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Old 02-17-13 | 05:55 PM
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I'm thinking there will be a resurgence of head shops with the boomers going into retirement.
The ones that grew out of it ain't going back, take it from me.

I mean, that's what I hear.
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I would be very happy with 150 a week.
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Old 02-17-13 | 06:38 PM
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Surpassed 700 miles on today's spin. Pretty good, given the hazardous winter weather I've had to overcome.
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Surpassed 700 miles on today's spin.
Considering the inherent FGFF (Fat Gomer Fred Factor) that's impressive.
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Old 02-17-13 | 06:45 PM
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I played the guitar for 5+ hours today. Wrote a song, but it was a dud. That's ok, the last 5 songs were winners, so it's part of the process. I hope I don't start writing all crummy songs now. That would suck. I think I know where this one went wrong. Plus sometimes you can go back and tweak a song turn **** into ice cream. It has been done.
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I broke 4W/kg this weekend doing an FTP test in the basement. It's some sort of milestone I suppose, but mostly it just hurted.
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I burned 1600 calories on the bike ride today, then 16 calories playing the guitar.
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Wrote a song, but it was a dud. That's ok, the last 5 songs were winners, so it's part of the process.
Much better than you 100:1 dud/winner ratio posting here.
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Old 02-17-13 | 07:00 PM
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Much better than you 100:1 dud/winner ratio posting here.
You live for my random insults.
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I burned 1600 calories on the bike ride today, then 16 calories playing the guitar.
Do 25 straddle hops after every post Fatso!
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JQUOTE=patentcad;15284000]I passed 1000 miles for 2013 this weekend.



I would be very happy with 150 a week.
Four or five rides per month why bother even putting on your uniform?
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Old 02-17-13 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Herbie53
I broke 4W/kg this weekend doing an FTP test in the basement. It's some sort of milestone I suppose, but mostly it just hurted.
I hate you. And by that, I mean, good job.
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Old 02-17-13 | 07:35 PM
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Very well done, Herbie. I should figure mine out someday, but that means turning my weight into some metric number. I won't do that, because I don't hate America.
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Not so sure of that. I detect a lot of sentiments out there of why not.
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Old 02-17-13 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by surgeonstone
In my flashback college dreams, activated by a 17 yo son going trough that phase. If only I wasn't so responsible. I'm thinking there will be a resurgence of head shops with the boomers going into retirement.
The local record shop where I grew up, Wonderland Records, was also a head shop. This was back in the 70s. I only bought discounted LPs (cut outs) from them.
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Very well done, Herbie. I should figure mine out someday, but that means turning my weight into some metric number. I won't do that, because I don't hate America.
You can just type your weight into Google as xxxlbs to kg and you get the answer without having to do any actual math.
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I just checked strava. I have ridden only 362 miles this year. It should be double that, but I have had to skip about half of my rides due to unsafe roads.

OTOH I have run 100 miles this year, which ain't bad.
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Old 02-17-13 | 08:43 PM
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I just checked Strava too. While I have way more riding and running miles than I usually do this far into the year, it's also way less than I will be doing in a week when Spring gets here.
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it's also way less than I will be doing in a week when Spring gets here.
Oh?
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