D@mn sock ladies......just ordered four pairs.......mumble, mumble....
Yes SK - I have a darning egg.:p
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D@mn sock ladies......just ordered four pairs.......mumble, mumble....
Yes SK - I have a darning egg.:p
you bought 4? I only bought two. (what was I thinking? I wanted 4 pair!)
now I'm jealous!
:rolleyes:
Yeah, you notice the age of those of us talking about darning? We're just a fine vintage.
SadieKate "Yeah, you notice the age of those of us talking about darning? We're just a fine vintage."
Yep, we're aged like fine wine...or old socks. Not like those darn kids these days who don't know what a darning egg is. ;)
Two stripeys, one shorty pair, and a pair of non-smartwool cow sox.:cool:
I also have a darning egg.
(am I counting correctly? Is that three of us?)
um... I'm not sure what this says about me, but I have one, too. Mom made sure we knew how to repair our stuff because we were "artsy and craftsy enough to do it, and broke enough to have to". Thanks mum.:rolleyes: I hardly ever use it, though... it's just too easy to buy new socks!
i have a friend that knitted me a pair of really cool green striped socks. just the right hight and oh so cute! :cool:
I like socks, but don't have near as many as y'all do. I did get a pair of Smartwool socks from my SS and I love those! For daily wear I've been wearing some socks by Danskin - they are wicking and have an arch support band. Cheap and comfy!
TD...
I just came back from a 4yr old's birthday party (from FishJr's class). They were all playing great and running around like maniacs as 4 yr olds are so good at doing. Then I see two girls dragging my daughter across the room (they were in a gym). They toss her onto a mat and then proceed to stomp on her arm and put all their weight on her chest. If they were any bigger than her, I'm pretty sure they would have broken her arm. Good thing she drinks lots of milk! Her arm is red and sore - mainly at the elbow. Poor thing. She yelled and tried to get them off of her. I intervened (loudly). One of the girls got in trouble. Yikes! That was interesting. My heart is still racing. FishJr is taking it easy watching Tom & Jerry. I need to go ride to get the adrenaline out of my system.
GRRRRRRRR!
I can't find my student loan bill, and it's gotta be mailed TODAY!!!!!
I did a bunch of shredding y'day, and I'm afraid it went through the shredder!
Aww, bummer. I remember how happy you were to get out of dodge. But welcome back. I'm definitely biased, even within Illinois. You've got Chicago....and the rest of the state. :) I've lived in the Chicago area my whole life, and love it. I'd never leave. But if I *had* to pick somewhere to go in the US, I'd go to Seattle.Quote:
Well, we gave it a shot and wishing and hoping it would work out just wasn't enough. We're heading home to Illinois next month.
Thanks for the welcome back, I've missed home quite a bit (NEVER thought I think or feel that). :DQuote:
Originally Posted by betagirl
I'm looking forward to getting back and seeing friends & family and hitting my old haunts.
well, come out here and visit sometime soon :)
Your place is on the "must visit" list. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
pay it on line?Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
:confused:
Queen "Your place is on the "must visit" list. ;)"
TOP of the must visit list? :confused: :D After this year I want to try some touring. Your area is NOT on the top of the list for touring but starting to make a list and do research.
where is here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Norhtern California, the Bay Area. We tried to get Queen and her honey to move out here (although the same high cost of living thang would have applied) but noooooooo, she wanted the southwest.
Queen - I have almost the opposite situation. I can't move back to my home (MD) because the COL is outrageous! Houses are going for $250 sqft in some areas. That's insane! That's more than double what they are here and where we are hopefully heading.
Trek - what are housing costs in the Bay area these days? I was in Santa Barbara a number of years ago and couldn't believe what people had to pay for housing!:eek:
it's outrageous. really rediculous, insane yet still I love it here.
I mean I see all this new housing being built (mostly in places I loved to ride), yuge monster homes and I think how are people affording this? I don't know how I do it, oh, right I'm broke now I remember :cool:
Try this, this guy was my realtor, real nice guy if you're in the area and looking anyway pick a city, number of B & b you have and compare with where you are:
www.agentrobert.com
Yes, I wimped out today, I suck at training, didn't go to the dojo as planned. Doing laundry (which I love because I don't have to do a thing yet feel I am accomplishing something), puttering around the house.
I got my wheels back from the shop (you know, the ones my LBS (that's local bike shop) told me "chicks dig these wheels"? I think I have to take them for a ride with the local LGBT bike club tomorrow.
I've got deep blue toenail polish...not for my toes, I'm touching up some scratches on my mountain bike. Maybe I will paint my toes to match....nah, probably not. But I've put light layers letting it dry between each application on all the owies on the left side of the bike. Now the right side is saying "hey, me next!". I still think I'll powder coat the GT in the winter but it's much more better.
I was looking for a box to put some stuff in, that lives in the back of the truck. There weren't any spares, and I finally thought I'd see what was in a big plastic bird seed container in the laundry room. Just my favorite Polartec mittens, my elbow-length SWteiger Mukluk dog mushing mittens, my home-made ear warmer and neck warners, a really nice hood/neck warmer thing, and my favorite winter hat, all of which I had lost track of for two or three years, and searched frantically for multiple times!!
I went to photograph a time trial. It is painfully obvious I need a tripod.
Our riding mower has not been working all summer. It won't start. Last I heard, BF said after he jump started it, he couldn't mow anyway since the blades kept cutting in and out. I kept saying, "buy a new battery!" He was agonizing for weeks about how to trailer it to a repair place. I finally stopped and bought a new battery today, and installed it, and guess what, it's fine!! So I mowed for three hours today, and was looking forward to enjoying a bottle of my favorite Pinot Gris out on the patio, but of course while I was taking a bath, it started raining, hard. I finally got to go out with the pets about 6:30.
I only rode 15 miles or so today, but on the way back in on the time trial course, I passed the A riders going the other way, and I was going 30 mph!!! Instead of my usual 12 mph whenever I meet up with riders I want to impress, unexpectedly.
I can still buy a brand new 1300sf, 3 bed, 2 bath, with a 2 car garage at home for $140,000. Here in Tucson that would cost between $200k and $250k...and the wages are much less here. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by fishdr
Queen "I can still buy a brand new 1300sf, 3 bed, 2 bath, with a 2 car garage at home for $140,000. Here in Tucson that would cost between $200k and $250k...and the wages are much less here. :eek:"
so by know means scientific but I typed in 2B 2 b 1300 sf on my friends site and Bay Area prices for that started, started I said at $815k.
There are bargains if you want to live in West Oakland or Tracy or best of all can fix the fixer upper. Wages tend to be higher. Yes for what I paid for my small-needs-lots-work-condo I could live in something palatial elsewhere but I love my two mile bike to BART.
Some of my coworkers commute from Sacramento and further out because
"I could buy a bigger house there"
"but you spend your life in the car!"
The right side of my GT looks so puhrty
I need to touch up my Commutermobile. Don't have blue nail polish, but I do have blue touch-up paint for the Subie. Since they are "kin" (as it were) it'd be kinda nice to let them share paint. (The chips I wanna take care of are in the black part, but blue will work.)
Tried to get SKnot riding his bike today. After 6 minutes there was much whining. After 10 minutes there was dramatic limping and pushing of the bike. This is on a school playground, mind you.
Sigh.
Do they make a Trail-A-Bike sized for teenagers?
oh, gee, I thought he was riding! he's still "learning?" bummer!Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
I think it's called an 'xtracycle'. With seat, footies, and stoker bar. If you ever find a Trail-a-Bike for teens, let me know, maybe I can stick DGF on it. How much can one hear "I'm tired. My butt hurts. How can you stand that hard-a$$ saddle?! It's really annoying when you go that fast, that far ahead of me. SPEED UP, we're gonna WRECK! My bike sucks. I'm tired, My butt hurts..." without your ears starting to bleed? But I'm patient, and she has fun once she 'gets out there' so who knows? Maybe someday. :rolleyes:
Sitting here rather knackered....we did the 6hr today & thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I think there were about 100 riders. Before you say"gee that's not alot"..it's because
1-the city to surf (biggest fun run in WA) was on
2-the Western Derby-AFL game btwn the two Western Australian teams-the dockers vs the eagles
3-there aren't normally alot of participants at mtb events in WA. There were 181 i think at the 12hr last year...this is compared to say 2000 at the 12 & 24hr events in NSW....
I ended up doing the three 3 laps I had agreed to do & Ian did 5. (The internal engine needs a bit of work but riding the road bike during the week has helped immensely with my off road riding.) I think my first lap took me 50min....wayyyyyyy behind the top guy of 29min..:eek: When i heard about his time at the end i thought "WTF..holy *** i have a lot of work to do...:( "
I'm not 100% sure about times but shall post them along with pics when they come available.
You know you're a true mtn biker when you talk to a triathlete at the 6hr and the conversation goes like this:
Me-"so are you going to do the 12hr"
Him "no way..it's in the dark"
Me "there are some awesome lights though to use at night"
Him :confused: :eek:
Oh well, more for us then!!! I love riding in the dark...i seemed to do enough of it this winter!!! I now have nice lights too......:D
So the training for the 12hr begins...
c
CC - that sounds like fun! Good luck on the next one!
Ooh I felt like I was riding on a closed course this morning. In 1 1/2 hour ride I only saw 1/2 dozen cars. It was nice! Too bad I totally bonked at 10 miles. It was so wierd. I wasn't sure I could get myself home. I took a break, drank a ton of the Clif lemonade my SS sent me (yumm) and then I was okay. I am coughing a bit today, but geez. It could be that my schedule has been so crazy this month that I have only ridden 4 times. :eek: Oh well - at least I felt okay for the remainder of the ride.
I hope everyone has a glorious day today! We're supposed to get rain here. That is a good thing! I weeded 3 flower beds yesterday and have 4 more to go. Rain would help loosen the dirt considerably!
Man I hate fatigue. I slept til 8:45 today, which for me is late. I fell asleep around 10 or so. I feel like I got about 3 hours of sleep right now. I need to get a ride in today, hopefully around 40 miles. I did get my meds via mail order and took a double dose per doc's orders yesterday. So the gloves are off in kicking my disease's arse.
Kinda overcast today, wonder if it's going to rain.
I went to REI's garage sale yesterday with Fuji Girl and picked up way too much stuff. They were also having their labor day sale, so anything ending in .83 was an additional 50% off. Retail therapy is always helpful!
School starts on Monday. 16 weeks of pure unadulterated bliss. I start my dissertation process also. All the more reason to have to shake this stupid fatigue. Or invest in Starbucks :D
Beta - is this your last semester? Do you have candidacy yet?
Hey fish. I'm a candidate but it's not my last semester. I'm going into my 3rd year. This is the heaviest year of classes really with 5 each semester (though 2 are Pass/Fail). You take some electives your 4th year for your specialization. The dissertation process is pretty strict at my school, as to ward off that notorious ABD status that can go on for years. This year we design and collect data. 4th year you write and defend it. I'm already doing work related to my topic, so I'm ahead of the game. But in the same vein, that adds another layer of work/pressure because I have to submit for a new grant in the spring. :eek:
I'm sure you understand the fun of academic research :D
Knot-the-traitor. Knotted-ict Arnold. Knot Fawkes. (Knot quite)
Through a tri board I found a biking PT who does a lot of work with bikes, posture, atheletes, and feet. (my favorites) Went to his website and found he is moving to a new larger facility in the fall.
I emailed and asked if he was hiring...
Not that I don't like where I work. Well, ok, the co-worker who is sleeping with a supervisor and makes my job life hell and complains about me obsessively and calls me at home to tell me how much I suck and bad-mouths the owners and left a "Hanky Panky" thong underwear wrapper in a patient's chart as a cutesy joke for someone else but I found it instead... yeah, I could do without that.
I ask you, is it too much to expect to be able to WORK at your job? I just want to be able to do what I'm good at. I want to be able to use what I know. So much of my advanced training is slipping away because I don't get to use it here. And so much of my energy is squandered just trying to keep an even keel in the face of this barrage of unprofessionalism.
I go to work to WORK. Not to make friends, not to coddle someone else's emotional insecurities, not to compromise my standards.
I'm not actively looking for another job yet, but think a few positive thoughts for me. (I've got my fingers crossed, and commutermobile is crossing her spokes for me.)
Fingers and spokes crossed, Knot.
I don't see what the problem is...... :DQuote:
Not that I don't like where I work. Well, ok, the co-worker who is sleeping with a supervisor and makes my job life hell and complains about me obsessively and calls me at home to tell me how much I suck and bad-mouths the owners and left a "Hanky Panky" thong underwear wrapper in a patient's chart as a cutesy joke for someone else but I found it instead... yeah, I could do without that.
Fingers crossed for you on the potential new gig.
fingers, toes, legs and eyes crossed. :D
Thanks, y'all! :D
Might wanna hold off on the legs and eyes crossed, Trek. That's not gonna help you find the next DPITA...;) Or, it could, but that'd be the wrong kind of DPITA.
I need more coffee.
Gonna make fried Portobella mushroom and scrambled eggs with cheese for b'fast. The Portobella has been marinating in soy sause and sesame oil overnight. mmmmm Served with steamed green beans, broccoli, and zucchini. (of which SKnot will probably take one bite) Maybe I'll do up a potato, too.
What are you guys having for b'fast today?
sounds wonderful, I'll be right over.
Nothin' fancy, sourdough toast with pb & cream cheese, coffee with soymilk. I'm off to an EZ bike ride with Different Spokes, byeeeeeee.
What soy milk do you use? I can't seem to find one that won't curdle in my coffee. Rice milk works ok, but it doesn't taste so nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
I need to find a good soymilk, cuz I gotta have something in my coffee.
god that sounds great! I'll be right over! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
I had my usual toast and a bucket of coffee. I was out real late last night, my band had a gig, and I'm soooo tired. The Cook has her nose in the NY Times, so I'll have to wait until later for Good Food. Maybe lunch...
KnottedYet, you seem to have a corner on high drama at work. That's really bad! Are you gonna document all this and hand to the Personnel folks on the way out? Might be satisfying. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. "Actively looking" would be OK. :)
I have my bike fitting appointment later today, I'm looking forward to it. We're going to try wider handlebars, and maybe raise them again. I really want to banish this lower neck pain.
I just previewed my post, and it looks like Trek420 & I will be there shortly... So make more, OK?
You got it! Breakfast at Knot's!
I'll start heating up the BIG frying pan!
(and then we can all go for a little ride down to the beach and watch the ferry toodling over to the Olympic penninsula, check out the islands and the other 2 ferry routes you can see from the beach, and order some coffee at the harbor building. For lunch we'll ride down the coast to a little seafood place and eat outside, and then ride inland to a great chocolate shop for dessert.)