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is TD too dull now?
It's just fun to see how TD developed in the beginning. Knot was in a miserable relationship, and then she was free...and now she's happy with Trek...Fish Dr. became Bee Dr....snapdragen was always handy with the quick reply....I was single and treating you all to my match.com adventures...and Nanci was forever getting a new turtle or snake and teaching us herpetological stuff. I'm remembering those days fondly.
Today I had another first. I have worked in the same place for 30 years and i've lived in 3 houses within a few miles of each other; so i've had the same commute for 30 years.
I've never walked. Today I walked the 4 miles home!
I discovered that this commute is even worse to walk than it is to bicycle.
For roughly 1/2 of the 4 miles, there was no sidewalk or the sidewalk that was there was so overgrown with weeds that i had to wrassle with blackberries and pull grass seeds out of my socks!
It was fun though. I found a 1/15 of a dollar bill. and a wrench
Wow- how adventurous, Mimi! I often alternate my walking and my biking- the walking really helps my hip joints and my spine in ways that biking simply cannot. Most of my usual walks are about 4 miles too. Good for you!
OK, I have to ask: 1/15 of a dollar bill? How did you quantify that? The wrench is cool.
I don't know how far my walk to work is. I'm guessing about 4 mi, too. Driving home, listening to the weather, I thought that I probably won't ride to work, as it will be rainy and 61 deg tomorrow. (Blech, when did we turn into a colder, wetter PNW?!?) I thought, "I could walk", but realized I really don't want to walk 4 mi home at night.
The foot said, "Thank you".
Hmmm..I guess Big Bird will no longer be chastised for having an imaginary friend. Mr Snuffalufagus wasn't imaginary..
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...-25918,00.html
All my kids had imaginary friends. My eldest son's friend was a horse named Bessie.
My youngest's friends were called Tiefighter and Snailer and Snail-tail.
I don't remember any of the many friends my middle kid had. How weird is that?
Karen
Not weird at all. As a middle child myself, I'm just floored when my parents remember one of my friends.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckervill
Ha!
Well, he was the baby of the family for 9 years, so he didn't suffer too much from midkid syndrome. There are lots of baby pictures of him, for example.
:)
Karen
Take a moment today to remember June 4, 1989 :(
It's still June 3rd here but we will be reminded numerous times during the course of the day.
I always think of that guy in front of the tank and hear Tom Petty
I got custom orthotics today and my insurance paid 100%.
Great for me but how unfair for others. Why can't everyone pay the same premiums I do and get the same coverage?
Thanks for clearing that up, Zen--I didn't know the date of the Tiananmen Square until today, and now I've learned more via Wikipedia.
Karen
My older son's "friends" were Boris and Doris. They appeared around the time #2 son was born and lived with us for a couple of years, until older son was 4 or 5.
We still refer to Boris and Doris once in awhile. As in, "Boris did it."
Today (well at least up in the northern hemisphere) is the 65th anniversary of the D-day landings. Spare a thought for the servicemen who landed on The Juno, Sword, Omaha, Gold and Utah beaches.
Australia's last WW1 soldier died this week...
CC, I had to laugh. I almost forgot the date until I had to write a check. I did have an uncle who lost his mind on Omaha Beach :(
switching topics, the Hocus Focus may have gotten on the TV Show "Cops". I was driving to REI and one of the Rancho Cucamonga's Police cars that's set up for filming (They have extra lights on the light bat for filming at night) went through a Traffic signal with its lights on. They did have someone pulled over in front of REI
Helps if i have my eyes open when i'm reading...I've only watched the show " Cops" once & hated it.
"Cops" is a reality show that focuses on Police Officers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COPS_(TV_series)
or
http://www.cops.com/
most of the more "entertaining" calls come in late at night
The website will let you look at last week episode. I'l try at and let you if I make it:o
I don't think I will. I think it was a shoplifter from the mall. But they did have a helicopter up
oK, Did everyone get arrested?:p
I did buy a new PC over the weekend. why does everyone gripe about Vista?
Vista was originally released on a lot of computers which were not fast enough , didn't have sufficient memory, or a combo of the two, to run well.
And like any new s/w product, there were problems and we the people were the test dummy. Hopefully, that's all been fixed by now. Happy new computer to you!
We purchased a new computer on the weekend as well :( Bye bye new bike wheels :(
We kept getting the blue screen of death for over a month or so.Yep, new computer needed as ours was 8yrs old.
NOw if someone can please tell us how to get our old emails back, that would be great ;) :( Ian found the bsg? files but we're not sure how to get them onto our new computer. There are some important contacts on a few of the emails..
Computer whizzes??
Urban Myths..What's your favourite one?
getting desperate, are we?
How long have you known your oldest internet friend?
I've had a group of friends online since 1994 or 95 thereabouts. Today I found out that two of them have been silently fuming over slights real and imagined for a long long time, and one of them unsubbed from our private list, seemingly out of the blue in response to the other. I don't know what to think about that. I'll probably never "see" her again, because the thing that brought us together online in the first place doesn't apply to either of our lives anymore (related to kids growing up). But, she had a huge influence on my life. I know we'll always be friends, and she feels the same way about me. But we have thousands of miles of distance between us, and no place to meet anymore, because she left.
I'm sad.
Karen
I have a friend that i met on the internet around 1998 and we're still friends.
We met at a conference, before 2001 and haven't seen each other since but we still write.
Early summer 1997. We were in a pregnant and due in December 1997 group. I still talk to those ladies about 4-5 times a year and our babies are now going on 12...
1991. But the ones I'm still in contact with, I see f2f at least once every couple of years as well. Are we only counting the ones that we know only online?
DH, I see a lot more than that. ;)
My only on line friends are you guys. I don't do any other forums...
I used to be on a middle school English teacher's list, but it really was strictly professional (affiliated with NCTE). I unsubscribed when I started caring more about cycling! Seriously, I don't think those people had a life outside of work and since I already had decided to quit my job and do something else, I had nothing in common with them anymore. Plus, they had no sense of humor!
I found in that community where I met that friend a similar kind of camaraderie that we have here on TE. We all brought our diverse viewpoints, but one thing we were all passionate about bound us together. Many of those people I get to see at conferences across the country and I know their kids and their partners. But, my kid is growing up, and so are many of theirs. I'm just a little sad that it seems like an end of something, instead of a new beginning.
Karen
I feel so dumb! I haven't felt well for about a month. First, i chalked it up to the stress of my final research papers at the end of the semester. Then, the pollen count was and still is high. I don't usually have spring allergies, but...
Then my neck started hurting. I've had some neck and back issues, related to cycling, etc and I started PT 3 weeks ago. It's helped, but not 100%.
So, after starting to feel progressively worse during my vacation this weekend, I realized, gee, i am really sick. I didn't go to yoga/meditation today and cancelled my PT for tomorrow.
I went to the doctor today. I have a really bad ear infection, which has caused swollen glands, allergic nose, etc. No wonder I have felt like a whiny little kid with an ear infection! I am now on an antibiotic and I also asked for a prescription for the allergy nasal spray I took for quite a while. After my medical saga a couple of years ago, I rarely go to the doctor, except for my yearly check up and checking in with my rheumatologist. Definitely have learned my lesson... no riding or running until Wednesday at least.
I love where I work, we all just received this email (I work in the 337 building within the 300 area)
There is a large fire burning west of the 300 Area which is causing heavy smoke smell in the buildings. Should these smells cause irritation we ask that you step outside of the buildings into the fresh air until the smells are gone.
The email goes on to say that we shouldn't leave work now because the main road out is gridlocked due to people farther out than us being evacuated. So, I have to sit here and smell smoke with burning eyes waiting to be allowed to leave. Or, I could go outside where the air is somehow miraculously more fresh.
wow, Crankin, get well soon, what a bummer
Ts Poet :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: yikes!
I've been in a watercolor workshop all week and bike commuting 20 miles a day.
I am beat!
TSPOET hope you got home safely?
Hope you are enjoying your workshop, Meemster.
I biked 24 miles yesterday and 21 today. Would have been 24 today too, but DH discovered two bolts missing from his crank (!!) so we opted to turn around and head for home immediately. Gosh it felt good to be back on my bike again. :p
Got home fine. A little smokey drive home. I'm glad I didn't ride into work, would have been at least psychologically hard on my lungs :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
It'll be interesting tomorrow to see the damage on my way into work. Today I couldn't see anything.
Weeeeee :D
I found myself a very easy part time job :). It'll allow me to study & bike in the afternoons plus the social interaction i've been missing out on for the last few months :(.
This also means I get the wheels for my bike :cool: :D :)
Ugh Crankin. That's awful. Hope you feel better soon. Only time I ever had an ear infection to my knowledge, it felt like my brain was numb, and it took about 7 months for my hearing to come back completely. Sure hope it's quicker than that for you!
CC, great news! :D
Well, the searing pain in my ear has abated, along with the swollen glands. I did ride yesterday. But, the tinnitus I have had on and off for 2 years has come back pretty badly. I think that is connected to the neck/back stuff I have going on, but who knows? No one could find any reason for the ear ringing 2 years ago, so I think it is definitely tied up with the ear/allergy thing, along with whatever structural issues i am having. I do have a hearing loss in that ear; nothing horrible, though.
Not sure how much longer I will go to PT; it's definitely not helping much with the neck/back and my therapist, while good, keeps saying little things that remind me of the cultural microaggressions I learned about last semester (won't go into that... he doesn't have a clue. I keep thinking about George's father on Seinfeld, who yelled, "anti-Semitic" every time he thought someone had said/done something negative to him).
I don't feel "sick" anymore, though.
On and off for at least ten years I've tried to put up a bird feeder, but sooner or later the raccoons always got to it. Once they'd figure it out, there was no point in refilling it, because they'd completely empty it each night, and often destroy the feeder getting to it.
Two weeks ago I decided to take up the battle again. (The feed store says that bird seed sales have been through the roof, very unusual for them this time of year. Maybe it's the economy for some people - feeding birds is cheap entertainment - although that's not the issue for me. I just felt like watching them.)
New, heavy, sturdy feeder. New, taller pole. The raccoons got into it immediately. Moved it twice. They weren't able to destroy the feeder or get it off the pole, but they could empty it where it hung. As for the suet cage, they never went far with it, but several mornings I had to search quite a while (didn't want to find it by running over it with the lawnmower!).
The pole is metal, about a 3/4" square cross-section, tall enough that they can't reach the feeder from the ground, and far enough away from anything else. We never caught them actually climbing the pole - DH insisted that it was impossible for them to climb - but I saw no other explanation.
Two nights ago, at my wits' end, I came up with a simple, elegant solution.
I greased the pole with Vaseline. :D (Very slippery, not highly toxic, no food smells as a vegetable oil would have.)
For the second morning in a row, I've woken up to birds happily visiting an undisturbed feeder... and a pole covered with debris where raccoons had obviously tried to climb it. Haven't caught them in the act yet - I'd love to see them slipping down it, the little villains!
I'm not sure if racoons have similar paws (??) to possums but...In NZ, all power lines have metal wrapped round them towards the bottom/middle. That might be another idea should you ever decide to give up on vaseline...
The pole itself is metal.
With a large diameter pole, wrapping it with sheet metal will keep raccoons from climbing (I know people who've done just that), but apparently with the narrow pole I have, they could grab on enough to shimmy up. We never saw them actually climbing it, although we did catch them wrapped around the feeder like little bears. :mad::rolleyes:
vasoline!! keep it greased. I love it.
Crankin, tinnitus can be exacerbated by allergies. And you just had an ear infection. It might go away. Or it might not. I get noise induced tinnitus.