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[DirtDiva]

maillot? Does your daughter know that you've been running around here refering to her as "peas"?

(I just twigged to that one, after ages of thinking "hmm... petite pois... that means something in French..." )

[maillotpois]

maillot? Does your daughter know that you've been running here refering to her as "peas"?

(I just twigged to that one, after ages of thinking "hmm... petite pois... that means something in French..." )

Well, if I'm "maillotpois" (a bastardization of the term "maillot a pois", used to refer to the polka dot climber's jersey in the Tour), and "pois" technically means "peas" - SK came up with "petitePois" ("little peas") for the shorty and I liked it!

[SadieKate]

mailloitpois - petit chou - petitepois. Makes sense to me.

[DirtDiva]

It is kinda cute, actually. Just wondered what she thought...

[KnottedYet]

Cycle Psychoanalysis:

Last night I dreamt I had worked on the front tire of my bike, and I could see the tube coming out of the bead (the edgy-bit of the tire that fits in the rim, whatever that thingy is called) and then it exploded. And it exploded twice more!

Either I need to stop reading Bicycling Magazine and Bicycling Science by D.G. Wilson before I sleep, or I have deep-seated anxiety about working on my bike.

I think I need to get my health insurance to cover the one week Level 1 bike mechanics class at UBI (www.bikeschool.com) If my case is severe, and my mental health is truly jeopardized (which it is, as anyone could attest!) I will need insurance to cover the Level 2 class, too.

[Trek420]

As Freud said "sometimes a bike tube is just a bike tube".

I'm still looking however I may have found a dog trainer. Let's hope we can teach a middle aged dog new tricks. We're consulting on the dog issues and then will work on scheduling.

Snap, feel free to post or send me info on your guy.

Oh, Sun just came out from behind the fog.

Well off to the dojo I think in a while, run some other errands maybe.

[DrBee]

Trek - glad to hear you found a trainer!

We are having decent weather today - it's overcast, but finally there is minimal wind. I took a quick ride this morning - could've gone longer, but had to come home to gather the kids and hubby up and drive 35 minutes and judge a crawfish cooking contest. Uhhhhh - no entries. So, now I'm starving! At least we're going to a crawfish boil tonight. I did a 1/2 mile sprint on a good straight stretch (there aren't many of those on my route) and hit 21.3 mph. A new record for me Happy Day to all of you! I'm off to run errands.

[KnottedYet]

Success at Trader Joe's! (and other shopping)

It's one of the cheaper grocery stores around here. Got edemame (frozen and shelled) for 1/4 the price elsewhere. Great for my new favorite instant food: 1/2 frozen corn 1/2 frozen edemame. Let thaw. Add some salt.

"Two Buck Chuck!" Happy dance! Bottle o' Shiraz for $2.99. I'm working on it right now. Purple Moon Shiraz for $3.99. Didn't buy that, cuz I was afraid I'd end up working on it tonight, too.

Clif bars 99 cents. Nectar and Lara bars for $1.29. Big BIG Tiger's Milk bars for 69 cents. (got 3 for Small Knot) Honkin' half pound bags of candied ginger 99 cents. (got 2 for me)

After the groceries I cleaned up a spot along a wall in my room, so my bike has a new home. (two buck chuck helped with that task) Hmmm, now I'm sleeping with my bike, as well as dreaming about it....

Also hit the REI sale. A disappointment, as it has been for the last 15 or 20 years. They never should've sold their soul. I did get an Onguard cable-and-U-lock combo. The most appealing thing about Onguard is that it comes with 5 (count 'em, FIVE) keys.

REI didn't have gu/clif snot flasks. I even asked a peon in a green vest, and he said they didn't have any. Poopy. I was gonna use my 20% off coupon for a flask. (a savings of approx 80 cents)

Anybody have a favorite flask? Favorite flask attachment device? (Gu makes one for handle bars, Ultimate makes one for arms or clothes)

[Trek420]

Happy Birthday yellow!!!!! also newfsmith, amg, mtbstarr & spideysgirl

[maillotpois]

Cycle Psychoanalysis:

Last night I dreamt I had worked on the front tire of my bike, and I could see the tube coming out of the bead (the edgy-bit of the tire that fits in the rim, whatever that thingy is called) and then it exploded. And it exploded twice more!

Either I need to stop reading Bicycling Magazine and Bicycling Science by D.G. Wilson before I sleep, or I have deep-seated anxiety about working on my bike.

I think I need to get my health insurance to cover the one week Level 1 bike mechanics class at UBI (www.bikeschool.com) If my case is severe, and my mental health is truly jeopardized (which it is, as anyone could attest!) I will need insurance to cover the Level 2 class, too.

I so totally want to do that class! I have been looking at that for years.

Cycle Pyschoanalysis:

This afternoon, after having a couple of rum and tonics and sitting in the sun watching DH's tennis match, I come home to lounge on the couch with the Vino edition of Cycle Sport. Love Vino. Read the article. DH is at the computer pricing forks. There's a cool breeze coming in, I can hear the hypnotic hum of the computer, and my eyes slowly sink shut. I am descending a curvy mountain road, and my front wheel suddenly goes out from under me - and I fall to the pavement, jerking awake just before impact.

[Lise]

Yikes! Perfect post for a thread called "drift"!

[Nanci]

I love Shiraz/Sirah. I think that's my favorite red. BUT on my way to Chattanooga, I stopped in at Georgia Wineries for some fruit wine, and brought home six bottles, one of which is gone already, the blackberry/muscadine...Also bought: Raspberry/muscadine, muscadine, blueberry, sweet honey red muscadine, and one other I can't remember!

http://www.georgiawines.com/winelist.asp

I tasted a New Zealand Riesling last night and it was _too oakey!!!_ I don't think I've ever tasted oak in a Riesling! I was very disappointed...

[DirtDiva]

Oakey riesling? Weird. What one was it? (I'm curious to see if the US is like the UK and the only NZ wines you can readily get are owned by Montana...)

[Nanci]

Villa Maria, 2004.

Nose: Wine Enthusiast calls it "fern," but I couldn't really put a name on anything.

Tasting: yellow apple, piney, lime

Here's another NZ wine that I've been hoarding:

2002 PANSY ROSÉ
PRODUCTION NOTES
"Pansy" is a sculptured wine. Made from predominately Merlot and Cabernet Franc grapes, a portion of juice was bled from the grapes one day after crushing. The wine was then handled like a white wine, cool fermented and sulphured once dry. Just prior to bottling a portion of late harvest Chardonnay was added to add complexity and a hint of sweetness to the wine.

ANALYSIS AT HARVEST
Average Brix: 22.0 Titratable Acidity: 7.0 g/l pH: 3.25 WINE ANALYSIS
Alcohol: 13.0 %
Titratable acidity: 6 g/l
pH: 3.45
Residual sugar: 4.0 g/l

TASTING NOTES
Colour: Cherry in colour with mauve edges.

Aroma: Ripe Pacific Rose apple and sherbert aromas abound. Complexed with hints of bisto.

Palate: A fruity little number. The wine has great fruit intensity, with juicy fruit and watermelon characters. Full bodied the wine finishes well with a hint of tannin.

An ideal summer sipper and aperitif style wine.

[DrBee]

Shiraz...I have bad associations with Shiraz. Drank waaayyyyy too much of it at a Mardi Gras ball a few years back and can't even think about drinking it now.

Riesling I like, but cannot imagine it being oakey. That IS wierd.