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Originally Posted by badger1
(Post 19626776)
Fascinating! Does raise an interesting point, though, having to do with rates of linguistic change: is 'social media' in fact accelerating linguistic change(s), especially in English? An equally interesting collateral question: has 'social media' reversed the order of influence over linguistic change between 'speech' and 'writing'?
Some would argue yes on both counts. |
Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
(Post 19626684)
Pray for my liver.
Especially since quite unlike you, getting anything done for me involves half-filling a tumbler of vodka. |
Originally Posted by SwtBadger
(Post 19626100)
...and don't make me bring up the fact that your provincial bird is the loon:)
Originally Posted by badger1
(Post 19626729)
Ah yes ... the common loon -- a noble bird indeed:lol:
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
(Post 19626968)
Don't go hatin' on loons - they're MN's state bird. Even if they weren't, I'd still think they're fantastic. Loved seeing them on camping trips, with the chicks occasionally riding piggy-back, and hearing their calls echo over the water.
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Found these cheap on eBay. Buy before they disappear!
They're like $20+ship everywhere else. |
Originally Posted by Heathpack
(Post 19626785)
We chartered boats with a group of friends in the Pacific Northwest a few years ago, out of Anacortes. Went all through the San Juan Islands and up into Canada- Victoria, Vancouver Island, Vancouver city, I forget where else. It was a great trip, I'd love to go back there.
This is me, goofing around as we came into Victoria: http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...4242338147.jpg I grew up right on the water, so to speak, about 35 minutes north of Victoria (Maple Bay), then lived/worked in Victoria after uni. Didn't leave until '91 or so. Can't wait to get back once I retire (economy etc. permitting -- that's the plan). |
Originally Posted by WhyFi
(Post 19626955)
Related note: the newly-minted 6-year-old and I will be taking sailing lessons this summer - really looking forward to it. He's gotta take some swim lessons over the next few weeks and then we start towards the end of the month.
Boats are full of practical learning opportunities and they encourage the skill set of learning to cope with the hand you have been dealt. Very good for kids, I think. Valuable lessons come left and right, of their own accord. All kids should be exposed to sailing IMO, if they're anywhere near water. |
Originally Posted by Heathpack
(Post 19626785)
We chartered boats with a group of friends in the Pacific Northwest a few years ago, out of Anacortes. Went all through the San Juan Islands and up into Canada- Victoria, Vancouver Island, Vancouver city, I forget where else. It was a great trip, I'd love to go back there.
This is me, goofing around as we came into Victoria: http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...4242338147.jpg |
Originally Posted by rjones28
(Post 19627540)
Did you shout, "I'm the Queen of the world!"?
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Extravagant Product Profile: KMC X10SL DLC. Retails for $130 and comes in a presentation case that has a magnetic seal. Available in four colors: orange, blue, green, and black.
https://www.bike24.com/i/p/6/1/70016_01_d.jpg |
Originally Posted by rjones28
(Post 19627580)
Extravagant Product Profile: KMC X10SL DLC. Retails for $130 and comes in a presentation case that has a magnetic seal. Available in four colors: orange, blue, green, and black.
https://www.bike24.com/i/p/6/1/70016_01_d.jpg |
My new chain is a KMC X11L in gold. It did not come with a box, though.
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Originally Posted by jtaylor996
(Post 19627643)
My new chain is a KMC X11L in gold. It did not come with a box, though.
http://www.kmcchain.eu/cms/packaging...1SL_Silver.jpg I was cardboard, but still... |
On the ground in Cancun, awaiting my bus to Merida. No electricity but, oddly, internet.
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Everyone knows that the internet is majik.
Good you made it almost home safely. |
The final bit of birthday swag I bought for myself showed up today (aka any number of things I recently bought under the guise of being for my birthday).
It's a Sram Red 22 mini group and will go on my pretty bike. Mrs. Herbie (MoF) immediately pointed out that this would make that bike incompatible with all of my wheel sets and that this was not to be a justification to purchase more group sets or wheels. She is wise... if a bit of a buzzkill. |
Originally Posted by rjones28
(Post 19627662)
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Originally Posted by Heathpack
(Post 19626710)
We owned a sailboat when we lived in Maine. But we had no money then. We bought the best boat we could afford but it still cost less than our current dinghy.
It was always sort-of sinking, had no instruments beyond a compass, an unreliable outboard with a no-better than 50% start rate, blown out sails and a terrible hull designed (it sailed like a turd). We had tons of fun sailing that terrible boat though. We never got out of Casco Bay (which is fortunately huge). Man, we'd tear up the coast of Maine in our current, eminently capable boat. I would love to spend a summer sailing the coast of Maine. Otherwise it's all SoCal really. My husband grew up here and he was a sea scout instead of a Boy Scout, so he's been sailing a long time around here. He had a sail boat when he lived in Hawaii actually, but that one was perpetually sinking too. We had big aspirations for world cruising but now we're not so sure. We like the incredibly easy sailing here- no currents, mostly benign weather, negligible tides. If I wasn't so tied to work, I could see taking some time to explore the Pacific Northwest and Alaska and also Mexico. Not so sure about jumping across the Pacific, the big problem being getting back. We might be inclined to pop through the Panama Canal first, explore the Caribbean and then head up the US east coast. But that's all theoretical unless we win the lottery. Plus: no cycling. |
Originally Posted by rjones28
(Post 19627580)
Extravagant Product Profile: KMC X10SL DLC. Retails for $130 and comes in a presentation case that has a magnetic seal. Available in four colors: orange, blue, green, and black.
https://www.bike24.com/i/p/6/1/70016_01_d.jpg |
Originally Posted by Jadesfire
(Post 19627867)
I'm sure there's someone on this forum willing to drop that kind of cash on a chain (and the box it's stored in) :rolleyes:.
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Chain installed. Brake pads installed.
I'm officially a pro mechanic now. Send liquor. |
All the wrench turnin' is due to biblical flooding going on right now. Couldn't even see the curbs on the way home from work. I hope it doesn't take all week for the trails to dry out, but it might. :(
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Also, some ass bought that riding mower out from under me. :mad:
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Originally Posted by jtaylor996
(Post 19627907)
Chain installed. Brake pads installed.
I'm officially a pro mechanic now. Send liquor. |
Hey, [MENTION=411791]topslop1[/MENTION], remember when I was telling you that if you're starting up on a downhill on a MTB and the saddle gets caught behind you it leads to epic crashes?
It's such a tiny simple little thing to get wrong... but every. single. one. of. my. worst. crashes. were this. |
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