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What about the hair styles??? :eek:
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Originally Posted by lph
What about the hair styles??? :eek:
Yeah i loved that post yesterday. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by lph
I also love that BikeSnob is totally into the new 'hipster' terminology for bike riding....like nobody "rides" anymore, and nobody "has" certain brakes, etc....
Instead, it's "He rocks a fixie", "He runs a BMX", "He rolls ____ handlebars/brakes/etc", and even "He rubs a fixie"
So hip I can't stand it! :cool:
(and why do all these terms begin with "r" ?? to stand in better for the word "rides"? :confused:)
What's next?... "He rips a touring bike"? "He retches a carbon seatpost"? "He rumbas a racing saddle"?
Any other good "r" hipster terms lurking about?
i don't know about hipster stuff but I do know that stirrup pants are great for wearing with boots :)
so y'all... I rode English last night, first time... and on this VERY tall Saddlebred.. it was amazing and wonderful!! His name is Blackie, and he's very tall and very energetic, LOL!! I was riding my regular Saddlebred I ride and was in the arena with a girl who was taking a lesson on Blackie, and at the end, we switched horses... we always do that, LOL!! So I got on Blackie with an english saddle... very fun!! Now I'll never go back to Western, LOL!!
Here's a link to the pic if you want to see it... this is me on Blackie. (the pic is bad, it's from my trainer's phone, LOL)
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l1...nn/Blackie.jpg
and here's a pic of me on my regular Saddlebred that I ride...
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l1...n/IMG_3224.jpg
I grew up riding hunt seat, which I really like still (but it's been years...) However, I love Western also, except that the saddles are so darn heavy! I've never ridden saddle seat (Saddlebred type, some call it English). I'm just not a fan of the gaited style of riding, especially the tail breaking and the abnormal hoof lengths and weights. Is that still allowed these days?
PS: nice-looking horses, Chicago!
I don't know Tulip, I will have to find out. I'm still learning about riding and all the styles, etc, etc. Right now I just know English and Western. I will ask my trainer this weekend about the tail breaking and abnormal hoof lengths.Quote:
Originally Posted by tulip
Yeah.. it was so "odd!!" to get on an English saddle last night... felt like i had nothing under me, LOL. They are so thin compared to the western's, right? I do like the Saddlebred's gait over the quarter horses though, that I must admit... not sure why, but it feels smoother and I just love their canter. ... but it's different for everyone right? One of my friends who trains absolutely LOVES the big quarter horses... she has no desire to ever got on my Saddlebred, LOL!!
Yep they are wonderful creatures, that is for sure!!
I wasn't sure where to post this... it's sort of cycling related, but, I want opinions that seem more appropriate for this thread.
I have a wedding shower to go to Sunday at 1 PM. It is for the daughter of a very close friend. She is 23 and mentally ill. I don't want to go into a lot of detail, but there's definite manipulation on the kid's part, to make the issues worse. The fiance is someone she met on the Internet, though local, and he is physically handicapped. He is a nice person, but neither of them should be getting married at this time. The fact that my friend hasn't lost it with this kid is amazing. I have always tried to be supportive of my friend, with this kid, through all of her school trauma, hospitalizations, etc.
Here's the issue, which I feel guilty about even bringing up. Sunday is going to be one of the first 60 degree days of the spring. I want to go on a long ride! I can ride Saturday, though it will be cooler, which is fine, and I can go out for a short ride before the shower. I spent the whole past weekend in a course (Fri. night, Sat., Sunday) and did not get to ride at all. I took a 2 mile run at 5:30 AM on Saturday.
I can't back out of going to this, but just saying I really would rather be riding is liberating. There is always another day to ride, I know, but this is getting to me.
Crankin, at times like these, sometimes it's best just to grin, be polite, and bear it. Best of luck to your friend and the whole family.
Or you could just drink.Quote:
Originally Posted by tulip
Here's what I would do. Be late. Take a long ride anyway, get to the shower half an hour to 45 minutes late. You can ride longer if you don't mind showing up in your gear (you do mind, I know). Make up some excuse when you arrive. Be guilt free.
Karen
Geez, Crankin,
sounds like a wedding to remember! might be very interesting to be there; what a fiasco. It sounds awful for the mom!
Maybe you could ride to and from the reception?
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Originally Posted by Zen
Robyn, sometimes things seem to happen for a reason. It might be that your presence there with your friend that day will be a calming or helpful influence on her in some ways you may not even be aware of. Give it your best, you'll be glad you did in the end I bet. :o
yeah Lisa's right !
I went to my girlfriend's daughter's wedding the daughter was a real PITA and Brat.
I went as moral support. The daughter actually sat me with the 'hired help'
which was great, they were musicians, we had a wonderful time. I also
helped my friend stay sane through that crazy wedding where she had to pretend she was still married to her ex at her daughter's insistence!
you can be a great presence at that wedding
Thanks for all of the advice. The thing Sunday is just the wedding shower. I really can't be half an hour late, but i might be 15 minutes late... I already told another friend I couldn't drive with her because I would be in a rush, because I would be riding before getting ready. I guess it's the thought that my husband and friends will be out riding when I am at the shower. If it had been earlier, they would have waited for me.
Thankfully, the wedding, which is the last Sunday in May, at a very nice country club, will be OK. I will be there with my husband, older son, and his girlfriend. It will be an interesting sociological study. The two families could not be any more different in terms of culture, education, religion. I missed the engagement party, but heard it was quite a show...
I don't know if there will be liquor at the shower, but drinking sounds like a good idea, Zen. Seriously, I will grin and bear it and support my friend. They all already think I'm freakishly over involved with sports.
Crankin,
today one of my coworkers told me to grow up and act my age :D:D when i suggested he do pushups with me. I just laughed but i was thinking i'll bet he'll be pushing a walker before I do with his attitude towards exercise!
so how wonderful that your friends think you are too much into sports!!!
:D:D:D
Mimi, don't get me started on this track! I really do love the mother of the bride, but I have known her for 19 years, of which the whole time she has complained about her weight. And depression, and hating to "work" hard if she exercises. This is a very bright person, with a master's degree and an interesting life. Her husband is huge, even after he had angioplasty and a stent put in. He wouldn't listen to my husband, who had the same surgery, but became even more vigilant about cycling and eating right (his is a case of bad genetics, rather than sloth!).
I am glad I haven't "grown up." That's what made me a good teacher and I am thoroughly enjoying being with my younger cohorts in grad school. Sure, i am closest to the other older students, but I am working on a group project with a person who was in my oldest son's high school class and I am fine with that.
Hear-hear! I work with a couple of guys who are just a bit over half my age; it kind of freaks me out to realize that they could be my sons. I really enjoy their youth and energy, and they seem to think I'm ok to hang out with too. I can joke with them and share at least some of their language (possibly because we're all computer geeks), so even though I am very much aware that I'm a lot older than them, I don't feel like a total old lady around them, if that makes any sense. Sometimes I find myself wondering what their own mothers are like -- am I cooler, hipper, younger in spirit than their moms? I'd like to think so. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Being "young" for one's age rocks! :cool: And fitness is such a huge part of that for me.
People like that irk me. I wonder if he was ever any fun :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
he sure thinks he is.Quote:
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Emily, I sometimes wonder, too what the younger people's parents are like. Because of the fact that the university I go to attracts a certain type of person, with certain beliefs, I would think that many of them have parents who are like me. But a few have made comments about how they were brought up and it seems like they have made a conscious effort to do something different. I know I am living in a little bubble, especially when I go to class in Cambridge, MA. It seems as though most of these younger adults are less hung up about a whole bunch of stuff than I was at that age. Of course, I was at a different stage of life when I was their age... married, with a house and getting ready to start a family.
I had more than a few of my kid's friends (mostly the younger one's friends) tell me they wish their parents were as cool as me when they were in middle school.
At a dog agility trial this weekend, I was walking Finn behind the ring where 2 young children were playing in the mud. I implored Finn, "would you please potty for me?"
The little boy stood up, pulled his pants down and peed in the mud. :eek:
My dog didn't listen to me, I'm glad someone did :o
That's funny.
Did you praise him?
OMG! That is the funniest thing I've ever read!!
I hope he doesn't tell his mother.
Karen
OMG that is hilarious! I hope the mother didn't get mad at you.
Grandma saw it and ran over - she had no idea why he suddenly did that. I weekly said "er, um, I was talking to my dog".Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama
She seemed very surprised, but maybe a little bit amused.
Maybe his name is Finn? It is not a completely uncommon name but still, too funny!
not sure if I posted this yet... this is Chuckie... part draft/suffix... he rocks... and likes to roll apparently!!:D
Why do I suddenly feel the need to scratch a dog's belly?Quote:
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WOW, no one is here...nothing on thread for a couple of days.
It if Friday afternoon. VERY busy week at work. Just a few more minutes and I am out of here. So I thought I would drop in to see what was drifting thru the drift thread. No much.
Well I can't hate my job anymore. Need it. Re-finishing the pool and just got a landscaping quote...I'll be working here a long time.
ta-ta!
yes, the old TD has slowed down quite a bit, hasn't it?
My DH is going to ORegon to do a 300km ride and in a couple hours I have the whole weekend upon me.
I love the photo of the rolling horse, I wanted to put up a photo of my cat showing her belly but I can't do that from work (anymore).
We had a potluck in the lab today; someone brought an electric rotisserie and baked a ham and we have fresh veggies, steamed red potatoes, and mashed parsnips (plus a lot of other good stuff)
now, I'm ready for my nap followed by a bike commute in the rain.
That story about the little boy peeing was hysterical. I can picture one of my own kids doing it at that age.
I hope this thread picks up. I find it interesting.
The next 4 weeks are going to be really stressful for me. I have 5 papers due between May 4-12. One is done. One requires three group meetings and role playing therapy sessions, so I can't start it until those are done on 4/25. One requires some information I will get next week and the last 2 I won't get the stuff for until my next weekend class on 4/26. I then have like 3 days to get them done because they have to be mailed to the professor. I won't be able to do any work the weekend of the 26-28, since I will be in class.
I hope I have time to ride, too. :mad:
Work's been really busy. I have two deadlines on Monday, and I've been working all week only on these two projects. I do have a bit more to do before sending them off on Monday afternoon. It's so pretty outside and I have a gardening bug, so it's hard to concentrate.
Tomorrow is a plant sale, which I will go to, and a bike ride, and clean the house, which has gotten a bit out of hand.
Next week is Cycle Zydeco...I'm getting pretty snazzed about that.
I start my new job Monday which means no internet surfing except at lunch. What kind of plants you buying Tulip? I need to go to the nursery and replace somethings that were supposed to come back but didn't. :rolleyes:
Here's Enza imitating that horse. sort of
We've got an organic gardening class tomorrow morning, we're starting small and only trying herbs and tomatoes this year.
I'm sagging for a club century tomorrow. Dang if the weather is only cooperating when I have something to do away from the house. I'm sick of my front yard and gardens because my dogs have almost destroyed them. I've fenced them away from that part of the yard, so my work won't be undone! Vibing for good weather next week. pleaseohplease!
Karen
That sounds really enjoyable and inspiring. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
Mimi, Enza is so CUTE.
Enza :)
Does he sing? ;)
I saw a card posted at the store down the road from a woman who sells organic eggs so I went and bought a dozen today.
Three dollars.
She lives right on top of the mountain THEN way far back in the woods! I'm driving the jeep next time.
Ooooh, I am lucky enough to get free range organic eggs from my banjo and dulcimer students! (mother and son). They are SO YUMMY! And now I even get to feed the shells to my new composting worms! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Zen