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Waiting for my wife to finish blow-drying her hair, and my daughter to finished getting dressed to go.
BikeWNC
08-25-07, 07:12 AM
nope. I was gonna try to ride later this evening, but the temps are gonna be....99F and "feels like" 108F later this evening:(. Yuck, Yuck, Yuck. May have to just suck it up and ride around 7PM...it'll be 8 degrees cooler then:(
If I still lived down there I believe the summer would be spent on the trainer. Can't stand the heat. I remember just crawling into a dark room and sleeping when it got that hot. Not good for me. Though I did play a ton of softball in some really hot weather. :rolleyes: Go figure.
BikeWNC
08-25-07, 07:13 AM
Waiting for my wife to finish blow-drying her hair, and my daughter to finished getting dressed to go.
Good luck! I'm often in the same boat.
wolfpack
08-25-07, 07:41 AM
If I still lived down there I believe the summer would be spent on the trainer. Can't stand the heat. I remember just crawling into a dark room and sleeping when it got that hot. Not good for me. Though I did play a ton of softball in some really hot weather. :rolleyes: Go figure.
Well, I had a trainer for the winter, but I sold it because I just can't stand riding one. Just the thought of getting on that torture device was enough to make me not even get on it. So, I bought clothing for colder weather and have to just figure out a way to get some riding in during the hotter periods of the summer.
On that note, my husband has been waiting patiently for me to get ready:)...we're going phone searching now.
BikeWNC
08-25-07, 07:59 AM
Gotta get ready for my daughter's bday party. She's 7 today. Got her a new hot pink specialized 20" mtb. She loves it.
http://www.specialized.com/OA_MEDIA/2008/bikes/8480-4006_d.jpg
StupidlyBrave
08-25-07, 08:06 AM
Gotta get ready for my daughter's bday party. She's 7 today. Got her a new hot pink specialized 20" mtb. She loves it.
Nice. :)
My oldest (now 21) had a pink 20" Schwinn. She handed it down to her younger sister (now 17).
The little girl across the street is still riding that bike! I think she is 7 or 8.
I hope your daughter has a wonderful day!
Nice Job NWC, my son rides a red flamed Specialized Hot Rock, the other rides a blue Thomas the Tank engine Huffy.
I am cooling down right now. One yard mowed and edged, one yard to go.
Did I mention I ran into Satan in my yard? He was complaining about the heat.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r162/jsharr/05Hotrock12Boys_Red_l.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r162/jsharr/thomasbike.jpg
stevesurf
08-25-07, 10:20 AM
FedEx
PGA
Clean bike (probably just smear more pedros on it)
Good morning Foo. I'm currently having a pretty late breakfast then I'm off to ride to work to fix my mac. Hopefully, afterwards I'm going to ride the path.
Dang. All I had was shall we say "risque" dreams last night.
Guess my subconcious doesn't know I'm Mormon. I have to be celebate until marriage, so stop it!!!!
Too bad your subconscious doesn't care about such unnatural constraints. ;)
BikeWNC
08-25-07, 12:09 PM
Well the party is over and there's nothing to do so had my wife take a picture of my bruised hip from my crash in Lancaster.
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p37/apadyk/bruise.jpg
wolfpack
08-25-07, 12:18 PM
Well the party is over and there's nothing to do so had my wife take a picture of my bruised hip from my crash in Lancaster.
Dang BWNC! That looks like it might be a bit sore:(. Owweee. Where's my piece of wood?? <looking round for a piece of wood to knock on for good luck> I haven't --------------. No, not gonna say it. Might be bad luck.
Devil_Woman
08-25-07, 01:53 PM
OUCH, That Hurts!!!!!! Hope it gets better soon.
Going to say by now. Be back tomorrow.
Andronicus
08-25-07, 02:56 PM
Back from a ride about town on my cruiser. Lord, it's like swamp-steamin'-hot out there.
Too hot for a training ride on my fixed, just took things slow and easy-like on the cruiser
enjoying the people and sights. Besides, I ran a 10k this morning inside on a treadmill in
the air-conditioning. :p
Andronicus
08-25-07, 02:57 PM
Well the party is over and there's nothing to do so had my wife take a picture of my bruised hip from my crash in Lancaster.
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p37/apadyk/bruise.jpg
Dang that's nasty! Hope it feels better ...
ModoVincere
08-25-07, 03:00 PM
Researching hiking gear, maps, and trying to plan a future hike.
Need to figure out how to take 6 months off from work and the rest of life so I can try to hike 2100 miles up the AT.
Andronicus
08-25-07, 03:12 PM
Researching hiking gear, maps, and trying to plan a future hike.
Need to figure out how to take 6 months off from work and the rest of life so I can try to hike 2100 miles up the AT.
God I'd freaking LOVE to do that too! A father of a friend of mine did the whole trail after he retired
from our company a couple of years ago. Sixty-five years old and he went form Georgia to Maine mostly by himself. Lived off of mostly dry-milk and Snickers-bars to hear him tell it :D.
He's a super guy!
ModoVincere
08-25-07, 03:19 PM
God I'd freaking LOVE to do that too! A father of a friend of mine did the whole trail after he retired
from our company a couple of years ago. Sixty-five years old and he went form Georgia to Maine mostly by himself. Lived off of mostly dry-milk and Snickers-bars to hear him tell it :D.
He's a super guy!
I can't decide whether to go northbound or southbound. I live about 25 miles from Amicalola Falls park, so would not be a problem to go northbound, but it might be really nice to end so close to home. I think I'll take a little bit more than dried milk and snickers with me too. I'm partial to red beans and rice, coffee in the mornings (in fact, I'd probably take on a bear if it threatened my coffee stash :eek:), and hostess cupcakes.
Andronicus
08-25-07, 03:30 PM
I can't decide whether to go northbound or southbound. I live about 25 miles from Amicalola Falls park, so would not be a problem to go northbound, but it might be really nice to end so close to home. I think I'll take a little bit more than dried milk and snickers with me too. I'm partial to red beans and rice, coffee in the mornings (in fact, I'd probably take on a bear if it threatened my coffee stash :eek:), and hostess cupcakes.
The guy I'm talking about went northbound. He finished in mid-September right before it got damn
COLD up there! With my life, I may have to wait 'till retirement to do it too ... something to shoot and
train for for the next 25 years ... :D
BikeWNC
08-25-07, 03:44 PM
Most people go north with the spring. Lately, we have been seeing through hikers at the NOC as early as mid Feb. The traditional start is around the first of March in Ga.
Starting in Maine is difficult until later in the spring then you have to deal with blackflies and mosquitos and then the summer heat as you go south. A few hikers start in Maine in the late summer then have cooler weather as they go south. By then the trail is usually very dry and water sources become an issue though it can be less crowded that way. Hunting season is also a factor. My brother did it South to North in 1984.
polara426sh
08-25-07, 04:31 PM
Just got back from a nice ride not too long ago. Cleaned the oven and now I'm fixing to make some dinner.
blonduathlongrl
08-25-07, 04:52 PM
so... I covered myself in self tanning lotion, I have this dress that I HAVE to wear this week and there is no way Im going with these stupid tan lines. now I look ridiculous, I feel all sticky, I cant sit, cant touch anything till this ridiculous stuff dries!
I hope I dont regret this:o
donnamb
08-25-07, 05:07 PM
I'm fixing to make some dinner.
What's for dinner? :)
Ritehsedad
08-25-07, 05:09 PM
Well, I had a trainer for the winter, but I sold it because I just can't stand riding one. Just the thought of getting on that torture device was enough to make me not even get on it. So, I bought clothing for colder weather and have to just figure out a way to get some riding in during the hotter periods of the summer.
On that note, my husband has been waiting patiently for me to get ready:)...we're going phone searching now.
How cold does it get down there? I've ridden in the single digits.
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:10 PM
so... I covered myself in self tanning lotion, I have this dress that I HAVE to wear this week and there is no way Im going with these stupid tan lines. now I look ridiculous, I feel all sticky, I cant sit, cant touch anything till this ridiculous stuff dries!
I hope I dont regret this:o
Lemme know how that works out for you, BDG. I'm too chicken to try it. Besides, I love the way the sun feels when it embraces me all over. :)
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:11 PM
Just got back from a nice ride not too long ago. Cleaned the oven and now I'm fixing to make some dinner.
Now that you've practiced on yours, you can come over and clean my oven. :rolleyes:
I'm fixin' to grill. Again. :D
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:16 PM
MV, maybe you should fly north with your gear (or do a one-way car rental, or go Amtrak), and hike back down. <shrug>
Sounds like a great adventure. :beer: I'd never hike the whole trail, but a small part of it might be ok. :)
blonduathlongrl
08-25-07, 05:22 PM
Lemme know how that works out for you, BDG. I'm too chicken to try it. Besides, I love the way the sun feels when it embraces me all over. :)
wish i had time to let the sun embrace me all over!!
I hope i dont regret it!
how are ya vega?:)
polara426sh
08-25-07, 05:24 PM
What's for dinner? :)
Chicken and new potatoes. :)
crtreedude
08-25-07, 05:26 PM
Speaking of tans - an interesting thing is happening to me down here - I am getting a complete tan - and I do mean complete. Weird. No, I am not streaking. :lol: I don't burn down here, but the sun at high noon is so strong it can go through clothes - I kid you not.
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:35 PM
wish i had time to let the sun embrace me all over!!
I hope i dont regret it!
how are ya vega?:)
Meh, I've been busy this week. Had a great ride today, much needed after a bad night last night. Now I'm just relaxin' and grillin'. And seein' that I need to get out on my deck again to even out the new cyclist tan lines from just two hours of ridin' today (even with sunblock!). :eek:
How are you, BDG? :)
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:37 PM
Chicken and new potatoes. :)
With rosemary and lemon juice?
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:38 PM
Speaking of tans - an interesting thing is happening to me down here - I am getting a complete tan - and I do mean complete. Weird. No, I am not streaking. :lol: I don't burn down here, but the sun at high noon is so strong it can go through clothes - I kid you not.
I was just about to request pics, too. :rolleyes: :p
polara426sh
08-25-07, 05:41 PM
With rosemary and lemon juice?
The new potatoes with just salt and pepper, the chicken with hot sauce.:D
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:43 PM
The new potatoes with just salt and pepper, the chicken with hot sauce.:D
*high five on the hot sauce* :D
How do you fix the potatoes? Boil, bake, or braise?
blonduathlongrl
08-25-07, 05:46 PM
Meh, I've been busy this week. Had a great ride today, much needed after a bad night last night. Now I'm just relaxin' and grillin'. And seein' that I need to get out on my deck again to even out the new cyclist tan lines from just two hours of ridin' today (even with sunblock!). :eek:
How are you, BDG? :)
peachy:)
everytime you talk about grilling, i actually imagine you there and can almost smell the food:)
polara426sh
08-25-07, 05:47 PM
I don't know, I just dumped them into the pot with a little bit of water, only covering them about a third of the way and put them on a medium low heat for about 20-25 minutes. Whatever that method of cooking is called, that's what I did. I normally bake them in the oven though, I just didn't think about it in enough time to put them in with the chicken.
crtreedude
08-25-07, 05:49 PM
I was just about to request pics, too. :rolleyes: :p
I said it was getting tanned - I didn't say it was looking good! :eek:
blonduathlongrl
08-25-07, 05:49 PM
my kids are getting too big and Im too mellow, i end up online on saturday nights cause everyone is out doing thier thing and I never was one to go out to drink...
my hubby has always worked every weekends so I dont know what it's like to be with someone on the weekend... I just know I shouldnt be online!!!!
house is as clean as can be, there is no projects to be done, all is well and here I am... hum... is this how im going to spend the rest of my days now that my kids grew up???????
it cant be!!!!!!!!!!:mad:
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:51 PM
I don't know, I just dumped them into the pot with a little bit of water, only covering them about a third of the way and put them on a medium low heat for about 20-25 minutes. Whatever that method of cooking is called, that's what I did. I normally bake them in the oven though, I just didn't think about it in enough time to put them in with the chicken.
That's more like braising. You should consider adding just a splash of lemon juice and a sprig of rosemary next time. Yum! :)
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:53 PM
peachy:)
everytime you talk about grilling, i actually imagine you there and can almost smell the food:)
:)
You should come down sometime, during TT season, natch. ;) The grillin', it do smell some kind of good. :D
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:53 PM
I said it was getting tanned - I didn't say it was looking good! :eek:
Heh. Report to the "Show Your Tan" thread. :p
crtreedude
08-25-07, 05:54 PM
BDG - yep, adjusting to the kids not needing you all the time is rough. Flip it - now you have time to add new hobbies. Or, you can start doing prank calls to your hubby at work I suppose.
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 05:55 PM
my kids are getting too big and Im too mellow, i end up online on saturday nights cause everyone is out doing thier thing and I never was one to go out to drink...
my hubby has always worked every weekends so I dont know what it's like to be with someone on the weekend... I just know I shouldnt be online!!!!
house is as clean as can be, there is no projects to be done, all is well and here I am... hum... is this how im going to spend the rest of my days now that my kids grew up???????
it cant be!!!!!!!!!!:mad:
Heh. That's how I'm spending my Saturdays right now. :rolleyes:
:o
:(
:cry: <slinkin' off to lick wounds>
blonduathlongrl
08-25-07, 05:55 PM
BDG - yep, adjusting to the kids not needing you all the time is rough. Flip it - now you have time to add new hobbies. Or, you can start doing prank calls to your hubby at work I suppose.
:lol:
blonduathlongrl
08-25-07, 05:56 PM
Heh. That's how I'm spending my Saturdays right now. :rolleyes:
:o
:(
:cry: <slinkin' off to lick wounds>
(( hugs))) OK, if i had a life on saturday nights, i wouldnt get to spend it with you:)
crtreedude
08-25-07, 06:01 PM
One thing that has helped me is to learn new stuff. Living in the tropics gives me the opportunity to learn a new language, culture and ecosystem. Fascinating really. We tend to like to make our world small, but it is so much more fun to expand. So much to learn and so little time to learn it all in.
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 06:02 PM
(( hugs))) OK, if i had a life on saturday nights, i wouldnt get to spend it with you:)
:)
Though, as your friend, I do wish you had a life on Satiddy nights. :)
VegaVixen
08-25-07, 06:03 PM
One thing that has helped me is to learn new stuff. Living in the tropics gives me the opportunity to learn a new language, culture and ecosystem. Fascinating really. We tend to like to make our world small, but it is so much more fun to expand. So much to learn and so little time to learn it all in.
Yeah. Frustratin', isn't it? :o
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