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[KnottedYet]

My parking lot has no flat places where I could safely jack up the car. And I'm basically a big chicken. My Subi-gurus said to take it to Les Schwab ("Free Beef Now!") or Discount Tire.

I'll just bask in the glow of changing out the pedals...


Ooh, my iTunes is playing one of my all-time favorite songs right now: "Dreams I'll never See" by Molly Hatchett. (yes, I know, it's really an Allman Bro's song, but I like the Molly Hatchett version best)

[Kitsune06]

....oop, oop, there's that hair pin. I knew I dropped it somewhere.

I'm drawing the line at installing DGF's O2 sensors (though I'm sure I could, given the manual and proper tools...) and waiting on the $50+ so I can finish rebuilding the **** carbuerator. God I'm a dork.

[salsabike]

Salsa - about the bee population decreasing... they are getting hammered by mites (varroa). The lab that I'm going to is breeding a strain of bees that has high levels of resistance to that mite. I'm going to be looking for genes associated with varroa resistance to speed up the selective breeding process.

THAT is a cool job. Truly.

[DirtDiva]

My parking lot has no flat places where I could safely jack up the car. And I'm basically a big chicken. My Subi-gurus said to take it to Les Schwab ("Free Beef Now!") or Discount Tire.

I'll just bask in the glow of changing out the pedals...


Ooh, my iTunes is playing one of my all-time favorite songs right now: "Dreams I'll never See" by Molly Hatchett. (yes, I know, it's really an Allman Bro's song, but I like the Molly Hatchett version best)

....oop, oop, there's that hair pin. I knew I dropped it somewhere.

I'm drawing the line at installing DGF's O2 sensors (though I'm sure I could, given the manual and proper tools...) and waiting on the $50+ so I can finish rebuilding the **** carbuerator. God I'm a dork.

THAT is a cool job. Truly.

This multiquote thing is cool. No fiddling with messy code. Just one easy application. Call now for your FREE one month trial.

[Bruno28]

PS, what's with that new little "multi-post" icon in the lower right corner?

This multiquote thing is cool.

Oh, right, now I see how it works ANd the little arrow takes you back to the original quote - Fantastic!!!!

[DebW]

My fever is gone this morning. I did go out and vote yesterday and spent 2 hours at work, but too sick to stay there. Feeling better today but I'll take the car to work just in case.

**Attention Please**

It is official. My doctor just called, I am going through menopause.Woot!!!I think...

Congrats, Snap. I've been "going through" for 6 or 8 years. Still waiting for the "gone through". For the last 2 years it's been: "Oh good, 6 months and no period. Great! Maybe I'm done for good. Oh darn. Well, maybe this is the last one." Grrr... Keep having to postpone that menopause party.

Kit, how do you inflate a car tire at home? Hand pumps are pretty worthless for tubeless car tires, aren't they? I've even failed with a wheelbarrow tire.

Knotted, great job on the pedals. The Waterford comes home today. The Waterford comes home today. I'm sure you have an appropriate homecoming planned. Or maybe it's leaving home as quickly as possible?

The multipost thing isn't working for me. Must take more javascript than I've got. Can't take the sheep test either.

[DrBee]

Damn, this thing is addictive. 0.2126 is my best time so far. Those sheep are sneaky.

Oh, right, now I see how it works ANd the little arrow takes you back to the original quote - Fantastic!!!!

Multiquote - cool! Every time I hear a word starting with "multi" I immediately think of Mulitpass (from the movie: The Fifth Element). It's just how my brain works.

Lise - I got down to 0.2128. FishJr did pretty good with 0.5268! Mr. Fish was somewhere around 0.18. FishFry - not quite there yet. He likes the scrolly bar better than the mouse buttons.

[DrBee]

What was that? I posted and there was a little message that came up that thanked me and said it was taking me to my post. Never seen that before.

Fudge stripe cookie salad sounds gooooood!

[Kitsune06]

Kit, how do you inflate a car tire at home? Hand pumps are pretty worthless for tubeless car tires, aren't they? I've even failed with a wheelbarrow tire.

Good point. I've got an air compresser in my "Oh **** Kit". One of the ones that plugs into your cigarette lighter socket. It takes a little longer than @ the gas station, but the convenience was well worth it. Not sure how much one costs; it was a present I got when leaving home. Dad's a postie and always has one in his car.

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gawd, I can't believe I'm up already. gruh. Interview. Gruh. gotta make sure my trunk gets delivered sometime when DGF isn't home so I can squirrel it away
"Gosh, my, that old thing?! I've had it forever!"
though now she asks "Forever, eh? How many days?"
Gruh. Coffee.

[mimitabby]

Salsa - about the bee population decreasing... they are getting hammered by mites (varroa). The lab that I'm going to is breeding a strain of bees that has high levels of resistance to that mite. I'm going to be looking for genes associated with varroa resistance to speed up the selective breeding process.

Yeah, FishDr I read in my Natural History a few years ago that the problem was that Italian honeybees did not groom themselves properly, they just let the mites stay on their bodies. We just have to breed more fastidious bees, neat freaks; was what I understood. (no pun intended here!)

[mimitabby]

I plan on doing a bit of celebrating.

Yup Nanci and Lise - this is a good thing! It means I can stop taking bc pills and "let nature take her course"

In truth, I had all the symtoms years ago; but my doctor refused to believe a woman in her late thirties could be perimenopausal, let alone menopausal. The old coot.

Hmmm, things may get interesting.....

Congrats!! I'm at the other end here, Almost no symptoms left, except the dumb hot flashes, but nothing serious. It's great it's great it's great!!

on another note; I took my Veloce Bianchi in to put fenders on and the lady said "you can't put fenders on that, it's a racing bike!" she spent a lot of time messing with different fenders; she tried. There was more toe interference, not to mention cable interference and tire interference.
she also bragged up all her bikes and suggested turning my bike into a 650 special (talk about changing out parts!!!!

Got home and DH put a rear fender on the thing, at least i won't get the rooster stripe.

[Lise]

Salsa - about the bee population decreasing... they are getting hammered by mites (varroa). The lab that I'm going to is breeding a strain of bees that has high levels of resistance to that mite. I'm going to be looking for genes associated with varroa resistance to speed up the selective breeding process.

I agree--what a cool job. Can I designate more of my tax dollars to go to your research and less to ... other things?

Multiquote - cool! Every time I hear a word starting with "multi" I immediately think of Mulitpass (from the movie: The Fifth Element). It's just how my brain works.

Me too! And I hear it in her accent: Moooltipaass. I also hear that anytime I see a movie at a Multiplex. Seriously.

Lise - I got down to 0.2128. FishJr did pretty good with 0.5268! Mr. Fish was somewhere around 0.18. FishFry - not quite there yet. He likes the scrolly bar better than the mouse buttons.

I'm impressed with Mr. Fish's score. You can tell him I said so. It's sort of a Zen thing (apologies to actual Zen practitioners). You have to let your mind unfocus, and nail those sheep as soon as they bolt. If you concentrate too much, you'll shoot them for just eating grass.

PS: Can't believe I got the mooltiquote thing to work. AND: Mimi! Cool avatar! Now I have to go find your post about her and reread it!

[mimitabby]

Lise, it's on the web!!

scroll down...
http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/...a_inglese.html

I still don't know the significance of Zuave shoes. does anyone here?

[DebW]

I began reading up on this subject some years ago. I'm not an evolutionary biologist, but find the subject fascinating. Appologies to anyone here who is, as this is may be dated and incomplete info (if so please enlighten me), but it will make you believe in the value of older women.

At first glance, menopause would seem to be counter to evolutionary theory (the more offspring the better chance of leaving your genes to future generations, right?). Most mammals do not undergo menopause. Humans and (one other mammal** whose identity will be revealed below and which is not at all closely related to humans) were the only mammals known until recently to do so. I discovered three different theories on the origin of menopause:

(1) humans simply live too long. If other mammals lived as long as we do (based on heartbeats per lifetime or some other criterion) they might have menopause too.

(2) by nurturing grandchildren rather then children after a certain point in life, a woman may do more to ensure that her genes survive. It becomes a numbers argument: the survival of 2 grandchildren is the same as the survival of one child. But it has to play out over many generations with many other variables going on at the same time.

(3) groups, tribes, villages are more likely to survive periods of hardship (drought, flood, etc) if the group includes older women who have lived through similar hardship before. Without menopause, women wouldn't live as long. Remember Old Flo in Jane Goodall's first and 2nd chimp books? Pregnancy, childbirth, and lactation take a huge toll on a woman's body, particularly as she gets older. In most aboriginal (pre-literary) cultures, women were the storehouses of knowledge on local flora and nutrition. This theory was published around 1990 by a researcher who spent time with aboriginal cultures (in the Carribbean?) studying local flora and fauna. If he asked about the edibility of a certain plant that wasn't a normal part of the people's diet, he would be taken to see an old blind toothless crone who would remember what the people ate during the last drought 50 or 60 years ago. During the next drought, it was the knowledge possessed by this old woman which would ensure the group's survival. So evolutionary survival is based on social groups, but the result is the spread of genes that produce menopause. And older women were essential (until recent times) to survival. Doesn't that make you all feel good?




** The other mammal which has been known for decades to undergo menopause is the pilot whale. It's known because they were harvested commercially. Probably the orca too, but it wasn't commercially whaled.

[Lise]

Fascinating information, Deb. Thanks.