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[Biciclista]

fast thinking, Mimi.

I got a bee in my helmet once while riding. Happily, it didn't sting me while I screeched to a halt and removed my helmet posthaste. I'll never forget that buzzing all over my scalp while riding 20 mph.

Talk about an adrenaline rush!

[OakLeaf]

Yikes.

When DH and I first started dating, I was riding my motorcycle one day, flipped up my visor at a stoplight and a bee flew in underneath my sunglasses. I tried to get it out of there, and it did fly away, but not before it stung the corner of my eye.

For the next week, wherever I went with DH, people would see my swollen eye and give him the dirtiest looks!

Just this Saturday, a sweat bee landed on my water bottle to try to suck up a little Heed. Naturally when I wanted a swig, it stung the inside of my lip. Luckily it was only a sweat bee... although I suppose if it was something bigger, I might have noticed it before I tried to take a drink, too!

[Biciclista]

are sweat bees little?
never heard of them. But ouch, that had to have hurt... both times!

[OakLeaf]

are sweat bees little? never heard of them.

Yeah, they're only like 6-7 mm long, and their sting isn't terribly bad, but it's enough! I didn't realize you don't have them on the West Coast. They get their name because they're attracted to sweat. They're not aggressive, but they will land all over your body, and then when you bend an elbow or knee, or move so that they're in between your clothes and your body, they'll sting.

[Biciclista]

Yeah, they're only like 6-7 mm long, and their sting isn't terribly bad, but it's enough! I didn't realize you don't have them on the West Coast. They get their name because they're attracted to sweat. They're not aggressive, but they will land all over your body, and then when you bend an elbow or knee, or move so that they're in between your clothes and your body, they'll sting.

EW, that's icky.
I'll tell you a secret: One of the best things about Seattle is that we have no horseflies, no deerflies, no bott flies, no sweat flies, no chiggers, no "no see'ems", no ticks and not many mosquitoes. There are roaches, but not many. Our car windshields do not need constant washing to remove bug carcasses. We do have hornets, yellow jackets, all sorts of wasps, bumblebees and ants. No fire ants.

[Crankin]

Please stop raining. Please...
Today we had a 50 mile club ride that ends with a pot luck lunch. It starts in Portsmouth, NH and goes up to York, Maine. MY DH is off this week and he was going to come with me. Got a message yesterday that said the rides are on, despite the fact that every forecast I looked at said either rain all day or clouds, mist, rain, fog, etc all day. Temperatures in the low 60's. Now, this is unusual for this group. They have cancelled in less "weather." But, I think they wanted the lunch. So we got ready last night, got up, ate, and started out. It started raining as soon as we got in the car. It got heavier and heavier as we went north. Finally, after 30 miles, we turned off the highway and headed home.
Am I a wuss? It probably is not raining heavily there, but the visibility in Portsmouth was down to 1/2 a mile, with showers predicted all day. I have rain gear, but I don't choose to ride in the rain, unless I have to, like a commute, or I get caught out there. I actually think I have a better chance of getting a ride in down here.
Now, I just have rice salad for 16 to get rid of.

[bmccasland]

YAAAYYYYY! I have finally finished writing my first Environmental Impact Statement - on the Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Program. Now doesn't that sound just fascinating?

It is now in the hands of our technical writer - an english major, to catch errors, and to make certain what I wrote actually makes sense.
'Cause right about now, my brain is mush.

I had to get it finished by July 2, and I'm one day ahead of schedule! Of course, we'll see how many corrections and clarification my Tech Writer hits me with....


So long as New England's excess rain doesn't come in the form of a tropical storm, we'll take some of it. And from what I've heard in the news, the left coast would love to have the water.