Iron Mountain road ride - Sunday morning, Aug 27

[SadieKate]

Hey, Cyndi! I just e-mailed you the time.

We need to raise a toast to Yellow for introducing a bunch of us to each other and this ride.

Oh yeah, is Bruce coming?

[Veronica]

The Coach has said "no" to both the trailer and the book bag.

V.

[yellow]

I will most definitely be with you in spirit.

If I can still move Sunday morning, I'll be sipping bad coffee at Ruby's in Bryce with HotRod himself. I'm suuuuure all of you will come up in conversation.

I'm off for a while. Leaving Thurs for Panguitch but prolly won't be logging in tomorrow since HotRod will be knocking at my door when I get home from work.

Have fun ladies (& gents)!

[SadieKate]

And the cheering begins! Go Yellow, Go Yellow.

All together now, ladies.

Amici Veloci, my Axe!

[aka_kim]

Goooo Yelllllooooow!!! We know you can do it!

So I will have to carry my own food and water?! At least I'll get to do it on my NEW bike.

Grammar question: Don't you think there should be a comma between "Veloci" and "my"? Amici Veloci, my axe - ??? Call Lynne Truss, I must know.

[SadieKate]

You happy? Yes, there should have been but I was typing fast before Miss Yellow ran off. You think she saw it?

[aka_kim]

I'm ecstatic. But I thought it said "axel" at first... need my glasses.

[Veronica]

It's 124 miles to Sly Park from our house! I think we're going to stay home and ride something a little closer.

Veronica - who has a wicked huge bruise on her right hip

[SadieKate]

Well, if you, Thom and Kim want to get cozy in the back seat, we can carry 5 bikes on the Bike Bus. It leaves the Davis Station at 6:40. Parties and naps during the commute can be accomodated.

[jobob]

I'm ecstatic. But I thought it said "axel" at first... need my glasses.

Don't feel bad Kim, I thought the same thing when I set up my whatchamacallit line, which is why I put the space between the e and the "!"

Sounds like an epic ride. Have fun.

ed. to add: Oh, I didn't realize I was being a Comma Scofflaw all this time! I hope I wasn't causing any undue distress for the Comma Police. Thank you for your indulgence.

Is comma underuse as bad as comma overuse?

[aka_kim]

Actually, I have no idea whether a comma is required or not, that's why I asked The Grammar Queen. I always say it with a pause after "Amici Veloci", so assumed a comma was appropriate.

I think apostrophe abuse is a much more serious offense than comma misuse... unfortunately I'm guilty of both, and more. My big problem is what punctuation goes inside of a quote vs. outside - the rule doesn't make any sense to me (so I ignore it).

Back to the ride, I will be bringing the Kuh-Nobby, since a 30x34 sounds lovely for a long climb.