Rule #256 for How to Succeed in Life: Never get into a serious dating relationship with somebody who has facial tatoos, unless you are a South Pacific Islander.
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It must be spring. I saw a bunch of extremely pale, hairy legged commuters racing each other in traffic.
I'd rather be a has-been than a wannabe.
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The racingest commuter was a guy who was doing a standing sprint effort to hammer up the ramp onto the 14th Street Bridge (395 South). He still wasn't able to catch up to the girl riding the beach cruiser just in front of him.
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I did my Functional Threshold Power test this morning. It really frickin' hurt. I tested out at about 99% of where I was last year at this time which is amazing in light of having been laid up for so much of the winter. I am so thankful just to be able to ride right now; this good news is straight up pork and onion gravy on top of that.
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The roads at Hains were a little slippery this morning. The accumulated oils of winter are on the tarmac, the recent heat has maybe cause some of them to boil up a bit, and of course we had a little rain overnight. My tires, folding Conti Gatorskins pointed this out to me by throwing me into lurid skids at the two T junctions you ride through on each lap. Sure, I could have slowed down, but that would have compromised my power profile. And we can't have that now, can we?
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FatMarc, pal. I got your terlet right here.
I find when I'm crapping nothing but chess pieces and plastic letters, that nothing else will do.
I highly recommend it, if you have the means.
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7 comments:
the downside of that toilet is that it eliminates the "courtesy flush" which is the key to any good relationship...
with that much flushing power I'd have to blow off the courtesy just to see if I could stop it up...
respect
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the fair-weather commuters up there were wearing shorts? around here they are wearing full winter gear in 65 degrees.
fatmarc - oh, you can do a courtesy flush on this, but I'd stand up first. You wouldn't want to be sealed onto this thing and let it rip... could be hazardous.
KOA - yes, the commuters were wearing shorts in outfits that were a Bizzaro World mirror image of what racers would wear on a day like yesterday. Bare legs, but on top a base layer, long sleeve jersey and winter commuting jacket on the top. Because as every really knowledgeable part time commuter could tell you, it really doesn't matter how you treat your knees, as long as you keep your upper body warm.
Ah well, I wasn't the girl on the beach cruiser on the 14th st bridge, but I was the girl on the 20 year old Specialized Hardrock in my street clothes. Because now that it's not winter and I don't need base layers, I find it's difficult to bother putting on gear for a 6 mile commute.
Nothing wrong with that Lorraine. Utility riding in street clothes is fine by me.
I just enjoy a good laugh at the expense of people who are destroying their knees in cold weather, but wrapped up top as if in a sleeping bag. It's precisely backwards of what you should be doing. So it's funny, in a mean way.
Funny and mean. That's what attracted me to this blog in the first place ;-)
We've just finished summer here. And just like in Florida, the end of summer brings with it the super storms. We've just finished with a category 5 storm less than 500 miles from here so if I was a bike rider I'd be slipping all over the place tight now.
As for that dunny, I wonder how it would go with 3.5lb of dog food from my house. That's 6 chicken frames in the old money.
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