Good thing I decided against my evening ride tonight
05-11-06, 05:45 PM
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Good thing I decided against my evening ride tonight
I got home and wanted a ride, but it looked very threatening out. I got suited up, but when I opened the back door, it smelled very humid and tropical, kind of like it smelled during Isabel. So I shut the door and stayed home.
10 minutes later, the sky opened up, and the wind kicked up seriously. I flipped on the TV to find a tornado warning. Sorry, I'm not that desperate for a 15-mile ride that I'm ready to be hanging on to a pole somewhere while my bike flaps in the breeze on the end of my feet, still clipped in.
10 minutes later, the sky opened up, and the wind kicked up seriously. I flipped on the TV to find a tornado warning. Sorry, I'm not that desperate for a 15-mile ride that I'm ready to be hanging on to a pole somewhere while my bike flaps in the breeze on the end of my feet, still clipped in.
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05-11-06, 05:47 PM
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Imagine the tailwind you could get with a tornado though.....
05-11-06, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by GuitarWizard
Imagine the tailwind you could get with a tornado though.....
05-11-06, 07:29 PM
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Same deal here in NC, I left work and it was looking OMINOUS out there. I sat down, watched the Simpsons, and an hour later the storm had blown over.
Nothing like a 7:30-8:45 blue and 72 ride
Nothing like a 7:30-8:45 blue and 72 ride
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Partly sunny, 70 degrees and no wind at all yesterday in the Chicago burbs, and I had no time to ride. Rain coming down sideways, high of 45 today and 50 mph gusts, and all the time in the world to ride today. Life aint fair some times.
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Originally Posted by cydewaze
I got home and wanted a ride, but it looked very threatening out. I got suited up, but when I opened the back door, it smelled very humid and tropical, kind of like it smelled during Isabel. So I shut the door and stayed home.
10 minutes later, the sky opened up, and the wind kicked up seriously. I flipped on the TV to find a tornado warning. Sorry, I'm not that desperate for a 15-mile ride that I'm ready to be hanging on to a pole somewhere while my bike flaps in the breeze on the end of my feet, still clipped in.
10 minutes later, the sky opened up, and the wind kicked up seriously. I flipped on the TV to find a tornado warning. Sorry, I'm not that desperate for a 15-mile ride that I'm ready to be hanging on to a pole somewhere while my bike flaps in the breeze on the end of my feet, still clipped in.
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05-11-06, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by cydewaze
10 minutes later, the sky opened up, and the wind kicked up seriously. I flipped on the TV to find a tornado warning. Sorry, I'm not that desperate for a 15-mile ride that I'm ready to be hanging on to a pole somewhere while my bike flaps in the breeze on the end of my feet, still clipped in.
05-11-06, 08:12 PM
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LOL!! You even got the bike right too! lmao.
@Silverexpress: I don't think tornados have eyes. Hurricanes do.
@Silverexpress: I don't think tornados have eyes. Hurricanes do.
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05-11-06, 08:33 PM
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They both do...
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Originally Posted by the beef
Imagery was too perfect to pass up.
05-11-06, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Polonswim
GREAT drawing. What did you do that on?
05-11-06, 10:45 PM
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Excellent drawing!
Good Luck Cyde
Good Luck Cyde
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Microsoft Paint, with a mouse! Haha. Thanks, guys.
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Originally Posted by the beef
Microsoft Paint, with a mouse! Haha. Thanks, guys.
Now that is amazing
Great job!
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Originally Posted by the beef
Imagery was too perfect to pass up.
I know it's only May, but that already has my vote for 2006 Post of the Year!
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Originally Posted by the beef
Microsoft Paint, with a mouse! Haha. Thanks, guys.
Using MS Paint with a mouse, I might be able to draw an inkblot. Maybe.
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Originally Posted by cydewaze
I got home and wanted a ride, but it looked very threatening out. I got suited up, but when I opened the back door, it smelled very humid and tropical, kind of like it smelled during Isabel. So I shut the door and stayed home.
10 minutes later, the sky opened up, and the wind kicked up seriously. I flipped on the TV to find a tornado warning. Sorry, I'm not that desperate for a 15-mile ride that I'm ready to be hanging on to a pole somewhere while my bike flaps in the breeze on the end of my feet, still clipped in.
10 minutes later, the sky opened up, and the wind kicked up seriously. I flipped on the TV to find a tornado warning. Sorry, I'm not that desperate for a 15-mile ride that I'm ready to be hanging on to a pole somewhere while my bike flaps in the breeze on the end of my feet, still clipped in.
About what time was this?
I got caught in a portion of the storm, yesterday, during my commute home. I made it all the way to the Maryland School for the Blind, in a light rain, before it started coming down harder.
Last year I was caught in storm on the way home that had the roads 'ponding'. That was the day I decided to buy neoprene booties, 'cuz the rooster tails from the front wheel shot water right into my shoes.
05-12-06, 08:54 AM
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That must have been some storm. There were trees down across the Capital Crescent Trail on this morning's commute...
05-12-06, 09:11 AM
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Brilliant drawing!
