Dear Missouri River,
You have blocked all accessible bridges and streets in/out of my area and I was really hoping to have my sister come down and pick me up for a trip back to our parent's house. Now her seven hour trip will turn into a 10 hour one IF she braves the back roads to get to my house.
Then it will be another two hours added to get out of Nebraska and head off east.
It's okay though. It's not like she needs me to go get some stuff, it would just be nice to spend time together.
Dear Cheverolet Company,
I wish your Silverados weren't so heavy duty as one did 3000 dollars damage to DH's small car yesterday.
On the other hand, I commend you on your durability efforts as there isn't any damage done to the truck.
Now if you could get your Silverados to get 40mpg like my small car, we could come to some agreement on the whole thing.
My goodness, I was just in Omaha today. The river is insane. It looked like an interstate or a major highway was under water?? Thankfully I didn't have to deal with any of it for work but I did walk around near Riverfront and I could hardly believe it.
Dear airplanes:
Please stop making me sick. I can't do my job if I get migraines every time I fly.
"I never met a donut I didn't like" - Dave Wiens
Dear former Louisiana resident
Summer doesn't come until sometime in July.
Now you know why we wear wool all year round.![]()
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Bethany, sympathy for you and your DH on the car ...
Marni- Tucson has been in triple digits for sometime, and our morning lows have also been around 80. Monsoons finally arrived and we just got the first rain in 82 days last night, but that means the humidity is here too.
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Hey, you could be in Ohio, 90° for two days and 65° for two days, since May. At least if it would stay one temperature I could get acclimated.
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
I hear that up here in MI, too. Last year I did several long bike rides (metrics and longer) in the 90s...they were uncomfortable, but doable. Almost a month ago we had a day in the mid 90s with high humidity and I was ill after <20 miles. We have no acclimation to anything much above 75, this year. I'm kinda dreading a century through Death Valley in Oct. I don't deal well with heat under the best of circumstances. I'm kinda worried about doing heat and dry and sun without any acclimatization.
Kirsten
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Positive vibes for M! (And for her family, and for you, Tulip.)
It's been consistently warm, mostly, but here it's been bouncing between 75-85 and pleasant, and 90s and horribly sticky. I don't do too well with heat either, so my July 4th weekend rides are going to be done early in the morning...
At least I don't leave slime trails.
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Saving for the next one...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. Seems the TE shopping trip to REI fell through last winter.
In my southern latitudes former homes, you don't ever put away all your summer clothes, and apparently here, you keep some wool on hand year round. I just need help juggling my wardrobe. I don't have enough WARM clothes. But when it's warmer when I walk out the door at 6:30 am compared to the temperature at 11:00 am, my body gets confused.![]()
Beth
Dear new guy:
If you would shut up and work (and not watch tv on your computer) you wouldn't have to stay until 7 or 8 to get stuff done. The rest of us are doing four times as much work without staying late.
PS. Put your shoes on. Your feet reek.
"I never met a donut I didn't like" - Dave Wiens
Dear sailboat adventuring friends,
Why yes, I will accept your invitation to join you on a voyage from St. John's Newfoundland back to Maine in two weeks.
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