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#8827
Mostly Harmless
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While Mrs. GeneJockey was coming to fetch me, The Younger Boy walked down to Trader Joes and got 2 half-gallons of their oh-so-rich vanilla ice cream. He figured that was more fun than an ice pack for my lip. He was right! A post-ride milkshake as a recovery drink....
#8828
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#8829
So it is
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I wish I could do something 1/4 that epic this summer.
#8831
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#8833
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#8834
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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#8835
smelling the roses
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Yeah, the Suns too. Pulling for them. I am decidedly not a Clippers fan. I was of the opinion that the Nets were the team to beat. I have been wrong before.
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#8837
smelling the roses
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I did the 55 mile club ride yesterday and there were only 9 of us at the start. Before we started this one weird guy vanished. He didn't say anything, just wasn't there anymore. Several miles into it another guy dropped off, said he had to be somewhere. As soon as the first hills came we lost another one. He hasn't been on the bike but I expected him to stay on a little longer. Found out later he did go about 50 on the day, his longest in years.
We got mixed in with another group and our leaders got ahead so while trying to get back to them my friend was right-hooked by a Mercedes. She skidded and almost hit the car but saved it. We both yelled but the driver didn't even look our way.
Later, I broke a spoke. Jinxed myself the other day when I said I haven't broken one in a long time. I wobbled the last 15 miles back to the car.
My friend called to tell me one of the riders on a different ride was hit by a car. He was descending a curvy road and a driver tried to pass him in a turn and just ran into him. His wife picked him up and took him to the hospital and I don't know what injuries he has. The guy who called said another rider went off on the driver and had to be told to calm down.
We got mixed in with another group and our leaders got ahead so while trying to get back to them my friend was right-hooked by a Mercedes. She skidded and almost hit the car but saved it. We both yelled but the driver didn't even look our way.
Later, I broke a spoke. Jinxed myself the other day when I said I haven't broken one in a long time. I wobbled the last 15 miles back to the car.
My friend called to tell me one of the riders on a different ride was hit by a car. He was descending a curvy road and a driver tried to pass him in a turn and just ran into him. His wife picked him up and took him to the hospital and I don't know what injuries he has. The guy who called said another rider went off on the driver and had to be told to calm down.
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#8838
So it is
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smelling the roses
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Timing.
I asked my brake question (I asked it because at its last service at the dealership, they marked the brakes as yellow), and got my answer. A few hours later my wife comes home and I noticed one of the front tires was low. The one I could see and get to. I took it off to put the dummy spare on, and checked the brake pad while I was at it. There are thousands of miles left on those pads! Nearly 1/4".
I asked my brake question (I asked it because at its last service at the dealership, they marked the brakes as yellow), and got my answer. A few hours later my wife comes home and I noticed one of the front tires was low. The one I could see and get to. I took it off to put the dummy spare on, and checked the brake pad while I was at it. There are thousands of miles left on those pads! Nearly 1/4".
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smelling the roses
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Suns and Hawks won today. The Clippers have lost the first, or the first two all the way along, but then come out on top. Not this time.
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#8844
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Not as epic as seeing DougRNS's yellow jacket, apparently.
#8845
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Not as epic as seeing DougRNS's yellow jacket, apparently.
#8846
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Timing.
I asked my brake question (I asked it because at its last service at the dealership, they marked the brakes as yellow), and got my answer. A few hours later my wife comes home and I noticed one of the front tires was low. The one I could see and get to. I took it off to put the dummy spare on, and checked the brake pad while I was at it. There are thousands of miles left on those pads! Nearly 1/4".
I asked my brake question (I asked it because at its last service at the dealership, they marked the brakes as yellow), and got my answer. A few hours later my wife comes home and I noticed one of the front tires was low. The one I could see and get to. I took it off to put the dummy spare on, and checked the brake pad while I was at it. There are thousands of miles left on those pads! Nearly 1/4".
when we still lived in charlotte four years ago I took the van to get inspected. The inspector informed us that it wouldn’t pass the next year for tires or brakes and he was pretty pushy about us getting those done then and there. I declined and 4 inspections later in two different states it is still passing.
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Hope everyone had a great Father's day, I did. Got to see my grandkids and daughter and sill. Mom and dad. Brothers. No fighting, or arguments. Was a nice day.
Saturday I snuck in a nice 40 miler to test my new Wahoo Roam. It's nice when things work as they are supposed to. It even downloaded my ride to strava before I could even reach for my phone. Like I said, nice. The Roam is a nice unit, good screen bright, easy to read. I like it.
Dr. Visit today, I can hardly wait.....🙄
Saturday I snuck in a nice 40 miler to test my new Wahoo Roam. It's nice when things work as they are supposed to. It even downloaded my ride to strava before I could even reach for my phone. Like I said, nice. The Roam is a nice unit, good screen bright, easy to read. I like it.
Dr. Visit today, I can hardly wait.....🙄
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#8848
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