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[KnottedYet]

DebW "Knotted, Knotted, wwhheerree aarree yyoouu? Did the bike come yet?"

I don't see her, could be she's in the honeymoon period with her bike. We might not see her for weeks

I'm here, and so's the Waterford (Flosshilde)!



Delivered this afternoon. I took her out of the box thinking "oh, yeah, I can put her back together"

Hah!

Put all the big pieces on, then put her in the car and went to LBS (where the guys oohed and aaaahed). The dude helping me suggested I not change ANYTHING until I've ridden it a while. Even the compact crank I was planning! He thinks I'll be able to manage with the double on it now, considering the gears I use on my Kona.

This is the guy, who when I was trying to (mal)adjust the derailleur on my Kona told me I wasn't doing the wrong thing, I was "learning". Aw. Nice guy.

We oohed and aaahed over how light she is. I told him how my bike-goddess boss was telling me I was silly to buy a heavy steel bike. So he weighed it. 21.5 lbs. HAH! I'll be taking THAT little piece of trivia to work Monday!

The bars are 42cm, and I think I need 38cm. But I'll wait until I've ridden it a bit. The tape got ripped up quite a bit during shipping and is hanging in shreds here and there. I might replace that PDQ. Mmmm, black Cinelli cork...

[Lise]

I am so happy to hear it, SK. Making cranky, good natured jokes is a definite sign of improvement! Keep us posted. You're all in our thoughts. L.

[salsabike]

My dad sat in his wheel chair today out on the hospital patio and had a completely lucid and funny conversation about apostrophe(')s and "very" unique whatevers.

He even told the nurse who came in for his latest blood sugar test asking "Can I take some blood?" that she could "only if she said please." Given this improvement, the next time he'll tell her "I don't know, can you?" Guess you can tell he was an English teacher.

Very good day today. Getting rid of all the extra calcium running around in his body has done wonders. Yesterday was his first dose of Rituxan and tomorrow is the first chemo (CHOP). Here's hoping he tolerates it well.

How nice to hear good news on your dad, SK.

[KnottedYet]

Oh, that is good news, SK!

[SadieKate]

Thanks all. Should I tell you now that yawl provide good story material?

He'll like Lise's date potential comments based on proper grammar.

[maillotpois]

Wow - that is the best news EVER, SK!!! I'm so glad about your dad's improvement. I hope he goes home soon...

An English teacher? Well that explains a lot .

[SadieKate]

Yes, I am the spawn of an English teacher and a Science teacher.

Mongo like Sheriff Bart . . .

[maillotpois]

Wow, that's like matter/anti-matter....

[KnottedYet]

I have degrees in both English and science. A volatile combination, indeed. I go around imploding and exploding all the time. Sometimes at the same time.

"Eats, shoots, and leaves." One brain cell notices the grammar, one brain cell thinks "hmm, which critter is that?" and the rest go out for a beer.

[snapdragen]

Good new SK - here's to cranky wise cracking dads.

Chloe did the cutest/funniest thing tonight. I've been finding chewed tomatoes on the back lawn, and figured it was squirrels trying to steal from our plants. So, Chloe is out cruising the yard; I'm watching from the window. She noses around some plant cuttings, then heads right into the tomato plants. Ah ha! I say, that's why she smells like tomato vine all the time. No sooner do I finish that thought, out she comes, with a big red tomato in her mouth! The beastie is picking tomatoes!!! If only I had my camera close by!

[Nanci]

Must be some pretty good tomatoes!!

Good Dad news, SK. I'm happy for you. And him.

Winddance, you reminded me of a guy that I left off the list. Cyclist, MTB and road, triathlete, a couple years older than me, attractive, clearly stated in his ad that he had herpes (but I had a GF whose DH had herpes for their entire relationship and she avoided it, so I was willing to consider that). So we go on a trial dinner the night before going MTBing. Everything seems fine. Next day, we met at his house for some reason. Actually, it was his landlord's house, who he rented a room from. The landlord was Jabba the Hut's twin. Went MTBing, I apparently didn't make a good showing (hey- I did my last long run before my first road marathon the day before- I was tired!!) and then at lunch committed the cardinal sin of drinking too much sweet tea. He never asked me out again. But continued to be a presence at every cycling event and tri event I did, because his thing was photography and videography. Strangely, this year, (I mentioned this when it happened, I think) I heard on the news an elementary school had been evacuated because the guy across the street was holding himself hostage threatening to kill himself- some 80 year old guy. They interview the son- and it's my ex-date. Father had been protesting a plan to put him in a home. Then, even more strange, a couple days later, Date is found dead. I never heard why, or if it was self-inflicted or natural.

I just heard a Podcast about how kids are now using text messaging acronyms such as LOL in speech and how that is causing the English language to change. "Oh em gee, when I went to get Choco out last night, he was swimming so fast it made me ell oh ell! I less than three him!" It apparently comes very naturally to them...

My dad was an engineer, my mom was a homemaker. I think she graduated from college, but I don't know in what. I do know she blew up a chem lab by pouring sulfuric acid down a sink.

Knot- glad FH got to you safely. I think she deserves some sexy new bartape, at least.

Today I'm going riding with my group, then out to lunch, then to the vounteer party for the two centuries next month. If you volunteer, you get to enter both rides for $20. And get a free extra shirt, and they have special edition shirts for volunteers, like LS and tanks!

[DebW]

Sounds like good news all around this morning (or was it last night?).

I'm here, and so's the Waterford (Flosshilde)!



We oohed and aaahed over how light she is. I told him how my bike-goddess boss was telling me I was silly to buy a heavy steel bike. So he weighed it. 21.5 lbs. HAH! I'll be taking THAT little piece of trivia to work Monday!

The bars are 42cm, and I think I need 38cm. But I'll wait until I've ridden it a bit.

Knotted, glad to see that the Waterford arrived safe and sound, and that you are all smiles (and apparently avoided hysteria?).

Now I'm jealous. My steel bike weighs 22 lb.

Careful on the bar width. My shoulders are exactly 38 cm and I hate 38 cm bars. They just feel too narrow. I'm happy with 40s. But if you really want 38s, I've got a nice Cinelli bar on a quill stem I'll trade...

[betagirl]

Good news indeed. I was in an all day meeting yesterday then had a client. Then went to a small gathering, so no TD for me.

Great news on the bike's safe arrival!

Nice day today in Chicago. Sloane will get to stretch her legs. Or mine. Most likely mine. Actually now that I wrote that, I think I'll go take her out. Less traffic at this hour to run me over if I fall down

Lise - seriously that guy puts "LOL" in his own email? That's frickin' hilarious. And I understand the grammar thing. I'm one to pick up on things like that immediately. Sometimes people make mistakes or are sloppy, but when it's chronic I'm like man you're kinda dumb.

Off to ride....

[Bruno28]

Another one is a man who writes all in capital letters.

When we get letters at work from people complaining about stuff, invariably the ones written completely in capitals are from mad people. The ones written in capitals in green ink on a lined page page torn from a notebook are from the criminally insane....

[KnottedYet]

SKnot says "LOL" in his conversations! It cracks me up!

Nanci, between you and Lise I get my fill of dating vicariously. Geez, what a story!

DebW - I'm gonna ride around on the 42's and see how it goes. I held a very used looking pair of 38's at LBS (they sell used parts, too) and thought "mmm, wait a minute..." There was something about the front-to-back dimensions I didn't like, so even though LBS guy said they could switch 'em for me while they're putting her back together I decided to wait.

Trek is sending me some lavender bar tape she can't use. Flossie will be so glamorous!

Get her back on Wednesday.

Oh, man, I gotta eat breakfast and get ready for the Seattle TE ride! No more daydreaming about my new bike!