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>^< Set your dray >^<
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The flotillas of the dead sailed around the world on underwater rivers.
Very nearly nobody knew about them. But the theory is easy to understand.
It runs: the sea is, after all, in many respects only a wetter form of air. And it is known that air is denser the lower you go and lighter the higher you fly. As a storm-tossed ship founders and sinks, therefore, it must reach a depth where the water below it is just viscous enough to stop its fall.
In short, it stops sinking and ends up floating on an underwater surface, beyond the reach of the storms but far above the ocean floor.
It’s calm there. Dead calm.
Some stricken ships have rigging; some even have sails. Many still have crew, tangled in the rigging or lashed to the wheel.
But the voyages still continue, aimlessly, with no harbour in sight, because there are currents under the ocean and so the dead ships with their skeleton crews sail on around the world, over sunken cities and between drowned mountains, until rot and shipworms eat them away and they disintegrate. Sometimes an anchor drops, all the way to the dark, cold calmness of the abyssal plain, and disturbs the stillness of centuries by throwing up a cloud of silt.
One nearly hit Anghammarad, where he sat watching the ships drift by, far overhead.
He remembered it, because it was the only really interesting thing to happen for nine thousand years.
Very nearly nobody knew about them. But the theory is easy to understand.
It runs: the sea is, after all, in many respects only a wetter form of air. And it is known that air is denser the lower you go and lighter the higher you fly. As a storm-tossed ship founders and sinks, therefore, it must reach a depth where the water below it is just viscous enough to stop its fall.
In short, it stops sinking and ends up floating on an underwater surface, beyond the reach of the storms but far above the ocean floor.
It’s calm there. Dead calm.
Some stricken ships have rigging; some even have sails. Many still have crew, tangled in the rigging or lashed to the wheel.
But the voyages still continue, aimlessly, with no harbour in sight, because there are currents under the ocean and so the dead ships with their skeleton crews sail on around the world, over sunken cities and between drowned mountains, until rot and shipworms eat them away and they disintegrate. Sometimes an anchor drops, all the way to the dark, cold calmness of the abyssal plain, and disturbs the stillness of centuries by throwing up a cloud of silt.
One nearly hit Anghammarad, where he sat watching the ships drift by, far overhead.
He remembered it, because it was the only really interesting thing to happen for nine thousand years.
Coffee it nao!
Coffee it nao!
my dray is set to stun, sir
19:50, good enough for 4th place overall. Too many hard runs this week to do this any faster, but I am always happy to break 20 minutes in a 5K. I'm fixing to hop on the bike trainer now for an easy spinout. Don't tell JBP.
You riding a fatleg?
Not sure I get that reference...
Surly fatbike...
I’m not riding anything, I think I tore my quad.
but yeh, I just got it...
Sucking on a long cigarette
He looks into the machinery...
There must be more to life than this
He looks into the machinery...
There must be more to life than this
My life is upside down. Not only have I turned into a garden nerd but I can see how a pickup would be perfect for me.
Picked up a huge juniper for free and stuck it into the car. Turns out spiders love them and the car was filled with small spiders and the rest of the family was amused or buying my speech about nature
Picked up a huge juniper for free and stuck it into the car. Turns out spiders love them and the car was filled with small spiders and the rest of the family was amused or buying my speech about nature
First ride is in the books. Fantastic bike. Only a few adjustments to get it where I want it.
Fuck riding in the cold though. Even in all my winter gear, I nearly got frostbite in my wiggly bits. Only around 30*, but a 20 mile an hour headwind in every direction...
fffffffuccccccck wiiiiiiiinnnnnnndddddd
Are you as fast as that bike looks?
First ride is in the books. Fantastic bike. Only a few adjustments to get it where I want it.
Fuck riding in the cold though. Even in all my winter gear, I nearly got frostbite in my wiggly bits. Only around 30*, but a 20 mile an hour headwind in every direction...
Y U no like gin??
Rode a little today. Was cold and windy and wet. Will repeat that mistake tomorrow.
You need to work on this roadie thing a bit. Here are some pointers on how to do it right:
First ride is in the books. Fantastic bike. Only a few adjustments to get it where I want it.
- color coordination: rim decals have to match the bottle cages and handlebar tape, if the saddle would match it would be perfect
- for pictures you need to shift to big-small, take bottles/seatbags/etc. off and align the valve stems
- ideally your clothing is picking up some of the colors on the bike, so yellow helmet, shoes, gloves are in order
Just pulling your leg! Nice bike, have fun with it!
I cannot see at all in the Pool. I need to figure out how to have sight while I am in the Pool. I think if I could see I would be able to utilize it as an activity better. I cannot see the lanes in the deep end. Bumped my head on the wall today.
I'm aware of "the rules", I just don't really care that much. I'd love to slam my stem, get full matchy matchy, etc, but this is the first ride on the thing. I'd like to remove the shiny prime stickers and replace them with fluoro yellow matchy bits (or just black) and yeah a yellow flo fun saddle is somewhere out there with my name on it!You need to work on this roadie thing a bit. Here are some pointers on how to do it right:
- color coordination: rim decals have to match the bottle cages and handlebar tape, if the saddle would match it would be perfect
- for pictures you need to shift to big-small, take bottles/seatbags/etc. off and align the valve stems
- ideally your clothing is picking up some of the colors on the bike, so yellow helmet, shoes, gloves are in order
Just pulling your leg! Nice bike, have fun with it!
lol they are not exactly cuddle friendly but its good at giving me more privacy from nosy people on the street and I just like conifers in general and this one has a nice blue colorJunipers are the fucking devil's shrub. There's a reason it was free.
That is some serious kit I didn't know you were that much into the roadie universe with matching bottle cages and all.
First ride is in the books. Fantastic bike. Only a few adjustments to get it where I want it.
Fuck riding in the cold though. Even in all my winter gear, I nearly got frostbite in my wiggly bits. Only around 30*, but a 20 mile an hour headwind in every direction...
LOL if matching cages makes me a true roadie, then colour me bad.
I'm getting into road riding a lot these days as the trails out here SUCK and time is precious. If I had 6 hours to spend riding, I'd have no problem driving an hour to a good place to ride, getting 2 hours in, then shooting the shit and driving home...but that's not the case. I get to leave my home and ride some fantastic roads with relatively courteous drivers and can do anywhere from 15-50 miles with total ease. This build turned from a "well I'd really like a new drivetrain" into "but yeah then I'd need new wheels, and if I need new wheels I need a new frame, and if I need a new frame then I'll need new brakes, and..." so I ended up with a 3T strada
