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  1. #1
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    Dear Self,

    Yes, PMS and hormones suck. That doesn't give you free rein to stuff every carb and sugar laden thing within 30 miles in your face.

    Sincerely,

    Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.
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    Dear external hard drive
    Where are you?
    At least I don't leave slime trails.
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    Dear in-laws,

    please go home already. I love you dearly and you bring great gifts, but I've been wearing uncomfortable nice clothes and smiling through a cold at you for eight hours in a hot, tiny apartment and my head is about to explode.
    Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin

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    Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
    Dear in-laws,

    please go home already. I love you dearly and you bring great gifts, but I've been wearing uncomfortable nice clothes and smiling through a cold at you for eight hours in a hot, tiny apartment and my head is about to explode.
    I feel your pain...mine just left a few weeks ago. They stayed with us for 2 weeks.. Our house is pretty small and it was getting to be way too much for me. Could not relax or do the things I enjoy. Hang in there.

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    Dear Friends Who Don't Ride (or x country ski, hike, snow shoe),
    Please don't roll your eyes at me when I tell you I went for a 4 mile hike, after you ask me what I did today.

    Thank you,
    Crankin
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  6. #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
    Dear Friends Who Don't Ride (or x country ski, hike, snow shoe),
    Please don't roll your eyes at me when I tell you I went for a 4 mile hike, after you ask me what I did today.

    Thank you,
    Crankin

    Tell me about it, I've noticed my sedentary friends and co-workers have stopped asking me what I do on my days off... My supervisor is now extolling the pleasures of being a couch-potato. He thinks after two injuries that I need to give the bike up. Yeah, right, like THAT is going to happen

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
    Tell me about it, I've noticed my sedentary friends and co-workers have stopped asking me what I do on my days off... My supervisor is now extolling the pleasures of being a couch-potato. He thinks after two injuries that I need to give the bike up. Yeah, right, like THAT is going to happen
    My co-workers are the exact opposite. Every time we return to work after a weekend or long holiday, they want to hear how many miles I've run, or where I've been riding to. Although I still can't convince them ever to go for a run with me...
    "My school is the doubt in your eyes." - Tito Mukhopadhyay

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
    Dear Friends Who Don't Ride (or x country ski, hike, snow shoe),
    Please don't roll your eyes at me when I tell you I went for a 4 mile hike, after you ask me what I did today.

    Thank you,
    Crankin
    So the more appropriate response would be....

    Where'd you go, did you see anything interesting, is this a route you've done before or a new route?
    Beth

  9. #9
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    Yes.
    The person who did the eye rolling is one who usually responds with those kinds of questions. She seems genuinely interested. So, that was why I was a bit surprised to see that body language.
    She's probably just feeling bad about herself, as it's the time of year for resolutions. She later made a comment she's going to be on a diet of grapes and some other weird thing starting this week. But I know she told our mutual friend (who also rides) that she's just given up on her weight issues.
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