So you were driven here by pain and boredom? Funny, that's what I usually find when I get here.

I did the whole separated shoulder thing a couple decades back, now my shoulder is as good as new almost---maybe a slight flexibility loss which I put down to laziness.

Riding Paris-Roubaix? You are nuts .... but in a good way. That Will be an experience, I am sure. I hope most of it is pleasant while it is happening.

Oh, and Mr. Yadder .... you would do fine in New York. There is no larger concentration of non-English speakers anywhere in the world than America. But UK might be more welcoming right now ...