Thread Drift

[Nanci]

(SK- that was a reference to something said in the flame war speed thread :-)

Maizey has finally shed! This is how it usually goes: Snake has a nice meal. Snake disappears for a few days. Snake reappears, hungry. One day, snake doesn't reappear. When checked on, snake is "blue." (Getting ready to shed skin- skin dull, bluish, eyes covered with blue caps). Snake remains hidden for 7-10 days, eyes then clear and in a few hours snake sheds and is sparkly new.

This is how it went: Maizey dined on Tuesday two weeks ago. Maizey went to bed. Maizey never came out. I figured she was "in blue" but didn't disturb her. On Sunday, after 12 days, I couldn't stand it any more- pried her out of her hiding spot, and was surprised and worried that she wasn't blue, just sort of dingy. But she was awake and moving and seemed to be the right temp. Put her back- straight back into hiding. I put her "moist hide" into her tank just in case, (Tupperware square container with a little opening, filled with wet moss- makes shedding easier) and misted her shavings and covered the top of the tank with plastic to raise the himidity. Nothing. This morning she went into the moist hide. Finally, I just went out there, and there she is, all gorgeous and newly-shed. What a relief. I must have somehow missed the blue stage, and then she had a super-long clear-eye phase before the shedding. Weird.

[DrBee]

They're soooo pretty after the shed!

I'm home now - geez there have been a lot of posts since I left work! I thought about the speed thread on the way home. "I got straight A's". What-ever! Who cares???!!! I didn't get straight A's by any means and still ended up quite successful and happy. I have no tolerance for the elitist attitude. That's why I left academia and work for a gov't research agency. Aargh!

I've never seen a thread get so ugly so quickly and last so long on TE. Yikes!

Nanci - I love the quote.

Maybe she should go ride with Lance, or maybe he's not fast enough for a challenge. Ooh, that was bad of me.


Thanks for the well wishes Lise - good news - FishFry's fever broke during naptime. He woke up in a puddle of sweat and is nice and cool! FishJr never gets sick. It's weird, but she doesn't. Mr. Fish seems well. Hopefully I'll be better in the AM. Tomorrow is a running day.

[Grog]

At this very moment there are 13 members looking at the How Slow Am I? thread....

[DrBee]

Okay - I have to tear myself away from this. I need to go try to eat some dinner. Be back later.

Nanci - you hit it on the mark with the stop-and-smell-the-flowers comments. Elitists - Aargh!

[SadieKate]

(SK- that was a reference to something said in the flame war speed thread :-)

Oh, I know! We can all lurk in every forum. Unless there is a rule and you're going to throw me out . . . .

[Grog]

Oh, I know! We can all lurk in every forum. Unless there is a rule and you're going to throw me out . . . .

Yeah, there is a rule: you have to be faster.

[Lise]

The defining characteristic of thread drift is its utter rulelessness. Ruthless rulelessness, one might say. Never, however, ruthless rude rulelessness.

I'm just happy when SK peeks out of lurkdom with her lizard-timey self!

[SadieKate]

Faster than who? She says scuttling back onto (under) her rock.

[Grog]

Faster than who? She says scuttling back onto (under) her rock.

Faster than a slug!!

[SadieKate]

I can only guarantee less slimey.

[maillotpois]

It's 6PM and I can't tear myself away from the flame war!! I piped in with a quote from my hero, Mike Magnuson:

You can't stop participating in a sport because there are professional-level people who can obliterate you at it. A sport is about a lifestyle, about health and fitness and happiness, and you want to try hard, of course, you want to do your best, but you'll have to accept that other people's best will
frequently be better than yours.

Mike Magnuson, Heft On Wheels

The Magnuson quote was perfect.

I just got done with the doctor, and I had to dip my toe into the ring of fire that is the "speed" post. I'll tell you, the Tour of PHX or the one I race have nothing that we'd call a hill. Sure, there are hills around PHX, but asking people to strive in their everyday rides for a MPH based on what is probably a pretty flat race is pretty silly.

I hope my post came off okay. I wasn't trying to be boastful about my own time - just to call her on her facts.

[maillotpois]

Yeah - I thought the post that started the chaos was way out of line. If she's really that fast, why doesn't she race? I'd like to see some posted speeds/times.

I did look at her link to the tour of PHX and according to that her speed was 18.3 mph for a 26 mile ride.

14 3094 ELENA IVANOVA F 31 1:26:42 18.3 CHANDLER, AZ
15 3033 RANDI NAJAC F 35 1:26:42 18.3 CHANDLER, AZ

I am using my deductive powers to conclude that this is her and her husband.

This was a 26 mile ride!! WTF?

My last result on Tucson is here: http://www.pbaa.com/!ETT/ETT04-111.htm
746 1371 SARAH BURKE F 37 05:35:51 19.8 MILL VALLEY, CA

Remember, most of my rides are "slow" in her opinion.

Bear in mind this is an honest to god race - drafting, aggressive riding, etc. I crashed out last year and am apparently not doing it this year... I was going to try to beat my husband's time (just under 5 hours). Not likely. He must await my comeback next year. SARAH WILL SMASH!!

[Nanci]

It's 7PM and the tortoises have not been out to graze!!!!!!!!!!

At least dinner is in the oven. And, unlike the last time I made ciabatta bake, it's set at 375, not ZERO!!

So, did that statement about "this subject usually gets shut down pretty fast on other forums" mean a moderator shuts it down?

I am so glad we get to speak at will.

I've never seen an honest-to-goodness flame war on here before.

The BEST thing on there was comparing the quoted average speed to Lance Armstrong- that was great. That and "Unless it's a race, IT'S NOT A RACE."

Grog- you are lucky.

Have you guys ever done a slow race on MTBs? What a blast! Or how about a one-legged race?

The pets/heaven post was to comfort the PTS cat owner, but I didn't want to hijack her thread with it. I can't even read those kitty in heaven poems without bawling my eyes out...

When I go to heaven, I'm going to need a whole planet for me and pets past. Oh wait, I'm not a Mormon, and I'm not a man. Oh well, hopefully God has made provisions.

Isn't that weird how someone, the other day, in some thread, had to write g*d? Spell it out! It's ok! I'm sick of political correctness. I'm just a plain old midwestern Episcopalian, but if my religious beliefs offend someone, too bad for them. I don't get upset when someone else says Goddess or Higher Being or whatever. Common thread of humanity, belief (or non-belief) in Someone. Get over it.

You know what, just because someone inherits Einstein's brain doesn't mean they are guaranteed a "successful life" (as measured in material goods) either. Some people do the best they can with what they have, rising above all reasonable expectations, and others squander their gifts.

I am a squanderer, and, although relatively happy, have a non-squanderer sibling with whom to relentlessly compare myself to the end of days.

Oh well. At least I have ridden a 600k.

Slugs, in my yard, are Fagalo food!!

First person to correctly identify Fagalo wins a free copy of "Inside the Postal Bus" (but don't think that's a great prize).

[maillotpois]

Nanci it is probably generally a lot easier to cook when the oven is on. But I did not get a A in physics, so I may be mistaken.

Do you have a pic of Maisey now that she's shed??

[SadieKate]

Fagalo as in the volcano? No, perhaps a tortoise.