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i climbed a local mountain 4 times. 45 miles and 6800 feet in 3 days. Perfect single track. We rode fast. We passed some people. One guy passed us. He was visiting from Michigan. There are some fun pumps on this Mountain. the trail is so fun. My legs are quite sore.

Absolutely- the Bible.

We found out that not only she likes kiddie pools, but she also like boat rides... We tossed a life jacket on her and let her go swimming for the first time in the lake. She might be part lab, but with legs as long as hers... she is a horrible swimmer... it is sort of like watching a giraffe trying to swim without knowing how to use it's legs.

Some of us miss out on the reports, as we do not use facebook. Good to see you are still kicking and feisty.

This was the inaugural ride for this event, and I think the organizers did very well especially a thunderstorm rolled through last evening and last night so they had to postpone most of the set up until early this morning. Choices were 10 mile and 30 mile rides, so I did the 30. Day was still overcast and the roads were wet from the storm and from some sprinkling going on early morning. Registration began at 6, and I rode off from the start about 6:30. One of the country roads. Most had narrow shoulders but the drivers were courteous all along the route. The only traffic issue was a pair if ducks waddling down the middle of one of the roads. The route crossed the new Batchellerville Bridge which spans Sacandaga Lake. Riding back to the start, the route paralleled the lake shoreline. I heard water burbling over some rocks, so of course I had to stop and wander off into the weeds to get this picture... The United Methodist Church in Broadalbin, built in 1825. My bike will need a bit of attention later on today... All in all the organizers did well. I admit I found the two-page legal brief waiver form rather daunting, but other than that I'd consider doing the ride again.

We are taking the tandem out to check and see if we are still married.

We moved here to get away from the family drama. So home is our peaceful place. And when we need to get away from home, our secret getaway place in the Northwoods of Wisconsin/Upper Michigan below.

Oh, like here's a surprise...

I hope that Chopped Liver is putting in all the miles he wants where the wind is always from the back.

Charles M. Province

Hey, this is getting more like home all the time FY is here. Welcome.

Ok.... It's been a couple years so I'm going backwards. Jack starts Middle School next August. He's almost as tall as I am. Oscar has white hair all over his face but still acts like a puppy. I got promoted a couple times and now I buy all the drugs for the company I work for. I'm in school to finish my business degree. Pebs still doesn't wear pants. He's out mowing the lawn in all his glory right now. It's still hot in Buttsweat. My singing nemesis George got fired. I bought a new pair of socks last Sunday. I still drive the cute blue car. Spud left Gainesville and works at Kennedy Space Center. He starts back in school in the fall. He's still a knucklehead. I still have little tolerance for intolerance.

Teens sit in the same house and text each other. Nerds sit in the same house and each have a ham radio and send cw to each other.

Mt. Washington

Stealing my dads Play Boys

Thanks, everybody, for the good wishes! We did indeed go on a bike ride to celebrate: (I should clarify that we didn't go on a bike ride to celebrate on our wedding day. We rode in the Galaxy Chrysler.) Yes - after the bike ride we had some lunch, then we went shopping. (Actually Mrs TK shopped, I pretty much just drove and paid. ) Then we went to a small Italian restaurant for a dinner with just the two of us.

That's a happy dog

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DH could rock them

FY and Pebs! Yay! Good to "see" you guys.

I'm not quite dead yet. After the great forum schism of... whenever, I stuck around the LF because the new format didn't bother me and I simply didn't have the energy for two forums (fora?) I really don't even LF anymore, because, meh. I FB and Reddit, mostly. So, hi.

You are a bad azz woman!

I know! I'm a little bit freaked out. We went to orientation the other day and they were talking about preparing them for college. Weird. He's thinking about becoming a veterinarian.

Jack is going to middle school. How is that possible. He was just born yesterday.

She has one. It just isn't attached.

Most of us have been here since Sept of 2013. It's all RG's fault.

Erm... like you don't get Oscar updates all the time?

...it's one valley over from Death Valley, so less crowded.

I was wondering what has happened to Parr8hed? Since he got his new job that doesn't involve stealing body parts, is he too good for us now?

I think you are getting your peaceful place mixed up with your Pain cave

I like the North Shore of Lake Superior..or one of the many parks that run inland from there...lots of hiking, waterfalls, lakes, wildlife...and if you are good with picking your timing and spot...not too crowded

More of the same for me.

Here's a pic of my current one:

Dogz are such cheap dates

Sounds like you would have enjoyed the tree in The Shawshank Redemption. There were a lot of news storeis aboot it a few years ago - it died or something? That reminds me of a few trees on my normal bike ride routes, standing alone in farm fields. Ahh - it lives! http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/07/30/good-news-the-shawshank-oak-tree-is-alive-and-well/

I've had 3 in my life. Currently it is a road at the National Wildlife Refuge where U hike on Sunday's, probably 15-20 Sunday's a year. Big broad landscapes, few people and cars, and lots of geese and Herons. When I lived in the Finger Lakes, it was a tree I used to smoke cigars and drink beer under in a county park. Only once did I have a person interrupt me. It was in the woods, but had nice views down the slope to the road. My all time favorite was a grove of trees in a hay field in Allegany County NY. On land next to my friend's cabin. Trespassing, but no one ever caught me. I'd drag a lawn chair and a couple bottles of beer and smoke a cigar and think. Did that about once a month for 25 years, then kind of lost touch with my friend.

I am also a big fan of ZatAoMM, but I think a lot of people are. I even went so far as to read Pirsig's next book, Lila, which was also very good. Catcher in the Rye also - I often think of myself as a catcher in the rye for some reason. Catch-22 also. I recently started rereading it, and I love Joseph Heller's dark humour - he would have fit right in here, which says a lot for you bastards. Man, I am really showing my age. (I like channelling my inner Yossarian. )

Down in the secret basement lab

Any of the local parks where ruby and I go for walks. My favourite has lots and lots of benches along the perimeter path. Sometimes I sit and think and sometimes I just sit. Also the patio in the backyard on a beeyootiful day.

I remember when I was a kid reading the book "Dove" by Robin Graham. It was about a 16 year old who sailed solo around the world long before there was constant communication and the internet to make everything accessible. I was a city kid and it was amazing to read about a teenager traveling to these exotic locations and having these adventures. It never inspired me to try to sail around the world, but it really exposed me to the idea of learning about new places and that you could choose to do something different from what most of your friends were doing.

Things were going pretty much to plan, I was told, till just before lunch today. An electrician working in the main substation, where the power company lines meet ours, bumped into a transformer with a man lift. The transformer is in an oil bath and is cooled by pumping the oil through cooling fins, sort of like a radiator. He poked a hole in a cooling fin. The temporary repair is a pair of vice grips and piece of rubber. When I left they were waiting for some body to show up to weld the fin. This will involve applying vacuum to the transformer to pull the several hundred gallons of oil away from the hole, then welding the hole, and probably some type of testing. My guess is that somebody's budget will take a pretty hard hit. My assignments all had to with disconnecting and reconnecting equipment that can't normally be turned off. Not at all complicated, but extremely dirty and a bit physical. I got everything done with no drama, and am very glad I have tomorrow off. Hope to take a bike ride.

Way back in the 80s I was working at a slag processing plant. Mechanics were working on the boom crane, rather than call in a crane operator on a Saturday one of the mechs was running the crane. He hit a very high voltage line, probably around 100,000 volts, and knocked out half of Monessen. He finished lowering the boom to the ground, climbed down out the cab, and said that he thought there was a problem with the electric magnet, that the controls were "tingling" The other mechanics told him he had hit the power line, that sparks had been flashing out of the machine's tracks. He didn't believe them until they looked at the arc burn on the boom. The bill for that adventure was huge, it took a couple hours to get the power on and we were charged for down time at a few affected businesses. Plus replacing a section of the crane boom. The mechanic was promoted to management within the year.

It's both. When you drive up Mt. Washington there are a few places to pull over (I think it's for people coming down to cool their brakes). You can hike from these stops. We will often go on a short hike, find a quiet spot and sit. A few years ago we fell asleep on some comfy rocks. Gentle sun, light breeze, not a sound to be heard except the wind. So peaceful. Ask me if I feel the same on June 18.

about 300 miles, mostly MTB miles