oh yeah, pyze, if you want those sandals nashbar has 15% off all orders at the moment, but only until the end of today.

I might head into the Don after dinner if anyone's interested. PM me.

Have yours arrived?

Holy f*ck UAE is out of control:
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Polic.../10120681.html

jesus thats harsh! Of course the kid was "crying, shouting and acting in a very hysterical way,"! Dude was just about to be given 4 years in a kangaroo court for smoking a doob in another country! Imagine getting blindsided by that with the cops showing up at your door and you having no idea what they are there for and gradually realizing they are about to arrest you because somebody totally screwed you over an informed on you. Based on the pysical evidence they seem to have, I could be jailed for 4 years for setting foot in UAE. I guess they don't need any evidence to serve warrants over there.

PS. sandals have not arrived yet because of a billing holdup. I'll give my review once they are in. Cam seems to approve.

Do you have lights, or do you eat really early?

What shipping did you choose?

Planning on eating early. Unless by "lights" you mean "mec led blinkies", in which case yes, yes I do. :)

No, good scotch is sublime. And Don Lorenzo 151 proof Jamaican rum is also yummy. Which is why I guard it jealously.

There are 3 options, but I always use 'canada mail' as I assume that is the only choice I have as a Canadian (its usually more expensive too). I should have asked you last night when I was putting in an order; we could have split shipping and brokerage.

I come from a long way away
And I know a fine thing when I see it.
See it
For the same reason no one ever
Pointed a telescope at the sun
Talking about the Red Angels of New York City

I hear that staring at the sun gives you mathematical superpowers. A telescope would only serve to multiply this. I'm pretty sure the clash sucked at math.

But they are The Clash afterall....they used to beat up math nerds.

If you buy a H-alpha (hydrogen-alpha) filter for your "telescope" you can look at the sun without melting your camera and get cool photos to boot. Only problem is this particular filter is 1k+ USD.

So I mentioned to Mindy I was going out tomorrow night for a scotch tasting. The response? "What!? You know what tomorrow is right?" "Ahh yes...our 5th anniversary....I was just joking honey!" Whew....dodged a bullet on that one. She is ultra cool with that type of stuff but if I know whats good for me, ie: sleeping in comfort, getting some, I will have to pass.

^^this Samurai will fight another day^^

hahaha.. nice one. I can't believe you're missing out again. Should we delay so that Keith MacScotchington can attend? It's also supposed to rain like crazy tomorrow.

I'm actually toying with the idea of doing something I've never done for my Life, the Universe and Everything Year...going straight edge. No more drinking, smoking or smoking for one year....clear the head, the lungs and then show you whipper snappers a thing or two. Thoughts...this whole straight edge thing is quite alien to me.

I say go for it. I've considered doing the same thing, but I already don't drink much really.

Has anyone in this thread ever been straight edge?

when I was 6...all down hill after discovering chocolate milk

Oh ****, chocolate milk counts too?

Hmm i think one maybe, but no me.

The chocolate milk has a firm hold on me & has for a long time!

I'm goin out for a spin.. if anyone cares to join me and you have my #, give me a call/txt. It's supposed to rain for the next couple days, so I'm gonna try to get in a little bit of calm-wind + dry + a little sunshine (even though sunset is in about 30 mins). :)

I think even if you cut the chocolate with milk, you're still a chocoholic for life.... recovering at best.

I did that, it's fun but I gave it up for moderation, moderation is pretty easy now that I'm a bit older and married. When I did that I was messing & racing, and to occupy myself I began waking up at 5am, commuting in & working out at the YMCA as soon as it opened, followed by laps in the pool, then a second breakfast of smoothies with a starchy bread and juice, then off to work where I rode all day without safety meetings, healthy lunch, then work, then commute home, but not the 6 mile route I'd usually favoured, instead I'd take different routes on large arterials, stretching my commute in large loops to anywhere from 15-20 miles. Training rides on the weekend, road and off-road for variety, off-road races when in season.

My health, which was fine, improved. My diet, which was huge, expanded. My riding didn't particularly improve but naturally my endurance got a boost and there was a slight boost to sprinting. I gained 15 pounds, a lot for a little guy like me, but stayed at my usual next to 0 BFI(not anymore!).

It was great, but I found myself womanless after a short time, alll that riding and an extreme lack of partying because I wasn't sure how I'd do trying to have fun at parties I'd been going better prepared to for years.

It's great for the body and mind, but in the end moderation won out, which is better than the party I lived before going on the health/body kick.

Oh it won't be forever believe me..:lol: More of a cleansing.

What if you get hooked though? Sound's kinda risky to me

I hope I can then count on my friends for some form of debacherous intervention. Hell if it goes badly, as my brain chemical levels start to return to default, my wife might insist on one. "Damnit guys just get him stoned will ya please?"

I was pretty | edge until I met Shiznaz, then I started getting into fights with cab drivers and such