Crazy talk.

Afternoon activities

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ep...glZVMG13w=w800

Also, the fireflies are back!!! :bday:

yes. it makes hills hurt less. or you get faster up them. either is a win.

OR he's so lightweight his clavicle could handle it.

OR he's as nimble and athletic as a stuntman.








:lol: Naaaaah, he just got lucky.

Was it a stormy performance?

Does it sound different being in the orchestra versus in the audience?

I don't visualize NZ having a lot of traffic, TBH.

Some patchy showers but nothing too severe.

The most unscripted moment was after one of the songs, when the audience applauded, the conductor motioned for us to stand. For whatever reason, initially only ~20% of the members stood. It took a few seconds for everyone to do so. The conductor felt compelled to walk over to the micophone and explain that we're "shy." :foo:

Sure. In fact it sounds different depending where you sit within the orchestra.

This is an issue I have right now. We got re-arranged a couple months ago and I've been sitting at the end of the trumpets. Sometimes it seems like I'm on an island--I can't hear the 1st + 2nd trumpets as I could before.

Coulda been worse...

Cyclist shot while out on a group ride in New Orleans - Cycling Weekly

We have a suprising amount. We have (had) one North/South railway line. It ran alongside SH1 along the coast and got well and truly stuffed in the Waiau/Kaikoura earthquakes. I don't know when that will re-open. Not every where has a deep water port so road transport is the main way stuff shifted around.

Then there are the gazillion tourists in rental cars and rental campervans.

Also in the South Is there are not a lot of roads linking major towns. Even the majority of our state highways are just a two lane road without any median dividers. Motorways/Expressways are few and far between and generally only on the outskirts of the larger cities.

My ride on the weekend was a unique chance to ride on the main state highway along a senic portion without having lots of trucks, buses, cars and SUV's whizzing past. Once they get the road re-opened at Kaikoura then it will again become a very busy road indeed.

#isitaholiday?

That makes me so proud. Don't say I never told you so.

First things first.

Not yet.

These are my favorite thunder and lightning lyrics:

I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under

New Orleans East- going to heck in a hand basket even faster than the rest of the city. I'll stick with the North Shore.

Hey- belated congrats [MENTION=351576]Heathpack[/MENTION]!
[MENTION=259065]Dan333SP[/MENTION]- dude...heal up, and hopefully your new co-workers appreciate a good story.

I learned something that I am sure [MENTION=209428]seedsbelize[/MENTION] already knows. The largest city in Yucatan, Merida, has the lowest crime rate of any city in Mexico.

Good to know!

It's a two espresso kind of day.

One or two will appreciate, the rest will have their eyes glaze over after, "so I was riding my bike - oh, no, not a motorcycle - a bike, as in bicycle..."

I was mucking around with my lawn tractor snafu yesterday, and in removing the old axle/spindle, there was a star-lock washer at the top. I struggled and struggled to get the damn thing off, with much angst and frustration, and of course gave up in anger.

Today I did a little internet search on how to remove them. Apparently you CAN'T remove them without cutting/destroying them.

Now you tell me!

I'm finishing up my 4th. :thumb:

Maybe a lack of steady hands goes a ways towards explaining your history of conflict with power tools. ;)

Possibly. I had a cup of regular coffee before the espressos. I'm trying to cut back. :innocent:

4? Wow, sounds like a lot. I just finished a mug of coffee. I would estimate it's 14 ounces. Black. Good. Free. Better.