Dear So and So

[PamNY]

Crankin, glad your son is okay.

[malkin]

Crankin, Ach! Boys!

Reesha, I wear a rainbow one under my helmet to proclaim, "I am the world champion of this here commute!"

[Crankin]

I think he wanted it so as not to gross out friends and co-workers. He remembers when DS #2 went to school many times with serious oozing road rash after crashing in races (not supposed to cover it, right?), and caused several of the girls at Acton Boxborough Regional High School to nearly faint.

[Owlie]

Glad he's okay.

Dear self:
Go get the burrito. Then go somewhere to study, or something. It's hot in here.

[skhill]

Dear fellow church members,

Yes, I almost always get to church by bicycle. Why do you find that strange? With the short distance, stop lights, and parking issues at our downtown cathedral, the bike is generally quicker door-to-door. Even if it weren't, the bike's more fun than the car.

I think it's weird that of the 800 or so that worshipped at our place this morning, only 2 of us came by bike. And I know that some of y'all live within 2 miles-- isn't it strange that you're wasting money on gas driving someplace so close?

[marni]

Dear fellow church members,



I think it's weird that of the 800 or so that worshipped at our place this morning, only 2 of us came by bike. And I know that some of y'all live within 2 miles-- isn't it strange that you're wasting money on gas driving someplace so close?

They must be Iowans- apparently Iowans don't like to go anywhere they can't drive. I felt like I was taking my life in my hands yesterday to walk from the hotel the mile to a drugstore for some necessities and back. No sidewalk, walking from parking lot to grass to parking lot and in the shoulder on the bridge across the freeway.

An occasional worn down foot path in the grass and weeds but few and far between.
drugstore had a sidewalk that started on one side and ended at the other side by running into the highway.

Very strange

[Bethany1]

Crankin,

So glad your son is okay and made it home safe. Bet his wife isn't real happy with him either. LOL. My husband was so mad when he came to the hospital from my accident, it was kind of cute.



Dear Powers That Be,

I found on Craigslist some tires for my Mukluk. Please drop 125 my way via the items I'm selling on CL or have money fall from the sky.

If you really insist I use any money to pay the hospital bill, I understand, but bike stuff is way more fun.

[Crankin]

Skhill, what do you wear when you go to church services on the bike?
I am just wondering. It took me years to be able to even walk into the sanctuary of my synagogue in pants (, I know, this brands me as very old fashioned). While nobody gets super dressed up anymore, there is an expectation of, let's say, wearing work type clothes, not jeans. I couldn't go into a Friday night service in my cycling clothes! Do you wear regular street clothes?

[Catrin]

Skhill, what do you wear when you go to church services on the bik
I am just wondering. It took me years to be able to even walk into the sanctuary of my synagogue in pants (, I know, this brands me as very old fashioned). While nobody gets super dressed up anymore, there is an expectation of, let's say, wearing work type clothes, not jeans. I couldn't go into a Friday night service in my cycling clothes! Do you wear regular street clothes?

I was wondering the same thing, but maybe you live close? I would love to do the same but live about 14 miles away, no place to store my bike and even if I didn't sing in the choir I have the same problem Crankin has.

[skhill]

Skhill, what do you wear when you go to church services on the bike?
I am just wondering. It took me years to be able to even walk into the sanctuary of my synagogue in pants (, I know, this brands me as very old fashioned). While nobody gets super dressed up anymore, there is an expectation of, let's say, wearing work type clothes, not jeans. I couldn't go into a Friday night service in my cycling clothes! Do you wear regular street clothes?

Street clothes, absolutely. It's only 1.5 miles, after all. Yesterday I was wearing a knee-length skirt (with compression shorts underneath), and had dressy shoes in my trunk bag. Between choir and verger duty, I'm usually in a cassock for services anyway, and you can get away with almost anything under a cassock, as long as the shoes are presentable...

[Crankin]

OK, that's what I thought. I would have to invest in some longer skirts I could wear cycling shorts under or bring a change. It's anywhere between 7-9 miles and hilly, so that means sweaty.
Maybe that would get me back to going there...
I did ride my bike to a special service by a pond where we symbolically "throw away our sins" during Rosh Hashanah. It was only about 3 miles from my house and I wore regular cycling clothes. Let's just say it was kind of distracting, especially when the rabbi had to come over and pick up my bike to see how little it weighed .

[SadieKate]

Dear FedEx:

Your green campaign is a joke. Sending a package to Oregon, up to northern Washington, and back to Oregon is at least 370 miles of fuel-burning idiocy.

~SK

[limewave]

OK, that's what I thought. I would have to invest in some longer skirts I could wear cycling shorts under or bring a change. It's anywhere between 7-9 miles and hilly, so that means sweaty.
Maybe that would get me back to going there...
I did ride my bike to a special service by a pond where we symbolically "throw away our sins" during Rosh Hashanah. It was only about 3 miles from my house and I wore regular cycling clothes. Let's just say it was kind of distracting, especially when the rabbi had to come over and pick up my bike to see how little it weighed .

In situation like these, I find that some nice golfing clothes work well. Alot of the tops are dressier and yet cooling and wicking. A nice skort or longer skirt over bike shorts or liners and a nice bondi band to keep the sweat off the face and the hair in line--and you're good to go!

[Crankin]

I have a couple of "polo" style casual cycling shirts, and yes, I've seen some of the cool looking golf clothes in the Athleta catalogue. I think my Athleta "whatever" skort would be perfect, I wear it to work. But, I just can't ride without chamois. My azz and other parts just are not tough enough.

[tulip]

Dear Dishwasher Repairman #2,

Please fix my dishwasher and don't charge me too much. The first guy apparently didn't know what he was doing the three times he's been out to fix it, and I've already dropped way too much cash into this thing. I certainly won't use them again, even though I try to support local businesses. I've basically not had a consistently working dishwasher since December...I grew up without one so I do know how to wash dishes in the sink, but I sure prefer to have a dishwasher!

If its a big fix, I might as well get a new one, and it most likely will not be another Bosch.

Signed,
Madge