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[Trek420]

Lise "Decent of him to mention the wife, so I know we were really only talking about the bike. "

yes, that's always decent of them to do

My Gay'dar works fine but my "single/available-dar" does not work at all. Solved that problem, just assume they're all taken. ;-)

Got to work today and my schedule'd been changed so I really did not have to start till 9, so...went to the gym and worked out on the elyptical trainer.

[DirtDiva]

Oops. I put my pineapple juice in the freezer so it would get cold more quickly, but I forgot to take it out until just now. I'm thinking it might be tempting fate to stick it in the microwave to thaw...

[DrBee]

Put it in the blender and make a pineapple slushie

Lise - You didn't need that ex anyway! How's photo guy? Any more on that front?

[DirtDiva]

I was thinking pineapple/vodka slushie actually. But alas, no vodka. I do have some tequila - I wonder how that tastes with pineapple..?

[DrBee]

tequila might be good. hmmmm... what about rum? kind of like a mai tai?

[DirtDiva]

Don't have any rum either. Curiousity did get the better of me and I have to say, the pineapple/tequila slushie wasn't bad. Not nearly as good as a margarita, but quite drinkable.

[Nanci]

I'm so excited for dinner tonight!! Angel hair pasta, five cheese sauce, capers, sun dried tomatoes, grilled cut up Italian sausage, garlic bread. To go along, a bottle of Vintner's White and Rosa from San Sebastian, a local winery- so nice foxy Florida grapes!

The Susan-recommended Sugoi RS Flex shorts are here. They made it out onto the bike for a test drive, and passed! Full report after the ride tomorrow. Love the chamois. It isn't going anywhere. (Like bunching up, or halfway up my back, or out to the far reaches of my cheeks!) This is my reward for going on, and on, and on, and on about all the faults of prevoius shorts, and making my perfect shorts wish list well-known- Susan PM'd me a while ago suggesting the Sugois. I'd had two bad experiences with Sugoi, so was suspicious, but after the Shebeast whatever they weres didn't work, and the three pairs of Performance didn't work, and the wicked expensive LGs weren't available in my size any more (although I guess I could have ordered them somewhere else- I chose to take that as a sign) and the something or other gel chamois with the perfect chamois had the giant leg openings- I was willing to give Sugoi another shot.

Also got a Sugoi tank, black, with light blue flower, which has an open back, not the usual t-back, which is nice, and doesn't seem to allow _too much_ cycling cleavage, and is a weird silky fabric, and has a _black_ bra! For some reason the black bra excites me! Probably because I've never been a white bra fan, which carried over subconsciously to cycling tanks. So- new outfit tomorrow. Actually, I got the tank in hopes of it matching my imaginary Prana Knickers, which are still expensive and I have nowhere to wear them but I love the pattern. But I hoped that I would like it anyway- in case the knickers never materialized.

Ok, off to take the torts out for their evening grazing.

Nanci

[Lise]

Nanci, glad to hear the shorts seem to make the grade! I know how you've suffered. And if you like 'em, I may give 'em a try.

The clinic admin who broke the new of ex's marriage to foreign bride told me, "she seemed really dependent on him". I remembered how he loved it when I needed something, like when I was crying over a car accident and he could comfort me...not that he enjoyed my suffering, but he really loves saving people. He's a cop, fer cryin' out loud. He likes to be the hero. Except that I don't need a hero. I need a partner. Who can occasionally be my hero. Deeper insight.

I went for a little spin after work, felt like a speed demon riding north, I mean 20 mph was no problem! I couldn't really tell which way the wind was blowing, since the leaves on the trees seemed to be going every which way. Then...I turned around. Ah, that's the direction of the wind! IN MY FACE! Had to work hard for 14 mph.

Last night when I rode to volleyball, I saw this guy at an intersection. He had great yellow panniers, and seemed really strong. He took off at one angle, and I at the other. A few blocks from vb we met up again! I said, "Well that answers that question." He replied, "Darn! I always thought my route was faster!" We laughed, and I said, "yeah, well you're stronger and faster than me." "Nah", he said, "I'm sort of a weenie." Good looking guy, but wearing a bandana instead of a helmet. I figured he was gay (because of the weenie comment, not because of the no helmet). Today, riding home from work, he passes me and yells out, "I'm going to try harder today!" I catch him at another intersection, and say, "Love your panniers!" He replies, "Oh, yeah, all the chicks say that". So now I'm confused. Gay? Not gay? Doesn't matter, cuz he's not bright enough to wear a helmet? We flirt for a bit, and he takes off. No names exchanged. Whatever, it'll be fun to run into him around town!

[Nanci]

Weenie is a pretty common term among cave divers, both to describe a person and as a verb, as in "I weenied on the dive when I was only a mile into the cave." So, I wouldn't count that as gay.

I just finished jury-rigging a toilet repair, since I really, really, really didn't want to rebuild it, although I have done it before. BF informs me this morning, at an inopportune moment, that "the dealy is broken." I didn't ask _which_ dealy, until I went to flush and nothing happened.

Apparently, the plastic dealy that connects to the flapper dealy that lets water out had broken off. At first I didn't see how it could be repaired, or even replaced without replacing _everything_, but it came to me as I was driving home and noticed the little pile of safety pins that I have in case I have to pin on a race number or somone else needs them.

So I stuck a safety pin through the end of the plastic dealy (which in normal tiolets is a chain, I believe) and through the plastic flapper dealy, and it worked!!! Ah, saved.

NOW it's time to take the torts out. Poor little guys are asleep.

[Lise]

thanks for the 411, Nanci. I guess more will be revealed, if I keep running into and flirting with him!

Safety pins rule. Sad to imagine the world before they were invented.

Off to the residents' graduation party, at which I will eat good food, drink a lot of seltzer water, and watch my friends get drunk.

Date with sober guy tomorrow. Photo guy emailed me that he will call and ask me out, but he hasn't done so yet.

L.

[withm]

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So I stuck a safety pin through the end of the plastic dealy (which in normal tiolets is a chain, I believe) and through the plastic flapper dealy, and it worked!!! Ah, saved.

Nanci

I found that eventually the safety pins, or in my case, picture wire) will rust out and you'll be back where you started from. I started using 2 tie wraps - one looped thru the other to replace the chain. That lasts for 6-12 months but eventually they break too. Go figure. I hate rebuilding the guts to toilets. Got one that does not make everything go away - sometimes takes 2-3 flushes. If I could afford it, I'd just get a new one.

[Nanci]

I think, even if you bought a new one, you'd still have to install guts.

This one is a problem, because there is no chain, only a plastic thing that looks like those closures for trash bags, and then the flapper thing is also plastic, with no attachment point.

Maybe the safety pin will take a long time to rust through.

I think mine have problems flushing becuase of water pressure.

[Trek420]

Lise "thanks for the 411, Nanci. I guess more will be revealed, if I keep running into and flirting with him!"

Sorry, can't help you Lise, I don't have long range gay'dar installed

The fact he has panniers that "all the chix like" bodes well. If gay he'd change them to the ones "all the guys like" whatever those are.

But batting for the team without a helmet? That'd be a dealbreaker for me.

Ooh, the famous Zoic Capris have arrived

[DrBee]

Nanci - I had a similar thing happen in my toilet. The thingy that attaches the chain to the float dissolved into nothingness. Mr. Fish fixed it with something or other. Every so often in falls off, but seems to work most of the time.

Dinner sounded good! That doesn't sound like grilled or frozen. We had chicken, zuchinni, squash, and stewed tomatoes - over rice. Super easy and really yummy!

Lise - pannier guy (???) sounds intriguing. Keep us posted on your encounters. Geez - you could be dating 2 or 3 guys at once. You're going to be very busy!

[DrBee]

BTW - you all are killing me with all this talk of new shorts! After spending the money on new pedals and shoes, I'm trying not to spend any more money for now. I only have 2 pairs of not-so-great shorts and am wanting a new pair so badly! Aargh! I guess I can live vicariously through you