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[LynneK]

Finally, a gorgeous day here in Chicago, and Lise and I just went for a 30-mi bike ride along the lake. What a blast! Now off to work ... and ya gotta work later when you don't start 'til 10:30! But it was sure worth it.

[Lise]

My work sucks so much today I almost started crying a minute ago...

Do your TE/TD comadres need to come down to Florida and straighten somebody out for you? The birds could peck them, the snakes could hiss at them and the torts...well, maybe not much threatening from the torts.

What's making it suck so bad today? L.

[Lise]

Finally, a gorgeous day here in Chicago, and Lise and I just went for a 30-mi bike ride along the lake. What a blast! Now off to work ... and ya gotta work later when you don't start 'til 10:30! But it was sure worth it.

Like Lynne said! We had a great time, and Lynne can really ride! What a beautiful day. Lynne taught me something very helpful about riding through a sand patch. Since we're riding on a path along the lake, the wind often picks up a bit of beach and deposits it on the path. I usually slow waaay down and find the least sandy patch to ride through. We were going along at a consistent clip today, and I had moments of gut-clenching fear as we approached sand. Me: "ungh! agh-ungh! Sand! I hate sand!"

Lynne taught me to shove my butt backwards off the saddle to shift my center of gravity and be more stable. Helped a lot. I still get that clench in my gut, but I have something to do about it. I just see the whole wipe-out in my mind's eye as I approach the sand. It's as if I can feel my bike going out from under me, even though I'm fine. Makes me want to brake and tighten up, the worst things to do.

So, thanks again, Lynne, for the great ride, fun triathlon talk, and teaching me a sand coping technique!

My geriatric (in age, if not attitude) cats are waging WWIII on the dining room carpet. In slow motion. Lots of puffing and hissing, wrassling around, and then...it's over! Happy day.

[LynneK]

So, thanks again, Lynne, for the great ride, fun triathlon talk, and teaching me a sand coping technique!

Back atcha! I'm glad that my meager mountain biking skills are coming in handy .

OK, back to my conference call ...

[Kitsune06]

I love puffy tailed wrasslin'. My mom would always get so upset over cat-fights (as if they're going to seriously hurt each other? Mom! They cuddle together every day!)
and they'd look at her like "What?" shake out a couple puffs of lost fur and be on their way...

I feel short. I'm 5'5. I wear size 9 shoes and invariably 'medium' or ladies' large gloves. Well... you know what they say about ladies with big hands.
...yeah, that's right, they have big feet, too.


DGF is 5'8" and easily looks down on me (unless I'm wearing my work boots) and at least looks 'right' with bigger shoes and bigger gloves. blah. hooray for having a 'sturdy' build. I prefer to call it 'compact'

[snapdragen]

Yeah, I know I'n not really that short.

Now my niece has to s t r e t c h to be 5 feet, and she just glares at her 6'4" brother.....

I have to go get a blood test, think I'll treat myself to California Pizza Kitchen for lunch after.

[mimitabby]

I'll post some kitten pictures this weekend. They are still mostly invisible, but they are getting a little lazier about it. I went into their room this morning and trot trot trot I saw Jimmy making for a hiding place... He hid in the small trash can (on its side) it was so cute. I made a big fuss over his brilliant hideout.


I am a TALL 5'3.5" with tiny little feet (size 8 to 9 depending on shoe)
I tower over my mother and sister (and both grandmothers while they were still living) and all of my cousins.
I married a guy from a family populated by people about the same size. then i couldn't figure out why my own sons are also big tall guys, 5'6.5" and 5'9"

at my age, i am a bit worried about the big O too (osteoporosis) but
haven't been checked since a few years back when they told me my bones weren't as good as those of a 14 year old girl. Well, no kidding, i was in my late 40's!

it's scary when you look inside yourself and your bones are more transparent than you thought!

[chickwhorips]

i love my height!

i tried to get away with 5'4 for a while, then came to terms with how tall i was and love it. so i say i'm 5'3, but when i went to the clinic and she measured me i'm really 5'2 1/2. i'm 25, i don't think i'm shrinking yet.

i wear a size 6-7 in shoes and a small in gloves if not xsmall. i can never find the right gloves that i need.

[Kitsune06]

At least you're proportionate... but I can't get over how you think a 20g has 'no kick'. You're made of sturder stuff than I, Chica.

[chickwhorips]

At least you're proportionate... but I can't get over how you think a 20g has 'no kick'. You're made of sturder stuff than I, Chica.

this is true. i love the shape of my body too. short and stubby, that's how i describe myself.

heck after shooting slugs through a 12g nothing has a kick! plus i usually have a ton of layers on when i shoot.

[chickwhorips]

Holy you know what!! It just cost me $37 to send my August SS package, because it was over four pounds...

oh oh oh!!!! as a postie i recommend the flat rate boxes, they come in two sizes. they are a godsend to us up here for shipping. no matter how heavy they are, they are always $8.10 (unless you add insurance, delivary confirmation or anything like that). down side is that its only in the states, not internationally.

hope work is going better for you.

[mimitabby]

this is true. i love the shape of my body too. short and stubby, that's how i describe myself.

heck after shooting slugs through a 12g nothing has a kick! plus i usually have a ton of layers on when i shoot.

Nice to hear that I am not the only person here happy with what I was born with... and thrilled with what i have recently done to improve it (leg muscles from riding bike!)

[LynneK]

Nice to hear that I am not the only person here happy with what I was born with... and thrilled with what i have recently done to improve it (leg muscles from riding bike!)

At 5'3" with a 28" inseam, I only wish my legs were a couple of inches longer so I had a longer lever to give me more power! And so I didn't have such a hard time with bike fit .

[Nanci]

CWR, it had to go to freaking AUSTRALIA!!! So I had figured out that GLobal Priority was $18, ok, but then it was over 4#, because I put in too much cool stuff, and I could have sent it by the slow method, which would take 4-6 weeks!!!!!!!!!! and it was already over a month late...Air mail will get it there in two weeks.

[DebW]

Knotted, Knotted, wwhheerree aarree yyoouu? Did the bike come yet?