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BillyD 05-15-17 05:31 AM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19583513)
Some days I feel like I'm at ~20%.

A couple of years ago while wrestling with lyme that's exactly how I felt most of the time. Whenever I had a game, by the 2nd inning I felt as drained as if it was the 8th inning.

Bah Humbug 05-15-17 05:31 AM


Originally Posted by Rowan (Post 19583862)
There is some conjecture that the heart has a finite number of beats and when they are used up... kaput!

Personally, I doubt the hypothesis because I think there have been enough world-class athletes whose hearts have beaten much more than the average joe's and have lived too ripe old ages. And if they do have heart trouble, it's usually through neglect of lifestyle after they have retired.

It would also imply that sedentary people should live the longest and that doesn't happen. It sounds about as likely and scientific as the methods to determine the sex of a baby (other than ultrasound). Or a playoff beard.

Trsnrtr 05-15-17 05:50 AM


Originally Posted by Heathpack (Post 19583632)

Quit it! You're killing me with cuteness. ;)

Trsnrtr 05-15-17 05:51 AM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 19583469)
Totally forgot what a handful this bike is. Got out on the trail without any preliminary fooling around, crashed hard and got a nasty hipper. Kept riding though.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4177/3...68de7daf_k.jpg

I've lost track, where are you now? Back in Wyoming?

WhyFi 05-15-17 06:10 AM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19583501)
P & R? I don't care, it's :lol:.


[MENTION=107711]datlas[/MENTION], do you have a way of testing how much battery life patients have left?

...it'd be :lol: if the man weren't in charge of the country. :mad:

Rowan 05-15-17 06:13 AM

Now let's not prime the pump on politics...

:rolleyes:

BillyD 05-15-17 06:30 AM


Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19583956)
I've lost track, where are you now? Back in Wyoming?

Looks more like Arizona to me. Or Mars.

Or Wyoming, same thing.

BillyD 05-15-17 06:32 AM

That pup has GOT to have excellent night vision. Otherwise wtf, why the giant eyes?

Trsnrtr 05-15-17 06:34 AM


Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19584033)
Looks more like Arizona to me. Or Mars.

Or Wyoming, same thing.

One can never tell.

rpenmanparker 05-15-17 06:36 AM


Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19583479)
I had my first ever cup of Peet's coffee this morning, in the airport in Houston. Way better than Starbucks. Thanks [MENTION=351576]Heathpack[/MENTION].

Welcome to Texas, even if only for a few minutes.

rpenmanparker 05-15-17 06:39 AM


Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 19583918)
It would also imply that sedentary people should live the longest and that doesn't happen. It sounds about as likely and scientific as the methods to determine the sex of a baby (other than ultrasound). Or a playoff beard.

Actually blood tests are used prior to the time when ultrasound will be reliable. My younger daughter tells us she is expecting our first male grandchild after only about 10 weeks. That kid is going to be miserable with 4 older female sisters and cousins.

rjones28 05-15-17 06:51 AM


Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19584033)
Looks more like Arizona to me. Or Mars.

Or Wyoming, same thing.

I see cacti, so I'm going with Arizona.

datlas 05-15-17 06:52 AM


Originally Posted by Rowan (Post 19583862)
There is some conjecture that the heart has a finite number of beats and when they are used up... kaput!

I would be very skeptical of this. More fake medical facts IMO.

rjones28 05-15-17 06:53 AM


Originally Posted by Rowan (Post 19584003)
Now let's not prime the pump on politics...

:rolleyes:

;)

datlas 05-15-17 06:54 AM


Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19584056)
Actually blood tests are used prior to the time when ultrasound will be reliable. My younger daughter tells us she is expecting our first male grandchild after only about 10 weeks. That kid is going to be miserable with 4 older female sisters and cousins.

This is relatively newer technology, only used in the past few years. They can actually detect trace amounts of fetal blood in the mom's bloodstream and do DNA analysis for birth defects, etc., this is not fake medical news. It's true.

The old idea that "mother and baby's blood don't mix" is mostly true, but there is trace amount of fetal blood in mom's bloodstream.

rpenmanparker 05-15-17 06:58 AM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19584083)
This is relatively newer technology, only used in the past few years. They can actually detect trace amounts of fetal blood in the mom's bloodstream and do DNA analysis for birth defects, etc., this is not fake medical news. It's true.

The old idea that "mother and baby's blood don't mix" is mostly true, but there is trace amount of fetal blood in mom's bloodstream.

Yep, she's 38.

indyfabz 05-15-17 08:00 AM

So I guess golf isn't exercise.

f4rrest 05-15-17 08:03 AM


Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 19583469)
Totally forgot what a handful this bike is. Got out on the trail without any preliminary fooling around, crashed hard and got a nasty hipper. Kept riding though.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4177/3...68de7daf_k.jpg

Looks rocky.

I wore soccer sliding shorts with hip pads over my shorts for sketchy areas.

You can hardly tell they're not bike shorts.

Storelli makes them.

f4rrest 05-15-17 08:10 AM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19583513)
Some days I feel like I'm at ~20%.

Yesterday, I encountered a -20% section of rutted, rocky section with curves.

It was so steep, I couldn't see the surface below.

Wasn't even sure I could walk the bike down!

I ended up 175/175 for the segment on Strava. Lol

datlas 05-15-17 08:18 AM


Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 19584247)
So I guess golf isn't exercise.

If you walk the course I think maybe it could qualify.

indyfabz 05-15-17 08:23 AM


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19584300)
If you walk the course I think maybe it could qualify.

What if you ride an e-assist pedigolf cart?


BTW...I was born with a VSD and AI. Back in the early 80s, when ultrasound machines were being marketed at trade shows or whatever they were, I used to get paid to be a demonstration subject. IIRC, it was $25 for a two hour session. Extra dinking money for a college kid.

Velo Vol 05-15-17 08:23 AM


Originally Posted by PepeM (Post 19581231)

Kudos.


Originally Posted by Heathpack (Post 19580831)

Do you get podium girls?


Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19583853)
That's fake medicine.

Maybe you just aren't cutting edge enough.


Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19583917)
A couple of years ago while wrestling with lyme that's exactly how I felt most of the time. Whenever I had a game, by the 2nd inning I felt as drained as if it was the 8th inning.

And yet you HTFU and trudged out to first base nonetheless. Inspirational.


Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19583995)
...it'd be :lol: if the man weren't in charge of the country. :mad:

What a time to be alive.

Velo Vol 05-15-17 08:34 AM


Originally Posted by Jadesfire (Post 19579803)

Almost like a golf course. Too bad you can't get exercise there.


Originally Posted by jtaylor996 (Post 19580803)

Better than my camera phone.

Fun Fact: On my walk Saturday some kids were blowing bubbles and I popped one.


Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19582120)
Maybe it was in nearby Nebraska.

LOL

WhyFi 05-15-17 08:39 AM


Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19584092)
Yep, she's 38.

The wife was 42/43 when pregnant with the girl, so a whole battery of tests were done (CVS from the placenta, blood screening). I would imagine that tests like these will become much more commonplace as more people wait until later in life to conceive.

datlas 05-15-17 08:40 AM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19584358)
Fun Fact: On my walk Saturday some kids were blowing bubbles and I popped one. LOL

Meanie.


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