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08-31-18, 07:07 PM
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Receiving an email from an unknown sender with the message "Looking forward to it!"?
No, I just shook my head at it.
Incidentally, we've been on summer break for the last month. Almost time to go back to class.
No, I just shook my head at it.
Incidentally, we've been on summer break for the last month. Almost time to go back to class.
08-31-18, 07:08 PM
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Fun fact:
For the past 2 months I have been posting here exclusively with my phone yet the content remains stellar.
Other fun fact:
I'm not Canadian. NTTAWWT
For the past 2 months I have been posting here exclusively with my phone yet the content remains stellar.
Other fun fact:
I'm not Canadian. NTTAWWT
08-31-18, 07:10 PM
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08-31-18, 07:16 PM
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I learned how they drill water wells. Fascinating how they make a hole in the ground and water comes up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-KLWEnwiaY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-KLWEnwiaY
08-31-18, 07:17 PM
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08-31-18, 07:18 PM
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08-31-18, 07:20 PM
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I learned how they drill water wells. Fascinating how they make a hole in the ground and water comes up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-KLWEnwiaY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-KLWEnwiaY
08-31-18, 07:22 PM
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smelling the roses
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There was not six hours of riding. There was 1:55:32 of riding. I was at the office for the rest of the six hours.
Interestingly, I just looked at the tyre and it's about the same as it was 24 hours ago. But when aired it up yesterday (from Tuesday) it was at like 10 p.s.i.
Interestingly, I just looked at the tyre and it's about the same as it was 24 hours ago. But when aired it up yesterday (from Tuesday) it was at like 10 p.s.i.
08-31-18, 07:22 PM
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Wut? You're a Prof?
#NowIHaveHeardEverything
#NowIHaveHeardEverything
No comment on @indyfabz cycling around Sharpsville despite all your hype?
08-31-18, 07:37 PM
#7611
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I’m fine but getting fed up with this narc schedule, every 4 hours. Plus it’s disrupting both my appetite and regularity. But I hear it’s a better choice than the pain, go figure.
Maybe be I should stop whining.
Maybe be I should stop whining.
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08-31-18, 07:39 PM
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Vienna, OH to Franklin, PA, with a side trip out from Franklin for adult beverages:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/6044204?beta=false
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/6044204?beta=false
08-31-18, 08:02 PM
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Your pain, your choice, and there are non-narcotic add-ons that can allow you to reduce the dose. Bother your docs. That’s what they’re paid for.
08-31-18, 08:06 PM
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08-31-18, 08:08 PM
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08-31-18, 08:59 PM
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I remember talking (on here) to you and Machka about your tour a while back.
Yep ... sigh. I can't wait to get back; it is looking possible, but will be 3/4 years. I shall live out my dotage there, with any luck!
It's a funny thing, this business of a 'place' (one's roots, so to speak) pulling so strongly, but there does seem to be something to it. That landscape -- rocks, mountains, ocean, rain forest -- and culture, both 'Western' and indigenous, just seem to be a part of me.
Would you two ever consider re-locating there?
Yep ... sigh. I can't wait to get back; it is looking possible, but will be 3/4 years. I shall live out my dotage there, with any luck!
It's a funny thing, this business of a 'place' (one's roots, so to speak) pulling so strongly, but there does seem to be something to it. That landscape -- rocks, mountains, ocean, rain forest -- and culture, both 'Western' and indigenous, just seem to be a part of me.
Would you two ever consider re-locating there?
We spent two weeks motor boating in the Pacific Northwest and really liked it. Vancouver City (which I know is not on Vancouver Island) is one of our favorite cities.
But: winter.
08-31-18, 09:01 PM
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thanks! I seem to be surprising the medical staff regularly with my recovery progress.. Machka last night showed me some pictures of early treatment; i didn't look good. I still have to be careful with whatever i do, but every day is better -- despite remaining issues in my left leg-foot and right arm.
08-31-18, 09:06 PM
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Went out on a wee 23 mile mtb ride in Big Bear this afternoon. Our friends are delayed by Labor Day traffic, so I just noodled around solo. Delicious ride and as beautiful as ever.
08-31-18, 09:21 PM
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That said, the past two winters have been much colder/snowier than normal, by all accounts, and the summers hotter/drier. Past two summers have been the worst fire seasons on record, successively. So there is that to think about. 'Climate change' or simply 'normal' fluctuation? Who knows.
08-31-18, 09:23 PM
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Heh. By SoCal standards, yes ... there is 'winter' of a sort. However, the SE coast of the island, and the lower mainland (Vancouver) have a kind of micro-climate that keeps temperatures quite mild. A typical cold mid-winter day might be -2 or 3C overnight, rising to somewhere around 5 to 8C during the day. To me, after 25+ years out here in Eastern Canada, that's balmy -- year-round cycling!
That said, the past two winters have been much colder/snowier than normal, by all accounts, and the summers hotter/drier. Past two summers have been the worst fire seasons on record, successively. So there is that to think about. 'Climate change' or simply 'normal' fluctuation? Who knows.
That said, the past two winters have been much colder/snowier than normal, by all accounts, and the summers hotter/drier. Past two summers have been the worst fire seasons on record, successively. So there is that to think about. 'Climate change' or simply 'normal' fluctuation? Who knows.
Seems like coastal weather is pretty much the same from Crescent City to Juneau. Maybe a little chillier up north North but not much.
08-31-18, 09:24 PM
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08-31-18, 09:40 PM
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Yep. The Pacific does a great job of moderating things along the West Coast generally. Hell, Victoria B.C. has lots of palm trees (2/3 different kinds, iirc), and the arbutus (aka Pacific Madrone) is native to SE Vancouver Island and bits of the lower mainland.
09-01-18, 03:52 AM
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the first 12-14 miles are very familiar then the state route designations used are unknown to me but I probably know them by name. It heads North pretty quick to get to Franklin. Roads might be sketchy chip seal. probably at least 5 miles from Sharpsville and 7 miles from @Velo Vol's boyhood home.
09-01-18, 05:24 AM
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