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Old 11-11-05 | 10:22 PM
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JohnBrooking
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From: Southern Maine

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Gotta kvetch. Wednesday evening was cold (40s F) hard rain here, and although I had my new bright yellow jacket with clear plastic rain covering, I didn't have anything for my legs. It wasn't raining in the morning, so I at least had the foresight to pack the rain cover, but I underestimated the rain, and my pants and sneakers got thoroughly soaked on the ride home. (I used to have a full yellow rubber suit until recently, when a strap broke and I decided to retire it.) To top it all off, I hit a large pothole which popped my back tire (even though I have a nice new headlight, I missed seeing the pothole due to the large puddles and glare from the road in the darkness), so I had to walk it the last 1/2 mile home in the pouring rain. (I had a spare tube and tools with me, but no way was I going to do that in that weather. I suppose if I had been further away I would have found somewhere to take it inside.)

Just another adventure.
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