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[crazycanuck]

K...So ya wanna trade Tim Tams...or other stuff?

I would like to send other smallish interesting australian items at the same time just to make it more exciting...

I'm also happy to send wine from when we visit the margaret river wine region in september...My dad & his GF like white wine...so i'm taking them on a wine tour...(i'm the designated driver...)

KG...OMG....OMG...Crispy Crunch...Tim hortons coffee...(i'd like to see bacon make it through customs... )...Old dutch potato chips....oMG.....If you sent me Tim Hortons coffee you'd make me & quite a few other Canucks here very very happy.....(I have Canadian tire money...just not in my kitchen drawer)(when we visit Canada next year, i'll drive to kelowna & give you a big hug!!!!...)

Crispy Crunch, Tim Hortons coffee and something else Canadian...it is...(I don't know if the potato chips would get through customs...??)

Fishdr do you want some too???

If you want me to send you something from aust..what(besides wine) would be a cool thing??

c

[crazycanuck]

Hey,

We need an emoticon for very very excited....I don't know if there is one to show how one feels when one receives Tim Hortons coffee via mail....!!!

(Where's brandy when you need a smilie???)


Off topic....i flatted on my ride tonight just as i was heading home. I was in a darkish section on the bike path by the freeway & couldn't see myself replacing the tube there so i walked a bit. At the ped crossing/lights i gave ian a ring but he was still at work so i thought i'd walk to the next train station(2-3km away). I walked for a bit & another cyclist was nice enough to stop & ask if i needed help. I said no (reluctantly) as i felt bad making him stop but he insisted as he didn't want me to walk the next part of the bike section on my own...(sort of dark but ok otherwise-not an area bogans would hang out in) so he changed the tire for me..(i'm horrible with being able to see well at night even with street lights!)...

c

[Lise]

Kangaroo poop? Oh, wait, we nixed that already... I saw candy in an airport shop called "Bear Poop". I was going to get it for my nephew, when I realized it was chocolate covered peanuts. He is, alas, allergic to peanuts. But wouldn't that be a great candy for a 7 year old boy to take to school?!?

I had fun meeting betagirl, fujigirl, and songlady for lunch downtown yesterday. It was a very rainy day, but beta rode her bike in from the suburbs anyways. Not the greatest weather for songlady and DH to be tourists in our fair town, but so it goes. Looks better today. Turns out fujigirl and I know people in common through work, and probably even met each other before!

Getting my butt in gear--today I will get to work on time to wash the bike-sweat and dirt off me and be seeing patients on time! Have a great day, all (or good night's sleep, uke and cc!

[DrBee]

CC - I can send you some cinnamon roasted pecans or something like that. I'm trying to think of some good things.

Lise - Happy riding!

[snapdragen]

If you want me to send you something from aust..what(besides wine) would be a cool thing??

c

Just sayin'.......

[kelownagirl]

yummy.....

[salsabike]

Oh, maaaaaaaaaaannn!!! Nice scenery there! Thanks, Snap, for the instant improvement in my day.

Lise, do you have a preference here?

[Tater]

Wow! Snap just made my lunch much better! Thanks!

[KnottedYet]

Aero bars. Mmmmmmm. Whenever I go to Vancouver I gotta buy a bunch of Aero bars. the chocolates, not the kind you put on the bike...

Meeting was interesting. There was a huge, grandiose, paranoid, bizarre soap opera going on that I knew nothing about. Did you know I'm Satan, Sadam Hussein, Hitler, Osama bin Laden, AND Mata Hari? (jk)

Anyway, i stayed calm and reasonable. Aide threw a temper tantrum at owner #2. Ummmm, you don't do that... not cool.

Came out of it feeling much better than when I went in, and aide was left holding her bag and is still stewing.

Owners asked me several times if I was doing ok, and nearly apologizing for aide's behaviour. Thanked me for my patience.

Fish - "it all works out in the end" is my mantra! How cool to see you post it, too! (corollary is: it may not be the way you wanted it to work out, but it works out)

gotta go get a haircut and visit the bank. I'm housesitting so don't have much access to the computer right now. See you guys around!

[Nanci]

I want the bald one. I want to rub his head.

[Trek420]

KnottedYet

sounds like another good mantra is "when you can keep your head when everyone around you is loosing theirs..."

glad you stayed cool calm and centered Knotted, and it worked, made her look silly

oh my, very nice.

snap, can you ask either of them if they have a sister?

nanci, yeah right that's all you want to do. Now stop it gals this is a family forum ;-)

[Lise]

Oh, maaaaaaaaaaannn!!! Nice scenery there! Thanks, Snap, for the instant improvement in my day.

Lise, do you have a preference here?

Darned thoughtful of you, salsa! Hmmmm...I'll start with the one with hair, but when the bald one gets tired of you all rubbing his head, you can send him over, too! ...and, in light of this being a family forum and all...I'll stop there!

Knotted, good for you. Keep us posted.

I did something of a brick today. I rode to work (3 mi), saw 1/2 day of pts, rode home, ate lunch, napped 45 min, rode to a work meeting (3 mi), rode another 8 miles, locked the bike in the basement, ran upstairs, peed, put on the ipod, and went out to run. So, essentially, 8 mi ride, 2 mi run. Walked at least 1/2 of the second mile, sweat pouring off me. But my legs felt good. It was my lungs/heart. Keeping on. I have more hope that I can do OK in the tri 8/20. Running. That's the piece to keep working on.

[crazycanuck]

I thought you knew who they were...

The one on the right is Ian thorpe(thorpie, thorpedo) one of Australia's most decorated swimmers...

I think the gent on the right is micheal klim-another ozzie swimmer-usually does the butterfly in the 4x 100 relay, sometimes with thorpie


c

[Lise]

I thought the one on the right looked kind of familiar! Aw, heck, I'm just an ignorant American. Are they available for off season ...cross training... in the US?