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stevew · Apr 23, 2008

To my dismay, there are guidos in NC. And they were at the BRMC concert I was at last night. Lots of fist pumping and noxious cologne. Cool show though and watching the Flyers advance in the playoffs while I was there was a bonus.

I Are Baboon · Apr 23, 2008

Good morning! Wifey and I went for a road ride last night, and it was good. It was a beautiful night for a ride. We were at a red light and a car rolled up next to us honking their horn. The driver (a high school kid, I presume) had his window rolled down and I said to him "Do you have a problem?" He just looked at me like a 'tard and said nothing. Wild times, I tell ya. I almost pulled a knife and threw coffee on him.

Quo Fan · Apr 23, 2008

Morning monkeys!

Yesterday was uneventful. The woman who's house I set up at, that was over a mile away from the blast, is a real whack job. She is convinced that, just because they had to blast to put in their basement, that their house didn't, and won't, settle. All the defects in her house is caused by blasting. I set up my machine much more sensitive than usual, and I stood by the machine during the shot. I could feel an extremely slight vibration in my feet, and felt absolutely no overpressure (shock wave).

Today I'm going to look at houses in Guilford, north of 95.

Broken_Spoke · Apr 23, 2008

Well yesterday was all that eventful for me either. Went to the shop to see if my new bike pack had been shipped and it had. Then in the evening my hopeful more than just a friend lady friend and I went to a bluegrass jam at a coffee house. Turns out I should have brought my mandolin because there were only two guys playing guitar there.

stosh · Apr 23, 2008

It's my Friday today! I'm taking off with the fam to go and stay at my grandparents house in PA. My grandpa passed away a few years ago and my grandma went into a nursing home at the beginning of the year so my dad and I will be cleaning out the house. I'm going to try to run down to Gettysburg tomorrow for a day trip. We'll see if that pans out, but most importantly there is a bar 1 block from my grandparents that sells $2 pitchers of Yuengling and my parents will be around to babysit for us!!!!!!!!!!!!!

douglas · Apr 23, 2008

I Are Baboon said:
Good morning! Wifey and I went for a road ride last night, and it was good. It was a beautiful night for a ride. We were at a red light and a car rolled up next to us honking their horn. The driver (a high school kid, I presume) had his window rolled down and I said to him "Do you have a problem?" He just looked at me like a 'tard and said nothing. Wild times, I tell ya. I almost pulled a knife and threw coffee on him.

at the end of my ride last night, some dude in a beat white convertible buzzed me, put his brakes on, then went over the yellow line...I flipped him off and yelled, I think it was the 1st time I ever I wanted a driver to stop so I could ride up and punch them in the throat.

Trainwreck · Apr 23, 2008

Broken_Spoke said:
Turns out I should have brought my mandolin because there were only two guys playing guitar there.

Good morning,

I have an old mandolin that I found in my grandmother's attic (and I'm old!) It's a Gibson, believe it's an A-2 model from around 1918 or so. No strings, mostly complete.

Did a couple repeat climbs up Shaw Butte last night. First venture up in 90 degree weather. Wasn't as easy this time.

Broken_Spoke · Apr 23, 2008

Trainwreck said:
I have an old mandolin that I found in my grandmother's attic (and I'm old!) It's a Gibson, believe it's an A-2 model from around 1918 or so. No strings, mostly complete.

Take it to a music store (not a Guitar Center or any BS like that) and have it re-strung. They sound wonderful.

MountainDrew · Apr 23, 2008

Good Morning All! Looking forward to doing the local shop ride tonight. It will be nice to get out. Other than that...have a good day all!

BigMike · Apr 23, 2008

Mornin' er'y one.

I've been stuck in an airport/airport hotel for the past two days. Now I'm waiting to get on a flight so I can go be stuck in another hotel. At least this one is not in the airport!

I just keep looking forward to this weekend, its our local Mountain bike festival!

Jim Mac · Apr 23, 2008

Bring on 4pm! Hitting Pittstown SF today. Did a quick 'family ride' last night at the local trails, where I shockingly knocked off 10 minutes from my time just this past Friday! (wow, not stopping every 10 feet does help, eh?).

Waiting to see if my wheels get built before this weekend, as I'm hoping to hit Plattekill on the official opening day. They had 50 people last weekend cleaning up the place, and by all reports it looks in tip top shape!

The 1st race at Plattekill on May 4 is actually a Jr expert World's USA Team qualifier race, so it should be interesting!

Course preview pics:

splat · Apr 23, 2008

Morning

Very nice ride home , last night , and it was pretty nice riding in today , should be an even nicer ride home

did trail work last night , repairing some stunts and adding a new jump.

McGRP01 · Apr 23, 2008

Morning. Not much going on. Played with the kids last night and my mom swung by and took us out to dinner. :thumb:

Nothing special planned for tonight. Piper has softball practice and then home to BBQ something... :drool:

TreeSaw · Apr 23, 2008

Morning all. Had a fun ride with Syd last night while Sq-Earl hit the trails with the guys. Then a relaxing evening at home. Today has been going far too slow and I am ready to strangle one of my worthless co-workers, but other than that, it's going to be a beautiful day!

Hunter · Apr 23, 2008

Greyhound said:
Alright.....we're at the midway point.....stare blankly into the opposite wall for a good two hours this morning, and you're practically almost at lunch. Leave a bit early, and it's like Wednesday never happened.

I like your thinking. I took yesterday off with a friend and mountain biked in NE PA. Killer early season ride, on the bikes for over 4 hours riding some nice rocky terrain. Now today back at work is just depressing. Body and mind are tired, in one of those "I hate everyone" moods.

kingbee · Apr 23, 2008

Had a really great trail ride with the wife yesterday. Cleaned a couple sections that I couldn't last time I was there. My wife was like a billy goat and busted out some impressive climbs too.

Of course when we get home we find out we have no hot water. And I couldn't get the pilot light to stay on. I'm going to get a new thermocouple on lunch today. So the nice evening was ruined by cold showers.

I need a vacation.

Rockland · Apr 23, 2008

I need to get to Plattekill this year. The furthest over that way I made it last season was Jiminy.

Nick · Apr 23, 2008

Good morning.
One more day of dry windy weather should = dry trails. Woohoo!! I think I'll sneek out this afternoon for some recon.
I've hit the road bike 4 of the past 5 days too. I got sick of careless drivers buzzing me so I found a new route that is not only less traveled but also has a bike lane half the time. It's good for the after work spin.

Have a great day everyone.

laura · Apr 23, 2008

Good morning. I commuted in to work this morning and I have officially gotten my legs back. It was a cruise and it was awesome.

We are doing the presidential fitness challenge at work and I am totally neck and neck with our "controller". I had to take a couple of days off of running last week because I was sick and he passed me in score so I am going to ride in every day that I possibly can until I catch up. He saw me on my bike this morning and I told him it was on! He may have won the battle but I will win the war.

I Are Baboon · Apr 23, 2008

laura said:
Good morning. I commuted in to work this morning and I have officially gotten my legs back. It was a cruise and it was awesome.

We are doing the presidential fitness challenge at work and I am totally neck and neck with our "controller". I had to take a couple of days off of running last week because I was sick and he passed me in score so I am going to ride in every day that I possibly can until I catch up. He saw me on my bike this morning and I told him it was on! He may have won the battle but I will win the war.

What does the "presidential fitness challenge" consist of?

My legs are coming back quickly. Last April, I rode twice all month. This April, I've ridden outdoors five times, plus four sessions on the spin bike. I'm feeling good!

Echo · Apr 23, 2008

I actually rode my bike yesterday. Need to do some more of that.

Wumpus · Apr 23, 2008

In honor of Earth Day, I rode the bike from the house to the trails yesterday. Started at around 7 so I could get some daylight riding in and finished with some night riding. The spring trails are quite a bit different than my normal winter night rides with all the fresh spring growth. Not to mention that the conditions were brutal with 80° temps and ridiculous amounts of humidity.

laura · Apr 23, 2008

I Are Baboon said:
What does the "presidential fitness challenge" consist of?

Not **** really. It's the same thing they do in elementary schools all over the place.

http://www.presidentschallenge.org/

You can sign up your company or who ever and then you just log your activity for a month and a half, or however long it is. Only 10 people in the building are doing and no one is as close to me in score except for this one guy and it is driving me crazy. What ****ing sucks is I am only 50% of the way to the bronze medal! I barely have a month left, I'll never get gold. I'd have to be working out 3 hours a day to get the gold. I did sign up for the intermediate fitness level though as opposed to beginner so that might be some of the reason.

Running has helped my riding so much this spring. I haven't been riding hardly at all but running has kicked my ass back into shape fast.

eaterofdog · Apr 23, 2008

laura said:
I was sick and he passed me in score so I am going to ride in every day that I possibly can until I catch up. He saw me on my bike this morning and I told him it was on! He may have won the battle but I will win the war.

Get us a name and address and someone will hit him in the knee with a baton.

cadmus · Apr 23, 2008

laura said:
Not **** really. It's the same thing they do in elementary schools all over the place.

http://www.presidentschallenge.org/

You can sign up your company or who ever and then you just log your activity for a month and a half, or however long it is. Only 10 people in the building are doing and no one is as close to me in score except for this one guy and it is driving me crazy. What ****ing sucks is I am only 50% of the way to the bronze medal! I barely have a month left, I'll never get gold. I'd have to be working out 3 hours a day to get the gold. I did sign up for the intermediate fitness level though as opposed to beginner so that might be some of the reason.

Running has helped my riding so much this spring. I haven't been riding hardly at all but running has kicked my ass back into shape fast.

I hear you on the running. I've lost about 20 lbs this year training for a triathlon, but have been unable to run the last 3 weeks due to a foot injury. Zero wieght loss during that time, even though I was riding or swimming 5-6x/week (but I didn't gain any either). The running resumed Sunday and I swear I can feel the wieght coming off again.

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