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stosh

Darth Bailer
Jul 20, 2001
22,248
408
NY
HOw is everybody today?

Today is my friday!
Aubrey is driving to me to work so we can leave right after work.
We're gonna get some bkfast first so I wouldn't be able to post the GMT till later.
 

I Are Baboon

Vagina man
Aug 6, 2001
32,747
10,700
MTB New England
Good morning!! Have fun on your trip, stosh!!

Not much happening here. The weekend is coming up too slowly. Stupid work.

No riding last night, but I ran three treadmill miles (took me 30 minutes).
 

MMcG

Ride till you puke!
Dec 10, 2002
15,457
12
Burlington, Connecticut
Good Morning - just got back in from an 15 mile road ride this morning with Laura. Damn it was nice to be out riding and catching a decent breeze on the bike!!!

Probably the highlight of my day, since it supposed to be another scorcher here in CT.
 

I Are Baboon

Vagina man
Aug 6, 2001
32,747
10,700
MTB New England
So yeah, I'm getting ready to throw dinner on the grill last night and I run out of propane, I tell you what. And my spare tank was empty too. Good thing I had not yet thrown the steak and swordfish on the grill. So it looks like I'm heading to the hardware store after work tonight to fill both propane tanks.



MMcG said:
Good Morning - just got back in from an 15 mile road ride this morning with Laura. Damn it was nice to be out riding and catching a decent breeze on the bike!!!
Kick ass. :)
 

ALEXIS_DH

Tirelessly Awesome
Jan 30, 2003
6,204
833
Lima, Peru, Peru
i get out of work in about 1 hour...
tested the new software all night, trying to foolproof it. no matter how much foolproofing we do, always, the agents find a way to mess up something.... either they are genius idiots, or we suck at foolproofing.
still there are some minor stuff to fix, but tomorrow will be finished....

i need a flight sim for my work pc so bad....
 

splat

Nam I am
Morning Stosh

have a Great Trip!

MMcG said:
Good Morning - just got back in from an 15 mile road ride this morning with Laura. Damn it was nice to be out riding and catching a decent breeze on the bike!!!
I do that every Morning :D


Not much going on Here , Wifes Birthday Today , don't have much planned because Peter has a baseball game tonight.
 

antimony

M.N.F. Beer Wench
Nov 21, 2005
1,019
2
North Carolina
Morning! Have a great trip and safe travels! :weee:

Nothing new and exciting here. Pretty tired and ready for the weekend! I started a scrapbook of our new house; we are going to check it out tomorrow night to see if they poured the slab. Half day tomorrow for a "team-building" pool party! It's going to be 110 degrees out there, but it's better than sitting around here. :D
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
56,016
22,047
Sleazattle
Sweated my ass off at a MTB time trial last night. Missed first place by 7 seconds.

Today is my friday!
 

Jim Mac

MAKE ENDURO GREAT AGAIN
May 21, 2004
6,352
282
the middle east of NY
Morning. Still without my car, so doing a lot of ride sharing! After many house chores last night, I got out on the Steelhead and rode down to the Empire State Plaza to check out a free show with (yes, more cowbell), BLUE OYSTER CULT. I made good time getting there despite my "climbing" gearing of 32/20 and pulled in just in time to hear the intro to "Godzilla"...did a bit of urban while the Cult (aka Soft White Underbelly) played in the background...then I noticed my slow leaking pinch flat - of course I have nothing on me but my phone, so I call Maureen to limply shuttle me home. Excellent crowd watching moments, including a group of twenty something drunk ladies dancing in a circle with their Corona's while singing, "Ohhhh no, there goes Tokyo. Go go Godzilla!" Interesting indeed.
 

Trainwreck

Turbo Monkey
Aug 10, 2005
1,585
0
Med. to Well-Done in Phx
Good morning,

Have the day off and going to take the kids on a road trip, probably Jerome since I haven't been up there in a while. It will be nice to have a free day and do just whatever.

Have a good day.
 

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
Dalton race last night, seems everytime I ride my bike something else is wrong (fork last night) - so frustrating.

My legs didnt start working until the 2nd lap, but by that time my main competition was long gone :(
 

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
Jim Mac said:
Excellent crowd watching moments, including a group of twenty something drunk ladies dancing in a circle with their Corona's while singing, "Ohhhh no, there goes Tokyo. Go go Godzilla!" Interesting indeed.

haha! and Mr. E. Money is playing for free tonight :thumb:
 

McGRP01

beer and bikes
Feb 6, 2003
7,793
0
Portland, OR
Morning. Went out to dinner with the fam last night and then to Target where I bought a new Guinness hat. I like it. Sorry, no pics of the hat. No plans for this evening, might try to get out on the road bike if it's not too hot. Other than that, I've got to go over my DH bike for my trip to Diablo w/ Treesaw, Sq-Earl, Isa (and who knows who else) on Monday. :thumb:

Have a good one all! :)
 

brungeman

I give a shirt
Jan 17, 2006
5,170
0
da Burgh
douglas said:
Dalton race last night, seems everytime I ride my bike something else is wrong (fork last night) - so frustrating.

My legs didnt start working until the 2nd lap, but by that time my main competition was long gone :(
sounds good Doug! I hate to warm up (it always seams that I am using all my energy in the warm up) but then when I do I can really tell the difference! it is a wierd thing! I am glad you kept up your pace, let me know if there is anything I can do from a distance for your bike (shop connections etc.)
 

Ciaran

Fear my banana
Apr 5, 2004
9,841
19
So Cal
I got hit with a bout of insomnia last night... I haven't slept a wink and now I am up having coffee. I think I am going to be pretty much useless today. :D
 

Polandspring88

Superman
Mar 31, 2004
3,066
7
Broomfield, CO
Went to the driving range last night for the second consecutive night. Saw this one Asian couple that I had spoke with the previous night and proceeded to talk to them some more about golf. They asked me for advice and I did the best I could to advise them. She intently watched me and asked her husband things in their language, and then he tried to ask me questions. I really couldn't understand anything he was saying and just answered what I thought he did. It must have been good enough because he kept smiling and laughing. I kept smiling and laughing too. For some reason I don't think either of us understood what the other was talking about.
 

splat

Nam I am
douglas said:
Dalton race last night, seems everytime I ride my bike something else is wrong (fork last night) - so frustrating.

My legs didnt start working until the 2nd lap, but by that time my main competition was long gone :(
I was wondering if they were going to have the race last night. after the T-storms went through.
 

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
splat said:
I was wondering if they were going to have the race last night. after the T-storms went through.
me too!

brungeman said:
sounds good Doug! I hate to warm up (it always seams that I am using all my energy in the warm up) but then when I do I can really tell the difference! it is a wierd thing! I am glad you kept up your pace, let me know if there is anything I can do from a distance for your bike (shop connections etc.)
thanks, I did a preride but then sat around for 30 min's before the race started.
 

Jim Mac

MAKE ENDURO GREAT AGAIN
May 21, 2004
6,352
282
the middle east of NY
douglas said:
haha! and Mr. E. Money is playing for free tonight :thumb:
BOC is my limit, dude! HA! The "Alive at 5" Series usually translates to drunk and passed out by 9.

How are the Dalton races? Doable for a "fast twitch/aerobically challenged/35 lb. singlespeed" dude like me to try out?
 

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
Jim Mac said:
BOC is my limit, dude! HA! The "Alive at 5" Series usually translates to drunk and passed out by 9.

How are the Dalton races? Doable for a "fast twitch/aerobically challenged/35 lb. singlespeed" dude like me to try out?
awesome & Hell yeah! $8 entry, laps are 1.5 to 2.0 miles, and the cat's ar 1,2,3 or 4 lap. Come over, and see how you do in the "3 lap"
ps:next week is pot luck after the race!


Jim Mac said:
BOC is my limit, dude! HA! The "Alive at 5" Series usually translates to drunk and passed out by 9.
and thats a bad thing??
 

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
41,165
10,105
I dream of a state where it is 70 degrees year round.

This week has sucked temperature wise.
 

Mackie

Monkey
Mar 4, 2004
826
0
New York
I Are Baboon said:
So yeah, I'm getting ready to throw dinner on the grill last night and I run out of propane, I tell you what.
Man, this happened to me one too many times, so I ran a gas line out to my grill. It's nice to never have to worry about those stupid tanks. If you have gas in your house a plumber could likely run you a line for under $200 - then a $25 adapter for your grill, and you can cook until the cows come home.
 

Alfred

Monkey
Jul 27, 2006
226
0
stosh said:
awesome'est avatar ever!
I didn't have one, so an avatar specialist PMd it to me. I like it too. Kind of looks like me without glasses.
 

stosh

Darth Bailer
Jul 20, 2001
22,248
408
NY
Alfred said:
I didn't have one, so an avatar specialist PMd it to me. I like it too. Kind of looks like me without glasses.
I have a ton of old well read Mad Mag's.
 

Jim Mac

MAKE ENDURO GREAT AGAIN
May 21, 2004
6,352
282
the middle east of NY
douglas said:
awesome & Hell yeah! $8 entry, laps are 1.5 to 2.0 miles, and the cat's ar 1,2,3 or 4 lap. Come over, and see how you do in the "3 lap"
ps:next week is pot luck after the race!




and thats a bad thing??
Awesome, I may try it next week...but maybe 2 laps...

and drunk by 9 is a bad thing for me!
 

Jim Mac

MAKE ENDURO GREAT AGAIN
May 21, 2004
6,352
282
the middle east of NY
McGRP01 said:
Morning. Went out to dinner with the fam last night and then to Target where I bought a new Guinness hat. I like it. Sorry, no pics of the hat. No plans for this evening, might try to get out on the road bike if it's not too hot. Other than that, I've got to go over my DH bike for my trip to Diablo w/ Treesaw, Sq-Earl, Isa (and who knows who else) on Monday. :thumb:

Have a good one all! :)
Lucky dawg(s) on the Diablo trip! Mine faded away when the car blew upa few weeks ago...

Hey, I was up in your neck of the woods yesterday dropping my Kona off at Elevate for some major repairs (the "expertise" at our shop left for another job and everyone else is stuck in the 'pre disc brake and dh bike' days, sadly enough...).
 

TreeSaw

Mama Monkey
Oct 30, 2003
17,813
2,132
Dancin' over rocks n' roots!
Good morning! Hanging with Sydney this morning and then we're off to the grocery store to stock up on supplies for Deck Party. Last night was work on bikes night and I made some Chocolate Hazelnut Gelato. :drool:
 

McGRP01

beer and bikes
Feb 6, 2003
7,793
0
Portland, OR
Jim Mac said:
Hey, I was up in your neck of the woods yesterday dropping my Kona off at Elevate for some major repairs (the "expertise" at our shop left for another job and everyone else is stuck in the 'pre disc brake and dh bike' days, sadly enough...).
Cool, I'll swing by and tie a cinder block to the back of it so I can keep up next time we ride together. :devil:
 

bluebug32

Asshat
Jan 14, 2005
6,141
0
Floating down the Hudson
Morning. I'm not allowed to leave work until the Sept. issue is done (but I may anyway!). Birthday celebrations will occur later tonight :weee:

Have a fantastic honeymoon, Stosh!!!

Did you guys ever exchange cruisers? If so, where did you end up finding hers?
 

Jim Mac

MAKE ENDURO GREAT AGAIN
May 21, 2004
6,352
282
the middle east of NY
McGRP01 said:
Cool, I'll swing by and tie a cinder block to the back of it so I can keep up next time we ride together. :devil:
HA! I have no pivots left and I smashed my reservoir on my rear brake and currently have none - that may either make me faster or will kill me. That's like a cinder block, but in reverse (and to my head, like this past Sunday...I still hurt!)
 

stosh

Darth Bailer
Jul 20, 2001
22,248
408
NY
bluebug32 said:
Morning. I'm not allowed to leave work until the Sept. issue is done (but I may anyway!). Birthday celebrations will occur later tonight :weee:

Have a fantastic honeymoon, Stosh!!!

Did you guys ever exchange cruisers? If so, where did you end up finding hers?
I got her's at Joe Fix It's in Goshen.