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Prozakk
04-23-06, 04:36 PM
sucks 2 be at work :(
Listening to Johnny Cash
Wish I'd hadda known you were a little younger. Around me you might have learned a thing or 2
But it's all overtime. For bike parts. ;)
P.S. I'm willing to learn.
56/12 and 22/28
04-24-06, 05:12 AM
I'm reading BF, listening to...nothing(my CD's done), and drinking Beck's Dark(alternating with Shiner Bock) and wondering what Pogos are.
They're like corn dogs, but more Canadian.
56/12 and 22/28
04-24-06, 05:13 AM
Pogos is a brand of corn dog. I've never had them (food allergy) but Dear little one has them sometimes and they appear HORRIBLY greasy.
I'm checking e-mail and figured I'd check things out over here. Dear little one and I are having a girl day today. Should be fun.
Well, you obviously were looking at bad Pogos.
The good (Canadian) ones are grease-less.
Well, you obviously were looking at bad Pogos.
The good (Canadian) ones are grease-less.
I live in Canada....and buy them from the freezer aisle in the grocery store.....these were greasy. Maybe the ones sold in Canada aren't actually Canadian?
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 07:32 AM
I live in Canada....and buy them from the freezer aisle in the grocery store.....these were greasy. Maybe the ones sold in Canada aren't actually Canadian?
They're American!!!!
Hah
Goood morning Vietnam.
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 07:32 AM
I just ate a quaker breakfast bar and drank a cup of water and the quaker bar makes me want another cup of water. *pushes the remaining quaker bar out of sight.
I just ate a quaker breakfast bar and drank a cup of water and the quaker bar makes me want another cup of water. *pushes the remaining quaker bar out of sight.
What a coincidence, I'm eating a Quaker breakfast square. :eek: And am also requiring tons of water. But then, I am just another part of your personality. :D
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 07:36 AM
What a coincidence, I'm eating a Quaker breakfast square. :eek: And am also requiring tons of water. But then, I am just another part of your personality. :D
Whoa, that's a scary thought :p
So what was your weekend like?
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 07:37 AM
What a coincidence, I'm eating a Quaker breakfast square. :eek: And am also requiring tons of water. But then, I am just another part of your personality. :D
Are you the one that keeps shouting "Start a fire!" and "ooh pretty light"? :D
Are you the one that keeps shouting "Start a fire!" and "ooh pretty light"? :D
So you DO know I'm there. :D
Weekend was good. DLO and I had a girl day yesterday which was very nice. Nice to spend one on one time with her after working all week.
How was your weekend?
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 07:51 AM
It was a weekend. Spent too much time working and sleeping. Tried to go somewhere twice to socialize and failed miserably both times. Being in a new town and not knowing anybody sucks.
It was a weekend. Spent too much time working and sleeping. Tried to go somewhere twice to socialize and failed miserably both times. Being in a new town and not knowing anybody sucks.
Aren't there a lot of BF members in Houston? Have you hooked up with any of them?
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 08:21 AM
Yep and nope. There's a lawyer who works and cycles north of me. Alot of them are doing the MS 150 thing though from what i see. Which was this weekend i believe.
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 10:31 AM
Listening to Karma Chameleon. Nice when the person next to me isn't here so I can actually listen to music. We just found out that they are trying to prolong the free extension for the wing that we are in. So i might hit the owner up and see if I can take one of the abandoned offices so I can listen to my music without disturbing his rap music.
Yep and nope. There's a lawyer who works and cycles north of me. Alot of them are doing the MS 150 thing though from what i see. Which was this weekend i believe.
They all suck. They should have thown you a really great "Welcome to Houston" bash ride instead. :rolleyes:
Listening to Karma Chameleon. Nice when the person next to me isn't here so I can actually listen to music. We just found out that they are trying to prolong the free extension for the wing that we are in. So i might hit the owner up and see if I can take one of the abandoned offices so I can listen to my music without disturbing his rap music.
OOOOOOOOOOOO....I love Karma Chameleon. Yes, I admit it....I do love that song.
Now I need you to come steal our vending machine. I am so tired and the chocolate is calling to me with it's awakeness.
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 11:45 AM
OOOOOOOOOOOO....I love Karma Chameleon. Yes, I admit it....I do love that song.
Now I need you to come steal our vending machine. I am so tired and the chocolate is calling to me with it's awakeness.
Man, I hurt my back hauling that thing out. And somebody always comes and takes it back every single day. I feel like Pinky and Brain, except Pinky and brain only got exploded and squished. They didnt have to carry a vending machine every day, I don't think.
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 11:46 AM
They all suck. They should have thown you a really great "Welcome to Houston" bash ride instead. :rolleyes:
They were going to, but it was going to involve pub crawling, and that's totally not something i like, let alone enjoy doing. I had to turn that offer down because that's usually a situation where both parties aren't really doing something that one enjoys.
jyossarian
04-24-06, 11:57 AM
i'm waiting for a boring conf. call to start. and i'm wishing i could take the money i'm using to fix my car's broken front suspension and buy another bike instead.
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 12:01 PM
i'm waiting for a boring conf. call to start. and i'm wishing i could take the money i'm using to fix my car's broken front suspension and buy another bike instead.
Heh. I'm half wondering how much it would cost to have them take my front bumper and front left body pieces off and replace them as the 2 are damaged. Of course if i did that then I'd need the door to be replaced. I honeslty think it would get extremely expensive real quick.
peregrine
04-24-06, 01:21 PM
I'm trying to make a DNA clone of a fusion construct that we're interested in, but haven't had much success with it yet :( .... .... .... Well, in reality what I'm really doing is trying very hard to get a certain person out of my head because my thoughts are starting to annoy me :p
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 01:23 PM
I'm trying to make a DNA clone of a fusion construct that we're interested in, but haven't had much success with it yet :( .... .... .... Well, in reality what I'm really doing is trying very hard to get a certain person out of my head because my thoughts are starting to annoy me :p
DNA sounds cool
having something stuck in one's head that one has to get rid of can usually get annoying after a while
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 01:24 PM
This day has strangely enough passed by quite quickly, up until I mentioned that it had. Now the last 15 minutes have drug on by. I still got 1 1 1/2 hours. I should probably actually continue doing some more coding so that time flies
Im bored so badly. Im waiting for a check in the mail. Its overcast outside. Im hungry with nothing to do.
Man, I hurt my back hauling that thing out. And somebody always comes and takes it back every single day. I feel like Pinky and Brain, except Pinky and brain only got exploded and squished. They didnt have to carry a vending machine every day, I don't think.
I can't recall an episode where Pinky and the Brain had to carry a vending machine.
Sorry about your back. It's.....ummmmm.....co-workers fault. Yes, co-worker. He's the one who steals it back. *pushing strap to haul vending machines back under the desk*
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 02:28 PM
I would have shared my poptarts with you, but I ate them already.. too bad. It's kind of cloudy here but i dont think there will be any sprinkling on my commute home.
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 02:29 PM
I can't recall an episode where Pinky and the Brain had to carry a vending machine.
Sorry about your back. It's.....ummmmm.....co-workers fault. Yes, co-worker. He's the one who steals it back. *pushing strap to haul vending machines back under the desk*
Well mayhbe that explains why my back hurts so much. I haul it out and hide it . and then when I'm not looking my alter ego, knowing where I hid it because she's my alter ego, comes back and drags it back.
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
I'm leaving in about two minutes. WHOO HOO! Which is a good thing as I'm about to get unfriendly with one of my co-workers who doesn't work in this office over some his inability to STFU. :mad:
I would have shared my poptarts with you, but I ate them already.. too bad. It's kind of cloudy here but i dont think there will be any sprinkling on my commute home.
Good thing. I don't like poptarts. Icky dry sugar cardboard. That's for the sort of offer though. :D
Well mayhbe that explains why my back hurts so much. I haul it out and hide it . and then when I'm not looking my alter ego, knowing where I hid it because she's my alter ego, comes back and drags it back.
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
Exactly. This is what chiropractors are for and why we go every two weeks. This is during your shiny thing time. :D
TexasGuy
04-24-06, 02:32 PM
Those weren't for you. Those were for NoF3ar. :p Now go enjoy the rest of the day. I have 30 more minutes. Whooaahhhhh ohhhhhhhh
Prozakk
04-24-06, 02:34 PM
Awaiting for the carpool to go home from work.
Karldar
04-24-06, 06:42 PM
Reading up on BF's new posts. Think I'll call my mom and see what she's up to, tonight. Then I get to go to work! Yay! Think I'll ride my motorcycle in tonight....
Those weren't for you. Those were for NoF3ar. :p Now go enjoy the rest of the day. I have 30 more minutes. Whooaahhhhh ohhhhhhhh
I was already gone when you wrote that. :p
Eggplant Jeff
04-25-06, 07:36 AM
Exactly. This is what chiropractors are for and why we go every two weeks. This is during your shiny thing time. :D
So answer me this... a coworker recently accused chiropracters of being addictive. None of us have been so we have no hard data. Do you go regularly because... on a scale of one to ten, you normally felt like a 5 (let's say) (before you started going) and going to the chiropracter makes you feel like an 8, but if you stop going you're back to a 5? Or is it because if you stop you feel like a 2?
So answer me this... a coworker recently accused chiropracters of being addictive. None of us have been so we have no hard data. Do you go regularly because... on a scale of one to ten, you normally felt like a 5 (let's say) (before you started going) and going to the chiropracter makes you feel like an 8, but if you stop going you're back to a 5? Or is it because if you stop you feel like a 2?
I go on a regular basis to a because I have a back condition caused by childhood trauma (at 3 years old I was thrown from a car in an accident and then hit by a car) which kept my spine from developing normally. I should have had surgery but didn't because my parents didn't think it a good idea.....good thing as that surgery now has crippled people. I go now for bi-monthly therapy so that my back won't go out when I try to do things and to keep the back strong and healthy. I've only been going regularly for a few years now.
The chiropractor that I frequent is a doctor and not a therapist.
A good friend is a chiropractor and she has said there are people who really don't need a chiropractor who come to her for the slightest muscles aches and pains. She's not complaining because she makes a ton of money off of those people but says that in a lot of cases what ails them could be cured by time.
Edit Forgot to mention.....I've always had back pain but since going to the chiropractor the severe pain in managed better and not as frequent.
Eggplant Jeff
04-25-06, 09:25 AM
So your friend's opinion is that a normal person shouldn't have to have "regular" chiropracter visits? They should go to get particular issues resolved (like back pain or whatever)?
TexasGuy
04-25-06, 09:27 AM
I don't go to a chiropractor for that reason.
So your friend's opinion is that a normal person shouldn't have to have "regular" chiropracter visits? They should go to get particular issues resolved (like back pain or whatever)?
Yep. People without back issues don't need chiropractor visits. She thinks that even a lot of back pain can be solved by icy hot or biofreeze. Chronic back pain warrents chiropractor visits to discover the cause of the pain.
TexasGuy
04-25-06, 09:46 AM
I could probably afford to go since 2 of the accidents have made it difficult to bend my back in certain directions and doing certain exercises will cause me to not be able to walk. But I dont want to deal with trying to find somebody i trust, and I'm afraid of becoming addicted. I just try avoiding the exercises I know will hurt the back, and pray that I don't get sick and cough or sneeze alot.
I could probably afford to go since 2 of the accidents have made it difficult to bend my back in certain directions and doing certain exercises will cause me to not be able to walk. But I dont want to deal with trying to find somebody i trust, and I'm afraid of becoming addicted. I just try avoiding the exercises I know will hurt the back, and pray that I don't get sick and cough or sneeze alot.
Ohmygosh. That sounds horrible. No wonder our back hurts so much. :eek:
I don't think you can become addicted if your eyes are open.....if you don't need it, you don't need it and should just make appointments when it's an issue again....but that's just me.
Well, just got finished stretching after my ride.
I went to my last block class (which was jazz) and the teacher said that ok you are playing on this song Tank. So that meant, no class last block :D
I went home and straight to a ride. It was a kick ass ride, it was about 75 out, partly cloudy. ONly catch was the wind, parts there were way to many head winds. It was a fun ride because I took like three random turns where the roads looked nice and sure enough they all were great and they led me to where I was planning on going. It was only 22 miles though. But hey I rode :D
i'm wishing i could take the money i'm using to fix my car's broken front suspension and buy another bike instead.
Oh no! What happened? Well, time to get yourself something fast and not just live vicariously through me.
jyossarian
04-25-06, 04:00 PM
Oh no! What happened? Well, time to get yourself something fast and not just live vicariously through me.
Too late, I already paid for a new front suspension. Turns out I missed a recall on the front springs for the Focus and it bit me in the wallet. As is typical w/ problems like these, they happen at the worst possible time. As for getting something faster, I was eyeing a road bike... ;)
Well, you'll just have to keep living vicariously through me then. My BMW's service intervals (determined by the onboard computer and adjusted based on how the car's been driven) suggest that I'm driving my car harder than the typical BMW driver. Especially in the rate of wear on the suspension and emissions controls. And a bit less so on the projected oil change interval. I was also seeing some shocking brake life projections, but those projections have calmed down quite a bit after my SF trip. (Before the SF trip, the computer projected front brakes wearing out at 25K miles and rear brakes at 29K miles!) However, despite mostly highway miles, I managed that weekend to continue to shorten the projected mileage before scheduled service of oil, suspension, and emissions. Clearly, I'm driving the thing as it's intended to be driven. :D
Oh, back on topic...
Work's been rough, but I keep trying to get things to work. I'm kind of stressed, and without enough sleep, I haven't gotten on my bike in 2.5 weeks. (Not good! I'm having grave doubts about my ability to finish a hilly century in 1.5 weeks.) I had a short, much needed break from work last night and this morning when E-mail Penpal Girl was in town to visit me.
CycleMagic
04-25-06, 07:09 PM
I am checking in to BF....glad to see everyone is still here! It was storming today after work which means no riding for this big ole' scardie baby (don't like to get hit by lightening!), which also means that I have some down time to see what is happening on good ole' Bike Forums.
explody pup
04-25-06, 07:18 PM
Eating leftover spanish rice and drinking some scotch listening to the new Flamming Lips album and trying to decide what I want to do tonight until I get tired of thinking about it and go to bed.
jyossarian
04-25-06, 07:39 PM
I'm watching M*A*S*H and digesting dinner (broiled black cod w/ a soy sauce, lemon juice and honey sauce reduction, asparagus and rice w/ green beans).
[e] jsc - I just got the front suspension fixed. If I had my druthers, I would've bought an SVT suspension, then replaced the broke down old one w/ the sportier one.
I'm a bit frustrated at work. Happily, it's time to call it a night. I'm heading home, probably by way of a significant detour (by car, route undetermined) to destress a bit.
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