Dear So and So

[Nanci]

Dear Event Photographers,

Could you please use the skinny filter, and give me fair warning so my face isn't frozen in the Dead Elvis Grin?

Thanks!

[fixedgeargirl]

Dear Thrift Store Angels,

Thank you for guiding me to the Salvation Army yesterday afternoon, when I really had no real reason to go. I picked up a Topeak floor pump with a gauge for only 2 bucks ! I have yet to try it on a tire, but it does blow air out of the Presta valve, and the gauge needle moves when I do that, so chances are it functions, and really, that's all I need. I can deal with the stiction at the top of the stroke, but I do hope I can sneak some lube down there and loosen 'er up a bit.

Please continue to look out for me and guide me to the various tools and apparatus of life that I will be needing (like furniture) as I embark on this next leg of my life journey. I'm going to be needing all the help I can get. I know I can count on you, oh Spirit of the Thrift Store, as you have been so kind to me all these years.

Yours On a Budget,
fixedgeargirl

[Kimmyt]

Dear Lady on the Side of the Road in a Residential Area,

There is no need for you to laugh at me and call out mockingly, 'Having problems keeping up?' because I am lagging a good bit behind the rest of my group. It is 6:30 on a Tuesday evening and I have just worked an 8 hour day and am on the last 6 miles of my 20 mile rolling hill ride, following which I will head to the climbing gym and work out for another 3 hours. I am a new cyclist and have not yet developed the stamina to keep up with my group at all times (particularly after Tuesday icecream stops!). Please keep your nasty comments to yourself, or perhaps try and get your behind on a bike and do a fraction of what I do in a day, and then maybe you will have the right to laugh at me for getting tired.

Sincerely,

An angry and tired cyclist.

[DrBee]

Dear Thunderstorms,

Please stop raining. You graciously provided us with multiple inches of rain overnight and tornado sirens... twice. Now, you're at it again. The streets are flooded, my pool is overflowing, my poor baby tomato plants are drowning, and I really wanted to ride with my new saddle this afternoon - before I go out of town for a week where all I will do is eat and get zero exercise. I see on the radar that you are planning to hammer us periodically throughout the day. Go somewhere else - but be gentle with them.

Thank you.

[bikerchick68]

Dear Kimmyt,

Please point out that lady. My friends and I wanna ride with you in her neighborhood soon...

biker <evil> chick

[Nanci]

Dear God,

Thanks for not letting my coding patient die in my room this morning.

Nanci

[Lise]

Dear God,

Thanks for not letting my coding patient die in my room this morning.

Nanci

Yikes. No kidding. L.