tri Girls evil plan to make us Mere Mortals spend more time in here so that we catch some of their infectious enthusiasm. They want us sitting in front of our computers thinking:
Hmmm... I could swim 1500m... I'm sure I could do it without a rest in the middle if I trained for it rather than just going down to the pool from time to time... I could probably even do it in a decent time if I had some coaching to work on my form... I know I could ride 40km, 'specially if I had a shiny, svelte little road bike (preferably in go-faster red or stealthy black)... I hate running quite passionately, but I suppose I could learn to run 10km if I worked really hard...
The Tri Girls seed of insanity (the good kind) is resolutely planted, and eventually, said Mere Mortal takes herself off for a 20/25-odd minute run around the docks (or other handy course of three-and-a-bit kilometres/just over two miles). Mere Mortal is astonished to find that she could not only run the whole way, but could probably have run further. Even more gob-smacking is the fact that, whilst not fun per se, Mere Mortal found the experience to be somewhat enjoyable - albeit in a masochistic way - and something she is not uninterested in repeating.
:eek: :eek: :eek: SAVE ME!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
V, from my safety commitee to yours, maybe they will let you go home now?
all these numbers are in the 510 area code unless otherwise noted. Please double check for accuracy, number can change ya' know.
East Bay Area region general information:
News stations both radio and TV
Caltrans 800-427-7623 or 286-4444
CHP 800-427-7623 or 450-3821
AC Transit 891-4700 or 891-4777
Sheriff's Office 667-7721
Oakland general information:
Fire Dept. 444-1616
Fire Prevention 238-3851
Police Dept. 238-3455 Community Resource ofcr 238-3066
Public Works 615-5577 or 615-5566
Other communities for road conditions getting home:
Police Departments
Alameda 337-8340
Albany 525-7300
Berkeley 981-5900
El Cerrito 237-3233
Emeryville 596-3700
Fremont 790-6800
Hayward 293-7000
Newark 793-1400
Piedmont 420-3000
San Leandro 577-3201
Union City 471-1365
I feel so deficient. I have neither a crow bar now a hachet. I do have a hard hat. Sometimes I wear it when I am feeling a little vulnerable.
Thanks for the great info and resources, Trek. Being in the Oakland area (where my office is when I care enough to show up - which isn't all that often just now....), I will note those #s down.
World's loudest subtenant is in the conference room next door to me. Grr. I am blasting Louis Armstrong and feeling much better.
Bwahahahahahaha! Our evil plan is revealed! Yet you are helpless to resist it! Resistance is futile! You will be asimilated! Bwahahahaha! We will all fly to NZ to cheer for you at IMNZ! Tri-kiwi!!! :p :p :pQuote:
Originally Posted by tlkiwi
Ok, just participate in a tri as the bike person. There, done. You are a tri-girl and no running or swimming involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by tlkiwi
You wanna know what they gave us at the hospital just in case January 1, 2000 really was the end of the world?Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
A flashlight. And a bell. Like at a store counter. ONE flashlight and ONE bell for the entire labor and delivery floor. I guess there could be one baby born at a time. :p
I don't have a hardhat. Or a crowbar. or...what was the other thing? A hatchet! Those sound like very useful items! I have a lot of "gestational wheels", with which I can tell you when your due date is, as the world is ending. Also, I have...well, a hammer. Some screwdrivers. Two gallons of water from 2001. I've lugged them from one apt to the next. Those gallons of water ARE my emergency supplies! I'll stay off the phone and quietly sip my water if the end comes anytime soon.
Up all night, going to bed now. Try to control yourselves. What am I saying?!? Go wild! More fun to read when I get up! :D
I have the best PLANNED earthquake kit in the world (insomnia is so useful for so many things!) but it has yet to magically materialize.
And where do I live? Smack on the Hayward fault (well, within about a half a mile...) And where do I work? Downtown SF...
And now I am realizing how I could have been productively using all those rainy weekend days - at REI, Target and Home Depot, putting my EQ kit together. :o
V and SK - When I was doing my postdoc in SC, my boss actually told me that for women in academia to get pregnant was a bad career move. Little did he know that I was pregnant at the time. 2 months later I left working in his lab and took a job as a gov't scientist.
Have any of you seen the aftermath of a microwave blowing up a frappacino? It's quite amazing!
And tlkiwi - I think their evil plan is working. I'm now shopping for running shoes!!! Noooooooo! Save me!
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Originally Posted by fishdr
I had to find a job when I was pregnant. That was tough - and really gave me a lot of loyalty to the firm that hired me (5 months pregnant).
Have not seen miicro-frapuccino but our microwave died a few weeks ago and we've been without which is tough when you get dependent on it.
Ah - Fish!! Fish Dr.! I come home from spinning this morning and my daughter is in the kitchen crying her eyes out because one of her fish just died. So SAD!!! All she wanted for her b-day was a betta fish - so she ended up getting a 10 gal. tank and a betta, 3 tetras and a little catfish. The little catfish didn't make it. So DH put him(?) in the freezer and I guess we'll bury him. Sigh!
Lise "I have a lot of "gestational wheels", with which I can tell you when your due date is, as the world is ending."
Well, here in earthquake land if we're all stuck at home for who knows how long those gestational wheels could come in handy to predict the baby boom.
Or play parlour games while waiting for FEMA of figuring out "ok, my birthday's March 27th, when was I concieved?"
Oh, that's just ewww.
I have in the storage shed: much water, rotated every 6 months, at least I try to do that, uhm, canned foods, but the can opener would probably be indoors underneath in the collapsed condo..gotta whistle, tarps, whoafully inadequate first aid kit...lost the hand cranked coffee grinder in the "divorce", dayuhm :p ;) Gotta get another one of those.
I know what you mean about loyalty. My boss was so wonderful when I had to tell him I was pregnant (3 months) on my 2nd day of work. He's since left here and I'm thinking about relocating to Maine to work with him again (same agency, just different location). Let's see - MS vs Maine...
Poor fish, poor daughter, and poor you. Usually most kinds of catfish are pretty durable. Give your daughter a hug for me. That's so sad.
The microwave door blew open and this powdered frappacino (never heard of it before that) was plastered on the walls, ceiling, and floor in about a 6-8ft radius. Later in the day, after being cleaned by the poor college student who was making the drink, it started smoking. Very very bad smell - permeated the entire building. Ick. Now we are microwaveless. I like to bring leftovers. Today I had a sandwich and yogurt. Not bad, but I could've had pineapple chicken.
Hey Maine's great! (I went to college there and my mom lives there now.)Quote:
Originally Posted by fishdr
I thought catfish were fairly durable. And that's what she kept saying "I chose fish I thought would live a long time." Oh the humanity. Well, I will go back to LFS and get another one probably.
How's your back??
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Originally Posted by maillotpois
we can't keep a fish alive past 6 days. We have tried twice. Everyone I know says it is impossible to kell a beta. Well, we did it. Twice
You wanna see something really cool happen to a microwave? Stick an unopened tin of paint in there for a while... :D
Sorry to hear about minimaillot's fish. :(
You guys are scary. Back awaaaaay from the microwave....:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by tlkiwi
I loved the catfish my ex and I had in a 55 gallon tank, along with a butt-load of other fish. The catfish was sturdy. Maybe you just got a "bad" one. Does LFS have any kind of guarantee?
L.
I've had my heart set on Maine for a couple of years now - I'm waiting for them to build the building!!! They've started pouring concrete, so I'm hoping to be relocating within 2 years (congress has to fund the positions first). I have a great job here, just don't particularly like much else about MS. Soon.... I hope....Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
I would suggest to try again with the catfish. They are quite sturdy (as Lise said). I work with channel catfish - disease resistance of all things.
Thanks for asking about my back. I'm up to about 3/4 speed now. I was at 1/2 speed this morning. Slowly approaching hummingbird again. Hopefully tomorrow - before the rain starts. I'm still on my search for sunglasses and my latest attempt arrived in the mail today - only I'm too sore to get out on the bike and test them out.:( They feel good in the house, though. Tifosi Slip. We'll see.
Way scary on the paint can in the microwave. I don't think I'll try that. Might make for some nice abstract art, though. Very scary.
I haven't tried that one in person, but there's enough eight-year-old boy in me to think blowing stuff up like that is way cool. :cool: :p :D
Where in Maine fishdr? I grew up there. Most of the family is still there.
V.
Thanks for the condolences. The freezer is accepting visitors...
We got a "mountain loach" the speediest little cheetah-looking thing ever and a snail. Nice contrast.
That microwaving of paint sounds a bit scary... but fun. I won't tell DH. He almost burned the neighbor's garage down as a kid.
We're building 2 facilities - one in Franklin and one in Orono. I will likely be in Franklin - at least at first. That is the first building they are working on. Orono is just in the planning stages still.
Phuque.
Went to the doc today. This time last year she said she thought I had multiple sclerosis and gave me a referral to a neuro doc.
I didn't want MS so I tossed the referral. If ya don't go to the neurologist, ya don't have MS, right?
Besides, if I have MS, my s. o. will leave me, and then I'd have MS and no Ms. Which is not a good trade in my mind.
This year the doc said the same thing, only louder and with the caveat that it could be my (previously vanquished) cancer has meandered into my brain for a change of scenery.
I'm having enough trouble that I gave in. So, I'm sneaking off for a brain MRI on the sly on Monday. (wonder if they'll find anything. ha ha ha)
And what really sticks in my craw is that I was PLANNING to spend my tax return on Speedplay Frogs, not two dang mess-with-my-atoms'-spin and irradiate-me-with-iodine-dye while I have claustrophobic-panic-attacks MRI's.
Poop.
Huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
I understand you are scared, but huh? If the SO won't stay around because of a MS diagnosis you don't need the SO(maybe B). MS has so many faces and no guarantees.
At least you'll know. I'm sure it's been hovering over you for the last year, anyway. Better to know for sure, so you can take action.
Nanci
We'll be here if you need us for moral support. Good luck with the MRI. It's better to know and deal with it then it is to not know and let it pester you.
{{{KnottedYet}}} That sucks. :mad: If the Ms. would leave because of MS, then the Ms. deserves a good hard push down the steps as she goes. I can't imagine having had that hanging over me for a year. I've had an MRI. It wasn't too bad (mind you, it was only to rule out some of the more obscure causes of hearing loss, so I wasn't particularly woried about scary diagnoses). I could see a little bit of the outside world over my feet, which was very reassuring. Kinda noisy in there though, and bloody difficult to keep still. If you're really worried about it, don't eat for a couple of hours before you go and ask for some happy juice - it's a hospital, they'll have something! Alas, I can't give you any reassurance about the cost. My Dad's a radiologist; I got a freebie. :rolleyes:
Knottedyet ((((((hugs)))))) so sorry about this. But better to know right away, both the diagnosis and the inSO. Don't make me come up there and beat someone up (JK TE gals).
Knotted yet - hang in there! I agree with the others - knowing is better - for me, the "not knowing" space gets filled up with all the worst case scenarios my feverish little brain can think of, but once I know, the feverish brain can starts woking on concrate plans...
Your friends will be there for support (IRL and here on TE), and as for the SO - well - maybe she'll surprise you (and herself!).
Tawe very good care, and let us know how it goes.
Thanks guys! I'm feeling much saner this morning... which is a relative thing, but hey! :D
And yes, my feverish little brain was thinking up some Spielberg-worthy disasters all night long. (the s. o. issue is real, however. could get interesting.)
One of my biking buddies launched into a HILARIOUS discription of how she was gonna drag my sorry butt around in a wheelchair as I decline, and I laughed so hard I was snorting into the phone.
My bike goddess boss was teasing me that at least now I'd have an excuse for being such a dingbat.
Bikers are cool!
(((((((all you folks))))))))
Well, several people have completed Ironmans with MS- there's a guy who just did last year, and I cannot think of his name! Wasn't even a triathlete before.
Nanci
I'm glad you're feeling perkier now but as you go through these tests remember that MS is different for everyone. There is no guarantee of a chair. The dingbat part might apply to me at times, but I don't ever plan on being in wheelchair. You'd be amazed at the hale and hearty people around you with MS, right here on this forum.
You have plenty of time to read up on MS or PM me if you have questions. I'm in better shape than most of my non-MS family and friends.
Teri Garr, from Speed Bumps:I don't do well when forced to look at the dark side; who does? I do try to live in the light. I've always been that way. As Shakespeare said, "There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so.