DnvrFox

Non-Bicycling Accomplishments

What non-bicycling accomplishments have you done lately?

Of course, I have a couple to mention or I would not have started this thread !

When one is almost 68 yo, and still alive, one is allowed to brag a bit!

1. My singing group, the XY Zingers, did a full 70 minute performance in a local coffee shop last Friday. That is 21 a capella songs - this is the first time we have ever done anything like this. We range from 62 - 79 years old. Of course, we got rave reviews - are there any other kinds?



Hear one of our "live recorded" - not in a studio - warts and all - songs here.

And another, before we went a capella - I have a solo on this song.

2. Yesterday, I managed 300 pounds on the pec/front deltoid machine lift 5 times in a row - 300 pounds is the max for that machine, and 5 reps is a new record for me!



3. And last night, my amazing dancing oatmeal weevils made their first TV appearance!



Anyone else have some non-bicycling accomplishments lately?

cyclinfool

Give me a few weeks and I'll post some pics of two mission style end tables I have been working on (and off) since last spring, they are in the final finish phase. I picked up wood working about 4 years ago and these are my 6th creation, I have always drawn up my own plans - it's the challenge.

Louis

I've mentioned before that my wife and I are good friends with many musicians in the local folk music scene.

The group "Bleecker Street" has written music to one of my poems, and last night (Sat) they performed it for the first time at "Sonnet's Coffeehouse" in Wadsworth, Ohio.

Of course I just happened to be in the audience (packed house) to wallow in the glory of it all.
Those pats on the back and handshakes made my day.

Their website:https://www.bleeckerstreetmusic.com/index.html

Artkansas 

An animation of mine was shown in the Ozark Foothills Film Fest, and I paid off my debts this year. But other than that it's been pretty quiet.

Louis

Denver, I wish I could listen to your song but I'm stuck with this Amish dial up. I'll download it later when I have some time.

Congratulations, anyway, to you and your group.

Good luck with the "Dancing Weevils".

RockyTopBiker

Three other friends and I just climbed our final three peaks of the South Beyond 6000 Challenge. This SB6K Challenge is to reach the summit of all the Peaks in the Southeast which are higher than 6000 feet above sea level. There are 40 such peaks and all are in North Carolina or on the North Carolina-Tennessee border except Mt. LeConte which is totally in Tennessee. Two of us also climbed Mt. Washington in New Hampshire which is the only other 6000 foot summit east of the Mississippi in the Northeast. The challenge took us a year and a half. There are no trails to the top of many peaks and getting there required bushwhacking and the use of a GPS, compass and topo maps. Here is a photo on Sam's Knob in the Great Balsam Mountains, our final peak That's me in the center.

ken cummings

Recent accomplishments, OK. A neighbor across the street had 3 big dying trees cut down to protect his house. As a favor to me he had the tree service cut the branches and trunks into fireplace lengths. I've spent the last 10 days moving two cords of wood 1/2 block and down 60 in elevation, one wheelbarrow load at a time. By now the trunk sections are so heavy I can't lift them. An 8-lb splitting maul and steel wedges are needed to break the sections into 100 lb bits I can lift. Two more cords (4' x4' x 8') to go.

Neil_B

Hmm, non-bike accomplishments. Well, my deep, dark secret is that I am a chess historian. Now that my shame has been made public, I can let you all know that my enormously long article on Isaac Orchard and chess in Atlanta following the Civil War took Honorable Mention for Best Historical Article in the recent Chess Journalists of America awards competition. The article was published in two issues of Georgia Chess last year. It was so long the editors and I jokingly named it "Pawn with the Wind." The article is not available online, but here are some others:

CJA Honorable Mention for 2006:
https://correspondencechess.com/campb...es/a051107.htm

CJA Honorable Mention for 2005:
https://correspondencechess.com/campb...es/a050509.htm

CJA Best Historical Article for 2004:
https://correspondencechess.com/campb...es/a040422.htm

CJA Best Online Book Review for 2006:
https://correspondencechess.com/campb...es/a060214.htm

Road Fan

With an Amish homepage, you can only use deep blue, black, white, and dark brown, right?

The Weak Link

I ate a bunch of dead bugs this week. I think that's saying something.

w2brdbkr

I'm only 47 but I hope to be in as good of shape as some of you guys here when I hit the big 5-0!!!

DnvrFox, I got into shape this year (lost 55 pounds since last Sept) & walked the Boulder Bolder this year.
I figure I better get in shape in case I'm around for a while. Feel better now then I did in my 30's.

Wildwood 

This will be my first year as a Snoqualmie Pass ski patroller. May try to qualify for the nordic patrol as well as the alpine patrol.

Jet Travis

I just baked some bread. It's pretty good.

Digital Gee

I whiled away the Pats/Colts boring game making home made chicken soup. Yum!

cranky old dude

I've still got my job at the Factory here. After 25 years
of layoffs the local work force down from 60,000+ to <10,000....
I consider that an accomplishment.

The XY Zingers sound GREAT. Good job all!!!!

cyclinfool

Great for you - I have been a member of NSP for many years, wearing the cross is a lot of fun. I think I know several folks on the patrol in that area. My home area is Gore Mountain in NY.

Kurt Erlenbach

CEA 1.8 this week, 1.7 six weeks ago, 2.0 three months ago. I'm probably going to lose this cancer battle, but I'm winning right now.

Also, the Buckeyes remain #1. Not my accomplishment, but I consider it reflected glory. The Game in two weeks will be another Game of the Century.

dorosz

I'm taking a page lay out/design class at the local university and we got tasked to come up with designs for the fall BFA student exhibitions invitations. Its a small class 7 BFA majors and me, 6 of them the age of my kids, all of them with a lot of talent, (this is my 3rd art class) so we submitted about 30 designs 2/3's graphic and 1/3 text, and for some unknowable reason they picked one of mine (I still don't know which) but hey it felt pretty good, particularly since one of the young turks is overly cocky and none of his stuff even made the first cut

Louis

Yes, and no pictures.

If I want to operate at a higher speed, I simply turn up the wick. Of course, I seldom go hi-speed because it burns too much kerosene.

BluesDawg

I made a killer batch of venison chili.

Big Paulie

Yeah, what was up with that game? It was supposed to be the game of the century....

Edit: I guess to keep this on topic, I should add that I watch sports on TV a lot...preferably baseball, but some football, and little bit of basketball. Not an accomplishment, it would seem, until you realize that I survived the entire Howard Cosell era intact.

Double edit: Lay off the Amish! They were my ancestors!!! ()

Louis

Aw, go &%#@ thyself......

Big Paulie

I believe the proper wording in the Amish Culture is "Go &%# Ye self!"

DnvrFox

Great stuff. I assume BFA stands for Bachelor of Fine Arts

Nice to beat out the young uns!

Wildwood 

Been patrolling for a couple of years but the ski area in the midwest was just a hill. Snoqualmie has a huge terrain park with halfpipe and big jumps so I am told my medic skills will greatly improve - something I'm not looking forward to. Being the closest to Seattle it also gets a lot of first timers, and with it's relatively low altitude, occasional rain. Sometimes I ask myself, "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? - FOR FUN?"