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After living here nearly 40 year, the first real rain of the wet season still catches me off guard. But it doesn't seem to catch the plants off guard. Already the grass in the back yard, which I could have sworn was all dead from not being watered for months, is showing a surprising amount of green. Some of the plants, like the Hydrangea, are confused, because their biological programming is telling them to drop their leaves and go dormant, while the arrival of rain is telling them to spring to life. Biological programming always wins, though.
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Nothing quite like driving a customer's car and the Big Gulp cup in the center console starts sloshing around, threatening to spill tobacco spittle all over you.
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#3630
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#3634
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I'm not enough of a painting/sculpture person to have a comprehensive list. Have to do it on a case by case basis.
I will say it's hard to top this 2001 collection.
RIP
¿A dónde vas?
I will say it's hard to top this 2001 collection.
RIP
¿A dónde vas?
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Man, trainer rides != outdoor rides
After futzing around with pairing this and that, I have my trainer set up to receive, re-broadcast and use my the power meter data as the reference. Even so, my performance is dramatically down vs outdoor rides; power/duration efforts that would be easy outside are pretty damn uncomfortable inside. I don't know if it's fatigue or a lack of cooling or if I'm just sucking all of the oxygen out of my small room, but damn - if I were this out of shape on the road, I'd be disheartened.
After futzing around with pairing this and that, I have my trainer set up to receive, re-broadcast and use my the power meter data as the reference. Even so, my performance is dramatically down vs outdoor rides; power/duration efforts that would be easy outside are pretty damn uncomfortable inside. I don't know if it's fatigue or a lack of cooling or if I'm just sucking all of the oxygen out of my small room, but damn - if I were this out of shape on the road, I'd be disheartened.
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Man, trainer rides != outdoor rides
After futzing around with pairing this and that, I have my trainer set up to receive, re-broadcast and use my the power meter data as the reference. Even so, my performance is dramatically down vs outdoor rides; power/duration efforts that would be easy outside are pretty damn uncomfortable inside. I don't know if it's fatigue or a lack of cooling or if I'm just sucking all of the oxygen out of my small room, but damn - if I were this out of shape on the road, I'd be disheartened.
After futzing around with pairing this and that, I have my trainer set up to receive, re-broadcast and use my the power meter data as the reference. Even so, my performance is dramatically down vs outdoor rides; power/duration efforts that would be easy outside are pretty damn uncomfortable inside. I don't know if it's fatigue or a lack of cooling or if I'm just sucking all of the oxygen out of my small room, but damn - if I were this out of shape on the road, I'd be disheartened.
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I'm not enough of a painting/sculpture person to have a comprehensive list. Have to do it on a case by case basis.
I will say it's hard to top this 2001 collection.
RIP
¿A dónde vas?
I will say it's hard to top this 2001 collection.
RIP
¿A dónde vas?
Already planning my attire.
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Maybe she needs an agent. Hmm.....
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Knocking out the to do list. Did a little email triage also.
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Pretty smart of me to get new ones in January 2020 just in time for pandemic.
*Pats self on back
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Why not? With your calendar clear, you can come to the (potential?) Tour de Brown Squirrel Wednesday evening. bampilot06
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No.
I was just wondering, "Has DougRNS ironed his clothes for next week?" Good to know!
I was just wondering, "Has DougRNS ironed his clothes for next week?" Good to know!
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158 post breakfast weigh-in, after 2019, 2020 being pretty consistently in the 162-165 range. An English muffin was involved, but eaten like a normal person would, with butter and marmalade