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[Selkie]

Lisa - I hope Pearl recovers quickly! Is it still icy up your way?

The storm that blew through here and is now up in New England was horrible. Lots of rain. Cold rain. Had a weird electrical short last night because a bit of water leached into the basement wall (just wet on the cinderblocks). Consequently, I didn't get much sleep, so I took today off. The joys of having an old house!

Now it's windy and promises to get back to winter, after a short break from the "lower than average" temperatures we've been having. I'm hoping this all means an early spring for us East Coast folks.

[LBTC]

Mimi - that's very sad. Butterflies going out to his family and your riding community.

Snow here. It might be pretty once it is light out....

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Tuckervill]

What a sad story about the bike commuter. I used to think 56 was old, but now that I'm almost 47, it seems so YOUNG. He was so young, really.

Karen

[Fredwina]

geez, will I ever ride again?
I was going to sneak in my club chirstmas lights ride, but found today that goes right by my PT's home
anybody have an invisibilty cloak I can borrow?

[OakLeaf]

I'm ticked off at REI.

When we signed up as members we told them not to put us on their paper mailing list. Then when we got a catalog I sent them an email and asked to be taken off the paper mailing list. Then when we got another catalog DH sent them an email asking AGAIN to be taken off the paper mailing list, and reminding them that we do not patronize companies who send paper catalogs (although in practice we won't hold one catalog at holiday time against them). (Yes there was enough time between catalogs for them to have processed a change - although of course we shouldn't have got the first one.)

In response (at least they responded) he got an email talking about their "environmental stewardship" and referencing a link that said they actually used 100 tons MORE paper to print catalogs this year than last.

[Pax]

I'm ticked off at REI.

When we signed up as members we told them not to put us on their paper mailing list. Then when we got a catalog I sent them an email and asked to be taken off the paper mailing list. Then when we got another catalog DH sent them an email asking AGAIN to be taken off the paper mailing list, and reminding them that we do not patronize companies who send paper catalogs (although in practice we won't hold one catalog at holiday time against them). (Yes there was enough time between catalogs for them to have processed a change - although of course we shouldn't have got the first one.)

In response (at least they responded) he got an email talking about their "environmental stewardship" and referencing a link that said they actually used 100 tons MORE paper to print catalogs this year than last.

I'm a member of the Human Rights Campaign and they kept sending me TONS of mailings, to the tune of 5-6 a week. I emailed the division that handles the mailings four or five times and finally emailed the membership division with an ultimatum "if I receive one more item from you other than my annual renewal request I will cancel my membership". Amazingly, it worked.

[crazycanuck]

I feel like a blind & navigationally challenged turtle!

The open water swim today was not bad the first 800m as i could sort of see the Yellow Bouys. The last 800m I & quite a few other people got a bit off course!! I thought i was the only one out there that had a hard time seeing the bouys at the other end! Nope, my friend in the wave before me said she had issues with sighting as well.

I even had one of the surf lifeguards assisting at the event get me back on course! I need to do something about not being able to see in the distance, even with prescription goggles!!!

It was a good swim though & a beautiful day..ahhhhh


Another reason not to go shopping! http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24793395-1242,00.html